Douluo Continent: The Eye of Truth

Chapter 33 Peaceful Sleep

After completing the upgrade assessment, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong returned to their dormitory without any further incidents along the way.

Because the process of the promotion assessment at the beginning of the second year is quite complicated, and there are still many students in the second year, it is definitely not possible to complete the assessment in one day. As a result, Huo Yuhao and the others have more than one day of rest.

"Damn it, the more I think about it, the angrier I get. Why did Director Du deduct five points from my score? I could have gotten full marks." Back in his dorm, Wang Dong still grumbled to himself, somewhat dissatisfied.

Her words were full of complaints about Du Weilun. After being influenced by Huo Yuhao, she was definitely not convinced that Du Weilun had deducted points this time.

She still believed that her tactical decision was definitely correct, after all, the soul bone in her body provided her with more than just enhancements to her physical attributes and soul power.

"Just keep it in mind. Even if you get five more or five less points, your soul power won't increase by one level, and it won't cause you to be expelled."

Huo Yuhao glanced at Wang Dong: "Focus on your cultivation. I'm going to sleep. Wake me up when it's time to eat. Goodnight."

"Huo Yuhao, all you do is sleep all day long." Hearing Huo Yuhao's words, Wang Dong raised an eyebrow. Although she herself also liked to sleep because her soul was damaged due to mental reasons.

However, she had never seen anyone like Huo Yuhao who could sleep indefinitely without any problems, let alone maintain his soul power while sleeping. That was the most bizarre thing about him.

"Could you teach me how you sleep? I also want to improve my soul power while sleeping. Cultivating normally is exhausting." Wang Dong approached Huo Yuhao's bedside and shook Huo Yuhao's body as he spoke.

"You won't be able to learn it, but I can teach you how to sleep better. Want to learn?" Huo Yuhao yawned and said, "After you learn it, you'll have more time to cultivate. Don't bother me after that."

"Okay." Wang Dong's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and he nodded quickly, since opportunities to take advantage of Huo Yuhao were rare.

Previously, whenever she asked Huo Yuhao for guidance on something, it was fine at first, but later Huo Yuhao would always ask her to bring her own food or treat him to meals, and her little savings were almost depleted.

"Read more books, read more newspapers, eat fewer snacks and sleep more." After making a small joke, Huo Yuhao got down to business.

"First do it this way, then that way, then this and that, and so on." Huo Yuhao told Wang Dong about some methods he had found in the outer academy library for nourishing one's soul with spiritual power.

The knowledge that Huo Yuhao told Wang Dong was originally just a technique for improving human energy or entering deep meditation. Only after Huo Yuhao integrated it could it subtly nourish the soul through mental power.

Sleep allows one's mental energy to relax to the fullest extent, thus gathering in the sea of ​​the mind and entering a state of instinctive deep meditation to nourish the soul in the unseen realm.

Although this method is slow to take effect and difficult to see results in the short term, for Wang Dong, having this method is better than having none at all. After all, the human soul is the part that is most difficult to interfere with through ordinary means.

Wang Dong's soul was torn apart by Tang San. As a descendant of a god, it's unknown whether Wang Dong's soul was torn apart because Tang San and Xiao Wu's divine positions were relatively weak.

Therefore, Wang Dong herself did not actually inherit the part about the energy transformation of gods, which can also be called deification. Her physique is just that of an ordinary person through and through, at most her body and spirit are purer.

Naturally, she lacks the ability to heal herself, and this is due to the hidden injuries left when Tang San tore her soul apart.

As a result of a series of chain reactions, the loss of her soul also caused varying degrees of damage to both her mind and body.

As a descendant of a deity, Wang Dong was born with the absorption of celestial energy and grew up. He even drank the water of life from the Goddess of Life, which only a chief god of the first level was qualified to drink.

Even so, the real reason why Wang Dong's cultivation and strength are not outstanding among his peers after arriving in Douluo Continent is that, although it is not obvious, Wang Dong is still in a state of serious injury and has not yet recovered.

Without the life-giving water, which is also of great benefit to powerful gods, it would have been normal for Wang Dong to die on the spot under Tang San's brutal "surgery".

Currently, her soul and spirit can only be repaired slowly and instinctively through the growth of her soul power. Perhaps one day, when her soul power helps her body complete energy transformation, the damage to her soul may also be completely repaired.

However, the influence of the soul and the body is bidirectional. The incompleteness of the soul and spirit will also affect Wang Dong's own cultivation speed. To complete the energy transformation of the physical body under such circumstances is almost a pipe dream.

For Wang Dong, the possibility of becoming a god-level powerhouse through her own efforts is far smaller than that of others.

Moreover, the biggest impact of a fragmented soul and spirit is that it cannot take shape. Because the integrity of the soul and spirit has been destroyed, it is impossible to form a stable form.

Therefore, under these circumstances, no matter who Wang Dong cultivates with, as long as there is a slight intervention from external forces...

Even a slight influence of mental energy can cause Wang Dong's soul and spirit to change, making them more and more compatible with the other party.

For example, if under normal circumstances, a person's spirit and the energy within their body are like two complete building blocks, depending on their shapes, only a very small part can touch each other and cannot merge.

The fusion of martial souls is like two coincidences that have a contact area or a high degree of compatibility, which makes the two complement each other.

So Wang Dong's soul and spirit are like a lump of powder that has been crushed into a pulp by external force. When it connects with other building blocks, this lump of powder will form new building blocks according to the influence of the external force.

This building block fits the other building block perfectly, and in this process, Wang Dong will gradually lose himself and become an appendage of the other.

This is why Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao's six seemingly unrelated martial souls could be fused together in the original work.

"Alright, go play by yourself, I'm going to sleep now." After teaching the Soul Restoration Technique, Huo Yuhao closed his eyes and lay down, ignoring Wang Dong.

