Douluo: Starting by Taking Control of the Holy Ghost Cult's Saintess

"Why?" Wang Yan was puzzled. To become a class president in a class at Shrek Academy was a matter of bringing glory to one's ancestors, and it could also greatly exercise a student's comprehensive abilities.

"Teacher, he's lazy! Hahahaha..." The students who were originally in the same class as Huo Yuhao couldn't help but laugh. It was clear they had a certain understanding of this guy.

"Nonsense!" Zhou Yi at the side slammed her hand on the podium. She had lost a soul bone in her bet with Mu Jin during the new student assessment and had almost let that green tea have her husband forge a soul tool for her. She was currently worried about having no place to vent her anger. "What do you think the academy is? The academy provides you with a platform to train, yet you don't cherish it? What progress can you have in the future?"

"Sorry, I don't want to be trained," Huo Yuhao wouldn't spoil her. This old woman always made herself look like she had chicken skin and crane hair. Not only was it ugly, but it also affected the quality of his listening in class. She had even inherited the excellent teaching theory of the great "wet-master," making them run in circles when there was nothing to do.

Run what balls? They were battle soul masters, not bodybuilders training their muscles. The thought of possibly having to run in circles like an idiot in the future made Huo Yuhao's heart turn cold.

"Insolence! Huo Yuhao, is it because you've achieved a little something that you think you're capable?" Zhou Yi was easily provoked by him. "Do you know how many students dream of the position of class president at Shrek Academy? Is it something you can easily push away just because you want to be lazy?"

"Then let them be it. Look, those few students of yours from before are very good. For example, Cao Jinxuan, Xiao Xiao..." Huo Yuhao shrugged, directly hitting her soft spot.

"Huo Yuhao! Who do you think you're talking to? Do you really think that just because you're number one among the new students, no one can handle you?" Zhou Yi was furious upon hearing this. She was famous for being protective of her own. The championship that should have belonged to the students in her class was taken away by these guys from Mu Jin's class. How could she be reconciled? How could she prove her excellent theory of running in circles?

Zhou Yi herself was only at the Soul Emperor level and naturally couldn't do much to Huo Yuhao. Seeing the conflict arise between teacher and student, Wang Yan was about to mediate, but unexpectedly, Huo Yuhao directly walked out of the classroom.

"In that case, let's go. We'll apply to switch classes," Huo Yuhao was too lazy to bother with her. Without any hesitation, he turned and left.

This abnormal old hag was clearly trying to make an example out of him to vent her anger for Wang Dong's group. How could Huo Yuhao possibly let her have her way and wait for his doom? Rather than staying behind spinelessly to be ordered around by Zhou Yi, it was better to transfer back to Mu Jin's class and slack off.

The moment he stood up and left, Xie Huanyue, Cui Yejie, and Wu Feng all stood up at the same time and followed him without a trace of hesitation.

"You few, you don't listen to your teacher's teachings! One day you will be eliminated by the academy!"

Zhou Yi's angry roar came from behind Huo Yuhao's group of four.

At the silent support of Xie Huanyue's trio, Huo Yuhao's heart warmed slightly. He now had to go find the Director of Teaching, Du Weilun, to switch their classes. If it really didn't work, at worst, he just wouldn't attend this school anymore. He could go to the Sun Moon Empire a little earlier to learn the most advanced soul tools...

Forced by the high importance the Sea God Pavilion placed on Huo Yuhao, Du Weilun ultimately had no choice but to transfer Huo Yuhao's group back to Mu Jin's class. However, the few of them did not see Mu Jin's figure in Class Three and could only wait until the next day to report there.

Nanmen Yun'er, having learned of this matter, also chose to leave Class Two and transfer to Class Three along with Huo Yuhao.

After dinner, Huo Yuhao had to start preparing for his subsequent plans. That is, in the six months from the end of the new student assessment to the end of the school year, he had to make sufficient preparations to go to the Land of Extreme North and another place—the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest!

After coming to Shrek, his second martial soul, just as described in the original plot, had remained unsettled. Instead, he had first used his third martial soul, the Death God, in the new student assessment.

