A Genius One in a Million

"You're a genius, one in a million! You learn everything so quickly..." Du Hao kept adding settings to Xiao Wu.

He wanted to see if this method could turn the silly rabbit in front of him into a genius, one in a million.

And as it turned out...

"Dad, Dad... What are you talking about?" The rabbit's eyes were clear, and her gaze held the foolishness of someone untouched by knowledge.

Clearly, she hadn't been hypnotized at all.

"Huh?" Du Hao turned the phone around and looked at the hearts pulsing across the screen.

There didn't seem to be anything wrong with it. Could the software be the problem?

He swiped around the screen for a while, but there was only one app on the phone.

Could it be...

He suddenly recalled the description of the reward. An Unstable Hypnosis Phone... Could this thing be broken?

Or did it only work some of the time?

"What are you doing?" Xiao Wu innocently sidled up to Du Hao, looking at the phone in his hand.

She hadn't realized she'd nearly been hypnotized just now.

As for what Zhu Zhuqing was doing at that moment?

After seeing that nothing had happened to Xiao Wu, she had left on her own to wash up.

"Fine, fine, you win." He pushed away the rabbit who kept leaning against him.

He was still filthy from head to toe. That silly rabbit wasn't worried about getting herself covered in dust?

"You can read the book, but there are conditions!"

"Go ahead. Sister Xiao Wu promises she'll agree!" Xiao Wu answered readily, putting on the air of a big sister.

Du Hao immediately flicked her on the forehead.

"Now you're calling yourself Xiao Wu? Think you've grown too big for your boots?" As he spoke, he pinched her cheeks between his hands. "I'll let you put on airs outside, but I won't let you get away with it here."

"If you put on airs with me..." He clenched both fists in the air. "I'll cut your allowance in half from now on!"

"Huh?!" Xiao Wu panicked at once.

She grabbed one of Du Hao's hands and hurriedly apologized. "I was wrong, I was wrong! I won't put on airs anymore!"

After all, Du Hao had been covering Xiao Wu's living expenses these past few days. He was practically her benefactor.

With the few copper coins she got each day, how could she eat fresh carrots every day otherwise?

If her allowance were cut in half, Xiao Wu wouldn't even have anywhere to cry. That would be worse than losing her status as big sister!

Even a big sister had to eat. Cutting off her food supply was serious business.

After teaching the rabbit in the room a lesson, Du Hao spoke up.

"Fine, those are the only conditions for now." Du Hao stood up from beside the bed and tossed Xiao Wu a few green onions.

"Have a little something to tide you over."

"I'll go to the cafeteria after I've showered. Wait here in the dorm and behave." With that, he walked out without looking back.

Xiao Wu hugged one of the onions and nibbled at it pitifully.

"Bad Hao-ge, bad Hao-ge!" She took a bite of green onion with every curse, as if the onions in her arms were Du Hao himself.

And so, the only sound left in the room was the crunching of green onions.

"What are you all doing?" Tang San had just returned from Grandmaster's place. He looked curiously at the three of them.

"Xiao San? Perfect timing, come over here!" The moment Du Hao spotted Tang San, he pulled him over.

Tang San stumbled as he was dragged along, then gave his good-for-nothing friend an annoyed punch.

"What's the hurry?"

"Look at this..." As he spoke, Du Hao summoned a green onion and swung it through the air, sending out a verdant slash.

"What did you just do?!" Tang San was dumbstruck!

That was exactly like the attack used by the swordsman in his fragmented memories!

What was it called again? Sword... sword qi projection! Right, Sword Qi Projection!

But was that something a Martial Soul could do?

This was a completely different world!

Seeing Tang San's shocked expression, Du Hao immediately wore a deeply satisfied look.

Wasn't this the very moment he'd been working toward for so long? It felt amazing.

"How did you do that?" Tang San hurriedly asked Du Hao once he'd recovered.

He had to learn that move!

If a green onion could pull off such an awesome technique, then surely his Blue Silver Grass could do the same?

Because Du Hao had intervened, Tang San's First Soul Ring was no longer from a 400-year-old Datura Snake.

Instead, it came from a plant-type Soul Beast, a 789-year-old Iron Wood Vine...

And Tang San's first Soul Skill wasn't Mother's Entanglement anymore. It was the far more practical Blue Silver Reinforcement!

It could actively give his Blue Silver Grass greater toughness. And when necessary, the grass could even change into all sorts of weapons according to Tang San's wishes.

Grandmaster, who had suggested hunting a Datura Snake at the time, had been so shocked he could barely believe his eyes.

After all, this was a full 300 years beyond the limit his theories had predicted!

Grandmaster was still holed up in the school library, endlessly researching Martial Souls...

If Tang San hadn't been so tight-lipped, Grandmaster would probably already be on his way to discuss the subject with Du Hao.

"Heh heh, want to know?" Seeing Tang San's eager expression, Du Hao deliberately kept him in suspense.

"Call me Hao-ge, and I'll teach you."

"Hao-ge!" Tang San blurted it out without a moment's hesitation.

Seeing that, Du Hao didn't hold anything back.

He explained the principles behind releasing his Martial Soul and the mechanics of unleashing that slash in clear detail.

"Wait, I read Soul Power Control: From Beginner to Buried in the Ground too." Tang San's eyes instantly lit up as he showed Du Hao his Purple Pupil.

"I've already mastered Purple Pupil, so why couldn't I pull off that move you just did, sending the attack outward?"

"Are you still holding something back from me?" As he spoke, Tang San stared at the green onion in Du Hao's hand.

Without any hesitation, he reached out. "Let me see that green onion. Is there something hidden inside it?"

"You're not going to fool me that easily!"

"You little troublemaker, why would I lie to you?" Though he said that, Du Hao still passed him the green onion.

He'd let Tang San have the green onion as a nutritional supplement.

"You really weren't fooling me this time?" Now that the green onion was right in front of him, Tang San knew this guy wasn't exactly trustworthy.

Last time, he'd told Tang San that he shouldn't train his eyes at noon, but should do it at dawn, just as the sun came up.

And what happened? After half a month, he'd made zero progress.

It was less effective than practicing for a little while at noon...

Another time, Du Hao had said that for the Mysterious Jade Fist, he should train his palms instead of his fists.

Tang San had believed him again and dutifully started practicing with his palms. The result? His bone strengthening got weaker, believe it or not.

That was why Tang San could only trust half of what Du Hao said. His credibility was nearly used up.

"Come on, you still don't believe me?" Du Hao was practically speechless at Tang San.

"I believe you, but slowly. In a measured way. Gradually..."

"Stop, stop, stop! Are you giving me the official line?" Du Hao was nearly at a loss for words. This kid had learned all the wrong things, and only the bad ones.

"That's because you taught me so well." Tang San gave him a sidelong glance, as if to say, Who was it that led me astray in the first place?

It was only fair to repay someone in their own coin.

Du Hao had no idea what to say in response. The corners of his mouth twitched.

This guy was nothing like Buddha Ancestor Tang. He was far too devious.