Mother Gu Recovers! Heading to Seven Treasures City!

Gu An reached out his hand, just enough to reach the shapely curve behind Leng Yaozhu, and gave it a sharp, annoyed pat.

Smack.

The sound was crisp.

Wave after wave of sensation followed.

Leng Yaozhu let out a dainty cry, never expecting to be ambushed from behind.

She loosened her grip on Gu An slightly and looked down at him, two patches of crimson flushing across her cheeks.

Before she could ask, Gu An said viciously.

"I'm talking to you about serious business! You're just bullying me because I'm young, aren't you!"

"Just you wait until I grow up."

Seeing Gu An looking so puffed up with indignation, Leng Yaozhu blushed and laughed out loud instead.

Gu An felt like he had taken a critical hit.

It was the kind where the opponent ignored your attack and mocked you for it.

Before Gu An could flare up again, Leng Yaozhu put away her smile and turned to serious matters.

"I have never consumed immortal herbs."

"However, I do not need them."

"I have already attained the rank of Limit Douluo, and have even touched the threshold of a demigod."

"Immortal herbs are useless to me."

After hearing this, Gu An nodded and said nothing more.

He turned his gaze back to the Earth Vein Profound Root in his hand.

The golden patterns on the surface of the immortal herb flickered under the reflection of the firelight.

Gu An did not hesitate any longer; he placed the Earth Vein Profound Root into his mouth, chewed a few times, and swallowed it.

A warm, gentle power rose from his abdomen, slowly flowing along his meridians.

It felt as if a pair of invisible hands were gathering, compressing, and purifying the scattered soul power within his body, bit by bit.

Gu An closed his eyes, sat cross-legged, and began to guide this power to circulate through his body.

Leng Yaozhu sat down opposite him, her gaze resting on Gu An's face, a lingering trace of a smile still hanging at the corners of her lips.

During the time Gu An sat cross-legged in the Star Dou Great Forest, eyes closed as he absorbed the medicinal power of the Earth Vein Profound Root.

Tang Ya was waiting for Huo Yuhao's answer.

The latter looked at Beibei and Tang Ya, a surge of complex, indescribable emotions welling up in his heart.

Ever since he escaped from the White Tiger Duke Mansion, it had been a very, very long time since anyone had treated him this way.

Looking at the expectant expression on Tang Ya's face.

He found he could not refuse her at all.

Especially with new grudges and old hatreds combined, he hungered for strength more than ever before.

The Title Douluo with long, fiery red hair, the boy she held in her arms, and those from the White Tiger Duke Mansion.

He raised his head, looked at Tang Ya and Beibei, and said firmly.

"Sister Tang Ya, I am willing to join the Tang Sect."

Tang Ya's eyes lit up, her mouth opened wide, and then she grabbed Beibei's arm and shook it vigorously.

"Beibei, did you hear that! He's willing to join!"

Beibei, being shaken until he couldn't stand steadily, nodded with a smile.

"I heard, I heard."

Just like that, Huo Yuhao became a member of the Tang Sect.

The three of them traveled toward Shrek Academy.

They traveled by day, and at night, Beibei and Tang Ya took turns teaching Huo Yuhao the unique skills of the Tang Sect.

Mysterious Jade Hand, Crane Control Dragon Capture, Ghost Shadow Tracking...

Huo Yuhao practiced with desperate intensity.

For every move and every stance, where others practiced ten times, he practiced a hundred.

A few days passed in the blink of an eye.

When the magnificent walls of Shrek City appeared in their field of vision, Tang Ya let out a long breath and put her hands on her hips.

"We're finally here!"

Huo Yuhao stood behind her, looking up at the towering city, the shadow of the walls reflected in his eyes.

Shrek Academy, the number one academy on the continent.

He had to become stronger here, strong enough to take his revenge.

Meanwhile.

In that small village on the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Gu An had already finished absorbing the Earth Vein Profound Root and returned home.

He was packing his things, his face clearly etched with the words "life is meaningless."

Leng Yaozhu stood beside him, reaching out to pat his shoulder with a curved smile on her lips.

Her tone carried a clear sense of amusement.

"Why so depressed?"

"You know as well as I do that your level seventeen soul power was all fluff."

"Returning to level fourteen now is the best possible outcome."

"Look at your foundation now, how solid it is."

Gu An sighed and fell backward, sprawling out on the floor in a star shape.

Staring at the rafters, his tone was full of annoyance.

"I know that, of course."

"I'm just annoyed, that's all."

After he finished absorbing the Earth Vein Profound Root, the soul power within his body had been repeatedly compressed and refined.

His originally bloated and unstable level seventeen soul power had been forcibly compressed back down to level fourteen.

His soul power level had dropped.

But his strength was actually greater than before.

The original feeling of being light and unable to exert force had completely vanished.

