Chapter 27: Entering the Inner Court
"Captain, tell us, what exactly is your relationship with that Zhu Lu?"
Lan Susu's azure eyes were filled with curious inquisitiveness.
Lan Luoluo was similar. The sisters stood one on the left and one on the right, their eyes full of curiosity for gossip.
"There really is no relationship! I only met Zhu Lu a few days ago."
Huo Yuhao said sincerely.
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What he said was the truth, so why did no one believe him? A quick sweep with his Spiritual Detection revealed countless melodramatic romantic epics being spun, centering on him, using today's arena duel as the backdrop, with Dai Mubai as the villain and Zhu Lu as the heroine.
"Yuhao."
Yan Shaozhe suddenly appeared in front of the three of them.
"Hello, Dean Yan."
Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo quickly greeted him.
"Mhm, you two, the Martial Soul Fusion Skill on the arena just now was very good."
Yan Shaozhe's expression was gentle, and his tone carried a smile.
These two are also promising students, and they seem to have a good relationship with my Junior Brother.
Hiss, twins. Your Senior Brother here didn't have that kind of luck back then.
"Sorry to interrupt your celebration. Can I borrow Huo Yuhao now? The Yan Shaozhe has some matters to discuss with him."
Yan Shaozhe's words instantly made Lan Luoluo blush, but Lan Susu didn't know what was happening.
In terms of instantly grasping the implication, Lan Luoluo was slightly superior.
"Yuhao, come with me."
Yan Shaozhe took Huo Yuhao and flew him to the front of Sea Gods Pavilion at an extremely fast speed.
"Your teacher and some of the Elders want to see you."
What Huo Yuhao didn't know was that immediately after the New Student Assessment ended, Sea Gods Pavilion convened a meeting.
Mu En personally presided over the meeting. The main agenda was to admit Huo Yuhao into the Inner Court early. Naturally, he would be allowed to attend any course in the Outer Court, regardless of the year level.
Some Elders were more conservative, saying it was too early. They suggested keeping Huo Yuhao in the Outer Court for now, giving him the status of a Core Disciple—the core of the core, at most—but insisted that the requirement of a four-ring Soul Sect for Inner Court Disciples could not be abolished.
But within Sea Gods Pavilion, Mu En's word was absolute. He spoke to the Elders about Huo Yuhao's Genius and persuaded them.
Frankly speaking, given Mu En's prestige, it would be fine even if he directly designated Huo Yuhao as the Sea Gods Pavilion Successor of the Next Generation.
But you have to eat one bite at a time. Huo Yuhao was still only a one-ring Soul Master after all.
Although this one-ring Soul Master effortlessly defeated a Soul Elder, he was still a one-ring Soul Master.
Mu En was considering which Soul skills to attach for Huo Yuhao's second Soul Ring.
For a Genius like this, every Soul skills must be treated seriously; they are all crucial.
If he wanted to become the Continent's Ultimate Powerhouse and a Limit Douluo, he couldn't compromise a single step. Every powerful Soul Ring would reduce the difficulty of Breaking through future Bottlenecks.
"Teacher."
"Yuhao, you've arrived."
Mu En smiled kindly, looking at Huo Yuhao with more affection than he looked at his own grandson.
He has a great-great-grandson, Bei Bei. Never mind him, he actually delayed his own Cultivation for a woman.
Although, it was he who originally told Bei Bei to approach Tang Ya.
"Hurry and come meet the Elders."
Mu En introduced the Elders sitting in the Sea Gods Pavilion seats, as well as his other Disciples.
Elder Zhuang, Elder Lin, Elder Song, Elder Xuan, and several other Elders.
The four Deans were also sitting at the end of the long table.
Shrek's Elders are all Super Douluo. In front of these Elders, who are extremely senior and powerful, they can only be considered Juniors.
"Mhm, good child."
Elder Song smiled slightly, but an extra leather pouch appeared in his hand.
This kind of pouch is specifically used to store Soul Bone.
"Child, this Soul Bone isn't suitable for you. Take it and exchange it for some pocket money."
"Thank you, Elder Song."
Huo Yuhao accepted it magnanimously.
This was Shrek's investment in him. The more he accepted, the deeper his connection with Shrek became, and the more he would recognize Shrek.
Brother Huo could only say, he welcomes all gifts.
"Junior Brother, I am your Senior Brother Qian. Take this spirit tool for self-defense."
This was a small shield-like spirit tool.
A Level Seven spirit tool, the Oolong Shield.
It was a trigger-type spirit tool.
Advanced spirit tools cannot be used without Soul Power.
After one round, Huo Yuhao had received over a dozen gifts.
All of them were extremely valuable.
Everyone present was at least a Titled Douluo, so the gifts they gave had to be high-end.
Mu En watched from the side with a smile, easing the minds of the many Elders.
"Yuhao, live permanently on Sea God Island from now on. Cultivating is faster there."
Mu En was a Limit Douluo, and Huo Yuhao's current Soul Power Cultivation was completely exposed before him.
Twenty levels of Soul Power!
This old man should take a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest to see if there are any good Spiritual Attribute Soul Beasts.
If Yuhao's physical quality is conditioned further, he should be able to absorb a Thousand-Year Soul Ring, right?
...Just like that, Huo Yuhao took off the white first-year uniform and put on the red uniform representing an Inner Court Disciple.
"Huo Yuhao, are you still coming back..."
Lan Susu said pitiably.
This morning, Yan Shaozhe announced the final results of the New Student Assessment, as well as the list of Core Disciples.
Huo Yuhao was not on the list, which made Lan Susu so angry she almost yelled "unfair" in public.
Afterward, Yan Shaozhe announced that Huo Yuhao was specially approved to enter the Inner Court, making Lan Susu thankful she hadn't shouted yet.
The reward for the New Student Assessment was a Five-Thousand-Year Soul Bone.
After all, it was the New Student Assessment. Even if Yan Shaozhe wanted to allocate more resources to Huo Yuhao, there had to be a reasonable limit.
Otherwise, if a New Student Assessment rewarded a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Bone, what about future New Student Assessments? Would they also have to reward Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Bones?
How are they supposed to manage?
Dean Yan also knew that unless the Soul Bone was of high quality, it was just something Huo Yuhao would sell for money.
Huo Yuhao took the Five-Thousand-Year Soul Bone, but Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo firmly refused to take it.
So Huo Yuhao gave each of them 200,000 gold coins as compensation.
A five-thousand-year Soul Bone was worth less than a million gold coins.
After all, this wasn't a Soul Bone from a Soul Beast with noble Bloodline.
If it were a five-thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear Soul Bone, even if it wasn't the Palm Bone, it could sell for millions of gold coins.
"Oh dear, we're just not in the same class anymore, not that we're not in the same academy! Maybe I'll come back to the class for lessons later!"
"Oh."
Pouting, Lan Susu looked unhappy.
Lan Luoluo, however, asked, "Huo Yuhao, can we come to the Inner Court to find you?"
"Uh, that's also not allowed. Outer Court Disciples are not permitted to enter Sea God Island."
Huo Yuhao felt somewhat helpless.
"Ah, never mind! You have to treat us to a big meal today to make up for my wounded heart!"
The three of them laughed and joked as they headed to Shrek City.
In the distance, Ning Tian retracted the step she was about to take.
So Huo Yuhao is this strong. No wonder the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda warned me back then.
Ning Tian now really wanted to go up and build a good relationship with Huo Yuhao.
She is the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's Successor. She doesn't lack resources or education; she came to Shrek to network.
Or rather, to find a future Powerhouse to be her marriage partner.
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