Douluo Continent: Huo Yuhao obtains the Flame Emperor template

Chapter 70 Master Xuan's Insight

This time, Wang Dong and Huo Gua were not together, so the absurd situation of the Spirit Eye and the Goddess of Light Butterfly martial souls achieving 100% fusion would not occur.

Similarly, this also means the absence of the Power of Winter and the Golden Path.

In the original novel, Wang Dong and Huo Gua's final match in the first-year freshman assessment, the Golden Road vs. the Netherworld White Tiger, attracted everyone's attention and shocked the entire audience.

However, in this freshman assessment final, Huo Gua and Wang Dong were no longer able to cooperate, and they lacked the moves to counter the Netherworld White Tiger.

While Wang Dong is indeed very strong personally, comes from a wealthy family, and has always had the best of everything since childhood, his physical condition is quite good in all aspects.

However, her cultivation level was ultimately only that of a level 23 Great Soul Master.

That's right. Without Huo Gua's supervision and Hao Dong's power, Wang Dong's soul power level was two levels lower than at the same point in the original story.

Among the first-year students of this year, who also possess top-tier martial souls and great potential, Wang Dong's soul power level is not particularly outstanding.

At this time, Dai Huabin's cultivation level had reached the level of a three-ring Soul Master.

Therefore, no matter how strong Wang Dong's personal strength is, it is still far from enough to resist the power of the Soul Fusion Skill Netherworld White Tiger released by the Soul Master.

Wang Dong gripped the blanket tightly with her small hands, truly frustrated: "Why does a Martial Soul Fusion Skill even exist? I'm so angry!"

"From any perspective, including background, spirit quality, talent, and bloodline, I should rightfully possess a spirit fusion skill."

Wang Dong's beautiful pinkish-blue eyes gazed blankly out the window toward the direction of Poseidon Lake, lost in thought.

Xiao Xiao and she had been trying for so long, and although there was some reaction, they still couldn't succeed.

If it's not Xiao Xiao, then where is this person...?

Wang Dong was lost in thought, muttering to herself, "I wonder what my first and second uncles were thinking back then. Why did they insist on me dressing as a man?"

Just as she was lost in thought, there was a knock on the dormitory door. It was Xiao Xiao and Bai Yunli who came to find her.

"Wang Dong, the teacher called us and said that the list of selected core disciples has been announced." Xiao Xiao's joyful voice rang out.

Wang Dong quickly suppressed his thoughts, adjusted his appearance, and as usual, tightened his slightly curved chest and straightened his collar.

She got out of bed, opened the dormitory door, and walked out, a hint of surprise in her eyes: "Xiao Xiao, we lost in the finals, but did we all get the status of core disciples?"

With a joyful expression, Xiao Xiao relayed her teacher's words to Wang Dong.

Although the three of them narrowly lost to Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu's Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Netherworld White Tiger.

However, after careful consideration, Dean Yan Shaozhe said that both of them were top geniuses with twin martial souls, and that Wang Dong's personal strength might even be above Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu. Therefore, he decided to grant Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao the status of core disciples.

Bai Yunli, who was on the same team, received the same generous reward as Huo Gua in the original novel: "enjoying the treatment of a core disciple".

If she makes a breakthrough during next year's promotion exam, we will consider promoting her to a formal core disciple.

As the team leader during the competition, Wang Dong was worried that Bai Yunli would feel wronged because of the preferential treatment, so he patted her on the shoulder with a serious expression.

"Yunli, I'll take you to find the teacher. We're a team, how can you treat us differently?"

Bai Yunli shook her head slightly and said with a smile, "It's alright, Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao thank you. Actually, I'm already very satisfied to be able to enjoy the treatment of a core disciple."

On Xiao Xiao's bright and lively face, she let out a deliberately profound sigh.

"Hey... Wang Dong, it would be great if we could have a Martial Soul Fusion Skill too."

She glanced at Wang Dong, a little worried that the once spirited and confident Wang Dong would not be able to recover from his failure in the freshman assessment.

Wang Dong couldn't help but snort: "It's okay, Xiao Xiao. We're both only at the second level of cultivation right now. We'll have to work harder later."

"Once we both reach the Soul Master level, even without a Martial Soul Fusion Technique, we might be able to contend with their Netherworld White Tiger."

Regardless, both she and Xiao Xiao are geniuses with twin martial souls, and all four of their martial souls are top-tier. Once their cultivation reaches the Soul Venerable level, the two top geniuses, together, will definitely be much stronger than they are now.

After all, before encountering the Netherworld White Tiger, they had also encountered a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the Heavenly Net released by the sisters Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo.

Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao used their martial soul strength to break through the Lan sisters' martial soul fusion technique.

