Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 244 Fragments of the Holy Sword (Take a day off, 4k words)

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong were both wearing Shrek Academy uniforms, so they were easily recognized. They had already received a lot of attention along the way.

The two took out their invitations and handed them over. After reading the invitations, the girl's smile softened even more. "Two Soul Masters, please follow me." As she spoke, she gestured for someone to lead the way and then walked ahead.

Stepping into the Treasure Pavilion, an atmosphere of luxury immediately envelops you. The golden hall exudes extravagance, its entire space shimmering under the light of crystal chandeliers hanging high in the ceiling. Two rows of young women also stand on either side of the hall.

Compared to the eight girls in long dresses outside, the girls inside wearing gold short skirts were much more eye-catching.

These girls were even younger, and their short skirts revealed very little fabric, showing off their fair, slender legs. Every single one of them was above average in appearance and had an excellent figure—curvy in all the right places. The first impression of entering this golden hall was that it was like entering paradise on earth.

Seeing this, Huo Yuhao frowned even more deeply.

Perhaps this is just the prevailing atmosphere in the world of Soul Masters and high society; it's normal that Shrek Academy couldn't escape it.

Huo Yuhao frowned and reluctantly accepted the reception environment arranged by the academy. Logically speaking, Huo Yuhao could explain the lavish and extravagant decorations, which seemed to indicate that the academy had money to burn, as just the style. However, the receptionists were all young girls.

Huo Yuhao frowned, planning to pay a visit to his master's wife, who was also the mother-in-law of his teacher Qian Duoduo, and Elder Song, one of the elders of the Sea God Pavilion.

"Welcome, distinguished guests." The girls on both sides suddenly bowed and said in unison. The sudden voice startled Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong.

Wang Dong, feeling helpless, leaned closer to Huo Yuhao. Huo Yuhao, however, simply led Wang Dong forward expressionlessly. Even if he hadn't eaten pork, he had seen pigs run. He should just learn from the rich people he had been watching.

They walked briskly down the corridor, and the girl in the white dress led them up the golden stairs to the second floor of the Treasure Pavilion.

The second floor was much quieter than the first. While it appeared somewhat scattered, all the booths were arranged in the most logical and prominent positions. Each booth was enclosed by a huge crystal glass dome. Different items were displayed on the stands inside.

The girl in the white dress stopped in her tracks: "Welcome, distinguished guests, to the Treasure Pavilion's Treasure Appreciation Event. The event is held on the second floor, and you are welcome to browse freely. If you find any items you like, please register to purchase them on the west side or have them appraised on credit. The appraisal result will determine the discount and credit limit you will receive."

After filling out the forms as instructed by the girl in the white dress, their quotas were quickly determined. In order to quickly observe the items in the Treasure Appraisal Club, Huo Yuhao specially activated his mental detection, but he saw a very interesting scene.

The girl in the white dress initially took out a red and a purple card, but after waiting a while, she seemed to have received some kind of notification, and returned the purple card, replacing it with a black card.

With the help of Tianmeng Ice Silkworm and Qian Daoliu, Huo Yuhao quickly found a treasure worth acquiring: a large piece of whale glue that had turned black from weathering over time. Although it was labeled as millennium whale glue and was of very poor quality, Huo Yuhao trusted Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's judgment.

No matter how knowledgeable those human soul masters are, they don't understand as much as Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, a million-year-old soul beast that has drifted on the sea for hundreds or thousands of years. Tianmeng can't deal with a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, and it's also troublesome to deal with a ten-thousand-year soul beast with a bloodline that is too top-level. But for ordinary ten-thousand-year soul beasts, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm can really handle them with ease.

It has consumed a lot of the Wannian Whale Glue and the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm. There really is no one in the human world who knows more about it than it.

That's why Huo Yuhao would never miss out on a treasure like this that can greatly improve a Soul Master's physical attributes and enhance the Soul Ring's lifespan.

But the next moment, when he focused his attention on an exhibit, Huo Yuhao was shaken to his core.

It was an irregular fragment, with sharp edges but slightly broken, revealing a sense of having weathered many vicissitudes.

A faint golden luster flowed across the fragment, as if the first rays of dawn had been absorbed by it, warm and dazzling. In the center of the fragment, there was a flame-shaped pattern that flickered slightly, as if a real flame was burning on it. The huge crystal dome spread its golden light, making it shine brightly.

The mental probe landed on the sign below, which had a few lines of small text engraved on it.

Name: Fragment of a Top-Tier Melee Soul Tool of Unknown Origin

Price: Negotiable; payment in Gold Soul Coins not accepted.

[Description: A fragment of a melee soul tool radiating intense light and fire power. It appears to be forged from a top-tier rare metal of unknown origin. Even after analysis by the teachers of the Soul Tool Department, they were unable to determine what kind of rare metal it was made of. It possesses the characteristic of absorbing the power of light and fire.]

Additional information: This is suspected to be an unknown rare metal from the Sun and Moon Continent. It has no prototype in the original Douluo Three Kingdoms. This organization recently obtained it unexpectedly.

Under Wang Dong's astonished gaze, Huo Yuhao strode to the item. Huo Yuhao's vertical pupil between his eyebrows opened, and several lines of small, gold-plated characters appeared at the bottom of the fragment.

[Fragment of the Angelic Sword's blade: Once a sacred greatsword capable of slaying all ferocious beasts and fallen beings, a weapon somewhere between a straight sword and a greatsword, a great artifact that could draw upon the power of the sun to unleash boundless light and heat to kill enemies. It shattered along with the second generation successor after a certain divine war.]

[Perhaps due to the continuous battles with enemies larger than itself, what should have been a straight sword was instead crafted into a greatsword, possessing immense impact when wielded, as well as divine and fiery power.]

The sun is truly magnificent, like an extraordinary father. I truly hope that one day I can be as huge and full of heat as the sun.

Let us swear an oath under the sun: to burn ourselves for humanity, to cut down all obstacles that hinder human progress, and to do so even if it means becoming the sun ourselves.

Ah, the sun!

A look of shock flashed in Huo Yuhao's eyes. Shrek Academy had such a good thing?

What did this pavilion unexpectedly acquire recently?

Huo Yuhao would never believe it, no matter what. The academy had really gone all out to win him over. Who knew which elder's treasured storage device this fragment might be? It might even be something that had been quietly passed down through generations of Shrek Academy.

"Distinguished guests, your credit limit assessments at Jubao Pavilion have been completed."

(End of this chapter)