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Huo Yuhao raised his head, snapped his fingers at all the students at the barbecue stall, and said:
"I'm sorry, everyone. Starting tomorrow, our store will be closed for a month. Please forgive us, old and new customers."
Chapter 85 Parting
"Students, today is the last day of your first grade. The academy has no classes scheduled. I'll say a few words and you can go back and pack your things."
Wang Yan stood on the podium and announced with a smile. As soon as he finished speaking, the whole class cheered.
"I have seen everyone's efforts over the past year. You are the best class I have ever taught. In the next month, you can go back to visit your families. You have not seen them for nearly a year. You must miss them, right?"
Wang Yan smiled, but suddenly changed the subject.
"However, this holiday is not for you to relax. You will immediately face your promotion assessment in the next school year after the holiday."
"All students' soul power must reach level 20. This is a hard requirement. In addition, I will reveal to you that the specific content of the upgrade assessment is related to fighting soul beasts."
"..."
"In addition to your own upgrade assessment, there is also a class assessment..."
"..."
"Anyway, prepare well during this holiday. I hope that next year, everyone in our class will be able to successfully enter the second grade. get out of class dismissed!"
While all the students were still immersed in their thoughts, Huo Yuhao had already stood up and walked out the door. He snapped his fingers and said loudly:
"Goodbye, Teacher Wang, goodbye, Teacher Zhou, goodbye, classmates!"
Other students: “…”
"Huh? Yuhao, where are you going?" Wang Dong followed immediately.
He had just walked out of the door when, half a second later, he stuck his head back into the classroom and said the same thing: "Goodbye, Teacher Wang, goodbye, Teacher Zhou, goodbye, classmates!"
After saying that, Wang Dong also ran out of the classroom.
Other students: “…”
Xiao Xiao sighed helplessly.
These two monitors are really unique. Are they so anxious to have a holiday?
Zhou Yi originally wanted to stop them, but after thinking about it, she decided to just let them go.
Outside the teaching building.
Wang Dong caught up with Huo Yuhao from behind and asked, "Yuhao, why are you in such a hurry?"
Huo Yuhao asked calmly, "Would you like to go for a walk together? Just around Seagod Lake?"
Wang Dong agreed without thinking too much: "Okay."
The two walked side by side on the path beside Poseidon Lake, enjoying the refreshing lake breeze, without saying a word. The bright sunlight shone on the sparkling lake, presenting a beautiful scenery.
The beautiful lakeside is suitable for outings, sketching, dating, and... parting.
"I'm leaving."
Huo Yuhao suddenly spoke, breaking the silence.
"Just a moment."
Wang Dong stood there in a daze, his tone a little flustered: "So soon? Don't you even pack your things?"
“It has been cleaned up long ago.” Huo Yuhao said calmly.
Wang Dong was silent for a moment, then asked in a pleading tone: "Can you leave tomorrow? I...I don't want to be the last one to leave."
Over the past eleven months, he and Huo Yuhao have been together day and night. From the beginning when they were strangers to each other, to later practicing together through the fusion of their martial souls, Wang Dong was unknowingly fascinated by Huo Yuhao's unique temperament.
Huo Yuhao had a unique evil charm that made Wang Dong dare not look at his back as he left. He felt so reluctant to leave, as if he had been abandoned.
Wang Dong wanted to leave before Huo Yuhao so that he would feel that he was still strong in his heart.
Huo Yuhao was silent for a while, then said, “We’ve only been apart for a month, why are you making it seem like we’re parting forever?”
"You...what do you care!" Wang Dong blushed and said, "I...I want to eat your grilled fish tonight. You can't leave so soon."
"Give."
Huo Yuhao took out a few grilled fish from his belt and threw them to Wang Dong, who caught them in a daze.
Of course he didn't really want to eat grilled fish, he just wanted to find an excuse to keep Huo Yuhao.
“You…you…Huo Yuhao, you idiot!” Wang Dong’s handsome face became even redder. “I…I don’t want to part with you…”
“You have to get used to separation. Separation is the most common scenery in life.” Huo Yuhao stood still and looked at the other side of the Sea God Lake.
Wang Dong was stunned and listened to Huo Yuhao's words silently.
Huo Yuhao said calmly: "Some separations are short-lived, some are long-lasting, and some are forever."
"Whether it is between family members, friends, or lovers, eternal companionship is a luxury, and separation sooner or later is the main theme."
"If you can't learn to separate, your life will be very tiring and confusing. You look like you're about to cry after only being apart for a month. If we say goodbye forever, I don't know what your expression will be."
Huo Yuhao shrugged, looking helpless.
