Huo Yuhao felt groggy, as if floating in a warm ocean.
It was dark all around, but it didn't make him feel claustrophobic. Many problems that he couldn't figure out before were now easily solved in his mind.
This state was very mysterious. He was deeply immersed in it, constantly refining his understanding of his own abilities.
After an unknown amount of time, he suddenly felt a pulling force, and some noisy sounds appeared in the originally silent world.
It's going to end...
Huo Yuhao seemed to understand, and slowly opened his eyes.
The moment he opened his eyes, a golden light seemed to flash through them, and a strange fluctuation spread out, causing the surrounding plants to bow down.
He didn't pay attention and stood up to look at the surrounding scenery, a hint of confusion flashing in his eyes.
"...Where is this?"
Wasn't he just fighting Dai Huabin on the competition stage?
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Where did this take him?
He hesitated for a while, and finally chose to walk towards the small pavilion not far in front of him.
No matter what, this small pavilion looked like a place where someone lived. It wouldn't hurt to ask a question here.
After knocking on the door, it wasn't long before an old man opened it.
Seeing Huo Yuhao, the old man's eyes lit up.
"Oh, child, you're awake?"
"Yes."
Huo Yuhao respectfully asked:
"Senior, where is this place? And who are you?"
The old man smiled gently:
"You can just call me Elder Zhuang. As for where this is... Have you heard of the Sea God Pavilion?"
"...I've heard of it."
Huo Yuhao took a deep breath and asked:
"So, this is the Sea God Pavilion?"
As far as he knew, this was the highest institution of Shrek Academy. Even ordinary inner court disciples rarely had the chance to come here. How did he end up here?
Elder Zhuang nodded kindly and said:
"Yes. Anyway, come in first. We can't just let you stand outside."
With that, he moved aside, gesturing for Huo Yuhao to enter.
Although Huo Yuhao was still full of doubts, this was an opportunity not to be missed. After a slight hesitation, he still walked in.
Elder Zhuang closed the door and beckoned to him.
"Follow me."
With that, without waiting for Huo Yuhao's reply, he walked towards the depths of the Sea God Pavilion.
Huo Yuhao had no choice but to quickly follow him and arrived at a small room.
Elder Zhuang smiled and instructed:
"Alright, you can rest here for a while. I'll go call Lin'er and Duoduo over. There are fruits in the drawer, you can take some if you're hungry."
"Yes."
Huo Yuhao sat down on the bed as instructed, watching Elder Zhuang leave the room, and began to wait.
At the same time, he also sorted out his current situation in his mind.
Thinking carefully, when the competition ended, he should have entered a state of enlightenment, and it was even very likely that he had entered deep meditation.
The ones who could bring him to Sea God Island in such a state were most likely the three deans on the judging panel.
As for why they brought him here... probably because this place was more suitable for deep meditation?
Huo Yuhao pondered, and it didn't take him long to deduce the general situation of his predicament.
To verify his guess, he took a deep breath and activated his Spiritual Detection again.
The next second, his eyes widened suddenly.
The range of his Spiritual Detection had actually more than doubled.
The range he had expanded in the three months since he entered the academy wasn't even half of this.
He immediately confirmed his guess in his heart. It seemed he had indeed entered a state of deep meditation, he just didn't know how long he had been in deep meditation.
As for this, he could only ask others.
Withdrawing his Spiritual Detection, Huo Yuhao waited for about ten more minutes before the room door was suddenly pushed open, and Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo walked in one after the other.
Huo Yuhao quickly stood up.
"Dean Xian, Dean Qian."
Xian Lin'er didn't exchange pleasantries with him and got straight to the point.
"You entered a state of deep meditation during the finals. Yan Shaozhe brought you outside the Sea God Pavilion to undergo deep meditation with the assistance of the Golden Tree. Three months have passed now. How do you feel?"
"Three months?"
Huo Yuhao couldn't help but be stunned.
He really didn't expect that he had been in deep meditation for such a long time.
"Yes, three months."
Qian Duoduo smiled with satisfaction and patted Huo Yuhao's back.
"You kid are really something!"
Three months of deep meditation was considered long, even in the history of the entire Soul Master world.
Even if Huo Yuhao's original talent wasn't outstanding, after this round of enhancement, he could also enter the ranks of geniuses.
"Is that so..."
Huo Yuhao gently shook his head, driving the surprised emotions out of his mind, and then asked:
"What about Wang Dong and Zhu Yun? How are they doing?"
Xian Lin'er said lightly:
"Don't worry, they are doing very well now. They have both been recognized as core disciples of the Soul Master Department, serving as class president and vice class president respectively in Class One of the first year. Some time ago, Zhu Yun even broke through to rank 30 and went to the Star Dou Great Forest with a teacher to hunt for her third soul ring."
"That fast?"
Huo Yuhao was suddenly startled.
He knew Zhu Yun was very talented, but three months ago she was only rank 28.
Gaining two ranks in three months was a very unusual speed among soul masters.
Qian Duoduo sighed.
"She's alright. The reason she reached rank 30 so quickly is mainly because she absorbed the soul bone she received as the champion reward for the freshman assessment. That guy named Wang Dong is the real oddity. After the freshman assessment, he suddenly started working hard as if he had taken the wrong medicine. As a result, in three months, his soul power cultivation directly increased from rank 22 to rank 25. He is the true monster."
"Haha, haha..."
Huo Yuhao gave a dry laugh.
That lazy dog Wang Dong actually started working hard? Had the sun risen from the west?
However, Huo Yuhao wasn't too surprised by this guy's cultivation speed.
In the three months since school started, Huo Yuhao hadn't seen him cultivate much. To be able to become a Great Soul Master at this age while being so lazy, it was not surprising how fast his cultivation speed would be if he actually put in effort.
Xian Lin'er didn't seem to care much about how Wang Dong was doing. She took out a badge from her spatial soul tool and handed it to Huo Yuhao.
"Never mind them, this is for you."
Seeing Huo Yuhao looking a bit confused, she explained lightly:
"This is the badge for core disciples of the Soul Master Department. It's your reward for winning the freshman assessment. Now you are a dual core disciple of both the Soul Tool Department and the Soul Master Department."
As she said this, a hint of undetectable ruthlessness flashed in her eyes.
When Yan Shaozhe gave her the badge, he also asked her to tell Huo Yuhao that the door of the Soul Master Department was always open to him.
She would never tell Huo Yuhao about this matter. It was hard enough to get such a genius into her hands. If Yan Shaozhe wanted to steal him from her again, she would fight him to the death.