Ming De Hall and the Fire Host Clan

After getting off the flying car, Xie Xie and the others began to carefully examine the statues in the square.

They had all heard plenty of the legends about the Silver Moon Douluo, so their attention was quickly drawn to the statues of Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen.

Wang Jinxi frowned. "Who are these two?"

"I know!" Xie Xie exclaimed excitedly, "I heard that from 20,000 to 10,000 years ago, Shrek was the champion of the All-Continent Spirit Master Competition, until Ten Thousand Years Ago, when the Sun Moon Empire broke Shrek Academy's honor twice and became the champion."

While there are rumors that Shrek Academy's first defeat was due to a legendary Evil Spirit Master, surely that excuse can't be used for their second defeat?

"Those two teams received praise from the entire Sun Moon Empire, and later, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy even designed statues of them. The statues in the square should be of them, though they depict the students in their younger days. Among them, the most representative are the first Golden Toad Douluo, Xiao Hongchen, and the Ice Toad Douluo, Meng Hongchen."

"... Is this a deliberate attempt to provoke Shrek Academy?"

Wang Jinxi clicked his tongue in amazement, then laughed and said, "What would Shrek Academy students think if they came here and saw this statue?"

Zhang Yangzi shrugged. "It's probably not a pleasant experience, but it's none of our business..."

Halfway through his sentence, Zhang Yangzi thought of a figure, sighed inwardly, and didn't continue.

It's not entirely unrelated; his friend is planning to the Shrek Academy. I wonder what will happen when the two meet again?

I fear things have changed...

The square was bustling with people, with all sorts of Soul Masters and tourists moving about, their footsteps and conversations creating a lively cacophony. Sunlight slanted across the statues, coating the metal and stone surfaces with a flowing golden edge, attracting many passersby to stop and look up.

Huo Yuhao also looked at the statue, feeling a mix of emotions.

He wasn't particularly close to these two, since they were both in their forties when they first met, so it was impossible for them to become close friends. In fact, if it weren't for their shared language on the Soul Tool, they wouldn't have had any connection at all.

But in that era, apart from the people from the Spirit Pagoda and the Soul Beast, the only people he was really familiar with were a few from the Ming De Hall.

"But to be honest, I've known them for much longer. I still remember Xiao Hongchen laughing loudly at the Spirit Master Competition, boasting that he was invincible among his peers."

Whether he is truly invincible among his peers is debatable...

In front of the academy building, a female teacher saw Huo Yuhao and his group, her eyes lit up, and she quickly walked over to greet them.

"Are you the students recommended by the Spirit Pagoda?" The female teacher's gaze swept over the group, lingering especially on Huo Yuhao for a moment. "My name is Lin Qinghan. Welcome to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. Please follow me to the teaching building to register."

She had recently heard what was going on at the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters. After all, the fight took place in the Spirit Pagoda Square in broad daylight, and many people who came to the Spirit Pagoda for business witnessed Huo Yuhao and Ji Wufeng's battle.

I heard that the two fought so fiercely that the sky darkened and the sun and moon lost their light, even alarming the master of the Spirit Pagoda.

Soul King is already a powerhouse no less than Titled Douluo? It's hard to imagine. She initially doubted its authenticity, but the person who told her this information was her good friend Zhao Yao, so presumably there wouldn't be any problems... It felt even more suspicious.

Thinking about her friend's personality, Lin Qinghan was speechless.

"What about the assessment?" Xie Xie was still a little confused.

There was no assessment.

Lin Qinghan snapped out of her reverie and casually said, "The Spirit Pagoda and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy have been cooperating for so many years, so giving you this little bit of preferential treatment is nothing. With your talent and age, admission shouldn't be a problem. We can skip those troublesome procedures."

She paused, then looked at Huo Yuhao and the other two, "Ming De Hall is very close to the academy, but it's a restricted area, so some procedures are required. Please wait a moment; a researcher will then guide you to the Ming De Hall. You can wait in my office for a while; I have some of my treasured soul guidance books there. If you can't wait, you can take a look."

"Okay." Huo Yuhao nodded and followed her.

Xu Xiaoyan and the others followed, secretly sighing with emotion.

Is this what it feels like to get in through connections?

Surprisingly good.

Upon entering the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Xie Xie's first impression was that it was incredibly technologically advanced, and it did not disappoint him.

The entire hall has a ceiling height of nearly thirty meters, with countless holographic projection screens suspended in mid-air, displaying various data and 3D models in real time. More than a dozen uniquely designed Soul Guiding Elevator shuttle up and down along transparent pipes, and occasionally students can be seen riding hoverboards overhead.

See you later.

"Okay, boss."

