Attribute Induction, Chi Qiu

Attribute Induction, Chi Qiu

"Stay right there and don't move."

After the Lucky Beast finished speaking, she pressed her third eye against Huo Yuhao's forehead. As Huo Yuhao sat motionless, he thought with a sense of helplessness, why did this scene feel like it had happened just a short while ago?

It felt just like when he had accepted the power of Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

What kind of luck was this today?

"What are you doing?" he couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

"A method to elevate your spiritual attribute from its very essence."

After the Three-Eyed Golden Ni finished speaking, she ignored Huo Yuhao and focused on the task at hand. However, she muttered softly to herself:

"A human of this age shouldn't have too much in their memories; they should be able to digest this all at once..."

To ensure that this fortune could be preserved and not dissipate easily, the Lucky Beast had gone through an internal struggle before choosing to do this.

That's right, this was Attribute Induction.

In the overwritten timeline, the Lucky Beast had been forced to complete the Attribute Induction with Huo Yuhao; she hadn't been prepared at all, which was why she had resisted so strongly. But this time, the Attribute Induction was led by the Lucky Beast herself; she had confirmed her resolve and was able to control the extent of the induction.

She did all of this for the sake of the fortune of the Star Dou Great Forest.

She hadn't seen many humans, but at Huo Yuhao's age, with his current physical condition and soul power, even with the power of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, it would likely be difficult for him to survive alone in the human world.

Thinking this, she gently pressed her third eye against Huo Yuhao's forehead.

The moment they made contact, Huo Yuhao immediately felt a magical power seep from his forehead into his eyes and brain, gently cleansing his Sea of Consciousness.

His Sea of Consciousness, which could originally only be considered a small pond, was now enveloped in a brilliant golden radiance, expanding bit by bit. The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had initially wanted to hide, but this golden light swept through every corner of Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness, leaving the silkworm with nowhere to hide.

The entire Star Dou Great Forest began to stir with wind as the induction progressed, each gust carrying the abundant life force of the forest, surging continuously toward the human and the Lucky Beast.

If a third person possessed the Eye of Destiny at this moment, they would see a massive amount of fortune gathering above Huo Yuhao and the Lucky Beast.

"Heh, it seems this isn't a bad thing after all," the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm muttered to himself. "The little girl is helping Yuhao expand his Sea of Consciousness, so I can put a bit more into the sea as well."

As he spoke, he slightly opened one of his seals, allowing a portion of the spiritual power within to be released and fill Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness.

At this moment, besides feeling the sublimation of his spiritual power at its core, Huo Yuhao also noticed other things surging into his mind along with the golden light. He took a brief look; these harmless fragments were merely the memories of the Three-Eyed Golden Ni, and the content was entirely composed of the forest in its various seasonal colors, with almost no significant changes.

On the other side, the Three-Eyed Golden Ni frowned slightly. This human's memories were not as simple as she had imagined. She saw the entire process of Huo Yuhao's mother's tragedy, saw Huo Yuhao's vow to take revenge, and felt the intensity of his volatile emotions.

She also saw that the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was not a sacrifice as she had assumed, but had become a sentient soul ring, currently hiding in Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness!

After reviewing these memories, the induction reached its end. The Three-Eyed Golden Ni stepped back a few paces, putting some distance between herself and Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao touched his ears, seemingly still out of it: "Is it over?"

"Yes." The Three-Eyed Golden Ni nodded coldly, as if she wanted to say something more. But then, she looked toward the distance with vigilance:

"A human is approaching. Your companion?"

Huo Yuhao quickly understood: "It must be the two people I met a while ago. They probably came to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for soul rings as well."

The ones approaching were indeed Bei Bei and Tang Ya. They had felt the fluctuations caused by the Attribute Induction and, fearing that the little guy they had just met might be in trouble, had hurried in this direction.

"I don't want to see too many humans." The Three-Eyed Golden Ni shook her head and walked toward the depths of the forest.

"Follow me, let's find a place to talk."

Huo Yuhao followed the big cat's footsteps. Along the way, he remained both curious and nervous: the closer he got to the core area, the more strange sights appeared, and the more threats he could sense lurking in the shadows.

He activated one of the soul skills granted to him by Tian Meng, Spiritual Detection, and immediately discovered many powerful soul beasts that he couldn't afford to provoke yet, wandering nearby. If he were alone, he would never have dared to venture this deep.

"What are your plans for when you go to the human world?" the Three-Eyed Golden Ni asked.

This question caught Huo Yuhao off guard. That's right! Where did he plan to go?

He had only run out of the Duke's Mansion to hunt for a soul ring fueled by hatred and stubbornness, but he hadn't really considered where he should go or what he should do after obtaining his first soul ring.

"I..." He clearly didn't want to appear too timid in front of the Three-Eyed Golden Ni, but he opened his mouth and truly didn't know what to say.

