Never Let the World Betray Me

Scorpion Tiger Douluo put on what he believed was a kindly expression as he faced Huo Yuhao.

He had merely happened to pass through this place, but for some reason, he had felt that something here was drawing him in. That was why he had stopped.

Yet Huo Yuhao was clearly the only person here. Where could there be anything unusual?

Thus, he could only ask Huo Yuhao.

"I am a Titled Douluo."

As he spoke, Soul Rings appeared around Scorpion Tiger Douluo one after another.

Scorpion Tiger Douluo could tell that Huo Yuhao had only just reached the level of a Soul Master.

Since there was no one else here and this was the Star Dou Great Forest, Huo Yuhao had surely come alone to hunt Soul Beasts.

Furthermore, Huo Yuhao's clothes were clearly not those of a noble. He was obviously a commoner, perhaps even from a poor family.

The buffs were all in place!

Where did the Holy Spirit Cult get most of its followers? From countless commoners just like Huo Yuhao!

They had no money, no connections, no influence. They could not awaken their Martial Souls, or they could not obtain cultivation resources.

Some even had fairly decent talent, yet wasted half their lives because they could not awaken their Martial Souls.

If not for the Holy Spirit Cult's secret methods, they would likely never be able to awaken their Martial Souls in their entire lives, and could only remain ordinary people.

Seeing the "shocked" look in Huo Yuhao's eyes, Scorpion Tiger Douluo nodded in satisfaction. "Tell me, when you were here earlier, did you see anything unusual happen nearby? Or anything strange?"

Huo Yuhao shook his head "fearfully." "N-no, I didn't see anything. I've always been the only one here."

"No? Strange... Then where was it..."

Glancing at the Wind Baboon's corpse nearby, Scorpion Tiger Douluo pondered for a moment before asking, "What is your Martial Soul?"

There was no way to conceal something like this. Huo Yuhao also wanted to know what Scorpion Tiger Douluo intended to do, so he honestly revealed his Martial Soul.

"My Martial Soul is a spiritual-type Body Martial Soul, the Spirit Eyes."

"A Body Martial Soul?" Scorpion Tiger Douluo raised a brow. "The Holy Sect seems to have very few possessors of Body Martial Souls. If I bring him back..."

With that thought in mind, Scorpion Tiger Douluo continued, "Boy, answer me. Are you willing to cultivate your Martial Soul with me?"

Though he said it was cultivating with him, what he truly meant was for Huo Yuhao to follow him to the Holy Spirit Cult and become one of its people.

Could Huo Yuhao say he was unwilling?

Actually, he could, but there was no need.

Trump cards could only be used so many times. Since Scorpion Tiger Douluo had no intention of harming him and had not shown any killing intent, he might as well follow him and take a look.

After "asking" for Huo Yuhao's opinion, Scorpion Tiger Douluo immediately transformed into a dark cloud and swept Huo Yuhao away with him.

Inside his Spiritual Sea of Consciousness, Tian Meng was anxiously pacing back and forth.

She had only just emerged from the Star Dou Dragon Pool, and now she was entering a Titled Douluo's tiger den. Why did it feel as if all her luck had been spent on eating?

Yet Tian Meng was completely helpless. Not only could she not control Huo Yuhao's body now, even if she could, her currently sealed power would be utterly useless against a Titled Douluo.

Within Scorpion Tiger Douluo's dark cloud, Huo Yuhao could not see what was happening outside.

Moreover, Scorpion Tiger Douluo's dark cloud could block spiritual power, preventing Huo Yuhao from using Spiritual Detection to inspect the outside world.

After an unknown amount of time, Scorpion Tiger Douluo's dark cloud finally dispersed, and Huo Yuhao was finally able to see his surroundings.

What appeared before Huo Yuhao was a structure that could almost be described as a palace.

The palace was constructed almost entirely from the sturdiest stone and covered an enormous area.

Scorpion Tiger Douluo did not linger there, instead leading Huo Yuhao briskly into the palace.

Given Huo Yuhao's status, he should not have been allowed inside.

However, Scorpion Tiger Douluo kept feeling that Huo Yuhao might be of some use to him, so he had brought him along.

In his previous life, Huo Yuhao had only come here to destroy it and had never examined it closely. Now, he looked around, committing everything here to memory.

The Holy Spirit Cult headquarters he had destroyed in his previous life had been underground on the outskirts of the Evil Demon Forest.

Clearly, the Holy Spirit Cult's headquarters had existed here for a very long time.

In other words, by this time—or perhaps even earlier—the Holy Spirit Cult had already begun cooperating with the Evil Emperor, the Evil Eye Tyrant Lord.

As the ninth Soul Ring of his Spirit Eye Martial Soul in his previous life, Huo Yuhao knew the Evil Emperor extremely well.

But now, he was merely a Soul Master who had just obtained his first Soul Ring. Thoughts of the Evil Emperor only flashed through Huo Yuhao's mind before he buried them deep within his heart.

"Boy, stay here. Don't run around, or this old man won't be able to protect you!"

After leading Huo Yuhao into the massive palace structure and winding through several paths, Scorpion Tiger Douluo coldly ordered him to remain where he was. Then, he entered a hall with enormous doors by himself.

Huo Yuhao did not idle around either. He quietly activated Spiritual Detection and continuously probed his surroundings.

If nothing unexpected happened, he was about to passively become a disciple of the Holy Spirit Cult.

Although the reborn Huo Yuhao had already steeled his resolve, he was still somewhat sensitive about this identity.

It was not that he did not want to enter the mud. Huo Yuhao knew full well that he himself had crawled out of the mud. It was simply that once his identity as a member of the Holy Spirit Cult was established, he might become bound to this place.

That would not benefit his plans.

But he had no control over the situation now, so he could only take things one step at a time.

After all, his strength was still weak, and the range of his Spiritual Detection was not very large—only several dozen meters in diameter. In this palace-like structure, he could only detect a limited area.

Though he did not gain any useful information, Huo Yuhao took the chance to begin training his skill.

He had the memories of his previous life and experience creating Self-Created Soul Skills based on Snow Empress's Three Ultimate Techniques. The linear Spiritual Detection that had once taken him time to achieve could now be practiced from the start.

This was a technique, not a skill.

With control even finer than in his previous life, Huo Yuhao only tried twice before directly transforming his area-type Spiritual Detection into a linear one.

The moment it became linear, the range of his Spiritual Detection immediately extended far beyond its original diameter of several dozen meters.

Although he could only detect a straight area ahead of him, its reach had already exceeded a hundred meters.

If he entered Shrek Academy this time, he would surely give Fan Yu a tremendous shock.

However, in this life, Huo Yuhao no longer needed to seek Fan Yu out for instruction.

He already possessed the knowledge and practical ability of a Ninth-Grade Soul Engineer. Why would he need to study knowledge he had already learned?

Still, Huo Yuhao was not without goals when it came to Soul Tools.