Huo Yuhao scratched his head.
"Tianmeng Ge, I don't know."
The Tianmeng Iceworm smiled mysteriously.
"You'll understand once you have your second Spirit Ring. Hurry up and get dressed, time waits for no one. It must be close to the start of the semester now. Because I had to help you fuse with the Ice Empress, I didn't pay attention to the passage of time outside."
Huo Yuhao's eyes gleamed. He retracted his Ice Empress martial spirit and then released his Spiritual Detection. But as soon as he released his martial spirit, he was so startled he almost jumped.
After his cultivation soared, the range of his Spiritual Detection was over eighty meters, and if projected in a straight line, it was over two hundred meters.
But at this moment, as Huo Yuhao released his Spiritual Detection, he noticed a strange flow of energy in his eyes. Then, everything within a two-hundred-meter diameter suddenly appeared before his eyes. Countless pieces of information continuously bombarded his mind, startling him.
"What's going on?" Huo Yuhao wondered blankly, looking at his Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges.
"This is not strange at all. Don't you feel that your Spiritual Sea has doubled in size? If based on a normal person's cultivation speed, you would need at least three Spirit Rings to have such a large Spiritual Sea. But you endured the pain with your willpower, so your Spiritual Sea evolved. I also used some of my spiritual power to assist you. Congratulations, your first Spirit Ring is now around a thousand years old, and your body can now withstand a second Spirit Ring of about three thousand years."
After listening to the Tianmeng Iceworm's explanation, Huo Yuhao understood everything.
After suffering, comes sweetness! After enduring all sorts of hardships, he had achieved great success. All the pain he had suffered was fully repaid, and the shadow in Huo Yuhao's heart had faded considerably.
Huo Yuhao took a set of clothes from his Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges and put them on. At this moment, he was only wearing simple attire.
After fusing with the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion, he no longer feared any cold. He himself was an ice cave!
"Let's go!" the Tianmeng Iceworm shouted, waking Huo Yuhao from his blissful stupor.
Unafraid of the cold, his body transformed by the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion, Huo Yuhao was now vastly different from before. In the white snow, only a few faint traces remained...
Huo Yuhao's spirit power gently circulated within his body. At this moment, he was only moving with his physical strength. During his cultivation, Huo Yuhao had not eaten or drunk anything, yet he felt no fatigue. Instead, he felt his entire body was healthy and full of vigor.
***
Shrek Academy.
The time for the new semester had arrived. Many people gathered outside the academy. Apart from a few old disciples returning from outside, the rest were relatives of disciples bringing their children and grandchildren to register.
No matter what your background, if you didn't pass the assessment, there was only one path: to return home.
In addition, there were a few teaching assistants helping the teachers conduct the assessments. Although they were only disciples, to be able to represent Shrek Academy and stand here as teaching assistants, their cultivation had to be at least a Spirit Ancestor. On the continent, a Spirit Ancestor already held a certain status. In Shrek Academy, if one did not reach Spirit Ancestor, they would not become a sixth-year disciple and would eventually be eliminated in the assessment. You are reading this story at Truyen FULL – www.Truyen FULL
Twenty-eight days had passed, and only two days remained until the deadline to return to school. The new disciples rushed to register for their assessments, and the returning disciples were not idle either, as their promotion assessments were also approaching. Only by passing these assessments could they continue their studies at the academy; failure would mean returning home, just like the first-year disciples who failed their entrance assessments.
By this time, two-thirds of the disciples had returned. During their break, none dared to slack off. With the new semester about to begin, disciples were eager to return quickly to receive guidance from their teachers. Disciples with strong abilities had no fear of the assessments; for them, assessments were an opportunity to test the results of their studies and cultivation. For other ordinary disciples, the assessments were the most difficult exams of the year, so they did not want to miss even the smallest opportunity for guidance.
