stonecrandall Chapter 28 Gu Yuena: The Ice Gate
Chapter 28 Gu Yuena: The Ice Gate
"Hey, not bad, they actually got you a single room. At least I can finally get out of here."
In Huo Yuhao's dormitory, a huge silkworm lay on the bed in a bizarre posture, its mouthparts wriggling and emitting human-like sounds. The sounds were neither male nor female.
After cleaning the dormitory, Huo Yuhao sat on the chair he had brought and said to it, "I've wronged you for so long, Brother Tianmeng. From now on, you can come out for some fresh air more often. You can pretend to be my soul."
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm rolled over, rubbing against the soft, silky ice silk bedding, and let out a few lazy cries, saying weakly, "It doesn't matter, I'm going to sleep."
Huo Yuhao wanted to say something, but Tianmeng Ice Silkworm had already fallen asleep.
"..."
Same as always. You've been so serious and active lately that I'd forgotten how you became a million-year-old soul beast.
Shaking his head, Huo Yuhao got up and continued to decorate the dormitory. Although it was not as good as the one he had in the Spirit Pagoda, it was definitely one of the best in Donghai Academy.
It has good natural light, good ventilation, and a large space.
Huo Yuhao estimated that he could still arrange a separate bed for Tianmeng. He always made sure Tianmeng had everything she needed, as she had been his companion for millennia.
That's what true love is!
After tidying up the room, Huo Yuhao planned to go get some food, while Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was still sleeping.
This dormitory building is the one that was assigned to Class Zero of Donghai Academy in the original timeline. The first floor has a meditation room and a corresponding testing room, and the living rooms are on the second floor and above.
As for the other rooms, that's all. That's about it for Donghai Academy. This is the kind of teaching environment they have. In his original timeline, he actually dared to claim he could provide them with a training environment no less than that of Shrek Academy students.
They had never seen what the three academies' teaching environments were like, and didn't know how vast the differences were, so their confidence was undeniable. Wasn't that a kind of luck?
This dormitory building is located in a secluded place, and hardly anyone comes here, but Huo Yuhao saw something different when he went downstairs.
Those are soul beasts, right? These...
The trees surrounding the dormitory building are all century-old tree spirit beasts, and judging from the species, most of them are demon-eyed demon trees.
King of Ten Thousand Demons, you're something else! You've sent your entire clan to various places to be used as landscaping plants for your business. While I can understand it, since trees don't really have any concept of kinship, I'm still quite shocked.
Also, these woodpeckers must be spirit beasts, not only are they very eye-catching, but they also help prune the greenery.
"Just passing by. Hey junior, need a ride? If so, just ask me. It's 10,000 Federal Dollars for a whole semester, installment payments are available."
A magnificent, imposing crimson lion, a sight to behold even ten thousand years ago, approached and spoke in human language. Its very first words were to solicit customers and sell its body!
Huo Yuhao remained silent.
This Crimson Flame Lion is certainly not a 10-year-old soul beast, otherwise it wouldn't be a place where "hidden dragons and crouching tigers" reside within the East Sea Academy.
It uses a soul beast language translator sold by the Spirit Pagoda to translate beast language into human language.
"Senior, I prefer to walk by myself."
"It's alright, I was just passing by. If you need anything, you can find me at the Soul Beast Department. The price is negotiable."
The Crimson Lion grinned and slowly turned to leave.
These advanced academies usually have a Soul Beast Department. However, they don't separate the intermediate and advanced departments into a single, independent area.
Compared to the education of human soul masters, the education of soul beasts is more relaxed. They can be found anywhere in the entire academy, and centralized education is only an occasional event.
These ordinary high-level academy students with spirit beasts generally don't have any advanced resources or cultivation techniques to nurture them, making it difficult for them to grow to a thousand years old. In some cases, even after a dozen or so deans have left, they may still be wasting their lives. They are the most suitable employees for exploitation by unscrupulous academies.
These silly soul beasts have to study while also doing illegal work for the academy.
Moreover, when these soul beasts gather together, they unknowingly create a natural, simulated cultivation environment that provides a boost to soul masters.
The requirement for a Soul Beast Division student to advance to the Advanced Division is to have a cultivation level of around 800 years.
If one has abundant family resources, with a little cultivation, one can quickly reach 800 years of cultivation, just like a Soul Master, within a few years. However, in reality…
Soul beasts give birth to far more offspring than humans, and plant-type soul beasts can easily produce many offspring.
Although these soul beasts hold a high position in East Sea City, with so many offspring, how can they possibly take care of them all? Where do they find the resources? Does that mean they should stop cultivating themselves?
Go to the college and work illegally to earn your tuition! And while you're at it, become part of your parents' growth potential!
It's fair to say that these senior students who are spirit beasts are all "potential stocks." And their children are also becoming "potential stocks" in the academy, adhering to the philosophy of having more children if you don't have money, turning the next generation into potential.
Speaking of the Soul Beast Department, the academy actually has Soul Masters who are hybrids of Soul Beasts and Humans. After all, there is no reproductive isolation between Soul Beasts and Humans. This is based on tens of thousands of years of experience. Transformation is not required for interspecies reproduction.
This can be seen from the Wolf Bandits and the Yuanen family.
Just like Pokémon, eggs can be laid from the same egg group, but there is no distinction between egg groups for different Soul Beasts.
It is said that there is a senior student who is the descendant of a man kept by a certain Spider Queen. She has a rare bloodline from a 100,000-year-old soul beast and has a bright future.
The world has really changed a lot, Huo Yuhao sighed. Was he proud? Did he feel alienated? He couldn't quite say what he was feeling.
Gu Yuena, who had somehow appeared on the ground, walked to his side, a blush on her face, and whispered, "Thank you, Huo Yuhao. Without you, perhaps the soul beast race would have..."
Huo Yuhao looked at her and smiled, "This isn't just my achievement. There are bound to be conflicts between humans and soul beasts, but the soul beasts and humans who suppressed these conflicts and facilitated everything we see now are the greatest and most crucial. I merely played a starting role."
Gu Yuena gently shook her head, saying nothing, but a gentle stream flowed silently through her heart.
"Want to go check out the cafeteria together? This is my first time in a place like the academy."
"I was just about to go, let's go."
Huo Yuhao nodded and headed towards the cafeteria.
A delicate, warm hand reached out and took Huo Yuhao's hand. Huo Yuhao was taken aback and turned to look at the silver-haired person who kept her head down. She urged, "Let's go, I'm hungry."
"Okay, let's go."
Huo Yuhao didn't pay any attention and took the girl's hand as they walked towards the cafeteria.
He didn't seem to notice! I took his hand!
Gu Yuena screamed inwardly, her ears turning red.
But what should we do next?
She had always been interested in Huo Yuhao, and after spending three years together, she felt that she had a high chance of winning. However, things were not going well. As a silver dragon fish who was bad at both theory and practice, she didn't know what to do!
Gu Yuena was stuck on how to take the next step, and while she was struggling with this in her mind, Huo Yuhao had already led her into the cafeteria.