Exemption Quota, Bloodthirsty Demon Vine

Bei Bei looked at the utterly mysterious Huo Yuhao before him and asked:

"Why do you know so much about the Tang Sect and Tang San?"

"Is it true?"

Huo Yuhao stretched lazily. "Don't worry about how I know."

"As for whether you believe it, that's up to you."

"This..." Bei Bei looked at the calm and unruffled Huo Yuhao, unsure what to say.

He could not see through this young man at all.

Not only was he mature beyond his years,

but he also knew many secrets unknown to others.

His personality was utterly uninhibited.

Right in front of the current Tang Sect Master, he belittled the Tang Sect and Tang San.

Was he really not afraid of getting beaten up?

Huo Yuhao glanced at the sky and said:

"Let's stop chatting. I'm leaving first. I don't have a habit of camping in the wilderness."

"You're not allowed to leave! Explain yourself!"

Tang Ya rushed forward, wanting to grab Huo Yuhao and demand an explanation.

Yet she was stopped forty centimeters away from him.

The corners of Huo Yuhao's lips curled upward slightly. "Miss Tang Ya, didn't your father tell you not to casually attack others?"

"It's very rude."

As he spoke, he slightly raised his right hand.

An inexplicable sense of fear rose in Tang Ya's heart.

Bei Bei pulled Tang Ya to his side. "Brother Huo, Teacher Xiaoya was emotionally unstable just now and offended you. I apologize to you on her behalf."

Tang Ya calmed down and said:

"I'm sorry... I was a little impulsive just now..."

Huo Yuhao slowly lowered his right hand and slipped it back into his pocket. "Although we haven't known each other for long, I still have to offer Miss Tang Ya a reminder."

"The Tang Sect should be disbanded when it's time to disband it. Don't take it too seriously. Also, Blue Silver Grass truly isn't suited for the poison path. Tang San's shitty Martial Soul was the Blue Silver Emperor, yet he still cultivated it into a complete mess."

"Over the past ten thousand years, who knows how many Blue Silver Grass Soul Masters he has led astray."

"Miss Tang Ya, your Martial Soul is Mutated Blue Silver Grass. I suggest you absorb Soul Rings related to devouring or life. They're countless times better than poison."

"That is all I have to say. Believe it or not, it's up to you."

In the original story, Tang Ya and Bei Bei had cared for Huo Yuhao like family.

That was why he offered them this kind reminder.

If she took it to heart, her future would be bright.

She could cast off the shackles of the Tang Sect and be reborn.

If she did not, she would become the Blue Silver Saintess of the Holy Spirit Cult in the future.

"Wait... Take this."

Tang Ya tossed over a crumpled ball of paper.

The paper stopped forty centimeters away from Huo Yuhao. He reached out, took it down, and unfolded it.

After a glance, he confirmed that it was an exemption quota for Shrek Academy.

Huo Yuhao stored it in the White Tiger Ring and thanked her. "Thank you. If you encounter difficulties in the future, you can come find me."

"No matter what the trouble is, I'll help you solve it. But only this once."

He did not like owing favors, because the feeling of being in debt was terrible.

This exemption quota would be exchanged for one instance of his help.

A mere Shrek Academy exemption quota in exchange for Huo Yuhao's help.

Tang Ya had practically made an enormous profit.

"Wait..."

Tang Ya stopped Huo Yuhao again.

Huo Yuhao asked indifferently:

"Is there something else?"

Tang Ya smiled. "Didn't you say to come find you if we encountered difficulties?"

"I'm facing a difficulty right now. I want you to help me find the most suitable third Soul Ring."

Huo Yuhao smiled. "This exemption quota can only be exchanged for one favor. Are you sure you want to waste it on this?"

Tang Ya nodded. "What? Is it too difficult for you to accomplish?"

Faced with Tang Ya's provocation, Huo Yuhao casually shook his head. "It's simple. Wait here. I'll catch a soul beast for you."

Tang Ya had originally wanted to tease Huo Yuhao.

Yet she did not know that she had missed an enormous opportunity—the assistance of the strongest person in the world.

Bei Bei watched Huo Yuhao walk deeper into the forest and said worriedly:

"Was Teacher Xiaoya a little too much?"

