Reborn as Huo Yuhao, but also in Battle Through the Heavens

Chapter 58 Enrollment Begins

Because of this incident, the group lost all interest in continuing their shopping and had to return home disappointed.

For the next few days, Wutan City was peaceful and nothing major happened. The only incident was a sudden, earth-shattering explosion that rang out outside the city one day.

Because it wasn't too far from Wutan City, the sound could be heard by everyone in the city. When everyone rushed out of the city to investigate, they only saw that a frozen lake with a diameter of more than ten miles had appeared out of nowhere outside the city.

As time passed, the large recruitment team from Canaan Academy finally arrived in Utan City.

Although the Canaan Academy team was staying in Utan City, their recruitment area also included some nearby cities. During this period, Utan City was bustling with people, inns were fully booked, and hotel owners made a fortune. The city was full of young faces who had come from far and wide to participate in the assessment.

On the day enrollment began, before dawn, Huo Yuhao led all the eligible members of the Xiao family who had reached the Dou Zhe level to the enrollment square. However, even at such an early hour, most of the square was already occupied by a dense crowd, and some impatient people had even set up camp there the previous evening.

When the Xiao family arrived, the noise in the square subsided. The locals of Wutan City, including members of the two families, Jia Lie and Ao Ba, who were once the three major families, spontaneously made way for them.

"Hey, who are they? What a grand entrance!" People from other cities asked the locals.

"Hey, you just don't understand, do you?" The local puffed out his chest, a proud expression on his face. "They're from the Xiao family, the number one family in Wutan City. And the Xiao family patriarch is a Dou Ling powerhouse!"

"Hey, I remember there are three major families in Wutan City, right? Where did this number one family come from?" The out-of-town passerby had some knowledge of the power dynamics in Wutan City.

"You know nothing!" A local passerby said rudely. "The era of the three great families is long gone. Ever since the Xiao family patriarch broke through to the Dou Ling level, he has used ruthless methods to force the other families' businesses to retreat one after another. This Wutan City is now ruled by the Xiao family."

"What about the other two major families? Are the Jia Lie family and the Aoba family just going to watch?" asked the outsider C in confusion.

A local passerby lowered his voice and continued his explanation: "Resistance? Of course they resisted! But was it even useful? Let's not even talk about how those two family heads combined weren't a match for the Xiao family patriarch. Just the other day, the Jia Lie family secretly leaked information that they had found a way to counter the Xiao family, but guess what happened?"

"How is it?" People around craned their necks.

A local passerby took a sip of water to moisten his throat, then looked around and slowly said, "The Xiao family only sent 49 members, yet they forced the Jia Lie and Ao Ba families to surrender and become vassals."

"How do you know so much about this? Could it be that you are..., brother?" The out-of-town passersby looked on with curiosity.

"Hmph!" A local passerby raised his chin, looking down at everyone with disdain, his voice full of smugness: "You guessed right, it's my uncle's aunt's..."

The out-of-town passerby didn't join their conversation. Instead, he stared intently at Huo Yuhao, the leader of the Xiao family, and muttered under his breath, "This guy in charge, humph, he looks so arrogant."

A local passerby overheard his whisper and immediately scoffed, "You mean him? He's a child the Xiao family patriarch picked up; he's not very talented."

"Lack of talent?"

"That's for sure!" A local passerby analyzed seriously, "The Xiao family has always made him handle all sorts of mundane matters. He must not have the talent, so he was sent to manage the Xiao family's businesses."

"As for why the Xiao family follows him so closely, it's only because he's lucky enough to be adopted by Xiao Zhan, the strongest man in Wutan City." It turns out that this local passerby is actually a fan of Xiao Zhan.

"Hmph! Most of these scions of powerful families are just pretty faces piled up with resources! They're all show and no substance, with no real skills. Canaan Academy would never consider such trash!" The out-of-town passerby said indignantly.

"Achoo! Achoo!" Huo Yuhao, who was talking with Yao Chen in his spiritual sea, sneezed twice without warning, completely unaware that his state was being interpreted as "arrogance".

Xiao Yan, who was following closely behind Huo Yuhao, had a face as black as the bottom of a pot, and it was clear that he was not in a good mood.

"Brother Xiao Yan, what's wrong?" Behind him, Xiao Xun'er peeked out with a bright smile.

Xiao Yan's eyes remained fixed on Huo Yuhao, and he gritted his teeth as he said:

"That Huo Yuhao guy actually came to brag to me yesterday, saying he broke through to a two-star Great Dou Master! It ruined my cultivation, and I couldn't break through to Dou Master before the assessment!"

"Come on, you've only been a Nine-Star Dou Zhe for a short time. If you want to break through again, it'll take at least another month!" As soon as Huo Yuhao finished his conversation with Yao Chen and returned to his body, he heard Xiao Yan's complaint and couldn't help but retort, "It doesn't matter if it's just one night. Besides, as far as I know, you didn't cultivate last night; instead, you were fiddling with the medicinal herbs you bought from the Mittel Auction House."

Little Fairy Doctor was also in the Xiao family's group, standing next to Xiao Xun'er, her expression equally grim: "Brother Yuhao, I just heard someone cursing at you!"

"Don't worry about it."

The sun slowly emerged, and the crowd in the square was already restless. If the city lord hadn't sent troops to maintain order, there probably would have been a lot of chaos.

Only then did the teachers and students in charge of admissions arrive, albeit late. They brought out the testing equipment. The lead teacher glanced across the dense crowd and spoke loudly:

"I'll emphasize again: anyone who hasn't reached the eighth level of Battle Qi before the age of eighteen, please leave. Canaan Academy will not make exceptions! Anyone who boasts of superior combat strength and the ability to defeat opponents at the eighth level of Battle Qi, please come back after you've broken through to the eighth level."

The voice carried an undeniable authority, and the entire square fell silent instantly. Before long, many young men and women dejectedly slipped out.

Without further ado, the army maintaining order and the Canaan students quickly organized the remaining participants into twenty long lines. At the front of each line, two senior students were responsible for testing their cultivation levels.

"Huh, are we testing cultivation level directly?" Xiao Yan looked surprised. "Shouldn't we test age first, then cultivation level?"

Huo Yuhao had already proactively inquired about this beforehand, and he explained, "Because there are more examinees who are hoping to get away with something more than their age. Testing their cultivation level first, and then testing their age after they pass, can effectively reduce the workload."

"I see." Xiao Yan nodded, seemingly lost in thought. "How about I test it out first?"

"Huh? Xiao Yan, didn't you always say the protagonist should appear last?" Little Fairy Doctor asked curiously, "Why the gender change this time?"

Huo Yuhao's lips curled up: "He just wants to enjoy the feeling of being a genius for a while."