Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 158 Wang Dong, you're simply a genius (10,000 words per day)

When Huo Yuhao returned to the dormitory, he was surprised to find that Wang Dong was not engrossed in reading his favorite comic book of supernatural tales, but instead seemed to have suddenly gained enlightenment and was diligently cultivating.

"Have you eaten? I brought you food."

Huo Yuhao took out several lunch boxes, which can be considered an invisible perk after becoming a core disciple. For core disciples like them, the academy will give them the green light in all aspects. Food that is not allowed to be taken out of the cafeteria can be turned a blind eye here, with cultivation as the main focus.

After becoming a core disciple, each person has a special core disciple badge. The badge is mainly emerald green with a gold border around it, which looks very nice. Huo Yun'er was very happy when she saw the badge, so Huo Yuhao simply gave it to his mother.

Anyway, he didn't need to use this badge to prove his status as a core disciple. To be honest, the academy only had about ten core disciples each year. After eating at Gate 8 a few times, the head chef in charge of serving the food would have already remembered them.

Moreover, Huo Yuhao and Uncle Gongsun from Gate 8 have a pretty good personal relationship; both of them enjoy researching food.

"I was just about to go out to eat. You really understand me, Yuhao."

Wang Dong jumped off the bed and took out tableware from his storage soul tool to start eating heartily.

"Your battle this morning"

Huo Yuhao wanted to express his gratitude to Wang Dong, but for a moment he didn't know how to say it and was speechless.

"Alright, it's just that I helped you vent your anger again. I already promised you, why are you being so polite? Didn't you bring me food too?"

Wang Dong didn't even look up. He waved his hand while eating, indicating that there was no need to say anything more, but a beautiful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Seeing Wang Dong say this, Huo Yuhao didn't say anything more. He took out a few references from his storage soul tool and placed them on his bedside table. He then injected a little soul power into his soul power slot and turned on the soul guidance light in the dormitory.

"Why are you working so hard today? I thought you were going to sneak a nap or read some comic books while I was out of the dorm."

Huo Yuhao looked at Wang Dong with some curiosity.

"Hmph, isn't it all so I can quickly break through to level 30 and beat you up?"

Wang Dong was soft-hearted but stubborn. Although he was actually anxious because he had only narrowly won his battle with Dai Huabin that morning, he said he wanted to break through to level 30 and beat up Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao is a monster, so there's no chance of surpassing him, but we can't let him get further and further behind.

And then there's Dai Huabin. I'm the same age as him, yet he's so many levels above me.

No, absolutely not. From now on, Wang Dong must cultivate diligently and firmly grasp the throne of the highest cultivation level among his peers.

"What are those documents you brought about?"

Wang Dong finished eating and looked up at the documents Huo Yuhao had placed on the bedside table.

"It's a technical document about the 'Soul Bone Melting and Rectifying Soul Guidance Preparation Method.' I have a project that aims to optimize this technology and improve the utilization rate of soul bones in it. I am the leader and initiator of this project."

Huo Yuhao answered without looking up as he flipped through the technical documents.

"Well said. I recognize each word individually, but I can't understand them when they're put together. Professor Huo, could you please translate this for me?"

Wang Dong rolled his eyes. He had a sad premonition that a pitiful chasm had already appeared between the two of them.

"Simply put, there is a type of melee soul tool that is made with a soul bone as the core. Once the soul bone is perfectly fused with the soul tool, it cannot be removed. Forcibly removing it will either destroy the soul tool, destroy the soul bone, or possibly destroy both of them."

"The purpose of my current research is to avoid this outcome, to hope that the soul and bones can be reconciled, reconciled."

After thinking for a moment, Huo Yuhao found a more accurate way to describe it: "I hope that those soul bones can be replaced at will according to one's own needs, just like we can freely choose the melee soul tool that suits us according to the game."

"The cost of melee soul tools is much higher than that of ordinary ranged soul tools. It is unrealistic to prepare various soul tools according to one's own needs. Soul bone melee soul tools are the best among them. However, if the soul bones can be replaced at will, the cost of use will be much lower."

After swallowing a piece of the thousand-year-old sea spirit beast's flesh, Wang Dong drank two sips of soup, then took out a tissue to elegantly wipe his mouth. He sat down next to Huo Yuhao and picked up the other documents to look at.

"Then your research approach was flawed from the very beginning. This casting method is designed to simulate the combined state after the soul bone is absorbed. After stimulating soul power, the soul tool can unleash the power of the internal soul bone. Under these circumstances, if you try to forcibly remove the internal soul bone, the soul tool will inevitably be destroyed."

Seeing Wang Dong speak so confidently about this issue, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but show a hint of curiosity in his eyes: "You know about this too?"

Wang Dong shook his head upon hearing this: "I don't understand soul tools, but I do understand soul bones. Once a soul bone is absorbed, it is basically impossible to replace it, but replacing the soul bones in the limbs is still feasible."

"Can the soul bone be replaced after absorption?"

Huo Yuhao suddenly looked up. "There's no information on this topic in the library, is there?"

"Um."

Wang Dong nodded and said, "Although for most people, once a soul bone is absorbed, it is equivalent to being bound for life, Yuhao, don't forget that the most common reason for murder and robbery in the soul master world is to kill people to take their bones."

Wang Dong's words made Huo Yuhao thoughtful. If the soul bone taken from someone is not the head or torso, but only the limbs, then the soul master whose soul bone is forcibly taken may not necessarily die if treated in time.

Furthermore, if a healing-type Soul Master possesses a limb regeneration Soul Skill, it wouldn't be impossible to extract that Soul Bone and reabsorb it. Of course, if there's a better option, directly replacing it with a better Soul Bone is also an option.

Wang Dong's words gave Huo Yuhao a research direction that was not yet clear, but Huo Yuhao was certain that this topic might not hold him back for long.

"Wang Dong, you're simply a genius!"

Huo Yuhao excitedly patted Wang Dong on the shoulder. He was right. Although he didn’t understand soul tools, he did understand soul bones. The close combat soul tools made using the casting method were essentially soul tools made by simulating the absorption of the environment by the soul bone using the core array.

(End of this chapter)