Gluttony Goes Better with an Ice Martial Soul

"The situation at home has improved, so I don't need to sell roasted fish anymore. I'm planning to do something else from now on."

Naturally, Huo Yuhao could not say that his Gluttony Origin would be unlocked today, and that he would make his fortune selling Soul Guidance Devices in the future, so there was no need for him to keep selling roasted fish. He simply changed the subject.

"I specifically prepared extra roasted fish today. Uncle Huang, do you have time to come by later?"

Seeing this, Huang Yu did not try to persuade him further. He nodded. "Sure, I'll come over later. Looks like you've found another way to make money, kid, so I won't try to talk you out of it. But you'd better treat me well later."

Huo Yuhao nodded in agreement. Just as he was about to turn around, Huang Yu suddenly called out to him again. "Yuhao."

"What is it?"

Huang Yu walked over with a serious expression and lowered his voice.

"Although the Soul Master Competition has been profitable lately, there are more people in the city, so things have gotten a bit more chaotic. Be careful from now on. I heard that some time ago, a Blacksmith Shop in the city was wiped out overnight..."

Huo Yuhao frowned slightly and nodded.

"I understand. Thank you, Uncle Huang."

"Mm, go on. I'll come find you later."

At the same time.

At an official awakening institution in Heaven Dou City, a young boy stood quietly in the middle of a formation arranged from stones. The middle-aged man before him was clearly impatient as he spoke lazily.

"Feel the power inside your body and guide it out."

A moment later, the middle-aged man saw a crystalline Blue Silver Grass emerge from the boy's palm. He could not help rolling his eyes.

"...A useless Martial Soul, Blue Silver Grass. All right, you can leave."

Hearing the contempt in the other man's voice, Tang San's fists clenched tighter behind his back. Compared to his previous life, when Su Yuntao had come to the village to perform awakenings for free, awakenings in the current Skysoul Empire not only cost money, but their attitude was terrible too.

And he truly had not expected that, after ten thousand years, people would still be prejudiced against Blue Silver Grass!

He forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and asked in a somewhat icy voice, "Don't I need to test my Soul Power?"

In this life, he would once again prove just how correct his teacher's words had been.

"Hmm?"

The middle-aged man raised his brows in surprise. He instinctively wanted to mock him, but seemed to recall something and ultimately held back. He took out a crystal ball and placed it before Tang San.

"Since you still want to struggle, go ahead and try."

Tang San ignored the man's mockery. He placed his hand on the crystal ball and slowly poured in his Soul Power. In an instant, the crystal ball bloomed with a faint glow. The middle-aged man's expression immediately changed as he muttered, "At least Rank Eight Innate Soul Power..."

Tang San coldly glanced at the man's stunned expression, said nothing more, and turned to leave. He wanted to hurry back and tell his father the news.

He could feel it. Just like in his previous life, he was still a wielder of Twin Martial Souls! And his other Martial Soul was naturally the Clear Sky Hammer, which had been so familiar in his past life.

Blue Silver Grass and the Clear Sky Hammer—the Martial Souls that had accompanied him to the pinnacle in his previous life. In this life, he would likewise use the hammer in his left hand to protect the grass in his right!

Mm, so he would cultivate Blue Silver Grass first.

After all, the Clear Sky Hammer needed to absorb more powerful Soul Rings in order to better protect Blue Silver Grass.

"Yuhao, you..."

At the small table, Huang Yu and Tang Ya stared wide-eyed at Huo Yuhao, who was wolfing down roasted meat.

"What?"

Huo Yuhao raised his brows, swallowed the food in his mouth, and asked in confusion.

"It's nothing." Tang Ya looked at Huo Yuhao, who had already eaten three roasted fish along with a large amount of roasted meat. After hesitating for a long while, she finally said, "It just feels like your appetite suddenly got a lot bigger..."

"Haha, kids need to eat more while they're growing." Huang Yu laughed heartily and patted Huo Yuhao on the shoulder. He ate his roasted fish with relish, shaking his head with a sigh. "Too bad it's working hours. It'd be even better with a little drink."

Huo Yuhao smiled but said nothing.

The reason he could suddenly eat so much was naturally the effect of the Gluttony Original Sin he had just unlocked. After unlocking the Gluttony Origin, Huo Yuhao discovered that his efficiency at absorbing energy from food had increased greatly. Even when eating ordinary roasted fish and meat, his Soul Power was rising at an extremely slow rate.

