Li Yucheng: If You Don't Know How to Teach a Disciple, Bring Huo Yuhao to Me!

The Spirit Pagoda's purpose was:

To let Soul Spirits feel the warmth of home!

Otherwise... how could they get more Soul Beasts to voluntarily become Soul Spirits?

This was why the Spirit Ascension Platform's Isolation Zone had come into being.

After all, once a Soul Beast became a Soul Spirit, it needed somewhere to move around before being chosen by a Soul Master. Otherwise, wouldn't that be imprisonment in another form for the Soul Spirit?

Just as humans entered the Spirit Ascension Platform, Soul Spirits also had special devices that sent them into the Isolation Zone. Like a virtual reality game, Soul Spirits could experience their original lives here.

The Isolation Zone was connected to the environment of the Spirit Ascension Platform, but powerful guardian Soul Beasts stood guard between them, separating the two sides. This prevented Soul Masters from entering this place and accidentally killing real Soul Spirits, and also prevented powerful Soul Spirits from running out and leaving Soul Masters with psychological trauma. That was why it was called the Isolation Zone.

The Isolation Zone simulated even more environments. Besides the Star Dou Great Forest, there were also environments such as the Extreme North and the Great Sea.

The Isolation Zone Huo Yuhao entered simulated the environment of the Extreme North.

I never thought I'd return to the Extreme North inside the Spirit Ascension Platform.

Looking at the world of ice and snow around him, a hint of nostalgia flashed through Huo Yuhao's eyes.

Back then, in the Extreme North... he had spent an unforgettable stretch of time there.

As he thought of it, Huo Yuhao couldn't help feeling like he was gritting his teeth.

Back then, in order to improve his combat experience, the Ice Empress had directly gathered her clansmen. A huge swarm of Ice Jade Scorpions had come charging over just like that, without even asking his opinion. One could imagine how miserable he had been.

Later, the Snow Empress, Little White, the Titan Snow Demon King, and other Soul Beasts had also called over their own Soul Beasts one after another to spar with him.

Huo Yuhao dared say that when it came to dealing with Soul Beasts of the Extreme North, no one had more experience than him. And when it came to getting beaten up by Soul Beasts of the Extreme North, no one had more experience than him either.

Fortunately, there had still been results. His combat experience was very rich among those of the same level.

When Luo Yanglu also entered the Isolation Zone as insurance, he saw Huo Yuhao locked in fierce combat with a Thousand-Year Soul Beast, even holding the upper hand.

That Soul Beast was caught within Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Interference Domain. It had completely lost its bearings and could only unleash its Innate Soul Skill at random to attack.

The Spiritual Interference Domain could alter the vision and perception of people within a certain range, causing opponents to fall into Huo Yuhao's interference and making it difficult to distinguish truth from falsehood. This Soul Beast's Spiritual Power was weaker than Huo Yuhao's, and it had already begun hallucinating after falling into the domain.

A thousand-year Vermilion Ice Toad?

Seeing the appearance of that Soul Beast, Luo Yanglu raised an eyebrow.

The Vermilion Ice Toad was an extremely rare Ice Attribute Soul Beast. Because it inhabited the fringes of the Extreme North, in the narrow space near the human world, it was known as the "king of the cracks." This kind of Soul Beast had an extremely small population, and its movements were mysterious, making it exceedingly difficult to discover.

The deadliest part of the Vermilion Ice Toad lay in its poison. It took the coldest energy between heaven and earth as nourishment and cultivated an extremely domineering venom. This toxin was not only bone-chillingly cold, but could also rapidly erode a living being's Life Force, making it a terrifying existence on the outskirts of the Extreme North.

However, since it could not break through Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Interference Domain, no matter how powerful its poison was, it had no chance to be used.

"To be able to affect a Thousand-Year Soul Beast already, with Spiritual Power like this... no wonder Yichen dared to let you enter this place."

Luo Yanglu was secretly amazed.

Real Soul Spirits and Artificial Soul Spirits were ultimately different. Whether in combat experience or intelligence, the former surpassed Artificial Soul Spirits by a level.

Moreover, the Soul Spirits that stayed in the Isolation Zone long-term were all powerful Soul Spirits. Because they had never found a suitable Soul Master to contract with, they had voluntarily remained here.

