Chapter 334 If the Third Young Lord Were Still Around

relieved to have Zhen Cōngmíng lead the way.Zhen Cōngmíng was a typical kid who would repay kindnesses and seek revenge for grievances; therefore, as long as they did not provoke him, he could be quit...Chapter 334 If the Third Master Were Still Here

Xia Chancellor silently sent Hao Ren to the main gate of Dragon Palace, feeling countless emotions.

Back then when Hao Ren went to Nine Dragons Palace and took back a huge quantity of divine pills, none of these elders said anything against it. In the end they only gave Hao Ren one bottle, but this son-in-law did not complain at all.

Now that Donghai was facing a crisis, they immediately thought about sending this "outsider" Hao Fuma to the front line...

Xia Chancellor sighed slightly. However, he was just the head of Dragon Palace's internal affairs and not a decision-maker in Donghai Dragon Palace. In comparison, those Purple Robe Elders had more weight than him as they were far more important than this "butler."

Sigh... if Third Master were still here in Donghai Dragon Palace, something like this would never happen. Even though Third Master did not like this son-in-law, he was always a man of integrity and backbone who would never throw Hao Ren into the fire at such a time.

Thinking thusly, Xia Chancellor reached the main gate without even realizing it.

"Xia Chancellor, you go in. I'll be leaving now," Hao Ren turned around to face Xia Chancellor and said softly.

"Ah ah! Mr. Hao, take care!" Xia Chancellor held onto Hao Ren's hand and spoke earnestly.

He was rather reluctant for Hao Ren to leave. The words "take care" were not just empty pleasantries.

Hao Ren might still be Donghai's son-in-law and under its protection, but if Donghai Dragon Palace abandoned him, all the things he had done for them before would bounce back onto his own body.

Such as the retaliation from West Sea Dragon Palace, or Inspector Qin Shaoyang's enmity, or some minor forces that had been suppressed by Donghai Dragon Palace...

"Time to go!" Hao Ren tossed out Little White and patted its butt. As he broke through the water curtain, he left at breakneck speed.

Standing at the gate, Xia Chancellor watched as Hao Ren's back disappeared into the distance. He sighed heavily before turning around to enter the tall Dragon Palace main gate.

Hao Ren sat on Little White and crossed through Donghai City's night sky. In an instant, he was already back at Donghai University.

Inside Room 704 of Building 7, it was buzzing with excitement as Zhao Jiayin had once again returned victorious. Almost everyone in Room 302 was celebrating.

"Zhao Jiayin, you're amazing! It's already six consecutive wins!"

"Did the cheerleading captain send you a love letter"

"You get to skip classes and go out for matches. You can even travel abroad. How awesome is that"

"Once you win the championship, you have to treat us to dinner! No wait! Once you enter the top eight, you must treat us to dinner!"

In this tiny room of only a few square meters, the boys surrounded Zhao Jiayin like he was a hero, shouting non-stop.

And Zhao Jiayin himself could not quite understand why he kept winning. He felt more at ease and energetic with each match, to the point that when he went for tests last time, his results were up to national athlete standards and almost got him drafted directly by the national team.

Of course, he had no idea that the Qi Qi Pill in the cake mixed in by Lu L琳琳and Lu 莉莉last time could only be absorbed properly by someone who frequently exercised. For this replenishing qi pill was akin to a martial artist's washing meridians and marrow cultivation; its effects were obvious.

Additionally, he slept right under Hao Ren's bunk bed, while Hao Ren would practice quietly in the middle of the night and absorb the spiritual energy in nature. Some of this spiritual energy could not be converted and sunk down along the sides of the bed to where Zhao Jiayin absorbed it into his body while asleep.

Therefore, Zhao Jiayin had reached a level similar to an ordinary martial artist's peak, cutting through opponents like weeds on the battlefield. It was no surprise at all.

"Hao Ren! You're back already Come drink with us!" When he saw Hao Ren appear in front of his room, Zhao Jiayin immediately extended a hand and called him over. Although he had already made a name for himself, he did not forget this good brother Hao Ren.

Donghai University's basketball team is about to make it into the top eight nationwide, so this little feast in their dormitory can be considered a small celebration.

After learning from last time’s lesson, who would dare drink with Hao Ren now As soon as they saw Hao Ren come in, Huang Jianfeng and his group obediently gave up their seats for him.

Ate until full and drank to satisfaction, the five or six best friends then shouted at each other while heading to school’s bathhouse. Despite holding a grudge towards Donghai Dragon Palace, Hao Ren was still happiest being with these brothers of his.

At seven in the evening, it was peak time for the school's bathhouse. Wearing sleeveless shirts and slippers, Hao Ren and Zhao Jiayin went to the campus bathhouse.

The men's bath is on the ground floor while the women's one is upstairs.

