Chapter 46: A Ten-Thousand-Year Third Spirit Ring! Mu En Returns!

"Losing a three-on-two and then resorting to personal attacks."
"What an absolute loser."
"By your logic, wouldn't everyone here whose second soul ring is under a thousand years old be considered trash?"
Ouyang Junyi opened his mouth, once again left speechless.
His already flushed face began to turn a purplish hue.
Unable to catch his breath, he rolled his eyes and collapsed straight backward.
Just as his head was about to hit the ground, Huo Yuhao, being kind-hearted, caught him with spiritual telekinesis and tossed him toward the class teacher of Class Three.
"Alright Wang Dong, let's go."
Only then did Wang Dong stop his tirade, scanning the crowd with a haughty and disdainful gaze.
Not a single student who had previously kicked them while they were down dared to meet his eyes.
"Hmph! Bullies of the weak and cowards before the strong!"
He scoffed loudly.
Wang Dong descended, landing in front of Huo Yuhao and the other.
"Sorry, I was still a bit slow rushing all the way here."
"You didn't need to rush so much, I could've wiped the floor with them all by myself!" Xiaoxiao said, putting her hands on her hips. "Today I didn't even use a soul skill!"
"Glad you're back," Huo Yuhao smiled. "You look dusty, go back to the dorm and clean up first. Today's evaluations are already over."
There was only one match on the first day of the freshman evaluation, meant for adaptation and transition.
Tomorrow there would be two matches in the morning and two in the afternoon, making a total of four.
On the third day, the number would surge to five, deciding the freshman championship team.
Hearing this, Wang Dong nodded in agreement.
He took the lead and flew toward the dormitories.
Huo Yuhao took Xiaoxiao and practiced Tai Chi by the spirit combat arena while casually watching the freshman matches.
On the teachers' viewing platform.
Zhou Yi and other teachers stood in twos and threes, with Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo in the center, while Xuanzi lay on a recliner behind them, gnawing on a chicken leg.
At this moment, the center of their discussion was entirely Huo Yuhao.
"That girl named Xiaoxiao is using Tai Chi. Dean Yan has been practicing it lately."
"I heard it's a traditional combat technique from the Holy Fire Cult."
"The Holy Fire Cult? What is that?"
"Your information is way too outdated. The body-tempering methods used in physical education classes now are outer sect techniques of the Holy Fire Cult."
"Ah? I only returned from hunting soul rings last week, fill me in."
......
Listening to the chatter below.
Yan Shaozhe looked at Qian Duoduo and shook his head firmly.
"Little Junior Brother is bound to be a core disciple of the Martial Soul Branch. It is impossible to hand him over to your Soul Guidance Branch."
Qian Duoduo was somewhat exasperated.
"Little Yuhao's spiritual attributes and soul skills make him prime material for a soul engineer!"
"Furthermore, he can also be cultivated as a core candidate for the Ultimate Individual Combat Plan!"
"Your Martial Soul Branch has too many people splitting resources; I can give him the resources of the entire Soul Guidance Branch!"
Yan Shaozhe let out a sneer.
"You're scheming right to my face."
"Little Junior Brother is Teacher's closing disciple, do you really think he'll lack resources?"
"Not to mention there is also that person..."
"Forget it, there's no way I'm letting him go."
Qian Duoduo flipped a gold soul coin in his hand, moving so fast it left afterimages.
Yet he simply couldn't think of a reason to persuade Yan Shaozhe.
He could only look backward.
"Elder Xuan, what do you think of this matter?"
"Don't ask me, the Pavilion Master is Elder Mu, go ask him."
Qian Duoduo clutched the gold soul coin tightly, growing somewhat frantic.
"Such a great talent for a soul engineer, how can you people..."
"How can we what?"
"How can you bear to watch him waste his talent..."
Qian Duoduo realized belatedly that the voice sounded wrong.
He turned his head.
The ethereal and Taoist-like Elder Mu was standing at the edge of the viewing platform, his gaze fixed on Huo Yuhao and Xiaoxiao as they sparred.
His eyes were filled with astonishment.
