Turning a Simple Problem into a Complicated One

Uchiha Huan sent out two more clones. One transformed into Huo Yuhao and headed in the opposite direction to draw away Shrek's intelligence scouts.

Then Uchiha Huan and Huo Yuhao resumed their journey.

At first, Huo Yuhao had been quite happy.

Though he could not make a move on her, Uchiha Huan wearing Bibi Dong's appearance was truly pleasing to the eye.

But after they dealt with twelve waves of infatuated pursuers and the thirtieth bandit gang, Huo Yuhao never smiled again.

Bibi Dong's looks were simply too lethal. Most men found it hard to keep walking after seeing her.

"Xiao Huan, how about changing your appearance?"

"No. We've been eating, drinking, and having fun all along the way thanks to this face of mine."

Because they had taken a detour, it took them two months to finally arrive at Heaven Soul City, the capital of the Heaven Soul Empire.

"How are we supposed to get in contact with Princess Vina?" Huo Yuhao asked.

"Ask around about where Princess Vina usually appears. As soon as you see her, use Mental Sharing."

"Ah? Wouldn't that be too rude?"

"It would, but that's your problem, not mine."

"I still think we should approach Princess Vina in a more normal way."

"How about this? Turn into Princess Vina and streak through the streets. I guarantee Princess Vina will come looking for you immediately."

"Wouldn't that be even ruder? Besides, I don't know what Princess Vina looks like."

"Forget it. I'll do it." Uchiha Huan glanced at the passersby, then activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and called out, "Everyone, look over here."

The surrounding pedestrians all turned toward Uchiha Huan upon hearing his voice.

Genjutsu: Shackling Stakes Technique!

Then they saw Uchiha Huan's strange, mystical eyes.

Their gazes immediately became vacant, and they moved like walking corpses in groups toward Princess Vina's residence.

"Xiao Huan, what did you do to them?"

"I had them deliver a message for us."

"Isn't that a little inappropriate?" Huo Yuhao asked helplessly.

"Then do you want to go streaking?"

"Actually, I think this is fine too."

The pedestrians under the Genjutsu arrived in groups before Princess Vina's residence.

"Stop! Stop!" The residence guards were startled, thinking someone had come to assassinate Princess Vina.

"I am a Body Martial Soul. I am a Body Martial Soul... I want to see Princess Vina."

Everyone stopped before the residence and did not take another step forward. They merely repeated the same words with blank expressions.

The guards exchanged glances and hurried back into the residence.

"Your Highness, something's wrong. A group of commoners has appeared outside. They seem to have been controlled by some kind of Genjutsu and are repeating the same sentence."

Princess Vina raised a brow. "What are they saying?"

"I am a Body Martial Soul. I am a Body Martial Soul. I want to see Princess Vina."

Princess Vina's heart stirred. A Body Martial Soul!? She immediately wanted to go outside.

However, to make sure it was not some enemy's scheme, she summoned the royal guardian assigned to protect her.

Only after the royal offering arrived did Princess Vina leave the residence.

She then saw dozens of commoners with vacant expressions, endlessly repeating the same sentence.

They showed no signs of attacking and simply stood outside the residence.

"I am Vina. May I ask who used a soul skill to control them?"

At that moment, Princess Vina saw the crowd part as two children walked out.

"That would be us," Uchiha Huan said.

Princess Vina was shocked. "You two controlled so many people?"

"Yes."

"What are your martial souls?"

"Both of ours are eye martial souls." Uchiha Huan revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan, while Huo Yuhao also revealed his Spirit Eyes.

"Can you release them from your control?"

Uchiha Huan turned toward the crowd. Shackling Stakes Technique: Release!

The people gradually left, though their expressions remained blank.

"It seems they still haven't been released," Princess Vina said doubtfully.

"I gave them an order to return to where they were before and automatically dispel the Genjutsu."

What powerful Genjutsu abilities! This child's eyes are far too strange.

"Um... actually, as long as the two of you came to my residence, I would have met you. There was no need to make things so complicated. Even if I weren't here, the guards at the entrance could have passed along a message."

Uchiha Huan and Huo Yuhao both looked awkward.

They had assumed that two children of unknown origin would have a hard time meeting a princess of a nation.

"Come in with me."

Princess Vina led Uchiha Huan and Huo Yuhao into the residence.

"What is your purpose in coming to see me?"

"We want to join the Body Sect, so we need you to recommend us."

"How do you know I'm part of the Body Sect?" Princess Vina asked with a frown.

Uchiha Huan pointed at his eyes. "My eyes possess spiritual, time, and space attributes. They allow me to see fragments of the future."

Princess Vina's eyes widened, her face filled with astonishment.

Seeing the future! Though this ability had no combat power, its significance was immense.

Princess Vina looked at Huo Yuhao again. Huo Yuhao hurriedly said, "I don't have abilities as impressive as Xiao Huan's."

"What are your current levels?"

"I'm level 36. Old Huo is almost level 20."

Princess Vina was even more shocked. Before their Second Awakening, Body Martial Souls did not value innate soul power. They only valued the body part itself—the more important the body part, the greater the potential.

Cultivation was slower in the early stages because they had not undergone the Second Awakening. Once they completed it, their soul power would rise rapidly.

Uchiha Huan had already reached level 36 at such a young age. Could he have undergone a Second Awakening on his own?

"You can rest at my residence tonight. Tomorrow, I'll personally take you to the Body Sect."

The next day, Princess Vina took Uchiha Huan to the Body Sect.

After three days of travel, the group arrived before a sprawling mountain range.

Two figures suddenly leaped out of the woods and blocked their path.

"Senior Sister Vina, who are these two children?" The two disciples guarding the mountain clearly knew Princess Vina, so they did not act hostile.

"They are members of the Body Martial Soul family who had been living outside," Princess Vina said.

"Oh... then hurry and take them inside."

They were unexpectedly easy to talk to, Huo Yuhao thought.

The mountains were high and the forests dense. The scenery was not especially beautiful, but an ancient, desolate aura lingered in the air.

At last, after passing through the forest, a cluster of buildings suddenly came into view before Uchiha Huan and Huo Yuhao.

They occasionally encountered Body Sect disciples along the way, and all of them greeted Princess Vina. The sect seemed quite harmonious.

"In the Body Sect, we all regard our fellow disciples as family."

"Then is there competition?"

"Of course there is. But whatever you want to compete for, you compete openly and honorably. If you win, it is because of your ability. If you lose, you must not resent or envy others. That is the principle of our Body Sect."

Upon hearing that, Huo Yuhao developed an even better impression of the Body Sect.

Just then, a tall and valiant young man ran up to Princess Vina.

"Vina, why are you here?" The young man looked at Princess Vina with a trace of burning warmth in his eyes.

"Long Aotian, I found two children with eye martial souls outside and brought them back to the sect."

Long Aotian looked at Uchiha Huan and Huo Yuhao, then nodded slightly. "Old Jin is in the main hall. I'll take you there."

The Old Jin Long Aotian mentioned was Golden Roc, the Body Sect's vice sect master and an elder.

The current sect master of the Body Sect, Du Bushi, spent all year in seclusion and did not manage sect affairs, so Old Jin handled most of the sect's business on his behalf.

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