Douluo Continent: The Eye of Truth

Chapter 121 Her name is Di Ruier

Compared to the bustling and prosperous Tiandou City, aside from the initial curiosity brought about by the novelty, Di Ruier actually preferred the more harmonious natural environment.

Therefore, aside from the first few days when Di Ruier dragged Huo Yuhao along out of curiosity, the two of them explored the entire area outside Tiandou City together.

In the past few days, they have met in a secluded and deserted grassland on the outskirts of Tiandou City.

Logically speaking, although he had formed a certain degree of cooperative relationship with Di Ruier, Huo Yuhao should not waste his time here.

After all, for him, after talking things out with Di Ruier, Huo Yuhao had largely removed the barrier between their soul contracts.

Through a soul contract, the two can still communicate normally even though they are thousands of miles apart.

After all, on the Holy Demon Continent, the soul contract between a summoner and a summoned beast is a prerequisite for summoning spells.

Aside from random summoning spells, all summoning spells require the summoner to contract the summoned beast in advance.

Whether it's an equal contract, a soul contract, a blood pact, a master-servant contract, or so on.

The essence of these contracts is to bind the summoner and the summoned beast together to a certain extent. Only when a contract is formed can the summoned beast be locked at its coordinate anchor point and summoned to the summoner's side through a spell.

As a result, with the development of the Summoner class, its role, communication, and a series of more complex effects have gradually been incorporated into the contract.

The level of the soul contract is only below the blood contract of life and death. As a high-level contract, it naturally also has many additional side effects.

The ability for Huo Yuhao and Di Ruier to communicate telepathically, share vision, exchange memories, and communicate with each other are just some of the basic functions that come with it.

Therefore, even if they need to discuss a plan or launch an operation, Huo Yuhao doesn't need to meet with Di Ruier directly.

However, Huo Yuhao didn't dwell on that at the moment. He lay down with Di Ruier on a slightly sloping grassy area and looked up at the starry sky.

He spoke first, saying, "I've mostly taken care of things during my time in Tiandou City, but there are still some loose ends to clean up."

"After we finish dealing with this, we can head directly to the far north in a few days. How's the matter at the Imperial Academy going on your end?"

Lying on the grass, Di Rui'er's eyes were slightly narrowed, and she looked quite relaxed. Beneath her noble appearance and temperament, the three-eyed golden lion was still a girl at heart.

"After you accompanied me there once before, although you were very unhappy, the old man still agreed to let me leave Di'ao Academy."

Although Di Ruier's appearance is very intriguing, Huo Yuhao can easily conceal it with his mental power if he wants, so his contact with Di Ruier these past few days will not be easily noticed.

However, in order to take Di Ruier away from Di'ao Academy, Huo Yuhao had previously used his identity as the young sect master of the Body Sect to negotiate with the dean and vice dean of Di'ao Academy.

This is why Huo Yuhao's relationship with Di Ruier was discovered by Du Busi's men. After all, what happened at Di'ao Academy was a major event in Tiandou City.

As for why Huo Yuhao wanted to take Di Ruier away from Di'ao Academy...

First, regardless of Shrek Academy's performance in this tournament and the butterfly effect caused by various situations that are completely different from the original work, will the next Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament be held as scheduled in the Sun Moon Empire?

But even if the next All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament proceeds as in the original story, since Huo Yuhao already knew that this competition was a trap set by the Sun Moon Empire, why would he let his people walk right into it?

Although, in Huo Yuhao's opinion, the so-called plan of the Sun Moon Empire to hold the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament in the original work seemed somewhat hasty.

After all, even according to the best expectations of the Sun Moon Empire, it would only be able to severely damage the young talents under the age of twenty from the original three kingdoms of Douluo Continent ahead of time.

However, it should be noted that these are only people from the original Three Kingdoms of Douluo Continent. The Soul Masters who have truly grown up in previous competitions will not be affected in the slightest.

This plan, besides needlessly exposing the Sun Moon Empire's war operations against the three kingdoms that originally belonged to the Douluo Continent, actually wouldn't yield much tangible benefit.

