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Qin Fang forged for a full four hours. His arms were swollen, burning with pain, and his stamina had reached its limit. He only managed to raise the final two hammer blows through sheer iron will.

Long Xiaoyao took out a specially made medicinal ointment and spread it evenly over Qin Fang's arms. "Circulate your Green Lotus Soul Power to nourish your arms. Otherwise, they'll definitely be ruined by tomorrow."

Qin Fang closed his eyes and began to meditate.

Two cool, nourishing currents flowed from outside to within and from within to outside, finally making Qin Fang's arms feel somewhat better.

That night.

Ye Xishui specifically set aside two hours to teach Qin Fang the core patterns of Soul Tools.

"This is the Level 1 Acceleration Core Array. It is suitable for long-range Soul Tools. When engraving it, use Soul Power as your guide. There cannot be the slightest error in any detail."

"This is the Level 1 Sharpness Core Array..."

"This is..."

Qin Fang learned with insatiable hunger.

"Qin Fang, keep your hands steady and your eyes sharp when engraving patterns. Start practicing."

Ye Xishui left, allowing Qin Fang to freely practice engraving patterns onto specially made metal.

Seeing Qin Fang so exhausted that he collapsed into sleep the moment his head touched the pillow, Long Xiaoyao could not bear it. "Such high-intensity training... Can Qin Fang really endure it?"

Ye Xishui had reviewed Qin Fang's records from the past half year. "Qin Fang's resilience exceeds our imagination. Just wait and see. This kid will definitely bring us surprises."

Long Xiaoyao nodded. "As for Qin Fang's Third Soul Ring, do you have any ideas? Undead Department soul beasts are extremely scarce."

Ye Xishui said, "There's no rush. Qin Fang's foundation is somewhat unstable. At the very least, I don't intend to let him add his Third Soul Ring within the next half year. Besides, the stronger his physical constitution, the greater the age limit of the Third Soul Ring he can absorb. With Qin Fang's Talent, I expect his Third Soul Ring to come from a 50,000-Year soul beast."

Long Xiaoyao looked at Ye Xishui in shock. Wasn't that a little too exaggerated? A 50,000-Year soul beast for the Third Soul Ring? Would she give Qin Fang a Hundred Thousand Year soul beast for his Fifth Soul Ring? The next morning.

Long Xiaoyao woke Qin Fang and threw him into the Gravity Room to begin meditating.

After the meditation, Long Xiaoyao brought out the Dragon Pill once more and used its tyrannical power to help Qin Fang clear his tiny Meridians.

Blood seeped from Qin Fang's skin as wave after wave of pain assaulted him and battered his nerves. Still, compared with yesterday, it was bearable.

Meditation, cultivation, practicing the Dragon Phoenix Hammer Technique, studying core patterns. Qin Fang's life was incredibly full and exhausting. Every day, he collapsed limply onto his bed, too tired to even move a finger.

During this period, Electrolux seemed to have vanished.

Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao were already absolute peak figures in the Douluo World. Electrolux had to use all his strength to hide.

In the blink of an eye, seven days passed. Eight that evening.

As promised, Ju Zi came to teach Qin Fang Level 1 core patterns.

Who would have thought that Ju Zi waited an entire night for Qin Fang without seeing even a trace of him? Qin Fang? Where had he gone?

Ju Zi did not engrave any Level 1 patterns either. Instead, she went to knock on the boys' dormitory for the third-year students to ask about Qin Fang.

The third-year student opened his bleary eyes, yawned, and said, "Qin Fang? He hasn't been to class in a long time. We don't know where he went."

Ju Zi frowned. "Ah, then do you know where Qin Fang's dormitory is?"

The third-year student said again, "Qin Fang has a Single Dormitory, so he isn't with us. Senior, you should go check over there."

Ju Zi went to ask around the Single Dormitory area, only to receive the same answer. Qin Fang? He had not returned to his dormitory for at least seven days. No one knew where he had gone.

Ju Zi was confused. Qin Fang? Where had he gone? The next day, Ju Zi went directly to the third-year instructors and homeroom teacher to ask. Yet the answer she received was that Qin Fang had already withdrawn from school.

This left Ju Zi somewhat dazed. Ah, he had withdrawn? How could that be?

Ju Zi pressed for Qin Fang's whereabouts, but the homeroom teacher was helpless. He simply did not know.

For a long time afterward, Ju Zi thought of Qin Fang.

Although she had not spent much time with Qin Fang, his figure seemed to possess some kind of magic, deeply imprinting itself in her heart.

In the blink of an eye, another half year passed.

Shrek Academy went on break, and Huo Yuhao's Soul Power successfully reached Level 20. After telling a small lie to his instructor and Wang Dong, he headed for the North Pole Land under Brother Sky Dream's guidance, beginning his path to rise to greatness.

Along the way, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm hesitated for a long time before finally saying, "Huo Yuhao, between you and Wang Dong... it would be best if you stopped cultivating together."

Huo Yuhao did not understand. "Brother Sky Dream, my cultivation speed really has increased."

Yet the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said, "Your cultivation speed appears to have increased, but your fortune is draining away and merging into that little girl's body."

When Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong had first begun cultivating together, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had sensed that something was wrong. But he could not tell exactly what was wrong.

After half a year, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm finally understood what Huo Yuhao had lost: fortune. Intangible, yet immensely important fortune.

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm itself was a soul beast blessed with immense fortune. Otherwise, it could never have become the only Million-Year Soul Beast on Douluo Continent.

Huo Yuhao was also blessed with immense fortune. Otherwise, he could not have happened to encounter the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm in the Star Dou Great Forest and obtain the unprecedented Wisdom Soul Ring of Douluo Continent.

Yet over the past half year, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had sensed that Huo Yuhao's fortune had weakened somewhat.

Generally speaking, a Child of Destiny's fortune would only weaken after doing things that harmed heaven and violated justice. But over the past half year, Huo Yuhao had done nothing but cultivate every day. How could he have done anything so heinous?

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm turned his gaze toward Wang Dong. This little girl's fortune had grown stronger. Where had she gotten that fortune? It must have been stolen from Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao fell silent. Instinctively, he did not want to believe it. But Brother Sky Dream had no reason to deceive him. Deep down, he was even more willing to believe Brother Sky Dream.

Only after remaining silent for several days did Huo Yuhao say, "Brother Sky Dream, I'll consider it."

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sighed heavily. "The amount of fortune you've lost is still small, so it can still be made up for. But if too much drains away, your opportunities and such will leave you forever. Even I... may die."

Huo Yuhao's eyes widened. He finally understood the severity of the matter.

Wang Dong also returned to the Clear Sky Sect and told Big Uncle and Second Uncle about Shrek Academy.

The Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape exchanged glances. Both saw the glow of fortune around Wang Dong's body. It seemed Tang San's scheme had succeeded.

Sun Moon Empire.

Mingdu.

Ju Zi also successfully graduated from the Affiliated Elementary Academy. With the introduction of the dean of the Soul Tool Department, she entered the Sun Moon Royal Empire Academy as she had wished.

She even became Xuan Ziwen's disciple. He was the youngest Level 8 Soul Engineer.

Xuan Ziwen also greatly praised Ju Zi's Talent. At such a young age, she was already a Level 3 Soul Engineer, and many of her ideas were nothing short of genius.

If she were taught patiently, her future achievements would definitely not be inferior to his.

Ju Zi had also been investigating news of Qin Fang during this time, but Qin Fang seemed to have vanished completely. There was no news of him at all.

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