Douluo Continent: Starting by controlling the Holy Maiden of the Holy Spirit Cult

Chapter 48 The Mere External Soul-Bearing Purple Cloud Wings

"Do you believe I'll take you down with me?" Ma Xiaotao gritted her teeth and threatened as she saw Huo Yuhao leering at her.

"It doesn't matter." Huo Yuhao shrugged. "If you can do it, you might as well give it a try."

Seeing how stubborn this guy was, Ma Xiaotao really wanted to bite him to death. She always had a very complicated feeling towards Huo Yuhao. First of all, she was in the hands of the Holy Spirit Cult because of him, but he did not take advantage of her. Instead, he used his strange ability to awaken her martial soul without regard for the cost. Afterwards, he even reminded her that she would be released by the Holy Spirit Cult, so that she, with her fiery temper, would not perish in the evil soul master's lair.

He was said to be a benefactor, as he had completely resolved the problem of his inner fire, ensuring a smooth path for him from then on.

Despite being called an enemy, he made himself into a woman in the illusion of awakening his martial soul. Moreover, even though he knew that the Holy Spirit Cult would release him under pressure from the Twin Dragons of Light and Darkness, he still planted a mental imprint on him. Even a Limit Douluo like Mu En could not detect the existence of the imprint in his body.

"Sister Xiaotao, you've come at the right time. I need your help with something." Huo Yuhao stopped teasing her. He had branded Ma Xiaotao with the intention of having leverage to negotiate with Shrek Academy on equal terms in the future. "I need a soul bone, a space attribute soul bone that is over ten thousand years old."

"You wish! How easy is it to find a ten-thousand-year-old soul bone with spatial attributes?" Ma Xiaotao pondered for a moment, then shook her head. Not to mention that soul bones with spatial attributes are expensive, their existence is extremely rare.

"I believe there are treasures in the inner courtyard, and I'm not in a hurry." Huo Yuhao grinned, but Ma Xiaotao knew that as long as she couldn't find that so-called spatial attribute soul bone, he wouldn't let her slip out of his control.

Ma Xiaotao rolled her eyes at him, her expression charming and alluring, and her wet and seductive appearance almost made Huo Yuhao's nose bleed.

"So how dare you come to Shrek Academy? Aren't you afraid I'll expose your Holy Spirit Cult's information and have you arrested?" Ma Xiaotao threatened angrily.

"Damn it! Aren't I just like you, fallen into the hands of the Holy Spirit Cult?" Huo Yuhao rarely swore, but he said without batting an eye, "You have no idea how much torture I've suffered in the Holy Spirit Cult this past year! How much effort I put into escaping and coming to the glorious Shrek Academy to seek refuge!"

Of course, Ma Xiaotao couldn't possibly know what kind of torture Huo Yuhao was talking about, even though every man would want that kind of torture.

"Do they really not value you that much? They let you come to the academy without even a guard?" Ma Xiaotao looked at Huo Yuhao's eyes suspiciously, as if trying to confirm whether he was lying.

"Ahem, I did bring her..." Huo Yuhao touched his nose sheepishly, "But something went wrong, and I managed to shake her off." Well, if she's lucky, she should be resting and developing her pregnancy within the Holy Spirit Cult...

Although Ma Xiaotao didn't completely believe this guy's nonsense, she knew that he did have something on her. As the personal disciple of Yan Shaozhe, the dean of the Martial Soul Department, she was still qualified to choose some things to take away from the inner courtyard's treasure pavilion.

"You're from Class 9 of the freshmen program, right? I'll come back to find you in a while with the soul bone."

Ma Xiaotao flew away without looking back. As a fire-attribute soul master, getting her clothes wet was no problem for her. On the other hand, Huo Yuhao was in a lot of trouble. It was already time for class, so he had to go back to his residence to change his clothes.

……

When Wu Feng and the other two women returned to the villa, Huo Yuhao, who had missed class that day, was tinkering with the Purple Cloud Carved corpse he had bought from the gambling bone market that day on the first floor.

Although Bibi Dong could sense the strange energy fluctuations emanating from the corpse, the energy was too weak, so Huo Yuhao didn't pay much attention to it. For him, the biggest gain that day was actually Xie Huanyue's friendship.

"What are you doing? Why didn't you go to class all day?" As soon as Wu Feng came back, he sprawled on the sofa without any regard for his image, his voluptuous figure extremely eye-catching.

"Hehe, isn't this just preparation for the upcoming freshman assessment?" Huo Yuhao smiled mysteriously and waved to the three girls. "I have a big treasure for you all. Come and see who's more suitable."

"What good stuff?" Ning Tian immediately became interested. After spending a few days together, they all knew that Huo Yuhao was a proud and arrogant person. Anything that he called a good thing must be something extraordinary.

The three women went over and saw Huo Yuhao forcefully break off a pair of wings from the corpse of a soul beast, with faint energy flowing on them.

"This is... a soul bone?" Ning Tian exclaimed in surprise. The importance of soul bones to soul masters is self-evident. To paraphrase a great master from ten thousand years ago, when facing an enemy, if you have many rings and many bones, you can unleash your skills in one go; if you have few rings and few bones, you can run away as fast as you can.

Another difference between soul bones and soul rings is that, unlike soul rings, which require the user to kill a soul beast to use, soul bones can even be sold after acquisition. They can be purchased in certain special places. Any soul bone, no matter how ordinary, is incredibly expensive and in high demand.

Generally speaking, only extremely powerful soul beasts that experience special circumstances at the time of their death are likely to develop soul bones, unlike every soul beast which develops a soul ring. Therefore, soul bones are extremely rare and precious.

