Douluo Continent: Ink Bamboo as a Cauldron to Break Through Ten Thousand Heavens

While Huo Yuhao was absorbing soul rings and improving his aptitude, Chen Cheng had already searched everywhere and, with the help of the connection with the ink bamboo in the forest, found a Swallowing Beast of suitable age. The four of them were heading towards it.

"Yuhao, is your martial soul an eye? A spiritual attribute martial soul?" Beibei asked, looking at Huo Yuhao.

"Yes, it's an extremely rare combination of spiritual attribute and physical spirit. We've really struck gold. But unfortunately, I'm a step too late. Yuhao has already absorbed a ten-year-old spirit ring as his first spirit ring. Plus, his innate aptitude is too poor, so his cultivation will be quite difficult in the future. He might have to do everything he can to stay in the academy." Chen Cheng chimed in from the side, while revealing a regretful expression, covering up for Tianmeng's million-year white spirit ring.

Actually, he thought about it later and realized that Tianmeng's existence might be arranged by "above". As a soul beast, she had no heavenly tribulation, and just happened to come to a blessed land that all the ferocious beasts in the far north flocked to. She was also undisturbed and ate and slept for millions of years. Finally, she went around in circles and happened to meet Huo Yuhao. And coincidentally, her soul ring was not gold but white, which allowed Huo Yuhao to pretend to be weak and eat her fill.

"My innate soul power is only level one, and the people there all say I'm a waste..." Huo Yuhao said sadly. He always felt that if he had better talent, or if he had awakened the White Tiger Martial Soul, his mother and he would have been noticed by the White Tiger Duke, and his mother's tragedy would not have happened.

Chen Cheng understood what he meant, but he couldn't offer any guidance yet, as they weren't that close yet. However, one thing was clear: Huo Yuhao was immature at this point and didn't understand people's hearts! If he were to display extraordinary talent in the White Tiger Duke's mansion as a mere maid's child, he would probably "disappear" or "die young" long ago.

Beibei interrupted him, saying, "Don't be too sad. The pill your brother Chen Cheng gave you to absorb just now is called the Xuan Shui Pill, a special supply from the Xuanming Sect, worth a fortune. It can be used to remove impurities from the meridians and improve a Soul Master's aptitude and talent. Coupled with our Tang Sect's Xuan Tian Gong, which continuously nourishes the meridians, your potential will continue to increase."

Tang Ya pouted and said, "Your brother Chen Cheng is really generous to you. He's usually as stingy as a miser, and it's extremely difficult to get him to treat you to a meal. But this time, he actually took out all the few pills he won in a bet with San Shi."

Chen Cheng chimed in, "I have no choice, I also come from a poor background, I need to save money to buy resources. But I have the reputation of being a 'prophet' in the academy, I saw that your future, Huo Yuhao, is so bright it's blinding, so I decided to help you. Don't forget me when you become rich and powerful! If you need anything in the academy, come find us, Bei Bei and I share a dorm, 205."

Huo Yuhao was deeply moved, genuinely feeling the warmth of the Tang Clan members, which made him feel like he had family. Just as he was about to express his gratitude, he saw Chen Cheng signaling everyone to stop.

"Alright, the Swallow Beast is just ahead. Judging from its size and the horns on its head, it should be no more than 1,200 years old. Please double-check." Chen Cheng said, staring at the Swallow Beast that was wolfing down its food. "Let's double-check, Tang Ya. If you decide, we'll make a move, or we'll leave and go find a 1,000-year-old Mandragora Snake."

"No need, I believe you," Tang Ya said firmly. Then, Bei Bei leaped forward, a dazzling blue light flashing between her brows, then spreading throughout her body, blue-purple electricity coursing through her. Her right sleeve ripped open and turned to ash as it expanded, her entire arm becoming strong and thick, covered in blue-purple scales. The electricity on her arm was even more intense, crackling loudly, and three spirit rings—two yellow and one purple—encircled her arm.

