Chapter 9 Those who don't dare to cause trouble are mediocre!
The next day, Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena arrived at East China Sea Academy in a spirit-guided car.
East China Sea Academy is the best public academy in East China Sea City, boasting both intermediate and advanced programs.
Given Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena's status within the Spirit Pagoda, they should have studied at the East China Sea branch of the academy, established by the Spirit Pagoda.
Since the East China Sea branch primarily enrolled children of Spirit Pagoda members, Chu Feng didn't want Huo Yuhao, at such a young age, to be exposed to the intrigues of the different factions within the Spirit Pagoda.
So, with Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena's consent, they were arranged to study at East China Sea Academy.
Given Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena's status and qualifications, attending East China Sea Academy was considered high-flying.
However, Huo Yuhao insisted on not giving them any special treatment; they should be treated the same as ordinary students.
Today, Gu Yuena had undergone a simple makeover. Although her appearance was a bit ordinary, her temperament remained outstanding, resembling Gu Yue from the original novel.
Her teacher was probably afraid that her stunning beauty would cause unnecessary trouble at school.
Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena walked into the academy together. As soon as they entered, they saw a wide avenue extending inward.
The academy had all the necessary infrastructure, including lawns, small lakes, rockery... a scene of prosperity with birds singing and flowers blooming.
After a simple registration, Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena followed the receptionist's instructions, walked around the teaching building, and came to the teacher's dormitory.
The teacher's dormitory was a single room, not a traditional eight-person room.
Gu Yuena looked at Huo Yuhao in surprise: "Is this special treatment for us?"
Huo Yuhao shook his head: "Not necessarily. There must be other reasons for arranging us in the teacher's dormitory."
Huo Yuhao guessed that the East China Sea Academy should be like Class Zero in the original novel, concentrating resources to train a group of outstanding students.
So for the convenience of teaching, they were directly arranged to the teacher's dormitory. It was estimated that other students would move in later.
Gu Yuena raised her hand: "I'm in 520, where are you?"
Huo Yuhao: "I'm in 521, across from you."
Huo Yuhao said goodbye to Gu Yuena at the door and walked into his room.
The room was about 40 square meters and was simply furnished with a bed, a desk, and a private bathroom.
Huo Yuhao didn't bring too many things with him and quickly packed the sheets and quilts.
Then he prepared to go out, wanting to try his luck and see if he could meet Tang Wulin in advance and start his plan.
When he opened the door, Huo Yuhao found Gu Yuena already waiting at the door.
Huo Yuhao asked in surprise: "You're ready so quickly? Are you going out?"
Gu Yuena blinked: "Well, I was bored and I just met you. Do you want to go out for a walk together?"
"Okay, I'm planning to go out for a walk too."
Huo Yuhao knew that Gu Yuena must be curious about why he possessed god-level mental power and the purpose of his coming out of the mountains after ten thousand years. Otherwise, she
wouldn't
be following him all the time. Well, there's actually nothing to hide about his future actions, so just follow her.
Huo Yuhao followed the freshman handbook in his mind and deliberately wandered towards the freshman dormitory. After a while, he arrived at the downstairs of the freshman dormitory. From
a distance, a noise was heard.
A tall student pushed a handsome, slightly short student out of the dormitory.
As soon as Huo Yuhao turned on his mental detection, he felt the powerful Qi and blood hidden in the short student's body.
The short student was Tang Wulin!
Huo Yuhao was secretly happy: "It seems that I really met him."
A senior student named Zhou Changxi was Tang Wulin's roommate. A moment ago, a conflict had broken out between them.
Zhou Changxi, watching as more and more students gathered around him, shouted, "Tang Wulin, why is there a Spirit Pagoda symbol on your storage ring?
Your talent isn't great, how could you possibly have obtained the Spirit Pagoda's token? I suspect you stole it!"
Tang Wulin angrily retorted, "Nonsense! You clearly forced me to see my storage ring, and I refused to give it to you, so you're accusing me of stealing it.
