Qian Chaoguang

Huo Yuhao felt a sense of guilt, as though he had just taken a lollipop to propose to a little girl, only for that little girl to agree seriously and happily. That utterly genuine innocence shone upon him like holy light.

Bro, I was actually an evil soul master. Holy attributes were kind of scary.

"All right, all right, let's go. We still have class today." Wang Qiu'er stood up first. She really could not take it anymore; this exchange was way too embarrassing! She secretly glanced at Wang Dong'er, unable to detect the slightest hint of pretense.

This guy! How old had he been when he transmigrated? He was like a child... Wait, Huo Yuhao was a child too. Did that make me a lolicon?

Wang Qiu'er guiltily glanced at Huo Yuhao again. His face still bore the youthful innocence of a boy, yet he possessed a steadiness that did not match his age. Perhaps because of the intimate contact with girls, there was still a faint blush on his face. The more she looked, the harder it became to look away.

"What's wrong?" Even though Huo Yuhao was a transmigrator, being stared at like that made him uncomfortable.

"N-Nothing."

Did this mean... she had escaped the Auspicious Beast's fate?

On the way to the teaching building, Huo Yuhao fell into deep thought. He had once imagined going to school with a childhood sweetheart, but he had been a boarding student in his previous life. Forget childhood sweethearts—he had barely known any girls at all. Such things could only exist in his fantasies, but now...

He was terrified!

Although the three of them had successfully fused their Soul Power, Qiu'er and Dong'er had ultimately gathered by his side for the original Huo Yuhao. He had transmigrated into this body as a fetus and had not seized another soul's body, but to them, could he really count as the original Huo Yuhao?

Hard to say.

"Why did we have to get up so early..." Wang Qiu'er grumbled unhappily. "I'm obviously full of energy, but I'm still tired. Cultivation is not meant for early mornings."

"Yeah, yeah, even though we're... Yawn—" Wang Dong'er's face was also full of resistance. It seemed that even in another world, people did not like getting up early.

"All right, all right. The morning sets the tone for the day. Speaking of which, my senior brother told me that our homeroom teacher, Zhou Yi, is very strict. It's best not to be late." Huo Yuhao did not seem particularly bothered. After all, he had not exactly lived a privileged life since coming to this world.

"Why are you so energetic, Yu Tong? You really are a child. Adults don't like getting up early," Wang Dong'er said with great seriousness.

"Mm-hm, only children going to school for the first time would happily head to class. Once you've gone before, anyone with experience won't be happy about it," Wang Qiu'er echoed.

Don't corrupt the child, you two!

"N-No, it's obviously because you two are too lazy! Senior brother said our homeroom teacher was the best at dealing with lazybones!"

"Ah, speaking of that." Wang Dong'er suddenly ran over to Wang Qiu'er and began whispering to her.

"Ooh, ooh, ooh! That sounds fun!" Huo Yuhao had no idea what Wang Dong'er had said, but judging from Wang Qiu'er's excited expression, he was certain something was up.

"You two had better not cause trouble in class..." Huo Yuhao said worriedly.

"We won't."

"We won't."

The two said it with cheerful smiles, filling Huo Yuhao with a sense of foreboding. He had a feeling these two would definitely pull off something huge in class later.

Laughing and messing around, the three arrived at the classroom. Qiu'er and Dong'er flanked Huo Yuhao as they led him toward a window seat in the back row.

Huo Yuhao instinctively did not want to go over there, okay?

"How about... I sit a little farther up front?" Huo Yuhao had already planned it out. As long as he used studying hard as an excuse, they definitely would not stop him. Then he would not get dragged into whatever stunt they were planning.

Just as he thought victory was in hand, Wang Dong'er's body suddenly stiffened.

"Yu Tong... do you hate us?"

As Wang Dong'er spoke, mist rose in her eyes.

"Are we hated...?"

Wang Qiu'er lowered her head as well, looking utterly dejected.