"But Xiao Xiao, although it's not unacceptable that we don't have a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, I still can't quite understand it."

Wang Dong pondered for a moment: "Xiao Xiao, think about it. We both have twin martial souls, and it's such a coincidence that we're in the same class and have become very good friends."

"We've been figuring this out for three months now. We should have something similar to the power of Winter's Whistle by now."

"This freshman assessment clearly shows that our current weakness is our relatively low cultivation level, and the power of Dong Xiao can accelerate our cultivation speed."

Xiao Xiao blinked her big, light green eyes: "Wang Dong, um... is it possible that we're still exploring things too superficially?"

If it were Huo Qubing, this guess wouldn't be unreasonable.

After all, in the original story, Wang Dong and Huo Gua slept together all night, their souls intertwined, in the wild.

The next day, the two got up covered in dew and found a strange, pale golden trench in front of them, which later became known as the Golden Road.

……

On the shore of Poseidon Lake, beneath the golden tree.

Wang Yan stood respectfully, holding a booklet, and reported the new student assessment results to Xuanzi.

"Elder Xuan, that's basically the situation. These students are the best of the best in this year's freshman assessment, and they have performed exceptionally well."

"Hmm... okay."

Elder Xuan, who was munching on a chicken leg under the shade of a tree, nodded and mumbled through his chewing, "Twin Martial Souls, and the original body's hair Martial Soul."

"This is indeed something I should pay attention to."

Wang Yan flipped through the booklet in his hand and said unhurriedly, "In the freshman assessment, although the sisters Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo were defeated by Wang Dong's team, their joint spirit fusion skill still had many highlights."

As Elder Xuan savored the wine in the gourd, he activated the wisdom in his wine-soaked mind and pondered.

"Hair-based martial souls, although considered body-based martial souls, rank relatively low among body-based martial souls."

"High-quality body spirits are all non-regenerative parts that play an important role in the human body, while hair can grow back after it's gone."

Xuanzi took another swig of wine and sighed slowly.

"To be honest, it doesn't really move me."

In Xuanzi's view, hair-based martial souls are only marginally related to the main body martial soul.

"But they can also unleash Martial Soul Fusion Techniques, so their future development potential should be very strong. Let me think about it more carefully..."

At this moment, a strange and mysterious power seemed to emanate from Elder Xuan. After pondering for a long time, he slowly spoke.

"Wang Yan, since those students who were not selected as core disciples are all quite talented, why not let them enjoy the benefits of core disciples first?"

"When I organize the reserve team selection competition later, I can let them all participate and see how much they have improved. Even without any substantial rewards, the title of 'core disciple treatment' alone will be enough to motivate them."

Wang Yan was taken aback upon hearing this. After a moment's thought, a glint of light flashed in his eyes, and he bowed slightly, saying, "Elder Xuan, your insight is profound."

……

Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, Xuan Ziwen's laboratory.

Huo Yuhao successfully created a level 2 explosive gun. Of course, the metal material of the Fire Lotus Bomb was also greatly improved.

"Yuhao, although I didn't help you much in terms of the production process of the bomb gun."

"But Yuhao, you became a Level 2 Soul Master in just three months since you came to my laboratory. This result alone is undoubtedly outstanding and successful."

Xuan Ziwen fiddled with Huo Yuhao's newly made explosive gun, marveling at the metal it used, which was refined to a level higher than 100 times.

Huo Yuhao smiled politely: "Actually, Teacher Xuan has been a great help to me. I have learned a lot from watching Teacher Xuan inscribe advanced core magic arrays."

It can only be said that Huo Gua is indeed a gifted player in the field of soul tools, and can be called a genius.

In the original story, the Spirit System consumed a lot of his time and energy, and he only needed eight months to become a Level 2 Spirit Master. However, Huo Yuhao shortened that time by more than half.

Orange leaned closer, adjusted her glasses, and whispered, "Teacher Xuan, did Junior Brother Yuhao break Xiao Hongchen's record for becoming a Level 2 Soul Master the fastest?"

Xuan Ziwen felt incredibly happy whenever the topic of breaking records came up.

"Haha, ever since you came to my lab, Yuhao, Xiao Hongchen hasn't been hanging around me anymore, and he doesn't brag to me every day anymore. It's really refreshing. Every time after class, Meng comes over to call you."

Just then, Miss Meng arrived.

She walked lightly into the laboratory and asked questions with great interest.

"Yuhao, Teacher Xuan said you're preparing for the Level 2 Soul Master assessment today. How's it going? Is your Soul Tool finished yet?"

Huo Yuhao held up the newly completed level 2 explosive gun and waved it around, a warm smile on his face: "It's done. We'll go take the level 2 Soul Master assessment later."

