Chapter 15: The Power of Unity—all Comes Down to Fortune!
Facing Wang Dong’s complaints, Huo Yuhao retorted without politeness, “When you learn to show respect, then naturally we can be friends.”
Wang Dong snapped back angrily, suddenly accelerating to overtake Huo Yuhao, taking the lead.
His physique was inhuman.
Huo Yuhao felt a hint of envy but nothing more.
He continued to regulate his breathing, maintaining a steady rhythm.
“That’s a good idea, but your pace is off,” Zhuge Lan pointed out. “Ten fate points, I’ll exchange them for a basic body refining technique. Don’t lag behind.”
A flood of information poured in.
Huo Yuhao’s mental attribute was outstanding; after shaking his head and spending nearly half a minute, he absorbed all the knowledge points.
“Hey!” Wang Dong called out from behind. “I’ve circled around you!”
Huo Yuhao ignored him and began adjusting his posture.
His head held upright, eyes level forward, leaning slightly to use gravity for propulsion; elbows bent naturally, swinging within the body’s midline; five steps per exhale, another five per inhale.
He also attempted to activate the Muscle-Tendon Change Classic, not for training but to nourish his body’s meridians.
This way, he need not fear misusing soul power, which might cause internal injuries or demonic afflictions.
His stamina consumption dropped by nearly half, yet his speed increased by about 25%.
Now, Huo Yuhao was no longer the level 11 weakling of the original story.
He was a level 15, with 5% progress in the Muscle-Tendon Change Classic, having taken three Mysterious Water Pills and satisfied by the Jade Spring Tea—Huo Yuhao, continuously leveling up, stable foundation!
No longer at the bottom in overall quality, coupled with a standardized running form,
he steadily surpassed one classmate after another. Even when occasionally overtaken, he paid no mind, focusing solely on his rhythm.
Soon enough, he regained the lead.
After 50 laps,
he became the frontrunner, with only Wang Dong ahead, who had been caught up by half a lap.
Wang Dong, determined not to be overtaken, maintained a high speed.
“Looks like the recent training made your physique passable,” Zhuge Lan joked. “Let’s add some burden; help out your classmates and earn some fate points.”
“I was thinking the same,” Huo Yuhao said happily. “Can I teach them these running techniques?”
“Does it matter? Ten fate points exchanged, what precious treasure could it be?” Zhuge Lan replied, speechless.
So kind-hearted little Yuhao still needed to be told.
Turns out he was just being considerate.
Huo Yuhao gladly agreed and slowed his pace.
“You’re all running wildly, wasting a lot of energy,” he said.
“Classmate, your arm swing is too wide.”
“That classmate, lean forward and let your weight carry you.”
...
He patiently corrected the running mistakes of one classmate after another.
If they took his advice and improved, he continued coaching.
If they scorned him, he wasn’t naive enough to insist on helping.
Soon, he gathered a small team of dozens, running relatively neatly and gradually in sync with him at the lead.
Stronger boys stayed in the middle; the weaker ones fell to the rear.
They formed an arrowhead, advancing steadily at a uniform pace.
Those who had previously scorned Huo Yuhao mostly lagged far behind or had stopped running altogether.
Some stood, some sat, some lay down, resting to recover strength.
This tempted some less determined among Huo Yuhao’s group to want to stop as well.
“We can’t stop!” Huo Yuhao panted. “If you stop, you won’t start again. If you really can’t hold on, call out; classmates with extra strength will help pull you along!”
Several female classmates immediately cried out that they couldn’t continue.
“Come grab my shirt corner, and use my momentum to keep running.”
With him leading,
those not yet at their limit helped pull others along.
Wang Dong at the front saw this and slowed down to assist two others.
They barely maintained the arrowhead formation, completing the remaining 20 laps step by step.
However—
Huo Yuhao didn’t stop in front of Zhou Yi but instead led the team for another lap.
Not running, but walking.
First, stopping abruptly after intense exercise harms the body.
Second—
It gave those not initially in the team a chance to “join.”
Even so,
when the group stopped in front of Zhou Yi, fifteen minutes remained in the hour.
“Finally!”
“Help!”
“Water! Water!”
“I have ice water...”
Zhou Yi frowned at the calls, about to scold.
“Don’t drink ice water!” Huo Yuhao shouted. “Drinking ice water after strenuous exercise harms your internal organs. Also, drink slowly to avoid cramps.”
Zhou Yi relaxed her brow and looked at Huo Yuhao with appreciation.
Such an interesting little fellow.
But she quickly resumed a stern expression.
“Are you all done running?”
Some in the crowd looked guilty, but realizing the time left was insufficient to complete their remaining laps,
they simply buried their heads and played dead.
Zhou Yi sneered, treating their earlier words as nonsense.
“Very well.”
She said coldly—
“Those whose names I call, step forward.”
“Xiao Yan, Han Yu, Qin Hao, Bai Xiaochun, Huang Chutian...”
Seven people were named.
They looked surprised; they hadn’t even introduced themselves yet, but she already matched their names?
Zhou Yi showed no mercy: “You are expelled. You have one hour to pack.”
At the same time,
Zhuge Lan received feedback.
[Rewrote the fate of Huo Yuhao, Tang Dao, and Shangguan Chen, +819 fate points!]
In the original story,
nine people were expelled here.
So Tang Dao and Shangguan Chen were brought back by Huo Yuhao?
As for Huo Yuhao himself, he had stolen the spotlight, no longer the bottom-tier weakling.
Naturally, his fate points increased.
“Ah?”
“What?”
“Why?”
...
Tall Tailong stood up, looking defiant.
“I ran with the team and finished first!”
“Is that so?” Zhou Yi said coldly. “A schemer. Before I arrived, you rode the soul-powered bike around five laps, didn’t you?”
Tailong’s face instantly flushed red!
He never expected to be expelled for such laziness.
The others expelled also tried to resist.
Zhou Yi didn’t bother with them, releasing the pressure of her six-ring Soul Emperor aura.
“Remember, you have only one hour.”
“You can leave Shrek on your own, or be thrown out. Your choice.”
She ignored them, looking at Huo Yuhao.
“Tell everyone to return to the dorm to change clothes; meet in the classroom in ten minutes.”
“This time, you’re in charge of roll call.”
Huo Yuhao looked puzzled.
Everyone’s here; why tell me this?
“Ten minutes?”
“Hurry up!”
“There’s a public restroom over there; just change there.”
“Wow! Soul Storage Device! Rich kid!”
“Don’t be rich. I’m 171 cm tall; anyone around my height, come change with me.”
“Foster father!”
“Sisters, I’m 161 cm tall, with four spare sets!”
“Best friends! One bed!”
...
The atmosphere was lively as everyone dispersed.
Huo Yuhao had intended to return to the dorm to change but was grabbed, handed a set of clothes, and pulled towards the restroom.
“Quick, quick!”
“You still need to do roll call later. Change first!”
“Right, right! Huo Yuhao, right? We’re friends from now on!”
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