Yan Shaozhe nodded, looked at Huo Yuhao, and said, "Huo Yuhao, as of today, you are an official core disciple of our Martial Soul Department."
The moment these words left his mouth, Huo Yuhao's eyes instantly welled up. For the longest time, he had felt deeply saddened and hurt because he was originally unable to become a core disciple of the Martial Soul Department.
Even though he had worked so hard, running with heavy weights on his back.
Now, his efforts had finally paid off.
He could finally become a core disciple of the Martial Soul Department and receive recognition.
Forcing down the urge to cry, he said, "But I am already a core disciple of the Soul Tool Department."
"Becoming a core disciple of the Martial Soul Department does not conflict with being a core disciple of the Soul Tool Department."
These words from Yan Shaozhe made Huo Yuhao feel even more overwhelmingly grateful to Shrek.
He asked once more, "Then Teacher Zhou Yi..."
At this question, Zhou Yi's heart leaped into her throat, and the gaze she directed at Yan Shaozhe was filled with tension and anxiety.
Yan Shaozhe raised an eyebrow. "This matter is still something you must resolve yourselves. I presume your teacher has already told you about the wager she made with Mu Jin last night. This was established under Old Mu's witness, and even I cannot alter it."
Hearing this, a fiery fighting spirit instantly ignited within Huo Yuhao's eyes. "I will enter the preparatory team, but when the time comes, I hope the Dean can grant me one request. If I make it into the preparatory team, I want Teacher Zhou Yi to be our leader."
The moment these words were uttered, both Zhou Yi and Huo Yuhao himself were incredibly moved. One believed that her efforts had not been in vain, while the other believed that he was showing gratitude and repayment, and was not the ungrateful wolf Feng Piaoling claimed he was.
"Granted," Yan Shaozhe agreed without a second thought. Compared to a twin martial soul that possessed the Glacier Conjoined Ape, this small concession was nothing.
Having secured Yan Shaozhe's promise, Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin could not wait to return to the dormitory, intending to cultivate their Hao-Bin Power to increase their strength.
Yet, below the dormitory building, they spotted a tall figure that bore a resemblance to Dai Huabin.
The moment they saw the individual, the pupils of both boys constricted sharply. Huo Yuhao instantly recognized the other person's identity: his half-brother, Dai Yueheng.
Dai Huabin's pupils also constricted sharply, a deep sense of dread flashing through his eyes, along with a sliver of deep-seated malice hidden at the very bottom of his gaze.
"Big... Big Brother..." he greeted with great difficulty.
Huo Yuhao instantly realized what was happening and immediately shielded Dai Huabin behind himself, which brought a wave of warmth to the latter's heart.
Yet, Dai Yueheng did not spare Huo Yuhao so much as a single glance, merely saying indifferently, "I will wait for you over there."
Then, he walked away.
"Second Brother," Huo Yuhao looked at him with worry.
"Don't worry, no matter who it is, no one can tear us apart." Dai Huabin squeezed Huo Yuhao's hand before following closely behind Dai Yueheng.
A brief moment later, the two brothers arrived at the shores of Sea God Lake.
The moment Dai Huabin stopped walking, his brother turned around and delivered a backhanded slap, sending him crashing to the ground.
"Big Brother, have you lost your mind?!" Clutching his stinging cheek in shock and fury, Dai Huabin's eyes turned blood-red, his breath coming in heavy rages like a bull.
Dai Yueheng snorted coldly. Looking at Dai Huabin's current state, a surge of uncontrollable fury rose within him.
"Shut up! Don't call me Big Brother. I do not have a disgraceful brother like you."
"No matter how wildly you misbehaved in the past, there was always a limit. But look at you, take a good look at what you have done over this past year."
"First, you pursued that Clear Sky Sect disciple, alienating yourself completely from Zhu Lu. Do you have any idea how important your political marriage with Zhu Lu is to the clan?"
