Chapter 21: Chicken Soup for the Soul
Having Spiritual Detection and not having Spiritual Detection are two extremes.
It's like someone who usually watches movies in 480p and doesn't feel anything, they're used to it. But one day, they try watching a movie in 8k quality and experience a different world.
At this point, if that person were to switch back to 480p quality, they would truly find it unacceptable.
Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection was exactly like this for Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo.
"Of course... not! The assessment is tomorrow, Spiritual Detection is only for Luoluo."
Huo Yuhao said with a smile.
As for whether this would backfire, that was not something Huo Yuhao needed to consider. Among the first-year new students, it was still debatable whether the few Soul Elder could withstand his Soul Impact.
Spiritual Domain stacked with Spiritual Control, even a Soul Sect Huo Yuhao would show you what he's capable of!
He was not the weakling he should have been in the original story. Displaying his talent early, exchanging it for resources, and growing rapidly was already the path Huo Yuhao had chosen.
The only thing Huo Yuhao cared about in this New Student Assessment was the reward for the assessment champion: a Soul Bone.
If Yan Shaozhe was not foolish, he would definitely offer more generous rewards than in the original story to deepen Huo Yuhao's sense of belonging to the academy and foster good relations.
Hmm, he could look forward to it.
At that time, a Soul Bone would definitely be rewarded. If Zhou Yi didn't make a bet with Mu Jin, then Huo Yuhao would exchange the Soul Bone rewarded for the New Student Champion with Teacher Mu Jin.
The Soul Bone rewarded by the academy would definitely be more precious than the secret art soul bone. Exchanging it with Teacher Mu Jin would be considered an early repayment to Mu Jin.
Of course, given that Huo Yuhao had visited Mu Jin's office more than ten times this month, averaging once every three days, he had a considerable understanding of Mu Jin.
Hmm, Mu Jin would not agree to a direct exchange. She wouldn't let her student suffer a loss and would most likely offer him compensation.
Huo Yuhao had promised Mu Jin to get her a top eight ranking.
He always kept his word.
This secret art soul bone wasn't absolutely necessary; what he cared about more was that Dai Huabin was also participating in the New Student Assessment!
It was that little beast, Dai Huabin, who ordered his evil servants to severely injure Huo Yun'er!
Huo Yuhao didn't have the ability to destroy the White Tiger Dukes Mansion yet, but that didn't stop him from beating Dai Huabin up during the New Student Assessment to collect some interest in advance!
"Ahhh, Huo Yuhao! You can't be biased towards Luoluo!"
Lan Susu's pink lips pouted, looking like they could hang an oil pot.
"Susu, don't talk nonsense."
...Night fell. After Huo Yuhao, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo had dinner, they strolled around for a bit before parting ways.
They had only known each other for a month. Although their relationship was quite good, it wasn't suitable to stay out too late.
Walking along a path of flowers and green plants, Huo Yuhao heard some faint whimpering sounds.
This... Huo Yuhao looked in the direction of the sound.
It was the direction of the garden. Even though it was hundreds of meters away, the night was dark, and there were no streetlights, his excellent eyesight allowed Huo Yuhao to see a girl in black clothes on a garden bench.
And the crying came from there.
He didn't want to pay attention. Someone else was sad and venting emotions, what did it have to do with him!
But the girl in black in his line of sight brushed aside her tear-soaked hair, revealing her face.
Huo Yuhao had seen this girl before.
He had seen her several times, always by Dai Huabin's side.
Zhu Lu, the only daughter of the Zhu family in this generation's direct lineage and the White Tiger direct lineage to possess a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
For the White Tiger lineage, having a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with a Zhu family girl meant securing the position of White Tiger heir, but this generation was different.
Dai Yueheng of the White Tiger lineage, although he didn't have a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with a Zhu family girl, his talent was equally outstanding, and he was much older than Dai Huabin, already holding an absolute leading position in the White Tiger lineage's power structure.
Between the two White Tigers, there was bound to be a bloody struggle.
This was also a fine tradition of the White Tiger lineage.
The Zhu family had always been a vassal of the White Tiger lineage.
