Douluo Continent: Reborn as Yuhao, they all have ulterior motives.

Chapter 82 The Dean is Wise!

Although Gu Yuena wasn't as strong as he appeared, her ease and composure were clearly not what a normal Soul Master should have.

I and Huo Yuhao were able to possess power beyond our level in the early stages only because we were reborn, so what gives the other side the right to do so?

Even after ruling out the possibility that the other party was also reborn, Tang San's brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

Could he be a genius discovered and nurtured by Huo Yuhao?

Inside the lounge.

Xu Sanshi was gripping Bei Bei's neck with a look of grief and indignation, shaking her violently while roaring in grief and indignation.

"I knew it! Why did you go looking for trouble with the junior students and get me beaten so badly? Did you already know all along and deliberately set me up for this?!"

"Cough cough... I really don't know!"

Beibei spread her hands innocently: "I sought out the junior for other reasons. Besides, aren't you always complaining that no one can break through your defenses? Getting beaten up now is exactly what you want, isn't it?"

"How can that be the same!?"

Recalling the nightmarish scene he had just experienced, Xu Sanshi's body trembled involuntarily, and he retorted angrily.

"I almost saw my great-grandmother just now!"

At this point, he subconsciously glanced at the two people who had suddenly hugged each other after exchanging only a few words, his tone somewhat hesitant.

"I have a feeling these two are a couple?"

He didn't realize anything was wrong when he first saw the two of them, but after Gu Yuena beat him up, she went to find Huo Yuhao without looking back.

"Not really."

Beibei slowly shook his head, then couldn't help but glance at Zhang Lexuan, who was talking to Xianlin'er and Du Weilun, and sighed softly.

"But we definitely need to step up our efforts."

Xu Sanshi was somewhat puzzled: "What do you mean by 'put in more effort'?"

However, Beibei gave him a mysterious sidelong glance: "Because some people just haven't figured it out yet."

"What the heck?"

Xu Sanshi was even more confused: "Are you talking about me?"

"you guess."

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Having passed the assessment, Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena no longer needed to worry about the rest. They only needed to wait for Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er to come and recruit them with their terms.

After saying goodbye to Zhang Lexuan and the others, the two headed out of the Soul Battle Zone.

Soon, they spotted two beautiful figures waiting at the entrance of the Soul Fighting Zone.

"Sister Xiaoya, Sister Nannan, why haven't you left yet?"

Upon hearing the voice, Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan instinctively turned their heads, and their faces lit up with joy when they saw Huo Yuhao.

"Since it's your first day of school, Nan Nan and I decided to have a meal together to celebrate."

"We were planning to go to the freshman teaching building to find you after class, but we heard the announcement on the way and came straight to the Soul Arena."

Jiang Nannan, who understood Tang Ya's meaning, spoke up with a hint of helplessness.

"Xiaoya, didn't we agree that I'd treat everyone this time?"

When eating together, everyone should split the bill, and Tang Ya clearly didn't want her to spend any money.

"Oh, we're such good friends, we're totally the same."

Seeing Tang Ya scratching her head with an embarrassed smile, Jiang Nannan said irritably.

"No, we already agreed on that. Besides, you've helped my family so much, what's a meal for you?"

Knowing her roommate's stubborn personality, Tang Ya had no choice but to shut her mouth and turn to Huo Yuhao for help, as if waiting for him to make a decision.

Looking at Jiang Nannan's expectant face, Huo Yuhao hesitated for a moment before nodding with a light smile.

"Okay, I've already had so many free meals before, one more won't make a difference. Thanks, Sister Nan."

Since Jiang Wanjun recovered from her illness, Jiang Nannan no longer needs to use all the money she earns to treat her mother's illness.

Although he remained frugal in his daily life, Huo Yuhao, who frequently visited the mother and daughter's home, could clearly sense how much their quality of life had changed.

It's just treating someone to a meal, it's nothing.

Jiang Nannan smiled again upon hearing this.

"Let's go then, let's see what good food is available outside the school."

Although the food in the school cafeteria tastes pretty good, it doesn't have tables and chairs!

Furthermore, the food couldn't be taken away. In the eyes of the elderly residents in the outer courtyard, inviting someone to eat in the cafeteria was no different from inviting someone to jail.

Who's so kind as to invite someone to eat standing up?

It was pure torture.