This meant that his Cultivation Speed could increase significantly once again. If the ingredients were better, the rate would be even faster.

However, this increase seemed to occur only when his Soul Power had not been depleted.

For example, if Huo Yuhao's Soul Power was at full capacity, eating could slowly raise his Soul Power Level. But if he had expended Soul Power or suffered an injury, the energy obtained from eating would first replenish his depleted Soul Power and repair his body.

Beyond that, his body's resistance to energy seemed to have increased dramatically. Any energy that entered his body, whether harmful or beneficial, would gradually be absorbed.

Beneficial energy was simple enough. Soul Rings, Soul Bones, and all sorts of heavenly treasures suitable for absorption were beneficial powers. Once absorbed, they could directly increase Soul Power.

Destructive energy, on the other hand, was like the Soul Skills others used by consuming Soul Power. This kind of energy would generally damage the body directly, requiring one to resist it with their own strength. It could not be absorbed at all.

But things were different with the Gluttony Origin. Huo Yuhao had witnessed this effect on the God of Gluttony in the Divine Realm in his previous life. Nearly every type of energy-based attack, as long as it was devoured by the other party, would have its damage greatly reduced.

Under normal circumstances, devouring this destructive energy would merely replenish some of one's consumed Soul Power. But Huo Yuhao had a Second Martial Soul that could absorb Ice Attribute Energy!

In other words, as long as he could endure it and absorb it, Ice Attribute Energy that would normally harm him could likewise help his Martial Soul evolve. Take the Ice Extreme Cold Spring in the Icefire Yin Yang Well, for example. In his previous life, if Snow Empress had not helped filter it, swallowing it directly would have left him seriously injured, just as when he had swallowed the extremely hot spring water.

But with the Gluttony Original Sin, not only could he swallow it directly, he could also use it to evolve his Martial Soul. The process would just be somewhat painful...

According to Yu Ming's memories, each type of Ice Attribute Energy seemed capable of evolving this Martial Soul only once. The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion and Ice Jade Scorpion, for instance, possessed the same type of Ice Attribute Energy, so they could not continuously evolve the Martial Soul. Moreover, once the Martial Soul evolved to a sufficiently high level, low-grade Ice Attribute Energy would no longer be able to make it evolve because its quality had become too high.

Huo Yuhao did not find this particularly regrettable. Otherwise, all he had to do was burrow into the Far North Land and get beaten up by different ice-attribute Soul Beasts every day. In just a few years, he would probably become invincible.

Of course, this resistance depended on his strength. If he went to swallow spring water at his current level, he would probably die on the spot. If the energy destroyed his body faster than he could absorb it, he would still be in danger.

Setting aside matters so far in the future, what the Gluttony Origin brought him for now was an increase in Cultivation Speed.

Looks like he would be spending quite a bit on food from now on.

Mindlessly stuffing himself with roasted meat and fish like this would not do. From the fact that he had started to feel full after eating several roasted fish and some roasted meat, Gluttony had merely increased his appetite considerably; it did not mean he could eat without limit. Therefore, for the sake of efficiency, the most important thing was to eat high-energy food whenever possible.

After finishing their meal, the two did not hurry home after leaving Snack Street. Instead, they headed in the opposite direction.

Over the past year, Huo Yuhao had turned most of the rare metals remaining in the Tang Sect into Soul Guidance Devices. Some time ago, Tang Ya had brought samples to contact members of the Skysoul Empire's royal family. The other party quickly sent word that they wanted to discuss the matter in detail, and the meeting had been set for that afternoon.

"Do you remember what I taught you to say last night?"

"I know, I know." Tang Ya was clearly nervous. After hesitating for a moment, she finally voiced the doubt in her heart. "By the way, your Soul Guidance Devices are so impressive. Won't they really get ideas about us?"

"Of course they'll get ideas." The corners of Huo Yuhao's lips curled up. "But the target definitely won't be us. As for whether they'll make a move against us, there's no profit in it, and they might even bring trouble upon themselves. They won't be stupid enough to do that."

"Bring trouble upon themselves?" Tang Ya froze. "Do we have some kind of backing?"

"The important thing isn't whether we do. It's whether others think we do. That's enough." Huo Yuhao spoke somewhat mysteriously, then raised his head slightly and looked at the building ahead.

"We're here."