In its place was a solid, responsive sense of control.

His meridians had been widened by more than double.

When his soul power flowed through his body, it was no longer the sluggish stream it once was, but had become a torrent constrained within a riverbed.

Yet, he was still annoyed.

Other people ate immortal herbs and their levels shot up.

He ate an immortal herb, and his level dropped.

How was that fair?

At this moment, the door to the adjacent room was pushed open.

Mother Gu walked out.

Gu An's eyes lit up instantly, and the frustration on his face vanished completely.

He flipped up from the floor and sat up, grinning as he spoke.

"Mom, you look so beautiful right now!"

Hearing this, Mother Gu blushed slightly, then reached out and pinched Gu An's ear with practiced precision.

"Am I old to you now?"

"I told you I didn't need that immortal herb, yet you shoved it into my mouth anyway!"

Her tone was fierce.

But her eyes were red.

Heaven knows how her son had suddenly changed so much after returning.

He had grown taller, his features had sharpened, and he looked even more handsome than before.

And he had brought back an immortal herb from who knows where, forcing it into her mouth without a word, making her swallow it.

After the herb entered her stomach, a warm power circulated through her body.

The hidden injuries caused by that palm strike from Xuanzi, the stubborn wounds that had tormented her for countless days and nights...

They had melted away bit by bit under the medicinal power.

She had fully recovered.

Not only that, but her soul power had taken a massive leap forward, leaving her only a hair's breadth away from becoming a Soul Saint.

At the same time, she looked radiant; her skin had improved, her complexion was better, and her mindset had grown younger along with it.

Gu An didn't struggle as his mother twisted his ear.

Instead, he took the opportunity to wrap his arms around Mother Gu's waist, pressing his face against her as he put on a pitiful act.

"Mom is definitely not old; you're so beautiful."

"It's just that I can't afford to lose you."

"If you don't want the immortal herb, do you want to see your own son remain completely ignorant of music?"

His tone was full of grievance.

Mother Gu released his ear, changing her touch to gently stroke the back of his head.

She naturally knew her son was just coaxing her.

She had taught him music since he was small, and his talent was astonishing; he played the flute even better than she did.

Saying such things was merely to put her mind at ease.

Mother Gu lowered her head, looking at the little head in her arms, her eyes filled with doting affection.

"Leave it to me; I will teach you well."

Leng Yaozhu stood to the side, watching this scene quietly.

She didn't speak, a faint smile hanging on her lips, yet deep within her eyes, a trace of envy was hidden.

She thought of her own younger sister.

A sister who defied her.

From childhood to adulthood, the two of them would quarrel the moment they met, and they could start a fight if they didn't agree after three sentences.

They had even turned against each other because of a stranger.

Now that she had been summoned to this world, her previous emotions had all been stripped away.

The feelings for those figures in her memories no longer existed.

But family was different after all.

Leng Yaozhu sighed softly in her heart.

I hope I can draw my sister later.

She felt that without the messy emotional entanglements of the past, she and her sister shouldn't become enemies again, right?

Gu An poked his head out from his mother's embrace and looked at the two women before him.

They were both the people he trusted most right now.

He clapped his hands, got off the bed, and stood up.

"Alright, since everything is ready, let's set off for Seven Treasures City now!"

Mother Gu and Leng Yaozhu exchanged a glance.

They smiled at each other.

They would both listen to Gu An.

For his sake, the two of them would be willing to pay the price with their lives.

Mother Gu picked Gu An up, and Leng Yaozhu followed by her side, wanting to hold him too.

Unfortunately, she had no chance.

The three of them left the place.

While they set off for Seven Treasures City, preparing to establish an academy, in Shrek City, Huo Yuhao had officially joined Shrek Academy.

Upon returning to his dormitory, he finally met his roommate, the cross-dressing Wang Dong, the "dog leash" used by the Great God King Tang to tether Huo Yuhao.

As a result of Wang Dong's arrogant attitude, the two of them started a fight without a word.

Right in front of the old man Mu En, the Pavilion Master of the Sea God Pavilion.

They engaged in a brawl, but Huo Yuhao, disregarding martial virtue, used a soul skill.

"Soul Shock!"

It was one of the four soul skills granted to him by the million-year Sky Dream Ice Worm, his first soul ring.

Wang Dong's pupils contracted violently, his head splitting with pain as he clutched his head and retreated.

He was defeated.

Since he had already used a million-year soul skill, this round was his to concede.

The next day, Huo Yuhao officially began his classes.

The homeroom teacher of his class was none other than the old hag Zhou Yi, who inherited the "running method" from Yu Xiaogang!

Just as Huo Yuhao was being driven to the brink of madness by Zhou Yi's teaching, outside Seven Treasures City, three figures appeared in the sky.