Crazy Reverse Tactics, a Genius Indeed

Xiao Hongchen:

One sentence from Huo Yuhao left Xiao Hongchen completely speechless. He had no idea how to judge him, but he could now be certain of one thing: when it came to showing off, Huo Yuhao might have been young, but he had already mastered it to perfection!

Those two girls were stunning beauties, yet Huo Yuhao not only paid them no attention, but even claimed to be face-blind?

What was there to show off about?

Did he really think Xiao Hongchen lacked luck with women?

Well, he truly did not lack female attention, but among girls with beauty like those two just now, Xiao Hongchen only knew his own sister.

Huo Yuhao ignored Xiao Hongchen and simply focused on engraving the First-Level Soul Tool core in his hands. His engraving knife moved back and forth across its surface. With Mental Detection at work, not even the slightest error could occur.

Xiao Hongchen did not interrupt him again and instead watched the scene with rapt attention.

Before long, a brand-new First-Level Soul Tool emerged from Huo Yuhao's hands.

Looking at the Soul Tool Huo Yuhao had placed on the table, Xiao Hongchen clapped loudly and praised him enthusiastically.

"Not bad, Yuhao! You're truly perfect for becoming a Soul Engineer! With your Mental Detection soul skill, making Soul Tools will definitely be countless times easier for you than for other Soul Engineers! You had never even touched a Soul Tool before, yet in just a few days, you successfully became a genuine First-Level Soul Engineer. You really are a genius! I, Xiao Hongchen, wasn't wrong about you!"

Xiao Hongchen was genuinely happy for Huo Yuhao. He felt that Huo Yuhao becoming a First-Level Soul Engineer in such a short time meant his own guidance had played an indispensable role.

What he did not know was that even before arriving at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, Huo Yuhao had already been a qualified First-Level Soul Engineer!

It was only because being a First-Level Soul Engineer did not fit the persona of someone who had suffered oppression and bullying within the White Tiger Duke's Mansion that he had kept it hidden.

But since Xiao Hongchen was so happy, Huo Yuhao naturally would not spoil his mood.

"Senior Xiao, did those two girls who came looking for me just now have any distinguishing features?"

Xiao Hongchen froze slightly, then asked in return.

"They were as pretty as Meng. Isn't that distinctive enough?"

Huo Yuhao shook his head slightly, his expression turning somewhat strange.

"I'm face-blind."

"You bastard!"

Xiao Hongchen was speechless. He truly did not know how to describe Huo Yuhao, but complaints aside, he still thought carefully.

"One had pinkish-blue hair, and the other had golden hair. Even if you really are face-blind, you can't possibly be color-blind too, can you?"

Huo Yuhao smiled and waved his hand without saying anything more. After raising an eyebrow, he chuckled to himself.

Wang Dong'er and Di Qiu'er? Xiao Xiao and Gu Yuena didn't come. Looks like my strategy was pretty effective after all. Still, I really didn't expect their relationship to fall apart so quickly.

And they actually wanted to team up and play tricks on me like this? Good thing I only want to focus on my career right now. Otherwise, with how simple-minded you are, I could probably turn the tables on you through the Diary alone and make you willingly throw yourselves into my arms. Even after being thoroughly devoured, you wouldn't realize it!

No, there's nothing to be proud of. I still need to maintain a sense of caution at all times. Just like Wang Dong'er and Di Qiu'er—if they hadn't been too confident that they wouldn't be exposed, I probably wouldn't have noticed anything unusual so easily. I'd better throw away this so-called pride of a transmigrator!

His experiences over the years in the White Tiger Duke's Mansion had long taught Huo Yuhao that before one became truly powerful, arrogance and complacency came at a price. In severe cases, paying with one's life was nothing unusual!

Even if he was the Child of Destiny personally chosen by the Plane Will of Douluo Continent, and possessed the immensely useful Diary, he absolutely could not become so arrogant that he looked down on everyone. Being more prudent could only benefit him!

With that thought, Huo Yuhao looked at Xiao Hongchen and said goodbye.

"I'll be leaving first, Senior Xiao."

Xiao Hongchen froze. Seeing that Huo Yuhao was not joking, he quickly asked.

"You're leaving so early today? You're not going to keep studying?"

Huo Yuhao shook his head slightly.

"I want to raise my Soul Power to Rank 20 as quickly as possible, hunt a Soul Ring and become a Soul Grandmaster. Then I can try raising my Soul Engineer rank to Level Two as well."

Xiao Hongchen was clearly taken aback upon hearing that. He laughed heartily while patting Huo Yuhao hard on the shoulder.

"I thought it was something serious, but that's all? Leave such a small matter to me! I've been so busy teaching you about Soul Tools these past few days that I actually forgot about it."

"Yuhao, for Soul Engineers of our Sun Moon Empire, there's no need to waste too much time cultivating Soul Power! Rather than meditating all day and exhausting yourself to increase your Soul Power, you might as well spend more time researching Soul Tools. Just set aside some time to cultivate now and then, then supplement it with medicine, and your Soul Power will rise as fast as possible."

Huo Yuhao blinked. Was he about to start taking pills already? Still, why did this somehow feel like being kept?

Seeing that Huo Yuhao did not respond, Xiao Hongchen looked at him seriously.

"Yuhao, don't tell me you were also fooled by those rumors saying that Soul Engineers of our Sun Moon Empire only increase their strength by taking medicine? As long as you don't take it too frequently, there won't be any major problems! Those people from the Original Douluo Three Kingdoms only say that because they're too poor and can't bear to give valuable medicinal herbs to unimportant juniors!"

"Those people say medicine is bad, but they take plenty of it behind everyone's backs! Don't worry, Yuhao. I won't let medicine make cultivation difficult for you in the future. And leave the medicine you need to me—I'll bring it to you tomorrow!"

Without even waiting for Huo Yuhao to refuse, Xiao Hongchen plopped down in front of the table and waved without looking back.

"All right, go back and rest first. I'll keep researching for a while. I suddenly got a new idea just now."

Looking at Xiao Hongchen's utterly absorbed appearance, Huo Yuhao clicked his tongue, feeling rather helpless. Just as Meng Hongchen had said, this guy was completely a tech nerd!

Huo Yuhao said nothing further and left the Laboratory. As he headed toward the dormitory, he pondered to himself.

If Xiao Hongchen provides me with pills, it can cover up the terrifying speed at which I went from having just become a Soul Master to becoming a Soul Grandmaster in only a few days.

Tsk, everyone else wants rewards from me, but Xiao Hongchen keeps teaching me Soul Tool knowledge and has even volunteered to provide me with pills. How should I repay him?

If I find something suitable for Xiao Hongchen in the future, I can come up with an excuse to give it to him. And at the next Soul Master Competition, I'll use Mental Detection and Mental Sharing to let Xiao Hongchen show off before everyone. This guy has been looking forward to that day for a long time!