Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 436 Intercepting the Coming-of-Age Ceremony (10,000 words per day)

What a shrewd Jing Hongchen! If he had stopped a little faster, he probably would have dismissed this matter with a list-carving knife!

The reason why the List Engraving Knife is so precious is that the vast majority of List Engraving Knives are located within the Sun Moon Empire. List Engraving Knives that circulated among the original Douluo Three Kingdoms were extremely valuable and had no market. However, this was not the case in the Sun Moon Empire.

Even though they were on the verge of abandoning their bottom line, they still managed to hold back in this situation, minimizing their own losses as much as possible.

The carving knife ranking list in Douluo Continent only records the top 100 carving knives, and more than two-thirds of them are from the Sun Moon Empire.

In other words, Shrek Academy and the remaining three empires together accounted for less than one-third of the carving knife market share, which is why Shrek Academy only has two top-tier carving knives.

Within the Sun Moon Empire, the value of a carving knife ranked lower on the list is roughly equivalent to that of a high-quality ten-thousand-year-old soul bone.

After all, there are only so many level nine soul masters on the Sun Moon Continent. With sixty or seventy engraving knives, each level nine soul master would have more than enough.

There are many level nine soul masters in Mingde Hall, but there are only four level nine soul masters in total, and that includes Jing Hongchen.

The List Carving Knife is highly sought after at Shrek Academy because of its scarcity, artificially created by the Sun Moon Empire. After all, there aren't even a hundred Level 9 Soul Masters in the entire Douluo Continent.

Even so, having acquired two engraving knives at once, Qian Duoduo already had a satisfied smile on his face.

Including the engraving knife that was rented free of charge from the Star Luo Empire for fifty years, Shrek Academy now has five engraving knives, more than they can use up.

"I can't accept this. May I see which two engraving knives are used?"

Qian Duoduo looked at Jing Hongchen with a smile, making Jing Hongchen so angry that he almost choked.

Damn it, this blunder by Douluo was definitely intentional!

Having paid a heavy price, Jing Hongchen reluctantly handed over the two engraving knives to Qian Duoduo and left with a gloomy expression.

If I can't handle Huo Yuhao, I can certainly handle you, Wang Shaojie! You bastard, die!

Since Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen's coming-of-age gifts are gone, and Wang Shaojie's family won't offer compensation of equal value, Jing Hongchen is determined to escalate the situation and kill that idiot Wang Shaojie.

After Jing Hongchen left, only the master and disciple remained in the room.

Qian Duoduo laughed heartily, patting Huo Yuhao's shoulder with his large, fan-like hand: "Yuhao, well done! Two engraving knives for ranking, and they're ranked sixty-second and sixty-fourth respectively! Very good, very good!"

Huo Yuhao smiled slightly: "The engraving knives circulating in the Three Empires and Shrek Academy are all ranked at the bottom, so much so that even if the Sun Moon Empire wanted to get rid of us, they couldn't produce any engraving knives that were ranked too low."

"I guess these two engraving knives are most likely gifts from Jing Hongchen to Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen, gifts for them when they broke through to the seventh level of Soul Master, or when they came of age."

Qian Duoduo nodded in agreement with Huo Yuhao's guess: "Damn it, our academy only had two engraving knives back then, and even I couldn't get one. The Sun Moon Empire's hoarding and speculation is too hateful."

Huo Yuhao, however, had a thoughtful look in his eyes. Besides the List Carving Knife, the Sun Moon Empire was also hoarding and speculating on the raw material for the Invincible Shield: a special kind of golden crystal.

Although mining these golden crystals is indeed very difficult, it is definitely not enough to make a level 5 invincible shield so expensive that it would cost tens of thousands of gold soul coins.

However, no matter how you look at it, the Sun Moon Empire shouldn't be so foolish as to offer itself up again, giving them and Shrek Academy the opportunity to make exorbitant demands.

Jing Hongchen moved quickly, returning in less than five minutes, carrying Wang Shaojie and Keke in her hands.

They are no longer as arrogant as they used to be.

What are the consequences of being expelled from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy?

That would probably be even more serious than the consequences of being expelled from Shrek Academy by someone who was originally from the Douluo Three Kingdoms.

After all, quite a few people have been expelled from Shrek Academy. At most, it's just a loss of face, and other academies would still be eager to accept them.

However, if one is expelled from a semi-official academy like the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, then as a Soul Master, one will basically be unable to survive in the Sun Moon Empire.

After a tearful apology, the matter was temporarily brought to a close.

In the quiet stairwell, watching the two sorrowful figures leave, Huo Yuhao felt no emotional fluctuation.

People should be responsible for their actions. Since the other party provoked the Shrek students, they should have considered the consequences. If these two had stopped themselves from attacking me with their soul tools, this matter might not have been so serious.

However, once Wang Shaojie activated his remote soul tool, the whole affair was completely ruined by Wang Shaojie.

To be unaware of being on the edge of a cliff is a path to death.

Huo Yuhao quickly dismissed the idea; this way of courting death sounded too stupid and uncultured. He decided to describe the two people in a different way.

A nation that is small yet does not humble itself, weak yet does not fear the strong, disrespectful to its powerful neighbors, greedy and stubborn yet inept at diplomacy—such a nation is doomed. —Signs of Ruin

The next day, when Huo Yuhao went to study with Xuan Ziwen again, Ju Zi had already dropped out of school at lightning speed, leaving only a heartbroken and helpless sycophant named Zi Mu behind, grieving alone. A strong smell of a disappointed sycophant filled the laboratory, which Huo Yuhao could smell.

Hmm, it smells similar to Xu Sanshi's.

Huo Yuhao felt a sense of relief regarding Ju Zi's withdrawal from school. He felt that this woman was dangerous, and it was naturally a good thing to avoid contact with her. At least once she left, the faint phantom pain in Huo Yuhao's lower back disappeared.

Huo Yuhao was also very concerned about this matter, and even opened his Eye of Destiny to take a look at the threads of destiny on his body. But no matter how he looked, Huo Yuhao couldn't understand why this woman would pose a threat to his kidneys.

There is still more than half a month until the next assessment at Mingde Hall. Originally, it was once every seven days, but it was postponed because the exchange students from Shrek Academy needed time to accept the new ideas.

During this period, Huo Yuhao lived a relatively comfortable life, much more leisurely than during the two and a half years of high-pressure life at Shrek Academy.

During the day, I casually learned about the making of soul tools from Xuan Ziwen, and we also exchanged some creative ideas on how to make soul tools.

After returning to his dormitory that evening, Huo Yuhao opened the Gate of the Dead and began working on the little skeleton that Electrolux had asked him to make.

He wouldn't dare do that at Shrek Academy.

The entire Poseidon Island was right under Moon's nose. He could detect any spatial fluctuations, making it easy to expose them.

It's much more convenient here at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

(End of this chapter)