Douluo Continent: Huo Yuhao, who lives in the Dragon King's body

Tang Wulin arrived at the Spirit Pagoda again. He thought the first day would be stricter, but it seemed the entire school had chosen not to have classes on the first day, and the whole afternoon was free to waste.

He remembered that he could collect a certain amount of money from the Spirit Pagoda every month. He registered for the transfer here yesterday, but it still needs to be approved by the higher-ups before it can be officially completed.

By now, there should be a result, and—he really wants to see how he can exchange contribution points for what he needs at the Spirit Pagoda.

Meanwhile, he also picked up a subsidy at the Forging Masters Association and took on a few orders. Although it wasn't yet time to really need the money, Tang Wulin already felt a sense of urgency.

Also, he remembered what Xie Xie had said: the textbooks he was using were many versions that were outdated compared to those used by city dwellers.

"Oh, it's Brother Wu Lin! Perfect timing, your subsidy has been approved!" Yun Shui's eyes lit up when she saw Tang Wu Lin. She smiled and left the counter to talk to him, pulling him into a service room next door.

The penny-pincher Tang Wulin, of course, didn't care about all that. Hearing that the subsidy had been announced, he excitedly asked, "Really? How do I claim it?"

"You'll be controlling it right here at the Spirit Pagoda. Log into the Spirit Pagoda's internal network. The contribution points you receive can only be used here," Yunshui said, practically glued to Tang Wulin, holding his hand and giving him one-on-one guidance on how to operate the equipment and log into the internal network.

The full, rounded mound pressed against the back of Tang Wulin's head, the scent of perfume wafting through the air, making the boy blush uncontrollably. Unable to resist Yunshui's enthusiasm, he simply kept his head down, feeling a strange, yet somewhat pleasant sensation in his heart.

No, no!

Tang Wulin, how could you be so filthy? Sister Yunshui is so kind and helpful, how could you have such lewd thoughts about her?

With Yunshui's help, Tang Wulin logged onto the internet and looked at the 200 contribution points in his account, a sense of pride welled up within him.

"Wu Lin, take a look for yourself. Is there anything else I need? If so, come find me later." After helping Tang Wu Lin complete his first login to the Spirit Tower's intranet, Yun Shui returned to her post.

Tang Wulin then started reading it himself.

"Millennial Earth Dragon Tendon, when consumed or used to refine spiritual medicine, can enhance the strength of a Soul Master's bones and muscles, with no toxic side effects. Condition: Perfect. Value: 3,900 contribution points."

"The Millennium Ice Crystal Fruit and the Crimson Flame Fruit, when used together, can achieve the effect of refining the body with ice and fire, enhancing the Soul Master's physique. They can also be used for alchemy without side effects. Quality: Perfect. Value: 4,000 contribution points."

"Millennial Sea Dragon Marrow, when taken or used to refine elixirs, can strengthen the body's foundation and enhance the power of qi and blood. It has no toxic side effects, is in perfect condition, and is worth 4800 contribution points."

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After looking through the list of spirit items for exchange, Tang Wulin felt tears welling up in his eyes. He was under immense pressure. It was so expensive, really so expensive. He only had 200 contribution points per month, so it would take him at least two years to exchange for a thousand-year-old spirit item. According to the exchange price list mentioned before, each spirit item would cost around 400,000!

The Spirit Pagoda's exchange list does not contain any spiritual items less than a hundred years old. Even for a hundred-year-old spiritual item, the price ranges from five hundred to over a thousand.

Tang Wulin had never seen so much money in his life.

Seemingly sensing the hesitation of the newbie in front of the screen, a line of text popped up: "No money? What kind of Soul Master are you if you don't have money?!"

Tang Wulin: "?"

As a penniless man, he felt offended and was furious. But the next second he knelt on the ground again.

"Also, this is an internal discount price. A super discount for new users' first redemption. It sells for ten times more outside."

Tang Wulin slapped himself. What a beast! How could you doubt the Spirit Pagoda!

Tang San: "..."

Tired.

Tang Wulin picked up the communicator and checked. Sure enough, these spiritual items were worth at least five million Federal Credits, and there was no market for them. They were basically only auctioned off!

Moreover, judging from the prompts on the screen, these prices are discounted, and he only gets this discount on his first purchase. He'll have to think about it carefully and make good use of this discount.

He glanced at the metal section again.

"Ordinary thousand-refined metal, 10 contribution points... First-grade thousand-refined metal, 200 contribution points."

This reignited Tang Wulin's fighting spirit. Although the first grade of the Thousand Refinement was far beyond his reach, ordinary Thousand Refinement was still within his grasp.

As expected, there's always a way out.

