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Chapter 91: Come to My Dorm Tonight
Having experienced this once in his previous life, Huo Yuhao didn't pay much attention to the rules of the competition—he already knew them thoroughly. Instead, his focus naturally drifted to Zhang Lexuan herself.
He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but even though her behavior had seemingly not changed over the past three months—still attending classes regularly and occasionally giving him some private guidance or teasing—Huo Yuhao felt an inexplicable… strangeness about Sister Lexuan. Something he couldn't quite put into words.
"All right, I've said everything I needed to say. The rest of this class is for you to work on yourselves. First, write down your personal spirit master type for the upcoming freshman assessment, then form teams according to what I've just explained, and finally, choose a team leader to come to me for registration."
At these words, Zhu Lu, sitting in front of Huo Yuhao, instinctively turned back, her beautiful eyes filled with expectation.
"Shall we team up?" she asked.
Three months of interaction had long erased the initial awkwardness between them. Huo Yuhao naturally wouldn't refuse. In fact, he had already intended to invite Zhu Lu to be his teammate.
After all, although he was still the class monitor in this lifetime, He was making a genuine effort to avoid conflict with the boys while spending his days with three stunning beauties, including his homeroom teacher Zhang Lexuan. Simply avoiding becoming the "male nemesis" of the class was already impressive; maintaining genuinely close relationships with classmates was practically impossible.
"All right, our team is complete. I'll go ahead and report it," Huo Yuhao said.
He took the notes Zhu Lu had written, indicating her specialization in the Agility-type spirit master, as well as Gu Yuena's for Attack-type, and then added his own Control-type specialization. Rising from his seat, he approached Zhang Lexuan, though she smiled and leaned closer before he even reached her.
"I thought your talent in Martial Spirits was already exceptional, but I didn't expect you to be this skilled with Spirit Tools as well," she said softly. "Thanks to someone, every time I encounter Dean Xian on the road lately, she pulls me aside to thank me, and she keeps insisting on customizing a set of Spirit Tools for me. It's making me feel a little embarrassed."
Huo Yuhao couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
"That's nothing. Forget Dean Xian—I should be thanking you, Sister Lexuan, for letting me eat free for three months in advance."
"You've got the nerve to say that," she replied, her lips twitching into a smile.
"The stories about you in the cafeteria have already spread," Zhang Lexuan said, shaking her head as she studied Huo Yuhao's physique—a frame not particularly bulky, but with clear muscle lines—and a trace of envy crept into her voice. "Apparently, among the freshmen this year, there's a 'pig spirit' who can eat a meal that would suffice for several others. The academy cafeteria is nearly collapsing under your appetite. If you didn't prepare your own meals every day, the cafeteria chefs might have quit long ago."
"I don't know what's wrong with you. You eat so much every day, but you don't gain any weight. Even I'm envious."
Huo Yuhao shrugged helplessly. "That's just the price of extraordinary talent."
Over the past three months, thanks to high-grade ingredients, his cultivation had already risen from Level 26 to nearly Level 28. By the time the holiday arrived, he would undoubtedly reach Level 30, allowing him to obtain his third Spirit Ring.
"All right, let's not talk about that," Zhang Lexuan said, taking the notes from Huo Yuhao's hand. She then asked softly, "So, your goal this time is the championship?"
"Yes," Huo Yuhao replied with a light smile, nodding seriously. "I promised you, Sister Lexuan. I can't break that promise."
Zhang Lexuan fell silent, studying Huo Yuhao's expression for a moment before speaking warmly, "Remember to be careful."
"I will."
Without wasting any more time, the team arrangements were completed, and Zhang Lexuan promptly announced an early dismissal.
Once outside the freshman teaching building, Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena didn't rush back to the dormitories. For them, a competition like this didn't require special rest.
"You go to the lab first. I'll go to the cafeteria and bring you some food later," Huo Yuhao instructed.
Gu Yuena nodded lightly and added, "And I want an ice pop."
"All right, all right."
"And a hug."
Huo Yuhao's expression twitched slightly. Concerned she might make even stranger demands, he immediately set off for the cafeteria.
Ever since joining the Spirit Guidance Department three months ago, Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena had stayed after class in the freshman teaching building to study Spirit tools for several hours each day.
Of course, while they called it studying spirit tools, it was actually him teaching and Gu Yuena learning.
After all, the strongest Spirit Engineer in the department, Xian Lin'er, was only at Level 8. She could barely make Level 8 Spirit Tools that achieve their full potential because of her cultivation; her reputation as an 8.5-level Spirit Engineer came solely from being a Titled Douluo herself.
