A flicker of surprise passed through Huo Yuhao's eyes. He hadn't expected Yu Longyue to make such a request.
"Have you really decided to form Yin-Yang Complementary Triple Soul Cores?" Huo Yuhao asked seriously. "This won't be easy. If you fail, it could cause irreversible damage to your cultivation."
"I'll do my best. If it doesn't work, I won't force it. You have experience in this area, and it's only with your help that I have confidence in succeeding." Yu Longyue took another sip of orange juice.
Mm, the familiar taste of a carbonated drink. Noice.
As for Yin-Yang Complementary Dual Soul Cores, in the Soul Master cultivation system of ten thousand years ago, only Beast God Di Tian had succeeded, along with Huo Yuhao and his wife, Tang Wutong.
Tang Wutong had relied entirely on Huo Yuhao. Otherwise, she would have been nothing.
In the Soul Master cultivation system of the present era, however, one had to condense a Soul Core to become a Soul Saint, and possess a second Soul Core to become a Limit Douluo.
As for Yin-Yang Complementary Dual Soul Cores, perhaps for some reason the method had never been passed down, or perhaps no one cultivated it.
In any case, he had met so many Limit Douluo, yet he had never heard of a single one taking the Yin-Yang Complementary Dual Soul Cores route.
Was it perhaps because it was too difficult?
Or had Yin-Yang Complementary Dual Soul Cores become the norm nowadays?
Was the Dual Soul Cores cultivation system he had heard about based on Yin-Yang Complementarity?
He didn't know. He could just ask Uncle Yun later.
"Where do you plan to start?" Yu Longyue silently finished the rest of his orange juice. "I think that, with your abilities, you can take the Spirit Pagoda's Soul Spirit technology to a whole new level. After all, you're the founding master in this field."
Seriously, if the person who created Soul Spirits couldn't measure up to the younger generation, that would be ridiculous.
"Of course, I'll also find a way to resurrect the teacher who helped me create Soul Spirits," Huo Yuhao said in a low voice. "Starting with Soul Spirits is the easiest approach, but I can't let the Spirit Pagoda learn about my technology so easily. Otherwise, there's no telling what dangers I might run into."
"You wouldn't be able to save me then, either."
"My suggestion is to get a high-ranking member to take an interest in you and accept you as a student. That would give us plenty of room to maneuver." Recalling something, Yu Longyue took out several documents from his spatial storage and handed them to Huo Yuhao. "These contain information on the Spirit Pagoda's various high-ranking members, but I wouldn't recommend setting your sights on the Pagoda Master, Qiangu Dongfeng."
Yu Longyue paused, then explained:
"He's an ambitious man, and he's also the chief culprit behind the cooperation with the Holy Spirit Cult. If you follow him, I can't protect you, and he isn't afraid of my family either."
"Cooperating with the Holy Spirit Cult? And he's the Pagoda Master!"
Hearing this, Huo Yuhao couldn't help burning with anger.
Ten thousand years ago, he had destroyed the Holy Spirit Cult with his own hands. He never expected that ten thousand years later, the Spirit Pagoda he had created-its very Pagoda Master, no less-would be colluding with the Holy Spirit Cult!
It was far too ironic.
Huo Yuhao took a deep breath and glanced through the information. One person caught his eye, and he asked, "What about this Deputy Pagoda Master named Leng Yaozhu?"
"She's Gu Yue's teacher. Unless there's something special about you, it'll be pretty difficult with her too." Yu Longyue idly bit his straw, resting his chin in his hand. "Still, I suppose she's one of the good people in the Spirit Pagoda's other faction."
"Then she's my target."
Huo Yuhao handed the documents to Yu Longyue.
"What do you think?"
"Hmm... she's all right, I guess, but there's a good chance you'll fail." Yu Longyue's gaze had already drifted up to the sky. Chewing on his straw, he looked as though he were lost in a daze. "Let me think. First, you'd have to show her something ordinary people don't have... Forget it. I don't think that's reliable."
As he spoke, Yu Longyue shook his head and rejected the plan.
"Do you have a better idea?" Huo Yuhao pressed.
"I just thought of one." The corners of Yu Longyue's mouth curved up slightly. With a straw between his lips, he snapped his fingers. "Didn't you say my family's company cooperates with the Spirit Pagoda? I suddenly remembered that Gu Yue told me she'd mention it to her teacher when the time came, so we could develop a deeper partnership with my family's company."
"So there's a good chance Leng Yaozhu will be the one dealing with our company. Then I'll send you in, and you can show her how much you understand about the Spirit Ascension Platform and Soul Spirits. Wouldn't that do it?"
Hearing this, Huo Yuhao's eyes lit up.
"Good idea. That way, I can not only get deep inside the Spirit Pagoda, but also have a way out if I run into danger. The whole process will be seamless and natural, so hardly anyone will suspect my background or my purpose."
"No, there's still a loophole." With the straw between his lips, Yu Longyue pointed at Huo Yuhao. "Have you forgotten the problem of your identity? Once they check, they'll know you're just a Shrek Outer Court student."
"Then I can explain that you and I are good friends, and that I went to work at your company because my family needed money." Huo Yuhao thought it over carefully and filled in the loophole.
"That works too. There's still time, and neither of us joined Shrek Outer Court very long ago, so we can still put things right."
Yu Longyue checked the time.
"Go to my branch office later and become a company employee. When the time comes, the timeline will make sense."
"We know each other, and I have a good reputation outside. You came to me for help, so I kindly let you work at my family's company to earn money."
Yu Longyue nodded slightly and spoke seriously.
"Then, over the next few days, I'll take you to the Spirit Ascension Platform and look after you as much as I can. While you're there, you'll express your own opinions and unique insights."
"It would be best to go every few days," Huo Yuhao added. "The Spirit Ascension Platform has surveillance, and there are cameras at the main entrance too. They'll be able to see us going in and coming out together. The first time you take me there, you'll be surprised by my performance, and then you'll take me back to the Spirit Ascension Platform several more times to do some research."
"After that, you'll also take me to the Spirit Pagoda to look at Soul Spirits. When the company and the Spirit Pagoda begin cooperating more closely, you'll send me to the Spirit Pagoda because I have unique insights into research on the Spirit Ascension Platform and Soul Spirits."
Huo Yuhao paused and looked at Yu Longyue.
"Help me go over it. Are there any problems with the logic?"
"It sounds like you're outlining a script, but there aren't any major problems." Yu Longyue spat the straw into his cup. "As for minor problems, we can think them through as we find them later. But we can't erase every little problem, either. If it's too perfect, people will get suspicious. Life doesn't have much logic to it."
"You're right." Huo Yuhao breathed a sigh of relief. Talking to a smart person was a pleasure.
"We'll go over the script together later," Yu Longyue said calmly. "I'm a businessman. You'll have to show that you're valuable enough for me to take you on as an employee."
"No problem." Huo Yuhao smiled and extended his hand to Yu Longyue. "A pleasure to work with you."
"A pleasure to work with you."
Yu Longyue shook his hand, and the two of them joined forces once again.
This was an operation that required careful planning and execution. Every detail was crucial.
Whether they could stop Gu Yue's plans at the Spirit Pagoda depended on Huo Yuhao.