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

Chapter 5 "From now on, the sky's the limit, and birds can fly freely, no longer bound by any constraints."

Huo Yuhao tiptoed to the back gate of the White Tiger Duke's mansion. Since it was noon, many servants were working inside the mansion.

For these servants who might expose his whereabouts, he simply used the Kaleidoscope of Spirit Eyes to cast illusions, making them completely ignore his presence.

These illusions are inherent to the Mangekyou Sharingan. After all, it is the Mangekyou Sharingan, so being able to use illusions can be said to be an innate instinct. After fusing with the Spirit Eye, it was also passed on to the new martial soul.

The principles behind these illusions are different from those in the Naruto world; they must have been adapted for local audiences.

In Naruto, genjutsu is used to disrupt an opponent's chakra.

In this world, Huo Yuhao mainly uses his Spirit Eye to directly inject his transformed special spiritual power into the opponent's sea of ​​consciousness to interfere with their perception.

The back gate of the White Tiger Duke's mansion is usually unguarded, as can be seen from the original text.

In the original story, Huo Yuhao, who was at level 10, simply slipped out of the Duke's mansion through the back door without anyone noticing.

Sure enough, when he arrived at the back door, he found that there was indeed no one guarding it.

Huo Yuhao sometimes really wanted to complain about the absurdity of this world. This was the territory of a duke, and a duke who held great military power at that.

As a result, the security of his ducal mansion was surprisingly lax.

This is supposed to be the Star Luo Military God? He can't even defend his own home, yet he claims he's going to protect a vast empire.

If the Sun Moon Empire sent a few Soul Masters with strong stealth abilities, they could blow up the entire Duke's mansion without anyone noticing.

This resulted in Dai Hao suffering a significant loss of his household registration book on the spot.

Gently pushing open the solemn, lacquered red gate, Huo Yuhao dashed straight towards the official road of the Star Luo Empire.

The White Tiger Duke's Mansion is not far from Xingluo City, located about 500 li to the southeast.

However, Huo Yuhao does not plan to go to Xingluo City this time.

Instead, they planned to head north to the Heavenly Soul Empire.

There are many things from the Heavenly Soul Empire that are of great use to Huo Yuhao right now.

For example, the Xuanming Sect's Xuan Shui Pill and the even more powerful Xuanwu Divine Pill.

These elixirs can help him cleanse his meridians, strengthen his marrow, and expand his meridians.

The meridians are thin and narrow, and in some places even show signs of disorder. These are important factors that hinder Huo Yuhao's cultivation speed.

Mysterious Water Pill can solve these problems without side effects.

The Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow beneath the Dragon Gate in Dragon City is an even rarer treasure, offering immense benefits for cultivation.

If it were the Huo Yuhao of the beginning, he wouldn't dare to have any thoughts about these things.

The only thing Huo Yuhao could do in the Heavenly Soul Empire was to seek refuge with the Body Sect. The Body Sect's immense strength and Du Bu Si's personality were enough to ensure Huo Yuhao could safely get through his developmental period.

But things were different after the Kaleidoscope successfully awakened.

The Kaleidoscope of Spirit Eyes grants Huo Yuhao powerful illusion abilities, which are sufficient to deal with low-level Soul Masters.

If he encounters a threat from a Soul Saint or higher, the Kaleidoscope's eye technique will surely bring him unexpected joy.

Huo Yuhao still has some confidence to acquire some cultivation resources.

If one could be free, who would choose to live under someone else's roof?

As for the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and Shrek Academy, Huo Yuhao currently has no ideas.

The Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well is Tang San's backyard; without a map, you can't find it at all.

Shrek Academy is an even more prestigious institution, and Huo Yuhao would never dare to join it lightly.

He had suffered enough in his previous life and didn't want to go there and fight with four hundred people for a toilet, experience Shrek's superhuman running, and be constantly on guard against the Holy Spirit Cult's Grand Elder's schemes.

Not to mention that Tang Buddha's dog leash was waiting for him over there.

He absolutely does not believe that Tang San did not do anything underhanded.

No matter how you look at it, it's impossible for an eye and a butterfly to have a fusion skill, let alone a 100% fusion!
Isn't this obviously setting a trap for Huo Yuhao?
In the original novel, Tang San said that Tang Wutong would have everything Huo Yuhao had. Huo Yuhao's spiritual core was even directly stripped away, which almost destroyed his spiritual cultivation.

And then there's the Heaven-Defying Valley of Love and Destiny, where I didn't gain many opportunities, but I certainly suffered a lot of hardship.

Before entering the Valley of Love and Destiny, Huo Yuhao still had some backbone. But after experiencing the ultimate humiliation typical of Douluo Continent, he completely became a loyal dog of the Tang family.

If you're not joining Shrek Academy, you could check out Shrek City, as it's one of the most prosperous cities on the Douluo Continent.

