Douluo Continent: Angel Saint Huo Yuhao

Chapter 16 Xiao Xiao
The next day, Huo Yuhao walked into the classroom with a deathly pale face.

Without anyone to guide or teach him, he could only use clumsy methods to repeatedly explore the feeling of releasing soul power.

Of course, he wasn't the only one who stayed up all night.

Are you sure that's a special cultivation method?

Wang Dong, sporting dark circles under his eyes, followed closely behind. His resentment was so palpable that it seemed to solidify into black smoke that rose from his head: "You really weren't doing this on purpose?"

Last night, the warning sign of danger flashed between his eyebrows all night long, as if someone was constantly shooting and firing at his head. The extremely obvious sense of crisis and presence could not be ignored.

"Could playing pranks have made me like this?"

Huo Yuhao asked weakly, barely having the strength to even make an expression.

"If I had known it would turn out like this, I should have kicked you out of the room in the middle of the night! From now on, if I don't know what you'll be doing during cultivation, you can just sleep on the playground!"

Wang Dong sat back in his seat from yesterday with a dark face, not wanting to talk to him anymore.

Fortunately, I don't have to see that outrageous old woman today. All I have to do is stay in the classroom all day to learn about soul beast identification and listen to the teacher talk about those martial soul theories that have been studied to death by predecessors.

For example, something like "The Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul".

It's not very nutritious, but it can be useful for some students who aren't aiming for the seventh or ninth ring, as it can make it easier for them to get a stable job at other advanced soul master academies in the future.

"Ugh."

While listening to the lecture in a daze, Huo Yuhao was suddenly nudged in the elbow.

Sitting next to him was a little girl.

"Your name is Huo Yuhao, right?"

As if unsure how to start a conversation, the young girl introduced herself softly, extending her hand under the table: "My name is Xiao Xiao."

"Ah."

Huo Yuhao reached out and gently shook her hand: "Hello. Is there anything I can help you with?"

He remembered the girl; although she wasn't ranked high out of ninety people when running laps yesterday, she didn't seem exhausted.

If you also consider her height and leg length... just looking at her petite figure that looks like she could fall over in the wind, it's a miracle that she could do this.

Unless there's a special reason, it can only be that her soul power level is high enough that she still has energy left after running the whole way.

"Um... it's nothing, I just wanted to ask... how exactly do you increase your physical strength?"

Realizing her question was somewhat inappropriate, Xiao Xiao looked embarrassed: "Of course! It's okay if you don't want to tell me! I was just a little curious, that's why I asked..."

She possesses twin martial souls, so her innate soul power level is naturally not low.

However, her cultivation speed and the lifespan of her additional spirit rings were not very high. The reason for this was that both of her martial spirits were weapon spirits, and neither of them were related to her body itself.

Without a good foundation, one cannot attach powerful spirit rings, resulting in lower growth potential for the martial spirit and further reducing its tolerable lifespan...

If no special method is used to break the deadlock, she will most likely continue in this vicious cycle and may not even be able to attach a 100,000-year soul ring in the future.

Originally, Xiao Xiao thought that she could only follow the established path from now on, barely managing to become an 89th-level Soul Douluo, so that she could take over the family's power in the future.

Who knew that they would encounter Huo Yuhao, an oddball with an exceptionally strong physical body, at Shrek Academy.

'If I could be like him... no, even just catch up to a mid-quality beast spirit of the same level, that would be enough for me!'

Xiao Xiao pursed her lips nervously, anticipating Huo Yuhao's answer.

"Physical fitness? This—"

Huo Yuhao opened his mouth, but then got stuck and didn't know what to say.

Did he happen to meet a divine sister by chance?
Did he say that she chose him for unknown reasons?

Then, under the blessing of divine power, he was completely transformed.

How can you even say something like that?!
"As long as you work twice as hard, you will naturally be able to hone your skills." Huo Yuhao pondered for a long time before calmly giving his reply.

