Douluo Continent: I, Huo Yuhao, am the Master of Spirit

Chapter 33 "So Beautiful, Star Dou Great Forest" (Please read on, it's really important!)

Jiang Nannan left, taking her mother and some luggage that Huo Yuhao had given her with her, and followed the convoy to Shrek City.

The convoy was very long, much longer than the Dingyi Chamber of Commerce's convoy, and at a glance, most of the people were ordinary people with their families.

These people were all heading to Shrek City to seek development and a better future.

That area is the holy land of Soul Masters, the center of the continent, so naturally countless merchant guilds gather there.

The greater the chance of getting food there.

An officer who frequently visited the clinic once confided to Huo Yuhao that the Heavenly Soul Empire was particularly disgusted by its citizens coming to Shrek City.

Shrek City is nominally under the jurisdiction of the Heavenly Soul Empire, but it is independent in terms of legislation, law enforcement, and taxation.

To put it bluntly, it's a country within a country, and this tiny nation is also siphoning talent from the three great empires.

Despite their reservations, none of the empires dared to express them openly.

Graduates from Shrek Academy are entitled to high-ranking positions and generous salaries by the three great empires, which has resulted in many important positions within the empires being held by Shrek alumni.

These people will openly betray their own interests, including but not limited to signing contracts with talented children of the right age to help them hunt for spirit rings, but requiring them to study at Shrek Academy.

Huo Yuhao wasn't particularly surprised by these things; people strive for higher positions, just as water flows downhill.

This is an age-old truth: of the three great empires, only the Star Luo Empire is truly changing; the other two are nothing more than withered bones in a tomb, slowly dying.

Under these circumstances, the Sun Moon Empire was considered advanced and civilized in the Douluo Continent.

"It's purely a competition of who's worse."

This is Huo Yuhao's evaluation.

Douluo Continent is a world where everyone is worse than anyone else; there's no such thing as being better than anyone else, only who is worse than anyone else!
After Jiang Nannan's figure disappeared on the horizon, Huo Yuhao also packed up his things in the clinic.

He put all the herbs, a large number of books, and most importantly, the manuscripts into the storage soul tool.

Huo Yuhao walked out of the clinic and closed the door. He couldn't help but feel a little emotional. This clinic was the first property he owned in both his lives.

Gently lower the signboard at the door, then stick a piece of paper on the door.

"I, Huo Qiqiang, will be traveling to the mainland in search of the best fish. My return date is unknown, so please do not worry about me."

After posting the notice, Huo Yuhao did not stay in Xuanfeng City for long and left directly from the south gate of Xuanfeng City under the cover of night.

As for why I had to leave at night, it was because I simply couldn't leave during the day.

Those Soul Masters would probably cling to his leg, weeping and begging him not to leave. If Huo Yuhao were gone, where would they find someone so cheap and with such superb medical skills?

Huo Yuhao's direction was very clear: head south and enter the Star Dou Great Forest in the direction of Shrek Academy.

The Douluo Continent at night is extremely dangerous. Along the way, Huo Yuhao's spiritual power sensed many nocturnal soul beasts roaming on both sides of the road.

Once Huo Yuhao notices these soul beasts, they will be recorded in the catalog, and their related habits and abilities will be revealed.

This makes it easy for Huo Yuhao to identify which soul beasts are more dangerous, and he usually avoids them when he encounters a dangerous one.

He didn't want a fight to break out at night.

Fortunately, Xuanfeng City was not far away. After speeding along, as the sky began to lighten, a vast forest appeared on the earth like a prehistoric beast.

The branches and leaves of the unnamed trees intertwine, layer upon layer, making the most of every ray of sunlight.

Each tree records countless years of history.

After entering the forest, Huo Yuhao restrained his spiritual power, trying his best not to disturb the surrounding soul beasts.

Then he began to wander around the outer circle, recording the types of soul beasts to increase his control over the [Understanding] Authority, while searching for the traces of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm.

.........

"Puff~"

A splash rose from the river's surface, and Huo Yuhao lost count of how many casts he had made.

The bait used for making the nests next to it had long been thrown away.

He'd baited so many spots and cast so many lines, but hadn't caught a single fish. If it weren't for the fish blowing bubbles nearby, he'd have doubted there were any fish left in the river.

I've been in the Star Dou Great Forest for ten days now, and my initial curiosity about this primeval forest has turned into almost numb feelings.

The scenery here is indeed beautiful, but it's really a nightmare to be here. Damn, there are mosquitoes in the Starry Sky Forest!

Different kinds of mosquito-like spirit beasts would harass Huo Yuhao here in the morning, at noon, and at night.

It was only then that Huo Yuhao remembered that the end of summer is the peak season for mosquito-type soul beasts, and he had just happened to be there.

"It's so beautiful, Starry Sky Forest."

Let's take a look at Shrek Academy, the world's number one city, in the distance.

Huo Yuhao spoke incoherently, his arm swinging the fishing rod once more.

"Meow~"

Of course, Huo Yuhao was not alone; a ten-year-old Shadow Cat was squatting beside him.

The bond between the human and the animal began with a grilled fish; the cat was injured and lying in a bush.

Huo Yuhao was incredibly bored at the time, so he used a reversal technique to heal it. At first, it was breathing wildly at Huo Yuhao.

It even started with zero frames and instantly activated Spinosaurus form. After eating the grilled fish, the little cat was immediately standing at attention in the prison.

He immediately became Huo Yuhao's lackey, leading him to the locations of various rare medicinal herbs.

He even actively lured prey to be hunted by Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao looked helplessly at the Shadow Cat beside him, wondering how he should tell a cat that he was out of the air force?

Suddenly, the fishing rod moved, and Huo Yuhao's spirits lifted, his spiritual eyes opening.

"Damn, we're finally open for business."

"Wake it up for me!"

After the fishing rod left the water, a fish no bigger than the palm of your hand was caught on the hook.

Huo Yuhao made a well-shaped gesture with his forehead and took the fish off.

He slapped the fish's head a few times, then stuffed a bunch of bait into its mouth and said:

"What are you kids doing out here?!"

"Go back! Call your parents over here!"

"The local fish are so rude, they don't even know how to offer food!"

Then he threw it back into the river and continued fishing as if he were dead.

The Shadow Cat, who was crouching nearby, grew anxious. After tugging at Huo Yuhao's clothes a few times, it leaped into the river.

Then, to Huo Yuhao's incredulous gaze, it only took a minute to carry a fish that was longer than Huo Yuhao's leg ashore.

After placing the fish next to Huo Yuhao's legs, he dove into the river again and soon slapped two even larger fish onto the shore.

Then, the Shadow Cat squatted down in front of Huo Yuhao as if to take credit, wagging its tail and looking at Huo Yuhao with its obsidian-like eyes.

Huo Yuhao glanced at the fish beside him and gripped the fishing rod tightly.

"I'm so angry and cold, when will the fishermen finally be able to stand up for themselves?!"

Despite his words, Huo Yuhao wisely put away his fishing rod and squatted down on the riverbank to start a fire and grill the fish.

In no time, the unique aroma of grilled fish filled the surroundings, and even the Shadow Cat next to them was drooling.

Unbeknownst to Huo Yuhao, ripples appeared on the river surface in the distance.

A dark gold, triangular pyramid-shaped head emerged from the bottom of the water.

"What does it smell like? It smells so good."

(End of this chapter)