The Peerless Tang Sect: Possessing Huo Yuhao at the Start

Chapter 23 Treasure Reward Party

After passing the freshman assessment, Huo Zhanji left the arena first and went to the Soul Guidance Department to pass his Level 2 Soul Guidance Master assessment. Back in his dormitory, Huo Zhanji saw the gold-embossed red paper in Wang Dong's hand.

"You passed the upgrade assessment for the Soul Guidance Department too?" Wang Dong fiddled with the invitation in his hand.

Looking at Wang Dong's excited expression, Huo Zhanji guessed it: "Easily taking on seven opponents at once."

Wang Dong chuckled and said with a playful expression, "No need to say anything, you've definitely passed."

"Of course." Huo Zhanji said, taking the invitation from Wang Dong. "Hmm? A treasure appreciation event, let's go check it out together."

"Huo Zhanji, do you know what a treasure appreciation event is?" Wang Dong then began to explain the knowledge about treasure appreciation events to Huo Zhanji.

"There are three main types of treasure appreciation events. The first type is held for our academy, where the academy purchases items such as rare metals needed by your Soul Guidance Department, teaching supplies for the Martial Soul Department, and ingredients ordered by the academy. In short, these kinds of treasure appreciation events don't usually have many good items."

"The other two treasure appreciation events are for us students. One of them is for inner court students, and those are all top-quality items. However, only inner court students can participate, so we are not qualified. Therefore, we can only participate in the treasure appreciation event that is listed on the invitation for outer court core disciples."

Huo Zhanji pulled Wang Dong along and headed towards the treasure appreciation event. "Let's go."

Huo Zhanji arrived at the entrance of the Treasure Appreciation Meeting with Wang Dong. More than half an hour had passed. If it weren't for the no-fly zone in Shrek City, Huo Zhanji would have already flown over in his Phantom Flying Soul Tool.

This Treasure Pavilion is a large shop that sells all kinds of items related to Soul Masters and Soul Instructors. From a distance, the Treasure Pavilion is a huge building with four floors and a height of over twenty meters. The building itself occupies a large area and its exterior is magnificent, just like a treasure basin. In particular, when Huo Zhanji saw the four long-skirted girls standing on both sides of the entrance of the Treasure Pavilion, he couldn't help but widen his eyes.

"hiss!"

"Why are you pinching me?" The sharp pain in his waist brought Huo Zhanji back to his senses, and he saw Wang Dong staring at him fiercely.

"What are you looking at?" Wang Dong said angrily.

Huo Zhanji looked at Wang Dong and teased, "Everyone loves beauty, and besides, I'm a man."

"Hmph!" Wang Dong looked disdainful, somewhat hesitant to speak, but ultimately held back.

After the brief incident, the two headed towards the Treasure Pavilion. Before they even reached the entrance, one of the eight girls at the door came out to greet them respectfully, saying, "Are you two Soul Masters here to attend the Treasure Appreciation Gathering?"

The two took out their respective invitations and handed them over. After reading the invitations, the girl's smile softened even more: "Two Soul Masters, please follow me."

Stepping into Jubaoge, you are immediately enveloped in an atmosphere of luxury.

The golden hall exuded extravagance, its interior illuminated by crystal chandeliers hanging high above, with two rows of young girls standing on either side.

"Wow." Huo Zhanji's smile was hard to suppress, even by AK. These girls in gold miniskirts were even more eye-catching.

"Welcome, distinguished guests." The girls on both sides suddenly bowed and said at the same time.

Huo Zhanji calmly led Wang Dong forward. After walking through the corridor lined with beautiful women, the girl in the white dress guided them up the golden stairs to the second floor of the Treasure Pavilion.

Before the girl in the white dress could speak, Huo Zhanji had already started searching around with Wang Dong. The girl in the white dress was about to speak when...

Huo Zhanji spoke first, saying, "There's no need to assess the amount owed; this is my identification at Shrek Academy."

As she spoke, she took out a gold card. The girl took the gold card from Huo Zhanji's hand and didn't say anything more. Huo Zhanji's identity card had the personal signature of the dean of Shrek Academy, so she wasn't afraid that Huo Zhanji would renege on his promise.

"Are we really not going to extend our credit limit?" Wang Dong asked Huo Zhanji, somewhat puzzled.

Huo Zhanji said, "A credit line is, to put it nicely, a form of advance consumption, and besides, I really have money."

