Douluo Continent: The Eye of Truth

Chapter 14 Peaceful School Days

As the school bell rang, even Wang Dong plopped down on the ground, breathing heavily.

Huo Yuhao shook his head and casually sat down on the ground.

Seeing all the trainees fall to the ground, Zhou Yi waved to someone in the distance, and a very stylish man in white appeared gracefully.

Two yellow, two purple, three black, a seven-ring Soul Saint, a Soul Saint powerhouse whose auxiliary martial soul is the Tree of Life.

As this Soul Saint expert activated his Martial Soul True Body, leaves began to fall and land on the group of students.

The trainees felt a cool sensation spread throughout their bodies, and their damaged meridians and muscles, as well as the fatigue and injuries caused by the high-intensity exercise, were being repaired rapidly.

As the saying goes, "a slap followed by a sweet treat," Zhou Yi, in order to establish her authority in the first lesson, naturally wouldn't do anything too extreme.

Therefore, he specially used Fan Yu's connection to invite this Soul Saint to come.

In the future, such treatment will naturally not be available, since Zhou Yi herself is only an outer court Soul Emperor, while this Soul Saint is a proper inner court graduate.

"Wow, the Tree of Life, that's quite a feat!" Wang Dong exclaimed in amazement as he watched his strength gradually recover.

Looking at Wang Dong's naive and unworldly demeanor, Huo Yuhao suspected that she had been mentally manipulated by Tang Buddha again, otherwise how could a little princess of the Haotian Sect say such a thing?

Seeing the teasing look in Huo Yuhao's eyes, Wang Dong blushed and said, "What are you looking at? The Tree of Life Martial Soul is already very rare, okay? Apart from the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul, which is passed down in a single lineage, the Tree of Life is hard to find among healing-type Martial Souls."

Once the treatment was complete, the man in white quickly left, ignoring Zhou Yi who was bowing respectfully to him, except for a nod.

The trainees got up from the ground one after another, feeling the strange changes in their bodies. They no longer cared about the terrible image Zhou Yi had previously established, and they were all whispering among themselves.

This was exactly the effect Zhou Yi wanted. With a balance of tension and relaxation, these naive young students would naturally fall into her rhythm, until she could expel another "failing" student.

After a period of alternating tension and relaxation, he established his authority, and the remaining trainees naturally dared not resist anymore, leaving him to be manipulated.

Because there was no incident caused by Huo Yuhao as in the original work, Zhou Yi directly expelled a student who was the weakest in physique due to his martial soul.

"Alright, now pack your things and get out of here," Zhou Yi said coldly.

"Don't get too excited, everyone else. The task I assigned was to keep running until the bell rang before counting the laps."

"Except for Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao, everyone else is unqualified. Normally, according to my personality, you would all be punished, but after all, I am not a devil, and today is only the first day of your academy life."

"But all of you remember this: it's not that I won't punish you, it's just that this punishment will be temporarily recorded, understand?!"

"Understood!" the students replied quickly.

"Alright, get out of class dismissed. Everyone, take your iron armor back with you."

"Tomorrow, other teachers will give you theory lessons, but the day after tomorrow afternoon, it's my class again. I don't want to see any more useless students then."

After saying that, Zhou Yi turned and left, leaving behind a group of students who finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After Zhou Yi left, everyone finally relaxed.

"Teacher Zhou Yi doesn't seem to be that bad after all."

"Yeah, yeah, at least they're not punishing us anymore."

"Teacher Zhou Yi is a really nice person."

Listening to the students around him, who could even be described as somewhat naive and laughable, Wang Dong, who had been given pointers by Huo Yuhao, couldn't relax at all.

Although Zhou Yi raised the so-called punishment high this time, she put it down gently in the end, as if she had spared everyone.

However, she did expel a student, and she did so according to Zhou Yi's rules, not Shrek Academy's rules, even though the student was not very familiar with the others at the time.

Moreover, wasn't the so-called punishment only stipulated by Zhou Yi? So why can others turn a blind eye to it, and even consider Zhou Yi a "good teacher" because of her final actions?

Huo Yuhao patted Wang Dong on the shoulder: "Alright, stop thinking about it. get out of class is over, go home. You have plenty of time to think it over, don't just stand here."

