Douluo: The Gate to Heaven

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Although he was already a second-year student and received special training from the academy, Huo Yuhao's sources of gold coin income were still limited.

Evening, Huo Yuhao's grilled fish restaurant was still bustling with activity.

Tuoba Wukong and his group arrived relatively early this time, and after queuing for a while, they were able to buy four grilled fish.

"Senior, here's your grilled fish." Tuoba Wukong handed the grilled fish in his hand to Hua Luoying.

Hua Luoying's fair, jade-like nose twitched as she took a grilled fish and ate it in small bites. Her eyebrows were slightly raised, indicating that she was in a good mood.

However, after eating a grilled fish, Hua Luoying refused to eat any more.

The remaining three grilled fish went into Tuoba Wukong's stomach.

It has to be said that Huo Yuhao truly has a talent for cooking.

Compared to Huo Yuhao's grilled fish, what Tuoba Wukong and the others made was barely edible.

After eating and drinking their fill, the two of them, led by Hua Luoying, soon arrived at the outside of a magnificent golden pavilion.

Even in Shrek City where land is incredibly valuable, the attic occupies a huge area, with four floors and a height of over twenty meters.

At the entrance, four beautiful young women dressed in fitted cheongsams, revealing their fair thighs, stood on either side. These young women also looked...

She was only seventeen or eighteen years old, with a beautiful face, a perfect figure under her cheongsam, and a sweet and charming smile on her face, full of youthful energy.

Tuoba Wukong could also sense the aura of soul power emanating from the four women. Although he did not know their strength, these four women were clearly four soul masters.

"Senior, since the Treasure Pavilion is an academy's property, why be so worldly at the entrance of the Treasure Appreciation Meeting?" Tuoba Wukong was stunned for a moment, and could only think of these two words.

Hua Luoying glanced at Tuoba Wukong, seemingly satisfied with his performance, and said with a smile, "That's normal. Our inner court disciples are all focused on cultivation, and very few are obsessed with romance. Most of the inner court disciples are single. The academy's higher-ups have been worried sick about this for a long time, hoping that someone will take a liking to these beauties, settle down, and continue the lineage of Shrek Academy. After all, those who can enter Shrek Academy's inner court will all have good martial souls and bloodlines. The stronger the martial soul, the greater the chance that the descendants will have powerful martial souls and possess soul power. The academy doesn't want some powerful martial souls to be lost."

Although the martial souls in Douluo Continent are incredibly diverse, there are certain patterns to their inheritance. Apart from mutated martial souls, most people's martial souls are related to both of their parents. The stronger the parents' martial souls, the greater the chance that their children will inherit one of their parents' martial souls.

Some families with powerful martial souls can even pass their martial souls down from generation to generation, such as the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School, the Clear Sky School, the Blue Dragon Clan, the White Tiger Clan, and the Tu Nan Clan, who all inherit their martial souls.

Shrek Academy isn't afraid of its students marrying, having children, and establishing their own families. What it fears is that they will all be so focused on their cultivation that they refuse to marry and have children, causing their martial souls to become extinct. After all, even if inner court disciples go out to marry and have children, their offspring will most likely return to Shrek Academy to study.

Stepping into the Treasure Pavilion, you'll find that almost all the staff members are young and good-looking. The men are tall and slender, while the women are stunningly beautiful with graceful figures. Every smile and gesture is pleasing to the eye.

Their clothing accentuated their figures to the fullest, even giving off a deliberately seductive vibe.

"Welcome to the Treasure Appreciation Event, gentlemen." A graceful woman in a cheongsam greeted them with a smile. Her gaze swept over Tuoba Wukong's inner court disciple token at his waist, confirming his identity. Hua Luoying's blood-red inner court attire in Shrek City was the best proof of her identity.

The Treasure Pavilion would naturally not directly inquire about the guest's identity.

In any case, there will naturally be procedures when purchasing items. Without the identity token of an inner court disciple, it is impossible to buy any of the collectibles.

"My name is Hongxiu, and I'm your personal sales assistant for this trip. You can tell me if you have any requests," Hongxiu said with a smile, her voice soft and sweet. Her bright red cheongsam made her fair skin even more dazzling, and her alluring eyes were captivating. No one doubted that she would agree even if Tuoba Wukong asked to spend the night with her.

Hongxiu's gaze fell on Hua Luoying, and she paused for a moment before quickly regaining her composure and smiling again.

The falling petals and shadows are so beautiful.

As a woman herself, Hongxiu couldn't help but feel a little ashamed of herself.

"The treasure appreciation event will be held on the second floor. The display cases show information on each item, including its price. If you two would like, I can also provide a detailed introduction." Hongxiu's professional demeanor was impeccable; she didn't flaunt her abilities despite Hua Luoying's excellence.

She showed not a trace of jealousy, but maintained a smile, trailing behind the two by half a body length.

Go up to the second floor.

Each crystal display case holds a rare treasure.

Elixirs, metals, gems —

Dazzling.

Even Tuoba Wukong couldn't help but swallow hard as his gaze fell upon the treasures.

