Chapter 36: Reacquaintance
"Knock, knock, knock."
"Captain, someone is looking for you."
Mu Ci had just finished meditating to restore his soul power when he heard a knock on the door.
When he opened the dormitory door, he saw a member of the Botanical Academy looking at him with admiration.
"What's going on?"
It was already quite late when the team arrived at Heaven Dou Academy. They had another fight with Feng Xiaotian. The sun had already set, and the sky was dark.
Many teams had returned to their own accommodation areas to rest under the arrangement of Heaven Dou Academy.
The team members looked at Mu Ci with some excitement. They were the focus of all the teams this afternoon, giving the Plant Team, which had been hovering in the middle, a chance to shine.
"Oh, Captain, it's like this. Captain Huo Wu from Blazing Academy is downstairs and wants to see you."
Hearing that Huo Wu wanted to see him, Mu Ci felt a little curious and said to the team members with a smile: "Okay, I understand. You can go back and rest first."
He tidied up his clothes, changed into his usual casual clothes, and went downstairs.
As soon as he arrived at the garden downstairs, he saw the dazzling red under the big tree.
In the evening sunset, Huo Wu looked like an elf jumping out of the fire, and her exposed skin was so white that it reflected light.
Looking at such a beautiful scene, Mu Ci slowed down his movements a little, fearing that it would ruin the atmosphere.
"It's been a long time."
Huo Wu heard Mu Ci's voice, turned around, and replied to Mu Ci with a smile on her face.
"No, I just arrived."
Mu Ci nodded, feeling somewhat curious about why Huo Wu was looking for him.
"Then let's talk while we walk?"
Huo Wu nodded and walked side by side with Mu Ci on the quiet forest path of Heaven Dou Academy.
Strolling along the bluestone road, the evening mountain breeze blew Huo Wu's waist-length red hair, bringing a pleasant scent.
At this time, Mu Ci finally expressed the question in his heart.
"Huo Wu, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Huo Wu didn't answer Mu Ci's question immediately. She walked for a distance in silence before replying:
"If I said I was here to admit defeat to you, what would you think?"
Huo Wu's answer was beyond Mu Ci's expectations, and he looked at her in surprise.
In Mu Ci's impression, Huo Wu was a very strong-willed girl. Whether it was the description in the book, the encounter in childhood, or the meeting again this time, it gave him the same feeling.
He couldn't help but ask curiously, "Why are you doing this? Haven't we even competed yet? Just because I displayed my fourth-ring cultivation today, you're just going to admit defeat?"
Huo Wu nodded, feeling a little down but also as if she had let go of something. She smiled and said to Mu Ci, "Yes, the gap is quite big."
"When we met by chance outside the Star Dou Great Forest, you and I were both one ring.
There may be some gap between our innate soul powers, but with my years of hard training and your healing efforts throughout Heaven Dou, I feel the gap between us shouldn't be that big."
"But after seeing today's soul battle, I realized how far the distance between us is."
Hearing Huo Wu say this, Mu Ci felt distressed and didn't know how to respond.
"Well, if I say I'm born with full soul power, will you feel better?"
Upon hearing this answer, Huo Wu suddenly laughed, and her face, which had been a little lost, suddenly blossomed with a different color.
"You don't think I'm sad, do you? I do feel a little disappointed about admitting defeat."
"After all, you've been my target for comparison all these years. I want to prove to everyone that even though my innate soul power is a little inferior, I can still catch up with you."
"But you are so strong now, doesn't it also show that I have good taste?"
"However, the fact that you are born with full soul power doesn't surprise me that much. In fact, it makes me feel a little relieved."
After saying these words, Huo Wu put her hands behind her back, trotted to Mu Ci, and walked backwards facing him with a smile on her face.
Hearing that Huo Wu was not entangled, Mu Ci also smiled, looking at her lively appearance, and said with concern:
"Be careful, don't fall."
"Well, you are here, the great Medicine King. Is there any injury that you can't cure?"
Huo Wu's eyes, like red flames, curved into crescents as she looked straight at the young man in front of her, and her mood became increasingly happy.
Mu Ci was also in a good mood. He strolled along the forest path with the beautiful woman, happily talking about each other's affairs. This was something he had never experienced in his two lifetimes.
"Mu Ci, I've made up my mind!"
Huo Wu, who had been jumping around, suddenly said to Mu Ci.
"What was decided?"
Looking at the girl, Mu Ci asked with a smile.
"I heard about you from my grandfather. He praised you for your extraordinary talent. You must have some good stuff that hasn't been exposed yet."
"I decided to stay by your side, learn your secret techniques, and then defeat you in the future."
When Mu Ci heard Huo Wu's decision, he thought it was just a small matter. Looking at the girl's smiling face, he agreed nonchalantly.
"Okay, that Whale Glue secret recipe isn't something precious. What's precious is the Whale Glue from the ocean."
"As for other good stuff, of course there are some too. If you want to learn, I can teach you, but it will take quite a while to learn."
The good thing that Mu Ci mentioned was naturally the secret method of the Small Circulation Medicine King that he had figured out over the years.
As for the issue of passing it on, it was not a big deal at all.
After he perfected the Small Circulation, he wrote it down in a book for his family to learn.
This wasn't a particularly precious technique. In terms of cultivation speed alone, it was only about 50% faster than the Douluo Continent's meditation method for absorbing soul power.
In other words, what was precious was never the technique itself, but the ideas and logic that created it.
As long as Mu Ci never stopped researching the exercises, better exercises would always appear tomorrow.
So what was the problem with teaching people these obsolete things?
Besides, Mu Ci only taught it to a few people who were more supportive, and he didn't announce it to the whole world.
Even if that day really came, it would be after he became the strongest and there were no other threats.
"Okay, then it's a deal. After this exchange, I'll stay by your side, learn all your knowledge, and then defeat you."
"Then you may have to study for a lifetime."
Upon hearing this answer, Huo Wu's delicate face, as white as jade, turned a faint pink.
But in the dim environment, it was not noticeable, except that the corners of her mouth became more curved.
Suddenly, Huo Wu stopped in front of Mu Ci.
The sudden action left Mu Ci with no chance to react. The distance between the two was already very close, and Mu Ci, who tried his best to control himself, still touched her body.
Mu Ci quickly took two steps back, creating some distance, and asked, "Why did you stop?"
The brief physical contact just now made Huo Wu's heart beat faster. After hearing Mu Ci's words, she adjusted her somewhat rapid breathing and said:
"Now that we've made this decision, we must of course get to know each other again and formally."
After saying that, Huo Wu stretched out her slender white hand and placed it in front of Mu Ci.
Of course, Mu Ci also smiled and stretched out his hand to shake hands.
"Huo Wu, Blazing Academy."
"Mu Ci, Botanical Academy."
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