Douluo Continent: The Eye of Truth

Chapter 35: Body Refinement with Magical Potions, Selection Tournament

Aside from a few high-end soul tools and soul bones with outrageously high prices at the auction, there were quite a few items at the treasure appreciation event that were good value for money.

For example, some pills that nourish qi and blood, or some medicinal herbs and soul beast body tissues rich in energy. Although Huo Yuhao himself could not identify the energy properties of them, he still bought them one by one under the guidance of Electrolux.

The medicinal herbs and soul beast tissues that can be placed in the Treasure Appreciation Gathering have mostly been tested by the Treasure Pavilion and can be used directly to enhance the physical strength of soul masters or increase the cultivation speed of a certain type of soul master.

Huo Yuhao naturally didn't let go of that dark, ten-thousand-year-old whale glue. With the help of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, Huo Yuhao's own soul power continuously transformed his physique. Although he was only level twenty-four, Huo Yuhao's physical strength was now far superior to that of other soul masters of the same level.

With this piece of ten-thousand-year-old whale glue, combined with the magic potion that Electrolux extracted from other pills, herbs, and soul beast body tissues, Huo Yuhao's physical strength would be even greater.

This also means that Huo Yuhao's body can withstand a higher intensity of soul power circulation, thereby influencing the speed of soul power cultivation through his body until the two are equal.

As for whether using external objects to enhance physical strength has any other negative effects? At least in Huo Yuhao's understanding, in the Douluo Universe, perhaps due to the author's malice, nine out of ten drug side effects that appear on the protagonists are arousal.

Or perhaps it was a disturbance of his qi and blood, but with the dual assistance of Tianmeng Ice Silkworm and Electrolux, Huo Yuhao naturally wouldn't worry about this issue.

The five of them mostly watched Huo Yuhao buy things, while Ning Tian, ​​Wu Feng, and Nanmen Yun'er naturally had their own forces to worry about their cultivation resources.

Leaving aside Ning Tian, ​​who is a direct descendant of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School, the families behind Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun'er are also peripheral families belonging to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School, and naturally have their own cultivation methods that have been passed down for thousands of years.

Being able to study at Shrek Academy alongside Ning Tian, ​​the young sect leader, naturally meant that the two of them were highly valued within their families. The resources available for Soul Masters in their early stages of cultivation were certainly not something they had to worry about.

Their main purpose in coming here was to follow Ning Tian to win over Huo Yuhao. At most, they would just want to see if there were any special treasures at the treasure appreciation event and broaden their horizons.

Following Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong also bought a lot of things. Huo Yuhao glanced at them and they seemed to be mostly medicinal herbs, and more focused on nourishing qi and blood.

Moreover, most of the exhibits here have descriptions, and most of the exhibits were also recorded in the books that Huo Yuhao had read in the outer courtyard of Shrek Academy, which made it easier for Huo Yuhao to select them.

"Senior Brother!" Suddenly Wang Dong's eyes lit up, and he waved in one direction. Two familiar figures appeared in Huo Yuhao's line of sight.

The person Wang Dong was calling for was Bei Bei, and standing next to him was a black-clad youth with thick eyebrows, fierce eyes, a straight nose, and a square mouth. Huo Yuhao naturally recognized him as Xu Sanshi, who was as famous as Bei Bei in the outer academy. After all, Huo Yuhao's time in the outer academy's Soul Arena was not for nothing.

Upon seeing Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao, Bei Bei smiled slightly and walked towards them, saying, "My two junior brothers, it's been a long time." At the same time, she nodded slightly to Ning Tian and the other two beside her as a greeting.

Huo Yuhao didn't reply, but walked towards the display case to the side, leaving Wang Dong, Bei Bei, and Xu Sanshi to chat.

The conversation revolved around topics such as the Tang Clan and Xu Sanshi's desire for Bei Bei to invite Jiang Nannan to join the Tang Clan, thus creating an opportunity for him.

As for the messy affair between Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan, Huo Yuhao was too lazy to get involved. It was originally just a normal transaction, but Xu Sanshi actually developed feelings for her and became a clingy pest.

Moreover, Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan were only a few years old at the time, and such a bizarre thing could only be seen in Douluo Continent.

