I Know You're in a Hurry, but Don't Rush

Heaven Dou Empire.

In the southern part of the Four Elements Academy lay Blazing Fire Academy.

A lively volcanic rock stood in the central plaza of Blazing Fire Academy.

With its flames regulated, Blazing Fire Academy was decorated chiefly in its signature fiery red. The Soul Masters it recruited all possessed the fire attribute, in keeping with its admission standards.

Before long,

Yan Buhui led his three wives, Huo Wu, Yao Zi, and Mu Yunteng, there.

This was where Huo Wu had grown up. The soil at Blazing Fire Academy seemed more fertile, and medicinal herbs grew in some of its corners.

Most eye-catching of all was the statue at the academy's center: a fire phoenix.

Anyone who didn't know better might have thought it was a carving of Yan Buhui himself.

"Huo Wu..."

"We're here. This is your home, Blazing Fire Academy, isn't it? It really is grand and imposing."

Seeing it, Yan Buhui couldn't help praising it to Huo Wu.

"Mm, yes."

Huo Wu made no secret of it and readily admitted it. "Thank you for taking care of me all this time, Buhui."

"Haha, that was only what I should have done."

A little embarrassed and at a loss, Yan Buhui scratched his head and forced himself to sound calm. "Go see your father and your elder brother, Huo Wushuang, first..."

"All right, thank you."

Huo Wu gently bit her rosy lip and headed toward the Blazing Fire Academy she had longed to see.

Watching Huo Wu run off, Yan Buhui was deeply moved.

Fallen leaves had to return to their roots in the end.

At that moment, Yan Buhui also understood why so many people thought fondly of their hometowns when they were far from home.

"Aren't you going into Blazing Fire Academy?"

Yao Zi, standing beside him, asked Yan Buhui softly.

"No. If I went, I reckon Huo Wushuang would smack me in the face with his Unicorn Fire Tyrannosaurus Martial Soul."

Yan Buhui joked.

"Haha, you're afraid of Huo Wushuang?"

Puzzled, Yao Zi covered her mouth and giggled.

"Hehe, he is my brother-in-law, after all."

Yan Buhui didn't shy away from such things.

Huo Wu was Blazing Fire Academy's one precious princess, and of all its female Soul Masters, she was the most strong-willed.

And everyone knew that Huo Wushuang was a classic siscon.

He truly was good to his younger sister, Huo Wu.

Although the four people with the greatest talent among the Four Elements were Feng Xiaotian, Yu Tianxin, Huo Wushuang, and Shui Bing'er, respectively,

Huo Wushuang was always looking after his little sister Huo Wu, doting on her until she became the darling of the entire team.

After all, Huo Wu was the only female Soul Master on Blazing Fire Academy's team.

"All right, I really can't do anything with you."

Yao Zi shook her head helplessly and gave a rueful smile. "Do you have to go to Plant Academy in a little while?"

"Mm... isn't that where you and Yunteng live?"

"Yes, but compared with the Four Elements Academy, our Plant Academy is still a little lacking."

"That's all right. I wouldn't mind calling it the Five Elements Academy one day," Yan Buhui replied playfully.

"Haha~~" Yao Zi smiled. "That would be interesting. I hope that day comes."

"It will."

Yan Buhui answered without hesitation. "Come on, I'll take you home."

"Mm!" Yao Zi and Mu Yunteng answered.

Yan Buhui immediately set off with Yao Zi and Mu Yunteng for Plant Academy.

After going there and back, he suddenly had eight fewer wives by his side. Yan Buhui felt a little uncomfortable for a while, but on second thought, it was all right. Family members usually spent more time apart than together, so he would let them have a good reunion now.

Before long,

the group arrived at Plant Academy.

The place was lush and emerald green, with luxuriant vegetation and green vines carpeting the woods and fields. Virginia creepers and morning glories grew thickly in the cracks between the nearby rocks.

It was an academy of considerable elegance and romance.

