Douluo's Peerless: Became Huo Yuhao's Golden Finger!

"Hey! That kind of discouraging education won't do." Zhuge Lan said unhappily, "Little Yuhao only gained 9 levels over the previous five-plus years. Now he gained 1 level in just three days. That's huge progress!"

Huo Yuhao's face broke into a smile again.

"It's all thanks to the Yi Jin Jing Brother Lan gave me. I can cultivate while improving my foundation. My cultivation speed is now more than five times what it was at the beginning!"

"Hey, hey, hey!" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm protested, "Some Soul Power remained when I sacrificed myself. At his original cultivation speed, he could have broken through within a month at the latest!"

"Now you know to claim credit? What were you doing just now?" Zhuge Lan teased.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm flew into a rage!

Yet he still needed the person before him to awaken his spiritual telekinesis.

So he could only turn to Huo Yuhao.

"Little Yuhao, what do you say?"

Huo Yuhao grinned even wider.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm now felt exactly like a child competing for affection.

He was already a Million-Year Soul Beast, yet still so childish.

Using a placating tone, he said, "Thank you, Brother Sky Dream. You and Brother Lan each deserve half the credit for this breakthrough."

"Hmph, hmph! That's more like it!"

Zhuge Lan smiled as well.

He did not continue bickering with that childish fellow.

"Since your level has increased, Little Yuhao, it's time for you to fulfill your promise."

"School officially starts tomorrow. After that, time will be tight."

Huo Yuhao first froze, then cried out in alarm!

Mu En, who was lying in the recliner, jolted awake as if rising from his deathbed.

Huo Yuhao: "."

He had actually startled someone awake.

"Sorry, Grandpa. Did I disturb your rest?"

"This old man sleeps lightly. It's nothing." Mu En said casually. "You look fairly steady, kid. What got you so worked up?"

Huo Yuhao scratched his head awkwardly.

"I was so focused on cultivating these past two days that I forgot about something I promised a friend."

"Since it's still early, I'll go take care of it and come right back."

"Please keep resting, Grandpa."

After saying goodbye,

Huo Yuhao headed to the public bathhouse with practiced ease to wash up, then hurried straight toward dormitory 316.

Knock, knock, knock!

The dorm room door opened from within. A little blond-haired guy poked his head out and froze when he saw Huo Yuhao.

"What a pretty little junior. Are you here to see Beibei?"

"You wouldn't happen to be the Little Yuhao Beibei mentioned, would you?"

Huo Yuhao's expression stiffened slightly.

Pretty?

Wasn't that word supposed to describe girls?

Smack!

A hand landed on the little blond-haired guy's shoulder and pulled him aside, revealing Beibei's handsome face.

"Little Yuhao, you're here." Beibei smiled. "That's my friend Xu Sanshi. His mouth never has a filter, so don't mind him."

Huo Yuhao quickly waved his hands.

"It's fine. If anything, I'm the one who should apologize for waiting until the last night to come."

"You're still within the agreed time, so what is there to apologize for?" Beibei said warmly. "Perfect timing. Sanshi is also someone who wanted Little Yuhao to take a look at him. Why don't you have a look?"

Huo Yuhao instinctively turned his gaze toward Xu Sanshi.

Xu Sanshi had clearly received word long ago. With a flick of his belt, he took out a white jade porcelain bottle and used Soul Power to send it floating toward Huo Yuhao.

"This is my payment: three Mysterious Water Pills. They can cleanse the tendons and marrow, raise one's Soul Power Level without harm, and improve a Soul Master's cultivation talent."

As he spoke, he stared at Huo Yuhao, wanting to see his reaction.

Ordinary people would have been astounded upon hearing those effects.

Yet Huo Yuhao did not react much.

He even asked inwardly, "Brother Lan, the effects of these Mysterious Water Pills seem similar to the Yi Jin Jing. Should I ask for Gold Soul Coins instead?"

"They can at least increase your Soul Power. And together with the Yi Jin Jing, they can help expel impurities faster. Take them," Zhuge Lan said.

Huo Yuhao nodded and accepted the Mysterious Water Pills.

Then he activated his Spirit Eyes Martial Soul and looked at Xu Sanshi.

He keenly noticed that Xu Sanshi was examining him, but did not pay it much mind.

Following Zhuge Lan's instructions, he recited—

"Senior Xu's Martial Soul is similar to Brother Beibei's. It is also in an unstable state and can evolve on its own?"

"It seems that some part of a ritual is incomplete, which caused this instability."

"If you want to stabilize your Martial Soul Evolution, you can try absorbing the Soul Ring and Soul Bone of a Golden Tortoise."

"If you cannot find one, Senior Xu, your Martial Soul possesses both water and earth attributes. However, the water attribute is currently stronger, while the earth attribute is weak. Completing it would definitely bring great benefits."

