Peerless: I Became Huo Yuhao's Dark Personality

Chapter 122 Laughing at the Mortal World: What? I'm famous? (Two chapters combined)

"What!" Fan Yu was taken aback. Being able to create a level four soul guide core meant that he could already be considered a level four soul guide master.

He knew that Huo Yuhao had only recently become a Level 3 Soul Master, and that he could create a Level 4 Soul Guidance Core in at most three months. This speed was truly astonishing.

Was it Huo Yuhao's exceptional talent, or was the teaching method of Sun Moon Academy truly superior? Or perhaps both? Fan Yu didn't know.

"It seems you've been studying diligently all this time," Fan Yu said with some emotion. Huo Yuhao smiled slightly upon hearing this, "Teacher, don't be surprised. With such guidance and environment, progress is inevitable."

"No need to be modest. Even with the best environment, you still need to work hard. It's a pity that your cultivation speed will be greatly reduced before you break through to Soul Saint. Otherwise, you would definitely become the youngest genius."

Fan Yu patted Huo Yuhao's head, a sense of anticipation rising in his heart. In this environment, his chances of becoming a level nine Soul Master had greatly increased.

"Teacher, please rest assured. With the Immortal Venerable and Brother Miao here, and Elder Guan taking good care of me and providing a lot of help in terms of resources, my cultivation speed, although it cannot be restored to what it was before, is not slow anymore."

"Who are these people?" Fan Yu asked, puzzled by the unfamiliar titles Huo Yuhao used.

"I forgot to introduce you, teacher. The Immortal Venerable is the Immortal Dean. She doesn't like the title 'Immortal Dean,' so she asked us to use a different title."

Miao Ge's full name is Huo Yumiao. He is my older brother. Elder Guan is the dean of the academy and the head of the Mingde Hall. He is a powerful level nine soul master and also Miao Ge's teacher.

Huo Yuhao's words were like a bombshell, leaving Fan Yu completely stunned.

"Yuhao, you have an older brother? And isn't the Dean of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy and the Hall Master of Mingde Hall Jing Hongchen?"

“My brother was in the Star Luo Empire before and didn’t come to Shrek Academy with me, so I never mentioned it. As for Dean Jing, he unfortunately passed away in an accident a month ago.”

Fan Yu gradually calmed down upon hearing this. Huo Yuhao had indeed never said that he had no brothers or sisters before; it was just that he had preconceived notions.

Jing Hongchen's death was the most unexpected for Fan Yu. A level nine soul master died so quietly, without any news leaking out.

"How talented is your brother?" Fan Yu asked casually after calming down.

"He's much, much stronger than me. I could never beat my brother." Huo Yuhao said sincerely. Putting everything else aside, just look at Miao Ge's soul skills; he would never have a chance to win in this lifetime.

Fan Yu was shocked. He knew his precious disciple well. For Yu Hao to give him such a high evaluation, how terrifying must his talent be?

Before Fan Yu could ask any further questions, Huo Yuhao spoke first, "My brother and I both have twin martial souls, and his second martial soul is also the ultimate ice."

Fan Yu was stunned upon hearing this. It was indeed astonishing that both brothers possessed twin martial souls, and both of them had ultimate martial souls. But if that were the case, shouldn't Yu Hao and his brother be at the same level? How come he couldn't be defeated?

How old is your brother this year?

"Like me, twelve years old."

Fan Yu was even more puzzled. They were both twelve years old and both possessed ultimate martial souls, so the other party must only have the cultivation of a Soul Venerable. How could he have combat power far exceeding that of Yu Hao?

"Teacher, this is the Immortal Venerable's laboratory." Huo Yuhao's words dispelled Fan Yu's desire to ask any more questions. The two stood outside the door, and Huo Yuhao pressed the protrusion on the side of the door. Half a minute later, the door slid to the right.

The two entered the laboratory one after the other. Looking at Xian Lin'er, who was writing and drawing with her head down, Fan Yu showed respect, "Xian Yuan... Venerable."

Xian Lin'er paused abruptly, looked up, and asked with a hint of surprise, "Fan Yu? I didn't expect you to actually come. Are you alone?"

“Zhou Yi and Cai Tou came with me, but they cannot enter Mingde Hall for the time being.”

Xianlin'er nodded slightly upon hearing this, "Coming here is good, it's better than Shrek."

After Xian Lin'er finished speaking, she couldn't help but think of the current state of Shrek Academy's Soul Guidance Department. The highest-ranking Soul Guidance Master was only a Level 7 Soul Guidance Master, and there wasn't a single talented student.

With this configuration, let alone developing soul tools, it's questionable whether they can even continue operating in a few years. Yan Shaozhe and his group would probably be happy to see the martial soul system dominate.

"Did you bring your research on fixed-position soul tools?"

