Peerless: I Became Huo Yuhao's Dark Personality

Chapter 58: Did Shrek give Xingluo money? (Two in one)

“Soul guides of the same level will experience significant price fluctuations due to differences in materials and functions, but generally remain within a certain range.

Most ordinary third-level soul guides are priced between one hundred and five hundred gold soul coins, but there are also some soul guides with special functions that are priced at more than one thousand gold soul coins.

The price of a fourth-level soul guide basically fluctuates between four and five digits, and unless the materials are special, it rarely exceeds ten thousand gold soul coins.

Our team is mainly composed of Soul Masters and Soul Lords. Xiaoxiao is already level 29, so it is not a problem for him to use a general level 3 soul guide.

Therefore, we only need to purchase level three and level four soul guides. In fact, if it is just for the purpose of coping with the competition, there is no need to spend money on level four soul guides.

Buy a third-level soul guide, and use the third and fourth soul skills a few more times. The soul master's soul power will not last long."

As a genuine third-level soul engineer, Huo Yuhao is very familiar with the data in this area.

"Then we'll do as Yuhao said. We'll try to equip everyone with a level three soul guide." Beibei made the decision immediately.

"I won't go. I don't have that many gold soul coins." Jiang Nannan, who had been keeping quiet, spoke out, a little embarrassedly.

Everyone was surprised for a moment, and Xiaoxiao even winked at Xu Sanshi frantically, indicating that it was time to show his ability. Except for Huo Yuhao, everyone else still thought that Xu Sanshi was still Jiang Nannan's suitor.

In response to this, Xu Sanshi looked at his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose, as if he didn't see Xiao Xiao's look.

Beibei had noticed something different about Xu Sanshi before, and his current behavior made him even more certain. He said kindly:

"Nannan, I can lend it to you first, and you can pay me back when you have money."

"This..." Jiang Nannan hesitated. To be honest, a few hundred gold soul coins were quite a burden for her. All her expenses in Shrek were subsidized by the core disciples.

The subsidy was just enough to cover normal expenses, but since she did not make money on a regular basis, she had no savings.

"Sister Nannan, safety comes first. You can earn more Gold Soul Coins. It will be too late to regret once you've sustained irreparable injuries."

After hearing Xiao Xiao's words, Jiang Nannan finally agreed for her own sake, but her tone was a little difficult, and she was obviously very distressed about taking on this debt.

"Okay, it's almost time, let's go have a meal together, Sanshi will treat us."

"Why should I treat?" After hearing Beibei's words, Xu Sanshi, who was originally laughing, widened his eyes, pointed at himself, and looked incredulous.

"Because you are the richest." Beibei said righteously with a harmless smile on his face.

Xu Sanshi wanted to argue, but Beibei raised his hand to interrupt, "I want to hear the opinions of my brothers."

“We have no objection.”*5
Except for Jiang Nannan, the others all said in unison. Beibei looked at Xu Sanshi, shrugged helplessly, and said innocently, "Look, the people's will is what we want."

"Beibei, you're so sinister! I'll expose you in front of Xiaoya when we get back!"

At night, Xingluo Royal Hotel.

"It's too dark! The Xingluo Empire is really too dark!"

In the conference room, General Ma showed everyone the latest match schedule, his face full of anger.

It was simply because in the next round of the round-robin tournament, half of the other eight teams in the group where the Sun-Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy was located were from the Sun-Moon Empire.

This is not the most exaggerated thing. The most cruel thing is that these four teams are actually from the top-ranked Sun and Moon academies. In other words, those weak Sun and Moon academies were arranged in other groups.

In addition, the remaining teams are composed of half academies from the Tianhun Empire and the Douling Empire.

"It's too obvious that the Xingluo Empire is targeting us." Ma Rulong's face also looked unhappy.

"Hmph! When we return this time, I will definitely report this issue to you. From now on, the price of rare metals and soul guides exported to the Xingluo Empire will increase by 50%!"

Old Ma cursed and swore, saying that the Xingluo Empire clearly wanted to make the Sun and Moon Empire kill each other.

"Huh?" Meng Hongchen exclaimed in surprise, attracting everyone's attention.

"Xiao Meng, have you found anything?" Old Ma's face was kind, and the previous angry look was gone.

"Look at the group that Shrek Academy is in."

Meng Hongchen pointed to the position of Shrek Academy in the match table, and put the information of participating academies collected in advance aside.

