Peerless: I Became Huo Yuhao's Dark Personality

Chapter 116 The Hongchen Siblings Confess, the Real Murderer (Part 2)

Huo Yumiao's voice was calm yet carried an undeniable authority. Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen paused in their banter, Xiao Hongchen's expression changed slightly, and the smile on Meng Hongchen's face vanished instantly.

They both sensed something different from Huo Yuhao's words. They had a strange premonition that their next words would be crucial and would determine whether they could successfully establish contact with Huo Yumiao.

"We want to get to know you, we want to become your friend," Meng Hongchen said softly, a hint of hesitation in her eyes.

"I know, I'm asking why you want to befriend me." Huo Yumiao's voice was calm and composed, her eyes, devoid of any emotion, fixed on the two of them with a sharp gaze.

"If your answer is the same as before, then pretend I didn't ask anything."

These words made Xiao Hongchen, who was about to speak, swallow back her words. Meng Hongchen, who was standing to the side, took a deep breath, her delicate face filled with apology.

"We did come to you with the intention of making friends, but it's definitely not because Xiao likes to spar with geniuses, um..."

To be precise, we came because of your talent. As Master Guan's disciple, you must possess extraordinary talent. We've come to see just how strong your talent truly is.

Meng Hongchen paused here, her voice suddenly lowered, and her expression became somewhat dejected.

"Our real goal is to build a good relationship with you that can help us in the future."

"What kind of help do you need?" Even though he already had the answer in his heart, Huo Yumiao still asked the question. It was different for him to know passively than for Meng Hongchen to ask voluntarily.

"Revenge! We must take revenge on the ferocious beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest. My grandfather, who was also the former dean and the head of the Mingde Hall, died at the hands of the ferocious beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest."

We cannot yet determine which ferocious beast was responsible, but we have three guesses…

"Di Tian, ​​Xiong Jun, Wan Yao Wang?" Huo Yumiao suddenly spoke up, interrupting Meng Hongchen, which surprised the two of them.

"How did you know?" Xiao Hongchen voiced his doubts.

“I learned about the Red Dust Hall Master from my teacher. I know more about the Star Dou Great Forest than you do. The culprit is quite obvious, since even the Red Dust Hall Master couldn’t escape.”

As soon as Huo Yumiao finished speaking, both Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen's expressions changed, and they asked anxiously, "Do you know who did it?"

"Only Di Tian can do this. Xiong Jun and Wan Yao Wang, if taken individually, could also kill Hong Chen Tangzhu, but that would be based on Hong Chen Tangzhu's decision to fight to the death."

"As long as your grandfather wants to run, Xiong Jun and the Demon King have no ability to pursue or stop him." Since Meng Hongchen and the other man had chosen to tell them everything, Huo Yumiao didn't mind giving them a little bit of information.

“Di Tian…” Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen exchanged a glance, both able to see the solemnity in each other’s eyes, mixed with a hint of bitterness. This was undoubtedly the answer they least wanted.

It ranks first among the top ten ferocious beasts, with a cultivation period of over 800,000 years and combat power no less than that of a Limit Douluo.

Given their status, they certainly knew what Limit Douluo meant. Among Title Douluos, no more than one percent could become Super Douluo, and the chance of a Super Douluo breaking through to Limit Douluo was the same.

In the history of the Sun Moon Empire, not a single Super Douluo has ever appeared. Even Xiao Hongchen, who prides himself on being the number one genius of the Sun Moon Empire, is unsure whether he can become a Super Douluo.

Despite this, their eyes remained firm. No matter how difficult it was, even if their opponent was Di Tian, ​​they would not back down!
“This is a one-on-one situation. It’s possible to achieve the same effect if two or more ferocious beasts join forces,” Huo Yumiao continued.

This situation is not impossible. Although Jing Hongchen also has the ability to escape when facing two ferocious beasts, in order to protect Xiao Hongchen, he can only risk his life to leave the two ferocious beasts behind to seek a chance for Xiao Hongchen's survival.

Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen were slightly taken aback, their eyes filled with a bit of confusion and astonishment. They had obviously not considered this possibility. They pondered in their hearts and felt that Huo Yumiao's words made sense.

But wouldn't that put them in the same situation as before, not knowing who the enemy is?
"Although it's not impossible for ferocious beasts to join forces, the probability of this happening is extremely low, almost negligible. You're just going to obtain a fifth spirit ring, and encountering even one ferocious beast is practically impossible, let alone two."

