Chapter Seventy-Three: Early Morning

  Last day of strong promotion, Xiaoxing makes an effort, striving for four updates, everyone's support is appreciated.

  When the morning sun rose, Huo Hai opened his eyes and let out a crackling sound all over his body. His originally not short stature grew another inch taller. At this time, he looked like an adult already.

  Huò Hǎi was very satisfied with this, it was the effect of spiritual power tempering his body. Once he reached the Spiritual Bone Realm's great completion, his body would truly be no different from a grown adult's. As the soul of a grown adult, who would want to spend their days in a child's body? Now that he had grown again, he was finally taller than Jì Mù. Huò Hǎi felt a thrill of excitement.

  Then, Hao Hai felt a wave of weakness. "Ah, it'll take a long time to recover." Although the Blood Refining Formation had refined his blood to perfection, the aftereffects were not small. After all, he had burned through a large amount of blood.

  This aftereffect is not too serious and will not cause permanent harm, so Huo Hai is not very worried. However, to fully recover, it will take several days. To let the soul fully recover to its peak, at least a few months are needed.

  These past few months, Huo Hai knew that he was unable to cultivate the Bone Refining Formation, and could only rely on his own slow recovery. Coincidentally, this period of time was also crucial for earning contributions at the academy, which would be exchanged for Bone Tempering Pills in the future.

  He shook his head, and the feeling of weakness in his heart decreased a bit. At this time, Huo Hai felt that he was also a little hungry. A whole night of cultivation had burned a lot of blood, and his body had grown taller today. Feeling hungry was very normal. Huo Hai stood up, slowly adapted to his current state, then opened the door and walked out from inside.

  "Master, you're up. Do you have any instructions?" The butler had been waiting at Ho Hai's door since early morning.

  Huo Hai was taken aback, still not used to this kind of service. After mocking himself for a bit, he said: "Help me prepare some food, first five people's worth, best to prepare more food that can restore spirit. These points aren't enough, you'll have to come find me if you need more."

  As he spoke, Huo Hai took out a card and swiped 100 points to the butler. In the academy, prices were indeed high, but it was impossible for points to be the smallest unit of currency. The reason why academy points were considered the academy's basic currency was that when exchanging things related to cultivation in the academy, points were the smallest unit and also the most basic unit.

  These points, when used to buy ordinary things, would be diluted and become something called life points. The name, the way it worked, gave Ho Haipeng a feeling of still being on Earth, which was truly strange.

  One integral point is equivalent to one hundred spirit stones, and one spirit stone is equivalent to one hundred life points. These life points are the most basic unit of purchase. This one hundred integral points is equivalent to ten million life points, which can be used for a very long time.

  "Wait a moment, young master, I'll go and prepare." Such a large number of points also made the butler's mood somewhat excited.

  Huo Hai thought for a moment, then said again: "Right, if you need anything, you can buy it yourself. There are five points in here that are given to you, don't swallow them all by yourself." After all, they were his own subordinates, and Huo Hai didn't want to treat them unfairly. On Earth, service personnel also had salaries to collect, after all.

  Huo Hai's mindset has not changed. The old steward went to report, his face excited as he saluted Huo Hai. Surrounding Master Huo, it was really too good. Having done this for so many years, he had never heard of a master being so kind to their subordinates.

  Two people were talking when Ji Mu also came out of his room, saw Huo Hai and ran over from a distance. He was still running while complaining: "Huo Hai, why did you just come out? Yesterday, you closed the door as soon as you arrived, I couldn't even find you. I've already taken those bones away. Now hand over all your points to me." The family had already started urging him yesterday.

  There are indeed many things in the academy, but they are not allowed to be exchanged and given to their families after being obtained. The things that students get themselves are not included. These Dog King's bones are a very precious material for the Ji family.

  Suddenly, Ji Mu discovered that something was off about Huo Hai and walked up to him. After taking a closer look, he exclaimed in surprise: "Huo Hai, how did you grow so much taller overnight? You're even taller than me now! Hmm, it seems like you've reached the Spiritual Bone realm. How is this possible?"

  Regarding Ho Hai's rapid advancement, Ji Mu was extremely surprised. He knew that Ho Hai's cultivation had always been lower than his own, so how could he break through so quickly? Wait a minute, he wouldn't have used some special means to force his own growth, would he?

  "Haoke, your face is so pale. Are you using some special means? Don't do anything rash. Strength can be cultivated gradually, but using such methods will harm your body and shorten your lifespan." On the mainland, there are actually many ways to quickly enhance one's strength in a short period of time. These families also have them.

  But the best method is to use heavenly and earthly spiritual objects, the remaining methods all have aftereffects. The Blood Spirit Formation also has aftereffects. These aftereffects are already endured during cultivation, if not then death follows.

