Attitude Toward Huo Yuhao, Long Aotian

The disturbance was finally settled.

Mu Yuan parted ways with the Shrek Academy group as he followed Du Busi.

"Shrek Academy is really declining more and more," Du Busi said with a disdainful curl of his lip.

Mu Yuan nodded in agreement.

"If that Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone suits you, fuse with it directly. If it doesn't, the sect won't simply take your compensation. This Sect Master will pick out a suitable Soul Bone for you from the sect."

Generally, once someone obtained a Soul Bone, they used it.

Only truly well-established major powers could keep a reserve of Soul Bones to cultivate their younger generation.

And the Soul Bones they kept were often top-grade ones.

Mu Yuan revealed a surprised expression at this.

"Sect Master, you demanded that Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone for me?"

"Who else would it be for? You were the one attacked. This old man demanded compensation for your sake. If you don't absorb it, who will?"

Though Du Busi said that, he muttered inwardly, Anyway, Shrek is the one paying for it.

"Thank you, Sect Master. Mu Yuan will never betray the sect in this lifetime."

Mu Yuan spoke solemnly.

He also knew that Shrek was the one providing the Soul Bone.

But it did not matter who paid for it.

The Body Sect had taken a risk to demand this compensation, so the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone belonged to the sect.

That was the proper way to look at it.

After all, Du Busi had already done his utmost by saving Mu Yuan when he was attacked.

Du Busi had been the one to think of extorting a Soul Bone, and he had also been the one with the power to actually extort it.

Yet Du Busi said that he had demanded the Soul Bone for Mu Yuan.

There was no difference between that and the sect rewarding him with a Soul Bone.

Mu Yuan did not stand on ceremony either.

A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone was very important to him.

Especially in the early stages.

In this era, it was not easy to rise above the rest.

Over the past few years, Mu Yuan had constantly considered his path forward. But after more than a year of cultivation, he finally had the leisure to look toward the future.

With the External Soul Bone, the Six Heavenly Thunder Bones, along with the Scarlet Spirit Bone, the path of the Eight-Armed Demonic God had initially opened up. Mu Yuan finally had the confidence to establish himself in the Soul Master World.

But establishing himself did not mean rising above the rest.

"The God King is watching from above. I want to become a god, but who knows how many dangers and obstacles I'll have to face?"

As he traveled, Mu Yuan pondered the current situation.

"I should be the same age as Huo Yuhao. At eleven, he ran away from home, entered the Star Dou Forest, and began his legendary life."

"I need to be prepared by then and steal Tian Meng and Electrolux from him."

Setting aside everything else, given the current hostility between him and Shrek Academy, even if he himself did not have the Mental Attribute, he still had to seize Huo Yuhao's opportunities.

Tian Meng?

If Tian Meng looked down on Mu Yuan, Mu Yuan would rather bring along some Mental Attribute disciple from the Body Sect and let that person take Tian Meng than leave him for Huo Yuhao again.

Of course, this was based on Mu Yuan knowing that Huo Yuhao was the Child of Destiny favored by Tang San, someone Tang San had long secretly held in his grasp; based on knowing that Huo Yuhao had Tang's influence carved into his bones, that a single mention of the Tang Sect would make him bow his head in submission.

Otherwise, as a member of the Body Sect, Mu Yuan's first thought upon encountering Huo Yuhao should naturally have been to bring him into the sect.

Unfortunately, Huo Yuhao was not worth it.

The moment Huo Yun'er died, her soul could be guided into the God Realm. What a coincidence.

When Huo Yuhao was young, he could not even eat his fill. Yet every day, what Huo Yun'er spoke of most was either Duke White Tiger or the glorious deeds of the Tang Sect.

If Tang San had not meddled with that, Mu Yuan would not believe it even if he were beaten to death.

Given that Huo Yuhao was destined to enter Shrek and that Mu Yuan was enemies with Shrek, Mu Yuan naturally had to take Huo Yuhao's opportunities whenever possible.

