The Ability to Bring Happiness

"Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, stop running! How dare you try to 'betray' Yuhao by taking me away at the very end!"

Upon the ice plains, the emerald-green Ice Empress was chasing the snow-white Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. Her scorpion tail writhed eagerly behind her, ready to give Sky Dream Ice Silkworm a vicious strike.

"Wait, Bingbing! That really wasn't me back then! Even if you gave me ten times the courage, I wouldn't have dared to do that. Didn't I see the error of my ways in the end?"

Tian Meng was on the verge of tears. Fortunately, the Ice Empress, having only just become a Soul Spirit, had yet to adapt to her new body. She also had short little legs; otherwise, she would have long since been stabbed to death by the Ice Empress.

"You still have the nerve to say that? If Yuhao hadn't helped you back then, you probably would have gone to kneel before Tang San."

Snow Empress smiled as she watched the playful scene unfold before her.

"The Far North truly hasn't been this lively in a long time. By the way, Yuhao."

"Xue'er, what is it?"

"Yuhao, do you want to have a child with me..."

The moment Snow Empress spoke, there was an almost imperceptible anticipation in her cool voice.

But before Snow Empress could finish, Tian Meng had already circled behind Huo Yuhao and pitifully used him as a shield against the charging Ice Empress.

"Yuhao, save me! Otherwise, Bingbing really will kill me."

Before Huo Yuhao could make out what Snow Empress had said, he hurriedly reached out to support the flushed, panting Ice Empress. He gently patted her back to help her catch her breath and said softly,

"All right, Ice Empress. Your condition is still unstable. Don't get so angry."

The original Soul Spirit Contract merely transformed Soul Beasts into forms of energy. Although they could retain their consciousness and sense the outside world, they were still vastly different from physical entities.

Naturally, the Ice Empress was unwilling to be any different from Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. She felt that existing as a being of energy would put her beneath Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

To make it up to the Ice Empress, Huo Yuhao could only use the power of the Eye of Destiny. Using the Ice Empress's origin, he shaped a body for her that resembled a physical entity, but that also left the current Ice Empress extremely frail.

Earlier, it had seemed as though Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had been chased around by the Ice Empress, but in truth, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had simply been indulging her.

"Mm."

The petite green girl involuntarily leaned into Huo Yuhao's chest.

Huo Yuhao sighed softly. All of the Ice Empress's origin was now within his body, which made her instinctively want to draw close to him.

Behind Huo Yuhao, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm watched the Ice Empress, her face shy and bashful as she leaned against Huo Yuhao. A look of sorrow immediately appeared on her face. She had never seen the Ice Empress like this before.

She suddenly seemed to realize that the girl she liked appeared to have fallen for the boy she liked. What was she supposed to do now?

With that thought, Tian Meng could not help tightly hugging Huo Yuhao as well.

The Ice Empress in front of him immediately revealed a sly smile. Her scorpion tail curled around to Tian Meng's front as she threatened in a sinister tone,

"Tian Meng, if you don't let go right now, I'll stab you to death immediately."

"Bingbing, why are you so domineering? Yuhao belongs to everyone. Snow Empress, don't you think so?"

Tian Meng naturally did not dare resist the Ice Empress, but there was no way she would let go.

Clearly, the right choice was to drag Snow Empress into this, since the simplest way to subdue the Ice Empress was to rely on Snow Empress.

"All right, don't make things too difficult for Yuhao."

The cool voice came from beside him. Huo Yuhao looked at Snow Empress tightly hugging his right arm. Feeling that soft warmth, he truly wanted to tell her, Xue'er, I'm still just a child.

Yet Huo Yuhao's heart felt warm. Everyone was still by his side, and this time, perhaps he truly possessed the ability to bring happiness to them all.

Three months later, Shrek City.

Only one day remained before Shrek Academy's enrollment period ended, yet the area outside Shrek City's eastern gate was still bustling. Countless vendors hawked their wares, hoping to make a fortune while the crowds were at their greatest.

At Shrek City's registration area, the previously noisy crowd suddenly fell silent with the arrival of a girl dressed in red.

The girl appeared to be seventeen or eighteen. She was beautiful, fair-skinned, and seemed weightless as she walked, while carrying herself with the proud, solitary bearing of a plum blossom.

The crowd, which had been packed tightly together, quickly made way for her. The surrounding Outer Court students naturally recognized who she was. Their faces flushed as they greeted her one after another.

Ling Luochen merely nodded slightly and continued walking, intending to enter Shrek Academy. Yet she suddenly halted, looking toward the registration area with confusion in her eyes.

"W-what kind of monster is that?"

A student at the registration area cried out in alarm, causing an uproar among the surrounding crowd as everyone sucked in a cold breath.

Before the registration area stood a boy with two dense, profound purple Soul Rings pulsing beside him. The crystal ball used to test Soul Power shone brilliantly, clearly indicating that his Soul Power was nearly at its maximum.

After years of development and exploration, Soul Masters had gained a new understanding of Soul Rings. The age limit of a Soul Ring varied according to an individual's physical condition, and with a great enough price, it could even be raised later on.

Yet for such a young boy to possess thousand-year Soul Rings as both his first and second rings was something Shrek Academy had never seen even throughout its ten-thousand-year history.

"Senior Sister, I passed the test, right?"

Huo Yuhao smiled. His gentle smile, coupled with his handsome features, drew the attention of quite a few girls nearby. But when they saw the peerlessly beautiful girl standing at his side, they all felt inferior.

The young men who had originally been displeased to see Huo Yuhao with Jiang Nannan, the number one beauty of the Outer Court, immediately felt that the two were a perfect match.

The person in charge of reporting new students stared blankly at Huo Yuhao, nodding repeatedly before a delighted expression appeared on her face.

"Congratulations, Junior Brother. You've successfully passed!"

"All right, Sister Nannan. Let's head into the academy now."

After putting away his proof of acceptance, Huo Yuhao took Jiang Nannan's hand and headed toward Shrek City's eastern gate.

For the current Huo Yuhao, obtaining a recommendation letter from a main city was naturally no difficult matter. He no longer needed, as he had in his previous life, to rely on Tang Sect's exemption quota to enter Shrek Academy.

As for entering Shrek Academy's Outer Court, aside from a recommendation letter, there were only two requirements. The first was being no older than twelve, while the second was possessing Soul Power of at least rank fifteen.

Ling Luochen watched Huo Yuhao and Jiang Nannan disappear into the crowd, and the confusion in her heart deepened.

When that boy had released his Soul Rings earlier, her martial soul had actually trembled uncontrollably.

Just what was that boy's martial soul?

Ling Luochen's curiosity was immediately piqued. Although her ice-element martial soul was not Ultimate Ice, it was still considered a top-tier martial soul.

Could that boy's martial soul be Ultimate Ice?

For some reason, Ling Luochen abandoned her plan to return directly to the Inner Court and instead quietly followed Huo Yuhao.