Nine Treasures Pavilion

"Yuhao, will nothing really happen?"

Tian Meng's voice rang out in Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sea, carrying barely concealed nervousness.

Nearly half a month had passed since they returned from the Star Dou Great Forest.

Huo Yuhao had found a secluded residence in Shrek City and settled there for the time being.

However, he now faced a thorny problem—he was short on money. The Gold Soul Coins he had left were simply nowhere near enough to buy the precious medicinal herbs that could raise his cultivation.

According to Huo Yuhao's plan, he intended to raise his Soul Power to Rank 20 before officially enrolling at Shrek Academy. That way, he could make a trip to the Far North and reunite with his old companions.

Pills like the Mystic Water Pill and the Soul Ascension Pill he had taken in his previous life were all priceless treasures that were nearly impossible to obtain.

Even on the black market, they could easily sell for tens of thousands of Gold Soul Coins. More often than not, they were goods with a price but no market, in short supply and high demand.

Under such circumstances, selling ordinary Soul Tools was clearly far from enough to meet Huo Yuhao's needs.

Tian Meng's worries were not unfounded, and Huo Yuhao naturally understood what she was concerned about.

After all, the Soul Tool he intended to sell, along with the immense profits it represented, would likely tempt even Title Douluo-level powerhouses into coveting it.

Before Huo Yuhao reunited with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, he naturally would not have dared to sell Soul Tools that were far beyond this era. At that time, his strength was limited, and at most he could barely deal with Soul King-level Soul Masters.

But things were completely different now. Tian Meng had ascended into divine consciousness, and though limited by various conditions, she could still unleash a single mental attack close to the level of a Limit Douluo.

Moreover, with the Simulation Soul Skill in the first Soul Ring Tian Meng had given him, as long as he did not truly encounter a Limit Douluo, intimidating a few ordinary Super Douluo would be easy.

At the same time, because Huo Yuhao had handled the signing of the Soul Spirit Contract entirely by himself, the Soul Skills granted by the first Soul Ring had naturally been personally selected by him.

The Soul Shock and mental interference attached to his first Soul Ring in his previous life could be released even without a Soul Ring, so Huo Yuhao merged them into one Soul Skill. He then added the Ice Silkworm clan's unique simulation ability to it.

The simulation effect produced through Tian Meng had improved enormously compared to that of the thousand-year Ice Silkworm from his previous life. Unless the other party's spiritual power had reached the realm of Formless and Intangible, it would be impossible for them to see through it.

"Don't worry, Sister Tian Meng. I won't gamble with our lives."

Huo Yuhao spoke up, soothing Sky Dream Ice Silkworm within his spiritual space.

"But Yuhao, you saw it last time too. That person in charge of receiving you had greed written all over his eyes. He looked like he wanted to swallow you whole."

Huo Yuhao was somewhat surprised by her words. In his previous life, when he had possessed only Rank 20 Soul Power, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had dared to coax him into going to the Far North to negotiate with the Ice Empress.

Although afterward, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had told him that she could safely teleport him several hundred li away.

But what difference would a few hundred li make to those terrifyingly powerful soul beasts?

What was more, if the Ice Empress had gone to find the Snow Empress then, with the Snow Empress's control over the Far North, it would have been extraordinarily difficult for the two of them to escape.

Thinking of this, Huo Yuhao could not help shaking his head. Tian Meng had become a girl, and her thoughts had indeed become even harder to fathom. He could only patiently continue analyzing the pros and cons with her.

Of course, he had no idea that Tian Meng's mind was currently filled with her one husband, one wife plan. Naturally, she did not want Huo Yuhao taking too great a risk.

If she had a choice, she would even prefer Huo Yuhao to wait until he became a Title Douluo before going to the Far North to obtain his second martial soul. At least that would be safer. In any case, that second martial soul would not expire.

As Huo Yuhao and Tian Meng continued talking, they arrived before a treasure tower with nine full stories, nearly sixty meters tall.

Shrek City occupied an excellent geographical position. Not only was it home to Shrek Academy, it was also the most important commercial city at the intersection of the three great empires of the Douluo Continent.

Because of Shrek Academy's presence, Shrek City had excellent public security. Therefore, merchants from the three great empires usually chose to conduct their transactions in Shrek City when engaging in cross-border trade.

The Nine Treasures Pavilion before them was the Shrek City branch of the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect, a sect with a legacy of ten thousand years. It was also where the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect sold items related to Soul Masters and Soul Engineers to the public.

Four young women stood on each side of the entrance to the Nine Treasures Pavilion. All of them were beautiful and graceful, dressed in matching long gowns, clearly chosen with great care.

The display was exactly like Shrek Academy's Treasure Gathering Pavilion. It seemed the methods of these large commercial associations were all much the same.

The moment Huo Yuhao stepped through the doors of the Nine Treasures Pavilion, a maid immediately came forward to greet him. She had clearly been notified in advance and said with a smile, "Mr. Huo, please follow me."

Huo Yuhao gave a slight nod and followed the maid without obstruction all the way to a room on the seventh floor.

The maid gently knocked on the door, and an aged yet calm voice came from inside.

"Come in."

Only then did the maid open the door and step aside with an inviting gesture.

When Huo Yuhao entered, he saw an elderly man with graying hair dressed in white, seated at a desk handling documents.

Two women were seated on the sofa to one side of the room. One appeared to be nearly fifty years old, with a shrewd air between her brows.

Beside her sat a blonde girl. Her short golden hair looked especially neat, while her large aqua-blue eyes were framed by long lashes. A few charming freckles dotted her cheeks, adding a touch of playfulness to her appearance.

As for the steward who had received Huo Yuhao last time, he was nowhere to be seen. Presumably, he was not qualified to take part in such an important negotiation.

However, Huo Yuhao had not expected to encounter Ning Tian here, the girl who had confessed to him at the matchmaking event in his previous life.

To be fair, if he encountered that situation again now, he probably would not reject her.

It was not because he had any particular love for Ning Tian, but simply because of her identity as the only daughter of the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect's leader and what that represented.

Huo Yuhao had already decided that after ascending to the God Realm, he would kill Tang San. Naturally, he could not recklessly ascend to the God Realm without caring about anything else, as he had in his previous life. To accomplish his goal, he would inevitably need a great deal of money and manpower.