Huo Yuhao and his Xie Xie and the others in the teaching building and went into Lin Qinghan's office.

The automatic door closes silently, shutting out the noise of the outside world.

"Don't be so tense." Gu Yuena then looked at Lan Fozi, who had been silent on the road, and said somewhat speechlessly, "We're not going to eat you."

"..." Lan Fozi forced a smile that looked more like a grimace. "I understand. Please give me some more time. I'll calm down soon."

Gu Yuena: "..."

Who would believe that?

While they were chatting, Huo Yuhao looked at the bookshelf in the office, took down a book on soul guidance from the corner, and started reading.

But after opening it, Huo Yuhao's face immediately darkened. He flipped back to the table of contents and saw the book's real name and some titles.

I found a baby Ling Bing, raised him, and now he's become my crony.

Chapter One: A Legendary Encounter with the Future on a Rainy Night

Chapter Two - The Flutter in My Heart When He Called Me Sister

Chapter Three - The Sweet Troubles of a Prodigy

Final Chapter - I was pinned against the wall by him after he grew up.

"..."

A black line appeared on Huo Yuhao's forehead.

I'm tempted to humanely Destruction this book and its author together.

The episode I most wanted to kill.

"Pfft, hahaha--"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm laughed so hard it rolled around in the Spiritual Sea, "Yuhao, don't be angry. You were a celebrity Ten Thousand Years Ago, these things are inevitable, inevitable... I can't take it anymore, hahaha!"

The Soul Spirit, including Ice Empress, also wore expressions that were hard to describe.

Huo Yuhao took a deep breath and silently put the book back in its place.

Seeing this, Gu Yuena asked curiously, "Yuhao, aren't you going to watch?"

"It's nothing. I've already reviewed the contents of this book with the association," Huo Yuhao said calmly. "This author's approach is too unconventional; it won't work."

Gu Yuena blinked, her gaze lingered on the book for a moment, and then she nodded slightly.

Just then, hurried footsteps came from outside. Lin Qinghan walked into the office with cold sweat dripping down her forehead. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Huo Yuhao and the other two without any books in their hands.

Thank goodness.

I've been dealing with a lot of things since the start of the semester, and I almost forgot about some books... If the younger members of the Spirit Pagoda see this, aside from other implications, it'll be rather embarrassing.

Lin Qinghan forced a professional smile, "The formalities have been completed, and the researcher from the Ming De Hall will be here soon."

Before he could finish speaking, the office door was pushed open, and a researcher wearing a white lab coat, the standard uniform of the Ming De Hall, stood in the doorway. His eyes lit up noticeably when they swept over Huo Yuhao:

"Researcher Huo Yuhao, I've long admired your name. Your Distraction Engraving Method..."

Realizing his lapse in composure, the researcher coughed lightly and said seriously:

"I am Xu Mo, a Level 3 Researcher at the Ming De Hall, and I'm here to guide you on your tour. Please follow me."

Lin Qinghan watched the three of them and Xu Mo leave, then quickly walked to the bookshelf and put several books into her Storage Ring.

Next time, I can't just leave them on the bookshelf. Some of these books are rare copies that I found while organizing the books. I don't even know who the authors are. If someone finds them, I might not be able to read them anymore.

Although Ming De Hall is an independent institution, it has a deep relationship with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy due to historical reasons, similar to the relationship between the Outer Court of the Shrek Academy, and the two are located very close to each other.

If students successfully graduate from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, they can participate in the Ming De Hall's assessment.

Following Xu Mo through the connecting corridor, the group soon arrived at the main building of the Ming De Hall.

The cold light of metal flowed through the space, filling the entire hall with a futuristic technological feel. Suspended in the very center was a huge metal sphere with a diameter of over five meters, its surface rippling with a deep blue Soul Power, occasionally revealing the intricate Core Array structure inside as it slowly rotated. The soft light emanating from the sphere enveloped the entire space in a unique technological aesthetic.

"This is the Sky Dome Control System of the Ming De Hall, responsible for coordinating the supply of Soul Power inside the building." Xu Mo explained to Huo Yuhao and the others while tapping the floating control panel, and the metal sphere immediately projected a three-dimensional architectural structure diagram.

Huo Yuhao stared at the behemoth and keenly noticed that the arrangement of its Core Array was vaguely familiar—it was clearly an improved version of the linked soul guidance array, only hundreds of times larger in scale.

"Well then, we're moving now. Please get ready."

Lan Fozi was somewhat confused, then suddenly realized.

A sudden, intense spatial fluctuation struck, distorting the surrounding scenery like ripples on water. Before she could react, the scene before her eyes instantly shifted—they were transported directly to a completely different space.

