Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 168 Huh? I understand! (Daily 10,000 words)

The way to distinguish between ordinary meditation and deep meditation is simple. In ordinary meditation, there will be no changes on the surface of the body, and the soul power will just circulate on its own within the body. It will only be slightly released outward when using certain special techniques or when breaking through.

During deep meditation, as a form of self-protection, a portion of the soul power will spontaneously overflow from the soul master's body to protect themselves, while also concealing all of the soul master's aura.

At this moment, Huo Yuhao was just like that, with a faint white light appearing and disappearing around his body, and his whole person seemed to be a treasure radiating a faint glow.

When Huo Yuhao awoke from his deep meditation, he felt warm all over, an indescribable comfort. The cyan color in his body had completely disappeared, and his soul power had made considerable progress.

Having already reached the level 25 threshold, Huo Yuhao broke through the level 26 threshold almost without any hindrance. His total soul power then soared, and he had already moved at least a third closer to level 27.

Opening his eyes, Huo Yuhao's eyes flashed with surprise.

In the past, he could easily break through barriers, but he never felt this smooth. This time, when he broke through to level 26, he didn't feel like he needed to exert any effort. It felt like he had applied lubricant and slid all the way to the bottom. In the blink of an eye, he reached level 26!

After switching the lab's status back from "In Experimentation, Do Not Disturb" to "Working, Please Message Me If Needed," Huo Yuhao's lab immediately received a visitor request.

Huo Yuhao opened the heavy door of his laboratory and found that Ning Ge and He Caitou had been waiting at the door for a long time.

"Brother Ning, and Senior Brother, how long have you two been waiting?"

He quickly ushered the two in and brewed a pot of tea. Huo Yuhao asked somewhat embarrassedly.

"It hasn't been long. Speaking of which, weren't our experiments supposed to be finished? Yuhao, why did you put the 'Do Not Disturb' sign up again?"

Ning Ge looked at Huo Yuhao with some confusion.

"Hehe, I'm lucky. I suddenly got the hang of it. I practiced for a while and unexpectedly entered a deep meditation. Although I've read about it in books many times, this is the first time it's happened to me."

Huo Yuhao scratched his head.

"Deep meditation?" He Caitou cast an envious glance at him: "I've never encountered one before. You're really lucky, junior brother."

Ning Ge nodded in deep agreement. Despite being older than the two of them, he had only ever entered a state of deep meditation once.

For a Soul Master, encountering a deep meditation is far more valuable than for a Soul Master.

During deep meditation, a Soul Master's Soul Power will circulate on its own, at a faster speed than during ordinary meditation. At the same time, their comprehension will increase significantly during deep meditation, and things that are not easy to understand in normal times will become easier to see through.

For Soul Masters, such an opportunity to double their comprehension is rare and hard to come by. As long as they take out their daily problems one by one and think about them during deep meditation, at least half of the problems can be solved. Even the problems that were originally blocking their Soul Master bottleneck can be figured out after careful consideration.

Just consider the giant soul guide mechanical arm hidden in Ning Ge's soul guide shop. Many of the ingenious ideas Huo Yuhao saw on it were inspired by this period. The perfect combination of those techniques was so exquisite that even a level eight or nine soul guide master would exclaim "Holy crap!" upon seeing it.

"Deep meditation has this effect?!"

Huo Yuhao slapped his thigh in frustration, dumbfounded.

What was he thinking about during his deep meditation?

It seemed to be an exclamation about how warm and comfortable it felt, like soaking in a hot spring, and how extraordinary the gold of life truly was.

When Huo Yuhao heard Ning Ge and He Caitou mention that deep meditation could also improve comprehension, he was so anxious that he almost slapped his thigh until it was swollen. What a waste!

"Alright, junior brother, you're only twelve years old. You'll have plenty of opportunities to enter deep meditation in the future."

Ning Ge chuckled and comforted the somewhat dumbfounded Huo Yuhao.

With a sigh, Huo Yuhao reluctantly accepted that he had wasted an opportunity to comprehend the Dao in Longchang. Fortunately, this deep meditation seemed to have been a free gift after absorbing the gold of life. At least he broke through to level 26 after finishing this meditation, so it wasn't too much of a loss.

It can only be said that Huo Yuhao still suffered from not being a professionally trained soul master. For a soul master of the martial soul system, the effect of deep meditation is to increase the success rate of breakthroughs and to think about a few issues related to martial soul cultivation. If there are no confusing points, then just enjoy this deep meditation.

For those in the Soul Guidance system, this is common sense. If you grab any Soul Guidance Master off the street, they will know that you should grasp the importance of deep meditation and carefully consider the bottlenecks you encounter in your Soul Guidance learning.

Huo Yuhao, who was born with a martial soul system but also cultivated a soul guidance system, just happened to miss out on this common knowledge that is meaningless to martial soul system soul masters.

"Alright, Brother Ning, and Senior Brother, what brings you two here now?"

Huo Yuhao temporarily put the matter aside and looked at the two of them.

The two then remembered that they had come to see Huo Yuhao for a serious reason, and said, "Yuhao, do you remember the planning sketch that Teacher Fanyu took from you a few days ago?"

Huo Yuhao thought about it for a moment and realized that there was indeed such a thing. Teacher Fanyu asked him what kind of soul tool he wanted to make with the soul bone of the Flying Mantis. Huo Yuhao thought about it for a moment and drew a sketch of a nodachi shape for him.

Based on the academy teachers' speculation, this soul bone is highly likely to provide a wind-attribute soul bone skill. At the same time, it is necessary to consider reserving space for the soul bone. Therefore, Huo Yuhao's sketches are more inclined to resemble the giant katana 'Mingying' carried by his godfather or the 'Giant Ape Cutter' stuck in the neck of the Lion Ape.

He is now quite muscular. Although he can't compare to the two-meter-tall giants of Ashina, Huo Yuhao believes that with his increasingly strong body, he is barely qualified to wield a katana in battle.

"Hmm, what's wrong?"

Huo Yuhao nodded, indicating that he remembered it.

"Junior brother, would you like to try out a melee soul tool made from a ten-thousand-year-old soul bone beforehand?"

He Caitou smiled and winked at Huo Yuhao, giving him a meaningful look.

"Have Teacher Fanyu and Dean Xian finished testing the thousand-year-old soul bones?"

Huo Yuhao's eyes lit up.

"Yes, we tested several major categories, from swords to clubs, from spears to scythes. Apart from two-handed soul tools like gauntlets and fist daggers, most types of soul tools can be adapted to the new technology. We have tested soul bones that are hundreds or thousands of years old, and there are no empty soul bones at the ten-thousand-year level yet."

Ning Ge nodded, and Huo Yuhao then realized that he had gotten a bargain.

(End of this chapter)