Looking at the bloodline section, you can exchange for potions here. It's said that just by injecting them, you can awaken and improve your bloodline, so there are basically no cheap ones. Bloodlines under ten thousand years old are not worthy of appearing here.

"The Soft Bone Rabbit bloodline has produced the legendary Soft Bone Douluo, who possesses a supple body, alluring temperament, and enhanced appearance, making him practically a 'vase' (a pretty face but no substance). Side effect: Highly likely to cause excessive sexual desire. Value: 40,000 contribution points."

Even after the discount, it's still 40,000? Tang Wulin swallowed hard. This is for the lowest-level bloodlines. Without the discount, it would actually cost at least 400,000 contribution points, which is 40 million Federal Credits.

But why say that the Soft Bone Rabbit bloodline is just for show? And what's with the side effects?

Tang San's consciousness: What is he talking about? How come I didn't know the Soft Bone Rabbit had this problem? This damned Spirit Transfer Tower!

"Blue Silver King bloodline, the evolved form of Blue Silver Grass, suitable for plant soul masters, can obtain powerful vitality, has a special sensitivity to the plant environment, no side effects, value: 20,000 contribution points."

Tang Wulin scrolled down and saw the Blue Silver King, which was of the same lineage as his Blue Silver Grass. His eyes lit up immediately. This one is good, and it's cheap too!

This bloodline is considered extremely rare and high-level among soul beasts. The reason it is ranked in the low-level zone is naturally because there are various bloodlines that are more noble and powerful than it.

In addition, the Spirit Pagoda has a legendary spirit, the Blue Silver Emperor.

This Blue Silver Emperor plant has cultivated countless Blue Silver King plants for the Spirit Pagoda. Everything is valued for its rarity, so the more there are, the cheaper it becomes.

He had studied it specifically; the Blue Silver King, when converted into a martial soul, is a high-level martial soul. There was a senior at East Sea Academy who possessed such bloodline, and it is said that he had already become a Soul King.

For Tang Wulin, this bloodline could help him break free from the limitations of a useless martial soul and unlock his deeper potential.

But the enthusiasm only lasts for a moment. No matter how cheap this bloodline is, it's not something I can buy. 20,000 contribution points, how many irons would I have to forge?

Tang San, within Tang Wulin's body, sensed Tang Wulin's low spirits and knew that his son longed for such a bloodline. He sighed inwardly: "Wulin, why do you pursue this king-level bloodline? The true blood of the Blue Silver Royal Family flows within you."

But he knew that he alone could not help Tang Wulin awaken the Blue Silver Emperor. So, it seemed like a good idea to use the Blue Silver King's bloodline to raise Tang Wulin to the Blue Silver King level first.

Tang San knew exactly what to do, but for his son's bright future, and not wanting to reveal himself, he exerted his influence once again.

"Oh, right, a loan!"

Tang Wulin thought of his potential, his untapped super potential, which had already been enhanced by joining the Spirit Pagoda.

Now is the time to use it!

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In the city, mechs have many limitations, making them inconvenient as a means of transportation—although mechs are a man's dream, laws must still be obeyed.

Soul-guided cars have become the most widely used mode of transportation.

At the entrance of the Blacksmiths' Association.

A beautifully designed, long-bodied, and obviously expensive Soul Guide car sped towards them at a moderate speed.

This soul-guided car is called "Moon Chaser".

It was named this because it was personally crafted and named by Gu Yuena, who then gave it to Huo Yuhao.

When Huo Yuhao received this car, his expression was one of utter disbelief. Could this silver dragon fish be trying to seduce me? This looks exactly like how Banbai and Fozi treated Gu Yuena in the original novel.

But after looking at her several times, I still couldn't see anything unusual.

Huo Yuhao could only assume that Gu Yuena had no idea what such a thoughtful gift meant, and simply wanted to thank him for his help to the soul beast race.

So I felt at ease with myself.

There were few people at the entrance of the association, but more people were leaving than entering. They all saw Huo Yuhao's super luxury car, and their faces showed surprise, regret, and envy.

The Sun and Moon Federation does not have strict written regulations on the materials, style, shape, and size of Soul Guided Vehicles, because there are always people who want to modify their vehicles, and since everyone is a Soul Master with strong control and few accidents, they have relaxed these requirements.

But what did they see?

This vehicle is made entirely of extremely precious spirit-forged metal!

Under normal circumstances, a Soul Guided Car using just a few pieces of thousand-forged metal is already considered high-quality and extremely expensive.

But whose young master is this?

A car...what a waste!

Wouldn't it be better to use so much spirit-forged metal to forge battle armor? Even a two-word battle armor might not need this much spirit-forged metal!

That damned rich bastard!

They cursed inwardly, but could only watch with envy; such extravagance was unbelievable, and he must have the means to be so. But, was he stopping the car to go to the association to find a blacksmith?

