Chapter 19 soul condensing pill
The warning bell rang, five minutes before class. Huo Yuhao woke up slowly and rushed to the classroom at his top speed.
Wang Dong sat in the front row. Seeing Huo Yuhao enter, her mood relaxed slightly, though her expression remained cold.
A petite girl with green twin-tails in the class looked at Wang Dong with admiring eyes. Noticing the change in Wang Dong's expression, she turned her gaze toward Huo Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao met her eyes, gave a faint smile, and returned to his seat.
Xiao Xiao was stunned, not understanding why.
"Everyone, to the playground!"
Teacher Zhou Yi's stern voice rang out from outside the classroom.
Without thinking, Huo Yuhao knew they were going to run again. This Teacher Zhou seemed to really like running. However, this was one of the fastest and simplest exercises to quickly improve physical fitness.
As soon as the students in the classroom heard 'to the playground,' their expressions changed. They all began looking for their matched opponents, wondering whom they could 'cheer on' if they didn't like them!
Under Teacher Zhou Yi's lead, the group arrived in front of a pile of iron chestplates, which appeared to weigh dozens of catties. However, the quantity far exceeded the number of students in Class 1; there were nearly a hundred iron chestplates piled up like a small hill.
Soon, the teacher of Freshman Class 2 also brought her students down. During the freshman enrollment period, most mornings were for theory classes and afternoons for physical fitness classes. Mu Jin had proposed that the two classes train together to promote healthy competition, which led to this large pile of iron chestplates.
Although the classes hadn't been officially divided yet, Mu Jin still wanted to compete with Teacher Zhou Yi. Whether it was her own cultivation or leading a class, she wanted to suppress Teacher Zhou Yi.
"Teacher Zhou is as punctual as always," said a female teacher in her thirties with beautiful features and shoulder-length black hair as she walked up to Teacher Zhou Yi. She was smiling, but the smile was full of hostility.
"Hmph, unlike you, who has no sense of time at all. Everyone from Freshman Class 1, listen up. The students behind this teacher are from Freshman Class 2. If any of you run fewer laps than the last-placed student in Class 2, you will be directly eliminated from Class 1! At the same time, the last-placed student in our class will also be eliminated!"
Teacher Zhou Yi seized the opportunity to counterattack and then announced the rules. If their strength was solid, Freshman Class 1 would only eliminate one person. If they couldn't beat Class 2, then two people would be eliminated... "You! Hmph!" Mu Jin returned to her class in anger.
The students of Freshman Class 1 began to get nervous, and the atmosphere in the class became slightly heavy. They were all sizing up the Freshman Class 2 students of the same age next to them.
"You've heard the rules. If anyone loses to Class 1, I won't make you leave the class, but there will be no lack of punishment! However, if anyone from either class takes first place, I will reward them with a soul condensing pill." Mu Jin looked at Teacher Zhou Yi with a provocative gaze.
"A soul condensing pill! It's a Medicinal Pill that can help a Spirit Master condense their spirit power and solidify their foundation. It costs five hundred gold coins to buy one outside, but those produced by Shrek are more effective than the ones bought outside."
A noble student in Freshman Class 1 was chatting with a female classmate nearby. However, that female classmate ignored him.
Huo Yuhao also heard the man's words, but he didn't have the slightest interest in the soul condensing pill. Although he had practiced the Eight-Nine Arcane Art twice and increased his spirit power by two Ranks, with his current self, he still couldn't outrun Wang Dong. Not to mention there was a blonde youth in Class 2—his 'dear' second brother, Dai Huabin. Someone with four legs should be quite fast.
It seemed his Transmigration had some impact. Huo Yuhao remembered that in the original work, the class Mu Jin taught as freshmen was Ning-something-Tian's... the girl with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Spirit.
Dai Huabin was like the center of attention in Class 2; after all, that Evil Eyes White Tiger was a top-tier Beast Spirit. His ancestor's statue was even inside Shrek Academy.
Huo Yuhao had average looks and his Rank was at the bottom of the class, so he wasn't conspicuous in Freshman Class 1, and no one would notice him. Especially not someone like Dai Huabin, who was so arrogant he looked at people with his nose.
Wang Dong's gaze occasionally shifted to Huo Yuhao. She was very curious about this possessor of Three Lives Martial Souls. But right now, Huo Yuhao's gaze was a bit terrifying, not at all like his usual easygoing self. Even when she argued with him, he had never shown this expression; it was as if he wanted to devour someone.
When Wang Dong followed Huo Yuhao's gaze and saw a blonde youth in Class 2, she was also very puzzled. Jealous of his looks? But he's not as handsome as me... "Everyone, put on your iron chestplates and get ready to start! It will last for two hours. You can use spirit power, but you cannot use Spirit Abilities!" Teacher Zhou Yi's voice interrupted Wang Dong's thoughts.
The students of Freshman Class 1 and Class 2 went over one after another to pick up the iron chestplates. As soon as they touched them, their expressions changed. The chestplates were very heavy, almost half the weight of some of the petite girls.
"I know some of you are Spirit Masters of the support system or food system and don't have the physical fitness of Beast Spirit Spirit Masters. But on the battlefield, support system Spirit Masters are the primary targets. If you don't want to be killed in one hit, the first skill you must learn is how to run away!"
Mu Jin noticed some students were hesitating. To avoid individual protests and questions, she spoke up to explain clearly.
Once these words were spoken, those hesitant students didn't wait for someone else to speak up and obediently put on the iron chestplates.
Huo Yuhao, wearing the chestplate, blended into the crowd. At Teacher Zhou Yi's command, he started running with the main group. If he could use spirit power, there was no need to rush; sustainable running was the way to go. Moreover, being in the crowd could slightly reduce wind resistance. Every bit of energy saved counted. After all, they had to run for two hours, and he only needed to be faster than the last few people.
The steps around him were all very heavy, and Huo Yuhao was no exception. Every step he took made a dull thud.
But there was an exception. From the dense crowd, a golden-haired figure burst out. That person had vigorous steps and a light posture; it was as if he wasn't wearing the iron chestplate at all. He quickly opened up a distance of over ten meters from the main group, and this distance was still increasing.
Wang Dong narrowed her eyes. Proud by nature, she couldn't tolerate anyone leading in front of her. After suddenly shouting "Go!", Wang Dong tapped her toes lightly. Each step covered a distance of two or three meters as she directly caught up to Dai Huabin and overtook him.
A blue-haired figure flashed past him. Dai Huabin was stunned at first, then frowned in great dissatisfaction, bursting with spirit power to give chase.
Some male students in Class 1 with decent strength and Spirits were already unhappy that Wang Dong was so handsome. Almost all the girls in class were attracted to him, and now they could stand it even less. Especially that shout of "Go!"; to their ears, it was practically the same as mockery!
"Let's go, brothers! Charge! We can't lose to him! Go!" A Class 1 boy in the lead roared and immediately charged out as well.
This immediately caused a chain reaction. Those boys' heads filled with blood, and they began to roar with strange cries, running like crazed bulls.
The people of Class 2 had never seen such a scene and were all dumbfounded.
Huo Yuhao, on the other hand, stayed hidden among the girls, running slowly and inhaling their faint fragrance into his lungs to relieve his fatigue.