I Have No Idea, I Just Went to Sleep and Ended Up Like This

After entering Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Jiang He glanced at the schedule. Once he confirmed that Dugu Yan was in the Martial Arts Arena, he headed there directly.

By the time Jiang He arrived at the Martial Arts Arena, Dugu Yan was sparring with a tall, powerfully built man.

Jiang He recognized him at a glance. It was Yu Tianheng.

Both of them had already summoned their Martial Souls, with two yellow Soul Rings gleaming beneath their feet.

However, Yu Tianheng had only summoned his Martial Soul and had not used any Soul Skills.

Meanwhile, the Soul Rings beneath Dugu Yan's feet flashed as she continuously unleashed Soul Skills.

Yu Tianheng did not choose to clash head-on with Dugu Yan. Instead, he kept moving around, searching for openings in her defense.

Every so often, Yu Tianheng even deliberately exposed an opening, wasting Dugu Yan's Soul Power.

It looked as though both of them were probing and wearing each other down rather than engaging in a direct fight.

Yet Jiang He watched from the side with great interest.

Whether it was Yu Tianheng or Dugu Yan, both had their families' inheritances.

Dugu Yan's grandfather was a Title Douluo.

Yu Tianheng's grandfather was also a Title Douluo.

When it came to combat experience, even if they had not trained since childhood, they had at least grown up surrounded by it.

A little casual guidance from the elders in their families was enough for them to dominate others of the same level.

Jiang He did not interrupt their sparring. Instead, he summoned the system at the side and analyzed their actions.

This was something he had often done when he came to Heaven Dou Royal Academy in the past.

Because he had no inheritance and had not awakened his Martial Soul, he could not enroll in the academy. As such, he had been completely lacking in both combat experience and knowledge of Soul Masters.

To make up for those gaps, other than cultivating, the thing Jiang He had done most over the past two years was secretly watch them attend class, then use the system to analyze and learn.

Whether it was practical combat lessons or theory lessons, Jiang He never let any of them slip by.

With the system's help, every action in Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng's fight was broken down into one practical combat scene after another.

At the same time, the system explained the forces required for their actions and the consequences those actions would produce.

In the end, the system predicted that this spar would conclude with Yu Tianheng's victory.

Sure enough, less than thirty seconds after the system made its prediction, Yu Tianheng caught an opening in Dugu Yan's defense and used a Soul Skill to defeat her outright.

"I'm done, I'm done!"

Dugu Yan stomped her foot and said irritably to Yu Tianheng, "It's always like this. You just keep circling around, then sneak-attack me. Can't you, a grown man, fight me fair and square for once?!"

"Hehe." Yu Tianheng scratched the back of his head and said,

"Yan Yan, you can't blame me for that. You're a control-type Soul Master. You're naturally stronger in a one-on-one fight than I am as an assault-type Soul Master.

"Not to mention, you inherited your grandfather's Jade Phosphor Snake Martial Soul.

"If I'm not careful and get caught by one of your tricks, I'll be poisoned and collapse. This is the only way I can win."

"Hmph!"

Dugu Yan snorted coldly, folded her arms across her chest, and turned her head away.

As she turned, she happened to spot Jiang He standing nearby.

Her brows furrowed slightly as she found it rather strange.

Why did this person look a little familiar?

But after searching her memories, Dugu Yan realized that she did not remember knowing him.

Just as she was feeling puzzled, Jiang He quickly walked over to Dugu Yan and said with a smile, "Sister Yan Yan, happy birthday."

Hearing Jiang He's words, Dugu Yan's pupils shrank.

Jiang He's voice had not changed much, so she immediately recognized who the person before her was.

She covered her mouth and asked in disbelief, "You're little Jiang He?!"

"Mm-hm."

Jiang He nodded, then said, "I overdid my training a couple days ago and got too tired, so I fell asleep. I accidentally missed your birthday. Sorry."

Dugu Yan ignored Jiang He's words. Instead, she took two steps back and stared at him in shock.

A few days ago, Jiang He had only been 1.6 meters tall. Today, he was already over 1.9 meters.

That sudden growth of thirty centimeters was an enormous difference.

Standing so close to Jiang He, Dugu Yan had to crane her neck just to see his face.

"Yan Yan, who's this?"

At that moment, Yu Tianheng quickly walked over to Dugu Yan's side, his expression slightly wary as he looked at Jiang He.

Like Dugu Yan, he was now twelve years old and already over 1.8 meters tall.

Yet he was still a head shorter than Jiang He.

When he saw Jiang He and Dugu Yan talking with apparent familiarity, Yu Tianheng immediately became alert.

But the very next second, he froze.

"Brother Tianheng, it's me, Jiang He."

Yu Tianheng: ???

He stared blankly at Jiang He and instinctively said, "Jiang He? Teacher Jiang Shan's son, Jiang He?!"

"Yeah, it's me. We even met last month."

Yu Tianheng's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief.

But when he placed the Jiang He from his memories over the face of the person standing before him, he found that there was not a single discrepancy!

This was fucking Jiang He!

No, wait!

"I remember you're not even six yet, right? You haven't even awakened your Martial Soul yet, have you?"

"Yeah. I still have half a year before I awaken my Martial Soul. Then I'll be able to enroll in Heaven Dou Royal Academy and become classmates with you, Brother Tianheng."

Hearing Jiang He's words, Yu Tianheng silently turned to look at Dugu Yan.

At that moment, Dugu Yan was equally silent.

The two of them looked at Jiang He's build at the same time.

Then they both took two steps back.

At that moment, the thoughts in their minds were identical.

This was fucking five years old?!

After a long while, Dugu Yan finally could not help complaining, "Did you secretly eat pig feed or something? Why did you grow so ridiculously much in just a few days? I remember you were only this tall last week."

As she spoke, Dugu Yan gestured with her hand.

Hearing that, Jiang He spread his hands helplessly. "I have no idea. A few days ago, my legs suddenly started hurting. They hurt so badly at night that I couldn't sleep. I thought I'd injured myself by overtraining, and I was planning to come to the academy and ask a teacher to look at me once I felt better. Then this happened. I suddenly got taller."

Dugu Yan looked at Yu Tianheng and said, "I remember you suddenly shot up in height for a while too, right?"

Yu Tianheng twitched his lips. "That did happen, but..."

"So boys grow that quickly?"

Before Yu Tianheng could finish, Dugu Yan interrupted him.

Seeing that, Yu Tianheng opened his mouth.

He wanted to say that it was because he had awakened his Martial Soul, then soon afterward broke through and absorbed a Soul Ring.

It was not like Jiang He, who had grown taller just by sleeping for one night!

But after thinking it over, Yu Tianheng did not say it. It was not a big deal anyway, merely something rather rare.

At that moment, Dugu Yan said to Jiang He, "Fine. Since you had a reason, I'll forgive you.

"When you didn't come to my birthday last time, my grandfather said that kids your age were still growing and loved to sleep, so maybe you were sleeping at home. I can't believe he was actually right."

"Really? Looks like Grandpa Dugu's guess was pretty accurate."

Jiang He scratched the back of his head and echoed her.