The newcomer wore a black trench coat, his black, tousled hair moving without wind, and a purple top that exuded mystery and power! He wore black trousers and black shoes.
Just his attire alone was enough to tell he was a top-tier expert!
Just standing there, his mere presence was enough to make a bunch of weaklings shout:
"Croak, he's a strongman, everyone back off!"
Jiang Nannan was initially very excited to see the person she had been longing for finally come to her, but upon seeing Huo Yuhao's nonsensical attire, her delicate face immediately darkened.
She had the air of a magnetic black face.
She was still wearing her Shrek Academy uniform, and she stood up to straighten her skirt, making sure her clothes were neat and tidy in front of Huo Yuhao.
Then, she walked over to Huo Yuhao and helped him straighten his trench coat and collar, saying,
"Brother Huo, why is your fashion sense still so bad!"
"I remember back in Xuanfeng City, quite a few customers at the clinic complained that your clothes were incredibly old-fashioned,"
Jiang Nannan complained as she carefully smoothed out the wrinkles on Huo Yuhao's clothes.
Although she kept complaining, Huo Yuhao could clearly see the excitement and joy on Jiang Nannan's face.
After smoothing out the wrinkles blown up by the wind during their journey, Jiang Nannan gently hugged Huo Yuhao and pressed her head against her chest.
Under this intimate physical contact, Huo Yuhao could directly smell the lavender scent on her.
He gently stroked Jiang Nannan's head; her soft, smooth golden hair cascaded down to her waist like a golden waterfall, clearly well-maintained.
Jiang Nannan enjoyed the warmth of Huo Yuhao's body and breathed in his scent.
This made Huo Yuhao feel a little uncomfortable, as if Tang San was crawling on him.
Fortunately, Jiang Nannan let go after only a short hug.
She pulled Huo Yuhao to sit in the back room of the clinic. Jiang Nannan's mother, seeing this, went out with a smile to mind the shop.
Before leaving, she gave Jiang Nannan a meaningful smile.
This made Jiang Nannan's pretty face flush red; the quiet back room felt like an ultimate insult to her.
To break the silence, she got up and made Huo Yuhao a cup of tea, then said,
"Brother Huo, did you find this place because you received the letter I sent?"
Huo Yuhao didn't stand on ceremony; she was practically his disciple. He took a sip of tea and said,
"Yes."
"When I went to Xuanfeng City to buy things a while ago, I saw a letter at the clinic's entrance."
"I immediately guessed it was you."
Jiang Nannan adjusted her skirt, smiled, and sat down, her eyes seeming to ripple with emotion.
"Master Huo must have left Xuanfeng City secretly back then, right?"
Huo Yuhao nodded and said, "I was in a hurry back then. After you left Xuanfeng City, I set off around the same time."
Jiang Nannan bent down and took out a bunch of letters from a small bag below. Her eyes were smiling as she placed the letters on the table and pushed them towards Huo Yuhao.
"These letters are all from people in Xuanfeng City."
"They can't find where you went, and they don't have your contact information."
"So they sent these letters to me."
"They say they plan to post a bounty on the Adventurers' Guild."
"They say the best doctor in Xuanfeng City has run away, and the whole city has lost hope!"
"They want to have you brought back to Xuanfeng City."
Huo Yuhao's face darkened instantly as he stared at the letters in front of him.
He never expected that his first bounty would be for running away!
If his future wanted posters had this reason, he would be truly pathetic!
"These Douluo commoners!"
"Looks like I'll have to deal with them more severely in the future!"
Jiang Nannan slowly collected the letters on the table, then rested her chin on her hands and looked at Huo Yuhao, saying:
"How many days does the Master plan to stay at Shrek Academy?"
"You can stay here with me."
"My place is quite big."
Just kidding, with that kind of talk, how could Huo Yuhao dare to stay here? He'd probably have to drink some sleeping tea.
So he shook his head and said,
"No, I mainly came here to see you."
"I'm planning to go check out the Disaster Mountain System."
"There's a spirit beast there that I'm very interested in."
"Disaster Mountain System?"
Jiang Nannan tilted her head and said, "Is it the Star Luo Empire?"
"I remember that mountain system is very unpopular because the types of spirit beasts are limited. Generally, only the Star Luo royal family likes to go there to hunt spirit rings."
"Even in the last hundred years, even the Star Luo royal family hasn't gone there much."
"The Star Dou Great Forest is more cost-effective."
"But since Brother Huo wants to go, I won't say anything more. Be careful not to enter the core area there!"
"The core area is prone to natural disasters! It's more dangerous than spirit beasts!"
Huo Yuhao rubbed her head and said,
"Don't worry, I'm confident."
After saying that, Huo Yuhao glanced at Jiang Nannan's flawless white arm and felt that the reversal technique he had inscribed had not been used even once. He said,
"It seems you haven't encountered any danger recently, that's good."
"Has anything happened at Shrek Academy recently?"
Hearing Huo Yuhao's question, Jiang Nannan said softly,
"The freshman assessment just ended recently."
"Many outstanding first-year students have been named core disciples."
"Xiao Xiao, whom Brother Huo asked me to look after, is also a core disciple."
"She also possesses twin martial souls and has received a lot of attention."
"I heard she joined Teacher Wang Yan's class."
"Oh, right, I heard a freshman went missing at Seagod Lake recently!"
"However, it seems to have been suppressed. An eyewitness claimed that a red light appeared over Seagod Lake that day."
"It has now become one of the top ten strange tales of the outer academy!"
"Many people say this matter cannot be publicized, or some teachers will expel her directly!"
"It has become a taboo topic."
Huo Yuhao was not surprised to hear this news. This time, without him taking the fall, no one stopped the crazed Ma Xiaotao.
