Story

"Huh?"

Huo Yuhao was a little puzzled. Wasn't this a bit too hard? Did she feel that she was doing the worst within the group? 

"Zhuqing, you don't have to be like this. Your efforts are among the best among the group. Sooner or later, you will be among the top ones."

Zhu Zhuqing shook her head. "That's not what I meant. I just want to become stronger. I hope you can guide me."

"Can you tell me why you are in such a hurry?"

Huo Yuhao was even more puzzled. Zhu Zhuqing behavior made him feel as if there was a devil chasing her from behind, and she want to become stronger to fight back.

Zhu Zhuqing hesitated for a moment, nodded, told Huo Yuhao about her engagement with Dai Mubai, and explained the competitive relationship among the royal lineage of the Star Luo Empire to Huo Yuhao.

"I heard that my fiancé was in Shrek Academy, so I wanted to come and see if he was working hard, but when I got here I saw him like this."

"To be honest, I'm very disappointed, but for the sake of my own life, I can only seize every opportunity to become stronger, so please, help me."

After hearing this, Huo Yuhao suddenly realized that the White Tiger Family in his previous life was no longer the royal family, and the competition was only between the main wife and the concubine. The relationship between Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin was still very good, not like the life-and-death struggle they have now.

"No wonder Dai Mubai is so depressed. Is he thinking he can't win?" Huo Yuhao expressed his guess.

Zhu Zhuqing nodded, "It seems that he has accepted his fate, so he is greedy for pleasure, but I want to control my own destiny, and I want to see more of this world."

Then she paused and spoke again.

"As long as you help me, I can give you anything."

Zhu Zhuqing's face turned red as she said this, but her eyes were still fixed on Huo Yuhao.

"..."

'Another person whose destiny is not within their control.' Huo Yuhao sighed slightly.

Zhu Zhuqing thought he was bothered and her expression suddenly darkened.

'As expected, he is unwilling to help me.'

Just as she was about to say something.

"I will help you."

Zhu Zhuqing looked up suddenly. She saw a boy with a brilliant smile on his face, and his blue eyes seemed to hold the whole world. The white moonlight sprinkled down from behind the boy, casting his tall shadow on the ground.

"As for what you need to pay."

Zhu Zhuqing's hands trembled slightly. Although she had made up her mind, she was still a little nervous at this moment.

Huo Yuhao smiled even more brightly, "You just need to work very hard to repay me."

"Ah?"

Zhu Zhuqing looked up, her face full of shock.

"Didn't I make it clear enough? You just have to give it your all. I will be very strict."

Huo Yuhao repeated it again, and when he said the last sentence he deliberately put on a stern face.

"I just didn't hear you clearly the first time. Thank you."

Zhu Zhuqing waved her hands back and forth, not knowing where to put them, and even her speech became a little stammering.

Huo Yuhao nodded, smiled slightly, turned around and walked out, "Now that you understand, let's go."

"Where are we going?"

"Playground, let's have a real fight."

.....

"Huh? Who's still at the playground this late?"

Flanders, who was walking towards his residence, noticed the sound coming from the playground. Driven by curiosity, he sneaked to the playground.

"Come again! Don't be impatient. Observe my muscle movements through [Spiritual Detection] to predict my behavior. Turn it into a habit. Even without my [Spiritual Detection], you must always pay attention to the opponent's movements."

Flanders saw the two of them from afar and was stunned.

'Are all kids nowadays so hardworking? They practice sparring in the middle of the night?'

He shook his head and walked towards his residence with a happy face.

"What a scary little monster!"

Zhu Zhuqing who had been knocked down for who knows how many times. She lay on the ground without care, gasping for breath, with the stars in the sky reflected in her eyes.

A handsome face blocked her view, looking at her with a smile, "Not bad, you made great progress, let's stop here today."

He said, extending a hand.

"Yes, thank you."

Zhu Zhuqing held the hand in front of her, stood up, and patted the dust off her body. She blushed a little when she saw how dirty she was.

"It's late, go to bed early."

"You too, good night." replied Zhu Zhuqing.

Huo Yuhao smiled and nodded, "Good night."

He took a step forward, then seemed to have thought of something.

"By the way, we have to change the venue for tomorrow's training."

Zhu Zhuqing asked curiously, "Hmm? Where are we going?"

"Great Spirit Arena, let's go register as a pair. Although you are only a Soul Grandmaster, we will be considered a Soul Elder team after we team up. We can fight two-on-two with Soul Elders. You will take the lead and I will assist you. Then we will review the match after each fight."

