Douluo Continent: Peerless Angel Qian Renxue.

Chapter 58 Cheating for Victory

Huo Yuhao sensed that something was wrong.

After parting ways with the two women, he, Bei Bei, and Tang Ya arrived in Shrek City and entered the number one Soul Master Academy on the entire continent through the special admission quota of the Tang Sect.

This would have been a great start. Following his two older sisters' advice, he chose to join a sect to begin his cultivation. Although the sect seemed to have fallen on hard times, it was none other than the Tang Sect, which had been ranked number one on the entire continent ten thousand years ago. In fact, the sect even had a distant connection with Shrek Academy.

However, after he joined, he heard something.

That was the first-year class he had joined, and the homeroom teacher was named Zhou Yi, who was rumored to be a monster-like teacher. Normally, this wouldn't be a problem; monster schools have monster teachers, it's quite normal.

However, this teacher had some trouble not long ago. When this old woman led a few fourth-grade students to hunt for souls and obtain soul rings in the Star Dou Great Forest, they ended up being wiped out!

All the students were killed, and then the teacher returned.

Because of this major mistake in leading the team, Zhou Yi was stripped of her right to continue teaching senior students by the Martial Soul Department of the academy and was demoted to teach freshmen.

Although there will definitely be dangers when hunting souls, why did you, a teacher, come back looking so dejected?

Huo Yuhao was also the son of a general of the Star Luo Empire. He had heard stories from the battlefield in the Duke's mansion. If all the soldiers were killed in a war and the general returned, then according to Star Luo military law, the general would have to apologize.

He arrived at Class One with a mix of trepidation and unease, only to discover that this old lady Zhou was not actually the homeroom teacher of Class One, but rather a lecturer. The homeroom teacher's name was Wang Yan.

However, this lecturer would act like a homeroom teacher, expelling students every few days. If Teacher Wang Yan tried to dissuade him, Zhou Yi would always shut him down with two reasons.

"You can't deny my previous teaching achievements!"

"If you're unhappy with my methods, then go and voice your opinions to the Spirit Realm Department. As long as I'm still here, even if I'm just a lecturer, I will continue to uphold my ruthless elimination philosophy!"

Huo Yuhao spent about half a month in Class 1 of the first year. He originally thought that since this was the number one academy on the entire continent, they must be able to teach him something different, right?

However, the knowledge about Soul Masters and Soul Beasts that he learned every morning always felt less useful than what he had learned from his two older sisters.

Aside from knowledge about soul tools, this was truly something new he learned. Only during this kind of instruction did he feel that his time had not been wasted.

Yes, even what I learned during the afternoon training was nothing compared to the little bit of wilderness skills I had learned before.

Because Shrek Academy's Soul Master training currently only involves long-distance running—either regular long-distance running or running while wearing iron armor. Since he's only a first-year student, he doesn't have many opportunities to go to the Soul Arena.

It wasn't until Huo Yuhao arrived at the dormitory that he discovered Shrek Academy's other training method.

That is, in a dormitory building, there are about 800 students living on each floor, but in this huge dormitory building, there are only... two toilets on each floor.

"Huo Yuhao!" his roommate Wang Dong said to him, "From now on, I'll be cleaning myself in the dorm during this time after dinner. During this time... don't come back."

Huo Yuhao gave his roommate a strange look: "We're all guys, you can just take a shower, why are you hiding like that?"

However, he didn't mind, since he knew that Wang Dong was a germaphobe, so he might as well go for a couple more laps during this time.

With his extraordinary perseverance, Huo Yuhao successfully obtained the position of class monitor. Wang Yan did not understand this result. Why not appoint a student with better talent than the other Soul Masters, and instead choose a student with a spiritual attribute and a physical martial soul who did not seem to have many outstanding qualities?

Zhou Yi adopted an uncompromising attitude in this regard, just as Huo Yuhao was in her office at this very moment.

"Huo Yuhao!"

The boy was immediately startled and stood at attention.

"Yes, Teacher Zhou!"

Seeing the somewhat awe-inspiring look on his face, Zhou Yi nodded in satisfaction, then circled around him. "Tell me! What did our Shrek Academy's Golden Triangle Master say?"

Huo Yuhao immediately retorted, "There are no useless martial souls! There are only useless soul masters!"

"Well said!" A glint flashed in Zhou Yi's eyes. "There are no useless martial souls, only useless soul masters. Although many teachers don't think highly of your original martial soul, I believe you will succeed!"

"Because you have an unwavering heart, you beat up Wang Dong, who possessed a spirit ring beyond its age limit, even when you only had a ten-year spirit ring!"

Huo Yuhao immediately became serious, thinking to himself, "This spirit ring of mine isn't some useless ten-year spirit ring. I was able to defeat Wang Dong thanks to this spirit ring. If this were really an ordinary spirit ring, how could I possibly have beaten him with my few punches and kicks?"

Come to think of it, he always felt like he was just living off his past achievements, relying on what he had learned from Qian Renxue, and that he hadn't learned much of anything useful in this academy.

Zhou Yi's eyes, hidden beneath her disguise, flashed with a sharp light. She was determined to train Huo Yuhao; only then could she recommend the boy to her husband.

She knew about Huo Yuhao's soul skill: shared mental detection. It was practically a divine skill. In Zhou Yi's mind, making him a soul mentor was far more promising than making him a soul master.

"For your goals, for the glory of Shrek Academy, you must learn one thing," Zhou Yi said slowly, "and that is to move forward, to move forward by any means necessary, to achieve victory by any means required!"

After nearly half an hour of lecturing from Zhou Yi, Huo Yuhao walked out of the office with a determined look in his eyes.

"Yes, my martial soul is not a useless one. With the power given to me by Brother Tianmeng, I can definitely become an excellent soul master," he murmured to himself.

Unbeknownst to him, Huo Yuhao had begun to be somewhat tamed by Shrek Academy's ideology.

He headed towards the Soul Fighting Zone. Not long ago, his senior brother Bei Bei had arranged a fight with a senior from the outer academy named Xu Sanshi, and he wanted to go and see.

Upon arriving at the Soul Battle Zone, Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi had already assumed their stances on the Soul Battle Stage. Huo Yuhao sat down next to Tang Ya, who whispered to him, "Little Yuhao, what's the maximum range of your shared mental detection?"

Huo Yuhao honestly replied, "If it's in a straight line, then the limit is probably around fifty meters."

Tang Ya immediately raised her right hand and made a few gestures to Bei Bei. Bei Bei nodded to her to indicate that she understood.

Huo Yuhao immediately understood... This Tang Sect Master wanted him to help him cheat!

However, the Soul Arena has always emphasized fair competition. Is it really appropriate for me to do this?

Huo Yuhao hesitated.

"Xiao Yuhao, what are you hesitating for! Beibei is standing up for you." Tang Ya whispered in his ear, her breath sweet and fragrant.

Huo Yuhao felt a tingling sensation in his ears, and his face turned slightly red. He didn't know whether he should agree or not.

However, just as he was momentarily distracted by Tang Ya's breath, Teacher Zhou Yi's words rang in his ears: "We must win by any means necessary!"

Huo Yuhao immediately perked up and nodded firmly.

So what if you cheat a little? Everyone's striving for victory anyway, so who cares about the process?

This was Huo Yuhao's first time cheating in a competition, which can be seen as setting the stage for his later cheating in the Soul Master Tournament across the entire continent.

This book will narrate some of the events at Shrek Academy along a slightly dual timeline. The two storylines will overlap after the first Soul Master Tournament concludes.

(End of this chapter)