A Haunting Presence

Still, when all was said and done, Gangzi really did have absurdly good luck.

As the son of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's patriarch, Gangzi had undoubtedly been born with a golden spoon in his mouth.

His Martial Soul awakening might have been a bit of a failure, but the moment Gangzi arrived at Spirit Hall, a clueless Saintess immediately fell in love with this useless nobody.

After his love life fell apart and he left Spirit Hall in despair to travel the world, he just happened to meet Flender and Liu Erlong, two top-tier tools capable of forming a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with him.

Then the Golden Iron Triangle turned into a golden love triangle. Liu Erlong somehow didn't choose the stronger Flender and instead went blind for Gangzi, that useless coward with no sense of responsibility.

It would have been one thing if Gangzi had even a little backbone, but the bastard heard on their wedding day that Liu Erlong was his cousin and immediately ran away without another word.

Liu Erlong herself didn't even care, yet Gangzi ran first to save face. What was that if not selfishness?

That kind of luck was already ridiculous enough, yet while he was loafing around in Nuoding City, Gangzi even had Tang San practically deliver himself to his doorstep.

After that, he coasted all the way into the title of teacher of a god. He truly had fortune smiling upon him.

Thinking back on Gangzi's absurd exploits, Lin Huo completely agreed with Book Elder's opinion.

Tang Buddha's character aside, if Gangzi was not only irresponsible but also as shameless as Book Elder claimed, plagiarizing other people's academic work, then he truly was a first-rate scumbag.

After Book Elder had gone to such lengths to explain everything, Lin Huo naturally made his stance clear. "I understand now. Don't worry, Book Elder. If I ever run into that scum, I definitely won't let him fool me."

Satisfied with Lin Huo's attitude, Book Elder nodded with a smile. "Good. As long as you understand."

Book Elder rose to his feet, straightened his clothes, and began saying goodbye. "You are a special-class student, so the library's closing rules do not apply to you.

As long as you wish to read, you may stay here for as long as you like and come whenever you wish.

If you need anything, you may instruct the people in the library. They will do their best to meet your requests.

All right, this old man has other matters to handle, so I won't keep you company today."

"Goodbye, Book Elder. This junior will not see you out."

Watching Book Elder disappear into the distance at the end of the road, Lin Huo knew that he had gained the attention of yet another major figure in the academy.

Someone who could oversee the heavily guarded Blazing Fire Library likely held no lowly status, whether within the Fire Clan or Blazing Fire Academy.

However, judging from Book Elder's kind and amiable attitude toward him, drawing his attention this time would only be a good thing.

Lin Huo studied in the library until night had fallen. Thinking he had learned enough for the day, he got up, packed his things, and headed for the cafeteria.

After a simple meal, he went to the Solo Training Ground and ingrained himself for a while.

Only when the nutrients absorbed through Ingrain had fed back into his body, leaving him warm all over, did Lin Huo return to his dormitory in satisfaction.

The moment the door opened, a vaguely familiar sweet fragrance drifted into his nose. Lin Huo immediately spotted the tea table placed in a familiar spot in the living room.

"Did I take the wrong turn? Did I come back to Sister Huo Wu's dorm?"

The scenes from yesterday flashed through his mind, leaving Lin Huo dazed for a moment. With a puzzled expression, he backed out of the dormitory.

"Holy shit, this is Building Three. What the hell is going on?"

Lin Huo stood there blankly for quite a while, his head full of questions and not knowing where to begin complaining. Just then, a voice from upstairs snapped him out of it.

"Stop standing there like a wooden post, Doghead Strategist. It's exactly what you think. Get in here already."

Lin Huo instinctively looked up and saw Huo Wu leaning over the second-floor balcony railing, resting her chin in her hands with a beaming smile.

Yet under the dim yellow glow of the streetlights in the darkness, the head poking out from the second floor looked deathly pale. Combined with that smile, she looked exactly like a vengeful ghost that refused to go away.

How was this damned scene any different from seeing a ghost? Lin Huo felt no surprise at all, only fright.

"Hah." With a helpless sigh, Lin Huo walked back into the dormitory. A blessing could not be avoided, and neither could a disaster.

Even after he had changed dormitories, Huo Wu had managed to stick herself back onto him. What else could he say?

A string of light footsteps thudded against the wooden floor. By the time Lin Huo locked the dormitory door and turned around, Huo Wu had already run up to him.

"Doghead Strategist, you've got quite the nerve. You actually dared to ignore your big sister's orders and move dormitories without saying a word?"

Huo Wu's tone was relaxed and pleased. It sounded less like questioning and more like teasing, which made Lin Huo secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

It seemed Huo Wushuang had suffered quite a devastating blow during the day. Huo Wu's clear and untroubled expression was the best proof.

That was good. Huo Wu had vented enough of her anger on Huo Wushuang, so Lin Huo would not end up being caught in the crossfire.

Without a second thought, Lin Huo prepared to use Huo Wushuang as an excuse and shove the entire matter onto him.

After all, the whole thing had started because of Huo Wushuang. At most, Lin Huo would definitely burn three sticks of incense for Huo Wushuang on the seventh day after his death and again during Qingming next year.

"Ah, Sister Huo Wu, you don't understand. Brother Wushuang has a huge problem with me living together with you!

The moment you left the training ground this morning, Brother Wushuang had eight people come looking to make trouble for me.

It was unbelievable. Those eight people blocked me outside the Solo Training Ground for hours. Even using your name didn't work! In the end, I had no choice but to teach them a lesson.

Later, I was forced to move dormitories because I wanted to avoid trouble. Who would have thought that even after that, Brother Wushuang would still come after me to cause problems?

I hope Sister Huo Wu can judge this fairly!"

After Lin Huo finished speaking, he looked every bit like an aggrieved and innocent victim from head to toe. And he was indeed telling the truth without a trace of fabrication.

Huo Wu crossed her arms before her chest, pressing together the budding curves beneath them. Her lively eyes swept up and down Lin Huo as though he were some sort of spectacle.

After teaching her idiot brother a harsh lesson today, she had specifically asked around about what had happened to Lin Huo out of curiosity.

The truth matched exactly what Lin Huo had said. There was no discrepancy at all. Her brother had purely been the one causing trouble for Lin Huo.

Beating up her idiot brother so badly during the day had counted as venting Lin Huo's anger for him.

But making trouble was only a minor matter. What truly concerned her was Lin Huo's baffling combat strength.

A level-six Soul Warrior! Yet he had casually defeated a Soul Master, then fought seven opponents alone without suffering the slightest injury, defeating one Soul Master and six Soul Warriors. And that was not even the most outrageous part.

The most outrageous part was that Lin Huo had crossed a gap of thirteen levels of Soul Power and an entire Soul Ring, yet still easily defeated her idiot brother, who had never met an equal among his peers.

Even she had to admit that she was no match for her own brother right now. She could only occasionally win when he deliberately went easy on her.

If Lin Huo could defeat her brother without breaking a sweat, wouldn't fighting her be just as easy as crushing a weakling?