Seeing the two looking somewhat confused, Huo Yumiao added that the probability of the ferocious beasts joining forces was extremely low; they would basically only move within the core area.

Soul beasts that require over ten thousand years to reach the fifth soul ring are plentiful in the mixed zone, so there's no way they could go to the core zone.

"Huo Yumiao, thank you for telling us this. We are very sorry for our previous deliberate approach to you." Xiao Hongchen's expression was serious, and his voice carried a hint of gratitude.

Although knowing that the opponent is the most powerful Di Tian makes revenge more difficult, it is still better than running around like a headless fly.

"This news is very important to us, so consider it a favor we owe you." Meng Hongchen's gaze towards Huo Yumiao showed a renewed hint of goodwill.

"You're both honest enough, so I don't mind having a couple more friends." Huo Yumiao waved her hand dismissively. Since Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen hadn't chosen to hide anything, they could take the first step in building a friendship.

As for whether he will help the Hongchen siblings take revenge in the future... who knows?
If he truly possesses that strength by then, Huo Yumiao is confident that she can definitely reach that point. Moreover, that would only be an insignificant milestone for her; her future will only become stronger.

There are only two motivations to get his help: profit and emotion. However, once he has the strength to kill Di Tian, ​​the Hongchen siblings probably won't be able to offer him any benefits that will tempt him.

Then it can only be driven by emotion. Given the situation of the three of them, either he and Meng Hongchen become pure partners, or the three of them become comrades who can trust each other completely. Otherwise, it is impossible to achieve an emotional connection.

Huo Yumiao didn't want to end up alone; she wanted someone to accompany her on her path to strength.

Emotions are a bad thing; they can devour reason like an abyss, plunging you into an endless vortex.

Emotions are a good thing; they can even serve as a ladder to the heavens, paving a path to godhood.

Hongchen and his sister exchanged a glance, both seeing the strange look in each other's eyes. Meng Hongchen smiled at Huo Yumiao and said in a friendly tone:

"It's almost time. Shall we go to Rumeng Pavilion for dinner? You haven't been in Mingdu for long, so you probably haven't had a proper chance to explore the city yet, have you?"

"No." Huo Yumiao shook his head. Since he came to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy a week ago, he has been focusing on learning about soul tools and has not had time to wander around Mingdu at all.

Having only recently acquired a body, he naturally wanted to catch up on the progress of his soul tool development. He considered it extremely important; he could create at least a hundred different uses for it. In other fantasy worlds, soul tools would indeed be considered external objects, since in the Douluo Continent, so-called soul masters simply used them as ordinary weapons.

In other fantasy worlds, weapons are bound to one's own essence, creating a relationship where one's fate is intertwined with the other's.

Throughout the entire Douluo Continent, only Kong Deming created the Origin Soul Tool, fusing the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield with the Martial Soul Origin, thus forging the true path of a Soul Master.

This is something Ye Xishui's Death Tower, which relies entirely on devouring souls to advance to level ten, cannot compare to at all.

However, Douluo, as a fictional character, has his own way of fighting. Playing with soul tools is the most correct way to fight. After all, even the "gods" who are highly praised are at risk of being killed by fixed soul-guided cannons.

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Huo Yumiao wasn't in a hurry to cultivate her soul power. She already had some new ideas, but the effectiveness would only be known through practice.

Even if his idea fails, it doesn't matter. Elder Guan has already prepared a large amount of cultivation resources for him, including all kinds of spiritual herbs and pills, which are all precious resources for cultivation without side effects.

With these resources, even with the best attributes, Huo Yumiao is confident that she can break through to Soul Master within a year and a half and Soul King within four years, which is already quite fast.

In the original story, with the abundant resources of Shrek Academy, Huo Yuhao spent nearly two and a half years going from level 30 to level 40. The last two levels were forcibly broken through by Mu En using soul power, so he actually only cultivated eight levels.

The reason why Huo Yuhao was able to achieve a cultivation speed that was almost twice as fast as in the original novel was mainly because of pills. The guys at Shrek Academy who looked down on pills could only focus on dietary supplements and medicinal cuisine, and they definitely hated pills.

However, just like martial spirits, elixirs also vary in quality.

Can my pill, which costs 100,000 gold soul coins and only saves me a month of arduous cultivation, be the same as your pill, which costs 2,000 gold soul coins and immediately raises me one or two levels?

One type of pill takes into account all aspects and prioritizes the foundation, while the other is a pill that is a large collection of mottled energy. Are they comparable?

