Nine Treasures Pavilion

"Yuhao, are you sure nothing will go wrong?"

The voice of Sky Dream Ice Silkworm echoed within Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea, carrying a hint of nervousness he could not quite conceal.

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

Huo Yuhao had managed to find a quiet residence within Shrek City and settled down for the time being.

However, he now faced a thorny problem: his pockets were empty. The remaining Gold Soul Coin he had on him was far from enough to purchase the precious medicinal herbs needed to improve his cultivation.

According to Huo Yuhao's plan, he intended to raise his soul power to level twenty before officially enrolling in Shrek Academy. This would allow him to make a trip to the Far North and reunite with his companions there.

Medicines like the Mystic Water Pill or the Soul Ascension Pill, which he had consumed in his past life, were all priceless treasures that were hard to come by.

Even when traded on the black market, they could easily fetch a high price of tens of thousands of Gold Soul Coin, and they were often in short supply, with demand far outstripping availability.

Under these circumstances, relying solely on selling ordinary Soul Tool was clearly far from meeting Huo Yuhao's needs.

Tian Meng's concerns were not without reason, and Huo Yuhao naturally understood what she was worried about.

After all, the Soul Tool he intended to sell, and the massive profits it represented, would likely tempt even a Title Douluo-level powerhouse, inciting greed in their hearts.

Before Huo Yuhao had reunited with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, he naturally would not have dared to sell Soul Tool that far surpassed this era. At that time, his strength was limited, and he could barely handle a Soul King-level soul master.

But the situation was completely different now. Tian Meng had sublimated into a divine consciousness; although limited by various conditions, she could still unleash a spiritual shock approaching the level of a Limit Douluo.

Moreover, relying on the simulation soul skill from the first soul ring brought by Tian Meng, as long as he didn't run into a true Limit Douluo, scaring off a few ordinary Super Douluo would be a simple matter.

It was also because Huo Yuhao had handled the entire soul spirit contract process himself that the soul skill brought by the first soul ring had been personally selected by him.

The soul shock and spiritual interference that came with his first soul ring in his past life could be released even without a soul ring, so Huo Yuhao had synthesized them into a single soul skill. Then, he had added the unique simulation ability of the Ice Silkworm clan.

It could be said that the simulation effect produced through Tian Meng had been greatly improved compared to the thousand-year-old ice silkworm of his past life. Unless the opponent's spiritual power reached the realm of "tangible but intangible," it would be impossible for them to spot any flaws.

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

Huo Yuhao couldn't help but speak up to soothe the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm in his spiritual space.

"But Yuhao, you saw it last time. The guy in charge of receiving us had eyes full of greed, as if he wanted to swallow you whole."

Huo Yuhao was somewhat surprised by this. In his past life, when he only had level twenty soul power, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had dared to trick him into going to the Far North to negotiate with the Ice Empress.

Although Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had told him afterward that she had the ability to safely teleport him hundreds of miles away.

But the problem was, what difference would a few hundred miles make to those terrifying soul beasts?

What's more, if the Ice Empress had gone to find the Snow Empress at that time, given the Snow Empress's control over the Far North, it would have been extremely difficult for the two of them to escape.

Thinking of this, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but shake his head. Tian Meng, in her female form, had become even more difficult to fathom. He had no choice but to patiently continue analyzing the pros and cons with her.

He certainly didn't know that Tian Meng was currently preoccupied with her "one husband, one wife" plan, and naturally didn't want Huo Yuhao to take too many risks.

If she had a choice, she would even prefer Huo Yuhao to reach the Title Douluo rank 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 wouldn't expire.

As Huo Yuhao and Tian Meng continued their conversation, the two arrived in front of a treasure tower that was nine stories tall and nearly sixty meters high.

Shrek City enjoyed a superior geographical location; it was not only the home of Shrek Academy but also the most important commercial city at the intersection of the three great empires of the Douluo Continent.

Due to the existence of Shrek Academy, the public security in Shrek City was excellent. Therefore, when merchants from the three great empires conducted cross-border trade, most chose to conduct their transactions in Shrek City.

The Nine Treasures Pavilion before them was the station of the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect, which had a ten-thousand-year heritage, in Shrek City. It was also the place where the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect sold items related to soul masters and soul tool masters.

On both sides of the entrance to the Nine Treasures Pavilion stood four young women, all of them beautiful and graceful, wearing uniform long dresses, clearly carefully selected.

This display was exactly the same as the Treasure Gathering Pavilion of Shrek Academy; it seemed the methods of these large chambers of commerce were indeed much the same.

As soon as Huo Yuhao stepped into the gate of the Nine Treasures Pavilion, a maid immediately came up to greet him, clearly having been notified in advance. She smiled and said to Huo Yuhao, "Mr. Huo, please follow me."

Huo Yuhao nodded slightly and followed the maid, arriving unimpeded in front of a room on the seventh floor.

The maid knocked lightly on the door, and an old, calm voice came from inside:

"Please come in."

The maid then opened the door and gestured to the side for him to enter.

Huo Yuhao walked into the room and saw an old man with gray hair dressed in white, sitting at a desk processing documents.

On a sofa on one side of the room sat two women. One looked to be nearly fifty, her brows revealing a sense of shrewdness.

Sitting beside her was a blonde girl with short, neat golden hair. Her large, water-blue eyes had long eyelashes, and there were a few cute freckles on her cheeks, adding a touch of playfulness.

As for the manager who had received Huo Yuhao last time, he was nowhere to be seen; presumably, he was not qualified to participate in such an important negotiation.

However, Huo Yuhao had not expected to meet Ning Tian, who had confessed to him at the blind date event in his past life, here.

In all honesty, if he were to encounter that situation again now, he probably wouldn't refuse her.

It wasn't because he had any special love for Ning Tian, but simply because of Ning Tian's status as the only daughter of the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect master and the significance behind it.

Since Huo Yuhao had already decided to kill Tang San after ascending to the God Realm, he naturally couldn't just ascend to the God Realm without a care in the world like he did in his past life. To achieve his goal, he would inevitably need a vast amount of money and manpower.