Huo Yuhao felt that practicing with only himself was too monotonous and that she would not be able to improve quickly. It would be better to let her see more different martial souls and soul skills, which would be more conducive to her growth.

Zhu Zhuqing immediately understood Huo Yuhao's intention and nodded with shining eyes.

Early in the morning, Huo Yuhao came to the cafeteria to have breakfast. Although he was not the last one to arrive, he also noticed that the atmosphere among the crowd was not right. Ning Rongrong and Oscar were not there, and Dai Mubai's face did not look very good.

"What's wrong?" Huo Yuhao secretly asked Xiao Wu beside him.

Xiao Wu pursed her lips and explained the reason to Huo Yuhao. It turned out that Ning Rongrong had a conflict with Dai Mubai last night and was beaten by Dai Mubai. She asked Tang San and Oscar for help but to no avail. Instead, they both advised her to leave.

"??"

Huo Yuhao was a little confused. Why didn't Zhu Zhuqing tell him about this yesterday?

Then he remember.

'Zhu Zhuqing isn't the kind of person who gossips behind people's backs. Moreover, she's only focused on becoming stronger, so she doesn't have the energy to care about this.'

To be honest, in Huo Yuhao's eyes, only Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing are relatively mature. They know their goals clearly and work hard for them. As for the others, Huo Yuhao felt that he should think of a way to bring the team together.

When the bell rang, everyone came to the playground and saw Ning Rongrong standing there early. She looked a little haggard with red eyes. After a while, Oscar also came and said that he had reached rank 30. This was another heavy blow to Ning Rongrong's heart. She couldn't help but recall Huo Yuhao's words.

'Every student here is extremely talented, you are the one with the lowest soul power level among us.' (TN: Not the exact sentence, but you get the point.)

The little witch began to doubt herself.

'Am I really incomparable to anyone in this academy? Am all I am just the princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan?'

The daytime class was supposed to help the students throw away their hesitation in eating the sausage created by Oscar. But, knowing that everyone had already tried the sausages, Flanders waved his hand, signaling everyone to disperse and prepare for tonight's spirit arena competition.

"By the way, Huo Yuhao, considering your performance yesterday, you will be rewarded with another 40 laps. Ning Rongrong, you will be punished to run 20 laps. Do you have any objection?"

Ning Rongrong gritted her teeth and said, "No!" Then she glared at Huo Yuhao fiercely and ran out.

Huo Yuhao also sighed. Yesterday's running had no effect on him, so in the evening he took the time to make a few metal rings and buckled them around his ankles, a big one around his waist, and two on his wrists.

The metal ring is made of special metal. Although it is not large in size, it is extremely heavy, probably nearly one hundred kilograms.

Adapt first, then add more if it's not enough. He decided to wear weights in future runs to increase the difficulty. Otherwise, just running all day will not make any progress.

Huo Yuhao did not run very fast, but caught up with Ning Rongrong in front of him, maintaining the same speed, and asked softly.

"Have you decided to stay and prove yourself?"

He had already guessed Ning Rongrong's thought. She was unwilling to accept the result and wanted to prove herself. Although this could also be considered as a kind of motivation, it would breed a rebellious mentality and pose a great hidden danger in the future.

"Hmph."

Ning Rongrong snorted coldly, ignored him, took out her martial soul to accelerate herself, and rushed forward.

Huo Yuhao was helpless, "What a temper!"

He then sped up and was side by side with Ning Rongrong again.

"Even if you hate me, as long as you keep training yourself like this, at least you will be able to survive more easily when you encounter danger."

Huo Yuhao paused, then continued, "Run according to the breathing rhythm I taught you yesterday and let me tell you a story, a story about a dream I once had."

Without waiting for Ning Rongrong to answer, he started talking.

The story is about him in his previous life as a member of the reserve team for the Shrek Seven Monster, participating in the Continental Youth Tourament. It starts with them all chatting and laughing while carrying out a mission to exterminate evil soul masters, and because of carelessness, their predecessors are seriously injured and even killed. In the end, they have to rely on this reserve team to do their best to compete for the championship.

Some information was appropriately concealed, and the tragic story slowly came out of Huo Yuhao's mouth, as if he had experienced it personally.

The girl was immersed in the atmosphere of the story. When Huo Yuhao finished speaking, she couldn't help but ask, "Did they win in the end?"

"That's not important. What I want to tell you is you shouldn't regret what you aren't able to do when you are not prepared, but do so when you are prepared."