Chapter 6: Living on Freeloaders
"Awesome!"
What a satisfying training session!
The brilliant morning light cast a dreamy sheen on her raven hair. The weather was still bright, just like An Zhen's current mood.
Aside from the time he'd just awakened his martial spirit, it had been ages since he'd felt himself progress so quickly.
First Soul Skill: Reflection.
A virtual world descended upon him, overlapping with reality and modifying it.
Soul power appeared out of thin air, and his meridians suddenly expanded a fraction.
A Level 24 Great Soul Master.
He was drawing upon the energy stored in his virtual world. This was how An Zhen usually did. It was a small world, after all, and its current insignificance was relative to the Douluo plane. Furthermore, this world still had to adhere to the law of conservation of energy. How could a Level 23 An Zhen materialize a Level 24 An Zhen?
"At this rate, reaching Level 30 by the end of this semester shouldn't be difficult."
The Daughter of Luck.
When the Daughter of Luck was in his virtual world, there wasn't even a hint of rejection from the world.
Incredible.
The problem that had plagued An Zhen for so long had been solved just like that.
He felt like a gigolo. A small company (in the virtual world) exploiting the resources of a large company (in the Douluo plane). A stranger taking their own money would surely be frowned upon, even if it was only a tiny amount, it was theirs. But now the small company had licked the apple of the large company's eye (Huo Yutong), becoming a live-in son-in-law.
What a strange metaphor.
Never mind. Anyway, the outcome was good. Getting dressed.
An Zhen, exiting the dormitory, knocked on the door of dormitory 108.
After a while, the sleepy little cutie, neatly dressed, opened the door.
"Brother An Zhen..."
The young woman looked at the young man resentfully.
Although she had cultivated rapidly in her dreams, upon waking, it felt like she had been up all night, and her cultivation hadn't improved at all.
"I'm here to help Xiao Yutong improve her cultivation,"
An Zhen said affectionately, gently pinching the young woman's soft cheek.
"No."
Huo Yutong shook her head, but when her fingertips touched her soft cheek, she gave up the struggle, her bright eyes hiding a timid little deer.
A brilliant yellow spirit ring emerged.
Its first spirit skill, Reflection, was revealed.
A night's sleepiness suddenly vanished, as if after a good night's sleep. The sudden surge of energy flowed through her body. The power, seemingly manifested from nowhere, now seemed to be the product of her painstaking cultivation. It flowed effortlessly, effortlessly, without a trace of discomfort.
"Very good!"
An Zhen gently pinched the young girl's cheek.
Huo Yutong was at her most vulnerable and powerless from now until the end of the future. A homeless child needs support, which is why Huo Yuhao in the original novels so assisted the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy: he truly considered these places his home.
If that were the case, why couldn't I be Huo Yutong's support?
"Oh my god!"
A large, somewhat adorable insect lifted its head from the golden ocean. "Little Yutong, what happened? How did you suddenly become so much stronger?"
"Sorry, Sister Tianmeng, I promised Big Brother An Zhen not to tell anyone else," the young girl muttered to herself as the boy pinched her cheek.
She had promised Big Brother An Zhen last night.
First, they couldn't tell anyone else that Big Brother An Zhen's spirit could penetrate a person's consciousness.
Second, they had to use their natural voices when they were alone.
"But I'm not human," the big bug grumbled, looking out through Huo Yutong's perspective. "Little Yutong, when did you two become so close? And when did you start having secrets?"
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was a little confused.
It was like her daughter, who was so obedient and sensible yesterday, who had never even been in a relationship, had just brought a man home and said he was her husband.
No, what had happened last night?!
Had she slept for days?
"Let's eat first. We'll have to see if there's a teacher in the disciplinary office to change dorms."
After washing up, the two headed to the cafeteria.
At the entrance to the white cafeteria, An Zhen scooped the petite girl up with one hand and quickly set her down.
"Let's go," the handsome young man blinked and said innocently. "To show my apology for my behavior toward Huo Yutong, I'll treat you to breakfast."