"Even if it cannot stabilize the Martial Soul Evolution, it can still reduce the aftereffects of the Martial Soul evolving on its own."

Xu Sanshi's expression was spectacular!

He snapped his folding fan shut, pointed at Huo Yuhao, then looked at Beibei.

"Beibei, did you tell him my information?"

Beibei looked at him as if he were an idiot. How could he casually tell others something like that?

Xu Sanshi smacked his forehead with his folding fan, realizing it too.

With a sliding step, he arrived before Huo Yuhao and warmly grabbed his hand.

"Little Yuhao, I was disrespectful just now."

"Come, come, come. Don't stand at the door. Come inside and sit."

"You there, Beibei, weren't you going to call someone over? Go on, then."

"With me here, I'll definitely make Little Yuhao feel right at home!"

Huo Yuhao was dragged into the dorm room with a bewildered expression, while Beibei, the original host, was pushed out the door instead.

Xu Sanshi pressed Huo Yuhao into a seat, took a ceramic jar from his storage belt, carefully removed a little tea, and began brewing it.

Before long,

a rich fragrance of tea wafted out. Merely smelling it made Huo Yuhao feel as though his Soul Power circulation had quickened slightly.

"Come, come, Little Yuhao, have a taste."

Xu Sanshi said enthusiastically—

"This is top-grade Jade Spring Tea produced by a ten-thousand-year Jade Spring Soul Beast. It is one of the supplementary ingredients for Mysterious Water Pills. Drinking it over a long period can increase Soul Power."

Something this valuable?

Huo Yuhao instinctively wanted to refuse, but the teacup had already been pushed before him.

If he poured it back now, that would not be politeness—it would be a slap in the face.

"Thank you for the hospitality, Senior Xu."

"Ah, why call me Senior? Call me Brother Sanshi, just like you call Beibei Brother Beibei." Xu Sanshi said with a smile.

"Alright, Brother Sanshi." Huo Yuhao went along with it readily.

Xu Sanshi smiled and nodded. The boy could be taught.

"Chapter 11: Breakthroughs in Succession! Recruiting Ma Xiaotao!"

"Drink up." Xu Sanshi reminded him, "Otherwise, when Beibei gets back, there won't be any left for you."

Obediently, Huo Yuhao lifted the teacup. The soothing fragrance entered his nose, while the tea flowed down like a warm current in winter. Fine threads of Soul Power spread from his stomach into all four limbs and throughout his body.

That single sip was worth two hours of his hard cultivation.

—And that was two hours of the Yi Jin Jing!

Huo Yuhao could not help draining all the remaining tea in one gulp.

Then he circulated the Yi Jin Jing, rapidly refining the Soul Power.

Xu Sanshi was quite surprised. He got up and poured Huo Yuhao another cup.

"Drink more, Little Yuhao. I've been drinking this since childhood, so it no longer works on me."

Hearing that, Huo Yuhao picked up the cup and chugged it down.

The Yi Jin Jing circulated, refining it with ease.

Xu Sanshi looked even more astonished.

He kept pouring tea, and Huo Yuhao kept drinking.

Before long, an entire pot of tea had gone into Huo Yuhao's stomach. His vitality had grown much stronger, and the Soul Power progress from his recent advancement had already passed the halfway mark.

It was absurdly exaggerated!

"Are you even human?" Xu Sanshi exclaimed. "An ordinary one-ring Soul Master would need to meditate for over an hour to digest half a cup. You're level 11, yet you drank an entire pot without feeling anything?"

Huo Yuhao blinked.

Was it really that extraordinary?

He vaguely replied, "You're too kind, Brother Sanshi. My cultivation method is rather special and happens to suit this Jade Spring Tea."

But Xu Sanshi heard something different in those words.

Cultivation method?

This little junior who could see through the flaws in his Martial Soul seemed to have quite an unusual background!

"I want to see how much you can drink today."

"That won't be necessary, will it?" Huo Yuhao said awkwardly. "This Jade Spring Tea must be very precious, Brother Sanshi, you—"

"Say no more. Listen to me!"

Xu Sanshi poured out the used tea leaves, took out the ceramic jar again, removed some more leaves, and brewed a fresh pot.

He placed the entire pot directly before Huo Yuhao.

"Drink as much as you can. You can drink your fill today!"

Huo Yuhao was a little restrained and did not dare reach for it.

"What are you afraid of, kid?" Zhuge Lan said irritably. "He wants something from you. He wants you to owe him after accepting his hospitality. The more you drink, the happier he'll be."

"Huh?" Huo Yuhao worriedly said, "Then I'll owe him a huge favor. What if I can't repay it—"

"What are you afraid of when you have me?" Zhuge Lan instructed. "Besides, favors are meant to be exchanged. Refusing now would only hurt your relationship."

Huo Yuhao thought about it and realized that was true.

"Thank you, Brother Sanshi."

He picked up the teapot and poured it into his mouth from a distance.