Which blacksmith would accept such a capricious order?

The people inside the car didn't get out, as if they were waiting for someone.

Not long after,

A nine-year-old girl walked out of the association's entrance.

She was a girl wearing white trousers and a white top. She was exceptionally beautiful, with long silver hair and purple eyes. Her figure was above average for her age, very well-proportioned.

As she walked, her steps seemed to have a special rhythm, and at the same time, there was a strange aura about her.

Who is she?

This question arose in everyone's heart.

Could she be a young lady from a wealthy family? People wondered as they saw her walk toward the luxuriously crafted Soul Guided Car.

Gu Yuena ignored the group's thoughts, took two steps at a time, and got into Huo Yuhao's car with a faint smile on her face.

"Are you satisfied now? Because you made me start the Chasing Moon account, now I've become everyone's gossip about a wasteful and extravagant spendthrift..."

In the car, Huo Yuhao spoke softly, his tone seemingly resentful.

"It's okay, I can support you!"

Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, Gu Yuena, feeling that her plan had succeeded, had a gleam in her eyes and smiled.

Over the past ten thousand years, she has received too much help from Ling Bing and wants to do something for Huo Yuhao. Of course, she probably doesn't like him, absolutely not!

"Cough cough cough!"

Huo Yuhao choked, looking at her suspiciously. Had he really fallen into this silver dragonfish's trap? But her extraordinary wisdom...

"How was it? Mu Chen has held out until now. Did the deal go smoothly? What conditions did he offer?" As he drove back to the Spirit Pagoda, Huo Yuhao casually changed the subject.

"Yes, he agreed to introduce us to Zhenhua, and the time was set for the holidays. We'll go to Tiandou City together then."

Gu Yuena nodded and said, "His request isn't unreasonable. He just wants us to be listed under the East China Sea Forging Association to promote them. In addition, he wants us to give Mu Xi some pointers when we have time."

"Mu Xi? His daughter? I see," Huo Yuhao said, understanding dawning on him. This outcome was not unexpected. "He probably wants to get in touch with me. To find a good son-in-law."

This is understandable; parents always have to consider the future of their children.

Gu Yuena asked calmly, "So, are you tempted?"

Speaking to people in a way that suits them, Huo Yuhao keenly sensed that Gu Yuena was being disingenuous and had ulterior motives, and immediately denied it: "How could that be? The most beautiful women on the future continent are all around me, why would I be attracted to him? By the way, have you finished your preparations for breaking through to level six?"

Gu Yuena smiled and nodded, "Thanks to your book, otherwise, with a little more time, my fusion and forging success rate would have exceeded 60%."

With Huo Yuhao's guidance, she didn't blindly pursue using the forging hammer; rather, she learned to utilize her strengths.

Ordinary blacksmiths cannot achieve spiritual forging even after hammering metal tens of millions of times, but the divine craftsman Zhenhua can forge a thousand times with one hammer blow, one hammer blow forging spiritually, and one hammer blow forging with soul.

This is because Zhenhua has a thorough understanding of the various properties of metals and a clearer, more fundamental understanding of how to refine and modify them. The essence of forging is ultimately to refine and modify the source of metals; forging is a means, and using a forging hammer to forge is not the goal, much less a necessity.

As long as these things can be accomplished, the means don't matter.

Gu Yuena's greatest strength lies in elemental power.

And forged with elements...

With her control over the elements, she could turn them into giant iron hammers to strike metal, and the force of the strikes might be even greater than when she used a forging hammer. Moreover, doing so would allow her to interact with the metal more frequently and easily.

After all, elemental power is an extension of her perception, just like a blacksmith's forging hammer; elemental power can also become her forging hammer.

Furthermore, it borrows the power of the surrounding elements... that is, the power of heaven and earth to forge it. In a sense, isn't this replacing all forging methods with the Heavenly Forging Method?

If she were to use the power of heaven and earth to complete the Hundred Forging, Thousand Forging, Spirit Forging, Soul Forging, and Heaven Forging processes, what kind of metal would she forge? Perhaps it would be a true divine-level metal.

At least, Huo Yuhao believed that if Gu Yuena grasped the right methods, her path to becoming a master craftswoman would be smooth sailing. Her success rate in Heavenly Forging would also be far higher than Zhenhua's mere ten percent.

"This has little to do with me. With your foundation, it would be difficult for you not to succeed." Huo Yuhao felt he didn't deserve Gu Yuena's gratitude. Even without him, Elder Wu's guidance would have been enough for her to break through to level five. All he did was offer suggestions and share his thoughts.

Gu Yuena remained silent, sitting in the passenger seat, a gentle light flashing in her eyes.