"Look, Beibei's martial soul is now the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex, and it has the potential to awaken. You should have seen beast martial souls before. After a martial soul is attached, the body changes a lot, and you often need to prepare more clothes, otherwise you will always be naked..." Tang Ya punched Chen Cheng hard for his "immersive explanation". Huo Yuhao was worried about Beibei, but also couldn't help but laugh.

"Ahem, the Devouring Beast is a type of soul beast with very low attack power. Its only notable talent is its devouring ability, and its defense is extremely high. Once these two abilities are maxed out, they generally have few natural enemies. In addition, they don't usually cause trouble except for eating, so few people pay special attention to them. Bei Bei should have no problem taking it down." Chen Cheng returned to the main topic and looked at Huo Yuhao, "Try your first soul skill. It'll be a good opportunity to familiarize yourself with it and practice."

Huo Yuhao nodded in agreement, and then released his mental detection and mental sharing abilities, which greatly surprised the other three.

"Yeah, it's really strong. It's like suddenly finding a mine while mining in Minecraft's first-person perspective—it's incredibly clear. Especially in Douluo Continent II, when everyone doesn't pay much attention to mental cultivation, being able to project mental energy for perception is practically a cheat code," Chen Cheng thought to himself. "Actually, I think Huo Yuhao's neglect at the academy was a bit deliberate. If any of the higher-ups had experienced his 'Ten-Year Soul Skill,' and then heard that it 'can evolve,' their attitude would probably have completely changed. As for the claim that mental-type soul beasts are rare, and how many mental-type soul masters does the academy support? That's just an excuse. Maybe it's because of his Body Soul? Perhaps they're afraid the Body Sect will reap the rewards later? But that doesn't make sense. They should have built relationships and cultivated a sense of belonging beforehand. It's probably just a misjudgment, right? That unreliable Xuanzi..."

Compared to Chen Cheng's wild thoughts, Bei Bei and Tang Ya were much more direct, praising Huo Yuhao to the point of embarrassment. Under Huo Yuhao's cheat-like abilities and Bei Bei's thunderous onslaught, the Swallow Beast quickly collapsed to the ground, motionless, with a burnt smell wafting from afar.

Tang Ya was overjoyed. She took out something that looked like a crossbow, aimed it at the Devouring Beast, and after a crisp sound, the Devouring Beast lit up its purple soul ring.

"These are our Tang Clan's hidden weapons, aren't they amazing? I'll have Beibei give you the 'Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record' later. Besides the Mysterious Heaven Skill and the five ultimate techniques, it also contains a hundred solutions to hidden weapons. Once you've built a solid foundation, you can start practicing hidden weapons," Tang Ya said proudly, while Beibei looked helpless beside her.

"Alright, it's over. Now go and absorb it," Chen Cheng said. "Come on, Yuhao, I'm still a Level 4 Soul Master. I'll give you this storage soul tool bracelet. It contains several thousand gold soul coins and some pills generated by my first soul skill. The pills can only be stored for seven days and only have the effect of restoring soul power and slightly healing. You can use them after you practice your soul skills and Tang Sect's secret techniques. Don't be stingy with the gold soul coins. Buy yourself some good food. Don't rush to refuse. With your talent, you'll need to be extremely focused to make it useful. Don't do any more part-time jobs like selling snacks to earn tuition fees."

Raising his hand to interrupt Huo Yuhao, who was about to express his gratitude, he continued, "The decline of the Tang Sect can be attributed to soul tools, and its future path can also be attributed to soul tools. Moreover, you are a spirit attribute soul master, and soul tools are in high demand. Even a simple storage soul tool is quite valuable. Making money is much faster than doing part-time jobs."

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After giving some pointers on cultivation techniques, Chen Cheng said that Bei Bei would teach him the Tang Sect's secret techniques on the way back to the academy, as he had to rush back to register the new students and assign them to classes.

After saying that, he took out his flying soul tool and flew towards the academy amidst Huo Yuhao's unsuspecting stares.