Broken Promise

To make some Soul Guidance Devices after returning home, Huo Yuhao bought ten kilograms of Iron Essence from the shop. This time, he did not bargain. Instead, he had the clerk throw in an Engraving Knife made from Iron Essence as well.

Most people who came to buy ores were Soul Guidance Device Masters, so it was not unusual for the shop to carry such items. Looking at the Gold Soul Coins in his Storage Space, now reduced by half, Huo Yuhao sighed inwardly. Money really did not last.

"Little Yuhao, see you tomorrow. I'll have news about rare metals for you then."

When they reached a fork in the road, Tang Ya waved goodbye to Huo Yuhao. After agreeing to meet at the snack stall tomorrow, she left directly.

Watching her disappear into the crowd, Huo Yuhao withdrew his gaze and headed for the flower shop near his home.

Three hours later.

Before a wooden table, Huo Yuhao was surrounded by a deep dark-blue glow. He held an Engraving Knife in one hand, continuously carving something onto a small grayish-black sphere held in the other.

Though the little sphere was only the size of his pinky finger, Huo Yuhao's movements did not pause in the slightest. Every stroke was exceptionally precise.

Many oddly shaped metal shells were already spread across the wooden table before him. Deep patterns had been engraved into the surface of each one, like mysterious ancient incantations.

As tiny fragments continued to fly away, the process finally approached its end.

"Phew—"

After carefully blowing away the remaining iron filings, Huo Yuhao set down the Engraving Knife and swiftly moved both hands. He picked up the metal shells one by one, not even needing to look as they fit perfectly together with the other pieces.

Soon, a metal glove forged from refined iron appeared before Huo Yuhao. Though it was made of metal, Huo Yuhao, with his abundant experience with Humanoid Soul Guidance Devices from his previous life, had given every joint ample mobility.

That was only because of the material's limitations. Otherwise, if he had used special materials, it would not have needed to be so troublesome.

Ideally, Huo Yuhao had intended to make it into an accessory resembling a ring or bracelet. When needed, he could inject Soul Power into it and have it directly unfold into a glove over his hand, without the slightest feeling of metallic stiffness when used.

Huo Yuhao took out the White Tiger Dagger and found a piece of leather to wrap around his hand. Once he was ready, he grabbed the glove through the leather and began injecting Soul Power into it. A faint blue current immediately lit up in the glove's palm.

As his palm brushed over the dagger's blade, the current adhered to it. Huo Yuhao casually swung it once, and a soft crackling sound rang out.

"Not bad."

Huo Yuhao nodded in satisfaction. This item was the prototype of an idea he had in mind. After Soul Power was injected into it, it could generate lightning-aspected energy. It could be used to attack opponents directly or attached to a weapon to grant it lightning attributes. The only reason he used leather was that the glove was made entirely of refined iron and conducted electricity.

However, that problem could still be solved later by using other materials.

For now, he could only use the method of adding a layer of leather underneath.

Of course, Huo Yuhao's original intention in making this was not merely to convert Soul Power into lightning. He wanted it to freely convert Soul Power into any attribute at will, preferably while also providing attribute amplification. If it could truly achieve that effect, calling it a divine artifact would not be an exaggeration.

For now, though, he could only imagine it. To provide attribute amplification, something like the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal he had obtained in his previous life could accomplish it, but the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal could only amplify ice attributes and would suppress fire attributes.

At the very least, he had yet to discover any material that was compatible with all elemental attributes at once. After all, even his master from his previous life, Rong Nianbing, had seven divine artifacts, each with its own attribute.

More than a minute later, as the lightning on the dagger slowly dissipated, Huo Yuhao put away both the White Tiger Dagger and the glove. At the same time, the dark-blue light around him gradually faded, and the familiar feeling of weakness struck him once again.

"The power can have a major effect even on a three-ring Soul Elder. It falls within the category of a Tier 3 Soul Guidance Device, and it can be activated with just one ring."

Using the price of that Tier 3 Soul Guidance Paralysis Ray at the Starfall Auction House in his previous life as a reference, this Soul Guidance Device of his could easily sell for a thousand Gold Soul Coins. That was only because it was made entirely from refined iron. If he had better materials, the price would rise even further.

That was why Soul Guidance Devices were so profitable. What mattered was not the materials, but the technique. After all, the improvement brought by a good Soul Guidance Device was no less than that of a Soul Ring.

Rubbing his brow, Huo Yuhao got up and walked out of his room. After returning that afternoon, he had turned an empty room on the first floor into a simple workshop and shut himself inside. By the time he came out again, the sky outside had already darkened. Huo Yun'er was happily tending to the potted plants he had brought home that afternoon, and she looked over when she heard him.

"Hungry? I'll go make dinner."

Huo Yuhao nodded, unable to help finding it amusing. When he had returned with the flowers alongside the flower shop clerk that afternoon, his mother had kept complaining that he was wasting money. Yet now, she was carefully tending to them, even moving two pots onto the windowsill in his bedroom.

Besides buying flowers, Huo Yuhao had also bought several books to keep Huo Yun'er from getting bored at home. As a result, he himself discovered quite a few strange books in the bookstore.

The one that caught his attention most was a bizarre book called "The Eternal God Reborn: I'm Really Not a Succubus." On a whim, he picked it up and flipped through it. It told the fantastical story of a god who was reborn ten thousand years before his own birth, then became entangled with his mother-in-law from his previous life, his ancestors, and every beautiful woman on the continent before eventually becoming the strongest being in the universe.

This included, but was not limited to, the Soul Hall Pope, the Dragon Clan God, the Priest of the Sea, and others. He even spared neither the mother nor aunt of his own enemy. The plot was full of twists and turns, utterly gripping.

Huo Yuhao could not help frowning as he read, sighing that someone actually wrote novels like this. That author was clearly not a proper person. What a decline in public morals and a collapse of decency.

After dinner, Huo Yuhao brewed medicine for both his mother and himself. Only after making sure she drank hers did he return to his room and begin that night's meditation training.

At noon.

Following the aroma, a man came to the stall. His throat bobbed as he swallowed before he asked, "Little brother, how much is the Roasted Fish?"

"Today's supply is already sold out. Please come back tomorrow."

The man froze, then his gaze fell upon the two Roasted Fish in Huo Yuhao's grill. "Don't you still have some?"

Huo Yuhao answered calmly, "Those are reserved for my friends."

"These are your last two, and your friends still haven't come. Why not sell them to me? I can pay extra!"

"It's not about the money. These two Roasted Fish aren't for sale. Please come again tomorrow."

The man opened his mouth, wanting to say something more, but seeing Huo Yuhao's resolute expression, he ultimately left in disappointment.

After grilling the fish, Huo Yuhao put them, along with everything from the stall, into his Storage Space. Then, with a gloomy expression, he walked out of Snack Street.