Lan Fozi looked around and found himself standing on a circular silver platform, surrounded by countless floating Soul Guidance Screen displaying complex data streams. "Spatial teleportation technology?"

Xu Mo smiled slightly, "That's right, this is the Space Warping System developed by our Ming De Hall, an improvement upon the spatial Soul Tool. The main body of the Ming De Hall is underground, and there are no elevators or other means of transportation, so we must use spatial teleportation..."

Xu Mo noticed the three people's calm expressions and immediately realized that the Spirit Pagoda must also possess similar Space Technology. He wisely didn't continue the topic and instead explained:

"I'm truly sorry, but the sect leader is currently handling an urgent research project and cannot meet with you all at the moment. However, besides exchanging ideas and learning, you've all come here for the sake of the Fire Host Clan, haven't you? There's a relevant research project planned for today, please follow me."

As a researcher, he wasn't very interested in small talk. Although he was very curious about some of Huo Yuhao's technologies, that wasn't something he should ask about now.

Let's focus on the important matters first.

The four arrived at a metal door, which slid open silently. The wave of heat that hit them made Lan Fozi instinctively take a half step back.

In the center of the laboratory, a giant Fire Wolf is conducting an experiment as instructed, while seven or eight researchers around it are nervously recording data.

Upon seeing the Fire Wolf, a strange light flashed in Huo Yuhao's eyes, while Lan Fozi was somewhat surprised.

"Life purely composed of Fire Element, yet without a trace of a Soul Beast's aura?" Lan Fozi was secretly astonished.

It's not Soul Beast?

She was only temporarily assigned to the Ming De Hall and hadn't received much information from Huo Yuhao. She never expected to encounter such a strange being as soon as she entered Ming De Hall.

She herself was Soul Beast, so she was absolutely certain that this Fire Wolf did not possess any Soul Beast aura.

Lan Fozi couldn't help but look at Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena, whose expressions remained completely calm, and her emotions gradually subsided.

She suddenly found her earlier shock somewhat laughable—the two beside her were living deities, beings who had once wielded power over the Divine Realm. Compared to them, what was a mere Fire Element Life from another world?

As Gu Yuena looked at the Fire Wolf, she remembered the information Di Tian had told her.

The Fire Host Clan, Fire Element Life, Extraterrestrial Race that suddenly appeared on the Douluo Continent many years ago. Thanks to the policies of the Spirit Pagoda and their immense strength, they did not actively attack humans, so no Soul Masters attacked them.

However, this massive tribe can only survive in magma. If they are away from the magma environment for a long time, the weak members of the Fire Host Clan will gradually perish.

For this reason, they wandered around for a while, looking for a place to live, but seemed to have no luck. Until one day, the Fire Host Clan suddenly arrived near Mingdu and came to the War God Temple.

"Now that I think about it, did Yuhao actually exist in that era?"

Gu Yuena glanced at Huo Yuhao and thought to herself.

Huo Yuhao looked at the Fire Wolf, his eyes flickering slightly.

The Fire Host Clan hails from the Fa Lan World and lives in the Red Sea there. Every member of the tribe is born with formidable fighting power. Although they cannot stray far from lava areas, they are virtually Undying wherever lava exists.

How did this race come to the Douluo Continent?

The answer is related to Space-Time Turbulence.

Space-Time Turbulence swept away a planet much smaller than the Fa Lan World Fa Lan World, colliding with it. Although the people of that world put up a resistance, human strength has its limits, and they ultimately could not overcome this disaster.

The colliding planet shattered, and the main continent of the Fa Lan World — the Fairy Continent— was also broken into several parts. The Red Sea, where the Fire Host Clan lived, was also affected and largely disappeared. Many spatial rifts were created as a result, and this branch of the Fire Host Clan on the Douluo Continent was brought here by such spatial rifts...

The group waited quietly for the experiment to end before Huo Yuhao, under the arrangement of the Ming De Hall, had close contact with the Fire Wolf.

The Fire Wolf had already learned from the researchers at the Ming De Hall that a visitor would be coming today. When Huo Yuhao appeared in front of it, it merely swayed its tail made of flames lazily, not paying much attention.

However, the next moment, an extremely subtle mental fluctuation quietly probed in.

Fire Wolf pricked up its ears, and out of a desire to cooperate with the research, it cautiously accepted the mental connection.

In an instant, its fiery body trembled violently!

In the realm of consciousness, Huo Yuhao showed it a memory about flames—a Heavenly Flames with a white-incandescent exterior, but inside flowed seven dreamlike colors, as if a rainbow was sealed within the flame.

That is... the life-bound true fire of their Fire Host Clan, Seven-Colored Lotus that only royalty possesses!

(End of this chapter)