Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 44 Sendo-ryu delivers an important speech

Although Huo Yuhao finishes get off work at 10 o'clock every day, sometimes there are just too many barbecues to grill, so he often doesn't finish his work until around 10:30.

However, Huo Yuhao's workload wasn't too heavy today, because in addition to the second floor, everyone on the first floor had also heard about Huo Yuhao's challenge to Xu Sanshi on the Soul Arena. Many senior students came to the kitchen to offer to help Huo Yuhao teach Xu Sanshi a lesson, but Huo Yuhao declined them all.

As the one who provoked trouble, Xu Sanshi was naturally embarrassed to stay in the shop any longer. He strode to the door and started waiting, but he soon realized that leaving the shop was one of the most foolish choices he had made all day.

Looking at the people coming and going at the shop entrance, Xu Sanshi became somewhat uneasy, because almost everyone knew that he, Xu Sanshi, was going to fight a nine-year-old child on the Soul Arena. Therefore, most people would come out of the shop with great interest to see who was so shameless.

Besides, many people shook their heads while looking at Xu Sanshi at the door, making sounds of admiration. They then called their roommates to book tickets for the Soul Fighting Arena, while they ran to the store to buy some drinks, intending to watch the excitement.

Xu Sanshi was speechless. He did have a bad temper, but that didn't mean he would bully a child. It was Huo Yuhao who suggested going to the Soul Arena with him. In order not to be accused of bullying a child, he specifically stated that he would not use his second soul skill. He would consider it a victory if Huo Yuhao could last a minute against him.

Fortunately, no matter how difficult the time may be, it will eventually pass. Although Xu Sanshi was restless at the door, Huo Yuhao felt that the past few hours had passed in the blink of an eye.

In Huo Yuhao's mind, what he needed to do every day at work was to start grilling skewers and fish according to the orders handed to him, glance at the quantity on the order, then activate his Illusionary Eye, plate them after grilling, and repeat the previous cycle.

In just three months, Huo Yuhao felt that his mental strength had increased significantly. When he was working at the repair shop and inscribing the soul guide core array, he could use the Illusionary Eye to slowly increase the refinement of his mental strength. When grilling fish, he needed to keep the Illusionary Eye open to slowly increase the total amount of his mental strength reserves.

However, what troubled Huo Yuhao was that, compared to the smooth progress he made in cultivating his spiritual power, his soul power level was improving at an incredibly slow pace!

Three months have passed. Even though his cultivation speed increased by 20% after absorbing Qian Daoliu's million-year soul ring, he has only just stabilized his level eleven soul power and is barely beginning to prepare to break through to level twelve.

At his current rate, he'll probably only have around level fourteen in soul power by the time he enrolls next year, so he really won't be able to enroll until the year after next.

However, Huo Yuhao wasn't too fixated on things like enrolling early; he was currently focused on how to improve his cultivation speed.

In response, Sendo Ryu made a speech that was important but basically useless.

To truly and significantly improve one's cultivation aptitude, one still needs rare and precious materials, especially those that can be considered celestial grade.

For a period of time ten thousand years ago, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School was known as the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School, thanks in large part to the rare and precious materials of celestial grade.

I don't know much about the Shrek Seven Devils. My only contact with them was when they participated in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament in Wuhun City. I sensed them with my spiritual power. Apart from the 100,000-year-old rabbit, it seems that the other six of them had all eaten celestial-grade rare and precious herbs.

Where are those rare and precious treasures? You ask me? My daughter didn't achieve godhood at level 100 through rare and precious treasures; she already has a level 20 innate soul power.

Huo Yuhao reluctantly ended the call with Qian Daoliu in his mind. The old man had said a lot of seemingly valuable information, but it was as if he hadn't said anything at all. Nevertheless, he still kept all the information in mind.

"A rare and precious natural treasure of the highest grade?"

Huo Yuhao muttered something to himself, took off his apron. He still had to go to the Soul Arena to make a name for himself. Since some fool had stumbled and delivered himself to his doorstep, he naturally didn't need to be lenient.

The Soul Battle Zone is a very important area within Shrek Academy, located in the northwest corner of the Martial Soul Department, near Shrek City.

The Soul Arena is very close to Shrek Academy's Soul Guidance Experiment Area, and it is also a place that many senior students often visit.

Here, various competitions can be held, with dedicated instructors acting as referees to determine winners, protect students, provide assistance, and offer treatment. Of course, all of this requires a fee.

To hold a Soul Fighting match, both sides have to pay at least ten Gold Soul Coins as venue fees, but many students still enjoy it. This shows that the tuition fee of ten Gold Soul Coins a year at Shrek Academy may be expensive for ordinary people, but for these people, it is really just the cost of a meal.

Sparring on the Soul Arena is unrestricted by the academy, and there's no need to worry about overdoing it or causing danger, as the instructors will ensure the best possible balance. Furthermore, winning matches in the Soul Arena will earn you academic credits, which will be a bonus during your year-end exams.

After the fourth grade, Battle Spirit Credits are required to advance further.

For example, to advance from fourth to fifth grade, one needs at least ten victories against opponents of the same grade in the Soul Battle Zone. Advancing from fifth to sixth grade requires even more. And after sixth grade, Soul Battle credits are said to become even more important for entering the Inner Academy.

It's worth mentioning that Shrek Academy's leadership may indeed have inherited the true teachings of Flander, the Three-Eyed Cat-Owl, because in addition to the two sides in the battle needing to pay money, one also needs to pay a silver coin to enter the battle arena to watch the battle.

Huo Yuhao naturally didn't need to pay for it, because a poor guy who paid to get beaten up had already paid for it for him.

To Huo Yuhao's surprise, his duel with Xu Sanshi attracted the attention of many students. The students who had seen the excitement at the restaurant earlier, regardless of their grade, mostly chose to come and watch.

This made Huo Yuhao feel a little heartbroken. Although he stopped making skewers after 10 o'clock, this was the time when these people really spent money!

The group of people who stay in the restaurant between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. are not actually eating, but are using the excuse of eating to chug drinks outside. Sixty percent of Huo Yuhao's daily alcohol sales come from this time.

Thinking of this, Huo Yuhao's fists hardened even more.

You bastard, you not only came to my shop to cause trouble, but you also managed to drive all my customers away. You scoundrel, just wait until I beat your head into a pig's head!

(End of this chapter)