Dividing the Gold Soul Coins

Wang Dong and Wang Hai breathed sighs of relief at the same time.

As long as the dorm supervisor didn't get involved, everything could be worked out.

The three quickly arranged to fight in a secluded spot somewhere on campus.

Wang Hai attacked first, only for Huo Yuhao to take him down easily with a single Spirit Shock.

When it was Wang Dong's turn to fight him, Huo Yuhao used Spirit Shock again. This time, however, it only blanked her mind and stunned her briefly before she quickly came to her senses.

Brother Sky Dream, what's going on with her? Why is Spirit Shock so weak against her? Huo Yuhao wondered.

"I'll take a look inside her spiritual sea." With that, Tian Meng plunged deep into Wang Dong's spiritual sea to inspect it.

That look nearly scared Tian Meng into wetting himself, and he fled back into Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea.

"That scared me to death! That was the presence of a god, definitely... definitely. There's no mistaking it." Tian Meng was still shaken.

"What god?" Huo Yuhao asked, puzzled.

"It's still too early for you to know about that. I'll tell you later. In any case, stay away from her. If you fight her, stop before things go too far. Whatever you do, don't try to kill her," Tian Meng cautioned.

"Then what about her taking my bed? And my bedding?" Flames of anger burned in Huo Yuhao's eyes.

Being bullied at the Duke's Mansion was one thing. After all, they were the masters, born of the legitimate line, while he was a child of a concubine, no different from a servant.

Now that he'd come to the academy, he was still being bullied. Huo Yuhao felt both stifled and furious.

"Idiot, you just borrowed money from Tang Ya.

"That pretty boy in front of you looks rich at a glance. You'd be a fool not to fleece her. Ask her for money, and don't hold back.

"Besides, with those two in room 101, which one of them would you want to share a room with?

"You might as well take this chance to switch rooms."

Huo Yuhao was tempted. He raised a hand to stop the fight with Wang Dong.

"Stop. Let's not fight anymore."

"You're admitting defeat?"

"Neither of us can win in a short time. Why don't we leave it at that?"

"Fine."

Wang Dong naturally had no objection. She wasn't going to move back to her old room anyway.

Huo Yuhao continued, "But you have to compensate me for my losses."

Wang Dong frowned. "If it's about the bedding, go to Wang Hai."

"Besides the bedding, you're mainly responsible for the room switch."

Only then did Wang Dong realize what Huo Yuhao meant. She snapped, "I'll pay you ten Gold Soul Coins. Satisfied?"

Huo Yuhao shook his head.

"Fifty!"

Huo Yuhao still shook his head.

"One hundred. Don't push your luck," Wang Dong said in a low voice.

Huo Yuhao held up one index finger. "One thousand!"

"Impossible!"

Wang Dong's pupils narrowed to slits. She wasn't short of money, but she didn't want to be extorted either.

"You don't have to pay. We can go to the dorm supervisor and let the teacher decide who's right." Huo Yuhao shrugged.

"You win!"

Wang Dong gritted her teeth and had no choice but to pinch her nose and accept her loss. "One thousand it is."

Taking the thousand Gold Soul Coins, Huo Yuhao trembled with excitement. He had never seen so much money in his life.

"Your eyes light up at the sight of money," Wang Dong snorted.

Huo Yuhao wasn't annoyed. After all, who would turn down money?

Back at the door to room 101, Huo Yuhao picked up his bedding from the floor and headed straight for room 108.

He gently pushed the door open and froze at the sight of the mess all over the floor, the broken window, and the bloodstains on the ground.

Was this really a dorm room?

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a battlefield.

"What a coincidence, Huo Yuhao. We meet again."

Huo Yuhao turned toward the voice and saw Hui Ye sitting cross-legged on his bed, cultivating.

Huo Yuhao was a little surprised. His mind raced as he pieced everything together.

The shattered window, the room switch, and Wang Dong's fear of the dorm supervisor all pointed back to one person.

Remembering what Hui Ye was like, Huo Yuhao had his answer:

Wang Dong must have suffered a hidden loss at his hands.

"What a coincidence, Brother Hui Ye. We'll be roommates from now on, so please look after me," Huo Yuhao said with a smile.

Hui Ye grunted in acknowledgment, closed his eyes, and continued cultivating.

