Child of Destiny Enters the Nine Treasures (Part One)

"I didn't expect him to choose me."

Under that mental fluctuation, the forest in this area fell into a deathly silence, as if every bird had stopped singing. Only Chen Junting, protected by Electrolux, could remain conscious.

Touching the spot between his brows where the Gray Airflow had entered, he did not feel anything amiss.

If not for the old and imposing voice—"With the sun and moon in my hands, I pluck the stars; in this world, no one is like me"—still echoing in his mind, he might even have thought the scene from before had merely been an illusion.

Chen Junting tentatively called out.

"Old man?"

But after a long while, there was no response.

"Looks like he fell asleep."

Seeing this, Chen Junting did not dwell on it. After all, he could not enter his own Sea of Spirit right now, and he believed Electrolux would reveal himself soon enough.

"Since that's the case, I'll go check on Yuhao first."

With that thought, the Seven Kills Sword beneath his feet suddenly accelerated!

Cutting through the air, he arrived beside Huo Yuhao.

At this moment, everything around Huo Yuhao had returned to peace. The scene caused by the appearance of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had also vanished. Only the corpse of a ten-year Wind Baboon lay beside Huo Yuhao.

"Yuhao!? Yuhao!?"

Chen Junting gently shook Huo Yuhao's body. When he saw that there was still no reaction, he propped him upright and made him sit cross-legged.

At the same time, he pressed his right hand against Huo Yuhao's back, at the central acupoint. A vast and powerful surge of Soul Power immediately poured from his hand, flowing through Huo Yuhao's meridians and circulating once through his body.

Remaining cautious, he also examined Huo Yuhao's eyes. He discovered that even without Martial Soul Possession, a faint trace of Soul Power in Huo Yuhao's eyes was connected to his brain.

"Looks like I didn't remember wrong."

After confirming this point, he continued circulating his Soul Power.

However, the longer his Soul Power circulated through Huo Yuhao's body, the more complicated Chen Junting's expression became. He had learned about and imagined how poor Huo Yuhao's physical condition was, but the actual state of Huo Yuhao's body was even more astonishing than he had expected.

Blocked.

Blocked.

Still blocked!

If this were an ordinary person, it would be strange for him to be able to cultivate at all.

"That's the only explanation: he's the Child of Destiny."

Chen Junting sighed inwardly. Otherwise, if a Soul Master tried cultivating with this level of physical fitness, reaching the level of Soul Grandmaster would already be the absolute limit.

Since he had decided to bring Huo Yuhao into the Sect, Chen Junting used his Soul Power to regulate Huo Yuhao's body before the ring on his finger flashed blue. He took out a porcelain bottle, poured out a pill, and placed it in Huo Yuhao's mouth.

This pill was precisely the Profound Water Pill.

Originally, these Profound Water Pills had been given to them by the Sect as gifts for the students who joined the Sect after arriving at Shrek Academy.

Using one on Huo Yuhao was quite appropriate.

Before long, a fluctuation of Soul Power radiated from his body.

As mist spread through the surroundings, Chen Junting knew that the Profound Water Pill had taken effect. He summoned the Seven Kills Sword and slashed at the surrounding trees, sending out streaks of Sword Qi that felled the trunks.

He casually constructed a barrier, completely surrounding Huo Yuhao.

Then he retreated several meters to avoid being affected by the stench.

Not long afterward, Ning Tian and Wu Feng also arrived.

"Sword Man, where's that Huo Yuhao?"

Seeing Chen Junting guarding the place but not Huo Yuhao, Wu Feng looked around and could not help asking.

Before she could receive a response, however, she suddenly exclaimed, "It stinks!"

A foul odor instantly wormed its way into her nose.

Ning Tian immediately took a Soul Tool from her storage Soul Guidance Bracelet. It was a shield-type Soul Tool that isolated smells and sounds between the inside and outside while filtering the air. Only after covering the three of them with it did she completely block out the foul odor.

"Brother Junting, you gave him a Profound Water Pill."

Looking at the tightly sealed cage built from tree trunks, Ning Tian had already guessed what Chen Junting had done. Then, as her gaze shifted, she noticed the corpse of the ten-year Wind Baboon nearby.

A bad feeling welled up in her heart.

Wu Feng also followed Ning Tian's gaze.

A look of surprise appeared on her face!

