The Evil Soul Master is actually myself

Upon hearing this, Xian Lin'er retorted disdainfully:

"Hehe, if Huo Yuhao stayed in our Soul Guidance Department, it's no exaggeration to say that he could accelerate the development of the Soul Guidance Department by thousands of years, and even become Shrek Academy's first level nine Soul Guidance Master. Staying with you would be a waste of time. With Su Ming and Gu Yuena around, how many resources could he possibly get?"

The two argued fiercely, vying for Huo Yuhao's affections.

Su Xuan'er sat idly, watching. To be honest, if it weren't for her younger brother's suggestion that she join the cabinet, she would have been too lazy to get involved in these trivial matters.

In the end, the Soul Guidance System and the Martial Soul System compromised, each taking a step back to allow Huo Yuhao to learn both simultaneously, with a decision to be made in the future. However, the Extreme Individual Soldier Plan was officially implemented.

"The third thing is that this year's Soul Fighting Tournament is about to begin. As is customary, we need to select a reserve team. They will be both substitutes for this year's Soul Fighting Tournament and regular members for the next year's tournament."

Yan Shaozhe took a deep breath and said.

"Another five years have passed. I wonder how many geniuses will emerge in this Soul Fighting Tournament, and how many will ultimately be able to achieve the title and reach the level of you and me," an elder remarked with emotion.

The legendary stories that have unfolded in the Soul Fighting Tournament for thousands of years have never ceased.

But the elders were all over a hundred years old and had become numb to it. They had witnessed countless geniuses emerge and most of them fade into obscurity.

They recruit geniuses for the sake of Shrek Academy's continued success; it would be excellent if even one of these geniuses could become a Title Douluo.

"Following past practice, let's hold the selection competition in three days," a senior official set the tone.

End of the meeting.

Su Xuan'er returned home and saw the boy meditating intently as soon as she entered.

"So, what results have you achieved after more than a month of hard work?" the older sister asked with a smile.

"It's still like this, as slow as a tortoise," Su Ming said in distress. He now seriously suspected that the concentration of spiritual energy in the world was delaying his cultivation progress.

"Then let's go for a walk and clear our heads?" Su Xuan'er took out a gold foil letter and handed it to him.

Su Ming glanced at it and asked in confusion, "A treasure appreciation event?"

He seemed to recall that the first time Huo Yuhao entered the auction house three times, he bought the Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue and the Golden Earth Dragon Soul Bone, which greatly enhanced Wang Dong'er.

"Yes, there are probably some things you might need at this treasure appreciation event specially held for Shrek Academy," Su Xuan'er said with a light laugh.

"Is that so?" Su Ming looked at the words "inner court disciple" on his hand and a sense of anticipation rose in his heart.

He vaguely remembered that the Treasure Appreciation Gathering seemed to be divided into three levels. The top level was naturally for major powers to participate in, while the next two levels were for inner court disciples and outer court core disciples, respectively.

Even the lowest level of the treasure appreciation event that Huo Yuhao entered had many good items, and there might even be items at the inner court disciple level that could improve Su Ming's cultivation speed.

“Go tonight at eight o’clock, and while you’re at it, show your support for the Mingxuan Chamber of Commerce,” Su Xuan’er said, blinking her big eyes.

Su Ming hesitated for a moment, then sighed helplessly, "As expected, I've been working for nothing again."

"What do you mean by working for free? It's our own business." The older sister tapped her younger brother on the head with dissatisfaction. She sighed, "The Mingxuan Chamber of Commerce is still too shallow. It has money, but no corresponding channels. It doesn't have any decent products, such as rare materials, custom-made soul rings, rare metals, or soul tools."

“We scraped together all sorts of odds and ends from the entire Chamber of Commerce just to squeeze into the second floor of the Treasure Appreciation Gathering. You’d better step up your game,” Su Xuan’er said, glancing at the young man.

"Alright then." Su Ming agreed, never expecting that even in another world, he couldn't escape business.

Night fell quickly, almost in the time it took to meditate.

Su Ming was dragged by his sister to dress up carefully before being allowed to go out.

"What a hassle," the boy muttered as he followed the map route printed on the invitation to the treasure hunt.

They ran into Tang Wutong and Huo Yuhao by chance on the way.

"You guys are going too?" Su Ming looked at the two who were becoming increasingly inseparable with a strange expression, hesitating to speak. He thought of Huo Yuhao's tragic future, when Tang San and his daughter would manipulate his feelings, which was very similar to PUA (Pick-up Artist, who uses extreme methods to brainwash the opposite sex).

