It's a bit hard to keep it a secret.
Although Tianmeng Iceworm is lacking in other aspects, he is still very useful in terms of mental force.
"Eh?!"
Huo Yutong was a bit confused; she would never forget this familiar voice.
"Brother An Zhen!"
The girl was pleasantly surprised!
Her eyes, as brilliant as stars, watched An Zhen's figure materialize from the grey mist. Just as she was about to rush into his arms with her short legs, Huo Yutong stopped.
The blue-haired girl stood still, her head bowed, like a child caught doing something wrong.
"Oh my, let me see, where is our school teacher?" The young man exaggeratedly looked around, then took a step forward and hugged Huo Yutong.
"Mm."
Their eyes met. Huo Yutong lowered her head shyly, her cute face showing a girl's guilt. "Brother An Zhen, I'm sorry."
"A little child, saying nothing, running around alone like this."
An Zhen raised his hand and gently patted the little bottom he was holding with his other hand. "Do you know how dangerous it is outside for a twelve-year-old girl?"
"Yu Tong knows she was wrong."
"Ah ah ah!"
Seeing Huo Yutong's reaction, Tianmeng Iceworm stomped and rolled in the Sea of Spirit, furious.
"Don't just admit your mistake!"
"Didn't this guy also sneak out? He also lied to you!"
Tianmeng Iceworm was frustrated.
"I bet there's a big worm now saying that I also lied?"
Tianmeng Iceworm: ?
This kid can hear her words.
"Uh, Tian Meng Jie, she…"
"I did come out with the academy teacher." An Zhen put the top of a candied hawthorn skewer into Huo Yutong's mouth and explained, "Given my current situation, if I go out without a strong person accompanying me, they wouldn't let me out at all."
They wished they could build a vault and put him, this piece of gold, inside.
"But what I'm going to do next isn't suitable for the academy to know."
"I asked the teacher to help me get out of their sight."
An Zhen lowered his gaze. The girl's tender cherry lips were covered with a layer of sugar frost, incredibly tempting. He tasted it—so sweet.
"..."
When Huo Yutong emerged from her lover's embrace, she found them floating in the air. The surrounding view was rapidly changing, blurring even when she looked with her Spirit Eyes. It was clear they were moving at an extremely high speed, yet Huo Yutong, being held, felt no wind pressure at all, as if she were standing still.
"Brother An Zhen's teacher? Is that Dragon God Douluo, His Excellency?"
Huo Yutong was confused. Hadn't Brother An Zhen said before that this was the Sea God Pavilion Master of Shrek?
"No, it's my first teacher, the Undead Scourge, Deathly Sage, Necromancer Electrolux."
?
The senior who looked like a small grey ball before?
"Hey, hey, hey!"
A slightly lazy female voice rang out.
Tianmeng Iceworm shouted, "Where are you taking Huo Yutong?!"
Tianmeng Iceworm felt something was wrong.
Her mental force detected that they were heading south. In just that short time, Huo Yutong's half-day journey was all for naught.
Oh, right!
Huo Yutong suddenly remembered that she was going to Tian Meng Jie's hometown—the Far North—to obtain her second spirit ring and complete her second Spirit.
"Brother An Zhen, I... I have something important to handle." Huo Yutong said anxiously.
"Don't worry, going to the Far North to bind an Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, right? I know." An Zhen gently stroked the girl's head. "This way, you'll gain the Pole Ice Spirit, and she can also live with the Ice Empress she adores."
"I'm doing this for Yu Tong's good!"
Tianmeng Iceworm's voice rang out.
"How do you know my plan?!"
"Why shouldn't I know?" An Zhen retorted.
What, am I supposed to pull out a copy of Douluo Dalu 2 and slap you with it?
"Since you know my plan, then you should know what a great opportunity this is for Yu Tong: twin spirits, Pole Ice, and a beast-level Spirit Bone…"
Tianmeng Iceworm's voice carried a hint of obvious anger.
"Mm."
An Zhen nodded gently, holding the girl in his arms tighter, his calm voice ringing out, "Alright, Tianmeng Iceworm, you can shut up now."
"I'll shut up, but you send Yu Tong back!"
"No."
An Zhen's fingers gently caressed Huo Yutong's soft cheek. The more he looked at the little cutie in his arms, the more he liked her. "I have my Yu Tong nurturing plan, and you have yours. Now that our two plans have clashed, it's clear that you can only watch your plan be destroyed and watch me execute mine."
"Yu Tong nurturing plan?"
Huo Yutong was shy.
"Yes, to be precise, it should be a wife nurturing plan."
"Mm."
Burying her head in An Zhen's chest, all Huo Yutong could do was hug An Zhen tightly.
"Tian Meng Jie, I think we can listen to Brother An Zhen's plan." In the Sea of Spirit, Huo Yutong said seriously to Tianmeng Iceworm. She trusted Brother An Zhen.
"Yu Tong, you... you can't let this scumbag blind you!"
Tianmeng Iceworm felt like her head was going to explode. How could this scumbag make Yu Tong so lost with just one word, 'wife'?
Just as Tianmeng Iceworm was about to say something more, An Zhen spoke up, "We're here."
"Where is this?"
Tianmeng Iceworm was confused.
Grey mist enveloped An Zhen and Huo Yutong, but it didn't obstruct their vision, allowing them to see the outside World with perfect clarity, and it also blocked sound.
"50 li northwest of Star Luo City," An Zhen said.
