Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 39 Hesitation Leads to Defeat!

Qian Daoliu had some reservations about Huo Yuhao using the Illusionary Eye to determine the cooking time of the grilled fish and to observe the details of the soul tool circuitry, considering it a waste of resources. However, Huo Yuhao didn't care about that. During his year in Ashina, Huo Yuhao had always been a thorough pragmatist, using whatever was useful.

After all, in Ashina, any means to defeat a powerful enemy are justifiable. After all, when Ashina's leader, the Sword Saint Ashina, is focused on killing, he also likes to pull out a six-shot musket without any regard for martial ethics.

The Ashina style is a school of thought that has no fixed moves or routines; it uses any means necessary to achieve victory. The fallen enemy has no right to criticize the victor. Hesitation leads to defeat! Learn this well, One-Armed Wolf.

The earnest teachings of Isshin Ashina still echoed in his ears. Although it had been many years since his last encounter with him, Huo Yuhao still instinctively shuddered when he recalled the lightning-fast blade and the mad bull-like wielding of the cross-shaped spear.

Huo Yuhao's talent was very much to Ning Ge's liking. In addition, Huo Yuhao's generous and proper self-introduction and excellent introduction made Ning Ge, who preferred to study soul guidance technology in his room, accept Huo Yuhao as his apprentice.

However, Ning Ge also emphasized that although he would take the time to teach Huo Yuhao the repair and manufacturing techniques of soul tools, the two could not be considered teacher and student. At most, it was a senior taking care of a junior. The monthly salary was tentatively set at ten gold soul coins, and the salary would be increased later according to the changes in Huo Yuhao's own soul tool technology level.

Huo Yuhao was naturally quite satisfied with this treatment. After all, in many trades, you don't get paid to be an apprentice. Even so, without connections to introduce you, people might not be willing to take you on. The saying that teaching an apprentice can starve the master is not only common in ordinary craftsmen, but also often happens to soul masters.

Not all Soul Masters are academic giants with levels seven or eight, or even nine. Even if they don't start new Soul Master research projects every year, the Empire will still happily spend large sums of gold Soul Coins to support them and ask when they are interested in starting a new project or taking on more promising students.

The actual status of most Soul Masters is not much different from that of Master Li, who brought Huo Yuhao and Huo Yun'er to Shrek City.

Having the identity of a Soul Master (Soul Instructor) means you'll naturally earn more money than ordinary people, but in reality, it's just so-so; frankly, it's still hard-earned money.

They simply earn a little more than ordinary people without soul power, that's all.

What they face on a daily basis is not academic problems or ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts, but when they can buy a two-courtyard house, when they can save enough money to marry a girl with a similar soul power level to themselves, and then start a peaceful life with a wife and children.

After that, they hoped that their children could have a level 5 or 6 innate soul power, graduate from the Soul Master Academy, and strive to stay at the school as teachers or in some other profession, which would be both high-paying and respectable, so that they wouldn't have to continue to suffer like them.

Ning Ge didn't have any strict requirements regarding Huo Yuhao's time as an apprentice. In his words, as long as Huo Yuhao came, he would definitely be in the shop. At the same time, Ning Ge's schedule was generally not fixed. How long he could sleep each day mainly depended on how many second-hand soul tools he had accumulated that needed repair, which made Huo Yuhao both amused and exasperated.

For this reason, Huo Yuhao simply adopted Shrek Academy's normal school hours as his working hours at the shop, since Huo Yuhao would be off work when the Shrek students finished school, making it perfect for him to set up a stall at the school gate.

"Brother Ning, what's the name of your shop, 'Confused Soul Guide Repair'?"

Huo Yuhao hesitated, then looked at Ning Ge.

"What's wrong, young Master Huo? Don't you like the name?"

"No, no." Huo Yuhao shook his head and said, "When I was in Xingluo City, I often went to a shop called 'Hutu Treasure Pavilion'. I think the owner of that shop was also surnamed Ning."

"Haha, we really are destined to meet. You're right, that's a shop opened by my second uncle. Our branch is a collateral branch of the Ning family, and the money to open the shop was given by the main family. It's convenient for members of the main family to have someone to help them wherever they go. I won't tell you more, but you'll find out in the future."

Ning Ge laughed and patted Huo Yuhao on the shoulder: "In a couple of years, one of my cousins ​​should be coming to Shrek Academy. I'll introduce you to her then. A child like you who is hardworking and talented is a real hot commodity in my family."

The more Huo Yuhao listened to these words, the more he felt something was wrong. Suddenly, he remembered Ning Ge's surname and his identity as a support-type Soul Master, and abruptly turned his head to look at Ning Ge.

"Brother Ning, your martial soul isn't the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, is it?"

Ning Ge simply smiled at Huo Yuhao's shock:

"You're quite clever, kid, to have guessed that. But don't get too excited. My family is just a collateral branch, not as rich as you think. Although we have the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda on our martial soul, we can only spend the money we earn each year. At most, we're a little more comfortable than the collateral branch that's in charge of business."

Huo Yuhao was genuinely surprised to learn that Ning Ge was from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. After all, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School was a legendary sect in the Soul Master world, and compared to the declining Tang Sect, it was like a firefly compared to the bright moon. Huo Yuhao was quite surprised to have encountered people from both the Tang Sect and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School in just two days.

"Young Huo, why are you so surprised just because you encountered a member of a collateral branch of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School? Don't forget, this is Shrek City."

Qian Daoliu's words suddenly enlightened Huo Yuhao. If the Spirit Realm is the final place where all the souls of the dead drift and converge, then Shrek Academy is the gathering place of all the geniuses on the entire continent. It's not surprising to encounter people from the Tang Sect and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School here.

After he enrolls in school, he might even run into people from the White Tiger Duke's mansion.

Having confirmed that Ning Ge would start as an apprentice at the shop tomorrow, Huo Yuhao and Jie Jie left the repair shop. Jie Jie warmly invited Huo Yuhao to sit at his family's bar, but after thinking about it, Huo Yuhao decided to decline the invitation for the time being.

He needed to hurry to the western district of Shrek City to buy some beef and mutton, then take it home, cut it into small pieces, skewer it, and freeze it in an icebox so that he could set up a stall at the entrance of Shrek City after get off work tomorrow. In addition to grilled fish, Huo Yuhao decided to expand his business and sell some kebabs as well.

After all, who would refuse to sit down with a few classmates after school, pour a couple of pitchers of beer and have some grilled skewers sprinkled with cumin and chili powder?

At least Jie Chu couldn't refuse, because as soon as he heard Huo Yuhao's plan, he immediately patted his chest and told Huo Yuhao that Huo Yuhao had a part of his family's liquor supply channels. Huo Yuhao wouldn't have to pay for shipping; he only needed to give him the cost price. His only request was that Huo Yuhao reserve a seat for him in advance that night.

(End of this chapter)