"Hey, did Shrek Academy bribe Xingluo? Our academy is in a group of nine teams, so why is it that their group as the last champion only has eight teams?" Micah's eyes were full of astonishment, and he was the first to discover the clue.

Since there are only 67 teams left, there will be two situations: eight-team groups and nine-team groups. Undoubtedly, the competition in the eight-team group is not as fierce as that in the nine-team group.

"Not only that, if you look closely at the information on the side, the strength of those seven teams is pitifully weak. Only three teams have Soul Kings, and there is only one of them. The rest are all Soul Sect teams."

Xiao Hongchen frowned and added.

"Another point. None of the seven academies are native to the Xingluo Empire. Even if Shrek is eliminated, it can't be blamed on them. Does the Xingluo Emperor have no moral principles at all now?"

Mr. Ma was so angry that he laughed. If anyone with a little experience was willing to analyze it, the manipulation behind it would be obvious at a glance.

The people from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy didn't know what to say for a moment. They were speechless and felt that the actions of Shrek Academy and the Star Luo Empire were despicable.

There are three groups of nine teams in total, one each for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy, Dou Ling and Tianhun Royal Academy.

The Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy was discussing this, and of course everyone at Shrek Academy was also discussing it.

There were nine Shrek people in a neat row. After seeing the match schedule, they all had strange looks on their faces, even Wang Yan, the team leader, was no exception.

"Teacher Wang, what do you think?" The reserve team and others were no less shocked than Riyue and others next door. After a long silence, Beibei was the first to ask.

Wang Yan was also wondering at this moment. He had watched the game all day and saw countless powerful teams, including several Soul Emperors.

Logically speaking, as the previous champion, Shrek Academy would undoubtedly be assigned to the strongest and most competitive group.

A situation like this couldn't be called rare; it was practically uncommon! He even suspected the academy had secretly contacted the Xingluo royal family.

"Do you think the academy accepted bribes?" Wang Dong whispered to Huo Yuhao, with a gleam of anticipation in his eyes.

"I think so. Luck alone doesn't explain why the seven weakest colleges were grouped with us.

"Look, except for the Xingluo Empire, the teams from the other three empires' royal academies are all powerful, with at least four all-Soul King teams." Huo Yuhao responded in a low voice, his tone inexplicable.

It was said to be quiet, but the conference room was not very big, and the cultivation level of the people present was quite high, so they could hear it clearly.

"Alright, everyone, stop guessing." Wang Yan quickly ended the conversation between Huo Yuhao and the others, putting on an impassioned expression. "Classmates, this is a great opportunity for us. Although our average cultivation is at the bottom, if we combine some tactics, we have every chance of standing out!"

Having said that, Wang Yan turned his gaze to Ling Luochen who was quietly standing aside and asked.

"Ling Luochen, how long will it take for your injuries to recover?"

"I'll be able to play in four or five days at most." Ling Luochen thought for a while and said slowly.

"Very good, that means we only need to hold on for two rounds to have a Control-type Soul King."

Upon hearing this, Wang Yan's face lit up with joy. This news was definitely good. The strongest members of the other seven teams were all single Soul Kings. Huo Yuhao and the others might not be weaker than the remaining Soul Masters.

Wang Yan felt reassured and continued to encourage the seven members of the reserve team, "As long as we persevere for two rounds and wait for Ling Luochen to recover, our overall strength will be greatly enhanced."

Boom, boom~
Just as Wang Yan was speaking excitedly, there was a knock on the door of the conference room.

Wang Yan frowned and shouted, "Didn't I tell you not to disturb us?"

Having said that, Wang Yan still went to open the door. Outside the door was a woman who looked like a waiter. She was wearing a black business suit and a light gold badge on her chest.

The surface of the badge is a strange mass with a small hammer on top and a disc-shaped object underneath, surrounded by several silver five-pointed stars.

"Are you from the auction house?"

Wang Yan didn't know who the other party was, but the pattern of the hammer and disc was a common auction house design on the mainland. Most auction houses would establish their own auction house logo based on it.

"I'm here to deliver invitations to the Level 4 Soul Guidance Device Auction taking place in Hall 12 of the Starlight Auction House in three days."

Wang Yan looked bewildered, but everyone in the reserve team knew the whole story. Bei Bei, who was closest to the door, hurried over, took the invitation from the waiter, and said with a smile, "Thank you for your help."

"Tell me, what's going on?" After sending the waitress away, Wang Yan asked curiously, looking at the several invitations in Beibei's hand.

Beibei was a little confused for a moment. He hadn't organized his words yet, but who knew that the invitation would be delivered tonight.

