Benefits of Being a Spirit Pagoda Core Disciple

Having vented her anger, the Ice Empress glanced at Great Brother Tian Meng and the little Ice Silkworm hiding in the corner, snorted to herself, and ignored them as she asked Huo Yuhao:

"Yuhao, do you need me to return your origin through the Soul Ring?"

Before their re cultivation, they had anticipated this situation. Huo Yuhao had therefore entrusted most of his origin to the various Soul Spirits, to be returned when they bestowed Soul Rings upon him.

Since Huo Yuhao had awakened her now, he presumably needed her to provide him with a Soul Ring.

Huo Yuhao shook his head. "No need. Elder Yi suggested that I absorb those origins in the future to break through to Level 100. I think that's best as well. After all, now that I'm starting over, I have Innate Full Soul Power. My cultivation speed won't be slow in the early stages, so there's no need to waste that origin."

"Break through to Level 100?"

The Ice Empress hesitated before saying, "Yuhao... don't force yourself. We've already attained immortality."

The God Creation Plan was ultimately meant to attain immortality. But after Elder Yi fully recovered his memories, the path to immortality had long since opened before them. There was no need to risk everything just to Become a God.

A faint smile appeared on his lips as Huo Yuhao said firmly, "Don't worry. I'm confident."

Seeing this, the Ice Empress knew she could not persuade him, given his personality. She curled her lips. "Fine, then I'll attach a Soul Ring to you first... Hm? Yuhao, where's the Soul Bone I gave you?!"

Just as she was about to attach a Soul Ring to Huo Yuhao, the Ice Empress suddenly discovered that the torso Soul Bone she had once given him had vanished!

"Uh, have you ever seen a Soul Beast undergoing re cultivation being born with a usable Soul Bone?"

"But your situation is different from ours. You can't even produce Soul Rings on your own. This isn't re cultivation after taking human form at all." The Ice Empress frowned deeply. "Without a Soul Bone, your physical constitution will be seriously affected. It won't be good for your re cultivation."

"Ice Empress, have you forgotten? I still have the Life Guardian Blade."

The Ice Empress froze, then suddenly understood.

She had forgotten about that Divine Artifact.

The Life Guardian Blade was a carving knife forged from Life Gold. It could be called a Divine Artifact in the field of healing, and Huo Yuhao had acquired it from an auction house.

After being infused with evil thoughts and curses in the past, it had become the Spirit Devouring Fierce Blade, infamous for devouring its master. No one had dared to buy it. Fortunately, Elder Yi had been able to cleanse away those impurities, allowing Huo Yuhao to obtain it.

With the Life Guardian Blade, so long as Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness did not perish, no matter how grievous his injuries were, the Blade of Life Watch would use life force to heal Yuhao.

Moreover, nourished by the Blade of Life Watch, Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Power would improve three times faster, while his body would grow increasingly stronger. It was practically a cultivation cheat. (Since it had not absorbed other Life Gold, it had yet to transform into the Sword of Life.)

Yuhao had initially obtained it to heal Elder Yi's Divine Sense and had rarely used it for himself, so the Ice Empress had nearly forgotten about this carving knife.

"But that's a different matter."

The Ice Empress muttered, "You really are broad-minded. A hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone is something countless people can only dream of obtaining, yet you just let it disappear because of re cultivation."

"...So this is how unreliable I am in your eyes?"

Huo Yuhao smiled helplessly. "Feel your own origin. Elder Yi and I sealed the Soul Bones together with my origin inside all of you."

A Soul Beast undergoing re cultivation would not come with usable Soul Bones. Not knowing what might happen during re cultivation, Huo Yuhao naturally would not take such a risk.

However, Soul Bones were unlike items such as the Life Guardian Blade. Taking them out rashly would only damage his cultivation. In the end, Elder Yi came up with a solution, sealing them together with Huo Yuhao's origin inside the three Soul Spirits other than Tian Meng, with two Soul Bones on each Soul Spirit.

After all, Elder Yi was ruthless enough to remove someone's heart and resurrect Long Haochen. He said that preserving a few Soul Bones was nothing difficult.

"You should've said so earlier." With Huo Yuhao's reminder, the Ice Empress finally sensed something unusual. She secretly rolled her eyes at him, then came to a realization. "These Soul Bones can merge with you at any time, right?"