The Valley of Love and Destiny is off-limits, and the same goes for the Haotian Sect.

Huo Yuhao raced along the official road of the Star Luo Empire. The roads in the Star Luo Empire were in excellent condition—wide, straight, and without any potholes. It seemed that Xu Jiawei had put a lot of effort into this aspect.

From day to night, occasionally stop to admire the unique scenery that you couldn't see in your previous life or observe the unique creatures here.

Soul beasts are rarely seen around the official roads of the Star Luo Empire. Even if you encounter a soul beast, it's usually just a ten-year-old digging rat or a three-colored cat.

These spirit beasts have absolutely no combat ability; an ordinary person could easily kill them with a kitchen knife, which is why nobody cares about them.

As he walked and looked around, Huo Yuhao covered about two hundred miles by the time the moon rose.

With the support of soul power, Huo Yuhao could easily travel 300 miles a day if he wanted to.

Fortunately, Huo Yuhao doesn't need to camp in the wild tonight; there's a city not far from him.

There are many cities surrounding the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, forming a large urban circle.

The lords of these cities would often send people to the White Tiger Duke's mansion with all sorts of rare and precious treasures in order to curry favor with the White Tiger Duke.

Of course, Dai Hao was unaware of this, because Duchess Baihu had taken it all for him.

I wonder if Xu Jiawei, the current emperor of Xingluo, knows about this matter, and if he does, what he thinks.

After a brief inspection at the city gate, Huo Yuhao successfully entered the city.

They called it a review, but it was really just a quick glance; they didn't even ask for my name.

How should I put it? This country gives you a sense of relaxed ease, like France in a bygone era.

Huo Yuhao didn't linger and went straight to the city's prosperous area, where every direction he looked was filled with dazzling shops.

The shouts of vendors and the chatter of the crowd mingled and filled the entire street.

Many people traveled in groups, getting completely drunk, staggering along the road and talking loudly to their companions.

Huo Yuhao was a Soul Master with the spiritual power of the Spirit Sea Realm, and with his spiritual power, he could easily sense that there were quite a few Soul Masters here.

Although the general level is not high, compared with the aura I felt in the White Tiger Duke's Mansion in the past, the Soul Masters here should be around level 20, and there are no Soul Venerables.

Huo Yuhao frowned. It was normal for a city to have Soul Masters, but such a large number was unusual.

This place is still a bit far from Xingluo City, and apart from the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, there are no other major forces around.

Huo Yuhao found a restaurant and spent ten copper soul coins to order a cup of tea and a bowl of clear soup noodles.

I originally wanted to get some meat, but I found that prices here are a bit high. If I buy meat, I'll probably have to sleep under a bridge tonight.

Looking at the meager food in front of him, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but shed tears of poverty.

On the surface, Huo Yuhao was showing off the food in front of him in a retaliatory manner, but in reality, he was using his mental power to sense the conversations of the people around him.

The reason he came to this restaurant was because he sensed that it had the highest concentration of Soul Masters; otherwise, he wouldn't have entered this expensive-looking restaurant to eat.

"Ghost Bear, I heard you recently landed a big job accompanying the young master of the Wang family from Star Luo City to hunt for spirit rings in the Star Dou Great Forest?"

"Haha, that's right. One of the members of the War Fang Soul Hunting Team died unexpectedly during a Soul Battle, and my Martial Soul was suitable for them to absorb into it as a replacement."

"They just received a job to help that young master of the Wang family hunt for his first spirit ring."

"A first spirit ring, huh? That young master doesn't look very old. Speaking of which, this job is easy; you can earn a fortune by hunting a hundred-year-old spirit beast in the outskirts!"

“Brother Steel Fang, you’re wrong. That’s the Star Dou Great Forest. Even in the outer areas, you might encounter thousand-year-old soul beasts. Bloodshed is inevitable.”

"Yes, yes, Brother Ghost Bear is right. We're in this line of work, risking our lives and living a life of bloodshed..."

Huo Yuhao ate very slowly, mainly because he was gathering information.

By eavesdropping on the conversations of the people here, Huo Yuhao learned that this was actually the garrison city of the Soul Hunter Group, a mercenary group.

After all, this city is located on the official road leading to the Star Dou Great Forest, and many people would resupply here.

According to the locals, the strongest person here is the leader of the Dragon Hunter Squad, a Soul King, whose martial soul is the Plate Armor Earth Dragon.

Another important piece of information is that every morning at the east gate of the city, teams recruit new members or accept commissions.

However, most small teams will choose to temporarily team up with strangers to carry out the mission.

While this carries some risk, it can quickly fill the gap in combat strength.

After finishing his meal, Huo Yuhao walked straight out of the restaurant. He decided to go to the East Gate the next day to see if he could run into any clients who had been commissioned to go to the Heavenly Soul Empire.

(End of this chapter)