From the reader's perspective, in this year's All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament, many of the new generation, led by the protagonist group, including Huo Yuhao, possessed talents that were once-in-a-century.

However, in terms of the course of the war that would affect the entire continent, the role these people played was far less important in the early stages of the war. After all, even the main characters only reached the level of Title Douluo many years later.

Moreover, if we don't take into account the damage to Mingdu and the losses to the Sun Moon Empire caused by Huo Yuhao detonating the ammunition depot in the original work.

In fact, given Mingdu's war reserves, it was more than enough to launch a full-scale war. If the Sun Moon Empire, with its overwhelming national strength and military power, were to suddenly launch an attack and initiate a war at that time, it would be the option that would maximize its benefits in the first instance.

In addition to the potential threat from the Sun Moon Empire, Huo Yuhao also knew that near Mingdu, there was a place called Qiankun Wenqing Valley, which was the place where Tang San had laid out a scheme in Douluo Continent.

Knowing the situation, and understanding that he currently lacked the power to confront the gods head-on, Huo Yuhao naturally wouldn't rashly head to Mingdu to be killed.

In Tang San's plan, the most important element in the arrangement of soul beasts was the Emperor Beast. So even though Di Ruier had Di Tian's insurance, it was still not enough for Tang San, who did not care about martial ethics.

After all, it was a case of the prepared mind catching the unprepared. The current soul beasts had no idea that the Asura God in the God Realm had been replaced by the utterly unconventional Tang San.

The more important reason why Huo Yuhao wanted to reveal his identity and take Di Ruier away was that he hoped to draw other people's attention to himself.

After all, Di Ruier's background is too complicated to be investigated thoroughly. If someone were to follow the clues and discover her abnormality, then things would get complicated.

Because of the fact that 100,000-year-old soul beasts can transform into humans, although it is not mentioned much in the original work, the soul masters of this era are still quite perceptive about the transformation of 100,000-year-old soul beasts.

Even though Di Ruier's transformation was flawless, and even a Limit Douluo couldn't see through it, she managed to deceive the powerful figures in the Di'ao Academy and successfully join.

However, if we really delve into it, Di Ruier is still an unregistered resident. Her origins and background cannot be fabricated in just a few words.

The two lay side by side on the grass, gazing up at the bright moon in the sky, remaining silent for a long time.

Huo Yuhao really didn't know what to say at this moment. After finishing his business, he fell silent.

Through the soul contract, Huo Yuhao could hear that Di Ruier, who was beside him, seemed to be counting stars.

This has been the norm for the two of them these past few days. When it comes to serious matters, Huo Yuhao can speak eloquently, but after discussing important matters, the initiative is taken over by Di Ruier.

Moreover, after the first shopping trip, Di Ruier maintained control of the situation from beginning to end.

Huo Yuhao even felt ashamed of himself at the time and made up his mind to take back the initiative at their next meeting.

But

The next day, we spent half a day shopping without saying a word.

On the third day, we spent half a day shopping without saying a word.

On the fourth day, we spent half a day shopping without saying a word.

On the fifth day, Huo Yuhao reflected deeply on his mistakes.

"Huo Yuhao, Huo Yuhao! How could you be so spineless! Didn't you already have your explanation ready? Stand up straight! You can't go on like this!"

On the sixth day, we spent half a day shopping without saying a word.

On the seventh day, we spent half a day shopping without saying a word.

Article 8: No one spoke for half a day outside the city.

Huo Yuhao would only continue speaking after Di Ruier took the initiative to start the conversation. At this point, Huo Yuhao no longer intended to struggle and would just continue in this way of getting along.

However, Huo Yuhao was curious at this moment because, even though he was away, he had not reduced his hard work in cultivation after returning.

But how could Di Ruier manage to slack off every day while still focusing on her own cultivation?

As an auspicious beast, her cultivation level at the Soul Beast stage can only increase naturally over the years. But what about now that she has transformed into human form?

