Everyone's return journey, Huo Lei's arrangements
Upon first sight of the Deer King, Han Song almost drooled with infatuation. His original goal was to obtain a Eighth Soul Ring Soul Ring. This was also a helpless move on his part, after all, everyone has their own hardships.
Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring look identical, both being black, but they are fundamentally different in terms of their age. Ten thousand years and ninety thousand years are worlds apart.
In the Douluo Continent, while the Eighth Soul Ring of the Soul Douluo are all ten thousand years old, not all of them are of a high age. The patriarch of the Strength Clan, Strength God Tai Tan, only has Eighth Soul Ring of about thirty thousand years old. He has a background, clansmen, and attack power, but his Soul Ring Configuration is still not very high. In comparison, Dean Han Song's decision to limit the age of his Eighth Soul Ring to thirty to forty thousand years becomes understandable.
With the cooperation of Huo Lei and Ye Zhiqiu, Han Song successfully killed the Snow-Crying Deer King and obtained his desired Eighth Soul Ring.
The three did not linger in the Far North for long. After obtaining the required Soul Ring, they returned to Iceforest City.
Han Song and Ye Zhiqiu were extremely grateful for Huo Lei's help and hosted a banquet at the most luxurious hotel in Iceforest City to express their gratitude.
Han Song and Ye Zhiqiu did not linger in Iceforest City. The day after returning from the Far North, they bid farewell to Huo Lei and left Iceforest City Iceforest City.
Time flies, and half a month has passed.
Huo Lei Soul Power successfully broke through to level 79. The messenger sent by An Jun to invite Shui Wanrou, the dean of the Skywater Academy, has also returned.
The messenger brought two messages. The first was that Shui Wanrou, the dean of the Skywater Academy, was unable to keep the appointment; the second was that the Spirit Hall had intensified its crackdown on the various elemental academies and demanded that Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu return to the academy as soon as possible.
The two messages brought by the messenger instantly shattered the peaceful atmosphere. Huo Lei urgently gathered with his companions to discuss countermeasures. Although they couldn't reach an agreement, they decided on one thing: to return as soon as possible.
The next morning, as soon as the Iceforest City opened, six people rode out on fine horses and sped south.
The group of six consisted of three men and three women: Huo Lei, Jin Shan, An Jun, Shui Bing'er, Xue Wu, Yunxiang.
With his left hand gripping the reins and his right hand brandishing the whip, Huo Lei urged his horse forward, calling out to the others, "Let's get to Heaven Dou City first, then we'll make arrangements. Giddy up!"
"Giddy up!" The other five nodded in response and urged their horses on.
Five days later, on the morning of the same day, Huo Lei and his group arrived in Heaven Dou City. They found a luxury hotel to stay in temporarily.
Inside the hotel room, Huo Lei and his group of six sat together, discussing their upcoming plans.
Huo Lei's gaze swept over everyone, and he said, "Now I'll explain the arrangements for the next part. It's been more than three months since we left Heaven Dou City last time. Yunxiang must miss Senior Meng Shenji and her friends at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, right? Senior An Jun is also a good friend of Senior Meng Shenji. After lunch, the two of you can go to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy together to catch up with your friends."
"Bing'er and Xue Wu, you two should return to the Skywater Academy together first thing tomorrow morning. Our two academies will be exchanging information frequently in the coming days, so please ask them to relay any messages between us."
"The remaining three of us will return to the Blazing Fire Academy with me early tomorrow morning."
The next morning, Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu bid farewell to Huo Lei and his companions and rode away on fast horses. Huo Lei and his group of four continued south on fast horses, heading towards the Blazing Fire Academy.
Several days later, Huo Lei and his group of four returned to the Blazing Fire Academy.
After talking with his father, Huo Feng, Huo Lei understood the current situation of the academies. Although the various elemental academies had been suppressed by the Spirit Hall to varying degrees, they had not yet reached the point of truly turning against each other. The atmosphere between them had only become more tense.
The return of Huo Lei and the others greatly eased the tense atmosphere at the Blazing Fire Academy Blazing Fire Academy, which once again returned to its former peace.
With Huo Lei's return, family and friends naturally gathered together, sharing their experiences and longings. When everyone learned about Huo Lei's group's experiences in the Far North, and the tremendous improvements An Jun, Shui Bing'er, and Xue Wu had made, they were all utterly shocked and remained speechless for Jiujiu.
After everyone reacted, they all showed expressions of envy. Huo Wushuang and Xue Wu were in love. When Huo Wushuang heard that his beloved Xue Wu had reached the Soul Sage Realm, his eyes revealed a mixture of joy and sorrow. He was happy that Xue Wu had made great progress; he was sad that there was a huge gap between his level and hers.
When Huo Lei returned to the academy from Iceforest City, more than four months had passed since the end of their four-year training.
During the four months that Huo Lei was away training, his older brother, sister, and friends all improved their skills.
Huo Wushuang's level increased from 57 to 58.
Huo Wu has leveled up from level 61 to Level 62.
Feng Xiaotian leveled up from level 63 to level 64.
Lin Yin leveled up from level 74 to level 75.
Xie Chong leveled up from level 77 to level 78.
The Huo brothers, Huo Chui and Huo Jun, who initially participated in the Soul Master Tournament with Huo Lei and chose to stay at the Blazing Fire Academy as teachers after graduation, have increased their Soul Power from Level 36 to Level 49 through more than four years of hard work.
After a day of hustle and bustle, Huo Lei returned to his room, lay on his long-missed bed, and gazed at the pristine white ceiling with his golden eyes, muttering to himself.
"It'll be five years in just over seven months. A tremendous change is bound to happen then. During this time, I need to make ample preparations. Right now, Tang San is learning etiquette at the Moonlight Pavilion. He'll return to Tang Hao's side, then go back to the Clear Sky Sect before heading to the Star Dou Great Forest to find Xiao Wu. So, we need to start our operation a while earlier. Six months from now will be a time that changes the course of history across the entire continent. Tomorrow I'll go talk to my father about the next steps."
The next morning, in the Dean's Office of the Blazing Fire Academy. Three people were sitting in the room: Huo Feng, Vice Dean Xie Chong, and Huo Lei.
"Huo Lei, you brought Xie Chong here. Is there something you want to discuss with your father?" Huo Feng looked at his son, whom he was particularly pleased with, with great interest.
"Yes, Dad. Faced with the Spirit Hall's constant suppression of our academy and several other elemental academies, have you come up with a countermeasure?" Huo Lei asked his father, Huo Feng, a soul-searching question.
Upon hearing Huo Lei's question, Huo Feng immediately looked troubled and said, "This... I'm also troubled by this matter, and I haven't come up with a good solution yet. What? Have you come up with a good solution?"
"Teacher Xie Chong, do you have any solutions?" Huo Lei asked, turning his gaze to Xie Chong.
Xie Chong shook his head and said, "I haven't thought of a good solution either. Currently, we have established close ties with the three high-level Soul Master Academy, Godwind, Skywater Academy, Canghui, so we will help each other in case of a major event. However, we are too scattered, and if an emergency occurs, we simply won't have time to provide support. If the academies could merge into one, our strength would increase greatly, but that's simply impossible."