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If he wanted to find Dragon Valley, he could only seek out someone who had been there before.

He could not go to the Silver Dragon King for the time being, so Xia Liang thought of someone: Mu En.

"Lord Dragon God."

"Why does Lord World have the time to visit an old man like me?"

At the dormitory entrance, Mu En watched Xia Liang approach. Xia Liang was not wearing that hooded black robe, appearing instead as a young man with shoulder-length black hair and a calm expression, his hands hanging casually at his sides. The moment he reached the door, the old man in the wicker chair opened his closed eyes.

"I'll skip the pleasantries. I want to exchange this for Lord Dragon God's Dragon Core."

Xia Liang took out a golden pill. It was a product of his experiments to condense Golden Apples, enough to restore Mu En to his peak.

"You even know about the Dragon Core. Now I'm truly curious about who you people are."

Mu En looked at Xia Liang and found him even harder to fathom. He had originally thought Xia Liang merely belonged to some reclusive clan with a Limit Douluo, but he had not expected him to know even about the Dragon Core.

Sure enough, someone besides himself had explored that place.

"There are quite a few records in my family."

Xia Liang answered. In the original story, Mu En had obtained the Dragon Core after accidentally entering an ancient ruin. If nothing unexpected happened, that so-called ancient ruin was likely part of Dragon Valley. He could try using the Dragon Core as a guide to search for Dragon Valley.

"Mm..."

In the end, Mu En naturally agreed to the exchange. This deal could not possibly lose him anything. Although the Dragon Core's baleful aura had already been fully absorbed by Mu En, and giving it to Bei Bei would make it easier for Bei Bei to reach the Limit realm after Mu En's death, if Mu En remained alive, then Bei Bei would naturally have no use for it.

He was completely confident that he could guide Bei Bei into becoming a true Limit Douluo!

Moreover, Mu En had a vague feeling that a great upheaval would come in the future. When that time came, the Limit realm would no longer be the pinnacle of the human world.

"Deal." Mu En closed the jade box and carefully tucked it into his robes. Then, he slowly summoned a fist-sized dark golden sphere from within his body. Fine dragon patterns wound across its surface, radiating an ancient and weighty aura. He handed the Dragon Core over.

After the exchange was complete, Mu En lowered his head to glance at the golden pill in his hand. Without hesitation, he swallowed it.

The pill melted the instant it entered his mouth. A warm, dense golden current flowed down his throat and straight into his organs. Mu En's body suddenly trembled, and the wrinkles on his face seemed to smooth out for an instant. He could feel the cracks carved into him by the years being filled layer by layer with golden energy.

In just a few years, once the baleful aura in his body had been fully purged, he would likely be able to return to his peak.

"Oh, right, about that little fellow Yuhao..."

Mu En suddenly remembered that Huo Yuhao was currently a student of the Soul Guidance Department. Leaving things that way would be far too much of a waste of the child's talent.

"What does Lord Dragon God think?"

"A dual-department core disciple? How about it?"

Naturally, Xia Liang did not want to interfere too much with Huo Yuhao's future. He simply brought Huo Yuhao over and let him choose for himself.

"A dual-department core disciple? Will the Martial Soul Department agree?"

"No need to worry about them."

The moment Huo Yuhao heard "dual-department core disciple," he agreed. On Xia Liang's side, there were either soul beasts or people from another world. Their research into martial souls certainly could not compare to Shrek's. If he wanted to truly unlock the potential of his martial soul, returning to the Martial Soul Department was also a good choice.

"Mm, as long as you agree. Once this break ends, you can go to New Student Class One."

"Alright."

That night, Mu En convened a Sea God Pavilion meeting.

"What? A dual-department core disciple? Huo Yuhao?"

Xian Lin'er was the first to object. She had gone through so much trouble to bring Huo Yuhao into the Soul Guidance Department, and now he was being sent back to the Martial Soul Department? She would not agree to it even if it was only half the time.

Huo Yuhao was the Soul Guidance Department's treasure!

Yan Shaozhe, on the other hand, naturally agreed. Since Huo Yuhao was willing to come over, it showed that he did not mind Yan Shaozhe's earlier disrespect. Besides, perhaps they could communicate with the people behind him.

"The true difference between the Martial Soul Department and the Soul Guidance Department lies only in their offensive and defensive methods. There is no fundamental difference between them. I have seen that child's hard work. He is fully capable of handling both."

