Chapter 18 Future Planning Adventures and GuardiansZhou Sichen watched from the side, dumbfounded, his mouth slightly agape, almost unable to believe his ears. Was this still Dai Youheng, who was almost always responsive to Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao, and even proactively offered to help them?Wang Dong was completely enraged by his cold and even somewhat indifferent attitude.Since she was a child, when had she ever been treated so perfunctorily by anyone? Especially by someone who had previously always tried to please her!"You...!" Wang Dong's pretty face flushed with anger, and she slammed the table, about to stand up and argue.Xiao Xiao, seeing this, quickly reached out and pulled her sleeve, whispering, "Forget it, Wang Dong. It's just breakfast. It's a kindness if he brings it, and it's his right not to. This isn't a big deal anyway. Tomorrow, we can just go to the cafeteria ourselves."Xiao Xiao's personality was relatively gentle and rational. Although she also found Dai Youheng a bit strange today, she didn't believe he was obligated to bring them breakfast. She also didn't want to get into a conflict with a classmate in the classroom on the first day of the new semester.Wang Dong's chest heaved a few times. She looked at the gazes from the surrounding classmates, then at Xiao Xiao, who was trying to comfort her. In the end, she suppressed her anger and sat down resentfully.But she still glared fiercely at Dai Youheng's back, muttering in a voice only those nearby could hear, "Who cares if he brings it! Humph!"A small commotion was temporarily quelled.However, the atmosphere in the classroom became somewhat subtle.Almost all the classmates who knew Dai Youheng felt his immense change at this moment. The fawning, enthusiastic demeanor, as if he couldn't wait to revolve around the trio of Wang Dong, had vanished, replaced by a cold aloofness and indifference.Zhou Sichen secretly glanced at Dai Youheng, who was flipping through a book as if nothing had happened, swallowed, and thought to himself, "What exactly did Youheng experience this holiday? Why does he seem like a completely different person?"Meanwhile, Dai Youheng's thoughts had long since drifted elsewhere. He was only thinking about how to more efficiently use his time at the academy and how to find a reasonable excuse to leave the academy as soon as possible.Wang Dong's anger, the classmates' discussions? He didn't care at all.At this moment, an old woman with a serious face, sharp, eagle-like eyes, and wearing a blue teacher's robe walked in with firm steps.Just by standing there, her gaze sweeping across the room, an invisible pressure instantly silenced the previously chattering classroom.It was the homeroom teacher, Zhou Yi, famous for her strict and "perverted" teaching methods."The first day of school, and it's already as noisy as a market! What kind of decorum is this!" Zhou Yi's voice was hoarse but extremely penetrating, carrying an undeniable authority. "I see you've had too comfortable a holiday, and your bones have all loosened up! If you have too much energy and can't stand each other, go to the Douluo Arena and have a fight right now! If you lose, you'll have a good reason to lie in the infirmary and slack off, won't you?"Her cold gaze like knives scraped across a few students who had been whispering most fiercely when Wang Dong was angry, scaring them into immediately shrinking their necks.However, this scolding, which would have made most new students tremble with fear, was like wind in Dai Youheng's ears.He maintained a seemingly attentive sitting posture, but his eyes were somewhat unfocused. His mind was already completely immersed in his own affairs, and he hadn't heard a single word of Zhou Yi's blabbering."Now that my identity is replacing that guy, the Spirit I usually use can naturally only be the Evil Shadow Demonic Tiger. The fate reversal heavenly demon pill and Snow Empress's spirit ring must be hidden as trump cards." He calmly analyzed his future plans, "That's good. The Evil Shadow Demonic Tiger's spirit ring configuration is a standard two yellow, one purple, completely unremarkable. The first spirit ring of the Heavenly Demon Pill is seven hundred thousand years, which is too shocking, and unlike the Tianmeng Iceworm, it cannot be disguised as a ten-year spirit ring. Once exposed, the consequences would be unimaginable.""Currently, I urgently need two things." He clarified his thoughts. "First, is an 'opportunity' or 'cheat' that can greatly boost my strength, like Tang San and Huo Yuhao had. This kind of thing cannot be obtained through systematic study at the academy; I must search for it outside. Second, is a reliable 'backer,' or 'protector.' On the surface, I am the White Tiger Duke's illegitimate son, but the protection this identity brings is limited and not fully under my control. I need power that truly belongs to me."He also threw these two core problems to Snow Empress to consider. Now that they were one body with two souls, sharing honor and disgrace, they naturally had to plan together. There was no harm in having more minds think together.Snow Empress's clear, cold voice responded in his mind, with a hint of teasing, "I can't conjure up a fortuitous encounter for you, little brother. That kind of thing, as the name suggests, depends on your luck and destiny. However, regarding a protector, I do have an idea. My family, I still have a very powerful, very obedient little fellow!"Dai Youheng's heart stirred, and he immediately thought of the existence in the original work. "Sister Snow Empress must be talking about your godson, the Ice Bear King, Xiao Bai, right? It is indeed powerful, and given your face, it would definitely be willing to help. But..." He changed his tone, pointing out the key issue, "It is, after all, a Spirit Beast. Even if it can temporarily transform into human form after reaching the Fierce Beast level, a Titled Douluo level expert can easily see through its true nature. It is not suitable for long-term life in the human World and cannot be my overt protector.""Oh!" Snow Empress let out a slightly surprised chuckle. "Little brother Youheng is truly knowledgeable, knowing so much about my precious son, Xiao Bai."She paused, her tone turning mysterious. "However, the method I'm talking about isn't for Xiao Bai to directly be your bodyguard. Instead, we need to use Xiao Bai's power to help us deal with another Spirit Beast.""Your fate reversal heavenly demon pill Spirit has an extremely special rule: as long as it absorbs a spirit ring of 100,000 years or more, the first Spirit Ability produced is always a certain type of strengthening pill, while the second Spirit Ability will give birth to a completely different special Spirit Ability based on the characteristics of the absorbed Spirit Beast.""Based on this, I know of an extremely special 100,000-year-old Spirit Beast that might be perfect for you right now!" Snow Empress's voice carried a hint of temptation. "You need to cultivate to level 40 as soon as possible, then find a way to ask the academy for leave to go out. We'll go find Xiao Bai, let it help suppress or even severely injure that Spirit Beast, and then you'll deliver the final blow. I have a way for you to absorb its spirit ring even if you're not at the required level!""I suspect that the second Spirit Ability that Spirit Beast grants you will perfectly solve your most troublesome 'protector' problem!"