"Hey! I guessed right. He really did encounter a ten-year Wind Baboon! But judging by the looks of it, he killed the Wind Baboon himself. Wait... he didn't absorb its Soul Ring, did he?"

Seeing that there was no Soul Ring on the Wind Baboon's corpse, Wu Feng immediately realized what Ning Tian had just thought of. After all, less than an hour had passed since they had separated from Huo Yuhao.

"This kid is probably finished."

Wu Feng was rather blunt.

Although Ning Tian glared at her, she had still said exactly what Ning Tian herself wanted to say.

A ten-year Soul Ring would limit his growth.

"Actually, given his physical condition, he probably could only absorb a ten-year Soul Ring."

Chen Junting directly told the two of them about Huo Yuhao's physical condition. He also explained that he had examined Huo Yuhao's Martial Soul and confirmed that it was indeed connected to his brain, making it one of the most exceptional Body Martial Souls. This meant that once Huo Yuhao's physical fitness and cultivation rose, the level of his Second Awakening would not be low. As long as he had sufficient talent as a Soul Engineer, his cultivation as a Soul Engineer would also progress by leaps and bounds.

In the end, he also brought up the scarcity of Spirit-type Soul Beasts and the difficulty of cultivating them.

He explained both the disadvantages and advantages clearly, remaining fair and impartial.

"Then this Huo Yuhao..."

A trace of hesitation first flashed through Ning Tian's eyes, but it was quickly replaced by determination as she displayed the bearing of the Young Master of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.

"So what if his First Soul Ring is only ten years old? If this Huo Yuhao is truly worth cultivating, we'll improve his physical fitness! Combined with the advantage of his Spirit-type Martial Soul, we'll try to have him absorb a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring for his Fourth Soul Skill. I refuse to believe we can't make up for the flaw of that ten-year Soul Ring. Besides, Spirit-type Soul Beasts may be rare, but they aren't nonexistent. If his cultivation talent is poor, then he can just take pills like the people of the Sun Moon Empire!"

She looked at Chen Junting, her gaze gradually turning gentle. "With you here, our Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect won't lack top-tier Soul Masters in the future, but we do lack top-tier Soul Engineers. Since all it takes is money to cultivate him from his foundation, then we'll throw money at him! The one thing our Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect has never lacked is money!"

"Wow! Ning Tian is so cool!"

Seeing Wu Feng's eyes sparkle, Chen Junting immediately rapped her on the head, instantly clearing the starry look from her eyes.

At the same time, he took Ning Tian's hand, expressing his agreement with her decision through his actions.

At the same time, inside Huo Yuhao's Sea of Spirit.

"Wow! This feels so good! I didn't expect that the moment I thought Little Yuhao's talent was poor, someone would send him something to improve it."

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm wriggled its snow-white body, the entire worm sinking into the feeling that its luck was amazing.

Its perception of the outside world also dropped to an extremely low level.

"Someone sent me something to improve my talent?"

Huo Yuhao was stunned when he heard this. After all, anyone could tell how precious something that could "improve talent" was if they thought about it carefully.

But who would spend such a thing on him?

"Here, it's him."

"Huh? Two more came too."

As if sensing Huo Yuhao's confusion, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm used its mental power to sketch Chen Junting's image within the Sea of Spirit. After sensing the outside world for a moment, it also manifested images of Ning Tian and Wu Feng. "These three humans are pretty nice! They only ate one meal of your Grilled Fish, yet they're helping you this much."

"Little Yuhao, is your Grilled Fish really that delicious?" Then it remembered that it no longer had a body, and the Big Worm immediately became unhappy. "What a pity. I can't eat it."

However, Huo Yuhao completely ignored the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's antics. He merely looked at the images of Chen Junting, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng. As he felt moved, warmth also welled up in his heart.

"I didn't expect that aside from Mother, someone else would care about me—and treat me so well! Brother Junting, Ning Tian, Wu Feng..."

If this had not been the Sea of Spirit, Huo Yuhao would probably have been crying his heart out by now. But he had already firmly engraved this kindness in his heart.

"All right, I'll be with you from now on too." As it spoke, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm waved its short feelers, comforting Huo Yuhao while continuing, "Little Yuhao, the effects of that thing are almost over. You should go out now."

Before Huo Yuhao could continue feeling moved, everything before his eyes suddenly blurred. Then, as if he had been drawn into a whirlpool, he fell into darkness.