The Name Grandmaster—I Really Don't Want to Bear It Again

The Name Grandmaster—I Really Don't Want to Bear It Again

"How can you tease even a teacher?" Mujin said irritably.

"Because Teacher Mu is so extraordinarily beautiful that this student cannot forget you for a long time." Huo Yuhao put on an earnest expression. "One glimpse of Teacher, and I'm ruined for life; I neglect food and sleep, unable to calm my heart. My admiration for you overflows from within..."

"Enough, enough, enough! Shut up, you brat!" Seeing that this shameless boy was preparing to continue endlessly, Mujin reached out and covered Huo Yuhao's mouth. Plenty of boys his age liked older women, but Huo Yuhao was the first she had ever seen who was so shamelessly willing to say it aloud.

"Then, since Teacher Mu has no further instructions, this student will be leaving first." Huo Yuhao's eyes shifted as he prepared to slip away.

"Get lost, get lost... Wait!" Mujin rubbed her forehead, then suddenly reacted. She grabbed the hem of Huo Yuhao's clothes as he tried to flee. "Tell me honestly—what level is your soul power? Why was the speed you unleashed today faster than even that of an agility-attack Soul Ancestor?"

"Teacher, you should be asking Xie Huanyue, not me." Huo Yuhao pulled a long face. That guy's performance had clearly been far more outrageous, so why was Teacher Mu fixated on him?

"Xie Huanyue's situation resembles a third awakening of his martial soul. He has already received special approval and can enter the inner academy directly after graduating from the outer academy." Mujin had evidently just received the news. A precedent-defying situation like a third martial soul awakening could probably only be understood by the inner academy. She stared seriously at Huo Yuhao. "As for you, if you had unleashed that kind of speed from the start, Xie Huanyue might not have been able to surpass you."

"Beautiful Teacher, that was Shrek Plaza! One lap is nearly four li—what soul master can sprint five laps in one go?" Huo Yuhao cried indignantly.

"Your soul skills include an ability that alters vision. Do not use that ability in front of me. Show me your Martial Soul Possession." Mujin waved her hand helplessly. This little fellow kept holding things back, and she was beginning to feel a rare sense of exhaustion. "I swear in the name of Shrek that I will not reveal even the slightest bit of your abilities."

"Teacher Mu, are you sure you really want to see it?" Seeing how serious she had become, Huo Yuhao rubbed his nose. "You might be disappointed."

"Enough nonsense. I need to know your true abilities!" Mujin slammed her palm on the desk, clearly growing impatient with Huo Yuhao's act.

"Fine."

This time, Huo Yuhao unusually did not use his Simulation Soul Skill. He simply activated his Martial Soul Possession. His eyes instantly turned blood-red with rippling patterns, while two white soul rings slowly rose beneath his feet. Yes, white—the color so despised in a place like Shrek.

"My goodness, they really are only Ten-Year Soul Rings..." Mujin had actually arranged detection Soul Tools throughout her office, though Huo Yuhao did not know it. If he had continued using his Simulation Soul Skill to deceive her, the tools would have immediately detected that he had used a soul skill.

Of course, there was no way a Soul Tool produced by the Shrek Soul Engineering Department could detect the soul skill of a Million Year Soul Ring.

For an ordinary soul master, the color of their soul rings did not matter much. But this was Shrek. Huo Yuhao had already effectively "wasted" two soul ring slots, meaning his future was basically cut off from the inner academy!

At this point in the timeline, aside from the Sea God Tang San of ten thousand years ago, who possessed two special god-level soul ring colors—blue-gold and dark-gold—the only known normal soul ring colors were white, yellow, purple, black, and red. The orange-gold soul rings produced by fierce beasts would not appear until the story of the original Huo Hang, and there were not even enough fierce beasts on the entire continent to count on one hand. How could hunting a fierce beast be easy? As for the green-gold soul rings of the Child of the Plane, or the Dragon God's seven-colored and nine-colored soul rings, those belonged to later stories.

"You... sigh. Why did you have to add two soul rings like these to your Body Martial Soul?" Mujin scolded him in frustration. In her eyes, a genius as extraordinarily talented as Huo Yuhao should never have squandered his gifts simply because he had been too eager to attach soul rings.

Seeing that Mujin was genuinely worried about his future, Huo Yuhao felt a rare trace of warmth in his heart. He simply activated Spiritual Detection Sharing and let Teacher Mu experience the terrifying ability of a Million Year Soul Ring.

Buzz—

Spiritual Sharing connected to Mujin, and the office's detectors instantly began to blare. Mujin's gaze froze, and then she personally experienced a spiritual power scan that left nothing within a ten-li radius hidden from her.

Th-this was really a Ten-Year Soul Ring? Mujin opened her mouth. Her feelings toward Huo Yuhao had gone from initial delight to disappointment, then back to delight again—a true roller coaster.

"This is my first soul skill, Spiritual Detection Sharing. My second soul skill is Simulation, which changes my appearance and alters the color and number of my soul rings. Teacher, you probably already guessed that," Huo Yuhao said honestly.

"I truly can't believe these are abilities granted by a Ten-Year Soul Ring..." Mujin smiled bitterly. Yet the hidden detectors could not lie. This was undoubtedly the strongest "Ten-Year" soul skill she had ever seen.

"Based on your abilities, you clearly belong to the Support Type. I can understand your powerful Spiritual Power, but what was that burst of soul power you displayed today?"

"Uh, Teacher, have you heard of Soul Power Compression Degree?" Huo Yuhao directly threw out a concept that would not exist until ten thousand years later.