"Then, you actually dispatched the clan's assassins to ambush and kill Shrek's core disciples, and you didn't even spare Zhu Lu in the process. Do you know what kind of massive impact this would have on the clan if the Zhu family found out? They would very likely choose to defect to the Xu family and stand in complete opposition to our Dai family."
Hearing this, Dai Huabin also flared up with anger. "Who told that loose woman to cuckold me? I tried to explain things to her time and time again, but she ignored me completely. Instead, she was carrying on passionately with that guy named Feng, and she repeatedly humiliated me and made things difficult for me. She already had a path that leads to death."
Seeing that Dai Huabin still dared to talk back, Dai Yueheng was driven to a laugh of sheer anger. "What a fine 'path that leads to death.' Right now, including Zhu Lu, the families of those nine people who left the academy together have exhausted their intelligence networks and found absolutely nothing. They are undoubtedly dead. You certainly seem to have become entirely emboldened."
"Then let me ask you another thing, what exactly is your relationship with that Huo Yuhao?"
These words caused the originally arrogant Dai Huabin to instantly lose his spark.
He stammered hesitantly, "I... He and I are just comrades-in-arms. Under the amplification of our Hao-Bin Power martial soul fusion skill, my soul power has already reached Rank 38."
"Is it truly just comrades-in-arms?" Dai Yueheng asked, his gaze scrutinizing Dai Huabin's crotch area, which was visibly altered enough that it could practically fit a fist.
Throwing caution to the wind, Dai Huabin straightened his neck and said, "That's right, it's exactly the kind of relationship you're thinking of, so what?"
To his surprise, Dai Yueheng did not fly into another rage. Instead, after letting out a long sigh, he said, "Regarding this matter, Mother already knows."
"What did Mother say?" Dai Huabin instantly felt completely anxious. If the person he respected most in his heart was his father, Dai Hao, then the person he feared most was his mother.
With an unreadable expression, Dai Yueheng said, "Regarding your causing Zhu Lu's death, although Mother has done her absolute best to cover it up for you, the people of the Zhu family are no fools. Even though they haven't brought this matter out into the open, a bit of a rift has inevitably formed. Therefore, in order to salvage the clan's losses, Mother intends for you to do your utmost to win Huo Yuhao over."
"How do I win him over?" Dai Huabin's heart instantly filled with boundless joy. He had originally thought that his relationship with Huo Yuhao would ultimately never reach a good conclusion.
After all, the connection between the two of them... was truly beyond words.
He had never expected that a silver lining would appear after the darkness. His mother had actually given her unprecedented approval.
"Decide that for yourself. In short, you must win him over at all costs. A twin martial soul is well worth the clan doing this."
Seeing that his younger brother was not at all repulsed but was instead exceptionally enthusiastic about the matter, Dai Yueheng felt thoroughly disappointed in him, and that last shred of guilt vanished without a trace.
After all, the clan's interests came before all else; this was something etched into the very bones of every member of the Dai family.
...
In a flash, a month went by.
Without Feng Piaoling's interference, although Huo Yuhao's reputation remained thoroughly tarnished, he had nonetheless received the treatment befitting a child of destiny.
Not only did he claim first place in the second-year advancement examination, but he also stood out from the crowd during the grand melee to select the Shrek Seven Monsters preparatory team.
However, because Xiao Xiao and Jiang Nannan had been taken away by Feng Piaoling, the Shrek Seven Monsters preparatory team this time consisted of Huo Yuhao, Dai Huabin, Xu Sanshi, Bei Bei, He Caitou, Wang Dong'er, and Wu Feng.
It was worth noting that the reason Wu Feng was able to be selected was because of Wang Dong.
It couldn't be helped; who told Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin to be so completely notorious already?
Furthermore, Wu Feng shared a decent relationship with Feng Piaoling, and Wang Dong considered Feng Piaoling a friend.
Since they were in the same class, as the saying goes, a friend of a friend is a friend. Naturally, the two hit it off and became friends.
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