At this moment, a young man sprinted from the lakeside, his figure streaking across Shrek Plaza and heading towards the dormitory. As he ran, he muttered:
"Oh no, I must be late this time. He must have returned early and is impatiently waiting, it’s all my fault… But this time, I’ll give him a big surprise, haha."
The young man had now reached the entrance of the dormitory, where the old gatekeeper still sat comfortably and leisurely on his chair, oblivious to the world.
"Hello, old man!"
He didn’t stop, greeting the old man before continuing to run into the dormitory.
The old man’s face lit up, a faint smile playing at the corner of his mouth before he returned to his normal state, closing his eyes again.
*Thump, thump, thump.*
The young man rushed to the door of a room and pounded on it, sending dust flying.
"Huh?"
The young man was surprised:
"Huo Yuhao, where are you? Come out and see, you’re so focused on cultivation that you don’t even notice the entrance is covered in dust!"
This young man was Wang Dong. He hadn’t changed at all from a month ago: still wearing his first-year uniform, still with his fresh blue hair and mischievous eyes full of vitality.
On his way back, Wang Dong had encountered some trouble, causing him to be delayed by a few days. He only returned to school two days before the start of the new semester. He thought that Huo Yuhao would have returned early and would be waiting for him, as their cultivation speed would be much faster when they were together. At this moment, he was trying to make a contrite face, preparing to explain, which was why he didn’t use his key to open the door.
Silence. There was no response in the dormitory, leaving Wang Dong bewildered.
"Hey, hey, don’t be so mean, I didn’t mean to be late, there really was a reason."
Wang Dong continued to knock on the door, but inside, it remained silent.
"Huo Yuhao, you narrow-minded ghost! If you don’t open the door, I’ll open it myself."
Wang Dong pouted and shouted.
Still silence.
At this point, Wang Dong was truly surprised. He knew that even though he was late, Huo Yuhao definitely wouldn’t be this silent.
He took out his key and opened the room door.
The room was completely silent, the scene unchanged from when he had left. Wang Dong rolled up his own bedding; underneath, there was still a dust cover. As for Huo Yuhao’s bed, it was as it had been, and the desk was covered with a faint layer of dust.
Wang Dong took a few steps, carefully examined Huo Yuhao’s bed, then turned to look at his own bed, and his face suddenly turned pale.
He hadn’t returned, he still hadn’t returned? At this moment, Wang Dong suddenly felt a chill throughout his body. He would rather Huo Yuhao had returned early and waited for him, even if he was angry with him, than to have this feeling – a feeling of emptiness throughout his body, his breathing becoming rapid and difficult.
"Why isn't he back yet? Didn't his teacher take him into the Star Dou Great Forest to get his second spirit ring? Why hasn't he returned? He's an orphan, where could he possibly go?"
Wang Dong was incredibly anxious at this moment. He took a few hurried breaths, then turned and ran out.
He stopped at the dormitory door and squatted down beside the old man.
"Old man, have you seen Huo Yuhao return? He's my roommate!"
The old man's eyes widened, then he shook his head.
Wang Dong bit his lip, then stood up again and ran towards the teachers' work area.
He ran to Zhou Yi's office. At this moment, Zhou Yi was sitting at her desk, talking to a group of disciples.
Wang Dong was extremely worried and didn't pay much attention. He ran in and shouted, "Teacher Zhou! Teacher Zhou!"
Standing in front of Zhou Yi was a group of first-year Class One disciples. They were startled and panicked when they saw Wang Dong rushing in. They all knew Teacher Zhou Yi's temperament; she hated disciples who didn't understand the rules. Although Wang Dong was the class leader, daring to cause such a commotion was truly audacious.
But Zhou Yi surprised them even more. Not only was she not angry, but she also stood up, and then both of them asked the same question.
Zhou Yi: "Where is Huo Yuhao?"
Wang Dong: "Teacher Zhou, where is Huo Yuhao?"
As soon as the words left their mouths, they both stared at each other with wide eyes, then simultaneously shouted, "Are you looking for Huo Yuhao?"