Following Mu En's instructions, Su Qingfeng walked straight along the core passage, feeling himself descending underground.

The tree trunk emitted a faint glow, barely illuminating the path ahead.

The deeper he went, the more Su Qingfeng could feel the surrounding elemental forces intensifying. When he reached the room, he could sense the elemental power pulsing even outside. He couldn't imagine what the scene inside would be like.

Su Qingfeng took a deep breath and pushed the door open.

Inside was a riot of colors. A giant root was in the center of the room, with hundreds of root tendrils spreading out in all directions, and these tendrils radiated vigorous life force and elemental power.

Presumably, they were the source of elemental power for the hundred-plus rooms above.

As soon as Su Qingfeng entered this room, he felt his body enveloped by various strange liquids. The elemental soul power here had become so concentrated that it was liquid!

Among them, ice and fire elements were particularly active around Su Qingfeng, extremely friendly to him, and linked together. Other elements surged towards him, seemingly responding to Su Qingfeng, but the two sides couldn't merge; Su Qingfeng currently only possessed ice and fire elemental power.

Those elemental powers seemed to have a certain level of intelligence. After noticing this situation, they all became dejected, creating ripples and waves around.

Su Qingfeng seemed to sense their disappointment, and he unexpectedly spoke to comfort them.

"Don't worry, I'll be back. When I return, you can all assist me with your elemental powers."

After speaking, Su Qingfeng sat beside the main root of the Golden Tree and began to meditate.

His teacher was right; he needed to break through to level thirty as soon as possible and strive to obtain his third soul ring.

Because of the God-Nurturing Plan itself, Su Qingfeng's breakthrough speed and ceiling were one aspect. Secondly, it was also very difficult to find a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, or even a beast-type soul beast.

He could choose to delay absorbing a soul ring after reaching level thirty, but he couldn't afford to not have reached level thirty when news of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast appeared.

Su Qingfeng's level was rather special. This was something that was only discovered after the Red King's sacrifice. After the nine great stars aligned, activating a star's attribute, each level of his soul power's increase would require an improvement in the quality of the attribute contained within that star.

This also meant that to break through to the tenth level of each soul master realm, he needed to cultivate all the attributes of the preceding stars to their utmost limits!

Although Hellfire was only second to the Extreme Fire, how much effort and how many treasures would it take to make up for the difference in this grade?

As time passed, the fire element power in the Golden House frantically surged into Su Qingfeng's body, entering the second polar star in the starry sky—the Hellfire Star.

The entire Hellfire Star emitted a very bright crimson light, and fierce flames blazed upon it.

The Red King was also absorbing this power and converting the elemental energy into the Hellfire Star.

While Su Qingfeng was cultivating in the Golden House, Huo Yuhao had already returned to the Outer Court.

Yan Shaozhe handed Huo Yuhao over to the Director of Teaching, Du Weilun, and didn't do anything else.

But that was enough. The Dean personally sent him back, which was enough to show that he had a backer. Since the incident with the special select students, Du Weilun paid special attention to this.

He originally wanted to directly change Huo Yuhao's treatment from core disciple to core disciple, but Yan Shaozhe thought about it and decided against it. With Huo Yuhao's current talent and strength, becoming a core disciple wouldn't be difficult.

He was different from Su Qingfeng. To gain the recognition of the elders and become an Inner Court disciple, he had to prove himself through competition, to fight his way in. Giving him shortcuts wouldn't be a good thing.

At this moment, Huo Yuhao possessed the Spiritual Eyes Martial Soul and the Titan Snow Demon King Martial Soul. The Titan Snow Demon King didn't grant Huo Yuhao the extreme ice element, but it did give him a strong body and immense power.

After returning from the Extreme North, in just a few days, Huo Yuhao's originally slightly thin physique had become more robust.

Upon learning that Huo Yuhao was back, Wang Dong rushed to find him immediately.

Back in the dorm, he saw Huo Yuhao packing his things.

Wang Dong immediately picked up a stool from the doorway and smashed it against Huo Yuhao's back.

However, to everyone's surprise, Huo Yuhao only let out a whimper and rubbed his shoulder, seemingly unharmed.

"Wang Dong, you're back? I was just about to talk to you."

"You have something to say to me? I want to ask you! It's bad enough that Qingfeng-gege disappeared, but why did you vanish too? I heard that Dean Yan sent you back. Tell me, what big thing have you been hiding from me?"

Wang Dong questioned, her anger evident.

Huo Yuhao chuckled, rubbing his head. "It was quite a big deal, but also rather complex. I can't tell you everything just yet."

"But, guess who I met this time?"

"I don't care who you met! I was worried sick about you. And you're still keeping things from me."

Wang Dong crossed her arms and huffed, "It's good you're alive. Now that you're back, you have to help me find news about Qingfeng gege. I haven't seen him in ages, and my half-sister misses him too."

"That's what I wanted to talk about. I met Qingfeng gege this time when I went out to hunt for a soul ring. He was also hunting soul beasts. I owe my life to him, or else I wouldn't have survived."

That unreliable Tianmeng... We don't have any real ability to protect ourselves and yet we want to convince a ferocious beast to become our Martial Soul. If the other side is unwilling, we're not far from death.

"What?"

Hearing this, Wang Dong instantly couldn't keep calm. She had been inquiring about Su Qingfeng's whereabouts at the academy for a month, even writing a letter back to Haotian Fort. Yet, Huo Yuhao encountered Su Qingfeng just by going out to hunt for a soul ring?

"Why didn't you take me with you?!"

Wang Dong's eyes held a hint of blame, and jealousy! Hunting for a soul ring together, what a wonderful thing that would have been!

The two of them working together, with perfect coordination. If they encountered danger, who knows, perhaps something intimate could have happened!

"I had my own difficulties, and I didn't expect to meet Qingfeng-ge."

Huo Yuhao chuckled sheepishly, "But, Wang Dong, we don't need to look for Qingfeng-ge anymore. I already know where he is. Qingfeng-ge is a peerless genius of the Inner Court. As long as we cultivate diligently, we'll have a chance to see Qingfeng-ge again when we enter the Inner Court."

"Inner Court? Indeed, I've searched almost the entire Outer Court. It's only the legendary Inner Court. But Qingfeng-ge is about the same age as us, and his level is also below twenty. Why can he enter the Inner Court? I want to go too!"

Wang Dong snorted, feeling somewhat indignant. Shrek Academy was unfair!

"Alright, Wang Dong. Qingfeng-ge's talent is different from ours. Anyway, we just need to cultivate diligently and enter the Inner Court. This time going out to hunt soul beasts, my strength has improved greatly, and my level has reached twenty-two."

Huo Yuhao not only obtained the Titan Snow Demon King Martial Soul, but also attached the Titan Snow Demon's first wisdom soul ring, possessing powerful attack soul skills. His original Martial Soul, Spiritual Eyes, also gained the ability to simulate soul rings with the help of Tianmeng.

Although this simulated soul ring ability didn't have any offensive capabilities, it could distort space through mental fluctuations, using himself as the foundation to simulate various forms. It could simulate the aura of high-level soul beasts. He could even freely change the color of the soul ring to confuse opponents.

Huo Yuhao had already set his goal: to cultivate diligently and join the Inner Court, to stand by Su Qingfeng's side and protect him!

Wang Dong, however, had her own thoughts: If she just entered the Inner Court… would that be enough? Could she use a back door?

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