Even Huo Yuhao started planning to ask the cafeteria for ingredients and cook for himself.

After all, food cooked by oneself has a higher energy utilization rate. Although the chefs in the academy cafeteria are skilled, Huo Yuhao still thinks they are lacking, and a lot of the energy contained in the ingredients is wasted during the cooking process.

He wouldn't have paid much attention to it before, since his body couldn't fully absorb it.

But with the original sin of gluttony, he naturally wants to squeeze every last bit of value out of food.

Another reason is that what he makes is more to the liking of Gu Yuena and Tang Ya.

These past two days, every time he saw Gu Yuena frowning while eating in the cafeteria and then asking him for an ice pop after finishing, he couldn't help but laugh.

Office of the Dean of the Martial Soul Department.

dong dong dong-

Yan Shaozhe, who had just returned to the academy, frowned involuntarily when he heard a knock on the door.

For some reason, he suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Come in."

crunch--

As soon as he finished speaking, the office door was pushed open from the outside. As if fulfilling his premonition, before the person even stepped inside, Du Weiren's anxious voice rang out first.

"Dean, you're finally back! Something terrible has happened!"

"Has something happened again?"

Yan Shaozhe looked surprised. "It's not going to be about the freshmen again, is it?"

Du Weilin looked embarrassed and began to explain.

"Zhang Lexuan suddenly applied for the internal selection of reserve team members for Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena today. By the time I found out, the inner court had already approved the application."

"Pre-selected for the assessment?"

Upon hearing this, Yan Shaozhe instinctively looked at Du Weilun: "What were the assessment criteria? Did they both pass?"

Du Weilun nodded: "The content was a one-on-one battle with Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi, and they won easily both times. Most importantly, Dean Xian from the Soul Guidance Department rushed over as soon as he heard the news and witnessed the two's pre-selection assessment."

There's really no need to say anything more at this point. Yan Shaozhe could already guess how Xian Lin'er would react after seeing these two geniuses without even having to think about it.

They're trying to poach people.

"This is troublesome."

Hearing Yan Shaozhe's murmur, Du Weilun subconsciously lowered his head, his voice filled with deep self-reproach.

"I'm sorry, Dean, this incident was entirely due to my negligence."

However, Yan Shaozhe, being a shrewd and experienced man, could easily see through Du Weilun's thoughts. He merely glanced at the other man before looking away.

"Alright, this isn't your fault. The best we can do now is figure out how to keep these two geniuses in the Martial Soul Department."

Zhang Lexuan's application for the internal assessment must have been made through the inner court's higher-ups; it was certainly not something that Du Weilun, the head of the outer court's teaching department, could interfere with.

As for Xian Lin'er, who was mentioned later, there's no need to say more. With her fiery temper, even if he were present, he probably wouldn't be able to stop her.

But since it's happened, he'll just try to fix it. He's not the kind of person who only regrets things when they happen.

Seeing that Yan Shaozhe did not blame him, Du Weilun breathed a slight sigh of relief and slowly spoke.

"Actually, this is what Zhang Lexuan said about this matter."

After repeating what Zhang Lexuan had said to Xian Lin'er, Yan Shaozhe subconsciously raised an eyebrow and said with some emotion.

"Is this setting up a competitive condition for our Martial Soul Department and Soul Guidance Department? She's really gone to great lengths for that boy!"

Actually, he remembered it after returning from the meeting at the Sea God Pavilion last night. Huo Yuhao seemed to be the same young man who saved Zhang Lexuan in the Star Dou Great Forest and insulted Elder Xuan to his face.

Then, as if he had just thought of something, Yan Shaozhe's eyes lit up, and he looked at Du Weilun and asked.

"Did Dean Xian agree to Zhang Lexuan's proposal?"

"right."

Du Weilen nodded, speaking somewhat cautiously.

"Dean Xian asked me to tell you to set a time to go and find those two new students together, saying that recruitment should be based on merit."

"Well said, each according to their own ability. But this makes things much easier."

Yan Shaozhe's lips curled into a sly smile before he spoke again.

"Tell me about Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena's performance in the assessment, especially Dean Xian's attitude towards them. Tell me everything."

"Yes."

Although he didn't know what Yan Shaozhe wanted to do by listening to these things, Du Weilun still recounted the whole process he had witnessed.

