Worth Milking!

The next day, escorted personally by his teacher Du Busi, Minghui returned to the Qing Luan Sect.

"Brother Du, you broke through to Rank 99?" Upon learning that Du Busi had advanced, Ming Chen and Qingyi were both greatly shocked.

"Just a lucky breakthrough." Du Busi nodded and, without hiding anything, recounted what had happened during the Sacrificial Ceremony.

"Brother Du, congratulations!" Though Qingyi felt envious, her emotions did not fluctuate much. She smiled as she offered her congratulations.

Although the Azure Family also believed in the Twin Gods, its businesses were tied to far too many forces. They truly could not act as openly as the Body Sect, much less hunt down Evil Soul Masters on a large scale. That would only endanger their businesses and stationed personnel across the continent.

It was indeed regrettable that they had not received the Goddess of Life's blessing, but the lives and safety of their clansmen and disciples were more important.

Moreover, in her eyes, maintaining their current position was the best support for her son, as well as the best protection.

The Azure Family had done business abroad for many years and accumulated enormous wealth and connections. That was the Azure Family's advantage, and it could continuously provide her son with the resources he needed and the latest news from every region. Those things were equally indispensable to his future growth.

The Body Sect operated in the open while the Azure Family worked in the shadows. They complemented each other well enough.

"Brother Du, congratulations, congratulations!" Ming Chen also offered his congratulations with a smile.

Du Busi nodded slightly, then glanced at his disciple and said with a smile, "All right, Hui'er has been brought home. I've only just broken through and need some time to consolidate my cultivation, so I won't stay any longer. I'll take my leave today. When I have time in the future, I'll come visit again."

"Important matters come first. We understand." Ming Chen nodded, then made an inviting gesture and smiled.

"Brother Du, I'll see you off."

Under the gaze of the family of three, Du Busi flew away from outside the hall.

Only then did Minghui have the chance to tell his parents about everything that had happened to him over the past year, including his Martial Soul's Second Awakening.

The couple nodded repeatedly as they listened, the smiles on their faces never fading.

After he finished, his mother Qingyi seemed to think of something and immediately said, "Hui'er, since you can now mobilize the Wind Attribute of the Martial Soul within your body, Mom has a Soul Tool that suits you perfectly."

As she spoke, she rose from her seat.

"Come on, let's go outside!"

Ming Chen smiled and stood up as well.

Minghui nodded and followed his parents out into the open space beyond the hall.

Qingyi stepped forward and stood still. She raised a hand and clenched it lightly. Her Soul Tool ring flashed, and a close-combat Soul Tool appeared in her palm.

A Three-Pointed Two-Edged Blade? Those words instinctively surfaced in Minghui's mind. He looked it over from top to bottom. Because she cultivated a Beast Martial Soul, his mother stood a full 1.75 meters tall, while this Three-Pointed Two-Edged Blade was roughly 2.25 meters in length. Everything above eyebrow height was blade.

Its entire body was silvery white, with anti-slip grooves carved into the grip. It gleamed with a metallic luster beneath the sunlight. Its base was shaped like a four-sided pyramidal spike, looking exceptionally sharp.

As for the blade at the top, it felt more like bone to him. Its edges had been polished until they shone, making it extremely keen.

"This weapon is called the Wind Scythe Soul-Breaking Spear. It is a Level 8 Soul Tool." Qingyi planted the spear firmly into the ground, looking valiant and heroic.

"It is 2.25 meters long and weighs eighty-one jin. When Mom broke through to Soul Sage back then, I had the family commission a Level 8 Soul Engineer in the Sun Moon Empire to forge it."

"Its primary material is a complete thirty-thousand-year Wind Attribute Scythe-Claw Wind Dragon Right Arm Bone, supplemented by mithril, which is harder than refined steel yet weighs less than half as much. It was also forged from Silver Mother. The three claws of the Scythe-Claw Wind Dragon serve as its blades, making it incomparably sharp."

Minghui's gaze shifted to the blade section as his mother spoke. It truly did resemble the claws of a Scythe-Claw Wind Dragon.

The Scythe-Claw Wind Dragon was a top-tier agile attack-type Wind Attribute Soul Beast. It ran at astonishing speed, and its most distinctive trait was a pair of claws utterly disproportionate to its arms.

They were huge and long, like six massive, razor-sharp scythes attached to its body, capable of tearing through steel with ease.

Now that it had been fashioned into a Soul Tool, the side claws on either side had been arranged into side blades, while the longer central claw had been made into the main blade. It appeared that the Soul Engineer had used some method to straighten and polish them, while the seams where they connected had been poured with mithril and fixed in place.

The whole thing appeared seamless, looking more like a Three-Pointed Two-Edged Blade.

"The Soul Bone skill, Sky-Rending Gale, has been solidified within it," Qingyi continued.