With his current foundation and fortune, it wouldn't be a big problem to trick an Ice Empress with Tianmeng's help. It was just that he was also struggling with whether his second martial soul should still follow the original plot and choose the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion.

The powerful skills derived from the Ice Empress plus the Snow Empress who appeared later in the plot were undoubtedly the signature abilities of the original Huo Gua in the later stages. But with just that level, it was impossible to have a chance to contend with the Buddha in the future.

Not to mention the Ice Empress and Snow Empress, even kidnapping Di Tian wouldn't work. The Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King martial soul was not enough to bring him a qualitative change at the divine level.

And the Dragon God was even more out of the question. The half that was sleeping was one thing, but the other half was currently imprisoned in the Divine Realm. Unless he was seeking death and ran up to the Divine Realm to try and release it.

Without a cheat that surpassed this version, and without any golden finger brought by transmigration, what Huo Yuhao could rely on was only the original owner's fortune and the foresight of a god's-eye view.

"Yuhao. Don't think too much for now. Let's take it one step at a time," in his spiritual sea, Bibi Dong and the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm both comforted him.

"That's the only way," Huo Yuhao sighed softly, wandering the night market streets of Shrek City. Right now, he was, after all, still too insignificant.

"Huh?" Just as Huo Yuhao was strolling down the street of red lights and green wine, a beautiful figure in a bar next to him caught his attention.

Mu Jin had a bitter expression. On her table were rows of empty wine bottles. Having won the bet against Zhou Yi in the new student assessment, she still had not gotten what she wanted: that man's heart.

Just as Huo Yuhao had told her in advance, Zhou Yi and that man had long since become husband and wife. The ignorant feelings of her youth had finally turned into a bubble. She gave up the idea of having that man tailor-make a soul tool for her and only accepted the soul bone she deserved.

What was even more tragic was that even though her class's students had swept two of the top three positions in the new student assessment, she was still targeted by the soul tool department where that man belonged. She was assigned to the auxiliary-focused Class Three, and the most outstanding students in her class were poached and became Zhou Yi's students.

She was very bitter. Zhou Yi clearly relied on constantly expelling students to increase the graduation rate of the outer court students, yet she could always ride on the head of her, who conscientiously taught every student. The teaching theories she proposed could never beat the running-in-circles training that Zhou Yi and the others had inherited from the great "wet-master" from ten thousand years ago.

Even in the supposedly glorious Shrek Academy, the competition among the teaching staff was too intense. Many teachers did not have the appearance a teacher should have.

As the saying goes, a teacher's duty is to propagate the Way, impart knowledge, and resolve doubts. If a teacher's sacred duty is no longer to teach students with all their heart, but instead to scheme against each other for their own teaching achievements, then what teacher's virtue is there to speak of?

Mu Jin gave a self-mocking laugh. Being assigned to the purely auxiliary Class Three, in the many years to come, she would never be able to beat Zhou Yi, and there was no need to compete for anything anymore.

Fortunately, there was still a Ning Tian in Class Three, which prevented her from completely breaking down.

"Teacher Mu, why are you drinking so much?" Huo Yuhao walked over and sat opposite Mu Jin.

"Yuhao?" Mu Jin suddenly raised her head. Then, as if thinking of something, she hurriedly asked, "How was it? In class one today, Zhou Yi didn't make things difficult for Wu Feng, did she?"

One must know, the team Wu Feng was in was precisely the team that had defeated Wang Dong's team under Zhou Yi's tutelage to win the championship.

This Mu Jin really does still care about them. Huo Yuhao couldn't help but feel that he hadn't misjudged her.

"Uh, about that... we all applied to switch classes. Me, Fatty, Little Cui, and also Wu Feng and Yun'er," Huo Yuhao scratched his head. "In the future, we still want to continue learning from you. I hope Teacher Mu can accept us."

Hearing the bombshell news Huo Yuhao brought, Mu Jin was somewhat in disbelief at first and subconsciously asked, "Why?"