After returning to the dormitory, Huo Yuhao took his change of clothes to the communal bathroom to wash, leaving the dormitory room to Wang Dong.

While washing up, Huo Yuhao recalled what he had seen earlier and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

"Is this the true form of a Martial Soul? But isn't it just enlarging the structure of the Martial Soul within the body, then using Soul Power as the filling material and Soul Rings as the framework to materialize it and place it outside the body?"

"However, it seems that this is indeed a medium that can provide a significant boost to the previous spirit rings and spirit skills."

"But if the principle is only this simple, then could I directly dismantle other people's Martial Soul bodies, or even their Martial Souls, and use those bodies to amplify Soul Skills of different attributes?"

"Or...who says that a Martial Soul True Body must be used by a Soul Master? If I imprint the Martial Soul True Body onto a Soul Guidance Device in the form of a Soul Guidance Core Array, can that replace the function of the Martial Soul True Body?"

"Or perhaps the amplification provided by such a soul tool could be superimposed on the original Martial Soul True Form?"

As his thoughts gradually cleared, Huo Yuhao sat outside his dormitory after taking a shower, constantly brainstorming and refining his ideas.

As for why he didn't go in? After all, Huo Yuhao wasn't interested in a twelve-year-old kid, and he didn't want to get involved in unnecessary trouble or try to "bring in" a relationship through such means.

After a while, the dormitory door was opened from the inside. Wang Dong had finished washing up and was wearing a clean white shirt with a rosy complexion.

There were still a few water droplets hanging from her cheeks as she rubbed her hair with a dry towel. Her androgynous, soft face paired with her light blue hair gave her an inexplicably alluring look.

If Huo Yuhao didn't know that his true identity was a girl, he would have thought that such a cute little boy would make him want to call him "brother, you smell so good."

However, knowing his true identity, Huo Yuhao naturally couldn't have any excessive thoughts, after all, the minimum sentence was three years, and the maximum was the death penalty.

Even though he was now in another world called Douluo Continent, the values ​​that Huo Yuhao had been instilled in him since childhood made it impossible for him to have any extra thoughts about these young girls who hadn't even grown up yet.

"Finished washing?" Without further conversation, Huo Yuhao stood up and went inside. He then put away and tidied up his things, got dressed, and went out.

The destination was naturally the outer library. Huo Yuhao needed to hurry up and input and organize the valuable books so that he could formulate his next plan based on this information.

Meanwhile, with the help of the newly acquired First-Level Soul Power Aggregation Array (Self-Named) and First-Level Soul Power Conversion Array (Self-Named), and through the experimentation of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm successfully intercepted and combined the advantages of these two arrays.

This caused it to circulate within Huo Yuhao's body, significantly accelerating his cultivation speed once again.

However, because of this, the circulation of soul power within Huo Yuhao's body is now even more complex. Soul masters with lower levels of spiritual power would probably be unable to achieve such an effect even if they knew the circulation of soul power.

"Alright, it's about time to go back." Exhaling a breath of stale air, Huo Yuhao put down the book he was using to conceal it, and then took a few more books to register and borrow.

It was already late, and Huo Yuhao had gained knowledge from over a hundred books. He needed to go back and organize it, so it was time for him to leave.

After a peaceful and safe journey back to his dormitory, Huo Yuhao discovered that Wang Dong was still awake, seemingly waiting for him.

"What's wrong? Why aren't you asleep so late? You have class tomorrow." Huo Yuhao casually put the borrowed books on the table and asked lazily while sitting on the bed.

"I've been waiting for you. I have a few questions I'd like to ask you," Wang Dong said after a moment's hesitation.

Huo Yuhao didn't refuse, but simply said, "Go ahead and tell me, whether I answer or not depends on my mood."

Before they knew it, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong chatted until late at night. The conversation, initiated by Wang Dong, started with Zhou Yi, other students, and the academy, and then drifted to all sorts of random topics, including families, countries, the continent, and even the entire Soul Master world.

Huo Yuhao, who initially responded only half-heartedly, gradually got into the mood and started chatting and joking with Wang Dong about all sorts of things. Apart from some things that shouldn't be said, Huo Yuhao also told Wang Dong quite a lot of things.