"N-No, that's not it, I don't, hey..." Huo Yuhao panicked, unable to even speak properly.

"Then sit with us!" Wang Dong'er's smile instantly returned as she pressed Huo Yuhao into a seat, as though her near tears from moments ago had all been an illusion.

I-I got played!

Huo Yuhao sighed and helplessly accepted his fate. He had barely sat down when a shadow fell across his desk. Looking up, he saw a handsome young man standing before him. A red skylark stood on the young man's shoulder, looking remarkably well-behaved.

"Yu Tong? Are you Yu Tong?"

The skylark youth looked agitated, his eyes brimming with wild joy. He reached out to grab Huo Yuhao.

"Sorry, classmate, do we... know each other?"

Alarm bells rang in Huo Yuhao's mind. His body flashed aside, and he began regretting using the name Huo Yutong. It felt like he had really gotten himself into trouble this time.

Wang Qiu'er and Wang Dong'er immediately stood up and shielded Huo Yuhao, staring warily at the skylark youth. His aura was quite powerful; he had at least the cultivation of a Soul Elder!

The skylark youth went blank upon hearing this, as though he had lost his soul.

"You don't know me? How could you not know me? I'm Brother Chaoguang, I'm Qian Chaoguang! I've been looking for you ever since the Holy Spirit Cult took you away. Are you all right? Why are you at Shrek?"

"Qian Chaoguang!" Qiu'er and Dong'er cried out in surprise. Even Huo Yuhao could barely conceal his shock—though he had already been shocked enough when Qian Chaoguang approached.

Qian Chaoguang snapped back to his senses and gave Qiu'er and Dong'er a strange look.

"You know me?"

How could they not? This was the famous protagonist of a Huo Yuhao gender-swap fanfic, and also a transmigrator. All three of them had read it.

"N-No, it's just that we thought your name was a little strange." Wang Dong'er looked at Huo Yuhao again, confirming his gender.

"Yeah, imagine someone actually having Qian as a surname, hahaha." Wang Qiu'er also tried to muddle through it.

Just then, someone walked in through the classroom door—it was Zhou Yi. Though she looked like an elderly woman, wrinkled and gray-haired, her original appearance was actually not bad. This was merely a disguise she used to intimidate students.

Seeing someone who looked like a teacher enter, the students all found seats. On Douluo Continent, where master-disciple inheritances were deeply valued, respecting one's teachers was a fundamental quality for most soul masters, not to mention that this was a teacher from Shrek.

Even Qian Chaoguang merely gave Huo Yuhao a deep look before turning to find himself a seat.

Huo Yuhao screamed for help in his heart, cursing fake names for bringing disaster upon him. Xu Zihuang had frightened him so badly back then that he had ended up attracting someone like this.

"My name is Zhou Yi, and I am your homeroom teacher. I am not sure how many of you will make it through the coming year with me. But let me tell you this: in my class, no trash will ever pass an assessment. What I intend to raise are monsters, not idiots."

Huo Yuhao truly felt that there were far too many extraordinary people around him. Aside from those transmigrators, he had nearly forgotten there was this person from the original story as well.

Listen to those words. Did they sound like something a teacher should say?

Sure enough, the students were immediately displeased. Anger and contempt appeared on many faces. These students were all talents in their own right, carrying the pride of their homelands and families. How could they allow someone to trample on them so casually?

Yet it was precisely because of that pride that none of them believed they would be the one eliminated, that they would be the "trash" Zhou Yi spoke of. Invisibly, these children began separating themselves from everyone else. It was a boring method of controlling subordinates, but it was still somewhat effective.

"Stand up if you've gotten into a fight since registration began."

Huo Yuhao truly had no idea what the point of that question was. The original Huo Yuhao had actually responded to it too. Seriously...

Whoosh! Whoosh!

He heard the sound of people standing on both sides. Wang Dong'er and Wang Qiu'er stood beside Huo Yuhao like guardian protectors, then worked together to pull the utterly bewildered Huo Yuhao to his feet.

Huh?