Soul bones are almost entirely the soul cores of soul beasts. After death, they become the most distinctive features of the beast in life. For example, spirit-type soul beasts mostly have their heads, strength-type soul beasts mostly have their arms, speed-type soul beasts mostly have their legs, and those with strong overall strength have their torso bones. Generally speaking, soul beasts without soul cores are very unlikely to produce soul bones. Of course, if it is a soul beast with a slightly higher bloodline level, it is possible to produce soul bones before cultivating into a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast.

"My god, it's a flying-type external spirit bone!" Nanmen Yun'er also recognized what those wings were. If the upper limit of an ordinary spirit bone is determined by the age of the spirit beast, then this external spirit bone can be said to grow continuously as the spirit master becomes stronger! This is the most special and rarest type of spirit bone, a special existence outside of the six major types of spirit bones. Its rarity is almost comparable to top-tier spirit bones. In the spirit master world, it is second only to a 100,000-year spirit ring.

The most unique aspect of external soul bones is that they evolve as their owner's soul power increases. Therefore, the earlier you absorb an external soul bone, the better. If the probability of an ordinary soul bone appearing from a soul beast is one in a thousand, then the probability of an external soul bone appearing is less than one in ten thousand.

As a Soul Master with a flying beast-type martial soul, she was well aware of what the ability to fly meant for a Soul Master below the Title Douluo level who could not fly.

"This is far too valuable!"

"Just some external soul bone." Huo Yuhao waved his hand, finding it amusing to see the three women looking like they wanted it but were too shy. There was only one pair of Purple Cloud Wings. He would give them to Wu Feng to solve her problem of poor mobility and inability to fly, give them to Ning Tian to give him the ability to fly so he could protect himself well in a melee, and give them to Nanmen Yun'er to increase her speed even further.

"Yuhao, you decide." Ning Tian's face flushed with excitement, but she knew this belonged to Huo Yuhao. Rather than making the decision themselves, she wanted him to decide for them, and at the same time, she could see who he truly cared about more...

"You're all my girlfriends, so you can distribute them according to your abilities. I'll give you a few more soul bones when I have the chance in the future." Huo Yuhao waved his hand, looking all rich and powerful.

"Pah, who's your girlfriend!" The three girls blushed and spat in unison.

"Do you think soul bones are like cabbages growing on the street?"

"Haha, I'm going to sleep. You two decide for yourselves." Huo Yuhao didn't like making choices for himself, as it wouldn't be fair to the other two girls.

With that, Huo Yuhao put his arms under his head and walked upstairs.

The three women exchanged bewildered glances. This flying-type external soul bone, even rarer than a ten-thousand-year soul bone, was just given to them by this guy? The thought of him calling them his girlfriends made their pretty faces blush even more.

That night, Huo Yuhao felt that his gentle embrace was even more wonderful. Ning Tian and Nanmen Yun'er both abandoned their reserve and rushed into his arms before he fell asleep. Wu Feng, who was straightforward, even hugged him while wearing only a bra. Through the thin fabric, he could feel the delicate skin hidden behind him. No wonder emperors of past dynasties did not like to attend the morning court. It turned out that there was this reason.

……

Three months have passed.

Unlike the original story, Huo Yuhao did not obtain two Xuan Shui Pills from Xu Sanshi, nor did he obtain a Soul Ascension Pill from the elders of the Sea God Pavilion. The reason was that he believed that forcibly increasing soul power or squeezing out potential by relying on external objects was nothing but a dead end.

There are no alchemists in this world, so Huo Yuhao absolutely refuses to take those pills that simply mix medicinal herbs together.

Unless the legendary Xiao Huohuo, renowned for his alchemy skills, from the Treasure Pavilion is still alive, Huo Yuhao wouldn't mind learning alchemy from him.

Under Mu Jin's targeted guidance, the overall strength of Class 9 of the freshmen class can be described as making great strides.

If we were to name the student in Class 9 who has changed the least over the past three months, it would undoubtedly be Huo Yuhao.

When he first entered the school, his soul power had already reached level 29, ranking among the top in the class, and his mental strength was unparalleled in the class.

However, three months later, Huo Yuhao has completely changed. He spends his days idly, only paying attention to half of what he hears in class before his mind wanders off. His soul power has also failed to improve, and he has been surpassed by several classmates.

This greatly disappointed Mu Jin. Even the three women, Ning Tian and the others, who lived with him were surprised by his rate of improvement. They clearly felt that Huo Yuhao was absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and life energy every night before he fell asleep, so why hadn't his soul power increased?

Moreover, unlike Huo Yuhao in the original work who joined the Soul Guidance Department, Huo Yuhao in this life doesn't even seem to have the intention of stepping into the Soul Guidance Academy, let alone becoming an excellent Soul Guidance Master.

Even so, Mu Jin could still sense that Huo Yuhao was becoming increasingly unfathomable, especially in terms of his foundation. The level of refinement of Huo Yuhao's soul power was something that even she, a teacher at the Soul King level, could not match.

On the other side, Huo Yuhao learned that because Wang Dong had joined the Tang Clan, he often got together with Bei Bei and Tang Ya, and also brought along Xiao Xiao, who was in love with him. Xu Sanshi, who was influenced by Tang Buddha's divine thought, would also occasionally get together with the group to eat, drink and have fun.

Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, two genius freshmen with twin martial souls, were highly regarded by Zhou Yi. As a result, the group also got to know He Caitou, a disciple under Fan Yu, Zhou Yi's husband, who was in the Soul Guidance Department. Although Jiang Nannan still maintained an indifferent attitude towards Xu Sanshi, she had an excellent relationship with Tang Ya. If Tang Ya is included, the original Seven Devils of this generation are complete.

After class that day, Huo Yuhao finally received the news he had been longing for from Ma Xiaotao.

It's past four o'clock. There are still three or four hours left. Brothers, cheer me on!

(End of this chapter)