This simple boxing technique seemed to have profound depth to it.
Qian Duoduo was instantly overjoyed and trotted over to Elder Mu.
"Elder Mu, you must judge this for me. Little Yuhao is a born soul engineer... and Yan Shaozhe is being obstinate and self-willed..."
After a burst of grievances, Qian Duoduo added, "You must stand up for me!"
Yan Shaozhe stood to the side, not offering a single word of rebuttal.
Because...
"I think Shaozhe is right," Elder Mu said indifferently. "With that person's high regard, Little Yuhao's future is smooth sailing, and he need not be distracted by other matters."
Qian Duoduo almost choked on his own breath!
What was that supposed to mean?
Because he had a demigod-level senior escorting him, soul guidance technology was now considered an unorthodox path?
This is... this is...
Well...
He had genuinely never heard of a demigod-level soul tool.
It did seem a bit like neglecting one thing to attend to another...
Qian Duoduo even began to doubt his life choices; could his persistence have been wrong?
......
[Altering Huo Yuhao's fate, -10000 Fortune Value!]
Huo Yuhao, who was in the middle of feeding moves to Xiaoxiao, suddenly paused his actions!
Xiaoxiao caught the opening and delivered a headbutt right at him.
Huo Yuhao reacted extremely quickly, pressing down on her little head with one hand while bending his knees and jumping backward to dissipate the force, landing lightly.
"Tsk~ You even managed to parry that," Xiaoxiao said unhappily. "Again!"
"Hold on a second, I have something to take care of back inside," Huo Yuhao waved his hand.
"Fine then, I'll practice by myself."
"Mhm."
Huo Yuhao used spiritual telekinesis to fly away, his spiritual consciousness splitting off to enter the spiritual world.
"Brother Lan, what is going on?"
Zhuge Lan gazed into the void, using his fortune value to check the source of the problem.
"So that's how it is."
"You've been acting too monstrously talented lately, and the Shrek higher-ups have decided not to let you get distracted by soul guidance."
"This is the era of soul engineers, though. With abundant resources, how can solely cultivating martial souls compare to dual cultivation?"
"It's not a major issue. Later on, you can just propose entering the Soul Guidance Branch to study. With your current learning speed of multitasking four ways at once, it'll be more than enough."
Huo Yuhao let out a long breath.
He thought some major event had occurred.
But then he caught the key point.
"Brother Lan, it seems you can see my future?"
Uh...
Why did he suddenly get so smart at a time like this?
"Yep, I can see some parts of it," Zhuge Lan replied vaguely. "Knowing the specifics won't do you any good anyway, I'll arrange it."
Huo Yuhao actually stopped asking and nodded in agreement.
"Then I'm going to go find Wang Dong. We haven't dual-cultivated for a month, today we definitely need to have a heartfelt duo session!"
He directly exited the spiritual world.
Zhuge Lan nodded in satisfaction.
This attitude of clinging to a thigh was quite correct indeed.
At this moment, Skydream Iceworm crowded over to ask about the situation.
Zhuge Lan gave a brief explanation.
"Soul guidance technology is actually this important?" Eleks, the Dead Magician, asked in surprise.
"To be precise, it's the Ultimate Individual Combat Plan, which is useful for Little Yuhao," Zhuge Lan explained. "Although Shrek's technology isn't top-tier, the concept is correct. Cultivating an individual who can turn the tide of battle single-handedly doesn't conflict with martial souls; the two complement each other, and they won't fall behind even in the God Realm."
—The Death Ray Tower researched by Huo Yuhao after becoming a god rivaled a tier-one god, and the Chuan Shen Tower could even temporarily freeze a God King!
These were all supplementary combat powers that didn't conflict with his main body.
"I see."
Huo Yuhao nodded and thought—
"I can already exercise my physical endurance while reading books using spiritual telekinesis, and I still feel like I have energy to spare."
"There really is surplus time, adding soul guidance studies shouldn't be an issue."
Having determined his direction,
Huo Yuhao sped up his flight back to the dormitory. In his haste, he once again forgot to knock on the door and pushed it open directly.
"Click—"