"White Tiger... Duke's Mansion!"
In the gritted teeth, there was a deep hatred. Her fair little hand subconsciously gripped An Zhen's hand tightly.
It was a palace-like building, with golden roofs and red doors, ancient and elegant, exuding a sense of solemnity while revealing a rich historical atmosphere. The afterglow of the sunset fell upon this mansion, like gold and like blood.
"Isolate."
A soft sound rang out, like a decree of the World. In an instant, it was as if an invisible barrier had cut this mansion, covering over three thousand acres, out of this World.
"One Spirit Douluo, three Spirit Saints, over a dozen Spirit Emperors, and some miscellaneous soldiers." The handsome grey-clad youth appeared beside An Zhen and spoke.
"Spirit Douluo? Is Dai Hao home?"
Electrolux raised his hand. The next moment, a robust old man with white hair appeared before them. Grey dead spirit power instantly sealed the old man's Sea of Spirit and body. The dignified Spirit Douluo now struggled on the ground like a fish out of water.
"This is that Spirit Douluo."
"Not Dai Hao."
No wonder the dignified White Tiger Duke only had one Spirit Douluo. Although he was the Star Luo Empire's big white dog guarding the gate, having only one Spirit Douluo was too weak. Perhaps Dai Hao had taken all the combat power from home, or perhaps no one expected anyone to attack the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, especially since it was not far from Star Luo City.
"Do you recognize him, Yu Tong?" An Zhen asked.
"No."
Huo Yutong was shocked. Was this struggling person a Spirit Douluo? He was so weak in front of Brother An Zhen's teacher.
"That little grey ball is even more threatening than the old guy who often stays in front of the dorm," Tianmeng Iceworm whispered to Huo Yutong in the Sea of Spirit. This was also why she hadn't done anything.
The guy who was originally just a wisp of divine sense had suddenly become so powerful after a few months, for some unknown reason.
Tianmeng Iceworm was utterly perplexed.
Electrolux raised his hand, and the Spirit Douluo, bound and unable to exert any power, was directly thrown aside.
"What are you waiting for."
Placing Huo Yutong on the ground, An Zhen's finger gently poked the girl's soft cheek. "Smash this broken door open, and then, revenge!"
Electrolux waved his hand, and two grey spiritual lights fell into Huo Yutong's hands, enveloping her small hands.
Revenge.
Huo Yutong was somewhat dazed.
The girl's mind recalled how she had sneakily escaped from here in a sorry state a year ago.
At that time, she was just an orphan with only level one innate spirit power, reaching level ten spirit power at eleven years old, with no family. She foolishly stumbled into the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest, without hope, without a future. The White Tiger Duke's Mansion was an unshakeable behemoth to her. She could only bury her intense hatred in her heart.
The girl's lips were a little dry, and a line of clear tears flowed from her eyes.
"Brother An Zhen, thank you."
The blue-haired girl bowed deeply to the grey-clad youth whose figure had materialized. "Senior, thank you!"
"The power I've bestowed will apply up to five tons of force to other objects based on the pressure you exert with your hand. Any Spirit Master who attacks you here will be crippled by me. The mist of the dead will only conceal your appearance for now. An Zhen said you can mimic voices. Go."
Everything here was under his control.
"Mm!"
The blue-haired girl walked towards the imposing red wooden gate, took a deep breath, and threw her fair fist. The inner demon of the Duke's Mansion, which had been constantly pressuring her, was shattered at this moment, along with the gate, by a single punch.
Those pressures were like the plaque engraved with the words 'Duke's Mansion,' trampled under Huo Yutong's feet.
"Who dares to be so presumptuous in the Duke's Mansion!"
The patrolling guard heard the commotion and saw a figure shrouded in grey mist stepping through the shattered main gate of the Duke's Mansion. After a loud shout as an alarm, he was about to use Spirit Body Enhancement when a wisp of grey energy drilled into his glabella. The next moment, a feeling of weakness came over him, and he stumbled to his knees.
"Bang!"
A wooden stick hit the guard, and the stick broke.
As the sharp pain came, a male voice rang out.
"I remember you! You were the one who beat Mother unconscious that day!"
She would never forget those who had bullied her and her mother!
The small fist wrapped in grey mist directly struck the guard's chest. The guard spat out a mouthful of blood and fell unconscious.
Huo Yutong continued to walk inside; she knew where the Duchess lived.
"Little Yu Tong is still too soft-hearted."
An Zhen slowly stepped into the Duke's Mansion.
He could have clearly killed this guy with one punch just now.
This means his Yu Tong hasn't been blinded by hatred, which is good.
But scumbags should still go to hell.
His hand, enveloped in dead spirit power, picked up a stone from the ground. He flicked his finger, and a whistling sound cut through the air, followed by a blossoming of blood.
Don't say it was to survive and had to curry favor with Dai Huabin. Being an evil servant means facing the consequences of such actions. You may be pitiful, but that's no excuse for bullying other innocent people.
On the other side, Huo Yutong punched down a guard.
A black-haired woman rushed out upon hearing the commotion, seven spirit rings floating around her.
The original novel's setting was inconsistent, stating that only those who could perform a Wu Hun Fusion Skill could inherit the Duke's title, and then also saying that this Duchess was an imperial princess. I've merged these: the imperial family married someone from the Zhu family, and their daughter, who is now the Star Luo Empire princess, awakened the Hell Civet Spirit and married Dai Hao.