Requesting Leave

The class became much more comfortable after tossing out Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu.

Huo Yuhao remained the class monitor, and the others accepted this arrangement for various reasons.

"I'm sorry. Because the opponent was related to Dai Huabin, I couldn't hold back." Huo Yuhao lay on his bed, recovering his mental energy.

Ji Siyuan: "There is no need to apologize to me. You know your own body best. It is understandable to be eager for revenge."

This incident had no impact on him, so naturally, he did not require any apology.

Huo Yuhao's eyes were incredibly firm: "I will definitely become stronger—stronger than Dai Huabin, stronger than Dai Hao!"

"I believe in you." Ji Siyuan remained calm, his gaze trusting Huo Yuhao even more than Huo Yuhao trusted himself.

After the class monitor incident, the freshman class became much more stable.

Everyone returned to their normal cultivation routines.

A month passed, and they had all settled into their own cultivation habits.

Huo Yuhao would still climb onto his bed to cultivate using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi also successfully returned after obtaining their Soul Rings.

Originally, they didn't need the academy's help as their families had made the necessary arrangements, but in the end, they went along with the group anyway.

Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi successfully broke through to the fourth ring, becoming Soul Ancestors.

The group celebrated quite thoroughly.

At night, Huo Yuhao sat on the bed in silence for a long time.

Ji Siyuan lay on his bed, feeling Huo Yuhao's gaze fixed upon him.

"What is it?" Ji Siyuan found it strange; Huo Yuhao wasn't cultivating today.

Staring at him had already become a common occurrence.

Huo Yuhao: "I've reached level 20. I want to ask the teacher for leave tomorrow."

This was everything Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had planned long ago, and this time, it was much earlier than anticipated.

Their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and Ji Siyuan's Nine Lotus Seeds were both tremendous aids to cultivation.

For others, having just one would be incredible, yet they possessed both.

"So, who are you asking to accompany you to obtain your Soul Ring? If necessary, I can go. You know my combat power; as long as it isn't a Millennium Soul Beast that is too strong, I can handle it." Ji Siyuan was confident; anything under three thousand years could basically be resolved.

If all else failed, there was still the Overpowered Wheelchair.

Huo Yuhao sat up straight: "Siyuan, please help me cover for this. This time, I must go alone! I have to go by myself; it concerns our future."

Ji Siyuan let out a breath; he knew where Huo Yuhao was planning to go.

"You want me to provide cover for you? How much time do you need?"

"About a month!" Huo Yuhao's gaze shifted away from Ji Siyuan; he didn't know how to answer the questions Ji Siyuan might have.

A month was definitely not enough time to go to the Star Dou Great Forest; it could only be somewhere much further away.

Ji Siyuan leaned against the headboard: "I won't ask what you are doing, but you should know that no teacher will approve this amount of time."

His reasons were not sufficient for the academy to issue such a long leave of absence.

Therefore, Huo Yuhao's choice was not a simple request for leave, but to deceive Zhang Lexuan.

"You are a disciple of Dean Qian Duoduo, and you need to go into seclusion for Soul Tools?" Zhang Lexuan frowned. She didn't know much about the Soul Tool Department. She only had a rough concept of a Soul Master's growth, which was just slightly better than Ji Siyuan's.

But for a child to need a month of seclusion?

This didn't seem normal no matter how she looked at it.

Huo Yuhao quickly said: "It's not seclusion, it's for study. I need to learn knowledge from the seniors and then try to challenge the level one Soul Master examination."

His current level wasn't enough to become a level two Soul Master, but level one was within reach.

Five months for level two would be an exaggeration, but five months for a level one Soul Master was within the realm of understanding.

Zhang Lexuan pondered; after all, the Soul Tool Department didn't start recruiting from the first year of freshmen.

She also believed that Huo Yuhao had the potential.

Huo Yuhao: "You can ask Teacher Wang Yan about my need to study in the Soul Tool Department; he was the one who took me to see Teacher Qian Duoduo."

The matter could be verified from multiple sources; at the very least, his identity was not in question.

Zhang Lexuan took out the leave slip: "Alright, I approve. I will just have to inform Teacher Wang Yan."

It was the old-fashioned leave slip in duplicate.

Just as the two reached the office door, they heard Zhang Lexuan say: "If you want to obtain a Soul Ring, you can also ask the teachers to help you; you don't have to go by yourselves."

Both of them stopped in their tracks.

Although Huo Yuhao had used Simulation to cover his level 20 soul power, Zhang Lexuan had keenly sensed a problem.

It was just that she couldn't quite believe her own deduction, because if that were the case, Huo Yuhao's cultivation speed was terrifyingly fast.

It couldn't possibly be the trashy Innate Soul Power that corresponded to his level 11 enrollment.

That corresponding Innate Soul Power is at most level three; it is impossible for it to have such a cultivation speed.

"What is Teacher talking about?" Huo Yuhao could only use a smile to cover all of this up.

"Ji Siyuan shouldn't be going with you, right? After all, you only asked for your own leave of absence." Zhang Lexuan felt that she must have guessed correctly.

She set down the items in her hands and looked at the two of them: "What kind of Soul Ring do you want to obtain? Teacher can help you both as well."

"Senior, it would be better to let us handle this ourselves." Ji Siyuan declined Zhang Lexuan's kindness on behalf of Huo Yuhao.

"Fine, then I will let you handle it yourselves. Do you need to ask for leave to accompany him?"

Huo Yuhao shook his head: "No need. And please, Teacher, keep this secret for us."

Zhang Lexuan: "Next time, you two should be more firm; otherwise, others will be able to tell you have a secret just from your attitude."

Ji Siyuan gently pushed Huo Yuhao, signaling him to stand behind: "Because Teacher wouldn't harm us, right?"

The two youths' actions held no secrets before Zhang Lexuan: "Junior Ji Siyuan thinks that since I have already guessed it, if he doesn't come clean, I will definitely keep asking, or even track Huo Yuhao. It is better to just lay it out in the open? It even allows me to help cover for you."

"Don't do this to others, though. Go on now, I will keep your secret."

Ji Siyuan saw Huo Yuhao to the school gate: "Is the journey very far?"

"Very far. So it will take a long time to return." Huo Yuhao clenched his fists, not daring to tell Ji Siyuan the truth, because it was truly dangerous.

But Ji Siyuan already knew all of this.

His Martial Soul activated, the Geocentric Red Lotus bloomed, and the Nine Lotus Seeds floated in the air.

Ji Siyuan casually plucked one and placed it into Huo Yuhao's hand: "I know you want to give it a shot, so consider this lotus seed a form of protection."

The red lotus seed felt incredibly warm in his hand.

"This is too precious."

"Then just bring it back, won't you?"

Huo Yuhao trembled slightly: "I'm afraid, I might really eat your lotus seed."

Tian Meng had told him that these Nine Lotus Seeds were incredibly precious and were inextricably linked to Ji Siyuan. He did not know what would happen if a seed were missing, but he knew it definitely wouldn't be a good thing.

Huo Yuhao had to refuse.

Ji Siyuan said half-jokingly: "If you really eat this lotus seed, you will owe me your life."

"I will definitely bring it back! Absolutely!" Huo Yuhao departed briefly, carrying the lotus seed with him.