thefictionvixens Chapter 111 School Opening
Chapter 111 School Opening
"Senior brother, Fatty (Songhe) is right, this was an accident."
"I know this was an accident, and I didn't mean to stop you. I could sense that you used your soul skill just now and were distracted by strengthening your control over it. Also, Junior Brother Song was practicing his control over flames by grilling."
You can earn money and get exercise at the same time, which is great, and there's absolutely no need to stop you. If it weren't for the challenge Teacher Fanyu gave you today, I wouldn't mind helping you expand your business.
But now... I'm not lying to you, Junior Brother Song's strength is among the top in the academy's freshmen. As long as his luck isn't particularly bad in the freshman competition, then striving for the status of a core disciple of the Martial Soul Department is no problem at all.
But you can't. No matter how good your soul skills are, people who haven't experienced them firsthand won't be able to tell the difference. Even if you achieve a good ranking with your team in the freshman competition, the Martial Soul Department can't give you the status of a core disciple of a one-ring Soul Master. However, as long as you pass Teacher Fan Yu's test, the Soul Guidance Department can give you the status of a core disciple.
"I've already told you about the difference between core disciples today; you need to think about it carefully."
Huo Yuhao fell silent after Long You's words, but Song He's eyes brightened.
"Senior Long, what about me? If I can also pass that test, can I become a core disciple of the Soul Guidance Department?"
"You? You want to join the Soul Guidance Department?"
"That's right. A Soul Master's growth requires resources. I'm not sure if my talent is enough to support me in entering the Inner Academy. If not, I'll need to raise the resources for my Soul Master cultivation path myself."
My family's circumstances are very modest, so I have to rely on myself. As long as I become a high-level Soul Master, or even just a mid-level Soul Master, I can accumulate wealth much faster.
"Yes, it's a normal mindset. In the original Douluo Continent Three Kingdoms, there were countless Soul Masters who came into contact with Soul Masters with this mindset and became Soul Masters."
I won't comment on matters of mindset; I'll just talk about the current situation.
My teacher, Fan Yu, gave a very difficult test. If someone can actually complete it, the Soul Guidance Department would not mind specially recruiting him. Moreover, considering your talent for martial soul cultivation, the Soul Guidance Department would definitely be willing to give up a core disciple spot.
However, the willingness of the Soul Guidance Department doesn't guarantee your success. At Shrek Academy, the Martial Soul Department is the true representative, while the Soul Guidance Department is merely subordinate. The students the Soul Guidance Department can select are always those the Martial Soul Department doesn't value; those the Martial Soul Department can choose, the Soul Guidance Department can't keep.
As I mentioned before, your strength is considered above average among the freshmen. You've also experienced the effects of Yuhao's soul skill. If the two of you team up in the freshman competition, making it into the rankings would be a piece of cake.
You will definitely attract the attention of the Martial Soul Department teachers. Once you are noticed, regardless of whether you can obtain the status of a core disciple, the Soul Guidance Department will not be able to take you away.
In other words, if you really want to learn about soul tools, you either need to spend your spare time studying them, or you need to wait until your third year to switch majors.
"Is the teaching in the Soul Guidance Department really inferior to that of the Martial Soul Department?"
"No, the Soul Guidance Department is also part of Shrek Academy. Whether you study in the Soul Guidance Department or the Martial Soul Department, your foundation as a Soul Master will be very solid."
However, the Soul Guidance Department students need to learn how to create Soul Guidance Devices, while the Martial Soul Department students only need to focus on Martial Soul cultivation. Human energy is limited; unless one has exceptional talent in Soul Guidance Devices, it's perfectly normal for students in the Soul Guidance Department to lag behind those in the Martial Soul Department in terms of Soul Power level and combat experience.
Actually, this involves the issue of mindset. If you don't really like soul tools, but instead want to use the abilities of a soul tool master to earn resources to improve your soul master skills, you're going in the wrong direction.
Soul Mastery is easy to learn but difficult to master, and Soul Masters who are not skilled in their craft have little market value and cannot earn much money. However, to master Soul Master skills, one must put in hard work, and doing so will delay one's Soul Master cultivation.
Songhe, junior, the freshman period lasts a full three months. You can try your best, but you also need to figure out what you want most.
That's all I have to say. Long You is not Huo Yuhao's caretaker, and she has nothing to do with Song He either. If Huo Yuhao had given up the opportunity to become a core disciple of the Soul Guidance Department, Long You wouldn't have forced him to learn about Soul Guidance Devices.
Back in the dorm, Beibei was still awake, but Dabai had already gone back to its nest to rest. Longyou tossed Xiaomuyang into the still-boiling water to wash it clean, then took a shower himself before returning to bed and entering the Pearl of Imagination.
The next morning, Huo Yuhao waited for Long You at the dormitory gate. Song He wasn't truly passionate about soul tools, but Huo Yuhao knew that soul tools were his best opportunity to grow in this academy teeming with geniuses and monsters.
Before the semester even started, Huo Yuhao planned to spend all day practicing the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique with Long You in the Soul Guidance Department's teaching building.
Long You prepared very comprehensive 3D projection video teaching materials for Huo Yuhao to learn the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique. At the same time, Long You also had Huo Yuhao activate his mental detection soul skill to observe and record his muscle exertion state when using the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique in detail multiple times.
Having completed these tasks, Long You's teaching mission was considered finished. As mentioned before, Long You was not Huo Yuhao's babysitter. She would not hesitate to provide help and guidance to the best of her ability, but she would not delay her own progress in order to help Huo Yuhao.
Two days later, Huo Yuhao arrived at the classroom with the chubby Song He, waiting for the legendary devil teacher to come and teach. He touched his belt storage soul tool, and a hint of happiness appeared in his eyes.
[It's so wonderful, Mom. After leaving you, I've found someone who cares about me again so quickly.]
Perhaps because he had "tricked" the academic affairs teacher, Wang Dong was no longer a student in the first-year class. However, Huo Yuhao was also lucky; the chubby Song He got along very well with Huo Yuhao, and the two had become good friends.
Zhou Yi, still wearing the old woman mask, entered the classroom right on time.
The routine questioning of whether anyone had been fighting, the routine use of the theory (or perhaps fallacy) that "those who dare not cause trouble are mediocre" to ridicule the freshmen in the class as useless, plus a hundred-lap timed run to form a set of intimidating punches.
Perhaps it was because he didn't want to waste precious time talking to Zhou Yi, or perhaps it was Huo Yuhao's stubbornness that was at play. In any case, despite being exhausted and almost being eliminated, Huo Yuhao still didn't take out the soul-guided power exoskeleton that Long You had prepared for him.
The title of the weakest freshman was placed on Huo Yuhao, but having been mentally prepared, he was able to calmly face the predicament before him.