Fan Yu was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, wondering why Xian Lin'er was asking this, but still answered truthfully, "Immortal Venerable, I brought them all."

"You don't need to continue your research. Everything below the seventh-level fixed-equipment soul tool in Mingde Hall is public knowledge. Your martial soul is quite good, and you still have a great chance of breaking through to the Title Douluo level."

I suggest you shift your focus slightly towards soul power first, and use the rest of your time to thoroughly understand the publicly available information within Mingde Hall. This will be enough to broaden your horizons.

Fan Yu felt somewhat frustrated. The things she had worked so hard for were actually made public here. Although the public disclosure was limited to Mingde Hall, it was enough to illustrate the difference between them.

The most disheartening thing is that after all his hard work, he's still designing blueprints for a level 6 fixed-equipment soul tool, and he hasn't even reached the level that others have publicly shared.

"I understand, thank you, Immortal Venerable." Fan Yu bowed slightly. Xian Lin'er then asked, "Have you seen Yu Miao?"

"Not yet. I just found out that Yuhao has an older brother. I heard from Yuhao that he is very talented." Fan Yu looked at Xian Lin'er, his tone inquiring.

"He is indeed very strong, and he is unmatched among his peers. You should find an opportunity to get to know him."

Xian Lin'er's casual remark had already stirred up a storm in Fan Yu, along with countless expressions of curiosity.

That's too absolute. Xian Lin'er's words are far too absolute. Having twin martial souls and extreme attributes is indeed a rare occurrence in this world, so it's normal for her to crush those of the same level.

But judging from Xian Lin'er's words, her evaluation of Huo Yumiao's talent was practically no different from that of the number one on the continent, which made him curious and want to see what kind of unique abilities she had.

"Why don't you let Yuhao show you around the academy?"

Seeing that Xian Lin'er had given the order to leave, Fan Yu naturally did not linger any longer and immediately took his leave, leaving Mingde Hall with Huo Yuhao.

As Fan Yu was familiarizing himself with his surroundings under Huo Yuhao's guidance, a commotion suddenly arose from nearby. Fan Yu looked at the large group of people gathered in the distance and asked Huo Yuhao, "What's going on here?"

"Teacher, the academy has won the championship of this year's All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament. Today is the award ceremony held by the academy for the participating team members."

Hearing Huo Yuhao's explanation, Fan Yu nodded, "Then let's go to other places first."

In Rumeng Pavilion, Huo Yumiao and her two companions were chatting and enjoying the delicacies on the jade table.

The ingredients here greatly exceeded Huo Yumiao's expectations. Not only were there rare and uniquely Douling Sea Urchins, which were found only in the Sun Moon Empire and located farthest from the Sun Moon Empire, but also other ingredients unique to the Douluo Continent.

On their table were dishes from a ten-thousand-year-old giant spirit tiger, and the other ingredients were at least from thousand-year-old soul beasts. Judging from the appearance of the Hongchen siblings, this seemed to be their usual practice.

No wonder he was able to break through to Soul King at the age of fifteen, absorb a ten-thousand-year soul ring, and receive such nourishment every day, along with the help of various elixirs and miraculous medicines. It would be strange if he didn't have his current strength. He only had such a standard of living after becoming Elder Guan's disciple, and his daily expenses were in the tens of thousands. This is also the reason why he was confident that he could break through to Soul King within four years, even though he had an ultimate martial soul.

"I feel like I've forgotten something." Meng Hongchen took a sip of soup from her bowl, lost in thought.

"Since you forgot, it must not be anything important," Xiao Hongchen said vaguely, his hands still busy.

“That makes sense.” Meng Hongchen couldn’t think of anything for the moment, so she simply stopped thinking about it.

At this moment, the award ceremony held by the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy for the participating students is in full swing.

"Where are Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen?" Lin Xi and the others who were receiving awards on stage discussed in hushed tones.

"Didn't the director say that they were in a critical period of cultivation and couldn't come?"

"This is clearly the chief editor's excuse. If that were the real reason, would he have bothered to come and ask us where Xiao Hongchen and the others were this morning?"

Mika looked at him like he was an idiot. Just as Li Yan was about to explode, Lin Jiayi on the stage continued his impassioned speech, leaving Li Yan with no choice but to glare at Mika.

"Next, let's admire the heroic performance of our champion students in the competition!"

Lin Jiayi walked to the side, and a soul-guided light screen the size of a wall slowly lit up, causing the students below to show expectant expressions.

As the image on the soul-guided light screen gradually became clearer, the students below asked in confusion, "Aren't we supposed to be showing battle clips from the tournament? This seems to be our academy's testing ground, right?"

"Hey, aren't those the absent Senior Xiao and Senior Meng? There seems to be someone standing opposite them."

