Three Soul Ascension Pills and the Second Attribute Infusion

Chapter 9: Three Soul Ascension Pills and the Second Attribute Infusion

Under the healing of the healing-type Soul Master, Wang Dong was the first to open her eyes.

Seeing that even Wang Dong, who had actually been injured, was awake, Huo Yuhao stopped pretending to be unconscious. He and Chi Qiu got up one after the other and looked at the teachers before them, all dressed in white robes.

When the teachers saw that the three of them had come around, one of them said coolly, "You're fine now. Forget what you saw just now, or you'll be expelled from the academy! These three pills are for you as compensation. I'm sure you're all clever enough to understand."

With that, he tossed out three green pills, then turned and flew toward Sea God Lake, not giving them even a moment to ask questions.

Huo Yuhao reached out and caught his pill. Looking down, he saw that the green pill in his palm felt cool, and a faint aura of life seemed to surround it.

Wang Dong was the first to exclaim, "Soul Ascension Pills! I can't believe they'd offer this kind of compensation. I'll be rolling in money at school now."

But after she said this, neither Huo Yuhao nor Chi Qiu responded. Completely oblivious, Wang Dong looked up at them. Huo Yuhao's expression was grim, while Chi Qiu's face had turned ashen.

"They didn't even say they were sorry?" Anger rarely entered Huo Yuhao's voice, but now it did.

Just hearing those middle-aged men talk had already made Huo Yuhao uncomfortable. But when he realized they truly had no intention of apologizing and only wanted to use pills to keep them quiet, the anger in his heart became impossible to suppress.

"Don't bother." Chi Qiu tugged him toward the nearby woods. "Come with me."

"Thanks. Qiu'er, Wang Dong, I'll treat you both to dinner tonight." Huo Yuhao nodded and quietly pocketed the pill.

Mom, maybe this place isn't as good as you thought.

In his Sea of Consciousness, the outline of a golden-green eye appeared. It drew in the energy released by the Soul Ascension Pill, circulating it through his body with its pull.

Huo Yuhao had already entered meditation, his cultivation running at its absolute limit. Chi Qiu slowly moved away from his forehead and helped him sit cross-legged on the ground, then stood guard beside him.

"The second attribute infusion," Chi Qiu answered briefly.

If they hadn't done this, Huo Yuhao would have reached level twenty by now, but his cultivation potential would have been shaken as a result.

He really did need to raise his Soul Power. Brother Sky Dream kept drawing him grand pictures of taking off once he reached level twenty, and Huo Yuhao couldn't help feeling impatient.

"Looks like a nice place. This old man will take a rest in there, too."

Once he popped the Soul Ascension Pill into his mouth, it surprisingly tasted a bit like jelly. In all his life, he'd only eaten jelly once before.

The fresh Soul Power contained in the three Soul Ascension Pills burst forth from Huo Yuhao's dantian. He felt the meridians he had just cleared being flushed again, and a dense, cooling sensation spread through his body.

Chi Qiu turned and pressed down on his shoulder. Golden light shone from her forehead, and several beams of light outlined the shape of a third Vertical Eye.

"The Auspicious Beast's attribute infusion isn't limited to one time. It's just that even my legendary predecessors rarely performed it more than once." Her voice was calm as she spoke. "I don't really know what will happen the second time. You might feel uncomfortable."

With that, Wang Dong quickly made herself scarce.

"But don't eat them too quickly," she reminded him. "These pills can raise your Soul Power by the equivalent of going from level thirty to level thirty-one. But if you take them too quickly one after another, they might destabilize your foundation."

At the spot where Huo Yuhao's forehead touched Chi Qiu's third eye, an eye-shaped mark of the same color began to appear.

She had thought of a way to help Huo Yuhao absorb all three Soul Ascension Pills quickly without affecting his foundation. After all, the rare treasures Soul Beasts ate were far more potent than these crudely made human pills!

Huo Yuhao followed her into the woods, unable to help recalling what had happened in the Star Dou Great Forest some time ago. "Qiu'er, what are we doing?" he asked.

The next moment, Chi Qiu pressed her forehead against his.

"First, eat this thing called a Soul Ascension Pill."

The Soul Ascension Pill could raise a level-thirty Soul Master to level thirty-one, but if there was something wrong with their Martial Soul, then no pill would help.

Huo Yuhao felt his Soul Power Level surging upward—level sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen. In the end, it stopped at the peak of level nineteen.

