"Something new?"
Huo Yuhao's hair stood on end at the sight of Du Busi's ill-intentioned smile.
His instincts told him the old bastard was definitely up to no good.
Du Busi gave Huo Yuhao a long look and said, "Yuhao, this old man has told you everything you need to know about Body Martial Souls."
"As for the Body Martial Soul Second Awakening, don't even think about it with your current physique."
"I have just one request: spend every day at the Body Sect with peace of mind."
Huo Yuhao's eyes burned as he said, "I understand, Sect Master. I, Huo Yuhao, will never disappoint your expectations."
"Mm, go on. Go and see your new home."
Du Busi waved Huo Yuhao away, signaling that there was nothing more for him to do here.
Huo Yuhao said no more and left the sect's main hall.
After Huo Yuhao had gone, Du Busi left as well.
"No one gets to bully a child of our Body Sect!"
"Demonic Fist, follow me and raze the White Tiger Duke's Mansion!"
After leaving the estate's main hall, Huo Yuhao followed a stone path to a nearby stream.
Clear water babbled around an artificial hill, while several clumps of green bamboo swayed gently in the breeze along the bank.
When Huo Yuhao entered the Body Sect, Du Busi and Elder Golden Body had brought him past this place.
The houses here had been newly built a year ago, and no one had lived in them yet. Huo Yuhao chose the small single-story house before him.
He liked the surroundings very much. With hills and water, it was perfect for cultivating alone.
Huo Yuhao pushed open the door. The dust he had expected didn't rush into his face; the house was clean and tidy, as though someone regularly cleaned it.
The living room was just inside the door. Huo Yuhao found the surroundings quite novel.
Every piece of furniture inside was new.
A simple wooden table had a chair on either side.
In front of the table was a cooking stove that he could use for everyday meals and the like.
Huo Yuhao headed toward the bedroom on the left, which had everything: a bed, a wardrobe, and a desk.
The bathroom was on the other side. (You can use Bald Qiang's cabin from Boonie Bears as a reference.)
Inside the Sea of Consciousness, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm groggily woke up.
After sensing Huo Yuhao's surroundings, he was astonished to discover that this place was simply ten thousand times better than Shrek!
"Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit!"
"Huo Yuhao, am I seeing this right? Is this your new home?"
It had a private bathroom, a room to himself, and a kitchen.
The private bathroom alone made it much better than Shrek.
Seeing that the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had woken up, Huo Yuhao said sarcastically, "Wow, Brother Sky Dream, you're actually awake?"
"I thought you were going to sleep for the rest of your life."
"No, no..." The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm felt guilty at that.
Then he cleared his throat and said smugly, "If your Brother Sky Dream hadn't slept and slept and slept, could you have met the Body Sect's sect master and elder so smoothly?"
"Answer me, look in my eyes!"
"That Flame Lion nearly killed me..."
"But then again, I had no other choice." The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm abruptly changed tack.
"I'm going to lie flat, Huo Yuhao. You'd better work hard."
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm fell asleep again, and Huo Yuhao looked at him helplessly.
This guy really would never change his ways.
If the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm could ever become diligent, he wouldn't be himself.
After briefly arranging the room to suit his own tastes, Huo Yuhao decided to focus on cultivation.
"Since things have come to this, I'll cultivate first."
Huo Yuhao sat cross-legged on the edge of the bed and circulated the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
Pale blue Soul Power slowly flowed out of his body and circulated continuously along his meridians.
In the Sea of Consciousness, Huo Yuhao's figure stood quietly in midair.
Suddenly, the sky sank slightly.
A corner of the once-calm blue seemed to be covered by something.
The shadow had no form and gave off no presence whatsoever.
At the center of the arc, a point of deep, faint light quietly appeared, and ripples immediately spread across the Sea of Consciousness.
"This power... is truly wondrous."
A voice carrying a hint of vicissitudes emerged from the tiny bead of dust, and gray power gradually condensed into form.
Shrek Inner Court, Sea God Pavilion.
"Smack! Smack! Smack!"
The sound of blows rang out one after another throughout the Sea God Pavilion.
In one of the rooms in the Sea God Pavilion, Mu En wielded his cane, lashing Bei Bei with it again and again.
Bei Bei couldn't dodge and didn't dare to, so he could only let the cane fall.
With every blow, Bei Bei hurriedly begged for mercy. "Great-great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather, please calm down, calm down."
"Calm down? How do you expect me to calm down?!"
"Just to beg for mercy, you even called me great-great-grandfather. Bei Bei, as your great-great-grandfather, I despise you!"
The more Mu En spoke, the angrier he became. He swung his cane faster, beating Bei Bei back step by step.
Bei Bei held his head in both hands and curled up aggrievedly before Mu En.
He never would have imagined that his great-great-grandfather had also gained memories of the future.
The cane, which had been about to land on Bei Bei's backside again, stopped.
Mu En leaned weakly against a wooden chair.
He was old. In the end, he really had grown old.
Mu En looked at Bei Bei and asked, "Bei Bei, when Huo Yuhao refused to join the Tang Sect, did he say anything strange?"
Bei Bei wiped at the welts on his body and answered, "He said the Body Sect was the ultimate goal for Soul Masters with Body Martial Souls."
Bei Bei had been utterly unable to make sense of that.
How did Huo Yuhao know about the Body Sect?
"By now, Huo Yuhao should already have joined the Body Sect."
Mu En looked up at the sky and sighed.
Huo Yuhao, a child whose talent seemed utterly mediocre, who hadn't even met the entrance requirements for the Shrek Outer Court, would actually become another god in the future, following in the footsteps of the ancestor Sea God Tang San.
It was nothing short of a miracle!
Mu En believed that as long as Huo Yuhao was there, their Shrek would surely flourish for hundreds of years.
If Huo Yuhao were to join the Body Sect,
It would bring him nothing but benefits for his development, but Huo Yuhao's original path should have led him to become a member of their Shrek!
How could he, Mu En, live out his life in comfort when the god who had originally belonged to them had joined the enemy camp?
His future self had fallen early, before he could personally witness Huo Yuhao become a god, and now he had received news that Huo Yuhao had joined the Body Sect.
"Very well, Du Busi. Since you can try again and again to snatch people from our hands, I don't mind tracing the gourd to draw a gourd."
Mu En had never intended to do this, but he had truly been forced into a corner.
Mu En said to Bei Bei, "Bei Bei, stay away from Tang Ya from now on."
Bei Bei frowned at those words. Was his great-great-grandfather going to abandon Xiao Ya just because she might become an Evil Soul Master in the future?
Bei Bei pleaded with Mu En on Tang Ya's behalf. "Great-great-grandfather, Xiao Ya has memories of the future too. I believe she won't make the same mistake again."
"Please give her a chance."
Mu En pondered for a moment. He was still hesitating over how to deal with Tang Ya.