Chapter 42: The Name of Grandmaster, I Really Don't Want to Bear It Anymore

"You, how dare you even tease your teacher?" Mu Jin said, exasperated.

"That is naturally because Teacher Mu's beauty is unsurpassed, leaving this student unable to forget for a long, long time," Huo Yuhao said with a sincere expression. "It can be said that one glance at teacher leads one astray for life. I've lost my appetite and forgotten to sleep, my heart can't find peace. This student's admiration for you overflows from my heart..."

"Alright, alright, alright, shut up, you brat!" Seeing that this shameless kid was preparing to go on and on, Mu Jin reached out and covered his mouth. It was common for boys of this age to like older sisters, but this was the first time she had seen one like Huo Yuhao who was so shameless and dared to express it.

"Then since Teacher Mu has no other instructions, this student will take his leave," Huo Yuhao's eyes darted around, about to make a run for it.

"Get lost, get lost... wait!" Mu Jin put a hand to her forehead, then reacted, grabbing the corner of the clothes of Huo Yuhao who was about to bolt. "Honestly confess, what is your soul power level? Why was your burst of speed today something that not even an agility-attack type Soul Ancestor can compare to?"

"Teacher, you should be asking Xie Huanyue, not me," Huo Yuhao said with a mournful face. That guy's performance was clearly more abnormal. Why was this Teacher Mu still picking on him?

"Xie Huanyue's situation is similar to a third martial soul awakening. He has already been given special approval to directly enter the inner court after graduating from the outer court," Mu Jin had clearly just received the news. A situation as unprecedented as a third martial soul awakening could probably only be figured out by the inner court. She stared at Huo Yuhao seriously. "But you, if you had burst out with that kind of speed from the beginning, Xie Huanyue wouldn't necessarily have been able to beat you."

"Beautiful teacher, that's the Shrek Plaza! One lap is nearly four miles long. How can any soul master sprint for five laps in one go?" Huo Yuhao cried foul.

"Your soul skill has the ability to change vision. Don't use that ability on me. Let me see your martial soul possession," Mu Jin waved her hand helplessly. She was feeling a rare sense of fatigue from this little fellow who was constantly hiding his skills. "I swear in the name of Shrek that I will not leak a single bit of your ability."

"Teacher Mu, are you sure you really want to see it?" Seeing her getting serious, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but touch his nose. "It might disappoint you."

"Cut the crap! I need to know your true ability!" Mu Jin slammed her hand on the desk, clearly annoyed by Huo Yuhao's posturing.

"Fine."

This time, Huo Yuhao rarely did not use his simulation soul skill. Instead, he simply activated his martial soul possession. His pair of eyes instantly turned into a ripple-patterned blood-red, and two white soul rings slowly rose from under his feet. Yes, the white color that was so disdained in a place like Shrek.

"My goodness, they really are just ten-year soul rings..." In fact, Mu Jin had deliberately set up a detection soul tool in her office, something Huo Yuhao didn't know. If he had really continued to use his simulation soul skill to deceive her, it would have been detected immediately that he had used a soul skill.

Of course, with just a soul tool produced by Shrek's soul tool department, it would be a miracle if it could detect the soul skill of a million-year soul ring.

It didn't matter what color soul rings an ordinary soul master had. The key was that this was Shrek. Huo Yuhao, who had already "wasted" two soul ring slots, basically had no future with the inner court!

In the current timeline, besides the Sea God Tang San from ten thousand years ago who had two special-colored divine-level soul rings of blue-gold and dark-gold, the currently known normal soul rings were only white, yellow, purple, black, and red. It wasn't until the ferocious beasts in the story of Huo Gua from the original novel that the orange-gold soul ring could be produced, and you could count the number of ferocious beasts on the continent on one hand. How could it be so easy to hunt them? As for the Son of Fortune's green-gold, and the Dragon God's seven-colored and nine-colored soul rings, those were all stories for later.

"You... sigh, why did you have to add two such soul rings to your body martial soul..." Mu Jin scolded him with a sense of hating iron for not becoming steel. In her eyes, a genius with such outstanding talent as Huo Yuhao really shouldn't have wasted his talent by being in a hurry to add soul rings.

Seeing that Mu Jin was genuinely worried about his future, a rare trace of warmth appeared in Huo Yuhao's heart. He might as well just activate his Spiritual Detection sharing and let Teacher Mu feel the terrifying ability of a million-year soul ring.

Buzz—

The spiritual sharing connected to Mu Jin. The detector alarm in the office instantly went off. Mu Jin's eyes went blank, and then she personally experienced the spiritual detection that covered a ten-li radius, where nothing could hide.

This... is this really a ten-year soul ring? Mu Jin's mouth opened. Her feelings towards Huo Yuhao had gone from initial surprise to disappointment, and then back to surprise. It could be said to be a great rise and fall.

"This is my first soul skill, Spiritual Detection Sharing. The second soul skill is simulation, changing my appearance and the color and number of my soul rings. Teacher, you should have guessed," Huo Yuhao said honestly.

"I really can't believe that this is an ability brought by a ten-year soul ring..." Mu Jin said with a bitter smile, but the detector in the dark couldn't be faked. This was definitely the most powerful "ten-year" soul skill she had ever seen.

"Based on your abilities, it can be judged that you clearly belong to the auxiliary-type soul master category. It's understandable that your spiritual power is formidable, but what was the situation with your soul power explosion today?"