Upon hearing that Xian Lin'er seemed more interested in Huo Yuhao, Yan Shaozhe subconsciously glanced down at the student files on the table, his smile widening.

"An eye-shaped martial soul, no wonder she's so interested. In that case, let's just give it to her."

"what?"

Du Weilun was stunned for a moment. His first thought was that Yan Shaozhe had suffered some kind of shock and was not thinking straight, so he quickly reminded him.

"Dean, although Huo Yuhao is only a Great Soul Master, he is a genius with his first and second soul rings for a thousand years. Moreover, judging from his performance in the assessment, his strength is definitely not weak. We cannot..."

However, before he could finish speaking, Yan Shaozhe waved his hand to interrupt him and slowly explained.

"Of course I know that Huo Yuhao is also a rare genius. If it weren't for Gu Yuena, I would have done everything I could to keep him in the Spirit System. But among the new students in recent years, there are not only Gu Yuena and Huo Yuhao, but also Tang San."

"If we don't give up on Huo Yuhao, the Soul Guidance Department will shift its focus to Gu Yuena or Tang San."

"Under these circumstances, if we want to recruit all three geniuses into our Martial Soul Department, it means that we would have to offer three conditions that are no weaker than those offered by the Soul Guidance Department. Our Martial Soul Department simply cannot afford such a price."

Upon hearing Yan Shaozhe's explanation, Du Weilun, who seemed to understand, nodded repeatedly.

For example, if the Soul Guidance Department offers a 90,000-year-old soul bone as a recruitment condition, their Martial Soul Department would have to offer a 100,000-year-old soul bone to snatch the person from them.

To recruit three people at the same time, you need three 100,000-year-old soul bones.

After all, if only one of them is given a 100,000-year soul bone, the other two might just go to the Soul Guidance Department.

However, a 100,000-year-old soul bone is not something that comes easily. Even for their martial soul system, giving away three at the same time would be unaffordable, so they could only give up one.

As for the person who was abandoned, Yan Shaozhe chose Huo Yuhao.

"In comparison, Tang San has twin martial souls, making him the strongest in combat; Gu Yuena has three thousand-year-old soul rings, giving her the highest cultivation level; and although Huo Yuhao has a single-body martial soul, neither his combat strength nor his cultivation level is particularly outstanding."

"Besides, Dean Xian values ​​him highly. It's not worth fighting tooth and nail with the Soul Guidance Department for Huo Yuhao, the least talented of the three. Sometimes, we in the Martial Soul Department need to be more magnanimous!"

"I see."

Seeing Yan Shaozhe's confident and eloquent manner, Du Weilun nodded, then changed the subject.

"But Dean, Huo Yuhao is a rare genius after all. Wouldn't it be too easy for the Soul Guidance Department to just hand him over?"

"Of course I won't let them have it so easy. That brings me to my next plan."

A glint flashed in Yan Shaozhe's eyes, and he chuckled as he spoke, "Didn't Dean Xian say that everyone should rely on their own abilities? Then let's be even fairer and just call Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, Tang San, and the others together to make the selection with the Soul Guidance Department."

"During this process, we offered Gu Yuena and Tang San top-tier terms in front of Huo Yuhao, so that the terms offered by the Soul Guidance Department to Huo Yuhao would definitely be no less than ours."

"After all, if the conditions offered by the Soul Guidance Department are not as good as those offered by our Martial Soul Department, even if Huo Yuhao joins them, he will definitely have some resentment in his heart. Xian Lin'er would not be unaware of this. In fact, in order to make Huo Yuhao feel valued, she might even offer much higher conditions than we do."

At this point, Yan Shaozhe's lips curled into a confident smile, as if he had calculated everything perfectly.

"It's not a loss for us to make the Soul Guidance Department bleed so much for a student who is not as good as Gu Yuena and Tang San."

After hearing Yan Shaozhe's plan, Du Weilun's eyes widened, and he was completely dumbfounded.

What a beastly thought!

What a vicious and blatant conspiracy!

Among different factions within the same academy, only the Dean of the Martial Soul Department could be so scheming to harm his own people all day long!

Even he couldn't help but give a fair assessment in his heart at this moment.

live offspring!

Thinking this to himself, Du Weiren's eyes lit up with surprise, and he spoke with excitement and respect.

"The dean is wise!"

(End of this chapter)