Ning Tian followed Huo Yuhao, who had left alone, without bringing Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun'er, who had always been with her, along.

"So, did you see anything else that caught your eye this time? I noticed that the pills and herbs you've bought recently range from a few hundred to a few thousand gold soul coins. While they are effective for cultivation, the effects are not very noticeable and require long-term use."

"Would you like my Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School to provide you with a long-term purchasing channel? I can offer you some extra discounts."

Walking behind Huo Yuhao, Ning Tian's calm yet clear voice reached Huo Yuhao's ears.

"Tell me about it?" Huo Yuhao examined the soul tool in the display case. It was a defensive soul tool. As a level four soul tool, it could only be used by a Great Soul Master, while a Soul Venerable could use it freely.

"I can sponsor you personally, on the same scale as the investment Jubao Pavilion made in you, on the condition that you owe me a favor at Shrek Academy. How about that?"

Huo Yuhao presented his purple card to purchase the soul tool, and then had the staff pack up the level four soul tool, known as the Glazed Shield, and send it to Shrek Academy. Only then did he turn to look at Ning Tian.

"A favor? That sounds too light. With my current abilities, I probably wouldn't be good enough to catch the eye of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School."

"That's natural." Ning Tian replied with a smile, "So this is my personal opinion of you, not an investment by the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School in a rogue soul master."

"I have a feeling that with your abilities, the final investment results will definitely make my efforts worthwhile."

"Moreover, the Tang Clan and the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School used to have a fairly good relationship. Although the Tang Clan has fallen on hard times for various reasons, we, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School, will still do our best to help them if we can."

"Alright, thank you for your generosity, Miss Ning Tian. I'll accept it without further ado. I'll come back to you later to get what I need." Huo Yuhao didn't refuse any further.

"Alright." Ning Tian's smile remained unchanged: "There is also a merchant guild of my Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School in Shrek City. You can go directly to the guild to make the handover. Just mention my name."

Huo Yuhao nodded. Judging from Ning Tian's expression, this kind of thing was probably common in Shrek Academy. After all, there was probably a lot of internal strife within the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School.

As the young sect leader, Ning Tian would only bear greater pressure than others and mature earlier. It would be normal for him to use the resources at his disposal to cultivate his network of connections or to recruit subordinates.

After the two had finished their discussion, they returned to the booth where Wang Dong and his group had been. It was quite lively there now, as Jiang Nannan was being pestered by Xu Sanshi again.

Seeing the undisguised disgust in Jiang Nannan's eyes for Xu Sanshi, Huo Yuhao curled his lip and pulled away Wang Dong, who was watching the show from the side.

"Let's go, let's go. We've seen enough, let's head back now. Ning Tian, ​​we'll go back first, you guys continue exploring."

Ning Tian nodded slightly to Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, then led Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun'er in another direction.

"Wow, Jiang Nannan really hit hard this time. I wonder what happened between Xu Sanshi and her." Wang Dong clicked his tongue as he watched Xu Sanshi being kicked far away by Jiang Nannan.

"Let's go, it's getting late. Let's go back and rest. School really starts tomorrow. The results of this treasure appreciation event were not bad, just barely." As he spoke, Huo Yuhao pulled Wang Dong and walked outside.

In his view, Xu Sanshi deserved all of this. Originally, everyone had finished the transaction and should have been strangers from then on, out of sight, out of mind. But Xu Sanshi actually went and asked to be beaten. Wasn't he just disgusting?

After leaving the treasure appreciation event, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong wandered around Shrek City. Wang Dong mainly dragged Huo Yuhao along, since she had been starving for a day and a night and had only eaten some of the food Huo Yuhao had brought to tide her over.

For Soul Masters at this stage, before they can directly absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and convert it into Soul Power, converting Soul Power requires a large amount of energy derived from the Soul Master's own body. The energy derived from the food Wang Dong ate before was not enough for her needs.

After finishing their meal, the two returned to Shrek Academy. Since they didn't get involved in the side quest of forcibly showing off and making a bet with Dai Huabin, they naturally didn't trigger the assassination plot from the original story, which seemed like the assassin had lost his mind.

