In Dormitory 108, Dugu Lu looked at Huo Yuhao, who had yet to wake up after so long, his face full of worry.
Meanwhile, Xu Jie held the Soul Ascension Pill Ning Tian had sent over earlier, examining it with great care. After studying it for a while, he took their only Storage Soul Guidance Device from Huo Yuhao's neck.
After channeling Soul Power into it, the blue carving knife Dugu Lu had previously given Huo Yuhao appeared in his hand.
The carving knife cut across the pill, and green powder fell into Xu Jie's palm. He opened his mouth and swallowed it. Bitterness traveled from the tip of his tongue to his brain, while the powder melted in his mouth and turned into specks of pure Soul Power that entered his body.
The effect was no different from what Dugu Lu had described, and the pill had not been poisoned. Good stuff.
Once the test was done, Xu Jie put both the carving knife and the pill back into the Soul Tool.
Watching Xu Jie go through all that without showing the slightest concern for Huo Yuhao, Dugu Lu could not help but say, "Xu Jie, don't you care about Huo Yuhao at all? He's been unconscious this whole time."
"He's fine. He just exhausted too much Spiritual Power. Give him some time, and he'll wake up on his own," Xu Jie said indifferently.
"Damn it, why didn't you say so earlier? You had me worried sick!" Dugu Lu sprang to his feet and punched Xu Jie on the shoulder.
"I thought you knew. His martial soul has a spiritual attribute. What he used against Wu Feng had to be a spiritual attack. Of course he'd pass out after using up all his Spiritual Power!" After speaking, Xu Jie glanced around Dugu Lu's cramped room before continuing.
"Let's carry him upstairs. You only have one blanket here, so it'll be inconvenient when it's time to sleep."
"Fine, let's do it." Xu Jie had changed the topic rather stiffly, but Dugu Lu did not hold it against him.
The two of them carried Huo Yuhao up to the second floor again. It really was inconvenient downstairs.
Meanwhile, within Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sea of Consciousness.
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm seemed to be arguing with something.
"You old bastard, I noticed you a long time ago! What are you trying to do, occupying little Yuhao's Spiritual Sea of Consciousness?" The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm roared at the slowly receding grayness within the sea of consciousness.
"Hmph, you fleshy worm. You think you're worthy of competing with me for territory? Once this remaining wisp of divine consciousness recovers, I'll crush you with one hand." An aged voice rang out, filled with disdain.
"Pah! You old bastard, stop bluffing! You only have this wisp of divine consciousness left and not a shred of energy. What can you do? If you've got the guts, come fight me! Do you think Brother Sky Dream is afraid of you?" The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's furious voice rang out again.
"As long as..." The aged voice spoke again.
"What's going on? Who are you?" Seeing that they were about to continue arguing, Huo Yuhao hurriedly interrupted them.
The aged voice was cut off, yet it did not get angry. Instead, it spoke to Huo Yuhao in a gentle tone. "Boy, I am not from this world. I only remember that while traveling through worlds, I was ambushed. In the end, my soul self-destructed and tore through space, leaving behind a wisp of remnant soul that came to this world.
When you fused with the fleshy worm, the energy fluctuations drew me in. I fused with you alongside the fleshy worm and entered your Spiritual Sea. I bear you no ill will."
Ambushed. Soul self-destruction. These words suddenly began to overlap with a certain figure from the story Brother Jie had told him about the Fire Douluo.
A bold thought suddenly arose in Huo Yuhao's heart, and he could not help but ask, "Are you a god?"
The aged voice seemed puzzled by Huo Yuhao's question, but still answered truthfully, "No. I could have become a god, but I refused."
Hearing that answer, Huo Yuhao's eyes widened, and delight filled his face.
It matched! It all matched!
In Xu Jie's story about the Fire Douluo, that Medicine God, Yao Chen, had also possessed the Fire Douluo with only a wisp of divine consciousness remaining. He had also refused godhood, had also been ambushed, and had also self-destructed his soul.
Thinking of this, Huo Yuhao raised his spiritual body's head and looked respectfully at the grayness that had yet to fully disperse from the sea of consciousness. He carefully said, "I know!"
"Hm!?" Sensing the change in Huo Yuhao's tone, the aged voice could not help feeling puzzled.
Having copied Huo Yuhao's memories, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm suddenly understood something the moment Huo Yuhao spoke. The ten golden rings around its body pulsed, and its gaze toward the grayness was filled with shock.
If it truly was the legendary Medicine God from Huo Yuhao's memories, that would be incredible. One medicine stabilized the heavens; one pill repaired the firmament.
Sensing the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's sudden change in emotion, the aged voice became even more confused. Did they know me? That couldn't be right. I've never been to this world.
Just as it was wondering, Huo Yuhao spoke again.
"You're the Medicine God, Yao Chen?"
Who was Yao Chen? The aged voice searched through all its remaining memories, but it had no impression of that name whatsoever. Could he be some powerful expert from this world?
Suppressing its doubts, the aged voice said, "I am not the Medicine God you speak of. Even if I had become a god, my divine position and divine name should have been Death God, not the Medicine God you mentioned.
I do not have many memories left, and I have no impression of the Medicine God you speak of. As for myself, I only remember one sentence." The voice paused here, as if waiting for Huo Yuhao to ask.
Although Huo Yuhao was somewhat disappointed to learn that the gray light was not the Medicine God, he still gave it face and asked, "What sentence?"
"With sun and moon in my grasp and stars in my hand, there has never been anyone like me in this world! Hahahahaha!"
Amid the hearty laughter, the remaining grayness in Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sea of Consciousness rapidly receded, transforming once more into a gray speck of light that floated within his now-restored Spiritual Sea of Consciousness.
"With sun and moon in my grasp and stars in my hand, there has never been anyone like me in this world." Huo Yuhao softly repeated the words. Though that speck of light was not the Medicine God he had hoped for, in Brother Jie's words, that line was unbelievably badass.
It seemed that gray speck of light was no ordinary person.
Just as Huo Yuhao was lost in thought, the aged voice rang out again.
"Boy, my name is Electrolux. Never let anger blind your eyes." Then the speck of light fell silent.
"Brother Sky Dream, what exactly happened with my Soul Shock just now?" Seeing that Electrolux had stopped speaking, Huo Yuhao turned toward the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. From what he could sense, the Soul Shock he had unleashed had changed completely the moment Electrolux acted, transforming from an attack into a restraint.
It had directly sealed Wu Feng's use of her martial soul and Soul Power. That was why Wu Feng had been completely unable to use either her martial soul or Soul Power just now.
"Uh... to be honest, I'm not too sure either. Although his power is weak right now, the level of his divine consciousness is far too high. It has reached a level I cannot comprehend."
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was immediately dumbfounded. Even though it had watched the entire process, it had no idea how Electrolux had pulled off that move.
If it knew how to do that, it would not have been treated as a Heavenly Material, Earthly Treasure by those freaks deep within the Star Dou Great Forest and sucked dry until it was half-dead.
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