The four class committee members searched for Huo Dong all afternoon, meticulously looking from the school gate all the way to the back of the academy, finally spotting him on the top floor of the teaching building, his face alternating between dark and pale. Just as they were about to go up and greet him, they noticed a man and a woman standing beside him, both with waist-length white hair and exuding an aura of strength.
This situation...should we postpone it to another day?
No, we're already here. Let's play a game of dominoes; whoever loses can ask the other person for help.
Cao Dezhi, you're the class monitor, go ask him.
I won't do it.
Standing twenty meters away, Huo Yuhao listened to their conversation speechlessly. With his perception abilities, he could have easily gotten Xue Di and Bajiao to retreat before they even saw him, but as the saying goes, since he was already here, he didn't mind adding a few more layers of protection to his disguise.
He telepathically called out towards the stairwell, "Just come and say what's on your mind. There's no need to beat around the bush." A few seconds later, four heads slowly peeked out from behind the door. "...Hello, Professor Huo..."
"Midterm exams are just around the corner. Instead of studying, what brings you here?" Mr. Huo Dong, the teacher in front of me, still had his usual indifferent expression.
Zang Xin stepped forward and explained the whole story to him. During the explanation, Huo Dong was initially surprised, and then fell into deep thought.
Four perspectives: Getting Teacher Huo to come out of retirement is no easy task after all. Is the plan going to fall through? Waaah!
From Xue Di and Bajiao's perspective: Yuhao truly lives up to his title as the chosen one of this plane. He just said he was going to take care of the Spirit Pagoda, and now the opportunity has presented itself to him.
As for Huo Yuhao himself, he was actually considering how to gently destroy the murals in Shrek City's Spirit Pagoda. But clearly, this was a rare opportunity, so after a brief silence, under the tense gazes of the students, he turned his head and gave them a rare smile, his eyes gleaming like shattered moonlight. However, to the two spirits observing, the Ice Spirit Douluo, who hadn't shown any real power in a long time, was clearly hiding a dagger in his smile. Their specific comments are as follows:
"I do know quite a bit about spirits,"
Nonsense, if you don't understand the Spirit Pagoda, you're going against the Heavenly Gang.
"As for the Spirit Pagoda's unilateral behind-the-scenes manipulation that you mentioned, as a teacher, I will do my best to prevent this from happening."
Don't worry, everyone in the Spirit Pagoda combined isn't enough to defeat Senior Lingbing, and besides, he also has to rectify the illegal buildings.
"Putting everything else aside, ensuring you get the ten-thousand-year-old soul should still be no problem."
Yuhao, could you be any more low-key?
Hearing their teacher so readily accept the invitation, without even mentioning any conditions, the four were overwhelmed with happiness by this unexpected surprise, and they danced and celebrated on the spot. Cao Dezhi was also touched, but he noticed that the two unfamiliar seniors behind Huo Dong, who had previously exuded a cold and powerful aura, were suppressing laughter throughout his words, and the surrounding air relaxed. He couldn't help but ask Huo Dong, "Teacher Huo, may I ask who these two seniors are?"
“My sister and my brother,” Huo Dong said naturally.
The two who had received the warning earlier through the Sea of Spirit nodded while laughing uncontrollably.
“Eh…but teacher, you have blue hair…” Leng Yulai came back to her senses and asked curiously.
"Genetics doesn't exist on the Douluo Continent, remember that," Huo Dong answered seriously. "Don't even mention blue hair and white hair, I've even seen examples of blue-haired husbands and black-haired wives having daughters with blue and pink hair. The world is full of wonders."
After arranging a time with Teacher Huo, they parted ways. Leng Yulai and Leng Yaozhu needed to go back and report the information about the people who had broken into the tower, while Zang Xin and Cao Dezhi planned to take advantage of the remaining time to review the written exams for the semester—truly the self-cultivation of top students. On their way back to the dormitory, they encountered a classmate who looked flustered.
Guan Yue was one of the two gunners in that practical class. He asked somewhat anxiously, "Excuse me, do you two know where Professor Huo Dong is? I've looked all over but still can't find him."
“It is indeed hard to find.” Zang Xin felt a strange sense of empathy. “We saw Professor Huo on the top floor of the teaching building about ten minutes ago. If we go there now, he might still be there.”
"Thank you." As soon as she heard the location, Guan Yue flew out like a spring, leaving Zang and Cao standing there, still not having reacted.
"I can't believe we still ran into them after all this trying to avoid them," Zang Xin muttered speechlessly. "But it looks like they won't be here to fight us today at least."
"Are you scared?" Cao Dezhi glanced at him. "We'll have to face them sooner or later."
“Then we need to prepare properly,” Zang Xin said, crossing his arms behind his head and walking casually. “However, I still believe that the two of us will be the strongest.”
"Maybe?" Cao Dezhi smiled, a rare occurrence. "By the way, when are you going to change the activation condition of your disgusting second soul skill to activation upon contact?"
“That’s your problem,” Zang Xin said, still acting nonchalant. “The other students weren’t affected, so why did you get infected just by watching?”
"Fine, then don't run away when you get back today. Fight me first." Cao Dezhi sneered. "I want to see exactly where the problem lies."
"An offensive type beating a control type? You really have the nerve to do that."