Near Shrek Academy and Shrek City, how dare a few Soul Emperors and Soul Kings assassinate core disciples of Shrek Academy? Are they really brainless suicide bombers? Their fifth and sixth ring cultivation levels have made them lose their brains.

Moreover, the timing was chosen to coincide with the Treasure Appreciation Gathering, a period during which many Title Douluos in Shrek City and Shrek Academy were secretly patrolling, since those participating in the Treasure Appreciation Gathering were all potential seeds among the outer academy disciples.

If someone were to cause trouble at this time and wipe out all these promising talents, it would mean a complete extinction for Shrek Academy.

While normal people wouldn't provoke Shrek Academy during this period, Shrek Academy naturally wouldn't let its guard down. At least the city lord of Shrek City and the elders who control the Treasure Pavilion are keeping a close eye on things.

The next two days were very peaceful, because it was the new semester, and the whole grade had a lot to prepare and learn.

However, these preparations and learning materials had little effect on Huo Yuhao and some students who had powerful allies behind them.

Huo Yuhao had already devoured all the books in Shrek Academy's outer courtyard, while the other students naturally had their elders from their families and sects teaching them during the holidays. The only ones who might suffer were the commoner students.

These past few days, Huo Yuhao has been processing the medicinal herbs, soul beast tissues, and pills he purchased from the Treasure Pavilion.

Although within the academy, Electrolux cannot directly assist Huo Yuhao in refining potions, as that would attract too much attention.

However, as a god of magic, Elex naturally has his own unique methods, which is to directly use Huo Yuhao's body as a vessel to refine and fuse these materials.

Through a specific sequence and pharmacology, Huo Yuhao was given these processed medicinal herbs, soul beast body tissues, and pills to be consumed directly while enveloped in his soul power. Then, through the circulation of his mental and soul power, they were processed and fused within Huo Yuhao's body.

Although the process was extremely difficult, it was ultimately successful thanks to Huo Yuhao's fully developed physique, Electrolux's powerful control, and the vast spiritual essence of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm as a backup energy source.

Feeling the seemingly inexhaustible power within him and the sensation of having everything under his control, Huo Yuhao realized that this was just an illusion.

At this very moment, the medicinal power of the magic potion, which was made by combining the ten-thousand-year-old whale glue, medicinal herbs, soul beast body tissues, and pills, was still stored in Huo Yuhao's dantian, continuously nourishing Huo Yuhao's physical body.

According to Electrox, this potion, based on the power rankings on the Holy Demon Continent, should be considered a level five potion, and one of the best among level five potions.

With Huo Yuhao's current physical condition, if he can fully absorb it, even without doing anything else, his physical strength can directly leap to the level of Soul Venerable, approaching that of Soul Sect.

Moreover, with the energy supply from this magic potion, before the effects of the potion wear off, any physical injuries Huo Yuhao suffers or any hidden injuries sustained during the potion's duration will recover to a perfect state at an extremely fast speed.

This is why Huo Yuhao felt that the power in his body was inexhaustible. At this moment, with the help of the magic potion, his physical strength was enough to support him to do things that exceeded his current soul power level, which led to the erroneous perception of his own physical strength.

In Zhou Yi's office, the core disciples of Class 1, Grade 2 had all arrived. So many people were crammed into the small office, which still felt a bit crowded.

Zhou Yi nodded and said to the core disciples, "I called you here today because there is a special situation I need to inform you about."

"Three days from now, the outer academy will hold a core disciple selection competition. Originally, it had nothing to do with us second-year students, but the academy suddenly decided to let our second-year core disciples also participate in the selection, so you all need to be prepared."

Upon hearing this, the disciples began to whisper among themselves: "Strange, wasn't there supposed to be some kind of class selection competition?"

"Yeah, I thought we only needed to send seven people at most. Are we all going?"

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Huo Yuhao frowned slightly. What is meant to be will be. Although he had the troublesome Chicken Leg Douluo Xuanzi, the Gold of Life was still waiting for him. He was determined to join the Shrek Academy reserve team this time, since the Gold of Life was of great importance to both Elex and himself. He absolutely had to get his hands on it.

(End of this chapter)