After Huo Yuhao returned to the dormitory, he also assisted Ice Empress in absorbing the Soul Bone. He protected her from the side, and Ice Empress's absorption of the Soul Bone went very smoothly.
It's likely because she's the patriarch of the Ice Jade Scorpion Clan that she has an exceptionally high compatibility with the Ice Jade Scorpion's Soul Bone Soul Bone, making absorption relatively easy.
The absorption process wasn't long, and after absorbing everything, Ice Empress even possessed a slightly different kind of charm. It was hard to describe, but Huo Yuhao didn't really want to talk about it, since Ice Empress was still like an ice sculpture loli, and not very gentle at the moment.
When the moonlight shines through the dormitory window, the Lotus Sea of Divine Soul...
Huo Yuhao was already sitting opposite Third Prince Nezha, in his cave, drinking wine. The room was filled with shimmering light, and the amber-colored nectar in the cups sparkled with tiny golden glints. The Third Prince raised his cup and drank it all in one gulp, then suddenly raised an eyebrow and asked with a smile, "By the way, did you open your third eye recently?"
Huo Yuhao's fingertips traced the rim of his glass, his eyes gleaming slightly in the aroma of the wine. "Indeed, it's called ' The Eye of Destiny '."
At this moment, Huo Yuhao really wanted to say something after finishing his drink, but then he thought that the person opposite him was the Third Prince, so he decided against it. After all, he had also met Erlang, Perfected Lord of Manifesting Holiness of Manifestation. Why should his little Eye of Destiny compete with the True Lord's Heavenly Eye? It was just that they both had the same three-eyes setting.
Upon hearing this, Nezha laughed loudly, "With Three Eyes, you look even more like Three Eyes now."
Huo Yuhao also took a big gulp. It was a bit inferior to the True Monarch's Heavenly Eye. At least it could emit a light wave or something, which had great power. I wonder if the spiritual light wave emitted by my Eye of Destiny counts? Hehehe.
He seemed to be grinning foolishly, clearly drunk and confused. The Third Prince opposite him wasn't much better off; the jars around them were almost filling half the room. To be honest, only a god could drink like that.
That night, after drinking with the Third Prince, in order to mask his dizziness, he got up again, took out the wine he had bought from his Soul Tool, and drank it in his dormitory.
At this moment, Ice Empress was also woken up by Huo Yuhao. Ice Empress occasionally takes a break, after all, what else could she do but stay up all night to watch Huo Yuhao cultivate?
She groggily opened her eyes, gently rubbing them with her right hand, and saw Huo Yuhao drinking somewhere.
She, who was not particularly gentle to begin with, said loudly:
" Huo Yuhao, what's wrong with you? Why are you drinking so late at night instead of sleeping?"
( Huo Yuhao's perspective)
Huo Yuhao ignored her and just kept drinking. The wine slid down his chin and soaked his clothes. When he stood up, his legs went weak and he was about to fall to the ground, but he bumped into a cold embrace.
Ice Empress couldn't break free at this moment, and looking at Huo Yuhao's face, a blush unconsciously appeared on her own cheeks.
She said haughtily, "Hmph, you actually dared to take advantage of me, you're really lucky," and gently hugged Huo Yuhao.
Ice Empress's long, flowing blue hair brushed against his cheek, and her fingers, which were supporting his shoulders, were as cold as jade. The two of them ended up falling onto the carpet together.
In his hazy state, he only felt a cool fabric covering Huo Yuhao's forehead. When he opened his eyes again, the morning light was shining through the dormitory window, gilding the hair of Ice Empress with a golden edge.
She leaned against the headboard, Huo Yuhao resting his head on her lap, which was covered by a green dress. The wine bottles that had been scattered last night rolled around her feet. She looked down at me, her eyelashes casting fine shadows under her eyes, and a gentle restraint I had never seen before was on her brow.
( Ice Empress's perspective)
Just as Hyotei was about to fall to the ground, Ice Empress rushed to catch him, and the two of them fell together.
Here, it was mostly Ice Empress who took care of him, even letting him lie on their cold laps and watching over him all night.
When Huo Yuhao woke up in the morning, he saw a patch of white, which was Ice Empress's leg. The two of them slept like that all night.
The next morning, Ice Empress was in a state of utter confusion. Huo Yuhao had suddenly gone on a drinking spree in the middle of the night, leaving her to take care of him all night.
"Humans seem to find ways to alleviate their sadness when they're heartbroken, could it be..." She looked down at Huo Yuhao with a gentle, rosy gaze, "Humans are such a hassle..."
Huo Yuhao had just sat up, rubbing his temples, when Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's wailing echoed in his Sea of Consciousness. Envy, an indescribable envy. "No--my Bingbing! This heart is going to shatter into ice shards! My heart, my heart hurts so much, Yuhao, are you going to be my rival in love too?" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm leaped and jumped in his Sea of Consciousness, like a beast whose tail had been stepped on.
(At this moment, there should be the music of "A Spray of A Spray of Plum Blossoms" playing, with snowflakes falling, the north Xiao Xiao, and the world a vast expanse of white.)