Huo Yuhao stepped over the broken glass and laid out his bedding. Looking down at the shards scattered across the floor, he twitched the corners of his mouth.

Hui Ye could actually keep cultivating in a place like this.

Huo Yuhao couldn't stand it anymore. He picked up a broom and silently began cleaning the room by himself. When he was halfway done, a worker arrived to repair the window.

Clang! Clang!

The worker set about fixing the window, making an ear-piercing racket.

Hui Ye didn't budge, his backside planted as firmly as an old monk in meditation.

Only after the worker left and Huo Yuhao finished cleaning did a powerful Soul Power fluctuation suddenly radiate from Hui Ye. He had successfully broken through to level 16.

Huo Yuhao's mouth fell open, his face full of shock.

He had actually broken through in such a noisy place. Was he just that unbothered, or was his talent astonishing?

When Hui Ye had absorbed his First Soul Ring to 100%, his Soul Power had already reached the peak of level 15, just one final step away from a breakthrough.

Now that he had successfully reached level 16, Hui Ye was in a good mood as he felt the increase in Soul Power within him.

"Yuhao, shouldn't you have moved into your dorm room a long time ago? How come..."

Huo Yuhao explained what had happened with a wry smile.

"So you turned a misfortune into a blessing and squeezed a thousand Gold Soul Coins out of her?"

Hui Ye was genuinely surprised. He hadn't expected Huo Yuhao to have a trick like that up his sleeve. Was that something an honest person would do?

Huo Yuhao was speechless. Was that the point?

Tian Meng, however, suddenly became alert. "Oh no, Yuhao, why did you mention the Gold Soul Coins?"

Huo Yuhao didn't understand.

Hui Ye's eyes turned, and a scheme came to mind.

"Yuhao, we're close, right?"

"Uh, I guess..."

"I was willing to gamble my life for you. Tell me, wasn't that loyal enough?"

"That was loyal, all right."

"So it's not too much to ask for half when we meet, right?"

Huo Yuhao stared at him blankly like a stunned goose. "Half of what?"

Hui Ye grinned. "The Gold Soul Coins, of course. After all, the room switch wouldn't have happened if I hadn't accidentally helped set it in motion. Isn't that right?"

Huo Yuhao took a step back and covered the storage soul tool bracelet on his wrist. Tang Ya had given it to him specifically to win him over.

"Yuhao, I was willing to gamble my life for you, and I was the one who stopped you from being tricked into joining the Tang Sect. You can't just..."

Hui Ye put on a pitiful, aggrieved expression.

"Stop, don't say any more. I'll agree."

His heart aching, Huo Yuhao tossed Hui Ye five hundred Gold Soul Coins.

Frustrated that iron couldn't be forged into steel, Tian Meng roared, "Yuhao! You're far too softhearted! That guy's skin is thicker than a city wall. You can't indulge him!"

Huo Yuhao said helplessly in his heart, Forget it, Brother Sky Dream. What he said is true, after all. I'll treat it as repaying his kindness.

Hui Ye took the Gold Soul Coins, his smile bright enough to make a flower bloom.

"Yuhao, since you've been so generous, I'll have your back from now on." Hui Ye patted Huo Yuhao on the shoulder.

Tian Meng jumped up and down in Huo Yuhao's mind, furious. "Shameless! I'm the strongest one here. Yuhao, I'll have your back from now on."

Hearing Tian Meng's almost jealous words, Huo Yuhao felt a wave of warmth in his heart.

"Extorting someone isn't the sort of thing you'd do, Yuhao. Who taught you that?" Hui Ye asked, seizing the opportunity.

Huo Yuhao was about to answer instinctively, but Tian Meng stopped him just in time. "Don't tell him!"

Huo Yuhao immediately fell silent. That was close. I almost let it slip.

Looking at Hui Ye's calm profile, he couldn't tell whether the question had been a deliberate probe or an unintentional one.

"It just came to me on the spur of the moment."

Huo Yuhao gave a vague answer and took the opportunity to change the subject.

"By the way, I bought some grilling equipment and plan to sell grilled fish at the academy gates tonight. Do you want to come have a taste?"

"Sure."

Hui Ye readily agreed. Dinner was taken care of.