Meng Hongchen said happily, "Xiao has been really busy these past few days. He's just one step away from becoming a Level 5 Soul Master. Knowing that you're about to advance to Level 2 Soul Master, he's been locking himself in the lab, focusing on practicing Level 5 core formations."

"He wants to set an unprecedented record in the Sun Moon Empire for the fastest advancement to the fifth level of Soul Master, and preserve his title as the 'Number One Genius of Soul Tools'."

Xuan Ziwen laughed a few times, feeling a warmth in his heart from Meng Hongchen's words: "That's really satisfying. It's about time someone came to curb Xiao Hongchen's arrogant attitude."

Back when he first brought Yuhao to Mingdu, Xiao Hongchen said that he wanted to see Huo Yuhao make a fool of himself, not become famous.

Now, not only is his record about to be broken, but he's also happily using Huo Yuhao's mental detection sharing every day.

Huo Yuhao shrugged and said, "Actually, I never intended to compete for the title of the number one genius in soul tools."

"I just casually practiced inscribing the core magic array, and I succeeded while practicing."

He waved his hand modestly and said, "Being a level two Soul Master in three months is a stroke of luck, nothing to brag about."

Xuan Ziwen was in a great mood: "Yuhao, I'll take you to the assessment site."

The group then arrived at the Level 2 Soul Master assessment site.

According to the optimal soul ring configuration for soul masters, "yellow, yellow", the assessment requirements for a level two soul master are that if the soul tool is an offensive soul tool, the soul tool must be used to defeat three soul beasts that are five hundred to one thousand years old.

This was no challenge for Huo Yuhao at all; he completed the Fire Lotus Bomb x3 speedrun test.

……

Half an hour later, Xuan Ziwen took out the badge of a Level 2 Soul Master and pinned it above Huo Yuhao's school uniform chest.

"Yuhao, congratulations on becoming a Level 2 Soul Master and breaking Xiao Hongchen's record of 'fastest to become a Level 2 Soul Master,' which lasted for a short time."

Afterwards, everyone returned to Mingde Hall, where Xuan Ziwen prepared to tell Xiao Hongchen the good news.

Let Xiao Hongchen know that he still has to practice, give him a sense of crisis, and stop him from acting like he's the boss all the time.

At this moment, Xiao Hongchen, who had just finished practicing engraving the core magic array, was walking and discussing something with a male student.

"Li Yan, how's the purity of your Li Huo Martial Soul's fire attribute?" Xiao Hongchen asked, arms crossed, without looking at him.

The student known as Li Yan is one of the regular team members participating in this year's All-Continent Advanced Academy Soul Fighting Tournament.

The regular team members are the same as the reserve team from the previous season, so the selection process was already finalized and there was no need for any selection.

Li Yan waved his hand helplessly and said, "Alas, my Li Huo Martial Soul is far inferior to ordinary fire elemental martial souls; it's more like a flame with many impurities."

Xiao Hongchen chuckled: "My brother-in-law... ptooey, ptooey, my sister's friend, he has a special kind of fire martial soul with extremely high purity of attributes."

"How high is its purity?" Li Yan didn't notice his slip of the tongue, focusing all his attention on the Flame Martial Soul.

"Compared to the ultimate fire, it's only higher, not lower." Xiao Hongchen said with a smile, "The ultimate is the minimum, and the upper limit is currently unknown."

Li Yan was stunned. He did not doubt the truth of what Xiao Hongchen said, but was shocked at how the dean had found such a genius student with amazing martial soul aptitude.

After walking for a while, Xiao Hongchen suddenly said, "Li Yan, look over there, that's him. Sigh, it seems he's already broken my record."

Li Yan was stunned again. What?! Breaking Xiao Hongchen's record?!

Xiao Hongchen quickly stepped forward: "Yuhao, how did it go? Did the assessment go smoothly?"

Huo Yuhao smiled and nodded: "It's alright, about the same as last time, three Fire Lotus Bombs were enough to take care of it."

Xiao Hongchen introduced Li Yan to Huo Yuhao and briefly explained some information about the other party's martial soul.

Li Yan sighed and took the initiative to say, "Actually, there is a record in an ancient book passed down in my family that there was once a fire element soul master who searched for all kinds of rare flames and combined two, three, or even more kinds of flames with his martial soul."

"It allows one's ordinary fire elemental martial soul to continuously evolve, and to use multiple flames in combination with soul skills, resulting in terrifying power, and even enabling one to fight against opponents of a higher level."

Huo Yuhao raised an eyebrow. "Senior Li Huo Huo Huo, you have a template too?"

(End of this chapter)