"Mysterious Water Pill, Soul Refining Pill, Seven-Turn Body Tempering Pill —"

"Deep-sea silver, golden crystals —"

"Ten-thousand-year-old coral, seventh-grade ginseng king, eight-leaf Paris polyphylla —"

Each one is priceless.

The Xuanming family's Xuan Shui Dan was prominently listed, the Soul Refining Dan could enhance a Soul Master's spiritual power, the Seven-Turn Body Tempering Dan was one of the best choices for body tempering, and there were also pills to enhance a Soul Master's soul power.

The Soul-Ascending Pill is not even qualified to be included.

After all, this was a treasure appreciation event for inner court disciples, whose soul power was at least level 50 or higher, and Soul Ascension Pills could only...

Increasing the soul power of a soul master below level 30 by one level does not help inner court disciples.

The pieces of metal displayed in the showcase are mostly core materials for level 5 or higher soul tools, which are valuable but unavailable for sale.

Hua Luoying tugged at Tuoba Wukong's sleeve, pointed to a display case, and whispered, "It seems this is the treasure the academy commissioned for you this time—a fragmented blueprint for an eighth-level soul tool. The academy really values ​​you."

Tuoba Wukong's gaze followed Hua Luoying's slender, fair fingers to a crystal display case in the center, where a blueprint inscribed with thousands of dense arrays appeared before him.

At this moment, even Tuoba Wukong felt dizzy.

Although the blueprints for the level eight soul tool are somewhat incomplete, the core magic array is intact and its value is immeasurable.

There are no level nine soul masters in the Douluo Continent Three Kingdoms, nor in Shrek Academy, and the blueprints for level nine soul tools of the Sun Moon Empire would never be leaked. Level eight soul tool blueprints already represent the pinnacle of soul tool technology in the Douluo Continent Three Kingdoms.

Such a complete fragment of a level-eight soul tool blueprint is not much less valuable than a real level-eight soul tool blueprint. In terms of value, this soul tool blueprint is even more valuable than a soul bone, second only to a 100,000-year soul bone.

After all, there is only one soul bone, but the soul tool blueprint means that as long as you thoroughly understand this blueprint and have enough materials, you can continuously produce level eight soul tools.

The three great empires, plus Shrek Academy, have no more than ten level-eight soul masters combined, which shows how precious this blueprint is.

Although Tuoba Wukong is still quite far from being an eighth-level Soul Master, most Soul Tools are common to each other and share the same fundamental principles. With the help of this incomplete eighth-level Soul Tool blueprint, Tuoba Wukong's growth in Soul Tool technology will be greatly benefited. At the very least, it will significantly reduce the time required to break through to the Advanced Soul Master level, and he may even have enough time to thoroughly understand this Soul Tool blueprint, making it possible for him to break through to become an eighth-level Soul Master.

Shrek Academy's presentation of such a blueprint at the treasure appreciation event clearly indicates that they have high hopes for Tuoba Wukong.

More importantly, with Tuoba Wukong's keen eye, it's not hard to tell that this is a blueprint for a defensive soul tool. Although it's not the heavy shield blueprint for the Unbreakable Shield, the principles are the same for all defensive soul tools.

If it were a blueprint for a ranged attack soul tool or a fixed soul tool, although Tuoba Wukong could learn a lot from it, it would definitely not be as good as this blueprint for a defensive soul tool.

The blueprint for the soul tool that Shrek Academy customized for Tuoba Wukong can be said to have been painstakingly crafted.

Behind her, Hongxiu heard the conversation between the two and couldn't help but look at Tuoba Wukong with a strange light in her eyes.

Unlike the hierarchy of contempt for Soul Guidance Departments within Shrek Academy, in the eyes of ordinary people in Douluo Continent, Soul Guidance Department members are definitely of higher status than Soul Masters and are more suitable as partners.

Soul Masters are capable of creating all sorts of powerful Soul Tools and are highly regarded by various powerful forces. Each force will extend numerous offers to Soul Masters, and usually, Soul Masters receive better treatment and are much wealthier than Soul Crafters.

Secondly, Soul Masters spend most of their lives on the front lines of war, fighting against Soul Masters and Soul Beasts in the Soul Beast Forest. They never know when they will perish, their lives hanging by a thread. Conversely, Soul Guides are usually in support roles, their lives more secure.

Safety is actually more guaranteed.

Wealthy and stable.

A Soul Master can be said to possess the most important qualities of an excellent partner.

Hongxiu is also a Soul Master. Although her talent is not outstanding, female Soul Masters are rarer than male Soul Masters. Moreover, Hongxiu herself has a top-notch appearance and figure. She has been pursued by countless men since she was a child. The reason why she was willing to become a waitress at the Treasure Appreciation Club was to meet an outstanding inner court disciple and become his other half.

However, Hongxiu's intense gaze dimmed slightly when it fell on the woman in red in front of her.

The woman in front of her was so outstanding that she couldn't muster even the slightest thought of competition.

Not to mention the other party's stunningly beautiful appearance, which made even a woman like her feel infatuated, the red robes that the other party wore, which were unique to the inner disciples of Shrek Academy, were something that she could only dream of.