Xuan Ziwen's Shock

As Huo Yuhao operated the Soul Tool, a large amount of flame surged forth, enveloping the Ten Thousand Year Whale Oil.

After a while, the originally black Ten Thousand Year Whale Oil gradually turned golden yellow and gave off a fragrant scent.

Moreover, it was no longer as hard as before. Instead, it had become a soft, gelatinous substance.

Huo Yuhao used specially made Soul Tool tweezers to pick up the Ten Thousand Year Whale Oil and blew on it a few times to let some of the heat dissipate. Then he immediately swallowed it. Otherwise, once the whale oil lost its heat, it would harden again.

As the Ten Thousand Year Whale Oil entered his stomach, he felt a warm current flowing through his body, as though every limb and bone had been submerged in a hot spring. The current grew hotter and hotter, and he began to sweat continuously. Before long, his clothes were soaked through.

Of course, the sweat he was shedding was not transparent. Instead, it formed reddish-brown beads. From afar, he looked as if he were draped in bloody garments.

After some time, Huo Yuhao panted heavily, his eyes turning somewhat crimson. Looking down, he realized that he was in a three-legged stalemate, an extremely uncomfortable state.

The reason for this was simple. Whale oil was a supreme tonic of pure yang and fierce potency, so it naturally had certain special effects. After the original Huo Gua consumed Ten Thousand Year Whale Oil, he directly hugged Ma Xiaotao and made a delivery to Point B through their clothes, only to be mocked by Ma Xiaotao afterward for being too quick.

Though that plot was rather absurd, when he thought of the Qin Emperor's final boss's manner of death, he felt somewhat relieved.

"Good thing I came prepared." Huo Yuhao placed a hand on his White Cloud Belt and took out a wooden box. Opening it, he saw a blue medicinal herb that radiated cold air.

This was called Frost Sky Grass. Its effect was simple: it could neutralize a certain effect of whale oil. Its only flaw was that it had to be consumed after that effect of the whale oil had been triggered.

Without hesitation, he swallowed the Frost Sky Grass. Soon, he felt a cold current flowing through his body. As time passed, the restlessness in his heart was gradually suppressed. He could feel that he had left the three-legged stalemate state.

He then sat cross-legged on the ground and continuously circulated the Soul Power within his body, accelerating the digestion of the medicinal effects. After a while, he felt that he had mostly absorbed the effects of the Ten Thousand Year Whale Oil, and then began consuming the Magic Whale Oil.

However, there was simply too much Magic Whale Oil. It was impossible for him to finish it all in a single day.

Two days later.

Huo Yuhao stood in his dorm room, carefully savoring the gains from consuming the Ten Thousand Year Whale Oil and Magic Whale Oil. He clenched his fist, feeling the surging strength within him, and an unrestrained sense of exhilaration rose in his heart.

"Yuhao, coming along with me to scavenge bargains this time really paid off. Your physical constitution has improved greatly, so I took this opportunity to unseal some of my power into your body.

"Your Soul Rings can now exert effects equivalent to around three thousand years. That means the power of your soul skills will increase greatly. After all, when I first bestowed your Soul Rings upon you, they could only exert effects equivalent to four hundred years," the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said with some admiration.

"As for your Spiritual Power, I won't say much. You can personally experience the range of your Mental Detection now."

"Alright, Brother Sky Dream." Huo Yuhao immediately activated Mental Detection. A moment later, he said in delight, "My one-way detection range has reached a full twelve hundred meters! This is definitely a tremendous improvement!"

To be honest, Huo Yuhao was very satisfied with the effects of the Magic Whale Oil. After all, when the original Huo Gua had become a Soul Sage and served as a scout, before he had even condensed a Soul Core, his one-way detection range had only been five thousand meters.

One had to know that the current Huo Yuhao was merely a Level 15 Soul Master. It was perfectly normal for there to be a gap between him and Soul Sage Huo Gua.

In Peerless Tang Sect, Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures capable of increasing Spiritual Power were actually very rare. Otherwise, given Huo Gua's status as Mu En's disciple, he would certainly have been able to obtain some Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures that could improve Spiritual Power through Shrek Academy's channels.

"Hehe, what do you think? A surprise, right?" the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said smugly. "I told you, follow me and you'll eat well and drink well. Although your attainments in Spiritual Power are still quite far behind those of top experts, with my help, you can definitely narrow that gap bit by bit."

"Little Yuhao, cultivate well. Our good days are still ahead of us!"

"Brother Sky Dream, you're right. But now, I'm going to find Teacher Xuan and show him my current strength."

"Hm? You're going to show that human your strength?"

"That's right. This is an academy. The greater the talent and strength I display, the more resources the academy will devote to me. That benefits my personal development as well. After all, a place like an academy is always willing to nurture geniuses rather than mediocre people.

"Although I count as a genius in the academy now, the resources being directed toward me are still far from enough," Huo Yuhao explained.

He was not a Shrek Academy exchange student who had come to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy this time. There was no need for him to hide certain things, so he naturally did not need to worry that displaying his talent would draw the attention of others.

"Alright, I support you. Go on, hurry up!"

Thus, Huo Yuhao immediately found Xuan Ziwen and told him that his soul skill had undergone a qualitative leap.

The reason he did not seek out Jing Hongchen was that Jing Hongchen's daily routine was not obvious. For a student like him, finding Jing Hongchen was no easy matter.

"What? Your soul skill has undergone a qualitative leap? You've only been at the academy for twenty-two days—not even a month. How is that possible?" Xuan Ziwen looked at Huo Yuhao in disbelief.

"Yes. Teacher Xuan, don't resist. I'll show you." Huo Yuhao immediately activated his soul skill.

Xuan Ziwen froze for a moment. That all-encompassing, three-dimensional image appeared in his mind once more. Feeling Huo Yuhao's surging Spiritual Power, he looked at Huo Yuhao in surprise. "How far does your Mental Detection reach now?"

"Twelve hundred meters in a single direction," Huo Yuhao said.

Shock appeared on Xuan Ziwen's face. He muttered, "Impossible! How did you make your soul skill change so drastically?

"I remember you telling me that the power of your soul skill would increase as your cultivation improved. Honestly, I could understand it if it were explained as a mutation in your soul skill. But you're only a Level 15 Soul Master now. Logically, your soul skill shouldn't have changed this much."

Huo Yuhao's expression shifted slightly. "I don't know why either. Two days ago, I bought some whale oil and brought it back to consume. When I woke up after sleeping, I discovered that my Mental Detection range had increased."

"Whale oil... Whale oil can't increase Spiritual Power..." Xuan Ziwen fell into thought. "Right, your Spiritual Eye is a Body Martial Soul. As I recall, Body Martial Souls can undergo a Martial Soul Second Awakening. Could it be that your Martial Soul underwent a second awakening? But that doesn't seem right either. According to my teachers, a Body Martial Soul's second awakening has an extremely obvious characteristic..."

He observed Huo Yuhao's eyes for a moment, then said, "Perhaps your Martial Soul underwent an unknown mutation due to some kind of stimulation. There are precedents for this sort of mutation. However, I'm only a Rank 8 Soul Engineer, and my research into Martial Souls is still insufficient. So I'll take you to see the Hall Master right now. He is a Titled Douluo, and his understanding of Martial Souls runs far deeper than mine!"