Putting Huo Yuhao here to train showed that Hua Yichen truly had great confidence in him, and Huo Yuhao had indeed lived up to those expectations.

After warming up for a while, Huo Yuhao gradually found his rhythm. He stopped making things difficult for this Vermilion Ice Toad that had lost its way in life and let it leave.

With his strength in every aspect lowered, he needed time to adapt if he wanted to maintain his combat power. The Soul Spirits here could not be killed, and under that restriction, it instead tempered him even more.

Three years later, at the East Sea Mecha Master Association.

The staff member took the Soul Tool Huo Yuhao handed over, examined it seriously for a moment, then looked at Huo Yuhao with somewhat numb eyes and said:

"Yuhao, kid, why don't you go take the Level Four exam? Set another new record?"

Nearly three years ago, this child had come to apply for the level tests for Mecha Manufacturer and Mecha Designer.

That was right. Not one Side Profession, but two. And by now, both had already reached Level Three, breaking the records for two Side Professions in one go.

One had to know that although these two Side Professions were not as difficult as forging, the fastest record had still been Level Three at ten years old!

And Huo Yuhao was only nine! Level Three in two Side Professions—who would believe it if word got out?

The key was that, judging from the work he had now submitted, breaking through to Level Four in both would be no problem either.

The staff member expressed that over these three years, he had practically been shocked numb and no longer wanted to waste any expressions...

"A skyscraper rises from the ground up. I think I can still settle down for a while longer."

Huo Yuhao shook his head. "Please settle the payment."

The staff member sighed. "A Level Three Solar Soul Tool Energy Storage Device. It can absorb solar energy, convert it into Soul Power, and store it. The design is ingenious, and the manufacturing technique is perfect... a peak Level Three Soul Tool. Both the designer and manufacturer are you. The total is three hundred thousand Federal Coins. I'll transfer it to you now."

After Huo Yuhao received the final payment, he turned and went to the second floor to accept some more Level Three design and Level Three manufacturing tasks before leaving the Mecha Master Association.

Although the Spirit Pagoda could reimburse him, and Hua Yichen had even given him a bank card, meaning he could be said to have no shortage of money, improving his Side Profession abilities while earning some money on the way was nothing to be ashamed of.

Besides, spending his own money felt steadier.

Seeing Huo Yuhao leave, the staff member found someone to cover his shift, then brought Huo Yuhao's work to the president's office and handed it to Li Yucheng.

"Elder Li, this is Huo Yuhao's new work. It's still made only from ordinary metals."

Li Yucheng took it and looked it over with a frown. "So his teacher really is from the traditionalist school?"

Mecha Designers, Manufacturers, and Repair Masters were, at their roots, all branches of Soul Engineers. In the past, many Soul Engineers even had to forge their own metals, so they could also be considered blacksmiths...

It was just that after ten thousand years of development, it had become increasingly difficult for one person to handle all these areas at once, which was why they had been divided into several Side Professions.

The profession of Soul Engineer, meanwhile, had now completely become that of a researcher, utterly different from what it had been in the past.

And "traditionalists" referred to those who imitated the Soul Engineers from ten thousand years ago. They cultivated Soul Power while also designing and manufacturing powerful Soul Tools themselves.

But a person's energy was limited. Splitting their focus like that would only leave them neither here nor there in the end...

That was why Li Yucheng frowned.

"This is utter nonsense! No matter how extraordinarily talented this child is, if he has to cultivate Soul Power while also studying several Side Professions, sooner or later he'll be crushed under the burden! What is Carefree Douluo thinking? Why did he find him a traditionalist teacher? Did his brain get kicked by a Ten-Year Soul Beast?"

Li Yucheng was genuinely angry. At nine years old, the boy had independently designed and manufactured a Class 3 Soul Tool. If he had focused his energy on just one profession, perhaps he would already be close to Class 5 by now.

A nine-year-old at Class 5—what kind of genius would that be?

Their East Sea Mecha Master Association had not produced a genius in a very long time, yet when another force had one, they actually failed to cherish him...

No. He had to find time to talk with Hua Yichen. He would not interfere with the child's Soul Power cultivation, but when it came to Side Professions, he absolutely had to have a proper chat with that traditionalist!

If the man did not know how to teach a disciple, then he would take Huo Yuhao under his wing himself!