A teasing voice whispered to the terrified little girl, "Little Yutong, you don't want to be held in my arms in public, do you?"
"Hmm," the little girl pouted.
How could Big Brother An Zhen be so mean?
Huo Yutong had finally been "abducted" to the purple fourth and fifth grade cafeteria.
Under the threat of An Zhen lifting her up high and spinning her in circles, the little girl was forced to open her cherry lips.
"Eat more,"
An Zhen placed a soul beast omelet on her plate.
"A healthy body is a prerequisite for cultivation."
"Thank you, Big Brother An Zhen," the little girl buried her head in her food.
She couldn't repay Big Brother An Zhen's kindness just yet, but she could only silently remember it in her heart, certain she would be able to help Big Brother An Zhen in the future.
"Huh~"
With her belly bulging, Huo Yutong leaned back in her chair with a look of satisfaction. She had never imagined she could be so full for breakfast, and even the pancakes were so fragrant and soft. This was something she had never dared to imagine before.
"Now that you're full, go back and rest. The teachers in the teaching office probably won't be back until nine or ten."
An Zhen sipped from a glass of iced drink.
"Yeah," the loli nodded obediently.
As for Huo Yutong's job, An Zhen thought she could open a milk tea shop. Looking at An Zhen's past life, one could tell how devastating this kind of thing is to young men and women. Plus, they could add some expensive seasonings to increase the price. The vast majority of powerful martial spirits in this world come from bloodline inheritance; benign mutations are a minority after all. Shrek Academy is an aristocratic institution, and most students can afford this.
How much can you earn from grilling fish?
It's time to shock the other world with some technology and ruthless action.
I only need to make a small move, and the average weight of Shrek Academy will increase significantly.
Back at the dormitory.
Huo Yutong's door was open.
"Looks like Xiao Yutong's roommate is here."
"Who are you?"
A young man emerged from the dormitory.
He had fair skin, dreamy pink-blue hair, and a dreamlike, willow-shaped brow beneath his curving eyebrows. His large, watery eyes were like gems lost in the human world by a god.
A very handsome boy.
"An Zhen, freshman, lives next door, a Great Soul Master, his martial soul is the world."
"Wang Dong, freshman, a Great Soul Master, his martial soul is the Light Goddess Butterfly." The boy introduced proudly. But the martial soul is the world, can the world become a person's martial soul?
"Light Goddess Butterfly..."
An Zhen murmured softly, his eyes looking at Wang Dong becoming more and more strange.
"What are you looking at!"
The handsome boy said with an unhappy expression.
"Go into the dormitory first."
Without waiting for Wang Dong to say anything, An Zhen pushed Huo Yutong in and closed the door.
Although simple, the dormitory was very soundproof.
"Xiao Yutong, it seems you don't need to change dorms this time."
Huo Yutong:?
Wang Dong looked at the other boy in the room. "Are you my roommate?"
"Because you keep the dorm so clean—"
"Is it really popular these days for women to dress as men to go to school? Unfortunately, the old man said that men disguised as women and entering the girls' dormitory will be expelled."
"You, you, you!"
A white finger pointed at An Zhen, and the boy was so excited that he couldn't even speak. "You're the woman!"
The blush on his face was unclear, from the shyness of having his identity revealed or the anger of humiliation. If An Zhen hadn't read the original novel, he might have mistaken it for the anger of being insulted.
"The Goddess of Light Butterfly."
An Zhen had already made up an excuse. "I saw it in a tattered old book in the City Lord's library when I was bored. I was deeply impressed by it because of its beauty. This soul beast may be extinct, but as a martial spirit, its characteristics only appear in beautiful women."
The City Lord's Mansion might not have this ancient book, but the news was indeed recorded in some books.
"Your disguise is excellent, but you don't seem to know this piece of information. Besides those who occasionally come across it and those who are very knowledgeable about martial spirits, I guess not many people know about it."
(End of this chapter)