Tang Ya, Beibei, Electrolux

"It smells so good! Are you selling your grilled fish?"

The two who appeared were naturally Tang Ya and Beibei, who had likewise been drawn in by little Huo's grilled fish in the original story. Tang Ya, who was friendly to a fault and had no sense of boundaries around strangers, leaned close and blinked her big eyes at Huo Yuhao as she asked.

"If you... if you want some, I can treat you!"

How could Huo Yuhao, still so young, withstand such a test? His little face flushed as he answered.

"Haha, little brother, are you shy?"

After several grilled fish went into their stomachs, the group quickly became acquainted.

"My name is Tang Ya, and his is Beibei."

"Huo Yuhao." "Lu Yuan."

Before long, through the efforts of the four youths, more than a dozen grilled fish, along with some dried rations Lu Yuan and Beibei had brought out, were swiftly wiped clean. Once they were full and satisfied, Huo Yuhao was the first to suggest leaving, and Lu Yuan also bid Tang Ya and Beibei farewell.

"Are they both going to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt soul beasts?"

Tang Ya, full and content, lazily leaned against Beibei's chest and asked casually.

"Mm." Beibei answered gently, affectionately brushing aside the messy strands of hair over Tang Ya's forehead. "Based on my senses, they should both be Soul Masters. Little Brother Huo should be a Soul Scholar, while Little Brother Lu—"

At this point, a glint flashed through his eyes. "He may very well already be a Soul Elder!"

"A Soul Elder?!" Tang Ya cried out, springing out of Beibei's arms. "Do you think they would agree if we invited them to join the Tang Sect?"

"Little Brother Huo might, but Little Brother Lu is probably unlikely! At such a young age, he already has the cultivation of a Soul Elder, and he handles himself neither humbly nor arrogantly. This Little Brother Lu is no simple fellow—"

Lu Yuan, who had already left, had no idea Tang Ya and Beibei were discussing him behind his back. Right now, all his attention was focused on Huo Yuhao.

To avoid being discovered, he quietly followed far behind Huo Yuhao.

It's coming! It's coming!

After witnessing Huo Yuhao's iconic solo battle against the God-Slaying Wind Baboon, Lu Yuan focused completely, holding his breath as he stared in Huo Yuhao's direction.

Eh? Has Brother's luck finally turned around? I finally ran into a human with a spiritual attribute?

But what a pity. This spiritual-attribute human's talent is a little poor. Still, it doesn't matter. Brother doesn't mind. Brother will carry you to greatness!

Ahead of Huo Yuhao, a large white-jade silkworm covered from head to tail in ten golden patterns burrowed out from underground.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm!

Very soon, just as in the original plot, the two began to fuse.

The instant Sky Dream Ice Silkworm began pouring himself into Huo Yuhao's body, an invisible spiritual ripple spread outward from him. That terrifying spiritual power almost instantly covered every corner within a hundred-li radius.

The surging spiritual ripples left Lu Yuan dazed for a moment. Fortunately, protected by the Great Tortoise Shell Technique, he quickly recovered.

At that moment, the sky, which had been brilliantly clear a second earlier, suddenly darkened. A thunderous boom rang out high above, and in that instant, the sun's radiance was completely swallowed by darkness. An enormous pressure that made it hard to breathe descended from the heavens.

An extremely blurry figure emerged in the sky. An aged voice, carrying an indescribable majesty, rang out. "With sun and moon in hand, I pluck the stars; in this world, there is none like me. I never thought this old man would still retain a sliver of his remnant soul."

Crushed by that pressure, Lu Yuan nearly collapsed to the ground. Yet he bit down hard on the tip of his tongue, and the pain allowed him to maintain his last shred of clarity as he silently recited in his heart—

One word reveals the path to divinity!!!

A golden tortoise shell then appeared in the air, while a black-and-white Taiji Diagram began slowly rotating around it.

An invisible domain instantly spread out. Lu Yuan, who had been limp on the ground, abruptly rose as though someone had yanked him upright and performed a forced gaze salute toward the tortoise shell in the sky.

Don't be "Death," don't be "Death," don't be "Death"!