Wang Dong gritted his teeth and asked unwillingly: "Why do people have to separate? Can't we stay together forever?"
Huo Yuhao sneered: "It's a beautiful but naive idea. Yes, you are right. I also want to be with the people I care about forever, but are the real conditions allowing it?"
"There are too many factors in life that prevent us from being with the people we care about. The barriers that separate us may be internal prejudices and disagreements, or external pressures, threats, or even life and death."
“That’s the contradiction.”
"We all have our own path, so don't rely on others to live."
Huo Yuhao patted Wang Dong on the shoulder and said, "Be more mature like your brother Hao in the future, and stop being so childish."
"I'm leaving. See you in a month. I'll be back on the day I report."
After saying that, Huo Yuhao turned around and was about to leave when Wang Dong suddenly grabbed his hand.
Wang Dong hesitated and said, "Since... since you left a day early, then... then you must come back a day early. When I come back, you must be in the dormitory."
Huo Yuhao estimated the round trip time in his mind, thought carefully, and nodded: "Okay, I promise you."
"Really?" Wang Dong said with a delighted look on his face, "Then... then let's make a deal. When the time comes, we'll still take a walk together by the Sea God Lake like we did today. No... not just when the time comes, we'll do it every year from now on!"
Huo Yuhao said: “This is too uncontrollable. I can’t guarantee it. I can only try my best.”
He chose his words very carefully, so that it wouldn't count as a promise.
"You...you bastard!" Wang Dong shook off Huo Yuhao's hand angrily.
Huo Yuhao didn't care at all. He would not make an unfulfilled promise just to comfort others. If he couldn't fulfill his promise, the harm would only be greater.
"Okay, I'm really leaving this time. Goodbye~"
Huo Yuhao waved his hand for the last time and had already walked seven or eight meters away.
Wang Dong's reluctance finally burst out, his nose felt sore, and tears welled up in his eyes.
Huo Yuhao walked about 20 meters and looked back. Wang Dong was still standing there, by the lake. When he looked back, Wang Dong was wiping his tears with his right hand.
Noticing that Huo Yuhao suddenly turned around, Wang Dong quickly put down his right hand, holding back his tears, and pretended not to care. But Huo Yuhao could still clearly see the crystal tears in the corners of his eyes.
"Ah - little brat."
Huo Yuhao sighed and then muttered to himself.
"Tianmeng, let's go."
"Okay, Yuhao~"
Huo Yuhao walked another one or two hundred meters. When he was about to leave the Seagod Lake, he looked back again. At this time, Wang Dong was no longer by the lake. He might have returned to the dormitory.
Huo Yuhao gazed at the Seagod Lake and fell into deep thought.
Tian Meng asked curiously, "What's wrong, Yuhao?"
"A poem suddenly came to my mind."
A breeze gently blew across Poseidon Lake, creating ripples on the lake surface. It seemed that because of the jumping of fish in the lake, the ripples turned into two waves in different directions, gradually moving away.
Huo Yuhao chanted softly:
"Former classmates fought each other,"
"We'll never meet again by the river."
Chapter 86 The Far North
"Is this the Far North?"
Huo Yuhao stood on a white wasteland and scanned the world covered with ice and snow.
After leaving Shrek Academy, he headed north, crossing the entire Tianhun Empire. After seven or eight days of continuous travel, he arrived here.
"Yes, this is my hometown, the Far North."
Tian Meng emerged from the sea of spirit and stood on the ice field with a melancholy look in her eyes. She couldn't remember how many tens of thousands of years it had been since she left here.
"The weather in your hometown is really not that good." Huo Yuhao complained as he looked at the snowflakes floating in the sky.
This place is far from the beautiful ice field in his spiritual sea.
Tian Meng looked at Huo Yuhao: "Um... Yuhao... Aren't you cold wearing so little?"
Huo Yuhao's current clothes were still only a black short-sleeved shirt, which looked extremely thin in the cold wind.
Huo Yuhao shook his head: "Not only am I not cold, I feel very comfortable."
He's not pretending to be cool or tough; this is his true feeling.
He was not affected at all by the biting cold wind and heavy snow around him. It seemed that the coldness from the outside world was completely absorbed by the cold air in his dantian, turning into a refreshing icy energy that circulated in his meridians.
Huo Yuhao could feel that his cultivation speed had increased a lot in this far north.
Tian Meng said worriedly: "Yuhao... don't force yourself. This is only the outer periphery of the Far North. Once you get to the core area, the temperature will continue to drop."
Huo Yuhao said: “No need, I know what’s going on. I’ll tell you when I can’t bear it anymore.”