Chapter 264: First Meeting Qiu’er
Although Shrek at this time is a holy place in the hearts of soul masters, its status is far less lofty than during the Douluo Dalu period.

Perhaps all the changes started with Dou San’s attack.

But now, Shrek still failed to suppress the three empires and could only take a step back and give up recruiting students from the civilian population, and focus more on training talents for the three empires.

Is this also the reason why Shrek can raise his arms and command the armies of the Three Kingdoms? After all, it is Shrek who trained the talents for the Three Kingdoms, right?
As he was thinking, Huo Yuhao suddenly sensed something and subconsciously looked up at the stairs not far away.

I saw a blonde girl walking out from the corner of the stairs, looking left and right, and finally walking towards the direction where Huo Yuhao was.

“The registration office for the inner courtyard examination… is right here.”

Standing next to Huo Yuhao, the blonde girl looked up at the doorplate on the wall and nodded slightly.

It was not until then that the blonde girl noticed that someone had been watching her. The feeling of being spied on by a stranger made the girl frown slightly, and she looked in the direction of the gaze with displeasure.

Until she met those bright deep blue eyes, the girl’s expression froze, she silently lowered her head and casually looked at the information in her hand.

Is it still here?

Huo Yuhao silently withdrew his gaze and focused on the long queue in front of him.

I didn’t expect that I would run into the transformed three-eyed golden lion who came to register while going through the procedures.

Although his appearance was not similar to Wang Dong, the subconscious eye contact just now and those familiar golden eyes were enough for Huo Yuhao to confirm the other party’s identity.

The emperor’s auspicious beast, the three-eyed golden lion.

It seems that the prevention was successful that time, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was not injected with Tang Wutong’s soul fragments.

But why did the Silver Dragon King and Emperor Tian let the Three-Eyed Golden Lion escape?

Did he fail to discover the abnormality of the power of luck, or did he discover it, but the Silver Dragon King failed to break through the protection against the power of luck set up by Alex, and thus did not obtain the information left by Alex?

No matter which one it is, it is not good news for Huo Yuhao.

If the most promising ally is unreliable, Huo Yuhao will have to rely on himself to deal with Tang San.

Now Huo Yuhao could only hope that the appearance of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion here was tacitly approved by the Silver Dragon King. Only in this way could it be proved that the Silver Dragon King had a certain plan.

“next.”

After watching the previous student leave with a disappointed look on his face, Huo Yuhao and Zhou Yi pushed the door and entered the office.

“Eh? Isn’t this Teacher Zhou?”

As teachers at Shrek Academy, they basically know each other, so Director Zhao was surprised by Zhou Yi’s arrival.

After all, all the students in Zhou Yi’s class who could sign up had signed up.

“Director Zhao, this is Huo Yuhao, Fan Yu’s student. Fan Yu just came back and is busy, so I’ll accompany him for a walk.”

Zhou Yi explained with a smile, and Huo Yuhao stepped forward and handed over his file and application for exemption from the test.

Huo Yuhao glanced at the name tag of the person in charge. Hmm, his position was deputy director of the Spirit Department, which seemed to be one level lower than Du Weilun.

“Application for exemption from examination? Huo Yuhao?”

Looking at the application documents with the seal of the Sea God Pavilion, Director Zhao just looked at Huo Yuhao curiously and put Huo Yuhao’s information into a separate folder.

“Okay, you can go out now.”

Is this done?
Seeing Huo Yuhao’s confused expression, Zhou Yi joked, “Let’s go. You are exempt from the test. You just come to hand in your information. How much time do you want to spend?”

After leaving the office, Huo Yuhao did not leave immediately. Instead, he used mind sharing to say to Zhou Yi, “Wait, the person behind me looks familiar. I want to hear about her.”

“You’re not attracted to her, are you?”

Zhou Yi joked.

In all these years of contact, she had never heard that Huo Yuhao was interested in any girl. The only one he got along well with was Xiao Xiao, and they were comrades-in-arms.

Huo Yuhao shook his head and did not explain. The more he explained, the more confusing it became.

“Emperor Rachel, age 19, martial spirit… Golden Dragon?!”

Director Zhao’s shocked voice was heard in the office. Huo Yuhao narrowed his eyes slightly, and even Zhou Yi raised his eyebrows.

Emperor Rachel…

The “Di” in “Di Tian” and the “Rui” in “Auspicious Beast”?
Where did the word “autumn” come from? The world line is converging?

Huo Yuhao thought in his heart.

Golden dragon?
That little girl’s martial spirit is a golden dragon? The ancestor of power, the golden dragon? Which country would be willing to send such a genius to Shrek?
Zhou Yi gave Huo Yuhao a look, and Huo Yuhao understood what she meant and sent a copy of the mental detection to Zhou Yi.

