Imparting the Method

"I'm willing, I'm willing!"

The girls smiled knowingly at how excited the little fellow was.

"Alright, stop teasing Yu Hao." Snow Empress covered her smiling face and shot Xu Xiao a look, telling him to be more serious.

"Yu Hao pays respects to Master." Huo Yuhao knelt directly before Xu Xiao and kowtowed three times.

Seeing that he was about to kowtow once more, Xu Xiao shielded his forehead with one hand. "Enough. Keep kowtowing and you won't have a head left!"

"Eat first. Come find me tonight about cultivation."

Yu Hao nodded obediently and ate even faster than usual.

"Yu Hao, eat slowly. No one's going to steal your food." Seeing that Yu Hao could finally cultivate properly, Huo Yun'er set aside one of her worries. A few lingering tears still hung on her face.

Night fell quickly.

At some point, an extra thatched hut had appeared in the small courtyard.

Since there were not enough rooms, Xu Xiao had the girls sleep together in one room, while he casually put up a hut outside for himself.

Huo Yun'er held Yu Hao's little hand and gently knocked on the door. Xu Xiao told them both to come in.

"Young Master, should I avoid this?" Seeing that she was meant to enter as well, Huo Yun'er instinctively took half a step back.

Seeing her reaction, Xu Xiao laughed. "Hahaha, my thatched hut isn't some man-eating beast. Come in too, Madam. Perhaps you'll gain something as well."

"Thank you." Unable to refuse Xu Xiao's kindness, Huo Yun'er obediently sat on the long bamboo bench beside him.

Xu Xiao looked back at Yu Hao. Seeing that the little fellow was still so excited, he guessed he would be too happy to sleep that night.

"Release your Martial Soul."

Upon hearing this, Yu Hao slowly closed his eyes. When he opened them again shortly afterward, they had become a blue galaxy!

Faint starlight seemed to let him see through most traces in the room that ordinary people would never notice. Even a tiny crack in the ground, barely large enough to hold a single ant, was clearly visible to him.

"Teacher, my Martial Soul is the Spirit Eyes. It lets me see details that others cannot, but it has no offensive power. It's rather weak."

Yu Hao lowered his head at the end. Although he had learned after awakening that he possessed a Body Sect Martial Soul, he had not been happy.

Body Sect Martial Souls were usually extraordinarily powerful. The mutated body part would become the strongest weapon, but he felt that he was an exception.

What use is it to have eyes that can see clearly? Am I supposed to shoot rays at people with my gaze? Thinking of this, Yu Hao worried that Xu Xiao might regret accepting him.

No matter how he thought about it, he felt that he had the weakest Body Sect Martial Soul. After awakening, it had only been somewhat useful while grilling fish, and his Innate Soul Power was merely Rank 1.

Seeing Yu Hao's appearance, Huo Yun'er could not help wanting to cry again. It was all because she was useless. Yu Hao had inherited her Martial Soul, and she herself had not possessed any Innate Soul Power either.

She had always felt that she had wronged her child and spent every day depressed. Perhaps this was also one reason she had fallen ill in the original story.

Sensing that the atmosphere was off, Xu Xiao used Soul Power to soothe their emotions. As expected of Soul Masters with a Mental Attribute—if they could not control their Martial Souls, they could easily be swayed by their emotions.

Knowing that Huo Yuhao had not been affected by his presence as a butterfly, Xu Xiao said, "Your talent is excellent. For a Body Sect Martial Soul, the more vital the awakened body part is, the better."

"And the Spirit Eyes you awakened are equivalent to a top-tier Martial Soul among Body Sect Martial Souls!"

"But Teacher, my Innate Soul Power is only Rank 1, and my Martial Soul has no offensive power. Other than seeing those details clearly, it's of no use."

Yu Hao was despondent. He knew that even if he had a top-tier Martial Soul, what could he do with such weak Innate Soul Power?

"Hahaha, foolish disciple. Your growth in the Duke's Estate was restricted, and your Martial Soul mutation was affected by the Evil Eye White Tiger, which is why it became what it is now."

Xu Xiao looked at the little fellow's beautiful eyes and continued, "You are my disciple, so naturally I have a way to raise your Innate Soul Power. It's just that the process may be painful."

What did low Innate Soul Power amount to? Xu Xiao had looted the entire yin-yang hot spring. Among the inherited memories of his Double Pupil was a Medicinal Bath formula from Perfect World. It was perfect for putting those Immortal Herbs to use instead of wasting them.

"Teacher, do whatever you wish. Yu Hao will definitely endure it!"

Xu Xiao knew that although these Children of Fortune might not have great talent at the beginning, their endurance was exceptionally strong. In the original story, Huo Yuhao had endured even the agony of Ice Empress replacing his bones, which showed how extraordinary he was.

He began looking forward to seeing what heaven-defying changes the Medicinal Bath from Perfect World—used specifically to temper the bodies and establish cultivation foundations for the cubs of those legendary Fierce Beasts—would bring to Yu Hao.

"This method requires a Medicinal Bath to cleanse and refine your body. It can also strengthen your physique. As your master, I also have a cultivation technique here. You can begin cultivating it right now."

With that, Xu Xiao took a cultivation manual from the Tower of Myriad Laws and placed it in Yu Hao's hands.

Crimson Wheel Meditation Technique. Just seeing the title on the cover made Yu Hao feel that it was incredible. His intuition told him that this technique might change his fate!

"This technique has you use your Spirit Eyes Martial Soul to circulate Soul Power along its prescribed routes, meditate upon, and trace the sun. Once you can trace a complete sun within your eyes, your Body Sect Martial Soul will undergo an evolution."

Before Yu Hao could be happy for long, Xu Xiao added, "You must not rush the cultivation of this method. For now, focus on improving through the Medicinal Bath. You may cultivate this technique in your spare time."

"Yes, Master!" Yu Hao immediately sat on the prepared meditation cushion and opened the manual to study it.

"Look at you, so impatient. Master also has a matching visualization diagram. Without it, were you going to stare at the sun all day?"

Yu Hao scratched his little head and gave an embarrassed, foolish grin.

Xu Xiao simply handed him a Storage Soul Tool with a hundred cubic meters of space as well. "The visualization diagram is inside. Wear this ring from now on."

After carefully accepting it with both hands, Huo Yuhao examined it with his Spiritual Power. "Master, th-this is too precious. Yu Hao cannot accept it."

"You're my disciple. This little trinket barely suits you. It's the smallest Storage Soul Tool I have. What, you don't like it?" Xu Xiao rubbed his hair.

Yu Hao had no choice but to accept it. Seeing that he wanted to kneel and kowtow again, Xu Xiao stopped him in time. "Your road is still long. Go study how to cultivate this technique first. Ask me later if there's anything you don't understand."

Knowing it was getting late, Yu Hao nodded wildly in excitement. He thought that Master needed to rest too, so he should return first and try out the technique.

Then, while Huo Yun'er stood there in a daze, he opened the door and promptly shut it tightly behind him, seemingly not realizing that she had yet to leave.

Xu Xiao smiled in gratification. "That boy Yu Hao won't be sleeping tonight."

Huo Yun'er stood up nervously. "Young Master, it's getting late. Then I should return as well."

Having said that, she had already reached the door and was about to open it when—

"You can't leave yet."