Teacher Wang, How Are Things Progressing with Your Partner?

"What performance? I don't know anything about that." Faced with Xue Ningbing's question, Wang Dong chose not to answer directly and instead played dumb.

Huo Yuhao stepped in to smooth things over, placing the grilled meat in front of Wang Dong onto Xiao Xiao's plate. "All right, all right. Xiao Xiao, here, this is your grilled meat."

Xiao Xiao happily accepted the grilled meat Huo Yuhao handed her. "Thank you, Class Monitor. You're both boys, yet compared to the class monitor, some people are just worlds apart."

Wang Dong did not react at all to Xiao Xiao's sarcastic remark.

Though Wang Dong was currently a boy, she would turn back into a girl once she returned to the dormitory.

So Xiao Xiao's snide words had little effect on Wang Dong.

After finishing the grilled meat, Huo Yuhao and Xue Ningbing left the barbecue shop ahead of Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong to enjoy some time alone together.

Watching Huo Yuhao and Xue Ningbing leave hand in hand, Wang Dong gritted her teeth in anger.

But there was nothing she could do but watch Huo Yuhao take Xue Ningbing away.

The only day of rest had ended. Outside the Assessment Zone, a large number of teachers and students had gathered.

There were around thirty teachers, while the number of students remained above two hundred. The students who had appeared at the Assessment Zone were basically all teams confirmed to have entered the top sixty-four.

Now, Dean Du Weilun was conducting roll call for the elimination round assessment.

After all the names had been called, it was time to draw lots.

The Assessment Zone was also divided into sixteen areas. The larger the area, the better the students could display their abilities.

The elimination rounds would last three days, with two battles held each day. Students who won would remain and continue competing, while those who lost would return to their regular classes.

During the morning elimination round, the opponents Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong faced were utterly ordinary.

There was nothing much worth watching, and the group of students facing them that morning was easily dealt with.

What Huo Yuhao looked forward to most was the afternoon battle.

If he remembered correctly, their opponents that afternoon should be Ning Tian and Wu Feng from the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect, along with Nanmen Yun'er.

Huo Yuhao vaguely remembered that later, in Cosmic Questions Valley, Ning Tian had been turned into a man by Old Dog Tang and eventually ended up with Wu Feng.

Although the two had gotten together, if he remembered correctly, Wu Feng had liked Ning Tian's female form, right?

After the morning assessment ended, Huo Yuhao first spent time with Xue Ningbing, then practiced their Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Wang Dong.

The new Martial Soul Fusion Skill Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong had been practicing now had entirely new effects.

It was completely different from the original Golden Road. Perhaps the original name could no longer be used either.

They needed to give their Martial Soul Fusion Skill a completely new name.

Noon quickly passed, and after practicing their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong arrived at the Assessment Zone.

Eighth Assessment Zone.

In the spectator stands, Wang Yan watched Huo Yuhao standing on the arena with a deeply frustrated expression.

Previously, he had sought out Du Weilun, hoping to pull some strings and become Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong's assessment teacher, but Du Weilun had refused him.

Du Weilun's reason was that Wang Yan had already been given one opportunity, and this matter could not be controlled.

Although he could not experience Huo Yuhao's strength up close, he could still see everything clearly from the spectator stands.

Just as Wang Yan was watching the two groups of students below the arena, a woman's voice sounded to his right.

"Isn't this Teacher Wang? What a pleasure, what a pleasure. I heard that Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong are your seeded team. It's truly an honor for my seeded students to face students taught by such a senior teacher as you."

Wang Yan looked toward the source of the voice and discovered that it was Zhou Yi's sworn rival, Mu Jin, the homeroom teacher of Freshman Class Nine.

Wang Yan greeted Mu Jin as well. "So it's Teacher Mu Jin. Is today's team your Class Nine seeded team?"

Mu Jin looked at the three students opposite Huo Yuhao on the arena. "That's right, Teacher Wang. I think this battle will force out most of Huo Yuhao's strength. Two of my seeded students are from the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect."

Even without Mu Jin saying so, Wang Yan knew exactly who the two people she meant were.

Wang Yan said, "You mean Ning Tian, a Soul Elder, and Wu Feng, a Grand Soul Master?"

"At present, the three of them can be considered the strongest team Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong have encountered."

"But it's still far from enough. I think only Dai Huabin and his group's powerful Netherworld White Tiger can put pressure on Huo Yuhao."

Mu Jin said, "Even so, Teacher Wang, you must not underestimate the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda."

Wang Yan nodded. "Then I'll wait and see. I hope this battle can bring me a surprise."

Mu Jin suddenly asked, "By the way, Teacher Wang, how are things progressing between you and your partner?"

Mu Jin's question startled Wang Yan somewhat, but he quickly regained his composure. "Things have been going fairly smoothly. It's just that I've been busy with teaching these past few months and haven't met with her."

Mu Jin said, "Oh my, then Teacher Wang, you should pay more attention to your lady. After all, she ranks highly in the Inner Court. If you accidentally make her angry, that would be troublesome."

"Thank you very much for the reminder, Teacher Mu. Once the Freshman Assessment is over and some time has passed, I'll go see her."

After saying that, Wang Yan continued watching the assessment.

Seeing that Wang Yan no longer paid attention to her, Mu Jin said nothing further.

On the arena, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong stepped onto the stage.

Standing opposite them were three girls.

The girl in the center had short golden hair. Her watery blue eyes were framed by long eyelashes, and her face bore a few tiny freckles.

Behind the golden-haired girl to the left stood a red-haired girl. What was striking was that her eyes were red as well. Her features were delicate, her skin was fair as jade, and her personality was much like Zhou Yi's.

The girl behind and to the right had long dark green hair, and her deep green eyes radiated a gentleness that sharply contrasted with the red-haired girl.

It was impossible to imagine that two people with such completely opposing personalities could actually become teammates on the same team.

These three girls were the opponents Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong would face next: Ning Tian's team, composed of Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Nanmen Yun'er.

The new assessment teacher looked at Huo Yuhao's team and Ning Tian's team. "Both sides, introduce yourselves to each other."

"Huo Yuhao, Level 44 control-type battle Soul Ancestor."