“Yes, my martial spirit is the golden dragon.”

The blonde girl, no, Emperor Rachel raised her head slightly and said confidently.

Director Zhao swallowed his saliva, looked at the information in his hand, and continued: “Soul power level 60? The recommender is xxx from xx city?”

“Yes.”

After confirming the information written on the file, Director Zhao took out a crystal ball and said, “Please release your martial soul and test your soul power. We need to verify the information in the file.”

With a flash of golden light, the shadow of a golden dragon slowly emerged behind Emperor Rachel, with its wings spread and its head proudly raised. The golden dragon was not large in size, but it was extremely clear and lifelike.

As Emperor Rachel released her martial spirit, a dragon’s might spread.

Feeling the dragon’s might, Huo Yuhao was fine, after all, he was used to the pressure from top masters. On the contrary, it was Zhou Yi who subconsciously released his martial spirit.

Seven soul rings of yellow, purple, and black blossomed, and the pressure of the Soul Saint spread.

However, facing the dragon’s might, the Soul Saint-level pressure collapsed at the touch of a button, and even the shadow of the martial soul behind Zhou Yi was shaking.

“This is… the Golden Dragon, the ancestor of power?!”

Huo Yuhao looked at this scene curiously.

After such a long time, this was the first time that Huo Yuhao saw Zhou Yi’s martial soul. Looking at its scarlet color, it looked a bit like Wu Feng’s red dragon martial soul.

As if sensing the powerless aura of the dragon outside the house, the golden dragon phantom sneered disdainfully and took back its dragon power.

“Teacher Zhou, let’s go.”

Looking at Zhou Yi who was obviously out of control, Huo Yuhao reminded her in a low voice.

“Uh, well, Yuhao, now that we are done, I will go back first, teacher.”

Zhou Yi finally came out of her trance and left in a somewhat embarrassed manner.

“Your soul power level is right at level 60, reaching the level of a quasi-soul emperor. However, you currently only have five soul rings. Do you want to hunt for the sixth soul ring first and then take the test?” Director Zhao did not possess a dragon-type martial soul like Zhou Yi. Although he felt a lot of pressure under the dragon’s might, he did not lose his composure after all.

As if thinking that he hadn’t explained it clearly enough, Director Zhao whispered, “Your cultivation has already reached the Soul Emperor level, and the academy will evaluate you at the Soul Emperor level. It is not very beneficial for you not to have the sixth soul ring.”

Di Ruiqiu was unmoved and said confidently: “No need, just proceed with the assessment.”

“Okay, the test location and specific content will be announced on the notice board next to Shrek Square tomorrow. Please pay attention to the specific information and arrive at the test site on time.”

Seeing that Di Rachel didn’t care, Director Zhao didn’t try to persuade her anymore.

This is the Golden Dragon, the ancestor of power, an ultimate power-type martial spirit. This is going to be a headache for us.

Director Zhao smiled bitterly, looked outside the door and saw that no one else had signed up, so he called his assistant to take over the shift temporarily, and then he rushed to the inner courtyard without stopping.

This kind of person is not something that a small prosecutor like him can be responsible for. It would be better to notify the dean directly.

“Hello, my name is Huo Yuhao.”

Di Rachel walked out of the office after Director Zhao. Huo Yuhao had been waiting here just to say hello to Di Rachel.

However, Di Ruiqiu did not give Huo Yuhao any face. She snorted coldly and walked past Huo Yuhao.

Touching his nose awkwardly, Huo Yuhao just smiled helplessly, avoiding Di Rachel and leaving the teaching building from the stairs on the other side.

“I didn’t expect you would get frustrated sometimes.”

Hyotei’s teasing voice sounded.

Huo Yuhao said with a bitter face: “Ice Emperor, why are you also watching the fun?”

Tian Meng’s weak voice came: “Nonsense, the extreme aura is so strong, not to mention Bing Bing, even I was awakened.”

“Come to think of it, Huo Yuhao, you have finally come to your senses. You actually took the initiative to greet a strange girl? However, the Golden Dragon Martial Spirit is worthy of your talent.”

Huo Yuhao shook his head slightly and said, “Didn’t either of you see that?”

“What do you see?”

The old voice of Alex sounded: “That little fellow… is it the three-eyed golden lion from before? I sensed the familiar power of destiny.”

Bingdi and Tianmeng looked at each other and exclaimed, “Three-eyed Golden Lion?”

Huo Yuhao said helplessly: “Yes, that’s why I wanted to say hello to test her attitude, but she ignored me.”

Since he doesn’t have Tang Wutong’s soul fragments and he doesn’t care about me, does that mean this guy just ran out to have fun?
Bingdi chuckled and said, “You’ve taken advantage of someone’s misfortune to play with others’ attributes. If it were me, I would have slapped you to death. Do you still expect me to be nice to you?”

