Electrolux

The hazy Divine Sense gradually stabilized. An awareness that had lain dormant for who knew how many ages began to awaken bit by bit.

Light, death, and life—three auras intertwined. At the same time, a gray figure slowly began to take shape.

He seemed somewhat bewildered, yet also somewhat enlightened. An inscrutable aura unconsciously spread outward, only to be blocked by the barrier Huo Yuhao had set up.

Huo Yuhao did not disturb him and simply stood silently to one side.

After a long while, the gray figure seemed to come back to himself. At the same time, an aged voice naturally rang out:

"I never expected that I, with only a wisp of incomplete Divine Sense remaining, would still have a chance to awaken."

He raised his head and calmly looked at the smiling Huo Yuhao in the distance. There was a trace of surprise in his aged voice.

"You know me, don't you?"

"Yes, Elder Yi. Though it is somewhat difficult to explain, you are my teacher."

Huo Yuhao raised his head. As if to prove it, Hexagram Arrays formed from Spiritual Power slowly rotated one after another, and a trace of the Power of Purification emerged.

Lowering his hand, Huo Yuhao looked at Electrolux with an earnest gaze.

"You even know the Power of Purification?"

There was some confusion in Electrolux's eyes, but he did not dwell on it.

His incomplete Divine Sense carried very few memories. There was no point in agonizing over such matters.

He slightly closed his eyes and naturally absorbed the memories from the two years he had spent asleep. Before long, he understood what had happened during that time.

"My disciple? How interesting. This old man actually has a disciple.

"Child, what is your name?"

"Huo Yuhao."

"Huo Yuhao..." Electrolux pondered slightly, but after a while, he still gently shook his head.

"Child, I still have no impression of you. But from the Power of Purification you displayed just now, I can be certain that you truly are my disciple.

"You were even willing to use the Gold of Life to stabilize this wisp of my remnant soul. Child, thank you."

"There is no need, Teacher. This is what I owe you."

Huo Yuhao answered sincerely.

In his previous life, Elder Yi had helped him far too much and saved him from danger time and time again. No repayment could ever be excessive.

"Teacher, first use this piece of Gold of Life to stabilize your Divine Sense. You have only just awakened, so it would not be suitable for your Divine Sense to remain exposed to the outside world.

"After some time, I will use this piece of Gold of Life to create a body for you. Then, you will no longer have any restraints."

"You are thoughtful."

Electrolux did not say anything further. His gray body dispersed, turning once more into a Little Gray Ball that merged into the Gold of Life to continue nurturing itself.

This wisp of Divine Sense was incomplete after all. It still needed a great deal of time to repair itself before it could barely recover. Of course, the real reason was that Elder Yi himself was simply too powerful, making his recovery all the more difficult.

After returning the Gold of Life to his Spiritual Sea, Huo Yuhao let out a slight sigh of relief.

Ever since arriving in Shrek City two years ago, Huo Yuhao had been thinking of a way to get his hands on the Spirit Devouring Dagger. After all, only with Elder Yi would he have someone who could help improve his various methods.

Whether it was the Soul Spirit Contract Revised or The Method of Soul Rings Carrying Soul Cores, they were all Huo Yuhao's own conjectures. It was like crossing a river by feeling for stones—he might suddenly die at any moment.

But Huo Yuhao did not want things to be this way either! Yet he had no choice. Of the two beings beside him whom he could trust, one was the Gluttonous Dragon King. Though powerful, her research ability and thinking ability were practically nonexistent, and she relied entirely on instinct when using her power.

As for the other, the Lazy Ice Silkworm, there was even less to say. It had slept its way to a million years of cultivation—no skill, all luck.

Neither of them was reliable!

Thankfully, Elder Yi had returned now. Huo Yuhao was no longer alone after all!

He raised a hand and withdrew the barrier. Yet in the next instant, ripples spread through space, and a silver-haired, purple-eyed figure appeared in an instant!

Gu Yuena!

She quickly scanned her surroundings, lightly sniffing with her delicate nose as her brows furrowed slightly. Her gaze swiftly landed on Huo Yuhao and Tian Meng, who was hiding behind him.

"Just now... who was that?"

"My teacher, the one I mentioned to you before." Huo Yuhao did not hide anything and answered calmly.

Gu Yuena fell silent, faintly recalling the teacher Huo Yuhao had mentioned during their past chats.

Electrolux was very powerful. At the very least, he had once possessed the strength of a First-Rank Deity. Male.

Mm.

Gu Yuena's brows relaxed slightly, and her earlier anger vanished.

Then he was not a threat.

Just as she was about to speak, Gu Yuena involuntarily noticed Tian Meng, who was lying on Huo Yuhao's back with his head poking out, watching her warily. Her brows furrowed again.

This bug...

"Oh, right, I was just about to tell you something, Sister Nana." Huo Yuhao suddenly remembered something. "I may be leaving Shrek City in a while, so I might have to trouble you to look after my mother."

"Leaving? Where are you going?" Gu Yuena became alert.

"The Extreme North."

Huo Yuhao extended his hand. His Spirit Eye Martial Soul switched, and a figure emitting a faint chill appeared behind him.

"After I signed the Soul Spirit Contract with Sister Tianmeng, I gained an unformed Ice Attribute Martial Soul. By attaching its first Soul Ring, I can shape it into a new Martial Soul.

"But there have been quite a lot of matters these past two years, and a Silver Radiance Soul Ring is not quite reliable enough, so I delayed it until now.

"There happens to be a month of free time coming up, so I was thinking of settling this matter."

Huo Yuhao did not hide anything from Gu Yuena and told her his plans.

Trust was always mutual. And because the Gluttonous Dragon King was far too innocent and easily deceived, Huo Yuhao would inexplicably feel guilty whenever he lied to her.

"I'm going with you!"

Gu Yuena spoke without hesitation.

"No." Huo Yuhao refused without hesitation. "It would not be safe for Mother to be home alone. Only with you there can I rest assured."

"Then what about your safety?"

"Sister Tianmeng will protect me." Huo Yuhao patted Tian Meng, who was trembling slightly from Gu Yuena's gaze.

Hearing Huo Yuhao's words, Tian Meng barely overcame a tiny bit of her instinctive fear of Gu Yuena and said the toughest words in the weakest tone.

"Y-yes! I-I'll protect Yuhao! Y-you don't need to worry!"

Gu Yuena said nothing and merely shot Tian Meng a cold glare.

The next moment, a fear born from biological instinct swept over Tian Meng. She let out an indistinct whimper and immediately hid inside Huo Yuhao's Soul Ring.

Looking at the Silver Radiance Soul Ring that had suddenly risen beside him, Huo Yuhao felt somewhat helpless.

"Sister Nana, stop scaring Sister Tianmeng. She's timid..."

His words abruptly stopped, because Gu Yuena's gaze was gradually becoming dangerous, as though she would pull out a hatchet and give him a whack at any moment.

Gu Yuena took a step forward and arrived before Huo Yuhao in an instant.

Huo Yuhao froze and instinctively stepped back. But the bed was behind him, and he lost his balance, falling directly onto it.