Wang Dong: …………

Looking at the display cases on the second floor, it's much quieter than the first. While seemingly scattered, each exhibit is arranged in the most logical and prominent positions. Each exhibit is enclosed by a large crystal glass dome, and different items are displayed on the shelves inside.

Wang Dong stood in front of a display case containing a soul bone. The soul bone was golden-red in color and looked like an arm bone with five slender finger bones pointing upwards. Each fingertip emitted a faint golden-red light. The display case for this soul bone was at least twice the size of the other exhibits.

"The right arm bone of the destined golden light." Huo Zhanji smiled helplessly.

"I can feel that it suits me." Wang Dong's eyes shone with a burning light.

Huo Zhan pointed at the description above and said to Wang Dong, "Come on, take a look, see if you can afford it?"

Nine and a half million gold soul coins!

When Wang Dong saw the price, his pupils contracted sharply.

Wang Dong stared in disbelief, exclaiming, "How can it be so expensive? I remember that while soul bones are expensive, they rarely exceed three million gold soul coins!"

Huo Zhanji said quickly, "Pay attention to the two words 'pure'."

"I, I..."

Seeing Wang Dong's financially strapped appearance, Huo Zhanji smiled and said, "I'll take you. Our friendship is beyond the measure of any profit or money. Consider it a favor you owe me."

"Okay, I want this soul bone. Go and exchange it." Wang Dong gave an affirmative answer.

Huo Zhan patted his shoulder and turned to walk towards the counter on the west side.

Wang Dong's gaze followed Huo Zhanji's retreating figure, and suddenly softened: "Today, I am willing to receive from you, and in the future, I am willing to give for you."

The purchase was much faster than expected. For some reason, when Huo Zhanji bought the soul bone, Jubao Pavilion gave him a discount, and he only spent seven million gold soul coins. After paying, Huo Zhanji directly took the soul bone and put it into the system's space.

"Without two and a half million gold soul coins, I think I'm a complete idiot," Huo Zhanji said, frowning.

Having obtained the Golden Soul Bone, the two then wandered around. Following the guidance of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, Huo Zhanji also obtained the whale glue that was destined for him.

The two walked out talking. When they passed Beibei, they greeted her. Beibei told them to go back first, saying that she would wait for Xu Sanshi. At this time, however, Xu Sanshi was still trying his best to pester Jiang Nannan.

"A strange love triangle." Huo Zhanji looked at the three of them with a peculiar expression.

Huo Zhanji and Wang Dong left Shrek City, both in quite good spirits.

"Go back tonight and fuse with that soul bone first," Huo Zhanji said.

"Okay," Wang Dong nodded.

"Zhanji, there's a murderous aura about you. It's aimed at you." Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's wary voice echoed in Huo Zhanji's mind.

"I know." Huo Zhanji's pace and speed remained unchanged, and even the smile on his face did not disappear. He said in a low voice, "Get ready to run away."

Wang Dong was slightly taken aback and subconsciously looked at Huo Zhanji. His mental detection sensed a faint killing intent coming from not far ahead.

"There are people ambushing us ahead. Wang Dong, you run first, I'll deal with them. Three...two...one...run!" Huo Zhanji roared.

Wang Dong suddenly turned around and ran, heading straight for the north gate of Shrek City like a white shooting star. Compared to worrying about Huo Zhanji, Wang Dong was more worried about the assassins.

The six men who were prepared to ambush him obviously did not expect him to suddenly turn around and run away. They were all slightly stunned. In that moment of hesitation, Wang Dong had already rushed far away with all his might.

"If you don't run now, you won't be able to leave," Huo Zhanji said, clapping his hands.

At this moment, the six ambushers had reacted and quickly emerged from the woods where they were hiding. All six of them had spirit rings lit up, five of them had five spirit rings, and one of them was even a six-ring Soul Emperor level expert.

Three enemies in the air were rapidly approaching Huo Zhanji; all of them were five-ring Soul King level experts.

Huo Zhanji raised his hand, and the three martial souls merged instantly: "Holy Eye - Frost Holy Spirit Armor, Ice Emperor Form!"

Unlike his Eternal Night form, Huo Zhanji is now predominantly blue, with an ice sword in his hand. His Eternal Night form is well-balanced in all aspects, while his Ice Emperor form focuses on control. His third form is dominated by heavy particles with double pupils, essentially a brute form. Huo Zhanji can use this form for one minute, which is only possible with his pure soul power.