"This allows every strike made with this Soul Tool to carry the effect of gale force. The effect can also stack with attack-type soul skills of the same category, increasing that soul skill's attack power by fifty percent. At the same time, through the guidance of an exquisite Core Array and the Soul Bone's innate effects, its consumption is only one-third of normal."

As she spoke, a trace of reminiscence surfaced in her eyes. Then she turned toward her husband, smiling with pride.

"Back then, Mom traveled the continent with this Soul Tool and your father. One fought in close quarters while the other controlled from afar, and we even earned the title of Spear and Bow Duo."

Control the enemy, then close in and stab them. It really did save time, effort, and Soul Power. Minghui could already picture it.

My husband controls the field while I finish them off. Perfect!

"To coordinate better, Mom deliberately learned Spear Technique back then. I also had the family collect all sorts of long-weapon combat arts from among the common folk. After years of practical combat and insight, I eventually created a set of Spear Technique that belonged to me." Qingyi continued proudly.

"Unfortunately..." She suddenly shook her head regretfully.

"By the time Mom cultivated to Titled Douluo, this Soul Tool could offer very little help."

"Mom had considered upgrading it, but its main material is only a thirty-thousand-year Soul Bone. Its limit is right there, and it can no longer be improved."

"But I've used it for so many years that I developed feelings for it, so I've kept it with me. I occasionally take it out to practice."

After all, it carried memories of fighting alongside her beloved. Minghui completely understood, then asked, "Mom, why didn't you commission someone to make another similar Level 9 Soul Tool?"

Ever since he was born, his mother had always appeared before him as a virtuous wife and loving mother. He had never seen her practice any Spear Technique.

"I thought about it," Qingyi said frankly. "But every known Level 9 Soul Engineer in the Sun Moon Empire belongs to Mingde Hall, and Mingde Hall forbids the sale of Level 9 Soul Tools to outsiders. They also refuse to make them for people outside their organization. Even if Mom wanted one, there would be no way."

"Ah, outsiders will always be outsiders. If we don't want outsiders holding us by the throat, we must nurture our own Level 9 Soul Engineers, or at least ones who can work for us."

"That is also why the Azure Family has secretly supported Shrek Academy's Soul Tool Department all these years."

"Unfortunately, Shrek Academy has yet to produce a Level 9 Soul Engineer. The highest-ranked one is only Level 8."

Soul Engineers... Minghui's thoughts churned.

Huo Yuhao was certainly talented, but in the original story, he rarely made Soul Tools himself by the middle and later stages. Still, he had brought back plenty of Soul Tool technology and finished products during his two trips to the Sun Moon Empire. He truly was a Child of Destiny, always escaping danger and turning misfortune into fortune.

If I get the chance, perhaps I can try bringing him into the Body Sect and turn all of those things into my own... he thought.

Huo Yuhao in the original story really was like a dog. Before entering Shrek Academy, he was all right, merely a child with a miserable background who was somewhat insecure and sensitive. But after entering Shrek Academy, he became more and more like a dog, to the point that he was even rather disgusting later on.

But what if the one holding the leash was not Tang San, but him?

Why should Huo Yuhao keep calling Tang San "Father-in-law"? Why couldn't he instead call him "Senior Brother" all the time?

Well, if Huo Yuhao joined the Body Sect, he would definitely have to believe in the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction. He would not be a member of the Tang Sect, nor would he be Wang Dong'er's boyfriend. What reason would Tang San have to interfere in Huo Yuhao's affairs? Would he insist on interfering anyway?

Excellent. Openly interfering in the affairs of the lower realm.

I'll report you at once!

Minghui instinctively recalled the response he had received from the Goddess of Life while praying during the Sacrificial Ceremony.

Now, he was not afraid of Tang San interfering at all. On the contrary, he was afraid Tang San would not interfere, especially without a legitimate reason.

And if Huo Yuhao truly joined the Body Sect, he would be Huo Yuhao's Senior Brother. He would have every reason to act. Moreover, Tang San would not dare do anything to the Body Sect or to him.

Someone up there was watching.

As for Huo Yuhao betraying him, heh. Betraying the Sect meant he had earned death. Die!

Unless Tang San openly made his move, Minghui wanted to see who would dare save him. Even a Child of Destiny would have to lie down!

Besides, if Huo Yuhao truly came to believe in the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction, Minghui really wanted to see Tang San's expression firsthand.

As for what Huo Yuhao would become in the future, or whether he would hate him, did that matter?

It did not matter!

As an adult, obsessing over things that had not even happened yet in a novel was narrow-minded and immature!

Successful bosses and businessmen never cared whether their employees hated them. As long as those employees could help them make money, that was enough. As for him, he only needed to use Huo Yuhao in the meantime, or directly obtain what he wanted from Huo Yuhao.

After all, Huo Yuhao was a Child of Destiny of this plane.

Worth milking!

Now that he had the Three-Pointed Two-Edged Blade, the dog would not be far away either.