This was Yao Zi and Mu Yunteng's home.

Interestingly, however, the dean of Plant Academy, Yao Qingyun, was at the entrance at that very moment, preparing a plan to recruit Soul Masters.

The instant he looked up, he saw two familiar figures.

One of the arrivals was none other than his precious daughter, Yao Zi, whom he had missed day and night.

And the other was his niece, Mu Yunteng!

"A Zi, is it really you?"

Clutching a sheet of yellowed kraft paper, Yao Qingyun spoke in a trembling voice.

"It's me, Father."

Yao Zi nodded and answered him.

"Long time no see, Dean Yao."

Yan Buhui took the opportunity to greet him. Last time, Yan Buhui had not struck to kill and had even let Yao Qingyun go as a matter of course, so he could naturally speak to him openly.

Only,

Yao Qingyun did not greet Yan Buhui kindly.

He gave a cold snort and shouted, "You great phoenix devil, what are you doing here?"

"Why don't you take a guess?"

Unconcerned, Yan Buhui spread his hands. "Yao Zi missed home, so I brought her back."

"That's right, Father."

Yao Zi gripped Yao Qingyun's hand tightly and reassured him. "Father, don't act rashly. If you anger this devil, the students of Plant Academy will all lose their lives. Even we can't be sure of his temper."

"..." Yao Qingyun froze when he heard that.

How could this phoenix man standing before him be so kindhearted?

He had personally brought his daughter back, but it turned out to be an exchange of benefits with conditions attached.

Even so, Yao Qingyun cherished the time he could now spend with his daughter, Yao Zi.

"Uncle."

Mu Yunteng called out from the side.

"Ah, A Yun, A Zi, it's wonderful that you're all right."

Yao Qingyun spoke, moved to tears. He had thought Yan Buhui was a great devil who killed without blinking, but seeing him today, he realized he had wrongly blamed him.

The rumors circulating among the people really had spread too far.

In any case, Yan Buhui had no good reputation at present.

Even so,

Yan Buhui remained alert for the presence of a Titled Douluo expert.

Because if one appeared, a bitter battle would be inevitable.

"You talk first."

Yan Buhui tactfully walked away, smiling calmly, then said to Yao Zi and Mu Yunteng:

"Remember our agreement."

"Mm..."

Yao Zi and Mu Yunteng answered affirmatively.

Yan Buhui walked on alone. Eleven people had set out, but now he was the only one left.

His wives had grown up one by one and gone back to their parents' homes.

He only feared that Soul Douluo like Shui Wei'er, Huo Tian'en, and Yao Qingyun would refuse to let them go when the time came.

Then he would have to make a move again.

But out of trust in his ten wives,

Yan Buhui did not do so.

They had simply promised Yan Buhui that they would leave before sunset.

Yan Buhui came alone to a mountaintop and gazed at the forest encircled by mountains. Feeling somewhat desolate, he suddenly felt a sense of loneliness well up within him. Since coming to this continent, aside from being an Evil Fire Phoenix, he could only obtain other resources and grow stronger through constant plunder or through rewards for completing tasks from the Many Children, Many Blessings Bestowal System.

What he wanted to change was far more than this corner of the mountains.

Building a powerful clan was what Yan Buhui wanted to do at present.

At least for now, the strongest clans on the Douluo Continent were the Six-Winged Angel Clan, the Clear Sky Hammer Clan, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Clans with inherited Martial Souls like theirs still held a place of their own.

Other clans found it difficult even to enter the ranks.

"Whew..."

Yan Buhui relaxed as he faced the breeze blowing toward him. He recalled the scorching heat of Phoenix Emperor Mountain, which was completely different from the climate around the Four Elements Academy!

It seemed the Heaven Dou Empire truly was a fine land blessed with good feng shui.

The current ruler should be Emperor Xue Ye.

Unfortunately, the current prince, Xue Qinghe, was the wildcat in the guise, Qian Renxue...