"Young Masters, we're almost at Shrek Academy. Please prepare to disembark."
"Alright."
Hearing the servant's voice, Huo Yuhao woke from his meditation. He stood up and stretched a little, then glanced at the blond youth not far away.
The youth noticed his gaze and glared fiercely at him.
"What are you looking at?"
"Heh, nothing."
Huo Yuhao smiled slightly, ignoring his snarling half-brother, and looked out the window at the scenery.
Mother, your son is about to attend Shrek Academy. Wait for me. I will definitely inherit the title of Duke White Tiger in the future and avenge you.
Huo Yuhao was the third son of the Duke of White Tiger's family, but he was not born to the legitimate Duchess. His mother, Huo Yun'er, was originally just a favored maid.
Due to the Duchess's jealousy, Huo Yuhao's childhood was extremely miserable. Going hungry was common, and he was even beaten by servants at the slightest provocation.
However, all of this changed on the day Huo Yuhao's martial soul awakened. His martial soul mutated into a rare White Tiger martial soul with a spiritual attribute. Although different from ordinary White Tigers, it still received attention.
His existence was thus reported to Duke White Tiger, Dai Hao, who was thousands of miles away. Dai Hao was greatly surprised and rushed home to see them.
Unexpectedly, the Duchess's subordinate, fearing exposure, hired people to assassinate the mother and son. Although Huo Yuhao survived, his mother, Huo Yun'er, was severely injured and on the verge of death. By the time Dai Hao arrived, Huo Yun'er had already passed away.
Dai Hao was furious, but Emperor Xu Jiawei of the Star Luo Empire personally intervened to plead for the Duchess. Helpless, he could only give the Duchess some insignificant punishment, execute the subordinate, and let the matter pass.
Before she died, Huo Yun'er told the young Huo Yuhao to live well, preferably inherit the position of Duke White Tiger, and live a happy and fulfilling life.
Huo Yuhao promised her, so he ultimately did not completely break ties with Dai Hao.
But he refused to take the surname Dai no matter what. He only recognized Huo Yun'er as his mother and not Dai Hao as his father.
This was undoubtedly rebellious behavior. If it were any other son, Dai Hao would have been furious and kicked them out of the house long ago.
But only when facing Huo Yuhao, he couldn't say anything and could only let him change his surname.
Dai Hao's indulgence made everyone understand his attitude towards this illegitimate son, Huo Yuhao. As a result, although people always paid attention to his every move over the years, no one dared to harm him again, because no one could guarantee that if something happened to him this time, Xu Jiawei could still save the Duchess's life.
At the same time, a seed of hatred was planted in Huo Yuhao's heart. He could ignore Dai Hao, but the Duchess must pay for his mother's life.
So from then on, he began to cultivate desperately. Although his innate soul power was only level four due to childhood malnutrition, with his efforts and Dai Hao's strong support, his cultivation still improved rapidly.
Six years passed in a flash. Huo Yuhao had reached level twenty not long ago, and the opening day of Shrek Academy was approaching. So he went to Shrek Academy to report with his brother, Dai Huabin.
He had already obtained his second soul ring, and the power of this second soul skill far exceeded his imagination.
It is no exaggeration to say that the improvement brought by this second soul ring was qualitative, enhancing not only his current strength but also the potential of his entire future life.
This made him even more confident in the success of his revenge.
Dai Huabin secretly glanced at Huo Yuhao, who was looking out the window, and a twisted arc formed at the corner of his mouth.
Before coming out this time, the Duchess had instructed him to find every way possible to make trouble for Huo Yuhao when hunting soul beasts. It would be best if he could kill this kid, but even if he couldn't, he should at least prevent him from obtaining any good soul rings.
Currently, this task was going very well.
Just as they were hunting their first soul beast, a terrifying aura suddenly descended, and all of them were stunned unconscious.
When they woke up again, Huo Yuhao had inexplicably obtained his second soul skill, and it was a white soul ring.
Although Dai Huabin was trying hard to suppress his laughter, he still couldn't contain the ecstasy in his heart.
A white soul ring for the second soul skill was extremely rare in the entire soul master world, not to mention for a child from a Duke mansion.
Searching through the ten thousand years of the Duke mansion's history, there was no one like Huo Yuhao whose second soul ring was a ten-year one.
Dai Huabin was certain that this kid, Huo Yuhao, was finished for this life.
He hadn't asked what Huo Yuhao's second soul skill was, as that would seem too much like kicking someone while they were down, but a ten-year soul ring could not provide a powerful soul skill.
In the following school life, he only needed to make a move or two, and this kid would probably be completely dejected and never have the ability to oppose him again.
Not long after, the carriage arrived at the entrance of Shrek Academy. Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin got off the carriage and entered Shrek Academy under the guidance of the servant.
The registration process went very smoothly. The Duke mansion and Shrek Academy had a long-standing relationship, so after confirming their identities, many unnecessary procedures could be skipped.
Not to mention that Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin, one a Great Soul Master and the other a Soul Venerable, were considered quite good among the new students in terms of cultivation. Shrek Academy had always treated talented students with great favor.
Since they registered together, they were naturally assigned to the same class: Freshman Class 1.
This was exactly what Huo Yuhao wanted. He needed to keep a close eye on Dai Huabin at all times, partly to guard against this guy's schemes and partly to seize the opportunity to make this enemy's child fall into the abyss.
Since their relationship was not good, Dai Huabin and Huo Yuhao separated after completing the procedures.
Huo Yuhao came to the dormitory building and handed his freshman badge to the old man at the entrance of the dormitory building.
"Hello, Grandpa. Do you need to check my freshman badge?"
Although Huo Yuhao's identity was that of the third young master of the Duke mansion, his childhood experiences had not made him develop a personality like Dai Huabin's. His personality was very gentle, and he was also very popular among the servants in the Duke mansion.
The old man took the freshman badge, looked at it, and said:
"Dormitory 103, the third room on the right on the first floor. The fourth floor and above are girls' dormitories and are not allowed to be entered. Anyone found doing so will be expelled. Go on."
"Okay, thank you."
Huo Yuhao thanked him kindly and turned to walk into the dormitory building.
The old man closed his eyes and mumbled.
"A rare polite child."
Although it was only their first meeting, Huo Yuhao's attitude had already left a faint impression in his heart.