Douluo: Dragon King Huo Yuhao Lives Ten Thousand Years Later

Chapter 172 Prevention is worse than Crackdown: Teacher, Did I Do a Good Job? —Su ​​Tong

As the "Head of the Dark Division," Miss Nanali was clearly very busy. After giving the gifts to Huo Yuhao and the others, she hurriedly left Mingde Hall.

Huo Yuhao and the other two watched her leave, and then went to the accommodations arranged by Mingde Hall.

As she walked, Gu Yuena voiced her doubts through telepathy.

"Yuhao, did you leave a backup plan on that Blood-Eyed Evil Soul Master?"

Huo Yuhao nodded slightly, without providing a detailed explanation.

Seeing his reaction, Gu Yuena understood and stopped asking questions.

Since Yuhao chose to remain silent, she knew her limits and was willing to wait for him to tell her.

Mingde Hall prepared a spacious and bright suite for the three of them, with three bedrooms, two main and secondary living rooms, and functional rooms such as a manufacturing room.

The room is elegantly furnished with soft colors, exuding a comfortable atmosphere. In the center of the main living room is an exquisite sofa, next to an antique-style coffee table with a beautiful tea set on it.

Huo Yuhao subtly released his mental energy, meticulously scanning every corner of the room. After confirming there was nothing amiss, he turned to Gu Yuena and Lan Fuzi, "What do you think?"

Gu Yuena did not reply, and turned her head to look at Lan Fuzi.

The latter looked bewildered and paused for a moment before hurriedly saying, "I think this place can serve as a temporary rest area, but it's best not to stay in Mingde Hall for too long... Otherwise, I'm worried that I might cause trouble for the two of you."

Among the four major powers in the Federation, Mingde Hall has the fewest number of top-tier experts, after all, it is an organization mainly focused on scientific research.

However, the scientific research achievements here are the most advanced in the entire Federation, and the effects of some soul tools may exceed expectations. Staying in Mingde Hall for too long may lead to unexpected events.

Lan Fuzi was worried that she might accidentally reveal a weakness that would cause trouble for the two gods... and then be killed by them.

"Then so be it."

Huo Yuhao nodded and joined the two in organizing the Mingde Hall books they had brought.

As Huo Yuhao continued reading, he suddenly came across a strange book on soul guidance, and his thoughts came to a halt.

The outer packaging is normal, but there are obvious signs of rebinding... I think I just saw a book like this before.

Huo Yuhao had a bad feeling. Just as he was about to reach for the book, a fair and delicate hand snatched it away before he could.

Gu Yuena glanced at Huo Yuhao with a hint of doubt, puzzled by his sudden distraction, but didn't delve into it. She casually flipped open the soul guidance book, her eyes quickly scanning the pages.

In an instant, a captivating blush spread from her delicate cheeks to her ears, and a hint of embarrassment flashed in her amethyst-like eyes.

She slammed the book shut, her fingers unconsciously tightening around it until it was slightly deformed. Then she glanced at Huo Yuhao, pursed her red lips, and transmitted her voice, "Yuhao, did you have many close female friends ten thousand years ago?"

Huo Yuhao's eyelids twitched: "...I'd like to ask first, who is the author of that book?"

“No annotation.” Gu Yuena tapped the spine of the book with her fingertip; the place where the author should have been noted was empty.

"content?"

Gu Yuena's ears suddenly turned a little red. She turned her face away, handed the book to Huo Yuhao, and said in a low voice, "Read it yourself. Although it's a bit cryptic, it contains descriptions of your scandals with the first generation members of the Spirit Pagoda, including the Angel Douluo and your disciple Su Tong..."

Huo Yuhao took it and looked at it for a while, his face gradually darkening.

This book is a history of the development of soul tools ten thousand years ago. Although upon closer inspection, it does contain some content on the development of soul tools—mainly related to this book—it is filled with the author's wildly imaginative "artistic embellishments." It's less a historical record and more like a storybook…or perhaps an unofficial history?

—This book must have come from a place carefully planned by Master Kong to store his profound knowledge, right? How did such a book sneak in? Does it have anything to do with the development of soul tools at Mingde Hall?!
'Wait, I was the one who instructed Su Tong to delete certain official records back then, so…'

Huo Yuhao watched for a while, then suddenly thought of something, his heart skipped a beat, and he asked Xue Di:
"The way Su Tong helped me delete the messages, could it be...?"

"What you taught her was that it's better to guide than to block."

Xue Di's tone was flat, revealing neither joy nor anger.

Deleting Ling Bing's information directly is a troublesome matter. After all, Yu Hao, as the first tower master, has great achievements and symbolic significance. Even though Su Tong is Yu Hao's disciple, it is not easy to do so. Deleting it directly may lead to bad rumors.

