Bonus Chapter. Enjoy!
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Within the Sea of Consciousness.
The Skydream Ice Worm, who had been dozing off leisurely, suddenly shuddered upon hearing these words, its chubby body springing up from mid-air within the Sea of Consciousness!
"Holy crap?!"
The Skydream Ice Worm's small eyes instantly bulged, its face filled with shock and disbelief as its voice echoed through the Sea of Consciousness.
"This, this, this... How could he know about the second Spirit?!"
The Skydream Ice Worm's first reaction was to snap its head around and stare fixedly at the Huo Yuhao outside, its heart filled with suspicion and uncertainty.
"Could it be that heartless little Yuhao secretly blabbed about this while I wasn't paying attention?!"
However, as soon as this thought arose, the Skydream Ice Worm instantly extinguished it.
That's not right!
Quickly coming to its senses, the Skydream Ice Worm shook its head. It was a million-year wisdom spirit ring; from the day of its sacrifice, it had stayed within Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness. One could say the two were completely of one heart and mind!
If Huo Yuhao had truly revealed such a massive secret, how could he possibly have hidden it from it?!
Even though it spent all day in Huo Yuhao's mental World, mostly spacing out or even snoring away when bored.
However, whenever something important happened or Huo Yuhao's emotions fluctuated violently, it would definitely not be absent!
But, since Huo Yuhao had never told anyone, not even mentioned it, then... how did this person outside named Mu Ye know?!
At this moment, alarm bells were ringing loudly in the Skydream Ice Worm's heart!
An unprecedented sense of dread instantly enveloped its million-year-old spiritual origin.
"It's over, it's over, it's over..."
The Skydream Ice Worm paced anxiously in circles within the Sea of Consciousness, its chubby body wriggling restlessly.
"If the people of this academy find out that I gave little Yuhao his second Spirit and know of my existence... will they pull me out of Yuhao's brain and use me for some inhumane research?!"
If it were before, or anywhere else in the outside World, the Skydream Ice Worm would never have had such groundless worries.
After all, it had long since completely sacrificed itself to Huo Yuhao, transforming into pure spiritual origin and a wisdom Spirit Ring!
Without even a physical body, no matter how greedy or powerful those humans were, what could they do to a "dead" Spirit Beast like it?
It wasn't as if they could turn a Spirit Ring back into a living creature, right?
But!
Since arriving at this Shrek Academy in the sky, the Skydream Ice Worm's common sense and confidence had long been shattered!
In this academy, it had seen far too many incredible, even miraculous things!
hundred-thousand-year soul bones were handed out in sets like common cabbages! Everyone even had an external Spirit Bone!
This group of people simply couldn't be measured by common sense!
Perhaps, with this academy's unfathomable and monster-like terrifying methods, there really was some heaven-defying, sinister secret technique that could forcibly strip it completely from Huo Yuhao's mental World and lock it in a transparent glass jar for daily research and origin extraction!
At the thought of this, the Skydream Ice Worm's small eyes immediately filled with tears, and it was almost on the verge of crying.
"Wuu wuu wuu... why is my life so bitter!"
The Skydream Ice Worm rolled around frantically in the Sea of Consciousness, wanting to cry but having no tears.
"Could it be that even after I righteously chose to sacrifice myself and gave up my body, I still have to encounter something tragic in this wretched academy?! Please don't let this happen! I just want to quietly coast my way to godhood!"
Meanwhile, in the cultivation room outside.
Facing Mu Ye's gaze, although a stormy sea was raging within Huo Yuhao's heart, his eyes did not show excessive wariness or hostility.
Huo Yuhao took a deep breath, forcing his racing heart to calm down, then looked up and met Mu Ye's gaze candidly.
"Teacher Mu Ye, I have a question. May I ask how you knew I have a blank second Spirit?"
The reason Huo Yuhao could remain so calm after his secret was exposed was simple.
This academy had truly helped him far too much!
The favors and help he had received, along with his three months in the academy, had long since made Huo Yuhao feel a sense of belonging to this place.
Right now, he was merely filled with pure curiosity and confusion.
"Your second Spirit was actually noticed by Dean Lin Feng the moment you entered the academy, and basically every teacher in the academy knows about your situation."
Mu Ye explained slowly, arms crossed over his chest.
"What?!"
Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao was completely stunned, freezing in place like a stone statue.
They knew from the very beginning?!
But... he hadn't shown it at all. No, it should be said that his was clearly a blank Spirit, so even if he wanted to show it, he couldn't. How did they see it?
However, before Huo Yuhao could recover from this, Mu Ye's next words left both him and the Skydream Ice Worm even more stunned.
"That's only one part of it. Dean Lin Feng also knows that there is a million-year ice silkworm in your Sea of Consciousness. That ice silkworm hasn't actually existed for a million years, but managed to break through to a million years thanks to the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow. There is also a small gray ball, which is also a soul."
Hearing this, Huo Yuhao felt his mind go blank, as did the Skydream Ice Worm.
They even know this?!
Huo Yuhao couldn't help but swallow hard, feeling a chill run down his spine, but what followed was a deep sense of powerlessness and relief.
He couldn't help but sigh with a bitter smile in his heart; it seemed that in this academy and before Dean Lin Feng, he hadn't had any secrets from the very beginning!
Before coming to this academy, he had thought that as long as he didn't speak of these things, no one would know, but he hadn't expected the other party to already be well aware.
To others, his First Spirit Ring looked white at first, just like some other students in the class, and then its age gradually increased after entering the Spirit Ascension Platform. Most people didn't know that Huo Yuhao's First Spirit Ring was actually a million-year one.
Of course, this was what Huo Yuhao assumed others didn't know, thinking he had fooled everyone, but he never expected that in this academy, he would have no secrets at all.
"They even know about my existence and past, and even that small gray ball?"
The Skydream Ice Worm was also dazed. It had always been the one to secretly observe others and gain information about them.
Having its own secrets exposed so easily was truly a first.
This academy... is truly terrifying!
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A/N:
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