"Uh, Teacher, have you ever heard of Soul Power Compression Density?" Huo Yuhao directly threw out a concept that would only exist ten thousand years later.

"Soul Power Compression Density?" Mu Jin was stumped for a moment. After all, this concept did not exist yet.

"After soul power reaches a certain level, quantity is no longer absolutely important; quality also matters. Compression density is quality. To put it simply, for two Titled Douluo of the same rank, the one who reached it by using heavenly treasures and the one who reached level ninety through their own cultivation and bit-by-bit accumulation are completely different. The compression density differs by at least three degrees. The higher the compression density, the more solid the soul power proves to be. Each degree corresponds to a level," Huo Yuhao brought the concepts of the future forward by ten thousand years. Mu Jin's heart stirred, and she quickly took out a pen and paper to record it.

"Increasing soul power compression density is even more difficult than cultivating soul power. Especially after reaching the fifth degree, it is harder than ascending to heaven to increase the compression density by one degree."

"My soul power compression density is at the seventh degree, which means that although I am at the two-ring cultivation level, the solidity of my soul power is actually comparable to that of a normally cultivated Soul Ancestor-level soul master. If the two coefficients are multiplied, my actual level can be compared to a Soul King of level fifty-something," Huo Yuhao spread his hands and showed no aversion to Mu Jin taking notes on his speech. This theory was originally researched by Shrek ten thousand years later anyway. It was not unreasonable to give it to Mu Jin as her unique teaching theory ten thousand years in advance.

"Yuhao, if your theory is true, with these words alone, you could totally become a grandmaster of martial soul theory!" Mu Jin's beautiful eyes brightened considerably. She held the transcribed text as if it were a precious treasure.

"Grandmaster..." Huo Yuhao rolled his eyes. He could even feel the malevolent aura occasionally emanating from his spiritual sea. "Teacher Mu, don't call me by that title. It disgusts me. I came across this theory by chance. Just take it as a gift from a student to his teacher."

"Really?" Mu Jin's beautiful eyes sparkled. Although her teaching quality at Shrek in the past ten years could be considered top-notch, she had been suffering from her own stagnant soul power and had never been able to lead by example and come up with any new teaching theories. Once her students graduated and entered the inner court, she, an outer court teacher, was left far behind.

"Of course it's real. I don't want to be a... Da Shi (greatly wet)..." Huo Yuhao chuckled, then stood up. "If Teacher Mu has nothing else, then I'll be on my way."

"I almost forgot..." Mu Jin slapped her own forehead, then looked at Huo Yuhao with a burning gaze. "In three months, you new students will have a new student assessment. Only by passing the assessment can you officially become first-year students and truly become members of Shrek Academy. I don't think this should be a problem for you."

"But if you can, I hope you can lead Xie Huanyue and Ning Tian to get into the top three in the new student assessment! This will also have a great impact on the promotion of my teaching position."

So it's this. Huo Yuhao gave a bitter smile. Just as in the original novel, this Teacher Mu, just to spite that woman Zhou Yi, had even lost a soul bone in a bet on the new student assessment, losing several years of teaching salary she had saved up.

In any case, I might need her help in the future. I might as well give her a reminder. Huo Yuhao thought to himself, then said, "Teacher Mu, rest assured, in three months, I will definitely give you a big, big surprise. But there is one more thing I want to remind you of."

"As long as you are confident, that's enough. Not that many people know about Xie Huanyue's existence yet. Hmm? What is it?" Mu Jin nodded. A level forty Soul Ancestor was an exceptional existence among the new students. With Huo Yuhao, her class had a great chance of getting an excellent ranking.

"A little birdie told me," Huo Yuhao furtively leaned close to Mu Jin's ear and said with a light laugh, "It has now been confirmed that Teacher Zhou Yi from Class One has already received a marriage certificate with Teacher Fan Yu from the soul tool department. Teacher Mu doesn't need to waste her youth on that scum man anymore."

The moment these words were spoken, it was like a thunderbolt from a clear sky, exploding in Mu Jin's mind, causing her face to instantly turn pale, losing all her previous composure.

The message has been delivered. I hope this lovesick woman can walk out of her one-sided crush. Huo Yuhao thought to himself.

Huo Yuhao left Mu Jin's office and stretched comfortably. He saw a figure running quickly towards him. It was none other than the successfully slimmed-down Xie Huanyue.

"Fatty, congratulations on successfully losing weight!" Huo Yuhao said with a smile.

"Haha, to celebrate, let's go to Shrek City for a big meal!" Xie Huanyue was clearly in high spirits. The second awakening of his martial soul was like a new life for him. He was wearing the straw hat Huo Yuhao had given him and felt that he had become much more handsome.

"You have money?" Huo Yuhao's expression was strange. Although this fatty had slimmed down, whether his appetite had also shrunk was unknown. With his appetite, the consumption level in Shrek City was not low.

"That's natural. I saved up a lot of money before to buy that fire ape carcass, but in the end, I didn't use it. To show my thanks, today Brother will take you to Shrek City to spend it all!"

In Xie Huanyue's heart, he could not repay Huo Yuhao's favor. Since they were brothers, why be stingy with this little bit of money?

After all, not many people were willing to guard and save the life of a friend they had known for less than half a day, in that kind of disgusting environment of evaporating fat and steam.

Huo Yuhao looked seriously at this silly-looking guy. His eyes were clear. He patted Xie Huanyue's shoulder.

"Let's go, Fatty."