He evolved from a five-second true man to a one-minute true man, and killing several Soul Kings in a minute is still a piece of cake.

Among the six ambushers, the leader, a six-ring Soul Emperor, immediately changed his expression. All six of them were dressed in black and masked.

"Kill him at all costs, and we're leaving immediately." The last shout was delivered with soul power injected into his voice.

Upon hearing his roar, one of the three ambushers in the air immediately unleashed his soul skill. A burst of rich cyan-purple light suddenly shone on his wings. He flapped his wings violently and accelerated his speed. He was confident that with his cultivation level, he could kill him with a single blow once he got close.

"The Realm of Eternal Freeze!" Huo Zhanji raised his ice sword and pointed it forward, a bright green light emanating from his chest.

In the pitch-black night sky, a bright emerald green light suddenly appeared in the assassins' eyes. The next instant, a blinding emerald green light expanded, instantly enveloping them, chilling them to the bone.

The assassins felt the terrifying effect of the extreme cold; their blood seemed to freeze, and for a moment, they were completely unable to make any other movements.

Huo Zhan, in his Ice Emperor form, took a step forward and, as if locking onto them, pursued the group. The six assassins had no chance to resist and were all frozen to the ground.

"Don't become an assassin if you don't have the skills. But I suggest you consider it in your next life!"

Huo Zhanji's eyes flashed with blue light, and the six assassins who had been frozen were shattered into pieces on the ground, so shattered that they could not be pieced back together.

On the top of Shrek City, seven or eight figures appeared at some unknown time, including Elder Lin and Yan Shaozhe.

Yan Shaozhe said with some helplessness, "This kid's combat intuition is also top-notch. I didn't expect his self-fusion martial soul skill to have a second form."

Elder Lin smiled slightly and said, "The self-fusion martial soul technique is quite monstrous. Its initial combat strength is judged to be that of a low-level Soul Emperor."

Yan Shaozhe chuckled and asked, "Elder Lin, what do you think of Huo Zhanji?"

Old Lin smiled and said, "I was a little heartbroken when Huo Zhanji took a precious soul bone from me at a discount, but now it seems it was all worth it."

Old Lin glanced at Yan Shaozhe, then turned and walked into the city, saying leisurely as he went, "Someone's got some nerve, daring to bully our academy. You decide what to do."

After bowing in the direction where Elder Lin had left, Yan Shaozhe's eyes were filled with murderous intent. He said to someone beside him, "Find out who dared to mess with us on Shrek's territory at all costs."

"Yes."

That night, Huo Zhanji couldn't sleep well. After being questioned repeatedly by the academy, he didn't return to his dormitory until the early morning.

Although the academy did not give a clear answer, it was clear that they had some guesses. In the end, no trace could be found on the corpses, and those people were indeed sent by Dai Huabin.

Without sufficient evidence, the college did not publicize the matter but simply suppressed it, though many people had their own speculations.

The next morning, when Dai Huabin saw Huo Zhanji and Wang Dong arrive for class, his expression changed drastically. Although he was shocked, his face remained expressionless.

He hadn't received any news all night. Now he just hoped that the final result wouldn't be too bad. Cold sweat unknowingly soaked through the back of Dai Huabin's clothes. A Soul Emperor plus five Soul Kings had failed to kill Huo Zhanji.

"Dai Huabin." Huo Zhanji spotted Dai Huabin, who was looking at them with suspicion at the door of Class 2 classroom.

Dai Huabin's face turned slightly pale. After all, he was just a teenager, and he couldn't hide his expression too well. He coldly asked, "What?"

Huo Zhanji said in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Don't treat those elders of the Sea God Pavilion in the academy like fools. What you did wasn't so flawless that no one could see through it. Remember, don't mess with me, or the lineage of Duke White Tiger will cease to exist. You can try if you don't believe me." After saying that, he turned and walked towards Class One.

As Huo Zhanji said, Dai Huabin was completely blacklisted by the academy because of this attack. Although there is no clear evidence to prove anything, what kind of people are at Shrek Academy? They are all cunning and calculating; just think about it.

The upgrade assessment has been completed, and all students who are able to enter the classroom are those who have passed the assessment.

Those who fail the assessment will have a chance to retake it in three days. If they still fail, they will be asked to leave. Ninety-five percent of the students in the class taught by Wang Yan and Zhou Yi passed the assessment. In contrast, more students in the other classes were eliminated.

(End of this chapter)