After completing the day's Evil Purification, Gu Shengge returned to the dormitory. Han Yue had been waiting there for him.
"How did it go? Did you win the revival match?"
Gu Shengge asked. Han Yue nodded. That afternoon, they had competed against a team that had been eliminated and won the revival match, but this had also disrupted the team lineup for the freshman elimination tournament.
There was now one extra team among the original sixteen. That meant one team would receive a bye if they held a draw.
Gu Shengge asked, "How did Huo Yuhao react?"
He wasn't surprised at all that Huo Yuhao had won the revival match. He was just curious about his reaction. After all, that kid wasn't exactly a kind soul.
Although Tang San had thoroughly manipulated Huo Yuhao in the original story, Huo Yuhao and Tang San came from the same mold. He was just as much a hypocrite.
Early in the original story, he helped Bei Bei cheat to beat Xu Sanshi. Later, during the Continental Elite Soul Master Tournament, he sat in the audience and interfered with and ambushed the opposing team. It was a despicable thing to do, all in the name of the Tang Sect.
Then there was the whole string of things he did afterward. At first, he loudly vowed to avenge his mother, but later he saved the White Tiger Duke and taught the duke's son.
Ju Zi had his child, and he still shouted and carried on, with a whole host of other faults besides.
And when Sky Dream Ice Silkworm helped him capture the Ice Empress, all it took was for the two of them to reminisce for a few moments before Huo Yuhao decided Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had betrayed him and was deceiving him. He resented Sky Dream Ice Silkworm for it.
All in all, Huo Yuhao had serious psychological issues, and they were tied to the humiliation he'd suffered as a child at the Duke's Mansion.
That morning, Gu Shengge had keenly sensed that Huo Yuhao harbored strange feelings toward him.
"Huo Yuhao didn't do anything unusual. After the match, he went off to sell fish at his stall."
Hearing this, Gu Shengge knew that even if Huo Yuhao had a problem with him, he wouldn't show it to his face. Besides, he knew that Han Yue shared a dormitory with him.
Suddenly, Gu Shengge asked, "Are you interested in that girl named Xiao Xiao?"
Caught completely off guard, Han Yue froze. A trace of embarrassment appeared on his slightly dark face. So his boss had noticed after all.
Han Yue nodded, but his expression soon dimmed. Xiao Xiao liked Wang Dong.
"Your taste is good. Keep at it. As long as you're sincere with her, she'll surely return your sincerity."
Gu Shengge smiled and patted Han Yue on the shoulder. He wasn't going to tell him not to be a lovesick fool or anything like that. How could young boys and girls just discovering love understand such things? The feelings they had at this age were the purest and shouldn't be tainted by anything.
A Blackwater Pill and a Soul Ascension Pill appeared in his hand. He held them out to Han Yue.
"Consider this my investment in your love life. Go boldly and passionately after the girl you like—and don't forget to bring her into Spirit Hall."
Looking at the two pills held out to him, Han Yue nodded firmly, deeply moved. He thumped his chest and promised that he would win Xiao Xiao over and get her to join Spirit Hall.
Then he hurried out of the dormitory to go charm Xiao Xiao.
Gu Shengge smiled. He knew a bit about Xiao Xiao. In the original story, she had ended up with He Caitou. If she could take a liking to He Caitou, there was no reason she couldn't like Han Yue.
She had Twin Martial Souls, and in the future, she would make a fine ally.
Gu Shengge took a shower, then returned to his bed and sat cross-legged. He closed his eyes, steadied his mind, and began to stir the Creation Power within him.
A platinum-white energy imbued with the Creation Laws appeared in his palm, gradually condensing into a Soul Ascension Pill. This one, however, was different from the ones he'd made before.
It was still emerald green, but it had a faint golden ring around it. A tempting fragrance wafted from it, intoxicating the senses, and its aura of life was incredibly rich. The energy it contained was five times that of an ordinary Soul Ascension Pill.
This pill was called the Greater Soul Ascension Pill.
Gu Shengge had come up with it himself some time ago. He'd combined the Creation Power used to condense five Soul Ascension Pills into one. There was no technique to it; he had simply stacked them together.
Someone who had taken a Soul Ascension Pill could still take a Greater Soul Ascension Pill afterward.
Its drawback was that only Soul Elders at level thirty could take it. The bodies of Soul Masters and Soul Grandmasters couldn't withstand the energy unleashed by the Greater Soul Ascension Pill.
Of course, there were exceptions for Soul Masters with particularly strong bodies.
The Greater Soul Ascension Pill was only the beginning. Once he had more Creation Power, he would use the Soul Ascension Pill as a foundation and create other pills, such as Earth Soul Pills, Heaven Soul Pills, and Saint Soul Pills.
Gu Shengge had condensed this Greater Soul Ascension Pill because he wanted to give it to Ning Tian. After all, she'd stood up for him today.
Creation Power surged, creating a box of cold jade. Gu Shengge placed the Greater Soul Ascension Pill inside, then rose and left the dormitory.
The freshman dormitories were separated by gender. The academy's rules stated that neither boys nor girls could enter the other gender's dormitory without permission.
Gu Shengge found the dorm supervisor and told him he was there to see Ning Tian, giving him her dormitory number as well.
The supervisor asked him to wait, then used a Soul Tool linked to the dormitory's Soul Tool owl to call for Ning Tian.
A few minutes later, Ning Tian came downstairs. She had taken off her uniform and changed into a pale-yellow dress that hugged her developing figure. Her straight, jade-white legs were faintly visible beneath the hem, smooth and fair as she approached in small steps.
A few beads of water still clung to Ning Tian's neat, short golden hair. She had probably just finished bathing, and a puzzled look crossed her pretty face.
As soon as she approached, Gu Shengge caught the faint fragrance she gave off. It was something like tulips.
"Class monitor, what brings you here?"
Ning Tian looked at Gu Shengge in confusion. He smiled slightly, took out the box of cold jade, and held it out to her as he said gently,
"Thank you for speaking up for me today. This Greater Soul Ascension Pill is for you. It contains the equivalent of five Soul Ascension Pills' worth of energy, so it's suitable for a Soul Elder."
At this, surprise appeared on Ning Tian's pretty face. She had never heard of a Greater Soul Ascension Pill on the continent. Its medicinal effects were five times stronger than those of a Soul Ascension Pill. No wonder it was called a Greater Soul Ascension Pill.
She didn't refuse. She took the box of cold jade, smiled, and thanked Gu Shengge.
"Thank you, class monitor. But where did you get this Greater Soul Ascension Pill?"
"My teacher made it."
Gu Shengge attributed it to his teacher. Ning Tian didn't ask anything more.
Gu Shengge said, "I'll head back now. Get some rest early, too. We have another match tomorrow."
"Okay, goodbye, class monitor."
Ning Tian gave a small nod and watched Gu Shengge leave, but she felt a little disappointed.
Before coming downstairs, she'd been hoping Gu Shengge had come to ask her to go shopping with him. She hadn't expected him to come only to give her a pill.
Ning Tian returned to the dormitory. When Wu Feng saw her come back, she looked puzzled too and asked her young mistress,
"Young mistress, didn't the class monitor invite you to go shopping?"
Ning Tian shook her head and told Wu Feng about Gu Shengge's visit to give her the pill. There was a hint of complaint in her voice.
After hearing her out, Wu Feng was just as bewildered. She couldn't understand what the class monitor was thinking. Could it be that he wasn't interested in her young mistress?
P.S. Should Ning Tian accept him or not?
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