Bonus Chapter. Enjoy!
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At this moment, Mu Ye glanced at Huo Yuhao and then slowly spoke.
"Alright, little worm in the Sea of Consciousness, you don't need to keep scaring yourself in there."
"Our Shrek Academy has no interest in researching a million-year soul ring like you that only has its spiritual origin left, much less extracting you for some slice-and-dice experiments."
Hearing Mu Ye's words, which served as a "reassurance," the Skydream Ice Worm, who had been spinning in circles in the Sea of Consciousness with teary eyes, was first stunned, then its tense nerves instantly relaxed.
"Whew—scared me to death!"
The Skydream Ice Worm slumped down in mid-air within the Sea of Consciousness, letting out a long breath of turbid air.
It was naturally a carefree soul, with a personality that carried a bit of easygoing optimism.
Since this powerhouse, who could see right through its background, had personally given a guarantee, the Skydream Ice Worm naturally chose to trust him unconditionally.
Besides, it silently calculated in its heart, what could it do even if it didn't believe him? There was truly no way out!
At its core, it was now just an intelligent Spirit Ring attached to Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness!
If this unfathomable academy of monsters really planned to do something to it, could it even resist?
Even though it had already died once and sacrificed its physical body to Huo Yuhao, the Skydream Ice Worm sadly realized that facing these monsters with heaven-defying means, it was still just a fish on a chopping block, at their mercy!
However, having thought through this layer, the Skydream Ice Worm couldn't be bothered to think about those messy, groundless worries anymore.
The Skydream Ice Worm rubbed its chin in the Sea of Consciousness, and a shrewd light began to flicker in its small eyes.
If Huo Yuhao was truly nurtured by this Shrek Academy with its unfathomable foundations... the Skydream Ice Worm felt that Huo Yuhao achieving a Divine Origin in the future was absolutely a sure thing!
Even...
The Skydream Ice Worm suddenly sucked in a breath of cold air, as an incredibly crazy thought uncontrollably spread through its mind.
Judging by this academy's terrifying generosity, where they gave away top-quality hundred-thousand-year Spirit Bones at every turn and provided an external Spirit Bone for every person, was this even just nurturing a genius?
This academy, could it be that they have the ability to nurture all the students here into Divinities in batches?!
The Skydream Ice Worm also had some understanding of events from ten thousand years ago; it heard that the Sea God from ten thousand years ago was nurtured by a Spirit Master who wasn't even level thirty, and even the other five gods had a great connection to him. This sounded a bit like a fantasy, but the Skydream Ice Worm loved these kinds of strange stories the most.
"Hiss—"
Thinking of this, the Skydream Ice Worm felt its whole body go numb.
In this Divine Realm... are there really that many Divine Origins to distribute among these monster students?! Could it be that when the time comes, there won't even be enough Divine Origins for them to fight over?!
Moreover, over the past three months, although the Skydream Ice Worm had been sleeping all day, it had also secretly observed some of the teachers in this academy.
It discovered with great terror that the aura of some teachers in this academy was simply as deep as an abyss and as vast as a prison!
With those terrifying fluctuations of laws and life levels, it felt like they could basically ascend and become gods right then and there!
But why were they suppressing their cultivation, refusing to take that final step to become gods?
As a mere million-year ice silkworm, it simply couldn't understand the complexities involved.
"I always feel... this Shrek Academy is playing a world-shaking game of chess, planning something extremely significant!"
The Skydream Ice Worm muttered secretly in its heart.
Of course, these matters of gods fighting had nothing to do with it, the Skydream Ice Worm.
It was just a small Million-Year Soul Beast; if the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up. It only needed to quietly watch Huo Yuhao become a god.
Soon, Mu Ye spoke again.
"Alright, kid, you can say it now. What do you plan to do about that blank second Spirit of yours?"
Hearing Mu Ye's inquiry, Huo Yuhao snapped back from his previous shock. He gave a bitter laugh and answered truthfully.
"Teacher Mu Ye, to tell you the truth, I haven't thought about the matter of the second Spirit yet."
After all, wanting to attach a Spirit to a blank Spirit was a very significant matter. Huo Yuhao hoped his second Spirit could bring him a good improvement; after all, relying solely on the Spirit Eyes, he was ultimately just a support.
Mu Ye heard this, and a smile curled at the corners of his mouth.
"Since you haven't thought about it yet..."
Mu Ye crossed his arms and looked at Huo Yuhao.
"If you plan to start obtaining your second Spirit now, then I can provide you with some help."
"Really?!"
After hearing these words, Huo Yuhao's eyes instantly lit up, and he couldn't help but ask with a face full of shock.
Mu Ye laughed loudly, and his broad, large hand slapped directly onto Huo Yuhao's shoulder, making his blood and qi churn.
"Of course!"
Mu Ye said with a smile.
"Since I, Mu Ye, am your teacher! As a teacher, I naturally must help my personal disciple as much as possible! If you encounter such a major hurdle in your cultivation and I, as your teacher, cannot even provide a bit of substantial help to my own disciple, then what is the use of being a teacher?"
Feeling the heavy concern and support in Mu Ye's words, an indescribable warm current immediately welled up in Huo Yuhao's heart.
"Thank you, Teacher Mu Ye!"