"I think Zhou Yi's teaching has problems," Huo Yuhao touched his nose. "I don't want to be appointed class president by a bunch of people in her class, be tired to death every day being ordered around by her, and then have to run in circles every day."

Hearing Huo Yuhao's excuse, Mu Jin was stunned for a moment, then burst into a tearful smile. She knew this boy was telling the truth. After all, he was that lazy.

"Teacher Mu still looks prettier when she smiles!" Huo Yuhao also followed with a laugh. "I just like attending Teacher Mu's classes. Not only do you teach well, but you're also pleasant to look at. I want to see you every day."

Hearing this, Mu Jin couldn't help but roll her eyes at him. Under the influence of alcohol, her pretty face was somewhat flushed, giving her a charming appearance.

"I knew you were a lecher, kid!"

Mu Jin, spurred on by the alcohol, chatted with Huo Yuhao about many work-related matters, including being deliberately ostracized and targeted by the soul tool department. As she spoke, her voice couldn't help but become choked.

Huo Yuhao was mostly just a silent listener. In fact, it wasn't just Shrek. Many other academies were like this, or even worse. It was just that if these inside stories were to come from the mouth of a Shrek teacher, it would surely greatly affect his image as an educator.

During this period, Huo Yuhao was also made to drink a few bottles of wine. Although he was repulsed by the smell of alcohol, the original owner of this body clearly had the potential of a wine god. After several bottles, he didn't even feel very drunk.

"It's getting late. Teacher Mu, let me take you back," Huo Yuhao looked at the bright moonlight outside the window, roughly estimated the time, and said to the dead-drunk Mu Jin who was lying on the table. He still had to rush back to feed those few girls.

"Mmm... okay..." Mu Jin was carried on his back and responded drowsily. As a young and beautiful woman, she inevitably attracted the attention of many drinkers, but when they saw the Shrek teacher's uniform on her, they dismissed some bad thoughts.

Huo Yuhao didn't dare to just leave her here. What if there were a few desperate romantic rogues?

The residence of the Shrek outer court teachers was not within the academy, but in an apartment specially allocated in Shrek City. Only the teachers of the inner court were qualified to live in the inner court residential area.

It took a lot of time to carry Mu Jin back to her residence. Seeing her lying on the bed without any regard for her image, Huo Yuhao could only go and get some hot water to help her sober up a little.

"Drunk people are really the hardest to take care of!" Huo Yuhao couldn't help but complain, thinking of his elders from his previous life.

"Yuhao..." Mu Jin slowly opened her beautiful eyes, leaned against the head of the bed, and called out drowsily.

"I'm here. Since you're awake, can you use your soul power to force out some of the alcohol?" Huo Yuhao came back, squatted down, and waved his hand in front of Mu Jin's face, asking.

"Yuhao, let me ask you... am I pretty?" Mu Jin's beautiful eyes were hazy, her red lips slightly parted, exhaling a thick smell of alcohol.

"Pretty, pretty. Teacher Mu is the prettiest teacher I've seen in the academy," Huo Yuhao praised her with extreme cooperation.

"Then why doesn't he like me..." Mu Jin muttered unwillingly.

Huo Yuhao couldn't answer this question. In fact, he had never seen what Zhou Yi looked like without her mask. But in terms of figure, Mu Jin had more charm.

"Then Yuhao... do you like me?" Mu Jin grabbed Huo Yuhao by the collar, and the pungent smell of alcohol mixed with a strange fragrance sprayed onto his face.

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(Translator's Note: The chapter title is a risqué pun on a famous classical Chinese quote. The original quote is "师者,传道授业解惑也" (Shī zhě, chuándào shòuyè jiěhuò yě), meaning "A teacher is one who propagates the Way, imparts professional knowledge, and resolves doubts." The author changed "授业" (shòuyè - impart knowledge) to "授液" (shòu yè - impart liquid) and "解惑" (jiěhuò - resolve doubts) to "解霍" (jiě Huò - resolve Huo). The new phrase implies a teacher's duty is to... resolve Huo Yuhao by imparting liquid.)