Bonus Chapter. Enjoy!
==========================
Feeling the powerful aura suddenly emanating from Yun Ming, Huo Yuhao's whole body tensed up.
That was the pressure of a Limit Douluo; even a momentary release was enough to make one's heart tremble.
Huo Yuhao's body instinctively tightened, his hair standing on end.
But compared to his physical instinct, his mind was racing even faster. In that split second, he had already figured out what was going on.
The reason Yun Ming had such an attitude now was clearly because he thought Na'er had been abducted by him.
Moreover, Yun Ming probably even thought there was some romantic involvement between him and Na'er.
But that wasn't the case at all!
Na'er was brought by Gu Yue; before this, he had only met Na'er once on Sea God Island.
Huo Yuhao snapped back to his senses and hurriedly said, "Senior, you've misunderstood. Na'er and I don't have that kind of relationship..."
Before he could finish, he was interrupted by Yun Ming.
"Starting to make excuses already?" Yun Ming's brow furrowed slightly, his tone carrying a hint of dissatisfaction. "No sense of responsibility at all."
Huo Yuhao: "..."
He opened his mouth, wanting to explain, but didn't know where to start. Seeing him like this, a trace of disappointment flashed in Yun Ming's eyes.
He paused and continued: "Na'er has been by my side for many years. Countless Geniuses in the academy have tried to curry favor with her. But she was always cold to them, not even bothering to give them a second look. Yet with you, she seems a bit different."
Huo Yuhao listened quietly, not interrupting this time. He recalled his experiences with Na'er; was it really like that?
Yun Ming continued, "Perhaps Na'er doesn't love you yet, but she definitely has a good impression of you."
His gaze fell on Huo Yuhao's face, his eyes filled with complexity.
"However, if you two could be together, it would be a match made in heaven, a perfect pair."
Huo Yuhao was speechless; another teacher worrying about their disciple. But Na'er's situation wasn't the same as Ma Xiaotao's. Ma Xiaotao had Evil Fire that needed him to suppress it, but Na'er didn't have any Evil Fire.
What on earth was Yun Ming worrying about?
Could it be that he really took a liking to him and wanted him as a "son-in-law"?
No... wait!
A flash of inspiration struck Huo Yuhao's mind.
Na'er indeed didn't have Evil Fire for him to suppress, but now his magic could strengthen Na'er's Bloodline and enhance her strength!
After today's Fusion with the Golden Dragon King Bloodline, Na'er's strength had surged by a large margin.
He looked at Yun Ming across from him, secretly speculating. This Sky-Supporting Douluo shouldn't be a "utilitarian" teacher like Yan Shaozhe, right?
Indeed, although Yan Shaozhe acted very generously in front of Huo Yuhao, Huo Yuhao had already seen through his nature.
Although Yan Shaozhe hadn't actively tried to set him up with Ma Xiaotao in his presence, Ma Xiaotao had let it slip once.
Thinking of this, the way Huo Yuhao looked at Yun Ming couldn't help but become a bit strange.
Yun Ming noticed his gaze and frowned slightly."What kind of look is that?"
Hearing this, Huo Yuhao snapped back to his senses and quickly reined in those messy thoughts. He looked at Yun Ming with a serious expression, deciding to make things clear.
"Senior has really misunderstood. Na'er and I really aren't in that kind of relationship, and... I already have someone I like."
Yun Ming raised an eyebrow and asked, "Your Junior Sister, Gu Yue?"
Huo Yuhao nodded. It seemed Yun Ming had done some homework before coming, at least knowing Gu Yue's name.
Yun Ming's frown deepened, and his tone carried a hint of displeasure: "Since you already have someone you like, then you shouldn't have provoked Na'er."
Hearing this, Huo Yuhao's breath hitched. He felt that Yun Ming was being somewhat hypocritical. When he was young, didn't he also go around chasing women? Aunt Leng had told him about these things. Confidantes, romantic affairs... the young Yun Ming was much more of a troublemaker than Huo Yuhao.
And now, he was turning around to lecture him?
But facing a Senior like Yun Ming at this moment, Huo Yuhao knew that explaining was useless.
Once this man had made up his mind, no amount of talking would change it.
So he didn't say anything more and simply replied seriously, "Senior, rest assured, I will maintain a proper distance from Na'er."
A flash of displeasure crossed Yun Ming's eyes. This Huo Yuhao actually looked down on his precious disciple?
He stood up and gave a cold snort.
"Take care of yourself."
As soon as he finished speaking, his figure vanished from before Huo Yuhao's eyes, as if he had never appeared, leaving no trace behind.
Huo Yuhao sat in the pavilion, looking at the empty space opposite him, and let out a long breath....This time, Yun Ming's visit really seemed to be just out of concern for his precious disciple's safety.
After chatting with Huo Yuhao, he went to the Spirit Pagoda and met with Na'er.
What the master and disciple said to each other was unknown to outsiders.
In short, he left afterward and did not forcibly take Na'er away.
It wasn't easy for Na'er to come out on her own, so she was naturally reluctant to go back.
Over the past few days, under Gu Yue's guidance, she had pretty much toured all of Donghai City.
Until six days later...
"You're going back to Shrek City?"
Gu Yue looked at Huo Yuhao, her expression somewhat surprised. She had thought Huo Yuhao would stay in East Sea for the entire vacation.
Huo Yuhao nodded: "I've made some progress in my Cultivation last night and plan to return to Shrek City for a Breakthrough."
Over these few days, Na'er and Huo Yuhao had also become familiar with each other.
Hearing this now, a trace of shock flashed across her pretty little face.
Her large purple eyes widened, and she asked in disbelief, "You... are about to become a Spirit King?"
An eleven-year-old Spirit King?
What kind of concept was that?
Seeing her like this, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but smile. He nodded, admitting it. Actually, for a normal Breakthrough, he didn't need to return to Shrek City at all.
After all, his Ten Thousand Years Spirit Soul, Rebirth, was enough to directly grant him a spirit ring.
It was the same no matter where he broke through.
But this Breakthrough was not normal, because he was going to condense a Soul Core.
That's right, Huo Yuhao, with level fifty Spirit Power, was going to condense his first Soul Core!
Having twice the time of an ordinary person, reaching level fifty Spirit Power at age eleven was actually not considered fast at all.
This was partly due to his distraction with researching Forging, spirit tools, and the Body Sect secret techniques, but more importantly, he was also deliberately controlling his cultivation speed.
According to his teachers, in his situation, faster cultivation wasn't necessarily better.
He was currently only a young boy, and if his Spirit Power grew too fast, it would affect his physical growth.
Bones, Meridians, internal organs... these all needed time to develop and mature.
If Spirit Power grew too fast and the body couldn't keep up, problems would arise instead, so he had been compressing his Spirit Power.
With his current cultivation as a Spirit Ancestor, the density of his Spirit Power was already comparable to a Spirit Saint or even a Spirit Douluo!
It was precisely because of this that Huo Yuhao had the confidence and necessity to condense a Soul Core when breaking through to Spirit King.
This was also why he needed to return to Shrek City.
At such a critical moment, he naturally needed Leng Yaozhu, the person he trusted most, to act as his Protector.
---------------------------------------------
A/N:
5 Power Stones = 1 Extra Chapter
2 Reviews = 1 Extra Chapter
I hope all of you are enjoying this story so far. I would appreciate some Power Stones if you can spare any. Leave a review if you like the story. Thank you.