Zhou Liren and Zhao Jiayin were all drunk, their faces red with alcohol. Even the refined Cao Ronghua had a light step in his gait.

"Hao Ren!"

As they were about to pay and enter, they suddenly saw Xie Yujia and Marlene carrying washbasins also come over to the ticket booth on the ground floor. Wearing white long-sleeved cartoon T-shirts with loose mid-length skirts, Xie Yujia had a pair of light green slippers on her feet.

Needless to say, they must have come here for a bath.

And when Zhou Liren saw Xie Yujia’s long and pale legs, his eyes almost bulged out.

"You guys also came for a bath" Since Marlene called him by name, Hao Ren could only ask this meaningless question.

"Aren’t you here to eat Do we come for anything else” Marlene shot back at Hao Ren and couldn't help but laugh.

By her side, Xie Yujia tugged at Marlene, signaling for her to enter the women's bathroom area under a cloth curtain instead of lingering outside and chatting with the boys.

"I said why haven’t you been looking for Yujia recently Every night she’s bored stiff!" Marlene looked at Hao Ren and continued.

Hearing what Marlene had to say, Zhao Jiayin and his group who still had a bit of a hangover were suddenly jolted awake: Hao Ren hadn’t been returning to the dorm much recently. Was he with Xie Yujia Could it be…

Their gaze at Hao Ren was complex; they almost forgot that, aside from the beautiful girl Xie Yujia, this guy also had two sets of identical school beauties…

"If you’re Rain’s boyfriend, then you should act more like a boyfriend!" Marlene continued speaking with slight dissatisfaction.

"Lina, go in already!" Xie Yujia dragged Marlene into the women's bathroom area under a cloth curtain.

"Sss…" Seeing Xie Yujia and Marlene enter the women's bathhouse, Zhou Liren sucked in a cold breath and stared at Hao Ren. "Brother Ren, you’re really amazing! How many boats are you stepping on!"

"Get lost!" Hao Ren used his knee to push him behind into the male bathroom curtain area before following them inside.

Due to being busy with cultivation recently and having to go over to Zhao Yanzi’s place in the evening for tutoring, sometimes he would just stay over at her place. So it had been a long time since Hao Ren went to school's bathhouse together with Cao Ronghua et al.

Zhou Liren undressed himself in three quick strokes and rushed into the shower area to claim his territory. Since this was peak bathing hours, finding an empty water spout wasn’t too difficult; however, if you wanted a few adjacent ones, that wouldn’t be so simple.

Unlike public bathhouses, Donghai University’s campus bathhouse didn't have soaking pools. Instead, there were individual small stalls separated by partitions. However, if several stalls were next to each other, they could talk to one another while bathing and it wouldn’t be boring at all.

"Over here! Over here!" Zhou Liren, the first to rush into the shower area shouted.

Hao Ren and Zhao Jiayin went over following his voice. Just then, a different voice sounded. "Sorry guys, this place is ours."

"I got here before you did!" Zhou Liren argued back. His near 180-cm tall stature in Hao Ren’s dorm room was still rather imposing.

Hao Ren and the others sensed that something was amiss when they heard about it, and hurried over to find Zhou Liren surrounded by six or seven boys. The leader among them turned out to be none other than Huang Xujie!

This section of the area happened to have a group of students leave, creating an empty space of seven small tiles that Zhou Liren occupied just as Huang Xujie arrived with his team members for their bath after club activities.

It was peak bathing time; finding another set of consecutive tiles like this would be unlikely.

Huang Xujie, wearing only a triangular brief and standing at 1.8 meters tall, chuckled upon seeing Hao Ren and his classmates approaching, "What a coincidence to run into each other."

Standing beside Hao Ren was Zhao Jiayin, who though not tall, was as solid as a thick brick.

Huang Xujie naturally recognized this new captain of the school basketball team whose star was rising. However, unlike in his fear of Xie Wanjun due to his physical strength, Huang Xujie didn't take Zhao Jiayin, who had no background, seriously.

"My classmate took these spots first; you guys should look elsewhere," Hao Ren stepped forward and said.

Zhou Liren subconsciously turned around to look at Hao Ren behind him. It was one thing not to notice, but upon seeing him now, he was startled.

In his memory, Hao Ren used to be a long-distance running champion in high school with very muscular thighs, yet his upper body wasn't particularly strong, and he had never been able to beat anyone at arm wrestling.

However, the current Hao Ren looked nothing like that. Though not as muscular as bodybuilders on TV, his back was taut, his wrists thick, chest broad, and figure perfectly inverted triangular—completely different from what he remembered!

Hao Ren had learned to transform, hadn't he Zhou Liren, who only had height, couldn't help but be amazed.