It's alright; the oracle didn't say believers had to be honest. He hasn't violated his principles.

Ok.

"Just double the effort? Can you reach that level?"

Xiao Xiao was stunned for a moment.

Although this sounded like nonsense, she hadn't tried it herself, so she didn't dare to refute it casually. She could only bite the bullet and continue to ask, "Then... then can you tell me how to make my efforts effective? I feel like I haven't been going in the right direction at all before."

"..."

How should I respond to this?
Huo Yuhao decisively chose to ask for help: "Tianmeng, do you have any ideas on how to deal with this?"

"Haah~"

Tianmeng yawned, rolled over, and scratched her belly: "Didn't Tang Ya and Bei Bei always want you to join the Tang Clan? Why don't you just introduce her to them? Perfect, the Xuan Tian Gong can also satisfy her needs."

"But she specifically asked how to improve physical fitness..."

Huo Yuhao had a headache.

"Then let her do weight training~ Although Zhou Yi only knows how to make you guys run laps in fancy ways, her general thinking is correct. With the nourishment of soul power, each time the body is exhausted, it will bring a slight improvement."

Tianmeng paused, then added, "Of course, this clumsy method doesn't work very well at the third or fourth ring level; it can only be considered one of the ways for low-level Soul Masters to increase the age of their Soul Rings."

If running laps with weights really had that strong effect, combined with Shrek Academy's unparalleled cafeteria nutrition, they should have already produced a bunch of super Soul Masters beyond their current age limit.

Looking back at the results, these things are merely icing on the cake for those powerful beast spirits; their actual effect is not significant.

Only a combination like a physical weapon spirit and a support system, which is extremely weak, would make these methods seem to provide a significant improvement.

"Ahem... Although Teacher Zhou Yi's weight training is rough, it is still worth learning from."

Huo Yuhao was a little shy, so he coughed a few times to compose himself before trying to trick people: "If you have the means, you can try other ways to train."

Weight-bearing? Other methods?
Xiao Xiao paused for a moment, then fell into deep thought. It was unclear what had suddenly occurred to her.

"However, you must remember that physical training can easily lead to injury. Before that, it's best to find a method for circulating soul power to protect your body. You can try your luck with a senior student named Tang Ya."

Seeing that she was truly listening attentively, Huo Yuhao felt an even greater sense of guilt. He kept repeating "I'm guilty" to himself as he forced himself to continue:

"In addition, Soul Masters must also train themselves to release Soul Power and Spiritual Power without their Martial Soul, and at the same time improve their control over their Martial Soul... Of course, they must pay attention to replenishing their nutrition during these processes."

Although it was made up, it probably won't do Xiao Xiao any harm.

After all, Huo Yuhao can do these things now. The Spirit Eye Martial Soul is based on mental power, and with more training, one can forcefully release mental detection without using soul power.

As for soul power...

The spiritual power contained in his spiritual sea was no joke; bypassing the martial soul to control his soul power was incredibly easy for him.

"Okay! I've got it all!"

After listening attentively to Huo Yuhao's nonsense, Xiao Xiao smiled gratefully: "Thank you for your guidance!"

She really believed it.

And they believed it very sincerely.

Until the end of get out of class, Huo Yuhao kept his eyes downcast and covered his head.

"Don't worry~"

Tianmeng lazily reassured her, "These suggestions will only benefit her and won't harm her in the end. They won't take up much of her cultivation time. If you really feel guilty, just give her something to make up for it when you become stronger in the future, right?"

　original--

　　In the blink of an eye, the first three months of study for the freshmen had passed. Under Zhou Yi's strict, even obsessive, guidance, Class One of the freshmen had completely transformed. However, to the astonishment of the academy's higher-ups, after three months of rigorous training, Class One, with Zhou Yi as their class advisor, still had sixty-seven students remaining. This was far from the academy's estimate of only one-third of the students remaining.

　　Well, this shows that Huo Qubing played a significant leading role in the original work.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)