Were the people at Seagod Pavilion all out eating chicken legs with Xuanzi? A Soul Emperor, or Yan Shaozhe's beloved disciple, went berserk and no one stopped her in time.
That unfortunate freshman has probably already met Tang Buddha; after all, that was close to the temperature of the ultimate fire.
Huo Yuhao raised an eyebrow and said,
"Shrek isn't safe either!"
Jiang Nannan didn't know what to say, and just smiled awkwardly.
"By the way, Brother Huo, want to go watch the Soul Fighting Tournament together?"
"The outer academy's twin stars, Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi, are going to have a duel at the Soul Fighting Arena."
"A lot of people are planning to go watch."
Huo Yuhao asked doubtfully, "Isn't the Soul Fighting Arena inside Shrek Academy not open to the public?"
Jiang Nannan shook her head and said,
"It's not open to the public, but as long as a core disciple vouches for you, outsiders can still get in after a check."
"I'm a core disciple, don't worry."
After saying that, Jiang Nannan pulled Huo Yuhao towards the Soul Fighting Arena of Shrek Academy.
Her mother smiled after seeing this and then closed the shop and wrote "Closed for a day. "
At the gate of Shrek Academy, after Huo Yuhao was checked and his soul power level and aura were confirmed, he was allowed to stay inside Shrek Academy for an hour.
The two successfully entered Shrek Academy.
Along the way, the surrounding Shrek outer academy students frequently turned around to look at Huo Yuhao next to Jiang Nannan.
"Who is that person?"
"How can their fashion sense be so bad! And they're next to the number one beauty in the outer courtyard?"
Then he was punched by his companion who said,
"Bullshit!"
"That person's clothes are so cool!"
"Only a strong person would wear such clothes!"
"If you weren't a strong person, you would have been beaten to death long ago if you dared to dress like that!"
"Huh? Is that so?!"
Shrek Academy's Soul Arena was huge, at least ten times the size of the Xuanfeng City Soul Arena that Huo Yuhao had seen.
Jiang Nannan led Huo Yuhao to a high platform to sit down.
There were already quite a few people in the Soul Arena. The names of Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi, the twin stars of the outer courtyard, were still very famous. Someone
had already set up the bookies, and many people were betting on whether Bei Bei or Xu Sanshi would win.
Huo Yuhao looked at the two people in the Soul Arena who had finished warming up and used his spiritual power to sense their auras.
Two high-level Soul Venerables, they should be about to break through to Soul Master, they are like little Karami.
A wave of Spirit Abyss Realm spiritual intimidation, they'll probably be straight for life.
"Nannan, who do you think will win?"
Jiang Nannan asked Huo Yuhao.
"Beibei, I guess."
"Xu Sanshi is a bit weaker than Beibei in terms of raw strength."
However, when Xu Sanshi's name was mentioned, Huo Yuhao noticed that Jiang Nannan's eyes didn't show any emotion.
It seemed that the two sides wouldn't have any interaction this time.
However, Huo Yuhao was a little puzzled. He sensed that Xu Sanshi's martial soul hadn't evolved.
Could it be that the ritual hadn't been performed? He decided to stop thinking about it. A guy whose future position was basically occupied by Medmus probably wouldn't be able to give Huo Yuhao any exciting performances.
Soon, the battle started below. Blue lightning mixed with dragon roars and black tortoise shells clashed.
The two sides fought back and forth. The Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus had its stats, and the Xuanming Tortoise had its mechanics.
Without Huo Yuhao's help to cheat, neither of them could do anything to the other for a while.
"Thunderous Fury!"
Beibei activated his third soul skill first. Under the amplification effect of the soul skill, the blue lightning immediately became frenzied.
Then, he launched a fierce attack on Xu Sanshi in conjunction with his first soul skill, Thunder Dragon Claw.
Xu Sanshi, his face contorted with rage, also unleashed his third soul skill, Xuanming Power.
The gentle water element clashed with the frenzied lightning element.
Xu Sanshi was clearly being suppressed and was beginning to show signs of weakness.
Huo Yuhao shook his head; the duel between the two below was indeed spectacular.
But it was merely spectacular. Bei Bei's lightning power was completely unrestrained, wasting a large amount of soul power on momentum.
Xu Sanshi was in a similar situation, his restraint on the water element only slightly better than Bei Bei's, since the water element was gentler.
This soul battle was good for killing time; the details of the fight couldn't be scrutinized too closely.
Bei Bei's movement technique, however, was quite interesting; it seemed to be the Tang Sect's Ghost Shadow Step.
Huo Yuhao glanced at it casually but memorized it; he could study it later.
Looking at the intertwined lightning and water before them, Jiang Nannan had rested her head on Huo Yuhao's shoulder at some point.
Her thoughts were somewhat scattered.
"I wonder how Roman's foundation is?"
"Achoo!"
Roman, far away at the orphanage, suddenly sneezed.
"I feel like someone's watching me."
"Could it be Meryl-chan?!"
Feng Jin interrupted Roman's daydreams, saying,
"Dr. Roman, there are some parts of that book you gave me last time that I don't quite understand."
"Like this, 'Humanity Incineration Method'."
"What is that?"
"I've studied it for a long time, and I still can't quite grasp it, but something feels off."
"Is this also knowledge for healing and saving lives?"
"It doesn't seem like it."
Roman was bewildered.
"Huh?"
"Humanity Incineration Method?!"
Roman hurriedly took the book, flipped through it, and realized he seemed to have given the wrong copy that day; this was the uncut version.
"Ah~ haha."
"It's okay, don't worry about it."
"Don't keep studying this stuff."
"I'll give you another book right away; this one is not suitable for minors!"
(End of Chapter)
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