Just as Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was grieving, Xiao Bing came out from the side and said, " Brother Sky Dream, you still have Xiao Bing."
Her figure solidified into a translucent ice-blue in the Sea of Consciousness. When her fingertips brushed against the cocoon of Tian Meng light, they splashed up tiny ice crystals, causing Tian Meng to dodge in a flurry of movements.
Finally, Mu En deliberately left Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao in seclusion deep within the Sea God Pavilion. As the heavy doors of the Sea God Pavilion slowly closed behind them, the bronze bells on the eaves were stirred by the sea breeze, their clear and melodious sounds penetrating through the layers of corridors, seemingly adding a touch of solemn destiny to this cultivation journey.
Huo Yuhao planned to consolidate his cultivation level in a while and first master the Demon Slaying Sword Technique passed down to him by the Third Prince in the Lotus Sea of Divine Soul. This way, he would have more protection when he went to the Star Dou Great Forest or other timelines in the future.
After all, one can't use the Ultimate Ice or the power of the Golden Dragon King in other dimensions. Although it can disguise itself, the Martial Soul it's currently using is the Red Armillary Sash (a magical ribbon), while the Demon-Slaying Sword can be considered a backup Martial Soul.
There's another thing. I had a feeling someone was up to something, and sure enough, it happened. Speak of the Cao Cao, Cao Cao appears. Bei Bei suddenly said that Tang Ya was clamoring to take revenge; she couldn't wait any longer.
Huo Yuhao thought to himself, "It seems like I disappeared around this time in my previous life and became Evil Soul Master," so he also planned to help them. Revenge? That was something he loved most. However, he could still restrain himself. After all, when the time came, he could kill them one by one, or he could wipe out their entire clan...
In fact, many things happened during this time. Thanks to the miraculous effects of the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and Bei Bei's meticulous assistance, Tang Ya's cultivation progress was climbing at an astonishing speed.
I still remember when Huo Yuhao spent several days diligently researching in the Soul Tool Department laboratory, finally producing two Level 5 Soul Cannon that shimmered with a dark blue light, his fingertips were still covered with metal powder that hadn't been wiped off.
He handed the cannon to Tang Ya, half-jokingly saying, "This thing has a strong recoil, don't let it knock you flying." ( Soul Cannon, Huo Yuhao's improved version, its power can directly rival that of Soul Emperor )
At that moment, Tang Ya held the cold cannon barrel, looking at the sly smile in the boy's eyes. She didn't know when these two deadly weapons would come in handy. Huo Yuhao was still thinking that the Tang Sect mainly used Hidden Weapon, and he just didn't know if they would be willing to use them.
At this moment, in the drizzling rain of late spring in Heaven Dou City, the capital of the Tianhun Heavenly Soul Empire, the ruins of the Tang Sect were becoming increasingly desolate as the rain washed over them. Huo Yuhao, disguised as Tang Wu, followed the two closely, his gray Soul Power fluctuations hidden in the damp air.
Huo Yuhao had completely wiped out all the Evil Soul Master around him. From the perspective of the Evil Soul Master, Huo Yuhao was the real Evil Soul Master, killing without blinking an eye, slowly driving them to despair, giving them a glimmer of hope, and then killing them all. He was even more Evil Soul Master than the Evil Soul Master.
This made Huo Yuhao somewhat reluctant to eat beef. As for the Evil Soul Master, should he let him go and harm others, just to pity the Evil Soul Master?
No, his eyes are still sharp; he won't let a bad person go unpunished, nor will he kill an innocent person by mistake...
Tang Ya brought Bei Bei to her home, and Tie Li's henchmen rushed up one by one. Tang Ya and Bei Bei fought their way in, and it was easy for the two of them to kill most of the enemies, but they still had some difficulty dealing with Tie Li.
As Huo Yuhao predicted, they were indeed no match for Tie Li and his group. They had to resort to the Soul Cannon to completely kill Tie Li and his crew.
The power of this Soul Cannon is truly terrifying. It killed Tie Li and the others on the other side in no time, and with little Soul Power consumption. If it were turned into a cannonball, this place would have been razed to the ground long ago.
Having avenged her great grudge, Tang Ya's only wish from then on was to revive the Tang Sect.
"This matter is settled. Although I've already repaid what I owed you, I can't let you repeat the same mistakes. From now on, the rise and fall of the Tang Sect is none of my concern. I hope we won't be enemies in the future, otherwise I really will kill you," he thought silently, a glint in his green eyes.
Tang Ya gripped the Soul Cannon tightly in her hand, and unconsciously looked slowly behind her, where a brown-haired boy stood.
When her gaze fell upon that familiar brown-haired figure, their eyes met, and her heart skipped a beat—the silhouette of that silent, ever-following figure, outlined in the rain, gradually overlapped with a blurry image of a boy deep in her memory.
"What's wrong, Xiao Ya?" Bei Bei patted her, then followed her gaze. It was a boy, and the boy seemed somewhat familiar, like... And from the way Tang Ya looked at the boy, he instantly understood—oh no...
P. S.: I'm having a bit of writer's block, guys. I'll stop here for today and try to pick up the pace again tomorrow...