The soul restoration technique that Huo Yuhao had just taught Wang Dong was only pieced together and connected from a jumble of knowledge found in the Shrek Academy's outer library.

However, it was guided by Electrox, a master of the undead side, so it was absolutely true and effective. Moreover, if others knew about it, they would at most think it was just a flash of inspiration from Huo Yuhao, since Huo Yuhao didn't use any other advanced knowledge.

Huo Yuhao closed his eyes and entered his spiritual sea: "Elder Yi, what do you think about this soul bone? I feel that it is very different from the soul bone of the Void Demon Leopard that I obtained before, but I can't quite put my finger on it."

The structural models of the two soul bones appeared in the sea of ​​consciousness. Huo Yuhao sat cross-legged, resting his chin on his hand as he looked at the two soul bones.

At the same time, the structure of that torso bone was being continuously completed. This was because Huo Yuhao had Tianmeng Ice Silkworm use mental detection to probe Wang Dong, who had entered a deep sleep state through the Soul Restoration Technique and was sleeping peacefully.

The small gray ball hovered around the torso bone before floating back to Huo Yuhao's side, at which point Electrolux's aged voice rang out.

"Well, it's no wonder you couldn't tell. I wasn't sure before either, but now I'm about 70-80% sure."

"Oh? What is it?"

"It is a magic circle, not a creation of this world. The rune structure I showed you before has appeared before, which is why it gave you a vague feeling."

"In the world I live in, magic spells are a way of using the power of nature, and a stable magic circle can allow the elements in nature to be arranged and combined into a predetermined form according to the magician's will over a long period of time."

"This is a rather unfamiliar system to this world, since the people of this world use a power called soul power, which is more derived from their own bloodline than from the spiritual energy of heaven and earth."

"However, in the end, these two paths will lead to the same conclusion. After all, for Soul Masters, human strength is finite and they still need to look to the heavens and earth for help. For Magicians, the fragility of the individual is also a shackle that limits them from bearing the power of the heavens and earth."

"Alright, we've gotten off topic. Let's get back to the soul bone."

"This soul bone is different from the energy crystals you obtained before, which originated from a creature called a soul beast and were formed by condensing a large amount of energy, with a portion of its spirit and soul being used as the source."

"There are no alien souls or spirits within it; it is mostly pure energy. And due to my lack of memory, I cannot identify all the runes that make up this soul bone for the time being."

"However, I can be certain that this so-called soul bone, although it looks similar to the soul bones of this world, is definitely not something that can be naturally produced in this world."

Hearing this, Huo Yuhao nodded, and he roughly had an answer in his mind.

Since it's not from the Clear Sky Sect, it can only be something created by Tang San.

Although Tang San was born in the world of Soul Masters, Douluo Continent, he was not particularly concerned about improving his own cultivation system.

However, the Asura God is, after all, a top-tier god-king in the current worldview, and the god realm itself governs quite a few worlds.

Among them are magical worlds like Ice and Fire Chef, so it's not surprising that similar magical concepts would appear. Although it may not be entirely Tang San's doing, it's likely that he is involved.

"Elder Yi, is it possible for us to create something similar by imitating the construction of this soul bone?"

Upon hearing this, Electrolux seemed to be pondering, and did not respond for a long time.

After a long pause, Electrolux finally said, "It's feasible, but very difficult."

"Even setting aside technical limitations, where would its energy come from?"

"Even without any other additional effects, the benefits of placing such an energy crystal in the human body are self-evident."

"However, such a vast amount of energy is far beyond your current capabilities to covet or acquire."

"After all, the energy that makes up a so-called soul bone, apart from the disordered and chaotic energy in nature, if your target is something that is relatively pure and abundant, and can be absorbed and mobilized by the human body, then it must belong to someone."

"So, it seems we've come full circle again: energy, attributes, elements." Huo Yuhao paused.

"Let's start researching. I've made some progress, but we still need to make some other plans to connect all these things together."

Seeing Huo Yuhao deep in thought within his mental sea, Electrolux sighed. Then, a chilling mental wave emanated from the gray sphere, and Huo Yuhao felt himself lose consciousness.

As Huo Yuhao's consciousness dissipated and he returned to his body, Electrolux's aged voice slowly rang out: "Get a good night's sleep, child. Haste makes waste. Don't rush things, or you'll only make things worse."

After transmigrating to this world, due to the existence of soul power and the sea of ​​spirit, Huo Yuhao's consciousness has always been wandering between the outside world and the sea of ​​spirit, never stopping his pursuit of strength.

This pursuit was blind, and exciting for Huo Yuhao, after all, as an ordinary person, this was an opportunity to pursue the extraordinary that he had never imagined.

Even though this opportunity was mixed with the malice of the gods, this pressure also became his motivation to move forward.

However, Huo Yuhao, as a transmigrator, still had the mindset of an ordinary person. Even though his body and mind were not tired, and he was in a perfect state due to the operation of his soul power and the existence of his spiritual sea.

However, the mind can get tired. In Electrolux's view, Huo Yuhao, who wanted to juggle multiple things at the same time and do his best in everything he planned, was already walking on the edge of a precipice.

In Electrolux's view, Huo Yuhao was now insane, not much better than himself when he was blinded by revenge.

While sleep is not a necessity for powerful individuals with extraordinary strength, they still need to relax. The balance between tension and relaxation is the way of cultivation.

Otherwise, if he persists in his stubbornness, he will eventually go down a dead end, becoming possessed by evil spirits without realizing it. That's why Electrolux took action and forced Huo Yuhao to truly "sleep" for a while.

This was Huo Yuhao's first real sleep since arriving in this world, and because of Electrolux's presence, he slept soundly this time.

(End of this chapter)