Instead of blocking, it's better to guide. In this situation, using unofficial history to cover up the official history is a good option!

Anyway, Yuhao didn't leave much information behind, and with various "unofficial histories" covering it up, the truth was ignored by many people. Later, when Su Tong started to clean up some information, there was not much resistance.

However, although she herself participated, she still felt that Su Tong had gone too far in this matter...

"Teacher Yuhao, do you think I did a great job?" —Su Tong

In Huo Yuhao's ears, he seemed to hear a cool, amused, and "annoying" voice.

"..."

What else could he say?

Judging from this book, Su Tong didn't even care about his own reputation. This gift from his disciple across ten thousand years... he could only accept it.

If I get the chance, I must settle the score with her!

Sighing inwardly, Huo Yuhao said to Xue Di, "There's also the rumor about you and me involved..."

He and Xue Di had ambushed each other in Mingdu together. Although they used a simulated soul skill to cover it up at the time, some people would definitely suspect who did it afterward.

The fact that the Lord of the Far North was willing to do such a thing with the still-developing Spirit Ice Douluo suggests that, in some people's eyes, their relationship is clearly worth writing about.

"However, judging from the current situation, reality might be better than this book," Huo Yuhao muttered to himself, his voice echoing in his spiritual sea.

"..."

Upon hearing this, Xue Di's calm expression gradually thawed, her face flushed slightly, and her gaze shifted, earning her a glare from Bing Di.

High attack and low defense.

"Yuhao," Gu Yuena's voice came softly, "How much longer are you going to watch?"

Huo Yuhao looked up and saw that she had her arms crossed over her chest, her amethyst-like eyes fixed on him.

Huo Yuhao smiled helplessly, "Na'er, when I was in charge, there was also the Deputy Tower Master and the Ji family ancestor."

Even a friendly sparring match with Juechen could turn into all sorts of bizarre historical events... He really wanted to give those "fictional historians" a piece of his mind.

"...?"

Gu Yuena's purple eyes widened, "The book also mentions you and..."

Halfway through her speech, she almost couldn't resist burning the book.

What kind of unofficial history is this? It's slandering Yuhao's reputation.

“That’s right, not only Juechen.” Huo Yuhao glanced at Gu Yuena with a strange look, “but also the Star Lord, for the sake of the continuation of the soul beast race, also… cough.” He didn’t finish his sentence, but he knew that Gu Yuena should understand.

"..."

The Lord of Stars from ten thousand years ago couldn't possibly refer to her, could it?

Gu Yuena's tone was slightly cold, "It's better to destroy this kind of book."

"These are books from Mingde Hall; they can't be destroyed casually. At least we should inform the head of the hall."

Huo Yuhao stepped forward, his long, slender fingers gripping Gu Yuena's wrist, pulling her closer. He lowered his gaze to Gu Yuena's slightly flushed cheeks, a smile appearing on his face. "Speaking of which, were you jealous just now?"

"No."

Gu Yuena's ears burned, and she raised her hand to push him away, but Huo Yuhao grabbed her waist.

"Ten thousand years ago... I couldn't make any promises to anyone." Huo Yuhao whispered in Gu Yuena's ear, then put the book away. "So you don't need to worry about these things."

Gu Yuena's fingertips trembled slightly, and a gentle ripple appeared in her eyes.

"Um……"

She responded softly, her voice as melodious as a clear spring.

Lan Fuzi watched the interaction between the two, and although she didn't hear the content of their telepathic communication, she still sensed something.

Were these two really husband and wife when they were in the realm of gods?
They are husband and wife, and also top-level beings among the gods, capable of even influencing the course of a war in the divine realm. In the divine realm, who can match them?
Perhaps we could investigate this...

Thinking about it, Lan Fuzi took out a book and fell silent instantly.

Several headlines on the page stood out particularly—

Lingbing Douluo met with the Ten Ferocious Beasts at night, and after getting drunk, they became sworn brothers and sisters. From then on, the two major gathering places of soul beasts entered the game.

Shocking! The untold story of Lingbing Douluo and Xue Di!
Is Su Tong, the Tower Master, the daughter of Xue Di and Ling Bing Douluo?
"..."

Does this have anything to do with the history of the development of soul guidance?
Moreover, the story of the first tower master of the Spirit Pagoda, Lingbing Douluo, is so bizarre?

Lan Fuzi's eyes widened as she subconsciously began to study the text intently, completely unaware that Gu Yuena's gaze was gradually turning cold.

A moment later, Gu Yuena glanced at Lan Fuzi, whom she had sent to clean, then looked back at the separated books on the table and sighed.

The three of them carried many books about the history of Mingde Hall's soul guidance system. After all, Mingde Hall has a vast collection, and reading these historical records is necessary to find the parts that are useful to them. This allows them to systematically understand the research process of Mingde Hall's soul guidance devices.

