Looking at the stinking sheets and bedding, Wang Dong pinched his nose and walked over. To keep Huo Yuhao from further contaminating his living space, he kicked all the bedding and sheets off the bed.
Then, pinching a corner of the bedding and sheets, he threw them downstairs from the freshmen dormitory.
"I can't take it. I'm going to throw up."
After throwing the sheets down, Wang Dong sniffed twice and felt as though even his hands were beyond saving.
He checked the time. There was still a while before class, so Wang Dong grabbed a bucket, hurried off to fill it with water, then returned to the dorm room and locked the door behind him.
"It stinks! It stinks! That Huo Yuhao is really going to be the death of this young master!"
Wang Dong sniffed the smell on his clothes, took them off in disgust, and tossed them aside.
"Is this wrapped a little too tightly?"
He looked at the cloth strips in front of him and muttered to himself.
"Forget it. Whatever."
With that, Wang Dong removed the cloth strips and began washing himself.
As he washed his body, he grumbled.
Since he had forgotten to close the door the last time he bathed and Huo Yuhao had barged in, he had learned his lesson this time and locked the door before bathing.
Just as he was nearly finished, there was a knock at the door, followed by a puzzled question.
"Hey, Wang Dong, you locked the door. What are you doing?"
"Wang Dong! Wang Dong!"
Hearing the urgent calls outside, Wang Dong said in embarrassed irritation,
"Stop shouting! Just a moment!"
With that, Wang Dong wiped his body down once more with a towel.
After drying himself, he first wrapped the cloth strips around himself, then took a fresh school uniform out of his storage soul tool and changed into it before heading toward the door.
"Huo Yuhao, what are you rushing me for?"
"If it weren't for you, would this young master have had to wait until now to bathe?"
After opening the door for Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong spoke with a flushed face and a voice full of embarrassed irritation.
Huo Yuhao's attention fell on Wang Dong's flushed face, and he remembered that Wang Dong had said earlier that he was bathing.
That reminded him of the last time Tang Ya had come looking for him, when he had been in such a hurry that he had accidentally walked in on Wang Dong bathing.
Although he had not clearly seen any body parts, only an expanse of white skin.
"Hey, have you even been listening to me?"
Seeing Huo Yuhao standing there in a daze, Wang Dong slapped his arm.
"Oh, oh, right, I'm listening. Wang Dong, what were you saying again?"
At Huo Yuhao's foolish look, Wang Dong pressed a hand to his forehead, somewhat speechless.
"I said your bedding stank so badly that it was seriously affecting my life, so I threw it out."
"And this young master has a spare set, so you can have it."
As he spoke, Wang Dong pulled a set of bedding from his storage bag and shoved it into Huo Yuhao's hands without waiting for his agreement.
"Thank you, Wang Dong."
"No need to thank me. You... hurry up and make your bed. It's almost time for class."
Seeing the expectant look in Huo Yuhao's eyes, Wang Dong coughed twice and turned his head away, a little shy.
"All right."
Hearing Wang Dong's words, Huo Yuhao nodded and went to make his bed with the bedding Wang Dong had given him.
About two minutes later, Huo Yuhao stood up and walked over to Wang Dong.
"Let's go. It's almost time for class."
"Yeah, let's go."
Wang Dong nodded and left the dorm room first.
On the way to the classroom, Huo Yuhao excitedly told Wang Dong that his cultivation had broken through to rank sixteen.
Over the previous month, he had taken two Mysterious Water Pills and raised his Soul Power to the peak of rank fourteen. He had never expected to wake up and find that he had broken straight through to rank sixteen.
"Wang Dong, do you think the residual medicinal power of the Mysterious Water Pills made me break through?"
"Maybe. I'm not too sure, but what happened to you just now was pretty similar to taking a Mysterious Water Pill. Both expelled impurities from your body."
Thinking of Huo Yuhao's condition, Wang Dong spoke with some uncertainty.
"Yeah. Since we can't figure it out, let's stop thinking about it. Hurry up, or we'll be late."
With that, Huo Yuhao ran straight toward the classroom.
"Huo Yuhao, wait for me!"
Seeing Huo Yuhao take off the moment he finished speaking, Wang Dong jumped up indignantly, then hurriedly ran after him.
The Heavenly Soul Empire, the Clear Sky Sect.
Ever since Tang San had ascended, the Clear Sky Sect had withdrawn completely from the world. Even now, many people had only heard its name in legends and had never seen it with their own eyes.
Amid a range of mountains shrouded in clouds and mist, the Clear Sky Sect lived in seclusion.
The Clear Sky Sect, the sect master's room.
"Big Brother, what happened? Why were you in such a hurry to have me come over?"
A middle-aged man with a body as sturdy as an ox, yellowish-brown eyes, and a short black robe opened the door and asked the person inside with a puzzled look.
"Close the door first."
The blue-haired man in a long black robe standing by the window spoke as he watched the middle-aged man enter.
The two were none other than the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape, who had remained in the lower realm.
"All right."
Once the newcomer had shut the door, the blue-haired man waved his right hand, and blue-green Soul Power enveloped the entire room.
"Big Brother, what... is this for?"
Seeing his elder brother's solemn expression, the middle-aged newcomer stopped smiling and asked with a frown.
"Tang San came to see me just now and told me a few things."
"???"
"Tang San? What does he want with us?"
"Has something happened?"
Tai Tan spoke in some confusion. Ever since Tang San had tossed the woman into the lower realm and told them to take good care of her, he had not come looking for them again.
Why had he suddenly come looking for them now? Had something changed?
"Yes. Tang San came to see me about the child of destiny and Xiao Dong."
"According to Tang San, someone altered the trajectory of the child of fortune's fate, causing his fortune to plummet rapidly. Tang San used a wisp of divine sense he had left in Xiao Dong's consciousness to stabilize her."
"What he needs us to do now is find out who has tampered with the child of fortune.
"And place another wisp of divine soul that Tang San left here in Xiao Dong's Sea of Spirit to protect her."
After listening to Niu Tian, Tai Tan rubbed his head and said,
"Big Brother, you want me to deliver this wisp of divine sense."
"Hm?"
Hearing the Titan Giant Ape's words, Niu Tian froze for a moment.
He had not expected this second brother, whose muscles were bigger than his brain, to actually figure it out.
"That's right. I want you to deliver this wisp of divine sense and, while you're there, see how Xiao Dong is doing."
"I won't be going. As the sect master of the Clear Sky Sect, I need to remain here to oversee things."
"All right, Big Brother. I'll deliver it for him. I happen to miss Xiao Dong too."
Tai Tan spoke after hearing his elder brother's words.
Niu Tian nodded and vanished from the room.
"Yes. Wait a moment. I'll go get that wisp of divine sense."