"Soul Power Compression Degree?" Mujin was instantly stumped, since the concept did not yet exist.

"Once soul power reaches a certain level, quantity is no longer the only thing that matters. Quality matters as well. Compression Degree refers to quality. Simply put, two nine-ring Titled Douluo might both have reached that level, but one may have used heavenly treasures to raise their soul power while the other accumulated it step by step through their own cultivation. Their Compression Degrees would differ by at least three degrees. The higher the Compression Degree, the denser the soul power. Each degree corresponds to a different level." Huo Yuhao brought a theory from the future forward by ten thousand years. Mujin's heart stirred, and she hurriedly took out pen and paper to record it.

"Increasing one's Soul Power Compression Degree is even harder than cultivating soul power itself. Especially after reaching the fifth degree, raising it by even one more degree is as hard as ascending to heaven."

"My Soul Power Compression Degree is seven. That means that although I have only two rings of cultivation, the density of my soul power is enough to rival that of a Soul Ancestor who cultivated normally. Multiplying the two factors together, my actual level can compare to that of a Soul King in the fifty-plus ranks." Huo Yuhao spread his hands. He showed no displeasure at Mujin recording his words. This had originally been a theory developed by Shrek ten thousand years in the future, so there was nothing wrong with giving it to Mujin ahead of time as her own teaching theory.

"Yuhao, if your theory is real, then based on these words alone, you could become a Grandmaster of martial soul theory research!" Mujin's beautiful eyes shone much brighter as she held the notes she had copied like a priceless treasure.

"Grandmaster..." Huo Yuhao rolled his eyes. He could even feel baleful energy occasionally leaking from his Sea of Spirit. "Teacher Mu, don't call me by that title. It makes me sick. I obtained this theory by chance, so consider it a gift from your student."

"Really?" Mujin's beautiful eyes sparkled. Though her teaching quality during her ten years at Shrek had been among the best, her stagnant soul power had prevented her from leading by example or producing any new teaching theories. Once her students graduated and entered the inner academy, this outer academy teacher would be left far behind.

"Of course it's true. I don't want to become... a Grandmaster either..." Huo Yuhao chuckled, then stood up. "If Teacher Mu has nothing else, I'll be leaving first."

"I almost forgot..." Mujin slapped her forehead, then looked at Huo Yuhao with blazing eyes. "In three months, you new students will face a freshman assessment. Only by passing it can you officially become first-year students and truly become members of Shrek Academy. I don't think that will be a problem for you."

"But if possible, I hope you can bring Xie Huanyue and Ning Tian to secure a top-three finish in the freshman assessment for me! It will also have a major impact on the advancement of my teaching position."

So it was this after all. Huo Yuhao smiled bitterly. Just like in the original story, Teacher Mujin had wanted to spite Zhou Yi, and she had even lost a soul bone in a bet during the freshman assessment, paying away several years' worth of teaching salary.

Since he might need her help in the future anyway, he might as well give her a reminder. Huo Yuhao thought, then said, "Don't worry, Teacher Mu. In three months, I'll definitely give you a huge surprise. But there's one more thing I'd like to remind you of."

"As long as you're confident, that's enough. Not many people know about Xie Huanyue yet. Hmm? What is it?" Mujin nodded. A forty-rank Soul Ancestor among the freshmen was an exceptional existence. With Huo Yuhao added in, her class had an excellent chance of earning outstanding rankings.

"Some inside information." Huo Yuhao sneakily leaned close to Mujin's ear and said with a light smile, "It has now been confirmed that Teacher Zhou Yi from Class One has already registered her marriage with Teacher Fan Yu from the Soul Engineering Department. Teacher Mu, there's no need to waste your youth on that scumbag anymore."

The words struck like a bolt from a clear sky, exploding in Mujin's mind. Her face instantly turned pale, and her earlier composure vanished.

The message had been delivered. Hopefully, this love-struck woman could pull herself out of her one-sided infatuation. Huo Yuhao thought.

After leaving Mujin's office, Huo Yuhao stretched lazily. Then he saw a figure running rapidly toward him—it was none other than Xie Huanyue, who had successfully slimmed down.

"Fatty, congratulations on losing weight!" Huo Yuhao said with a smile.

"Haha, to celebrate, let's go to Shrek City and have a huge feast!" Xie Huanyue was clearly in high spirits. The second awakening of his martial soul had made him feel reborn. Wearing the straw hat Huo Yuhao had given him, he felt much more handsome.

"You have money?" Huo Yuhao's expression turned odd. Though this fatty had slimmed down, whether his appetite had shrunk along with him was another matter. With his appetite, the expenses in Shrek City would not be cheap.

"Of course! I saved up quite a bit before to buy that Fire Ape corpse, but it ended up being unnecessary. To show my thanks, big brother will take you to Shrek City today and spend every last coin!"

In Xie Huanyue's heart, Huo Yuhao's kindness was impossible to repay. Since they were brothers, why should he begrudge such a small amount of money?

After all, not many people would be willing to protect and save the life of a friend they had known for less than half a day in an environment reeking of the foul stench of steaming fat and bodily waste being expelled from all over their body.

Huo Yuhao looked seriously at this simple-minded fellow, seeing the clarity in his eyes, then patted Xie Huanyue on the shoulder.

"Let's go, Fatty."

A good story should not contain only love; it should also have sincere friendship. I hope everyone will like the genuine friendship between Fatty Xie and Huo Hang. As brothers, they certainly will not hold the protagonist back in the future, which is also why I arranged these advantages for Fatty Xie.