Huo Yuhao rested his hands behind his head. Having finally shaken the two off, he leisurely took out the two things he had just obtained.
They were a cloth bag filled to the brim and an exquisite nanmu box.
Huo Yuhao could hardly wait to open the cloth bag, simply because its hefty weight felt so familiar.
When he opened it, gold glittered inside-the very thing he had dreamed of obtaining.
Huo Yuhao understood one principle very well.
Anything in the world might betray you, but gold coins never would!
"Whoa! Bei Bei really is rich! Well, consider this your payment for eating my grilled fish."
Huo Yuhao's mood soared. With a movement of his hand, the large bag of Gold Soul Coins instantly vanished.
Next came the most important thing.
As the nanmu box opened, a jade scroll lay quietly inside.
The distinctive markings of his Martial Soul spread from the corners of Huo Yuhao's eyes. His spiritual power unfurled in an instant, and only after confirming there were no self-destruct mechanisms did he pick it up.
It felt warm in his hand, as though it were made of Hetian jade.
Huo Yuhao opened the scroll directly and took out what was supposedly the Tang Sect's most important possession.
The Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record.
With considerable disdain, Huo Yuhao opened the secret manual in his hands.
Mysterious Heaven Skill, Hundred Explanations of Hidden Weapon, Purple Demon Eye...
Huo Yuhao quickly copied down all the techniques.
That was the advantage of having powerful spiritual power.
Then he swept his hand, and two figures flashed out of the surroundings to appear before him.
"Lord Shadow!"
The two bowed in greeting.
"Keep watch over the surroundings for me," Huo Yuhao said gravely.
The two immediately moved out and inspected the surrounding area.
Without hesitation, Huo Yuhao sat cross-legged. His Sea of Consciousness stirred into action in an instant, and the key points of one secret manual after another appeared in his mind.
Vast amounts of text flashed rapidly through his mind. With a thought from Huo Yuhao, portions of the text in the techniques slowly disappeared, replaced by new words.
They vanished continuously, then were replaced.
Huo Yuhao's spiritual power was being consumed rapidly.
At that moment, he was doing something no one dared imagine: creating new cultivation techniques!
Fine beads of sweat began to form on Huo Yuhao's forehead, his brows slightly furrowed.
About half an hour passed before Huo Yuhao's brows finally relaxed.
The Martial Soul markings around his eyes slowly disappeared, and he opened his eyes.
"Phew!"
Huo Yuhao gently exhaled a breath of white vapor. Like a sharp sword, it instantly shot toward the large tree before him, leaving a mark five centimeters deep.
Huo Yuhao grumbled inwardly, Tang San's secret manuals really are garbage! Some techniques could clearly exert force in a more scientific way, yet they insist on taking the long way around. They're simply leading their students astray!
Still, looking at the brand-new techniques in his mind, Huo Yuhao laughed aloud.
At least his efforts had yielded results.
Only with these techniques could his Shadow Garden grow stronger, and only then could he match wits with that so-called God King Tang San.
Tang San must already have his eye on his identity. For now, he could only accumulate strength and conceal himself.
At that thought, Huo Yuhao took out paper and a pen and recorded the techniques in his mind.
After another half hour, Huo Yuhao finally finished recording the techniques.
The two Shadow Garden members accepted the techniques from Huo Yuhao's hands, bowed, and vanished from the spot at his instruction.
Now it was time to find the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm!
This Million-Year Soul Beast was the most important of all!
Huo Yuhao looked up at the sky. His immense spiritual power swept out, and after confirming that no one was spying on him, he headed toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
Before he had traveled far, a wooden sign caught Huo Yuhao's attention.
"Fifty li ahead lies the Star Dou Great Forest. Soul Beasts roam the area. Exercise caution."
Looking farther ahead, he saw a stone archway at the entrance, its shape and style closely resembling the Arc de Triomphe from his previous life.
Verdant vines wound around it in lush profusion. Every so often, a pair of butterflies flew over and circled it; everything brimmed with life.
Huo Yuhao was delighted. He was finally almost there.
