Huo Yuhao deliberately paused, piquing their curiosity before continuing.
"I never expected Xixi to discover me when I was preparing to leave. She said she had read in an ancient book that the Heavenly Snow Woman of the Far North had nearly seven hundred thousand years of cultivation and was an overlord-like existence there."
"Her territory contained countless rare treasures, and there might be something capable of improving my condition. So we treated a dead horse as if it were alive and immediately set out."
Huo Yuxi had never expected Huo Yuhao to make up such an outrageous story, yet he told it with such twists and turns that even she could feel Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong worrying for them.
Huo Yuhao stole a glance at her and, after confirming that she had not given anything away, continued, "We searched for a long time but found nothing. It was simply too cold there, and I couldn't help falling asleep."
"Later, Xixi brought back many Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures. After feeding them all to me, she discovered that my aura had actually grown weaker, and I fell unconscious. She was so anxious that she didn't know what to do."
At those words, everyone looked at Huo Yuxi. Huo Yuhao, however, did not dare look at her. He stared at the ceiling, looking utterly frail.
"When I woke up again, I felt a strange power within my body. Beside me lay a large scorpion, pure white all over, with an emerald-green tail."
"I tried to activate that power and miraculously discovered that I had awakened a second Martial Soul—the Ice Jade Scorpion Martial Soul."
As he spoke, he activated the power within his body. A purple soul ring swiftly rose, and the entire office was instantly covered in frost and