Douluo Continent: I, Huo Yuhao, am the Master of Spirit

Chapter 17 "Why has she been able to live so long?"

This secondhand book alone is worth a third of a medical clinic, which shows just how expensive things related to Soul Masters can be.

However, this book is indeed amazing, as it basically includes all the common soul beasts and soul skills.

When Huo Yuhao first got the book, he flipped through the pages and discovered that it was a record of soul beasts and soul skills personally traveled across the continent by a Limit Douluo from a thousand years ago.

The boy carefully read the detailed description of the sunflower and its possible soul skill effects.

Upon discovering that most of the soul skills were healing or support types, a look of dissatisfaction appeared on his face.

"Huh? A support class."

"No, Master, could you perhaps use a more offensive soul skill?"

Although he didn't recommend that ordinary Blue Silver Grass go for an offensive or control type, since the customer had made that request, and adhering to the principle that the customer is always right, Huo Yuhao patiently introduced other soul beasts to him.

"This is the Dream Flower, which typically grows in the cold, dark caves on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest and produces illusion-type soul skills. What do you think?"

"Illusion-type soul skills are not straightforward enough, they're underhanded tricks, I don't want them!"

Upon hearing his words, Huo Yuhao's forehead creased with anger; these words had really hit him hard.

He suppressed his temper and continued, "The Thunder Vine grows in Thunder Valley and typically produces lightning-attracting soul skills. How about that?"

"It also depends on the weather; luck plays a huge role, which isn't good!"

"Sword Grass grows in the Calamity Mountains. Absorbing its spirit rings grants the plant spirit the sharpness attribute and also provides it with defense-breaking spirit skills. What do you think?"

The boy hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Small area, close distance, not good."

Huo Yuhao was genuinely angry. He slammed the book on the table and said, "Hiss~ No, it's just a first-level soul skill. You think you can fly to the heavens? This won't work and that won't work."

"Here's what we'll do: go to the Star Dou Great Forest and head straight for the core area. Once you reach the Lake of Life, kill the Demon King. The soul skill you obtain will definitely satisfy you."

The boy's eyes lit up, and he was about to say something when his mother covered his mouth. Then, embarrassed, he said to Huo Yuhao:

"I'm sorry, Master Huo, this child has been reading those chivalrous novels in the mansion, and it's made his head all muddled."

"I think sunflowers are pretty good. They're easy to obtain, and the soul skills you get from them are very useful."

Upon hearing this, the boy was about to make a fuss, but after being glared at by his mother, he became quiet.

After glancing at the boy, Huo Yuhao wrote down the precautions related to sunflowers and their location on paper and pen, then handed it to the middle-aged woman.

The middle-aged woman was extremely grateful after receiving the gifts. She then took out three silver soul coins and a book from her small bag and handed them to Huo Yuhao.

"Master, thank you so much for your help earlier."

"This book is an extra reward. It's the 'Mysterious Heaven Skill' that my grandmother brought from the Tang Clan when they split up."

"Actually, there were some other unique skills, but unfortunately they were lost in the subsequent journey. Only the Mysterious Heaven Skill has been preserved."

"If you don't mind, please accept it. These days, the Tang Clan doesn't even exist anymore, so nobody cares about the outflow of cultivation techniques."

After watching the two leave the clinic, Huo Yuhao looked at the book in his hand with a mix of amusement and exasperation.

He obtained the Tang Clan's most core cultivation technique so easily without even joining the Tang Clan.

This made him wonder if Buddha had intervened.

With nothing else to do, Huo Yuhao took a look at the Mysterious Heaven Skill.

The meditation methods recorded inside are indeed much better than those Huo Yuhao is currently using, involving more meridians and are more reasonable.

However, Huo Yuhao noticed something amiss. Although the general outline clearly mentioned the essentials of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, the subsequent content only introduced a few major meridians used in cultivation.

The core knowledge of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians and related diagrams are completely missing. In addition, the text in many places feels obviously out of place, as if a part of it has been deleted.

Huo Yuhao immediately understood that the Xuan Tian Gong of the Tang Sect might have been censored, and coupled with its later decline, the Xuan Tian Gong in his hand was probably vastly different from the original.

"Useless to eat, but a pity to throw away." This is Huo Yuhao's evaluation of it. The only thing that is currently useful to him is the knowledge of meridians recorded in it.

He really didn't dare to practice this technique, fearing that some little something might have been added to it and cause him problems.

It's a minor issue if you run into problems during practice; the real problem is if you unknowingly get caught on the leash of the God King.

.........

At this moment, Jiang Nannan finally arrived at Huo Yuhao's shop with her mother.

Seeing the nonsensical slogan on the sign, he gritted his teeth and led his mother inside.

After all, this was his last hope.

After Jiang Nannan entered the store, she called out to Huo Yuhao, who was reading a book at the counter:
"Master, please take a look at my mother. I beg you."

When Huo Yuhao looked up, he saw a stunningly beautiful girl with long, wavy golden hair supporting her mother with tears streaming down her face, looking at him with pleading eyes.

Upon seeing her, Huo Yuhao's brain CPU went into overdrive, instantly retrieving several keywords.

"Blonde hair, beautiful, mother is sick, Xuanfeng City, Xuanming Sect."

"Good heavens, this is Jiang Nannan's hometown?!"

Huo Yuhao has finally figured out the current timeline: Jiang Nannan is currently in third grade and will be in fourth grade when school starts.

In other words, there are four months left before the normal storyline begins, and Tianmeng Ice Silkworm and Ilex will both gather in the Star Dou Great Forest.

The two biggest cheat codes from my original work are about to be released.

Under Jiang Nannan's pleading gaze, Huo Yuhao temporarily put aside his thoughts and quickly got up to help his mother to the bed in the back room.

Then they inquired about Jiang Nannan's condition.

Jiang Nannan hurriedly recounted all of Xu Wei's diagnoses to Huo Yuhao, word by word.

"Master, please save my mother! She's suffered so much... I..."

Huo Yuhao interrupted her out-of-control emotions, saying, "Go out for a while, I'll come and see what's going on."

Jiang Nannan nodded emphatically, then stopped sobbing and retreated to the front hall.

After Huo Yuhao drew the curtain, he slowly used his mental power to examine his mother's condition bit by bit.

Especially the heart area, you won't believe what you find until you check it.

"Holy crap, ventricular septal defect, atrial septal defect, patent ductus arteriosus, pulmonary valve stenosis."

"All the diseases that can be encountered with congenital heart disease are now covered."

"How has she survived this long? How is she even alive? Medicine doesn't exist anymore!"

Huo Yuhao stared at the woman on the bed in astonishment.

To put it bluntly, in her previous life, this woman would have been worthy of at least five Nobel Prizes in Medicine.

These diseases, any one of which could be a real headache for an ordinary person, she's had them all and is still alive and kicking for over thirty years.

If we can figure out the fundamental principles that have allowed her to live to this day, the medical community's research on the heart could leap forward by fifty years.

Driven by curiosity, Huo Yuhao continued his investigation and then realized why she had been able to survive until now.

This woman's martial soul is the same as Jiang Nannan's—a soft-boned rabbit. Her innate soul power is not underestimated; it seems to be around level six or seven.

Her beast spirit, combined with her high innate soul power, continuously sustained her survival.

However, as time went by, his physical condition weakened, and the decline of his martial spirit essence could no longer compensate for his physical functions, and problems with his heart began to emerge.

(End of this chapter)