Chapter 23: Enlightenment in Battle

  "Hu Gao, that's your seat, sit down and let's talk later, I need to continue the lesson." Yang Le had already sensed a strong smell of gunpowder in the classroom, but she wasn't worried at all. Instead, her eyes were flashing with an expectant look.

  Hu Gao walked in the direction Yang Le pointed, and it happened that there was a special arrangement, where he sat down in the middle of the classroom, feeling many people looking over at him.

  It feels like I'm a transfer student entering school. How ridiculous, in my past life when reading books, it was always as calm as water and never had the pleasure of experiencing this kind of attention that only protagonists in TV shows get. This feeling of being the center of attention is indeed very intense, no wonder it's a cliché plot point in campus stories.

  He carefully shifted his body, making the relationship between the chair and his buttocks more harmonious, so that sitting would be much more comfortable. As for other people's gaze, it was completely unnecessary to make any response. If a glance could kill, what else would one need to cultivate?

  But as soon as my name was announced, everyone suddenly became excited, like they had been injected with chicken blood. This matter is suspicious, if it were just the revelation of the successor's identity, I don't think it would cause all the martial artists in the hall to have such an expression.

  Just as he was lost in thought, his elbow was nudged by someone beside him.

  "Brother, it's really not bad, you know that at least half of the boys in our class regard Hu Wusong as a goddess!"

  The one speaking was indeed Hu Gao's deskmate, about the same age as him, around fifteen or sixteen years old. He had a head of silver short hair, with several strands of bangs casually falling on his forehead. His attire was exquisite and luxurious, not looking like something cheap. He also emitted a strong aura, more majestic than most warriors in the classroom.

  That young man's expression when speaking revealed a lazy air, and coupled with his tilted neck, he looked like the kind of second-rate guy that Hu Gao often encountered in his past life...

  However, his words did dispel Hu Gao's confusion. It turned out that all of this was caused by his future wife, and it seemed that the matter of the clan leader marrying her off to him had already been known to everyone. Only the bet between the two didn't seem to have spread yet.

  "Haven't you considered Hu Wushuang as your goddess?" Hu Gao hadn't actually thought of Wushuang as his own woman, but he suddenly found it quite intriguing that everyone else regarded her as a goddess. It was a kind of warped pleasure psychologically.

  "I used to be one of the pursuers of the unmatched young master, but later I also saw through it, and we were fundamentally impossible, so I immediately gave up the idea of pursuing the unmatched young master and pursued another girl, and got her on the same day, hehe..."

  "A wise choice." Hu Gao gave a thumbs up to this somewhat interesting deskmate, only those who know how to let go will achieve great success.

  "I'm telling you, be careful now, when the class is over, there will definitely be many people who want to bother you, I'm afraid I won't be able to help you. Good luck! If things don't look right, it's better to leave first. Let me tell you, behind the toilet, there is a shortcut leading outside, hope it helps."

  The classmate patted Hu Gao's shoulder and immediately sat up straight, with an air of having nothing to do with it.

  Hu Gao smiled, according to Hu Yin Xue's previous statement, the disciples of the ordinary hall were in the early and middle stages of the Condensing Shadow Realm. He had already entered the middle stage himself, relying on his ability to transform into a Totem, he shouldn't be at too much of a disadvantage. Moreover, he came to this war academy originally to train his combat skills, if he just kept avoiding, it wouldn't have any effect either.

  After listening for a while, Hu Gao felt bored and it wasn't that Yang Le's lecture was bad, mainly because this transfer student couldn't understand much of it. Anyway, now that he had already broken through to the middle stage of the Condensing Shadow Realm, those beginner knowledge seemed meaningless.

  Then Hu Gao began to concentrate his spiritual power with his eyes open, entering a state of meditation. After experiencing several painful meditation shocks, Hu Gao had already figured out how to separate his consciousness to protect himself from the meditation method, and this trick allowed him to maintain basic sensory communication with the outside world during meditation.

  It turns out that the meditation method passed down by Lao Xiang is simply a divine yuan jue, which allows warriors to enter meditation at any time and place, meaning that Hu Gao can continuously improve his spiritual power. Although according to Qinglian's words, the current world's research on spiritual power is in a state of discontinuity, the benefits of a warrior having strong spiritual power are also obvious.

  However, the training of his spiritual power was as dull as repeatedly doing those questions he had already learned, and if it weren't for the stimulation of Hu Wu Shuang's battle, Hu Gao really didn't know if he could hold on.

  The morning passed quickly and after Yang Le announced the end of class, he glanced at Hu Gao who was meditating with his eyes closed, then left the classroom.

  At the same time, Hu Gao saw two tall and powerful men following behind Yang Le, then stopping at the entrance of the partitioned hall, staring at him with a highly vigilant attitude.

  The other martial artists saw this and all ran out of the classroom in twos and threes, not even bothering to gather their things from their desks.

  Hú Gāo's deskmate furrowed his brow and slowly stood up, "I'm saying, are you really calm or do you just not take these guys seriously?"