The Sun Moon Empire isn't stupid; why would they give truly talented Soul Masters trash pills? Shrek Academy and Douluo Three Kingdoms just have to view the Sun Moon Empire as a barbarian tribe with prejudice.

The reason why the Sun Moon Empire lost was because the protagonist Huo Yuhao was from the Douluo Continent, while the three major empires and Shrek Academy were simply easy targets.

If Huo Yuhao had been born in the Sun Moon Empire, the novel *Douluo Continent II: The Peerless Tang Sect* would have reached its conclusion in one million words, let alone five million.

Even if we take a step back and assume there really is some ridiculous premise like "all medicines have some toxicity, even the best pills have some," we can just go to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and eat some immortal herbs, and everything will be fine.

Immortal herbs are the most unsolvable and overpowered feature in the Douluo Continent world; they can solve any problem.

Of Tang San's group of gods, apart from Oscar, who is a true genius with innate full soul power, what strength do the other five have?

The White Tiger boy who became withdrawn after being beaten by his elder brother, the pitiful kitten forced to follow her fiancé, the Phoenix of the Brothel with a flawed martial soul, the weakest yet most arrogant Pagoda-Bearing Rong, and the Soft Bone Rabbit that Huo Yumiao still can't understand how was able to break through the 100,000-year Heavenly Tribulation.

Of these five people, only the pitiful kitten had a firm Dao heart. The other four were able to become gods entirely because of the immortal herbs, but there were still two exceptions.

One is Xiao Wu, who is known for her witty sword sheath, and the other is Ning Rongrong, who was granted a divine position by Oscar and then received a divine inheritance from her former wife, the Nine-Colored Goddess. This one is like a good-for-nothing who can't be helped even after eating immortal herbs.

"That makes sense. Master Guan must have given you a lot of learning tasks." Meng Hongchen nodded knowingly.

Huo Yumiao was somewhat noncommittal upon hearing this. He didn't feel that the task was heavy; he had no concept of it. As long as he could improve and become stronger, that was enough.

The three walked outside. Xiao Hongchen's eyes widened, and suddenly he remembered something and asked curiously:

"I almost forgot, was that palm strike before you unleashed Ice Explosion your third soul skill? I still had nearly 70% of my soul power at that time, and even so, I almost couldn't maintain the Barrier of Resilience."

As if afraid that Huo Yumiao didn't know what the Wall of Resilience was, Xiao Hongchen even gave Huo Yumiao a brief explanation of the Wall of Resilience.

After Xiao Hongchen finished speaking, he stared intently at Huo Yumiao. He had been distracted by Huo Yumiao's twin martial souls and then confessed his purpose to Huo Yumiao, almost forgetting about this matter.

"If it involves your secrets, just pretend you didn't ask anything," Meng Hongchen thoughtfully added from the side.

"Yes, yes, I'm just curious. It's not convenient to reveal it, so I'll leave it at that." Xiao Hongchen quickly chimed in. Although he felt like he was being scratched by a cat, he would definitely abide by this bottom line.

"It's not my third soul skill, but it's also one of my soul bone skills. It consumes a lot of energy, and I can only use it once even when I'm at my peak."

Xiao Hongchen nodded as if he understood. He didn't ask any further questions. Since the other party only said this much, it meant that Huo Yumiao only wanted to say this much. He still had that much insight.

Because it was a holiday, students could be seen everywhere in the academy, and Huo Yumiao and her two companions undoubtedly became the focus of attention.

Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen are naturally renowned for their talent and background; almost everyone in the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy knows them.

As the newly appointed dean's disciple, it's normal for Huo Yumiao to receive attention, not to mention that Elder Guan's reputation is already very high in the Sun Moon Empire.

Within a week, news of Master Guan accepting disciples had spread throughout the entire capital. Many level-nine soul masters and high-ranking officials presented Master Guan with a variety of valuable gifts, including rare metals, precious medicinal herbs, elixirs, and high-level soul tools.

Without exception, all of these things ended up in Huo Yumiao's pocket. However, he couldn't use most of them. For example, he couldn't even leave a scratch on those rare metals, let alone inscribe them with magic arrays.

Not only that, his classmates also found reasons to give him gifts, which was obviously at the behest of their family elders.

The gifts given by the younger generation were certainly not as valuable as those given to Elder Guan, and Huo Yumiao politely declined them all. It would be too stingy to test him with such things.

At this moment, most of the students around them were focused on them, whispering among themselves.

(End of this chapter)