Huo: Teacher, You Really Are My Adoptive Father!

"Ink Jade Divine Bamboo... that seems to be a Soul Beast I've never heard of. As expected of our ancestor-he really is so learned."

Tang Ya's admiration for Tang Chuan grew even deeper.

Huo Yuhao likewise gazed at Tang Chuan with immense admiration. Only now did he understand why Tang Chuan had made him fight Tang Ya. On one hand, it was to let them both understand their respective martial souls' roles in combat.

On the other, it was to put his brand-new ability to use!

"As expected of my teacher."

Huo Yuhao spoke softly.

He could feel how powerful that strike of Ten Thousand Purple Divine Light had been. It was enough to make even a Soul Grandmaster suffer.

Though it was not enough to defeat Tang Ya.

For him as he was now, however, it was already an extremely terrifying means of attack. Unfortunately, the consumption was simply too great. With his current abilities, unleashing it a second time was practically impossible...

[Lie credibility of "I am Lord Tang Wang": 12%]

[Host received: Supreme Mystic Water Pill]

A Supreme Mystic Water Pill?

Tang Chuan's eyes lit up with delight, and his gaze immediately fell on Huo Yuhao. Even an ordinary Mystic Water Pill would be very effective for Huo Yuhao, let alone a supreme one...

He did not take out the Supreme Mystic Water Pill just yet.

Instead, he told Huo Yuhao and Tang Ya, "We'll stop here for today. You can't rush your martial soul cultivation. Just let it take its natural course."

"Yes, Teacher."

Huo Yuhao nodded respectfully.

"Head back."

Tang Chuan nodded with a smile. Only then did Huo Yuhao pull Wang Dong, who was still standing in a daze nearby, along with him and bid Tang Chuan farewell.

Tang Ya also chuckled, then turned and said goodbye.

"That boy Yuhao's talent is quite good. Once Tian Meng takes him to the Far North to obtain his second martial soul, his talent will finally be fully unleashed..."

Tang Chuan returned to his lodgings alone, but sank into thought as he sat at his desk. Should he...

Go to the Far North with Huo Yuhao or not?

"If I go to the Far North with Yuhao, it doesn't seem like I'd be much use... unless I could help him obtain the Snow Empress opportunity ahead of time."

After thinking it over carefully, Tang Chuan felt that was unrealistic.

Clearly, the current Huo Yuhao could not accept both the Ice Empress's and the Snow Empress's powers at once. Setting aside whether his body could withstand it, he did not even have enough slots for their soul rings.

"Since the Snow Empress opportunity will belong to Yuhao sooner or later anyway, there's no need to rush. He can obtain the Ice Empress opportunity first and develop steadily."

Thinking of it that way...

Tang Chuan felt there seemed to be no need for him to go along to the Far North either. In that case...

"That's right!"

Tang Chuan's eyes suddenly lit up with delight, and he slammed his palm on the desk as he sprang to his feet.

"While Yuhao is away in the Far North in a little while, I can make another trip to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and bring back some immortal herbs."

The thought of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, a place of immense opportunity, filled Tang Chuan with delight. It would surely increase his strength greatly, and the improvements brought by immortal herbs were enormous too.

"That would be perfect."

"With my current methods, it should be easy to fool the immortal herbs there into believing I'm Tang San."

Tang Chuan laughed heartily and made up his mind.

The next day.

After finishing the day's classes, Huo Yuhao came to the Tang Sect again. Tang Chuan was sitting at his desk writing something. Seeing Huo Yuhao arrive, he smiled and beckoned him over.

"Yuhao, these are some advanced cultivation methods I've proposed based on the characteristics of your Spirit Eyes martial soul. Once you fully release your spiritual power, you'll also possess some extremely unique means of attack."

Huo Yuhao was utterly shocked.

He hurriedly took the sheet of paper from Tang Chuan. It did indeed detail the future direction of his Spirit Eyes' cultivation, all in great detail.

Tears immediately welled up in Huo Yuhao's eyes.

Teacher... has actually done so much for me...

He lifted his head.

"Thank you, Teacher."

[The original story's child of destiny's gratitude toward the host has risen another level. Host's soul power increased to rank 19.]

Oh, an unexpected bonus too.

Tang Chuan was immensely satisfied with this result. From the looks of it, he would soon become a Soul Grandmaster. When the time came, the system would probably do what it had done with his first soul ring.

Reward him with a soul ring directly!

"You silly child, what are you crying for? Then wouldn't you have to call me Dad on the spot when you see what your teacher is bringing out now?"

Tang Chuan smiled as he took out the Supreme Mystic Water Pill.

"Humm-!"

An extremely pure aura suddenly burst forth. Huo Yuhao stared blankly at the Mystic Water Pill in Tang Chuan's hand, somewhat puzzled. "Teacher, this is..."

"This is a Mystic Water Pill, a pill that's extremely important at your current stage. Taking it will not only further purge the impurities from your body, but also directly improve your innate soul power."

Tang Chuan explained patiently.

"Improve innate soul power?!"

Huo Yuhao blurted out in shock. Didn't that mean someone with rank-nine innate soul power would become the equivalent of a genius with innate full soul power after taking it?

"Teacher, this... is too precious."

Huo Yuhao instinctively tried to decline politely.

Then he remembered what Tang Chuan had just said... Hmm... call Tang Chuan Dad on the spot?

If my dad really were someone like Teacher, perhaps Mom wouldn't have left me...

Huo Yuhao felt sorrow in his heart, but did not show it.

He accepted the Mystic Water Pill from Tang Chuan, then bowed deeply to him. "Thank you, Teacher."

"Go on, take it."

"The stronger you make your foundation now, the more bargaining chips you'll have when Tian Meng takes you to the Far North to negotiate with the Ice Empress."

Tang Chuan's words undoubtedly moved Huo Yuhao even more, and he nodded firmly.

"Teacher, you really are my adoptive father."

With that...

Huo Yuhao swallowed the Supreme Mystic Water Pill in one gulp.

Tang Chuan: "..."

I'm his adoptive father already?

While Huo Yuhao was absorbing the Supreme Mystic Water Pill, Tang Chuan suddenly noticed a figure flash past outside the door. With his mastery of the Purple Demon Eye, what could escape his sight?

"Wang Dong, come out."

Tang Chuan spoke softly.

"I..."

Wang Dong emerged somewhat reluctantly, still speaking with a touch of haughtiness. "I just happened to be passing by."

"Oh."

Tang Chuan nodded and said nothing more.

"???"

Wang Dong stared at Tang Chuan in astonishment. Just an "oh," and that's it? Aren't you supposed to take this chance to say something more? Fine, the two of us really don't have anything to talk about.

"You seem very interested in this face of mine?"

Once again noticing Wang Dong stealing glances at him, Tang Chuan could not help asking with a smile. Exposed, Wang Dong's pretty face immediately flushed faintly.

"You..."

"Don't be so full of yourself!"

Tang Chuan laughed heartily without calling her out.

"I just feel that you seem a little familiar to me. Although I'm sure I probably haven't met you before, so I find it strange."

Wang Dong voiced the question in her heart.

Suddenly, both Tang Chuan and Wang Dong caught a foul stench. Immediately afterward, they saw black impurities being expelled from Huo Yuhao's body. Unable to stand the stench, the two exchanged a glance...

Then took to their heels!