Watching the tortoise shell spin rapidly, Lu Yuan shouted soundlessly in his heart. He had used the Great Tortoise Shell Technique only to attract Electrolux, so regardless of what die it produced, anything other than the word "Death" was acceptable to him.

Perhaps his prayer had been heard. A die with an ancient design fell from the tortoise shell—

Fortune!

It was the Incomplete Tortoise Shell Technique!!!

The moment he saw the Great Tortoise Shell Technique, fragmented memories within his divine soul gradually awakened—Tortoise Shell Technique, assassination, and all the memories he had shared with Flo. For a moment, Electrolux was overcome with mixed emotions.

I never thought that the Incomplete Tortoise Shell Technique I had sought in vain during my life would, through such a twist of fate, meet me again on this continent after my death. It seems it has found its true master!

Electrolux, floating in the sky, was more than five meters away from Lu Yuan and was therefore unaffected by the forced gaze salute. Besides, knowing the execution mechanism of the Great Tortoise Shell Technique, he did not dare force his way into its domain at this time.

When he saw the die engraved with "Fortune" land, he immediately stopped hesitating. Transforming into a gray bead, he shot into the back of Lu Yuan's head with a whoosh and vanished.

"What was that?!"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, who was truly focused on fusing with Huo Yuhao, was startled by the pressure that had accompanied Electrolux's arrival. Yet perhaps the luck of the "Fortune" die had taken effect: a small problem happened to arise in his fusion with Huo Yuhao. By the time he resolved it and extended his spiritual sense out of Huo Yuhao's Spirit Sea, Electrolux had long since merged into the back of Lu Yuan's head. It was as though everything just now had merely been Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's own paranoid imagination, and nothing had actually happened.

Strange... Sky Dream Ice Silkworm muttered. Had his senses made a mistake? His tiny golden eyes were filled with immense confusion.

However, he did not dwell on the matter and continued wholeheartedly fusing with Huo Yuhao.

Meanwhile, after obtaining this stroke of fortune, Lu Yuan had already taken countless twists and turns until he no longer knew where he was. He found a secluded clearing and rested there.

"Child, I am Electrolux. May I know your name?"

An aged voice rang out within Lu Yuan's Spirit Sea.

Electrolux's weakened remnant soul should have fallen asleep immediately after entering Lu Yuan's Spirit Sea. However, the presence of the Great Tortoise Shell Technique within it allowed him to force himself to remain conscious. After Lu Yuan stopped traveling, he began speaking with him.

"Senior, my name is Lu Yuan."

Within the Spirit Sea, Lu Yuan suppressed the wild joy in his heart and respectfully introduced himself to Electrolux.

"Child, I should not originally belong to this world. I only remember that I seemed to be about to die at the time, but perhaps because my soul power was too strong, I shattered space at the moment of death and allowed this sliver of Divine Sense to remain. That was how I arrived in your world. You happened to be using this Incomplete Tortoise Shell Technique then, which awakened some related memories in my remnant soul, and I was drawn over. Thus, this sliver of Divine Sense has taken up residence in your Spirit Sea. Do not worry. I bear you no ill will. I fear I will not be able to leave this place in the future, either."

"Senior, this Great Tortoise Shell Technique has been in my Spirit Sea for as long as I can remember. Do you know anything about it?" Lu Yuan asked after listening to Electrolux.

"So the Tortoise Shell Technique's full name is the Great Tortoise Shell Technique?" Electrolux murmured. Then he slowly began to speak. His fragile remnant soul was struggling even to maintain consciousness, but to earn Lu Yuan's trust, he still explained what he knew about the Great Tortoise Shell Technique.

"Child, I do not know much more about the Great Tortoise Shell Technique than you do. I possess only a sliver of divine sense, and it is extremely weak. I need time to gradually recover before my full memories can slowly return. I only remember that the Great Tortoise Shell Technique's effects are absolute, regardless of friend or foe, and cannot be predicted. If the caster rolls three 'Death' dice in succession, however, they will die on the spot beyond any reversal! Therefore, do not use it lightly unless absolutely necessary. Remember this, remember this!"

After saying that, Electrolux's voice fell silent, and he sank into a complete slumber.