"If you have no plans, you might as well stay in Star Dou to cultivate." The Three-Eyed Golden Ni proposed again. However, after the Attribute Induction, her tone seemed much better.

Huo Yuhao gritted his teeth: "I... I'm going to school!"

"Where are you going to school?"

"To... Shrek."

Shrek was the only academy Huo Yuhao could think of right now.

After all, he was an illegitimate son of the Duke's Mansion, and his mother didn't even have a formal status, so he certainly wouldn't receive any good family education. Aside from the bedtime stories his mother insisted on telling him every night, the few books he had read were the ones his two "brothers" didn't want and had thrown into the trash.

And he could only remember that Dai Yueheng was studying at Shrek, and the Dai Huabin he hated to the bone would likely go there as well.

"Shrek, huh..." The Three-Eyed Golden Ni looked thoughtful.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing." She shook her head. "Shrek is full of experts, and their school culture is particularly aggressive. Even with the Attribute Induction, I'm afraid you won't have an easy time there alone."

As she spoke, she flashed and vanished into the depths of the forest. Just as Huo Yuhao was feeling bewildered, a young girl of similar age to him stepped out from where she had disappeared.

The girl had long golden hair with a slight curl at the ends. Her eyes were golden-red, but there was no third eye on her forehead; it had likely been hidden away when she transformed.

The clothing she wore was similar to the simple cloth garments of Huo Yuhao. It was clear that this young lady, the Lucky Beast, did not have much research into human fashion and could only replicate what she found in Huo Yuhao's memories. And what appeared most frequently in Huo Yuhao's memories were the old, patch-covered clothes he and his mother had worn.

"I modeled it based on your age," the young girl said, her voice identical to before. "I originally wanted to find a woman you had a good impression of to replicate her features, but I discovered that the only woman you held in high regard was your mother... so I just changed into what I thought looked good."

Even if a soul beast were naive, after seeing Huo Yuhao's memories, she would know that this was not something to be changed casually.

Huo Yuhao gently bypassed the topic: "Your own idea looks good."

That was not a lie. Even though the Lucky Beast had not referenced any template, her own transformation was still as natural as jade.

"So," Huo Yuhao asked, "you are coming with me?"

"Yes. I have even prepared a full act." The young girl looked confident.

As she spoke, two soul rings slowly rose from beneath her feet. This gave Huo Yuhao quite a shock: the two soul rings she released were both black, representing ten thousand years!

"Um, you... try acting like someone normal," he choked out.

Even for the most peerless genius, it was impossible for the first ring to be black! Late-stage evolution was a completely different matter.

If she were to head into the human world with two black rings, she would probably be captured for research.

The young girl blinked upon hearing this, and the two rings trembled slightly, turning white.

"That won't work either," Huo Yuhao said. "I've heard that you can't get into Shrek with two white rings."

"How troublesome."

In the end, the soul rings she simulated settled on one yellow and one purple.

"Right, there is one more thing," Huo Yuhao said. "What should I call you?"

This time, it was the Three-Eyed Golden Ni's turn to be stumped. "I am called the Three-Eyed Golden Ni, or you can call me the Emperor Lucky Beast," she said.

Huo Yuhao rubbed his forehead: "If you want to go to the human world, you need a human name."

"Then how do you humans choose names?"

"For a full name, it is generally divided into two parts: a surname and a given name..." Huo Yuhao recalled his shallow knowledge. "The surname usually follows the father, though it can follow the mother, and the given name can be anything."

It was precisely for the sake of revenge that he had changed his surname to his mother's surname, Huo.

"Parents... I don't seem to have that concept. I heard that I was born in response to the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. But Scarlet King has always taken care of me; according to your way of putting it, then I shall have the surname Chi."

Although he felt helpless about the Lucky Beast's method of simply taking a character from her title as a surname, Huo Yuhao could not think of any other ideas.

"How should I choose a given name?" she asked. "You said I could pick anything, but for me, that is actually very difficult."

"I have never named anyone else either. Let's think about it together," Huo Yuhao said.

He sat where he was and pondered for a moment. Suddenly, a thought struck him. He looked into her eyes and said: "Qiu. How about that?"

"Qiu?" She tilted her head in confusion. "Why?"

"The color of your hair and eyes."

The Lucky Beast's beautiful golden hair and gem-like golden-red eyes quietly overlapped with the autumn in the Star Dou Great Forest that Huo Yuhao had seen in his memories.

"Good." The Lucky Beast seemed to accept this reason well. "I also like the autumn here, so I shall be called Chi Qiu."

"There shouldn't be any other problems now, right? Can we set off?" Chi Qiu asked.

"Hmm... I don't think so," Huo Yuhao nodded. "If there is anything I've missed, we can think about it on the road. Let's go now!"