Since Chi Qiu had already said that, Huo Yuhao didn't hesitate. He was willing to trust his friends. He opened his mouth and swallowed the Soul Ascension Pills one by one.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm naturally went along with it, releasing more of its sealed power and reinforcing all four Soul Skills it had given Huo Yuhao.

"You nearly damaged your Martial Soul just now. Do you really think one pill is enough to make up for that?"

Huo Yuhao remembered his mother telling him that the better a school was, the better it treated its students. But in just two short days at Shrek, his impression of the academy had already been completely overturned.

That Xiaotao they had mentioned seemed to go berserk often, judging from what they'd said. Quite a few students from both the inner and outer courts had probably been attacked by her.

That was true. Chi Qiu's cultivation was a disguise. Before reaching the seven-ring level, she only needed to unlock the seal on her Golden Dragon Martial Soul to raise her Soul Power. She didn't even need to hunt Soul Beasts for Soul Rings.

For a moment, he felt his hands and feet go numb from the impact.

"But what I can promise is that this will let you fully absorb the effects of all three Soul Ascension Pills."

But Wang Dong had clearly understood something else. She immediately shoved both pills into Huo Yuhao's arms. "No, if that's the case, I won't take them either. Huo, you can have them. Raise your cultivation as quickly as you can, then shock those blind teachers during the freshmen assessment."

As for the possibility that it might hurt, he wasn't afraid of pain. He was more afraid of being eliminated in the freshmen assessment.

Besides, Chi Qiu had actually kept from her the fact that she and Huo Yuhao had joined forces to repel the opponent. If Huo Yuhao hadn't had an ice attribute, Chi Qiu would have been able to protect herself, at most escaping with Huo Yuhao. Wang Dong might have been too much for her to protect—and could have died there.

"Okay, Brother Sky Dream. I'll work hard at cultivating."

Chi Qiu had slightly underestimated the impact of the three Soul Ascension Pills. So, she and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm worked together to divert some of their power into the Eye of Destiny, where it could be released gradually and slowly nourish Huo Yuhao's meridians.

"All right, all right, Yuhao, don't be angry anymore. Don't worry. That combined strike you and that young girl landed really did hit the other person's Sea of Consciousness. She won't die, since the gap in cultivation was too great, but she'll be laid up for ten days or half a month, and it'll affect her cultivation afterward."

"Are you feeling any better?" Chi Qiu asked.

"I've recovered now." Huo Yuhao nodded. "Why don't we head back to the dorm and rest for a while?"

Huo Yuhao had never felt his Soul Power circulate so quickly. The unstable Soul Power he'd had before quickly merged into the normal channels of circulation. Meanwhile, his Sea of Consciousness, washed a second time by the attribute infusion, expanded further.

"This can happen a second time?" Huo Yuhao asked in shock.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm shook his head and said, "Once you reach level twenty, I'll help you reshape your Martial Soul. I guarantee you'll be even more formidable than you are now."

At that moment, Wang Dong was still a little confused. "Miss Chi, why was Yuhao so angry? What happened just now?"

What an arrogant place this was.

Then Chi Qiu tossed her Soul Ascension Pill to Wang Dong.

"This thing is useless to me. You can have it. You were badly hurt, so you deserve more compensation."

Then the Grey Bead slipped into the Eye of Destiny as well.

After hearing that, Huo Yuhao felt a little less angry.

Just then, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's voice rang out in Huo Yuhao's mind:

Kids that age did like teasing their peers. But Huo Yuhao was rather innocent and hadn't picked up on Wang Dong's insinuation at all.

Chi Qiu looked at the bewildered Wang Dong, just in time to see her expression turn sour.

During the first attribute infusion, Huo Yuhao had been so weak that the Eye of Destiny hadn't been able to take shape. But now he was in much better condition, and with the help of the three Soul Ascension Pills, the Eye of Destiny had finally begun to form.

Hearing what he called Chi Qiu, Wang Dong said "Oh" thoughtfully, wearing an expression that said she understood. "No, no. You and Miss Chi should go eat together! I should spend some of the money I brought with me. Otherwise, it'll just weigh me down."

At that moment, the Eye of Destiny was like a jade-green sun, illuminating Huo Yuhao's entire Sea of Consciousness. His surging spiritual power was suffused with a vigorous aura of life.

This time, the attribute infusion had also improved Chi Qiu to some extent. After all, some of the power from the three Soul Ascension Pills had passed through the infusion and dispersed into her Sea of Consciousness.

Although she didn't need pills to improve her cultivation, she did need to raise her spiritual power.

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The freshmen assessment arc is about to begin. Shrek is going to make Huo Yuhao furious for real! _(:зゝ∠)_