  Hu looked at him and burst out laughing, "I'm actually scared to death, otherwise you can stay and keep me company?"

  "You're quite an interesting person!" Hu Gao's deskmate was also amused by this sentence.

  "Ji Le, mind your own business and don't interfere in this matter. It has nothing to do with you." A young man slapped the table, clearly enraged that Ji Le, a martial artist, wanted to help Hu Gao.

  "Guo Feng! What decision of mine is it for you to interfere with? Do you believe I'll throw you out of here?" Jile sneered, not giving the table-thumping warrior even a bit of face.

  "You, you..." Guo Feng was at a loss for words, but he didn't know what to say. Most of the fellow disciples from the tenth hall had left, and now only the strongest ones remained in the branch hall, with Extreme Joy being the most powerful, having reached the peak of the sixth stage of the Condensing Shadow Realm. It's said that he will break through to the seventh stage at any time, and thus enter the Inner Hall.

  Now he also has some regrets in his heart. If he had pulled a few of the other powerful fellow disciples to stay, he wouldn't have to worry about Jile anymore. But those people are self-righteous and think that dealing with Hu Gao is not worth their effort, so they let Guo Feng and those boring people handle it.

  Guo Feng did not expect that in just a short morning, Hu Gao would become so familiar with Ji Le, even getting Ji Le to offend others to help him, completely beyond his expectations and disrupting his plans.

  "Thanks for your kindness, but I think I'll handle things here myself."

  Hu Gaohao shook his head helplessly, not wanting to drag others into his own affairs. The name "Jile" was probably someone from the Hu family's northern branch. Although they were all family members, he didn't want to owe anyone a favor casually.

  "It's no wonder you're a member of the Hu family, this spirit can't be lost. You be careful yourself, I'll wait for you outside and we'll head back together." Ji Le was shocked and looked at Hu Gao with increased admiration, then patted him on the shoulder and stood up to leave the classroom.

  "Surround him!" Guo Feng let out a sigh of relief as he saw Jile leave, then waved his hand to have the crowd surround Hu Gao. He himself also walked up with a sly smile.

  Outside the classroom window, there were also many people surrounding it, pointing and gesturing at those inside. Hu Gao's gaze was filled with disdain, and few people thought he could walk out of the classroom unscathed today.

  "Sister, aren't you worried at all?"

  Not far from the classroom, two slender figures were looking over here. The person speaking was Yang Le, and standing beside her was none other than Hu Yin Xue.

  "This dull fight, don't let it happen again in the future." Hu Yin Xue said coldly, with a hint of malice in her tone.

  The always proud and aloof senior sister, how did she suddenly change into a completely different person? Yang Le naturally heard the discontent in Hu Yin Xue's tone, but if she really cared about Hu Gao, why didn't she step forward to stop him instead of standing far away watching like herself?

  More and more people gathered around Hu Gao, a total of seven or eight, but their cultivation levels were not high, except for the one named Guo Feng, they were only at the initial stage of Condensed Shadow Realm.

  It's surprising that since the last time he calmed down the Five-clawed Golden Dragon, Hu Gao seems to have gained the ability to probe into the realm of martial artists. This ability is not big or small, but it's indeed a great advantage to know one's own strength and the opponent's beforehand, so as to prepare the most perfect battle plan in advance.

  "Brothers, give me a hand. First, let's beat him up good." Guo Feng revealed a ferocious smile and stepped forward towards Hu Gao one step at a time.

  His brothers, after getting the order, rushed towards Hu Gao like wolves and tigers. However, at the initial stage of the Condensing Shadow Realm, warriors were only slightly stronger than ordinary people in terms of physical strength. If they didn't summon their Totems, there wasn't much difference in combat style.

  When Hu Gao was reading, he was still considered a good baby, and the number of times he had fought with others in his life could be counted on one hand. Originally, he thought he was superior to others, so he didn't panic, but when he saw the fists and feet flying towards him from all directions, he hastily opened his hands to defend against everyone's attacks.

  As the saying goes, two fists are hard to defeat four hands. Hu Gao's way of fighting is completely self-defeating and has not brought out his strengths in Yuan power, only holding on for a moment before becoming unable to resist, and suffering countless punches and kicks in vain.

  Although his body had been tempered by Xiao Wu, this pain was still tolerable. However, Guo Feng suddenly appeared out of the crowd and directly punched Hu Gao's face, causing him to fall headfirst!

  "Haha, this is the one who dares to marry Hu Wushuang?" Guo Feng saw that Hu Gao was so unimpressive and couldn't help but feel a little stunned. The heir of the Hu family was indeed, as rumored, a complete waste!

  Hu Gao lay on the ground, with the jade pendant's abnormal healing effect. He hadn't actually suffered too much injury. He was recalling the scenes from the battle earlier, his speed and movements were faster than these initial-stage warriors of the Condensed Shadow Realm. Plus, he had previously cultivated the external release method of Yuan Force in combat, so he somewhat understood how to fight now!