Douluo Continent: Starting with a Void Treasure Trove

Chapter 161 Talented Soul Master Huo Yuhao

Jing Hongchen also knew about Zhang Lexuan.

In the past five years, Kong Deming has led this person to hunt for spirit rings twice.

Jing Hongchen knew that five years ago, this seemingly gentle and quiet girl was already a Soul Emperor level powerhouse.

With the addition of two spirit rings, he went from Spirit Emperor to Spirit Douluo in five years. The last character to be this overpowered was Xu Yang's father, the Purple Emperor Douluo who amazed the Sun Moon Empire for an entire era.

Moreover, Jing Hongchen learned from a rumor that this person possessed at least one 100,000-year soul ring.

If you look at it that way, this one is even more terrifying. Jing Hongchen naturally wholeheartedly agrees that such a genius soul master is willing to become an instructor for the students of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

They even felt it was a bit of a waste of talent.

If it weren't for her special status, he would have wanted Zhang Lexuan to serve as the vice dean of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

However, doing so seems to raise suspicions of competing with Kong Deming for the successor.

"Well then—it's decided on that amicably."

"As for what comes next, I'll take you, Sister Lexuan, to see what kind of 'talents' we'll be taking on."

Xu Yang said to Zhang Lexuan.

Zhang Lexuan remained silent, only nodding quietly, clearly indicating that she would follow Xu Yang's arrangements.

When Jing Hongchen and his grandson heard Xu Yang refer to the students of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy as talents, they sensed something was amiss, but they only twitched their lips slightly and didn't say anything more.

After all—in this person's eyes, those "talented people" really seem to be nothing special.

Meanwhile, far away at Shrek Academy, the true talent, the Soul Master Huo Yuhao, had already amazed the entire academy.

In Xu Yang's office at the Soul Guidance Department.

He was savoring a cup of specially made bitter coffee while chatting idly with Fan Yu.

"Teacher Otto, I really envy you."

"If I had known, I would have taken Yuhao as my disciple before you did. He has a hidden, unawakened second martial soul, which is of the ultimate ice attribute."

"I was so stupid, so incredibly stupid. I only knew that Huo Yuhao's first spirit ring had a low age, but I overlooked the fact that he also had a hidden second spirit—"

Xu Yang's Otto clone looked at Fan Yu with a smile on his face.

Huo Yuhao has completely changed since returning from the far north. His second martial soul is still the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, which ranks second among the three Heavenly Kings of the far north in the original work.

Yan Shaozhe's talent as a Soul Master was fully revealed. He immediately knelt down and even proposed taking on a disciple.

However, Huo Yuhao had declined the request from the Soul Guidance Department.

However, he was still given the status of a core disciple of the Martial Soul system. He is also still the first experimental subject of the Extreme Individual Soldier Project.

During the freshman assessment, he also amazed everyone, leaving Dai Huabin behind.

However, during this time, Xu Yang, wanting to have some fun, secretly added something while Huo Yuhao was helping Ma Xiaotao suppress her evil fire.

Unfortunately, Hyotei's intervention narrowly saved the two from close-range contact.

Moreover, when he was adding the ingredients, Moon was watching from the side and did not try to stop him.

I guess that means—just feed them until they're full.

Since then, Huo Yuhao seems to have developed a different kind of feeling for Ma Xiaotao.

It took Xu Yang a long time to figure this out.

"Teacher, what do you think of my soul tool?"

Huo Yuhao then arrived at Xu Yang's office with a crossbow-shaped soul tool in his hand, and greeted Fan Yu politely upon seeing him.

"This is----"

Xu Yang glanced at the soul-guided cannon, which looked about eight-tenths similar to the Tang Clan's Zhuge Divine Crossbow.

It seems that under his tutelage, Huo Yuhao broadened his horizons considerably and made a combination of Tang Sect's hidden weapons and soul tools ahead of time.

"This is a soul guide device I created by combining the hidden weapon structure of the Tang Clan. It is called the Zhuge Divine Crossbow Cannon."

It features high rate of fire and powerful force.

"And the cost is also not high."

Huo Yuhao explained the advantages of the Zhuge Divine Crossbow Cannon with confidence, hoping to gain Xu Yang's approval.

After carefully reviewing the document, Xu Yang gave his evaluation.

"The idea is good, but—it's ultimately lacking something. However, you've done one thing very well: you've already forged your own path."

"In the process of a Soul Master's growth, especially a high-level Soul Master, the most important thing is to find one's own path and clarify one's future research direction."

"As for those level nine soul masters, each of them can be considered unique in their own field."

"The most important condition for advancing to the ninth level of Soul Master in the Sun Moon Empire is to create a ninth-level Soul Tool that is unique to oneself."

This was the first time Huo Yuhao had received Xu Yang's approval, and he was very excited.

"So—Teacher, what do you think of my approach of combining hidden weapons with soul tools?"

He continued to ask.

"No one has ever been here before, but it's worth a try. However, the soul tool you create will probably only be suitable for your use."

"Actually, it's nothing special. There are plenty of Soul Masters like this in the Sun Moon Empire."

Huo Yuhao was very excited; he finally had a piece of work that Xu Yang recognized.

"Thank you for your recognition, teacher. I will continue to work hard in this direction!"

After receiving the Zhuge Divine Crossbow, Huo Yuhao excitedly left Xu Yang's office.

Fan Yu was also very interested in the idea of ​​Zhuge Divine Crossbow Cannon. In particular, after listening to Xu Yang talk about some things related to high-level soul masters, he seemed to have gained some inspiration. He turned around and left, saying that he was going into seclusion.

Xu Yang crossed his arms behind his head and leaned back in his chair, almost putting his legs on the table.

"Zhuge Divine Crossbow Cannon"

"Interesting, but—there aren't many!"

In Xu Yang's opinion, this thing is at most something that can be equipped by individual Soul Masters for daily self-defense, but it is basically impossible to use it on a large scale in war.

The complex structure of the concealed weapon alone limits its potential.

To maximize the power of the Zhuge Divine Crossbow, Huo Yuhao made the internal structure of the crossbow extremely complex, and even kept some joint parts secret.

From Xu Yang's perspective...

It's like locking a trash can—completely unnecessary.

On the battlefield, the most important factors for a weapon are not anything else but stability and power.

Sometimes, even a portion of the power must be sacrificed for the sake of stability. This was the answer Xu Yang received after asking a senior scholar who specialized in military soul guidance devices.

The complex mechanical structure inside the Zhuge Divine Crossbow Cannon destined it to be extremely unstable.

These are precisely the major taboos in military soul guidance devices.

However, he was right about one thing: this thing is indeed very unique for personal use, and may produce some unexpected chemical reactions.