Spiritual Detection instantly extended.
The range was adjusted, narrowing the scope of Spiritual Detection to a straight line directly to Zhu Lu.
From her sparse murmurs, Huo Yuhao understood why Zhu Lu was crying here.
In today's New Student Assessment, Dai Huabin's order was to defeat opponents as quickly as possible, but Zhu Lu was slower than Dai Huabin, a Soul Venerate, and Cui Yajie, who instantly charmed and eliminated her opponent.
She was the slowest.
Because of this, Dai Huabin severely reprimanded her.
In Dai Huabin's heart, Zhu Lu had always been just a material for a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, like a Soul Ring for a Soul skills.
Later, when Wang Qiu'er, who was transformed from an Auspicious Beast, appeared, he frantically pursued Wang Qiu'er. In the Valley of Asking for Love, he ultimately chose Zhu Lu, which was just an act of a goddess not liking him, so he had to find a backup.
What a rotten White Tiger.
However, Huo Yuhao had an idea of how to humiliate Dai Huabin... Zhu Lu lightly wiped the corner of her eye with the back of her hand, her eyes red, staring blankly at the distant starry sky.
She didn't understand why, even though she tried her best to please Dai Huabin, he still treated her like this?
Ever since her Martial Soul resonated with Dai Huabin when she was a child, her family seemed to have changed. They no longer doted on her, only constantly telling her to maintain a good relationship with Dai Huabin, and saying that the glory of the Netherworld Spirit Cat in this generation rested on her.
She had to depend on Dai Huabin, just as the Zhu family had to depend on the Dai family.
This was a concept deeply ingrained in her heart by the Zhu family over the years.
But why? I'm already so humble... With teary eyes, she looked at the bright moon and stars. This was her favorite thing to do since childhood. She longed for the freedom and tranquility of the vast starry sky.
If she could, she also wanted to be herself, but she had to consider the Zhu family and maintain a good relationship with Dai Huabin... In the hazy moonlight, a handsome and heroic figure, bright as the moon's glow, stood beside her.
He didn't stand too close, but she could clearly see his handsome face and his beautiful eyes.
His eyes seemed to reflect the stars in the sky. Looking into those eyes, Zhu Lu's heart unconsciously calmed down a bit.
Simulation, I activated Simulation!
Plus a Spiritual Domain.
With the Simulation Soul skills, using the environment to light himself and create a sense of beauty was certainly feasible, and the first Soul Ring that needed to light up for the Spiritual Domain could also be invisible.
Spiritual Domain, that feeling of inner peace would make people feel very favorable.
"Classmate, wipe your tears."
He placed the plain white, clean handkerchief into the distracted Zhu Lu's hand.
"Ah, thank you."
Zhu Lu, who had snapped back to reality, wiped her tears with the handkerchief.
She had cried for too long, and her own handkerchief was already dirty beyond recognition.
Stepping back a few paces, Huo Yuhao, who maintained a safe psychological distance, sighed.
"Although I don't know why you're sad, there are only a few reasons for sadness. Crying it out will make you feel much better, but having someone to listen will definitely be even better."
"May I listen to your troubles?"
Zhu Lu stared blankly at the handsome young man, who seemed to shimmer in the moonlight, clutching the handkerchief tightly in her delicate hand.
Her heart was conflicted.
"If it's difficult, then don't say it. In life, if you think more for yourself, abandon external opinions, and be your true self, you will find true joy and happiness."
Zhu Lu sat on the bench for a long time, and a sudden surge of courage emerged from her conflicted pain. She wanted to be her true self! Never again would she humble herself! Never again would she place her dignity under Dai Huabin's feet to be trampled! She, Zhu Lu! Would never again cry in the garden.
"Thank you..."
Zhu Lu, feeling as if she had an Epiphany, was about to thank the handsome young man who looked like a prince descended from the moon, and even wanted to confide her inner pain to him, but she could only see his disappearing back in the distance.
"He must be a Shrek Academy student, too."
Zhu Lu remembered the school uniform the young man was wearing... Brother Huo's operation consumes both skills and modeling.
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