If he could not take them for himself, he would not leave them to Huo Yuhao either.

As for being so self-righteous while taking someone else's things, Mu Yuan could only say that he felt no psychological burden whatsoever.

Opportunities belonged to those who obtained them.

Whoever obtained one was the one fated for it, not someone with some supposed affinity.

"As for Electrolux, I'm fairly confident I can draw him over."

Mu Yuan was seriously considering it.

Heaven Dou City.

The manor where the Body Sect was located.

"Teacher, you're back."

A young man and woman came forward to greet Du Busi and Mu Yuan.

The young man had a burly build. Though he looked only a little over ten years old, he stood a full 1.8 meters tall. Broad-shouldered and thick-backed, his muscles bulged, yet his skin was exceptionally fair, like jade with a faint radiance flowing over it. Though he was not especially handsome, he possessed a somewhat wicked charm.

The young woman was exceptionally beautiful, with a delicate and frail appearance. Her large eyes seemed to ripple with water, and she wore a goose-yellow palace-style gown. She also carried a faint air of elegance and nobility.

The young man and woman bowed together and called Du Busi their teacher.

Mu Yuan knew that these were the sect's most gifted Senior Brother and Second Senior Sister.

Senior Brother Long Aotian had taken the stage as a Soul Saint in the Soul Master Tournament for Soul Masters under twenty in the original story.

Second Senior Sister Wei Na had also become a Soul Emperor at twenty. With Twin Martial Souls, one a Brain Martial Soul and one a Snow Lotus Martial Soul, she could be called heaven's favored daughter.

"Mm, you're both here."

Du Busi was surprised to see them.

"This is Mu Yuan. He joined the sect over a year ago, and you have not met before."

"Junior Brother Mu Yuan." ×2

Long Aotian and Wei Na greeted Mu Yuan.

Du Busi then introduced their identities to Mu Yuan.

Mu Yuan also greeted each of them in turn.

After getting acquainted, the four of them walked into the manor.

"How did the soul hunt go?" Du Busi asked.

Long Aotian smiled. "With Elder Yugu taking action, everything went smoothly. This disciple was fortunate enough to encounter a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and obtained its Soul Ring with Elder Yugu's help."

Upon hearing this, Du Busi and Mu Yuan both looked at him in surprise.

This time, Du Busi had brought back Ten-thousand Year Whale Rubber. He gave two-thirds to Long Aotian and one-third to Mu Yuan.

Both of them needed to hunt Soul Beasts.

Long Aotian's was a normal soul hunt, while Du Busi had found a suitable Soul Ring in the sea for Mu Yuan. Thus, Du Busi had not taken his direct disciple on a soul hunt, instead bringing Mu Yuan alone.

When he heard that Long Aotian had obtained a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Soul Ring, he was overjoyed.

"Good, good, good!"

He said "good" three times in a row.

This soul hunt had brought enormous opportunities to both Long Aotian and Mu Yuan.

"And what about you, Wei Na?"

Having been called on, Wei Na reported truthfully, "This disciple encountered a thousand-year White Lotus during this soul hunt and absorbed it."

Du Busi nodded in satisfaction.

"Not bad."

Long Aotian's third Soul Ring, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, was five thousand years old, while Wei Na's third ring was only a thousand years old.

But in Du Busi's eyes, it was just as good.

That was because Wei Na's main Martial Soul was not a Body Martial Soul, but a Snow Lotus Martial Soul. She was a Healing System Soul Master, so it was normal for her not to excel at absorbing Soul Rings beyond her level.

Du Busi's demands for Wei Na were actually very relaxed.

He did not require her to absorb Soul Rings beyond her level.

He only wanted her to become a Soul King as soon as possible.

Once she did, she could directly cultivate her Second Martial Soul, the Brain Martial Soul.

Stimulated by five Ten-thousand Year Soul Rings, the Brain Martial Soul would not even need much development before it had a chance of directly completing its Secondary Awakening.

That was what it meant to be heaven's favored.