There are things that Wang Dong, who was born into the Haotian Sect and was pampered by Titan and Niu Tian since childhood, would not know or be able to imagine.

At the same time, this night also brought Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong closer together. Huo Yuhao's originally tense heart, which was due to his transmigration and being a newcomer, was also relieved and relaxed a lot.

"Maybe the world isn't as bad as I think. Aside from Tang Sanzang, everything else seems alright? But strength is still the most important thing. My time to relax is over; it's time to get back to work."

Lying in bed, Huo Yuhao thought to himself, and then his spiritual body once again entered the sea of ​​consciousness to continue completing the tasks he had planned.

The next morning, although they had both gone to bed late the night before, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, as Soul Masters, got up early and went to the cafeteria for breakfast.

"Phew, I'm so full. There's still a while before class. Shall we go for a walk by Poseidon Lake to relax and digest?" Wang Dong suggested.

"Thank you, Bumin. Where are the books I gave you last night? Go back and take a good look at them. These are all treasures I carefully selected for you," Huo Yuhao said with a smile.

There's no way he'll go to Poseidon Lake, not in this lifetime. That crazy woman Ma Xiaotao can be touched by whoever wants to, but he'll definitely not go near her.

Recalling the books Huo Yuhao had given him yesterday, Wang Dong looked somewhat embarrassed: "What kind of books did you borrow? Unofficial histories of the ancestors of the Shrek Seven Devils and other Shrek Academy seniors."

"I really don't understand why you borrowed these books."

Huo Yuhao smiled slightly: "Don't you understand? The official history has been revised by some people, making it difficult to see the truth."

"But unofficial histories don't have this. Sometimes, the original historical truth will only come to light when unofficial histories from different eras corroborate each other and are echoed by official histories."

"Only through unofficial histories and anecdotes can we uncover a part of the sealed history."

"If you can see this step, it means your brain is truly starting to work."

"Think it over carefully. Those few books should keep you occupied for a while. I'm going to the library to borrow some new books too. See you in class." With a wave of his hand, Huo Yuhao slipped away.

Soon, the day passed uneventfully; the morning's martial spirit classification class and the afternoon's soul beast age identification class went by quickly.

Huo Yuhao also discovered many flaws, namely that the teachers of Shrek Academy were, to put it bluntly, a group of traditional soul masters whose brains were filled with muscles and the age of soul rings.

What they teach is often less detailed and less relevant to reality than the rigid records in books.

"Learning these things, it's no wonder things went wrong in the Star Dou Great Forest. No wonder the inner court disciples suffered such high casualties. Without high-level soul masters to protect them, trying to hunt souls based on these methods is pure gambling."

"However, it's also possible that these are unique to Shrek Academy's soul-hunting strategies. After all, compared to the usual cautious soul-hunting teams, it's normal for Shrek Academy, which boasts the title of the continent's top academy and whose students are all elites, to adopt aggressive methods."

"After all, the only people who can jump from a hundred years to a thousand years, and from a thousand years to ten thousand years, are probably none other than those from Shrek Academy."

"Phew, get out of class is finally over. I was so bored in this class," Wang Dong complained next to Huo Yuhao. It's true that it's hard for students of this age to study on their own.

Although Wang Dong, who came from Haotianbao, was a bit strange in terms of emotional intelligence, his knowledge and theoretical accumulation were still quite solid, so he naturally looked down on the theoretical courses offered by Shrek Academy in the first year.

"Let's go, let's hurry up and eat, or we'll miss dinner." Wang Dong said, pulling Huo Yuhao along as they ran down the corridor.

At this moment, Huo Yuhao did not break free, but overheard several students from other classes talking.

"Did you hear that? It seems that several classes of students have gone missing this morning."

"I heard he dropped out of school?"

"No, no, it must be a ghost, I've heard."

"Yes, it's one of the ten wonders of Shrek Academy. The Sea God Lake, shrouded in white mist, is said to disappear every year when several new students enroll."

"Hey, don't scare me. Where did you hear that from?"

"Of course, it was my senior who told me."

"It seems we've mostly passed this hurdle. To be on the safe side, we should stay away from that eerie place, Seagod Lake, from now on."

(End of this chapter)