Little did he know that Hao Ren practiced basic boxing moves every morning and evening which were taught by soldiers in the Donghai Dragon Palace. These boxing techniques were incredibly effective for physical training.

In fact, not just Zhou Liren, even Zhao Jiayin himself—who was always confident about his body proportions—was surprised upon seeing Hao Ren's physique after he took off his jacket. Zhao Jiayin spent hours every day in the gym training basketball; how did Hao Ren find time to exercise

Seeing both parties facing off, students bathing in the shower room began gathering around.

The more onlookers arrived, the more space was freed up but neither side wanted to give up their spots or lose face, leading them into an impasse.

"Isn't that Zhao Jiayin, the captain of the school basketball team"

"The guy next to him is Hao Ren; he’s the one who defeated Huang Xujie with a single move at the bus stop."

"Ah, I remember, it was during the arm wrestling contest."

Varying comments spread.

The shower room was steamy, water splashing against the tiles. Huang Xujie gritted his teeth and took a step forward, staring at Hao Ren, "I want this spot!"

At this point, there was no way he could back down! Finding another area to bathe in would make him lose face!

"We arrived first," Hao Ren responded calmly.

Huang Xujie clenched his fist tightly.

After the incident with Hao Zhonghua's appointment, he had learned from his deputy mayor father that this seemingly backgroundless Hao Ren was actually Hao Zhonghua’s son—the same person whose deputy mayor father warned him not to provoke under any circumstances!

The warning came after a scolding and almost a beating at home. His deputy mayor father repeatedly warned him, "Don’t you dare provoke this young master Hao! Otherwise, I’ll break your bones!" Provoking Hao Zhonghua’s sons was like playing with one's political career.

Hao Zhonghua was someone even the provincial governor would personally receive!

"Forget it, as the saying goes, a gentleman does not care about petty things. Let's go somewhere else!" Huang Xujie suddenly said.

The male bystanders, including the rock climbing club members, were all in disbelief of what they heard.

At this moment, Huang Xujie actually retreated

Everyone could tell that under such a confrontational situation, Huang Xujie conceded! The son of an esteemed vice mayor and someone who dominated the school, actually...

A few seconds later, all the male bystanders let out a burst of jeering.

Huang Xujie with his face stern, led those members from the rock climbing club to leave this area in a disheartened manner. They did not even go and find another spot for bathing but headed straight towards the changing room!

How could there still be any face or mood left to continue bathing under such circumstances

Without anything interesting to watch, all the naked male bystanders scattered as well. No doubt, today's incident would once again become a topic of discussion in the school.

Huang Xujie lost three times against Hao Ren! He failed at rock climbing and arm wrestling; even when they faced off shirtless in the bathhouse, he ended up retreating!

"What amazing aura!" Zhou Liren said as he approached Hao Ren after seeing him single-handedly force a group of people from the rock climbing club to back down.

The aura Hao Ren exuded just now even made Zhou Liren feel a chill despite being in a steaming bathhouse!

"It's your turn to shower," Hao Ren said, turning around and using a basin to tap Zhou Liren on the head before walking past him to open up a showerhead.

Zhao Jiayin also secretly admired how rare it was for someone to exude such an aura even at the highest level of basketball matches. This aura made him believe that if things really came to blows, Hao Ren could take down Huang Xujie and his six or seven companions all on his own.

"Speaking of which, with her wearing a short skirt, Xiaoyu is indeed pretty," Zhou Liren said while bathing as he tried changing the topic. "Ren, I finally understand why you were able to captivate her."

"Why" Hao Ren asked casually.

“It's because of your physique! You seduced her with your body; you two must have already..."

Slurrrr...

Hao Ren poured a basin of water over him, knowing that there was nothing good left to come out from his mouth.

Zhao Jiayin and the others laughed heartily.

The few buddies chatted while they washed, and when they walked out of the bathroom half an hour later...

"I have something to do outside, so you guys can head back first," Hao Ren said, placing a basin in Zhou Liren’s hands.

"Understood, understood..." Zhou Liren squinted his eyes awkwardly.

He thought that Hao Ren was probably waiting at the entrance for Xiaoyu to come out and then they would go on a date at the Mega Base Plaza.

Hao Ren did not bother to explain, only watching them head towards their dormitory zone outside campus before turning around and heading into the small forest within the school premises.

At this time, there were still quite a number of students coming out for bathing or soaking in the hot springs. As that small forest was near the girls’ dormitories on school grounds, Hao Ren did not notice anyone following him from behind.

The moment he entered the woods, he took out Little White and raised his shield as a gust of wind blew past, allowing him to fly high into the sky under its protection.eed to go out of their way looking for necessary resources.A wave of warmth rose from Hao Ren's Dragon Pill as the loss he incurred made Master Wang of White Sand Sect feel a sharp pain in his heart.T...