Compared to this, even in his previous life, Huo Yuhao had never abandoned Spirit Tool research, and his skills far exceeded the current Spirit Engineer rating standards of the continent. No one could teach him anything.
After giving Xian Lin'er a brief demonstration and having Zhang Lexuan vouch for him, Huo Yuhao successfully secured an independent lab and the right to self-study.
Xian Lin'er was dumbfounded. She had planned to personally teach Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena, only to find that he was a genius who improved at an astonishing rate entirely on his own. She even learned a few things from his creations.
What kind of monster had she recruited?
As for his other perks, besides free meals, Huo Yuhao had exchanged everything else for equivalent amounts of rare metals. Xian Lin'er agreed wholeheartedly, even thinking that Huo Yuhao had "lost out," as compared to Yan Shaozhe's promise to Tang San of a 100,000-year Spirit Ring—something money couldn't buy. Rare metals, however, were easy to obtain with money and channels, and after confirming that Huo Yuhao only wanted the metals, she increased his monthly allotment.
Huo Yuhao didn't refuse. Although the types of rare metals that Shrek Academy could provide were still somewhat inferior to those from the Sun Moon Empire, it was more than sufficient to produce the most suitable Spirit Tools.
After all, his cultivation was only at the Spirit Grandmaster level; even if he activated his Original Sin of Pride, he could at most produce Level 5 or 6 Spirit Tools.
If he were given rare metals like Adamantine Gold, which were only used in level nine spirit tools, they would just be for show.
What surprised Huo Yuhao the most was Gu Yuena. Since joining the Spirit Guidance Department, the ruler of Spirit Beasts had developed a keen interest in Spirit Tools.
Her high spiritual power allowed her to learn at a terrifyingly fast pace. In just three months, she could already produce Level 2 Spirit tools proficiently.
As they walked, a soft voice suddenly called from behind.
"Yuhao."
Huo Yuhao paused, turning to see Jiang Nannan hurrying toward him, and a faint smile appeared on his face.
"Sister Nannan, are you heading to the cafeteria? So early today?"
"Something came up in class today, so I can't get away. I'm in a group with Xiao Ya, so I came to eat first and will go back for her later."
After a brief explanation, Jiang Nannan seemed to think of something else. "By the way, Yuhao, your freshman assessment should be in the next few days, right?"
"That's right. It starts tomorrow."
Smiling, Jiang Nannan patted his shoulder. "Good luck. I heard this year's freshmen are pretty strong, especially that Clear Sky Sect… well, anyway, with your strength, winning the championship shouldn't be a problem."
Huo Yuhao stifled a laugh upon hearing the partial mention of "Clear Sky Sect." While chatting, his gaze inadvertently fell on Jiang Nannan's long, slender legs, mostly hidden under her academy pants.
After a brief hesitation, he softly asked,
"By the way, Sister Nannan, could you come to my dorm tonight? I need your help with something."
Even in this reincarnated life, Huo Yuhao had never abandoned his Spirit Tools research. Now, with stable access to rare materials, he had resumed studying humanoid Spirit Tools.
Although in his previous life, the Icy War God's Armor he created with Xuan Ziwen had been a pinnacle Spirit Tool, it required an Ultimate Ice Martial Spirit to use, and the enormous spiritual energy demands made it extremely restrictive.
Now, he only needed to reduce the requirements, allowing those he cared about to use the armor more effectively for protection.
The Ultimate Ice Martial Spirit requirement was solely due to using Divine Ice Crystals for the armor. That could be substituted.
The high spiritual energy requirement was to allow a heavy iron suit to move flexibly. If the armor lagged behind the Spirit Master, it was nothing more than a self-imposed restraint.
The most responsive way to resolve this was via mental links to the armor cores—but ordinary people could never withstand such demands.
So he would first improve the armor's flexibility itself. Among those he knew, the best test subject for such a Spirit Tool was clearly Jiang Nannan.
As the Soft-Boned Rabbit Martial Spirit owner, her combat style focused on leg-based attacks. Her agility and flexibility were paramount, making her perfect for testing whether Spirit Armor could enhance her damage without reducing her speed or nimbleness.
Huo Yuhao had considered Zhu Lu as well, but her cultivation was currently too low to use complex Spirit Tool Armor safely, so he planned to wait until she had advanced further.
"…Ah?"
Jiang Nannan froze, her mind going blank for a moment. She lowered her head slightly, then, after a moment of stammering, a tiny voice reached Huo Yuhao's ears.
"All right… I'm available." {T/N: Available for becoming a wife}
(End of Chapter)