Eight-Stage Burst Kill Glare?

Huo Yuhao opened his mouth to explain. "But Tang San..."

Before he could finish, Xiao Wu cut him off. "Why do you care about him?"

Huo Yuhao: "..."

So I shouldn't care?

Huo Yuhao walked over and lined up beside Xiao Wu. Xiao Wu said to him, "Why do you have to meddle in everything? Are you going to manage what everyone else eats too?"

"But didn't you see Tang San gnawing on dry rations?" Huo Yuhao was somewhat confused. Hadn't Tang San and Xiao Wu formed a friendship from the very beginning? Or had history changed because of his appearance?

Why was Xiao Wu completely unmoved now that she saw Tang San eating dry rations?

Xiao Wu asked strangely, "What does him eating dry rations have to do with you? Haven't you already tried to persuade him? He didn't appreciate your kindness, so why are you still nagging about it?"

Huo Yuhao opened his mouth, unsure of what to say.

Why do I want to care about him? It's like he's some relative of mine.

Huo Yuhao shook his head. Since even Xiao Wu did not care about Tang San, neither would he.

Xiao Wu grabbed Huo Yuhao's hand, seemingly afraid he would run off and leave no one to pay. The two stood in line, and soon it was their turn.

After getting their food, they found a place to eat with their dormmates from Dorm Seven.

After Tang San finished his dry rations, he left the cafeteria.

As Xiao Wu ate, she smiled and said to Huo Yuhao, "The food here is so good, and one meal only costs two copper coins. If I work for a day, after deducting my meal expenses, I can still save money... I'll be able to pay you back for the bedding before long!"

Wang Sheng smiled from the side. "Boss, if you obtain a Soul Ring and become a one-ring Soul Master, you can receive one Gold Soul Coin from Spirit Hall every month. We Work-Study Students don't have many expenses, and we have jobs too, so we can actually save a little money..."

Hearing this, both Xiao Wu and Huo Yuhao could not help looking at Wang Sheng. Huo Yuhao asked in surprise, "Spirit Hall gives Soul Masters money too?"

In his previous life, Huo Yuhao had received subsidies from the empire when he was low-level. After traveling to this era, he had assumed the empire still provided the subsidies. He had not expected Spirit Hall to be the one issuing them.

Wang Sheng chuckled. "Of course. It's a benefit Spirit Hall gives low-level Soul Masters. A one-ring Soul Master can receive one Gold Soul Coin. If you reach the Two-Ring Soul Grand Master level, you can receive ten Gold Soul Coins. At three rings, as a Soul Elder, you can receive one hundred Gold Soul Coins!"

"Of course, the subsidies only go up to three-ring Soul Elders. Once you break through to four rings and become a Soul Ancestor, the subsidies stop... For an ordinary person like me, three-ring Soul Elder is the limit. But you're different, Boss. You'll very likely become a Soul Sage or an even stronger expert in the future."

"One coin at one ring, ten at two rings, a hundred at three rings..." Huo Yuhao muttered, slightly shocked.

Spirit Hall was far too generous. It actually gave every three-ring Soul Elder a subsidy of one hundred Gold Soul Coins!

"Spirit Hall treats Soul Masters so well. Why was it destroyed?" Huo Yuhao was puzzled. "I remember Spirit Hall started a war that swept across the entire Douluo Continent, and in the end Tang San wiped it out..."

"Then why did Spirit Hall start a war?"

"Isn't everything fine as it is?"

Huo Yuhao could not understand. Perhaps there had been something wrong with the Pope, and her ambitions had been too great?

As Huo Yuhao pondered in silence, Wang Sheng continued, "Boss, you're already level ten. You can obtain a Soul Ring at any time. There happens to be a Soul Hunting Forest not far from Nuoding City. Maybe there'll be a Soul Ring suitable for you there."

Xiao Wu and Huo Yuhao asked in unison, "What is a Soul Hunting Forest?"

Wang Sheng was not surprised. When he had first arrived, he had not understood anything either. He patiently explained, "A Soul Hunting Forest is where the empire and Spirit Hall jointly raise Soul Beasts. The Soul Beasts inside range from ten years to a thousand years, and some Soul Hunting Forests even have Soul Beasts over ten thousand years old..."

"To enter a Soul Hunting Forest, you need a permit from Spirit Hall. It isn't difficult to get one. You only need to confirm that you've reached the peak of a level and need to obtain a Soul Ring."

Huo Yuhao frowned.

This Soul Hunting Forest was an excellent idea. Why had Soul Hunting Forests disappeared ten thousand years later instead?

In his previous life, if Huo Yuhao wanted to hunt Soul Beasts, he had to travel thousands of miles to the Star Dou Great Forest.

Leaving aside the distance, going to the Star Dou Great Forest was extremely dangerous.

Although most Soul Beasts on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest were low-level, high-level Soul Beasts occasionally appeared there too—ten-thousand-year ones, or even Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts!

If one was unlucky enough to encounter one, all they could do was wait for death.

Soul Hunting Forests were habitats for raised Soul Beasts. To begin with, the Soul Beasts there were not as aggressive as wild Soul Beasts, which could better ensure a Soul Master's survival rate.

Moreover, raising them in captivity would allow them to survive more easily and greatly reduce the pressure on the Star Dou Great Forest. Low-level Soul Masters would not need to hunt the Soul Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest, better preserving its ecosystem.

If Soul Hunting Forests had continued to exist, then ten thousand years later, the relationship between humans and Soul Beasts might not have deteriorated to that extent.

In an instant, Huo Yuhao could think of several benefits of Soul Hunting Forests. He simply did not understand why they had been abolished instead.

Considering how long Spirit Hall had existed, Huo Yuhao could not help but speculate. Had Spirit Hall's disappearance meant no one was left to maintain the Soul Hunting Forests?

Huo Yuhao pondered for a long while. Thinking of what Spirit Hall had done—subsidizing low-level Soul Masters, awakening martial souls for children of the proper age, maintaining Soul Hunting Forests... every single thing carried enormous significance, yet brought little reward.

It could be said that Spirit Hall had already done well enough—better than every other faction Huo Yuhao had ever seen.

Judging from the current situation, Spirit Hall continuing to exist was clearly more meaningful.

Huo Yuhao nodded slightly and thought to himself, I don't know what happened that caused Spirit Hall to undergo such a drastic change. I wonder whether, having traveled to this era, I can stop Spirit Hall from being destroyed...

"I don't need to hunt Soul Beasts!" Xiao Wu's voice rang out. Huo Yuhao came back to his senses and glanced at her, noticing that something seemed off about her expression.

Right. My mother-in-law's true form is a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. She can produce Soul Rings herself, so she really doesn't need to hunt Soul Beasts... Huo Yuhao thought.

He had no particular thoughts about Xiao Wu. Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and the Ice and Snow Twin Emperors were all extraordinarily powerful Soul Beasts. Even the youngest among them, the Ice Empress, was a four-hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast. Huo Yuhao truly had no interest in Xiao Wu's Soul Rings.

Besides, Huo Yuhao had one spiritual-type martial soul and one ice-type martial soul. Xiao Wu's Soul Rings were not suitable for him either.

Otherwise, what Soul Skill could he gain from Xiao Wu's Soul Ring?

Eight-Stage Burst Kill Glare?

Ice Bone Lock?

Just thinking about it was absurd.