“That’s not the point. If she wants to play, she can just find a place to play. Who cares?”

Huo Yuhao curled his lips and said, “The key is why did she come to Shrek? You have to know that Shrek Academy has been under constant surveillance, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion has an indifferent attitude. There is no way to find out the Silver Dragon King’s attitude from her now.”

“It’s not even clear whether the Silver Dragon King has received the message from Alex. I doubt that the Silver Dragon King knows that person is eyeing Douluo Continent. Otherwise, how could he let the auspicious beast run to Shrek without any hesitation?”

After discussing for a long time, they still couldn’t figure out what was going on. After all, a lot of the luck power of the Star Dou Great Forest was consumed that day, and it was impossible for the Silver Dragon King not to be awakened.

Perhaps due to the lack of some information, several people were completely unable to understand the circumstances under which the Three-Eyed Golden Lion came to Shrek.

“Eh? Huo Yuhao, you’re back?”

A familiar voice sounded, Huo Yuhao turned his head and saw that the person coming was a graceful young girl.

Huo Yuhao smiled slightly and said, “Long time no see, Xiaoxiao.”

“It’s really you. I almost didn’t recognize you from behind.”

Xiao Xiao trotted all the way to Huo Yuhao and looked at him curiously.

Adolescent boys and girls develop very quickly. After two and a half years, Huo Yuhao not only grew taller, almost 1.9 meters tall, but also became much stronger. He was no longer as thin as he was when he first entered school.

“Isn’t this the outer courtyard cafeteria? Haven’t you already been admitted to the inner courtyard? Why are you eating here instead of eating the inner courtyard’s special meals?”

Xiao Xiao pouted and said, “Didn’t I hear that the exchange student is coming back today? I was thinking of coming to see if I could catch you, but I didn’t expect that I would catch you.”

“But class monitor, you are such a fool. You didn’t even write a letter back after being in the Sun Moon Empire for two years. When you came back, you would rather eat in the cafeteria than meet up with your old classmates.”

Huo Yuhao quickly explained, “I was busy the whole time. First, I was pulled to the Sea God Pavilion to listen for a while, and then I went to deal with the inner courtyard registration. I finally finished my work and it was time for dinner.”

“Okay, I forgive you.”

As he spoke, Xiao Xiao led Huo Yuhao to a window in the corner of the cafeteria.

“In recent years, all the chefs in the school cafeteria have gone to Jiubao Restaurant to learn from them. Among them, Chef Zheng at this counter has the best skills. You can’t miss him.”

Huo Yuhao nodded and said, “I can see that the line is quite long.”

With the help of spiritual detection, Huo Yuhao saw from a distance that the dishes looked very good, and the aroma he smelled from afar was also very attractive.

“Come to think of it, squad leader, you have already registered for the inner courtyard? In other words, you have broken through to the Soul King level? Your cultivation is too fast, isn’t it?”

Xiao Xiao still remembered that when Huo Yuhao first entered school, she was more than ten levels ahead of him, but now Huo Yuhao is almost catching up with her.

“Those who haven’t reached Soul King yet will need some time to break through.”

Huo Yuhao shook his head and said, “I was specially recruited into the inner courtyard. In terms of strength and cultivation, I am still not qualified.”

“Then squad leader, you have to work harder. The next Soul Master Competition will start soon. It would be really embarrassing if your cultivation level was almost the same as the substitutes by then.”

Huo Yuhao said with a dark face: “Can you expect me to order something good?”

“Hahaha, isn’t this because they’re afraid that you’ll be too absorbed in your soul guide and neglect your cultivation? After all, you were already level 40 two and a half years ago. If you don’t break through to Soul King, it would be a waste of your talent.”

Huo Yuhao was speechless and said, “Why do you all say the same thing? Teacher Zhou urged me to do the same thing.”

“By the way, how is the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy? Are there any girls chasing you?”

“Not only that, I was almost bullied by a group of girls. The people of the Sun-Moon Empire are surprisingly xenophobic…”

Huo Yuhao told the story of being excluded with a bitter face, omitting the part about blood being seen, and only vaguely said that he found the school leaders to resolve the issue.

“That’s too much.”

Xiao Xiao frowned and said,
“You don’t know, that Meng Hongchen pesters Wang Dong every day, and he can’t get rid of her no matter what. Every time Wang Dong sees Meng Hongchen from afar, he wants to turn around and leave as if he has seen a ghost.”

You know, handsome guys are a scarce resource, and no one would be happy being harassed by someone from another school.

As they shared little things about the academy and complained to each other, the estrangement of two and a half years gradually disappeared, and the two regained the friendship they had shared through thick and thin.

(End of this chapter)