"That's right, but there's no need to rush. My current condition isn't suitable for raising my Soul Power too much in a short period."

As Huo Yuhao spoke, he was about to turn to the next page of the book in his hand when Mental Detection suddenly showed him what was happening downstairs. He rose and headed to the first floor.

Anya had just rung the doorbell when she saw Huo Yuhao open the door and walk out. She looked somewhat surprised.

"Yuhao, are you going out?"

"No. I just sensed that you were about to arrive, so I came to open the door for you."

Huo Yuhao shook his head. "Sister Anya, you don't need to come every day."

Although he had refused Hua Yichen's arrangement to have someone look after him, Anya came to visit him every day instead, as though she feared he might suddenly run away.

There was also a Soul Douluo watching over his safety in the dark.

Clearly, those were all Hua Yichen's arrangements.

Anya put on her sweetest smile. "Yuhao, you're my livelihood. If I don't keep an eye on you, and you run away one day, my livelihood will be ruined."

She had been promoted from a Spirit Transmitter to a Soul Spirit Research Intern, serving part-time... or rather, primarily—as half of Huo Yuhao's guardian.

Perhaps the higher-ups believed that since she had helped Huo Yuhao awaken his Martial Soul, he would be close to her, so they made this arrangement. Anya did not refuse either. Befriending a genius who had yet to grow up could benefit her for the rest of her life.

Besides, compared to those troublesome children, Huo Yuhao was quiet and mature. Getting along with him was rather easy.

"Besides, I came here today on official business. This is something the Tower Master asked me to bring you."

Anya took out a ring and handed it to Huo Yuhao. "This is a Storage Ring with fifty cubic meters of storage space. It contains cultivation resources and some Soul Tools that the Tower Master asked me to deliver to you."

Huo Yuhao accepted the ring and swept it with his Spiritual Power. When he saw what was inside, his brows rose in surprise.

The Storage Ring Anya had brought contained many cultivation resources, such as Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures for strengthening the body, as well as pills for increasing Soul Power. There was also an invitation and a Soul Tool Communicator inside. The Communicator already contained the contact information of Hua Yichen, Anya, and other Spirit Pagoda personnel.

Of all these items, Huo Yuhao's gaze first fell upon the four pills.

Three Spirit Ascension Pills and one Soul Ascension Pill.

Soul Ascension Pills had existed Ten Thousand Years Ago. Huo Yuhao even possessed the pill formula. It could raise the Soul Power of a Level 30 Soul Master by one level. For someone below Level 20, it could probably raise Soul Power by three levels. Each Soul Master could only take one.

As for the Spirit Ascension Pills...

"Pills that directly increase a Soul Spirit's age limit. They are supplied only to the Spirit Pagoda's internal core members. One pill can increase a Soul Spirit's age limit by one hundred years."

Looking at the instructions placed together with the Spirit Ascension Pills, Huo Yuhao rubbed his brow.

The Spirit Ascension Platform was ultimately meant for other factions. For the Spirit Pagoda's internal core members, there were clearly simpler ways to increase a Soul Spirit's age limit. To them, the Spirit Ascension Platform was more of a training tool.

Good things would never be saved for outsiders. Every faction was the same.

After examining the pills that interested him most, Huo Yuhao picked up the invitation.

It was an invitation to the East Sea Auction, scheduled for one month later. A catalog of auction items was enclosed as well. On the second-to-last page, Huo Yuhao saw Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber.

Whale Rubber was a special substance produced in the brains of whale-type Soul Beasts. It was highly nourishing for Soul Masters, strengthening the body and increasing the endurance of muscles, bones, and meridians.

High-quality Thousand Year Whale Rubber could raise a Soul Master's Soul Ring absorption limit by five hundred years. The effects of Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber were self-evident.

Combined with the three Spirit Ascension Pills, Hua Yichen's intentions could not have been clearer.

After all, in Hua Yichen's eyes, his First Soul Spirit was a seven-hundred-year Ice Silkworm.

Huo Yuhao smiled and shook his head. "A faction truly is different from an Academy."

The Spirit Pagoda was a faction, fundamentally different in nature from Shrek Academy. Naturally, it would spare no effort in nurturing the geniuses of its own faction!

After ten thousand years, he finally got to experience the treatment reserved for a genius.

With these, he could make the improvements gained from absorbing the Ice Empress's Soul Ring and Soul Bone seem less unreasonable.