"Isn't that Huo Yumiao, the dean's disciple? Is he fighting against Senior Xiao?"

"No way? I remember Huo Yumiao was only a Soul Master, how could she possibly beat Senior Xiao?"

As a Soul Master, Fan Yu could still hear Huo Yumiao's name coming from the crowd, even from a distance. He was already a little curious, so he couldn't help but turn his gaze over.

Although Huo Yuhao did not have the same hearing as Fan Yu, his eyesight was extremely strong. When he saw Fan Yu looking towards the award ceremony, he casually glanced at it and saw Huo Yumiao's figure on the soul guidance light screen. His expression froze on the spot.

Huo Yuhao subconsciously activated his mental detection. With his current Soul King-level mental power, covering the award ceremony was no problem at all.

Seeing this, Lin Jiayi, who was standing on one side of the stands, suddenly changed his smiling expression. He touched the communication device by his ear and shouted in a low voice, "What's going on! Where's the competition clip?"

"I remember now, this is the storage metal you just had someone find. It must have been forgotten after it was used up."

The sound that came to Lin Jiayi's ears startled him, reminding him of what had happened just before the ceremony.

After learning that Xiao Hongchen had been defeated by Huo Yumiao, he ordered his men to find the storage metal that recorded the battle between the two sides so he could see what had happened.

Then he suddenly received news that someone claiming to be Huo Yuhao's teacher had come to the academy. He went to meet the person and then got busy with the award ceremony. He was in such a hurry that he forgot to take the storage metal with him.

Now that I think about it, it really is his problem!
"Get it out quickly!" Lin Jiayi said urgently.

"We couldn't get it out, Director. We also forgot about it. After putting the storage metal that Old Ma brought back in, they thought the two pieces of storage metal were together and that they had glued them together."

Upon hearing this, Lin Jiayi's vision went black. The stored metal could be decomposed and glued at will, and it wouldn't take long. The operation wasn't difficult either, but it was definitely too late to decompose it now. He could only wait for it to continue playing.

Lin Jiayi closed his eyes, a strange sense of relief welling up inside him. It was a good thing that Hongchen himself wasn't there; this was a stroke of luck amidst misfortune.

At this moment, Huo Yumiao and Xiao Hongchen were already halfway through their fight, and the audience was discussing it enthusiastically.

"I didn't expect Huo Yumiao's soul ring configuration to be so exaggerated. With this kind of physical fitness, I wouldn't be surprised if Xiao Hongchen lost." Lin Xi looked at the soul guidance light screen with a surprised expression.

"Use the Flash Soul Tool first. Xiao Hongchen's move is pretty good. Hmm, this light blade is so sharp."

"Judging from his eyes, he should have his original martial soul. What kind of soul skill is this? He wasn't injured even under such a large-scale bombardment."

The contestants, being on stage, kept their conversations relatively restrained, while the students in the audience were much more relaxed, exclaiming and cheering freely.

"What kind of physical ability is this! The third spirit ring is already ten thousand years?"

"A third spirit ring that lasts ten thousand years is certainly very strong, but a second spirit ring that lasts a thousand years is also outrageous!"

"As expected of Elder Guan's disciple, I have never seen such a soul ring combination in my life."

The battle was drawing to a close. When everyone saw Huo Yumiao almost break through the tough barrier with her Ice Emperor's Fury, and then perfectly finish off Xiao Hongchen with an Ice Explosion, the atmosphere froze for a moment.

The crowd, who had been discussing animatedly, were all stunned, staring blankly at Xiao Hongchen lying on the ground on the soul guidance screen.

Although they were amazed by Huo Yumiao's incredible soul ring combination, they never truly believed that Xiao Hongchen, a Soul King, would lose.

They had imagined fierce battles, they had imagined scenes of mutual destruction, but they never imagined that the one who would fall would be Xiao Hongchen.

"W-W-W, Senior Xiao lost?"

"Senior Xiao is a Soul King, how could he lose?"

"Huo Yumiao is actually so strong. They're both Soul Masters, how come there's such a big difference?"

The smiles on the faces of Ma Rulong and the others on the stage were gone, replaced by solemnity and seriousness.

The students below didn't know Xiao Hongchen's strength, but they knew it very well; they had also experienced the fighting power of the Three-Legged Golden Toad.

Apart from Ma Rulong, none of the others present dared to say they were 100% certain of defeating Xiao Hongchen, the Soul King. Even if they could, they couldn't do it as quickly and decisively as Huo Yumiao.

"You all saw that, right? What was that palm strike that almost shattered the tough barrier?"

"I don't understand it, and I'm not confident I can handle it. Are you guys up to the task?"

"I can't do it either. Besides the immense power of that palm strike, those diamonds were also strange; they even deflected the attack."

"too exaggerated."

(End of this chapter)