A smile rose at the corners of his mouth. Cracks appeared in the soil beneath his feet, and the presence of his leaking Soul Power stirred clouds of dust.
Boom!
Huo Yuhao's figure vanished instantly. The spot where he had stood collapsed outright, spiderweb cracks spreading across the ground as countless chunks of earth and stone tilted upward amid billowing dust.
This was Huo Yuhao's strength. Ever since transmigrating here, he had trained his physique every moment, and even he did not know how high his total Soul Power had grown.
It could be said that, as long as he wanted to obtain Soul Rings, he could break through to Titled Douluo at any time! Even to godhood!
Such was Lord Shadow's strength!
Huo Yuhao appeared in the air above the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest. After observing carefully for a while, he slowly descended.
The Wind Baboon in the surrounding trees sensed his astonishing presence and trembled so badly that it could no longer hold on to its branch, falling straight down.
Hmm?
Huo Yuhao glanced at it.
The Wind Baboon's entire body stiffened. Trembling all over, it took to its heels and fled, leaving only a puddle of yellow liquid behind.
The corners of Huo Yuhao's mouth twitched. Is that all the courage you have, you God-Slaying Wind Baboon?
The surroundings were about right. Huo Yuhao swept out with his spiritual power, and after confirming there was nothing else, he was finally ready to summon the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
"Deep within the dark forest, danger and opportunity always await. Today, I shall command ice with my spirit and tread the path of gods!"
As his words fell, Huo Yuhao abruptly opened his eyes!
Countless rays of dark purple light burst from them. Immense spiritual power surged skyward, covering a hundred li in an instant.
The movements of countless Soul Beasts entered his mind, and every detail of the scenery within a hundred-li radius lay before him.
If Huo Yuhao wished, he could even survey the entire Star Dou Great Forest in an instant.
But for now, he only wanted to draw out the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. This much was enough.
At that immense spiritual power, every Mental Attribute Soul Beast within the Star Dou Great Forest looked in that direction.
Deep in the forest, a pair of large eyes stared toward Huo Yuhao. Those two lantern-like eyes revealed a humanlike excitement.
He swiftly wriggled toward Huo Yuhao.
An elongated white shape rapidly entered the range of Huo Yuhao's senses.
The corners of Huo Yuhao's mouth lifted.
Finally here?
Suddenly, cracks rapidly appeared in the ground before Huo Yuhao. Amid violent tremors, they gradually widened into fissures.
An enormous silkworm crawled out of a fissure.
"Oh, man, I've had it so rough. I've finally met a human with the Mental Attribute..."
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm spoke to himself, then suddenly froze in place.
Countless razor-sharp threads had already surrounded him from every direction. The slightest force would instantly cut him into countless pieces!
Huo Yuhao released threads from both hands, drawing his palms slightly inward, a teasing smile on his face.
"Ready to sacrifice yourself? Ready to embark on the road to conquering gods?"
Looking at the boy before him, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm felt the terror of death from that teasing smile and the threads surrounding him!
His plump body trembled slightly. His spiritual power constantly scanned his surroundings as he considered escape routes.
The Soul Power radiating from Huo Yuhao terrified him. He was certain that the human before him was at least what they called a Titled Douluo!
At that moment, he had already begun cursing inwardly. He really had escaped a tiger's den only to enter a wolf's lair!
Where did this kid come from? How is he such a freak?!
"Little brother, could you put those threads away? We can talk this over..."
Looking at Huo Yuhao's ravenous gaze, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was terrified to the bottom of his heart.
In a daze, he suddenly realized that Huo Yuhao's figure was slowly overlapping with the figure from that day!
That smile! That voice! That Soul Power presence!
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm instantly recognized the person before him.
Ignoring the threat of the threads, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm dragged his plump body straight toward Huo Yuhao. "Boss! Oh, my mother..."
"Boss! You're finally here!"
Utterly puzzled, Huo Yuhao loosened the threads in his hands and darted backward. The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm plunged face-first into the dirt.
"Huh?"