  It's already passed, but it doesn't count for much. However, Ji Mu didn't know that he thought Huo Hai used some underhanded means. Looking at him like this, it's clear he's overexerted himself. How could Ji Mu not worry?

  Huo Hai shook his head and smiled, saying: "Hehe, don't worry, there's no problem. Don't you know what kind of person I am? My strength doesn't lie in my cultivation itself. Cultivation advancement, I'm not anxious at all. Rest assured, the method I use has no aftereffects. It's just that spiritual consumption is a bit big, and for a period of time, I can't randomly cultivate breakthroughs."

  Is that so, Ji Mu thought seriously for a moment. Indeed, Huo Hai's combat strength couldn't be calculated by his cultivation level. Although he was only at the Spiritual Blood Realm, relying on those insects, he could even wipe out high-level experts at the Spiritual Master Realm.

  His own strength has improved a level, but the insect child hasn't improved and there's no effect. He really isn't in a hurry to improve. Moreover, Hao Hai is still young, so there's no need for him to take risks. It seems that it should be some special method of the Hao family.

  Wait, Huo Hai needed a lot of points from the very beginning. Could it be that he knew there was this method in the academy? Or perhaps he had exchanged for some special spiritual object that could help him quickly break through to the Spiritual Bone Realm.

  If it were these spiritual objects, they would indeed require a large number of points to exchange, at least Ji Mu wouldn't bear to exchange them himself. The aftereffects of these spiritual objects are very small. At most, after consuming one of these spiritual objects, the same realization in the future will be basically useless to oneself. As long as it doesn't affect oneself, Ji Mu thought, and let out a sigh of relief.

  "Alright, I'll give you the points first." Ji Mu said, taking out his own card and transferring the points for exchanging bones to Huo Hai. Huo Hai took a look, these points were quite a lot. This transaction actually earned him over 2,000 points.

  If it weren't for the lack of college contribution points, the current points would be almost enough to exchange for a Bone Tempering Pill.

  Suddenly, Ji Mu raised his head and found that Huo Hai's height had surpassed his own. The masculine aura on his body was even more intense, and at such a close distance, Ji Mu felt a little dizzy. His face turned red, as if he were ill.

  Huo Hai felt a wave of curiosity: "Ji Mu, what's wrong with you? Are you uncomfortable? Why don't we head back and rest for a bit, anyway there's nothing important going on." Huo Hai still hadn't figured out the situation. Having never been in love before, Huo Hai was truly an oddball on Earth. But thinking about his age, it was actually quite normal in this world.

  "No, nothing." Ji Mu turned his head away, silently scolding He Hai for not understanding the situation. Taking a few deep breaths, he distanced himself from He Hai and regained his composure. From afar, He Yun'er, yawning adorably, also walked out.

  Ji Mu immediately changed the subject: "Yun Er, sister, come quickly, let's eat first, and then we'll go out together."

  Go out together? What's the point, is it to go shopping? Thinking of women's shopping ability, Huo Hai's heart trembled. No matter which world, women's nature of shopping is the same. Huo Yun'er's young age and enthusiasm for shopping made Huo Hai headache. Not to mention, two people together, Huo Hai's face turned pale.

  "Which, today there's nothing to do, no need to go out, it's better to stay at home and cultivate properly." As soon as Huo Hai said this, the two people rolled their eyes. Huo Hai himself didn't even know what kind of reaction they were having.

  Because he had arrived at the Academy, a relatively safe place, Huo Hai dared to let his insects undergo metamorphosis simultaneously. Only Xiao Die, because she had followed Huo Hai for a shorter time and accumulated less, hadn't reached the level of promotion through metamorphosis, was left by Huo Hai's side. The Academy was very safe, but without any insects by his side, he still felt somewhat uncomfortable.

  Ji Mu finally spoke up in the midst of Huo Hai's strange gaze, "Huo Hai, I really don't know what to say to you. You've been in seclusion since yesterday, not letting anyone disturb you. You probably don't even know about the academy's announcement."

  It turned out that after I had been practicing for a short time yesterday, the notice from the college came down. It was mainly about some rules and regulations of the college. Of course, Huangcheng College did not have an opening ceremony, which was criticized by people on Earth. However, the first class of the college was not allowed to be absent from anyone. Because this is the only time when everyone can arrive together.

  The school's management is very loose, and for later courses, whether or not to attend is entirely up to oneself. As long as one can pass the tests, that's all that matters; otherwise, they will be expelled. The vast majority of people are either wandering outside or staying in places like the library.

  New students attend classes, and there are many things that need to be handed over. It is also a measure for the college to prevent so-called geniuses from coming to the college and not adapting to the college's rules, making it easy to cause trouble. This class is largely intended to suppress their arrogance and prestige, telling them that in college, they are just ordinary members.