This storage ring was given to me by a Spirit Master. It contains something important. How could I just show it to you?"
Zhou Changxi scoffed disdainfully, "You said it was a gift, so it's a gift, right?"
"I think you stole it!"
Previously, as in the novel, Tang Wulin happily accompanied his adoptive father, Tang Ziran, to the Spirit Pagoda to purchase soul spirits.
However, the Spirit Master informed him that the 30,000 Federation Coins they had prepared were not enough to buy a hundred-year soul spirit, let alone a ten-year soul spirit.
Thirty thousand Federation coins would only allow them to randomly draw a soul, which meant it was purely a matter of luck.
In the best case, they might receive a hundred-year-old soul, but in the worst case, they could only obtain a fragment of a ten-year-old soul. Tang
Ziran had already scraped together these thirty thousand Federation coins by working part-time and borrowing from friends.
The well-behaved and sensible Tang Wulin didn't want his father to suffer any more, so he prepared to randomly draw a soul.
The spirit master was touched by Tang Wulin's kindness and understanding, as he had faced a similar dilemma before.
Although Tang Wulin's innate spirit power was only level three and his martial spirit was a useless Blue Silver Grass, which meant he had virtually no potential, the spirit master still decided to take Tang Wulin for a physical examination at his own expense.
The Spirit Master told Tang Wulin that the first master of the Spirit Pagoda had set a rule:
commoners who really couldn't afford to buy souls, if tested and found to have talents far beyond their peers in a certain area, could first try to gain the recognition of a soul. If a soul was willing to sign a contract with them, they could obtain the soul first, and after graduating from the intermediate college, they could do what they could for the Spirit Pagoda.
This was a matter of personal commitment, meaning they could go to the countryside every year and help ordinary people awaken their spirits for free!
As long as the common people could awaken their spirits and possess spirit power, they could instantly escape poverty.
This rule was announced by Huo Yuhao upon the founding of the Spirit Pagoda.
This was because Buddha Tang had destroyed the Spirit Hall, which had provided free spirit awakenings for ordinary people, but failed to establish a new order.
By condoning Buddha Tang's relatives and descendants, these powerful aristocrats blocked spirit awakening—the only path for ordinary people to transcend social classes.
Ultimately, all ordinary people had no chance of rising above their station, forever enslaved and exploited by Buddha Tang's relatives and descendants.
Even ten thousand years ago, a girl with the talent to become one of the Shrek Seven Devils was forced to sell herself to save her mother.
Tragic!
Buddha Tang's evil deeds were too numerous to list!
Finally, after Tang Wulin's strength tested far superior to his peers, he finally entered the Spirit Chamber, where he was recognized by a century-old rock snake and granted a century-old spirit.
At that moment, Tang Wulin had only one thought in his mind:
First Generation Tower Master, you are my god!
From now on, the First Generation Tower Master will be my idol. If I have the chance, I really want to work with the First Generation Tower Master and contribute to the common people!
The Spiritual Master saw that Tang Wulin had good character, a talent for strength, and the recognition of the Hundred-Year Soul Spirit. He had a high probability of becoming a powerful and formidable figure in the future.
So, the Spiritual Master reluctantly gave Tang Wulin his one-cubic-meter storage ring, hoping to help this child from a common family and also to establish a good relationship with himself.
Downstairs in the dormitory, Gu Yuena looked at Huo Yuhao, whose eyes flickered. "So he's the one you're looking for!"
Huo Yuhao didn't respond. He pushed through the crowd and walked towards Zhou Changxi.
"The one making the claim must provide evidence. You claim this student's storage ring was stolen, so why don't you show me the evidence?"
"If you don't have evidence, I advise you not to cause trouble."
Then, Huo Yuhao heard from Zhou Changxi the words he often heard from Tang Fozu and the teachers and students of Shrek Academy:
"So what?"
"Those who don't dare to cause trouble are mediocre!"