Huo Yuhao's eyes were slightly red. Without any affectation, he directly gave Mu Ye a deep bow and thanked him from the bottom of his heart.
Mu Ye waved his hand casually and then slowly spoke.
"If I'm not mistaken, if that blank second Spirit of yours wants to awaken, it should require merging its origin with an ice-attribute Spirit Beast, right?"
"!!!"
Hearing these words, Huo Yuhao suddenly raised his head and nodded repeatedly, his heart filled with utter admiration!
Too amazing!
Huo Yuhao sighed inwardly. Not only did he see through the fact that he had a second Spirit, but he even knew clearly that his second Spirit must be "ice-attribute" and needed to be obtained through a special method like "origin fusion"!
In front of Teacher Mu Ye, he was simply like a blank sheet of paper; no secret could remain hidden!
"Since it's an ice-attribute fusion..."
While Mu Ye spoke, he casually swiped his Storage Soul Tool.
A flash of light appeared, and a heavy illustrated manual, emitting a faint chill and bound in ice-blue beast skin, appeared in his hand.
Pa!
Mu Ye threw the manual directly into Huo Yuhao's arms.
"Open it and take a look."
Mu Ye tilted his chin slightly.
"Pick a Spirit Beast you like from this. As long as it's something you can see in this manual, our Shrek Academy can provide it!"
Huo Yuhao sucked in a breath of cold air, his hands trembling as he ecstatically took the heavy manual and couldn't wait to flip it open.
In the Sea of Consciousness, the Skydream Ice Worm also immediately perked up. Using Huo Yuhao's vision, it stared intently at the manual, and the person and silkworm began to flip through it quickly.
As the pages turned, waves of coldness that felt bone-chilling even when drawn on paper rushed toward them.
The manual recorded countless top-quality ice-attribute Spirit Beasts rarely seen in the outside world!
For example, at first glance, the Skydream Ice Worm saw its own kin—the Ice Silkworm clan!
Then, it saw the massive Extreme North Ice Bear, the plant-type Spirit Beast Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, the immensely powerful Sea Demon Walrus, and the extremely poisonous Vermillion-Eyed Ice Toad that moved freely through the ice and snow!
However, facing these top-quality ice-attribute Spirit Beasts that Spirit Masters in the outside world would dream of obtaining, the Skydream Ice Worm just scanned past them without lingering.
The reason was simple: none of these were particularly powerful existences!
As a million-year soul ring, the Skydream Ice Worm's standards were extremely high!
It hoped Huo Yuhao could obtain an Ultimate Ice attribute Spirit!
Only by obtaining Ultimate Ice would Huo Yuhao's combat power undergo a qualitative leap in an instant, greatly increasing his strength, and perhaps even allowing him to suppress Tang Wulin!
"Keep flipping! Yuhao, keep flipping! Look for the top-tier ones!"
The Skydream Ice Worm shouted excitedly in the Sea of Consciousness.
Huo Yuhao's fingers quickly flipped through the pages.
Suddenly, his movement jerked to a stop!
On the manual, two ice and snow figures emitting peerless elegance and terrifying pressure appeared!
Ice Jade Scorpion!
And... Ice Sky Snow Lady!
Seeing these two names and portraits, the Skydream Ice Worm's eyes lit up, and a brilliant light burst forth from its small eyes!
It instantly thought of one of the Three Great Heavens of the Extreme North, that peerless beast it dreamed of and would love even in death—the Ice Empress!
"Could it be..."
The Skydream Ice Worm was trembling all over with excitement.
"Could it be that this academy can also let you, little Yuhao, merge with an Ice Jade Empress Scorpion?"
However, the Skydream Ice Worm quickly dismissed this thought. After all, earlier, Shrek Academy was a place where Spirit Beasts and Spirit Masters coexisted peacefully; it should be something like the Spirit Souls from the Soul Beast Tower, right?
In that case, this Ice Jade Empress Scorpion was not the Ice Empress.
At this moment, the Skydream Ice Worm's gaze caught the Ice Sky Snow Lady and the Titan Snow Demon King; the races of the Three Great Heavens of the Extreme North were all there.
Then... as Huo Yuhao flipped further, the Skydream Ice Worm was directly stunned. Even the Ice Dragon King was there?
This was one of the nine great dragon kings!
If the Skydream Ice Worm had been hesitant before, from the moment the Ice Dragon King appeared, there was no more need for hesitation!
It hadn't expected this academy to actually have the Ice Dragon King; it had still underestimated this academy too much.
"Little Yuhao, choose the Ice Dragon King!"
In Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness, the Skydream Ice Worm urged Huo Yuhao to make a choice.
"Teacher..."
"Hmm? Chosen?"
Mu Ye's gaze fell upon Huo Yuhao.
"Teacher, I have one thing to ask. If I choose this Ice Dragon King, then... will I be suppressed by Wulin?"
Huo Yuhao knew that Tang Wulin's Bloodline Power was very powerful. It might not be obvious for ordinary Spirit Masters, but for Spirit Masters with dragon-type Spirits, the suppression effect was extremely strong.
For example, with Wu Feng, when Tang Wulin released his Bloodline Power, Wu Feng's Spirit was directly suppressed to death.
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A/N:
I hope all of you are enjoying this story so far. I would appreciate some Power Stones if you can spare any. Leave a review if you like the story. Thank you.