Mu En had made the decision, and with "World" Douluo standing behind Huo Yuhao, naturally no one objected.

In the dormitory that night...

"Yuhao? You got back even earlier than I did?"

Wang Dong stared in surprise at Huo Yuhao, who was already in the room. He had clearly returned ahead of schedule, so how was he still slower than Huo Yuhao?

"Mm, after I obtained my soul ring, Senior brought me back. Oh, right, I'll give you a surprise tomorrow."

Huo Yuhao suddenly thought of something and smiled at Wang Dong.

"What surprise?"

Wang Dong looked curiously at Huo Yuhao, wanting to know what surprise he meant.

"You'll find out tomorrow." Huo Yuhao kept him in suspense. Tomorrow's matters could wait until tomorrow.

"Oh, right, how is New Student Class One?" Huo Yuhao suddenly asked. He had gone to the Soul Guidance Department earlier, so he had not paid much attention to New Student Class One in the Martial Soul Department. On top of that, he had spent a long time immersed in the Soul Guidance Workshop and only returned to the dormitory once in a while.

"How else could it be? Ever since Dai Huabin became class monitor, he's been acting all high and mighty, coming around to pick fights every now and then."

The mention of this made Wang Dong angry. He had gone up during the class monitor election, but unfortunately he could not use his second martial soul, and his soul power rank was considerably lower as well. He simply could not defeat Dai Huabin, a three-ringed Soul Elder, allowing the latter to become class monitor.

"Don't worry, I'm already at three rings. He's definitely going to lose this time!"

Remembering that he had also reached three rings, Wang Dong became extremely confident. Other than having a slightly lower soul power rank than Dai Huabin, his combat strength definitely would not be much worse. This time, he would ruthlessly get back at Dai Huabin!

"Oh, right, how many years is your second soul ring?"

Wang Dong suddenly asked. With such a powerful senior around, the age of Huo Yuhao's second ring could not possibly be low, right?

"Then let me show you."

Hearing that, Huo Yuhao smiled. Then, under Wang Dong's inquisitive gaze, he stood up and spread his arms.

The next second, the curiosity in Wang Dong's eyes turned into shock.

"Ten thousand years...!"

The next day, New Student Class One gained a new student.

"Let me introduce a familiar new classmate to you all: Huo Yuhao."

Wang Yan happily introduced him to the students below. He had been delighted to learn that Huo Yuhao was returning to the Martial Soul Department. A body martial soul should have been properly developed in the first place. Although the Soul Guidance Department also had martial soul classes, how could those classes possibly compare to the Martial Soul Department's?

Wang Yan was extremely confident. When it came solely to guidance on martial souls, not even an organization on the Douluo Continent—nor even one combined with the Sun Moon Continent—could compare to Shrek Academy.

"Mm!"

Below, Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao were both stunned.

"You didn't know either?"

Xiao Xiao looked at Wang Dong beside her. Judging from his expression, he seemed not to have known either.

"He said he'd give me a surprise yesterday, but I didn't expect it to be this."

Wang Dong rubbed his nose. Now he finally knew what surprise Huo Yuhao had meant last night.

"Teacher Wang Yan, may I ask who our class monitor is?"

Hm?

Wang Yan froze for a moment, and then the entire class fell silent.

Who did not know about the conflict between Dai Huabin's group and Wang Dong's group? Huo Yuhao asking this question now naturally made them think more deeply.

"Ahem, it's like this, student Yuhao. Today, we'll be conducting the promotion assessment. As for the matter of class monitor, how about we discuss it after the promotion assessment?"

Wang Yan coughed twice, drawing the whole class's attention. The contest for class monitor was entirely based on strength, but the promotion assessment was today. If the two really fought, their scores in the assessment afterward definitely would not be their best.

"Mm, I'll listen to you, Teacher. But actually, one minute is enough."

As Huo Yuhao said "one minute," his gaze casually swept over Dai Huabin's face.

As the son of the White Tiger Duke, the heir of the White Tiger Duke's Estate, and the most talented member of the White Tiger Duke's Estate in recent years, Dai Huabin naturally could not endure such provocation.

"Don't..."

Zhu Lu held Dai Huabin back from the side. Fighting Huo Yuhao now would be playing right into his hands. No matter what, when the assessment began later, Dai Huabin definitely would not be in peak condition.

"Mm, I know."

Dai Huabin nodded in response, his bloodshot eyes fixed on Huo Yuhao on the stage.

I'll definitely make this guy pay!