Thinking this through, Huo Yuhao didn't mince words and directly asked Di Ruier a question.

"Oh, that's the question?" Direll tilted her head, and at the same time, she took out the Golden Dragon Spear from somewhere.

Huo Yuhao naturally recognized this item, after all, the Golden Dragon Spear was closely related to the dragon race in the original story, and its significance was quite substantial.

"My cultivation level is indeed fixed, even when I transform into human form. After all, I didn't really start over. So the strength I gained in human form all comes from the Golden Dragon Spear."

Huo Yuhao blinked his bright eyes and unconsciously turned his head away, but he roughly understood what Di Ruier meant.

After all, in its true form, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, the auspicious beast of the Emperor, is actually equivalent to a human titled Douluo powerhouse.

However, she cannot exert her full strength in her human form, and she no longer possesses such a powerful physical body, which is why she only manifests as a level 60 soul power.

However, the Golden Dragon Spear makes up for this by purifying the bloodline of the human-form Three-Eyed Golden Lion into a Golden Dragon, thereby creating a resonance with the Golden Dragon Spear.

By using the power of this divine artifact, the compatibility between Direll and it will gradually increase. As the compatibility increases, the divine artifact will give back a portion of its power to Direll.

It is even possible to condense a 'soul ring' with the help of this divine artifact, but in reality, these so-called soul rings or martial souls are all based on the divine artifact, the Golden Dragon Spear, and do not truly belong to Di Ruier.

Because as an imperial auspicious beast, her own strength is actually tied to the entire soul beast race.

No matter how hard one tries to improve or how much rare and precious herbs one consumes, they will all be overwhelmed by the immense power of fortune and destiny, and will not have any substantial impact on the individual.

As the Emperor Beast ages, the amount of fortune it can bear for the entire Soul Beast clan will gradually increase.

This is why an Emperor-level auspicious beast with only 15,000 years of cultivation can have combat power comparable to a 100,000-year-old soul beast.

Compared to ordinary soul beasts that cultivate their bloodline and hone their soul power, the growth method of the Emperor Beast is completely different.

After thinking for a moment, Huo Yuhao stood up and pulled up Di Ruier beside him. He used his spiritual power to sweep away the dust and grass that had gotten on their bodies.

"Now that the matter at Di'ao Academy has been resolved, you can come with me to the Body Sect's headquarters for the time being. After I've settled my affairs, I'll take you to the far north."

Di Ruier nodded. Of course, it was no problem for her, since she had been staying in a hotel in Tiandou City for the past two days after leaving Di'ao Academy.

Moreover, she didn't have much to prepare, and compared to humans, soul beasts have never been particularly interested in these material possessions.

With the storage soul tool that Di Tian gave her, she could naturally pack up everything she needed.

At the Body Sect's headquarters, Poison Undying's expression was not good.

He had just gone to the Imperial Academy, and the dean of the Imperial Academy was quite flustered when he saw him arrive, after all, Du Bu Si's eccentric personality was quite famous.

Fortunately, Poison Undying wasn't there to cause trouble this time; he just wanted to ask about someone. But recalling the information he had previously gathered, he felt like cursing.

"Ah? Your Majesty, the young master of your sect already took the girl you mentioned away."

The old man rubbed his hands together ingratiatingly, forcing an awkward smile: "As for their specific whereabouts, I truly have no idea."

"Oh, you mean the girl's background? We're not really sure about that either."

"However, based on my speculation, he should be the heir of a reclusive family. After all, ordinary family bloodlines cannot produce a top-level martial soul like the Golden Dragon."

"Moreover, that young lady has an extraordinary temperament. She and your sect's young sect leader are a perfect match, a match made in heaven."

That's well said. He's happy that the poison doesn't kill him, but he'd probably be even happier if he could meet the real person.

As soon as he returned to his base, Du Busi sensed an unusual aura and appeared in a courtyard in a flash.

Huo Yuhao was not surprised to see Du Busi arrive, and said, "Master, her name is Di Ruier, she is my friend."

(End of this chapter)