However, this also led them to discover many histories and vernacular stories written by "fictional historians." (Forget the Mortal World: Ancestor, didn't you say they were all history, not vernacular stories?!)
However, after calming down, Gu Yuena could understand why some "unofficial histories" had emerged, because some of the original Spirit Pagoda members... had no descendants!
For example, Yuhao.

For example, the second generation Su Tong also left no descendants. After passing on the position of tower master, she disappeared in the far north and her whereabouts became unknown.

In this situation, it is naturally time for historians to play their part.

Compared to Gu Yuena, Huo Yuhao remained relatively calm when faced with these "fictional" books.

He took out the soul bone that Nanali had just given him and opened it to look at it.

This is a 100,000-year-old left leg bone, from a demonic killer whale.

Hmm, seafood again...

Upon seeing this soul bone in the Sea of ​​Spirit, the Snow Empress spoke:
"Yuhao, keep it. When the time is right, if there is no better option, you can apply to fuse those two beast leg bones with your soul bones. Don't absorb your original left and right leg bones."

Soul bone fusion—several identical soul bones can be fused together to create a completely new soul bone. This is uncommon in the world of soul masters, but such a technique does exist.

The Spirit Pagoda has also conducted considerable research in this area in order to study artificial soul bones.

It's just that this practice is not recommended, so not many people use it.

After all, who would use a ten-thousand-year-old soul bone or a hundred-thousand-year-old soul bone for such an extravagant thing? Wouldn't it be better to just absorb it directly?
However, the Snow Empress wanted to accumulate more resources for Yu Hao, even if it was just the age limit of his soul bones.

Upon hearing Xue Di's reminder, Huo Yuhao's eyes flickered slightly, and he nodded, putting the soul bone away.

He knew what the Snow Emperor meant by the soul bone.

The left and right leg bones of the Demon Orca King originated from the same ferocious beast and are 390,000 years old!

The Demon Orca is one of the overlords of the sea spirit beasts. It is stronger than the Demon Soul Great White Shark but weaker than the Deep Sea Demon Whale. However, the number of Deep Sea Demon Whales is too small, and there are even fewer ferocious beasts that are over 300,000 years old. Huo Yuhao only knows about the Demon Emperor and the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, the latter of which is already dead.

It is evident that these two soul bones are undoubtedly top-tier among the soul bones produced by sea spirit beasts, both in terms of quality and age.

There are some theories about the origin of these two soul bones.

In the past, some sea spirit beast clans contacted the Spirit Tower, wanting to join. However, during their migration, they encountered the clan of the Demon Orca King, who came to hunt them, and a battle ensued.

And then... no more.

The Demon Orca King was defeated by the ferocious beasts dressed in battle armor. Although it did not die on the spot, it would not be able to survive the next tribulation due to its injuries.

In that situation, the Demon Orca King hesitated between life and death. No one knew what it was thinking, but it ultimately chose to become a spirit of the Spirit Pagoda and contributed two soul bones in exchange for its own soul beast clan joining the Spirit Pagoda... The Spirit Pagoda, of course, agreed!

A 390,000-year-old ferocious beast soul spirit, two pieces of ferocious beast soul bones, and a clan of evil orca whales—this is a huge deal!

As for the Demonic Orca being called an evil soul master among sea spirit beasts? And having a penchant for killing?
What's this?
Those who possess evil martial souls and are raised by the Spirit Pagoda are not immune to evil soul beast races. There are also such groups in the Star Dou Great Forest and the far north. One more or one less makes no difference.

At worst, we'll install neural connection devices on you, letting you kill to your heart's content in virtual space until you get tired of it.

As for the spirit of the Demonic Orca King, it should currently be placed on the last ten floors of the Spirit Tower at headquarters. The Spirit Tower has a total of 108 floors, and the guardian spirits of the last ten floors are all ferocious beasts, representing the foundation of the Spirit Tower.

Its soul bone, due to its high age and quality, is issued as a reward and can only be obtained by making sufficient contributions to the Spirit Pagoda.

"Two top-tier beast soul bones won't be easy to obtain, but after the trip to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, it should be fine, and Yuhao can rightfully acquire them."

Xue Di thought to herself.

……

While Huo Yuhao and his two companions were getting familiar with the Mingde Hall, Xie Xie and the others enjoyed the spotlight.

The reason... is, of course, because they became famous two years ago.

"Xie Xie, how did you feel when you defeated Shrek Academy two years ago?"

After class, Xie Xie sat in his seat, looking at the classmates who had gathered there in such a short time, his lips twitching.

What does it feel like?
What does it feel like to be a backdrop?
Let's rephrase the question!
(End of this chapter)