Tang Ya gave a playful smile and said:

"That little profiteer isn't that stupid. Besides, he's a spiritual-type Soul Master, and his first Soul Skill is defensive. Wouldn't he run if he encountered a powerful soul beast?"

Tang Ya had mistaken Cursed Technique: Stopping Power for Huo Yuhao's first Soul Skill.

Besides, this was the outermost region, where there were no particularly powerful soul beasts.

Naturally, she was not worried that Huo Yuhao would encounter danger.

Tang Ya thought it would be good if a terrifying soul beast gave Huo Yuhao a scare.

It would save him from showing off all day long.

Bei Bei shook his head with a bitter smile and said:

"Aren't you afraid he'll get eaten by a soul beast?"

This little girl was truly quite devious.

She actually wanted a soul beast to scare Huo Yuhao. Was she really not afraid that he would be in danger?

Neither of them believed that Huo Yuhao, who had only just absorbed his first Soul Ring, could bring back a Soul Ring suitable for Tang Ya.

Tang Ya was now level thirty, so her Soul Ring had to be at least a thousand years old.

Huo Yuhao had only just broken through level ten. How could he possibly be a match for a thousand-year soul beast?

After waiting for a while, Tang Ya could not help but worry. "Should we follow him and take a look? What if that little profiteer runs into danger?"

Bei Bei nodded. "Then let's go quickly, before something really happens."

But just as the two were about to search for Huo Yuhao, an enormous plant soul beast fell from the sky.

Rumble!

Before the smoke could disperse, Huo Yuhao's voice rang out.

"A sixteen-hundred-year Bloodthirsty Demon Vine."

"It has tenacious vitality and devouring abilities. It's the most suitable soul beast for you in this region, bar none."

When the smoke cleared, Huo Yuhao was sitting boldly atop the Bloodthirsty Demon Vine with a lollipop in his mouth.

Tang Ya said in disbelief, "Bei Bei, this can't be real, can it?"

Bei Bei stepped forward. "It resembles a tree, its vines are blood-red and covered in barbs, and it has a strong bloody smell. There are even soul beasts inside whose blood has not yet been completely drained. This really is a Bloodthirsty Demon Vine!"

"It grows one vine every hundred years. There are sixteen vines in total, so its age is indeed sixteen hundred years..."

After Tang Ya and Bei Bei confirmed that this plant soul beast was a Bloodthirsty Demon Vine,

their faces filled with shock as they both sucked in a breath of cold air.

Among plant soul beasts, the Bloodthirsty Demon Vine was an extremely terrifying existence.

In the outer regions of the Star Dou Great Forest, it basically had no natural enemies.

Not only did the Bloodthirsty Demon Vine possess tenacious vitality, it could also grow stronger and recover by devouring soul beasts.

Thus, even a hundred-year Bloodthirsty Demon Vine required at least a hunting team of Soul Elders with an ideal Soul Ring configuration to kill.

As for a thousand-year Bloodthirsty Demon Vine, even a hunting team of Soul Ancestors might not be confident of taking it down and could even be killed in return.

Tang Ya said in disbelief:

"How is this possible? Even we would only be able to run from a Bloodthirsty Demon Vine of this age."

"Didn't that little profiteer just absorb his first Soul Ring? How could he possibly..."

Bei Bei was deeply puzzled. "Even a Soul Ancestor hunting team would not be confident in killing a Bloodthirsty Demon Vine of this age, let alone capturing it alive in such a short time."

Huo Yuhao had been gone for less than five minutes.

Five minutes would have been enough for a Soul King hunting team to kill it.

But it was nowhere near enough to capture it alive.

Not to mention the time needed to search for the soul beast, as well as the journey there and back.

In other words, within five minutes, Huo Yuhao had found a Bloodthirsty Demon Vine in this vast area.

Then, within five minutes, he had captured it alive and delivered it before them.

Tang Ya and Bei Bei simply could not imagine it.

This was something a ten-year-old child who had only just absorbed his first Soul Ring could accomplish.

It was no exaggeration to say that even powerful Soul Kings and Soul Emperors would find it difficult to accomplish such a feat in so short a time.