"Teacher Wang, it's like this, our strength can only be considered the bottom among many colleges.

However, it is almost impossible for us to improve our strength during the competition, so we plan to purchase some soul guides to improve our strength and increase our attack methods."

Huo Yuhao took over the conversation calmly, and began to make up stories without blushing or beating his heart. Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao on the side were shocked. They didn't expect Huo Yuhao to react so quickly.

"Great! It's great that you think so!"

To everyone's surprise, Wang Yan became very excited. Seeing that everyone looked confused, he immediately began to explain.

"The development of soul guides is an inevitable trend and will become a part of soul masters in the future. However, as you know, most people look down on soul guides and think they are external objects.

Not to mention our Shrek Academy which is famous for its martial spirits. Most of the students do not take soul guides seriously and always think that soul guides are insignificant things.

This is bound to lead to big losses! I watched the games all day today and found a common point among many colleges.

"What do they have in common?" Wang Yan paused, and everyone subconsciously continued.

"It's the soul guides! Especially the academies from the Sun and Moon Empire, where everyone is equipped with soul guide shields and a large number of soul guides. The academies of other empires are also equipped with soul guides to varying degrees.

Judging from today's competition, apart from our academy, no other academy uses soul guides. I was trying to figure out how to convince you, but I didn't expect you to figure it out on your own!"

Everyone then understood why Wang Yan was so excited, but everyone felt a little strange in their hearts. Only they themselves knew why they used soul guides.

When Beibei heard what Wang Yan said, she immediately remembered something. They had not expected Wang Yan to come, so they only requested invitations for seven people.

"They actually sent nine invitations." However, Beibei was surprised to find that there were not seven invitations in her hand, but nine, which just corresponded to the nine of them.

"It seems that the Starlight Auction House has an extraordinary background. It can even get the information of participating colleges." Wang Yan said thoughtfully when he saw this.

"By the way, in order to prepare for the upcoming match, I need the most suitable tactics for you, so I hope you can tell me your soul skills information.

I know that soul skills are secrets to soul masters, but our situation is urgent, and I hope everyone can understand."

Wang Yan had a sincere look on his face. Everyone was familiar with each other and did not shy away from talking about it. They all told him the information about their soul skills one by one.

When it was He Caitou's turn, he hesitated for a moment and said anxiously, "We've already agreed that you're not allowed to laugh."

Hearing this, everyone looked puzzled. Xu Sanshi urged, "Who would use the Laughing Soul Skill for no reason? Hurry up."

"You said you had a thick cigar!"

Even though He Caitou had given them many warnings, they still couldn't hold back when he recited the soul spell.

Seeing this, He Caitou immediately became angry and lit a cigar and stuffed it into the mouth of Huo Yuhao, who was closest to him.

Huo Yuhao was attacked unexpectedly and subconsciously took two puffs. The strong smell of tobacco penetrated into his lungs, causing him to cough violently.

"Huh?"*3
Three voices sounded simultaneously in the spiritual sea of ​​consciousness, namely Huo Yumiao, Ice Emperor and Tianmeng Ice Silkworm.

"It feels so good, what is this? I'm so happy." Tianmeng Bingcan's face was full of satisfaction, but his tone sounded obscene.

Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao took two more puffs, and Tianmeng hummed a few more times in comfort. Not only that, Huo Yumiao also felt a sense of comfort. Although Bingdi didn't say anything, it could be seen from his expression that he was very comfortable.

It was an indescribable coolness that spread from the head to every part of the body. The soul seemed to be cleansed and it was very comfortable.

Not to mention the people in his spiritual sea of ​​consciousness, Huo Yuhao could feel something strange after the first puff, and the feeling became even more obvious after taking several puffs in a row.

The most intuitive feeling is wakefulness, the brain is clear, as if all thoughts are cleared, and the second is the control of mental power.

Huo Yuhao could feel the increase in his mental control, and he could mobilize his mental power faster. At the same time, there was a significant increase. If he used soul shock in this state, the power could be increased by 10%.

"Brother He, your cigar is so strong. It is very helpful for me to perform my soul skills." Huo Yuhao sighed sincerely and couldn't help but take a few more puffs.

"Really? As long as it's useful, that's fine. I always thought this soul skill was useless."

He Caitou was delighted when he heard this. He was not a spiritual soul master, so naturally he could not feel the effect of clarity. At most, he felt a coolness in his mind and was more focused on his work.

"Yuhao, I declare that you will be a smoker from now on."

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