"Huo Yuhao, there's something I want to discuss with you," Zhou Yi said to Huo Yuhao.
"Teacher, what is it?" Huo Yuhao looked at Zhou Yi, unable to understand what matter could make his teacher come to find him personally.
"I heard that your martial soul is the Spirit Eye, and that you possess a very rare mental-type ability. I know about this, so I'm giving you a choice: whether you want to join the Soul Tool Department.
Study Soul Tool technology. Here at Shrek Academy, our current Soul Tool technology is second only to the Sun Moon Empire's. Our Soul Tool technology is even more advanced than that of the Douluo Three Kingdoms. If you choose our Soul Tool Department, I can guarantee that you'll receive an excellent education. It definitely won't be lacking."
"This..." After hearing Zhou Yi's words, Huo Yuhao began to think.
"Yuhao, I don't care how you choose to become stronger. But we need to be cautious and make sure whether these Soul Tools will actually benefit your growth. If this woman's Soul Tool Department won't help you, then we won't join. But if what she says makes sense, and joining the Soul Tool Department would benefit you and make it easier for you to become stronger, then we'll join.
Before that, let's go take a look first." Sky Dream Ice Silkworm communicated with Huo Yuhao in his mind. In Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's view, he did not understand the Soul Tool Department either, and neither did Huo Yuhao.
So they needed to see it for themselves and confirm whether it would benefit them.
"Teacher, could you take me to learn about the Soul Tool Department's teaching first? I want to understand what Soul Tools are like firsthand so that I can make a decision."
At that moment, Huo Yuhao accepted Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's suggestion.
"Indeed, many decisions can only be made after seeing things with your own eyes.
I'll take you to the Soul Tool experimental area. There are many outstanding Soul Tool students and teachers from the Soul Tool Department there.
Follow me."
Zhou Yi then brought Huo Yuhao to the Soul Tool Department's area.
"So this is the Soul Tool Department's area. It looks pretty good."
As Huo Yuhao looked at the Soul Tool buildings, he was rather surprised. After all, most nobles living in the Duke Mansion of the Star Luo Empire were fairly dismissive of Soul Tools, so...
Naturally, Huo Yuhao had never seen the excellence of Soul Tool architecture...
Soon, the two arrived at a room. Huo Yuhao observed the buildings in the Soul Tool area while also looking around for anything novel.
"Fan Yu."
Zhou Yi called out a name. Soon, a man appeared. He looked fairly young—at least younger than Zhou Yi.
"You brought quite a young little fellow over today."
Fan Yu appeared and looked at Huo Yuhao, confirming that his Soul Power Level was very low, only a little over ten levels. This level could be considered rock bottom at Shrek, and even among the academy's students, he would be considered quite poor. But he could not understand why his wife had brought such a little fellow to the Soul Tool Department.
"There's a pretty good little fellow here. His name is Huo Yuhao, a mental-type soul master. His martial soul is the Spirit Eye. Huo Yuhao, show him your soul skill."
"Alright."
Huo Yuhao then activated his soul skill, though just as when he had shown it to Tang Ya and Beibei before, he concealed part of it.
"He actually has a soul skill like this, and it's only a ten-year Soul Ring? That's really hard to believe. A ten-year soul skill possesses such power? I'd believe it even if you said it came from a thousand-year Soul Ring. Yet it's actually a ten-year Soul Ring, and it even came from a Wind Baboon. Isn't that a bit ridiculous?"
Fan Yu truly found it hard to believe that Huo Yuhao's "ten-year" Soul Ring could possess such a soul skill.
"Caitou, come over. A newcomer has joined us. Welcome him."
"Alright, Teacher, I'm coming."
Then, a rather sturdy bald man walked over. He looked like an older brother, and was at least far stronger-looking than Huo Yuhao.
(Note: I based He Caitou's character design on the manga, since it looked better. I really don't like the 3D animation.)
"Test this little fellow's soul skill with him."
"Alright."
"Zhong Kui."
Jing Hongchen brought him to his office and began eating. After working for so long, everyone was hungry, so it was perfectly normal to want a meal. Whether one was a Title Douluo or a Soul Emperor, one still needed to eat.
"I want to ask you something. Besides yourself, does anyone else know your alchemy technique?"
Jing Hongchen asked curiously.
"My alchemy technique is basically self-taught. I found an ancient ruin and learned alchemy from the records left behind by the people there.
So the alchemy technique I use is different from yours."
"Then I'd like to ask about your parents. Did you teach them this... ancient alchemy technique you discovered?"
"They simply couldn't learn it. They're already so old and have missed the best age for studying, so teaching them would be of little use."
After hearing Zhong Kui's answer, Jing Hongchen continued with his next question.
"Then I'd like to ask: does the alchemy technique you discovered in that ancient ruin have ranks or something similar? Does it have grades like Soul Engineers do?"
Zhong Kui nodded after hearing this.
Some things were better left unsaid. He should mix in some falsehoods whenever possible, since this sort of thing was inconvenient to reveal. If the alchemy ranks of the Dou Qi Continent were brought to the Douluo Continent, how many people would be crushed by a difference in dimensions?
"I did discover that the alchemy technique in that ruin had grades. However, it didn't clearly state how many grades there were. I only know that I'm still a low-level Alchemist."
That was indeed true. A Grade 2 Alchemist might be considered an exceptional master of alchemy in the small cities of the Northwest Continent on the Dou Qi Continent, but the truth was that such a rank could not stand on any great stage.
In the major cities of some small nations, they could only be considered people with a few connections.
Just like in the Jia Ma Empire where Xiao Yan had once lived, the Alchemists capable of participating in competitions were all around Grade 3, Grade 4, or Grade 5.
Zhong Kui was currently only a Soul Emperor. If his strength were placed in the Dou Qi Continent, he would merely be a Dou Shi. Reaching the level of a Grade 2 Alchemist had already taken great effort.
But it was still not enough to impress anyone.
It could be said that the Dou Qi Continent was more difficult than the Douluo Continent.
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