"Yes, I'm going to broaden my horizons, want to come along?" Huo Yuhao said happily to Su Ming.

“Okay, but I’m on the second floor. Do you want to come with me? I can bring a few people,” Su Ming asked.

"Only inner court disciples can go to the second floor." Huo Yuhao was a little envious. He looked at Tang Wutong, who was frantically shaking his arm to signal him, and hesitated for a moment before saying, "I think I'll pass. I don't have any money on me. I'll just look at the first floor."

Upon hearing this, the handsome young man with pink and blue hair nodded in satisfaction: "That's right, we're just browsing, so we won't bother you any longer."

After being subtly challenged by Tang Wutong, Su Ming decided not to bother arguing with her. He could only watch helplessly as Huo Yuhao fell into a pit of fire.

"There's still a way around it." Thinking of the future Sea God Romance Meeting, Su Ming made up his mind: Little Huo, don't blame me for being inhuman.

The three of them arrived at the treasure appreciation event together. Huo Yuhao was immediately stunned by the young lady who greeted him. It was as if his DNA had been activated. He stood there watching for a long time, until Tang Wutong punched him out of jealousy and brought him back to his senses.

"I'm leaving now. If there's anything you want to buy, just tell me, and I'll lend you the money." Su Ming said this casually after entering, and the three parted ways.

"Tch, what kind of person thinks he's so great?" Tang Wutong muttered, clearly dissatisfied with Su Ming.

Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao paused. He looked at the pink and blue-haired boy seriously and shouted, "Amin is my friend. I am very unhappy with what you did. If it happens again, go apologize to Amin."

Tang Wutong was startled by Huo Yuhao's attitude. Seeing the curious onlookers around her, she felt she had lost face. Her eyes glistened with tears, and she said angrily, "Huo Yuhao, how dare you talk to me like that? You just wait!"

"Don't be unreasonable. It's immoral to talk about others behind their backs." Even with his good temper, Huo Yuhao felt a little dissatisfied with his companion.

After a brief argument, the two parted on bad terms and went their separate ways.

Chapter 135 Special Metals

Su Ming stepped into the second floor of the treasure appreciation fair, where it was much quieter, with guests quietly selecting items from various stalls.

This place is somewhat similar to the exhibitions and trade fairs of my previous life, where the organizers bring together various chambers of commerce to form a large-scale comprehensive market.

Su Ming was just browsing around when he decided to try his luck at finding some bargains on Taobao.

Unfortunately, his journey had been somewhat disappointing. While soul bones, soul tools, and elixirs were highly valuable, finding the right ones for him was proving difficult.

Chapter 136 Harvest

"The way this metal is produced is quite amazing," the waiter said with a smile, keeping the question a secret.

"What? Wasn't it dug out?" Su Ming sensibly chimed in, vaguely sensing from the liquid form that the metal's origin might be quite unusual.

"No, the reason why the Blood Glue is called 'glue' is because it is a gelatinous substance secreted from a strange flower. It is not buried underground, but is a metal that is grown."

"Metal grown from plants?" Su Ming was a little confused. He asked curiously, "Is it secreted by plant-type soul beasts?"

"Pretty much. The flower is called the 'Blood Flower.' This plant can only grow in specific areas. It will wither and die if it leaves these areas. Some researchers suspected that there was a mineral vein source of 'Blood Glue' underground in that area. However, after digging, they found nothing but a trace of transparent liquid seeping out from the roots of the Blood Flower."

The waiter took out a soul tool that looked like a vacuum cleaner from the counter: "And this source liquid is made into a soul tool that extracts the blood glue."

Su Ming roughly understood. He guessed that this metal was integrated with the earth, and only when this Blood Flower was planted in a special area could it be secreted.

"Pack up these Bloodstained Glue," Su Ming said. He had learned a lot today and felt a strong interest in the Sun Moon Empire, wanting to visit it himself.

"Okay." The waiter placed the Bloodstained Metal into a special container and handed it to the boy.

Su Ming wandered around the area a few more times, but Old Yi didn't say anything before returning to his own stall.

"Is this all the stuff you're selling?" Su Ming glanced at the messy clutter on the counter and his lips twitched.

Compared to other shops with their dazzling lights and colorful displays, my shop looks more like a general store.

Only two thousand-year-old soul bones and a broken level-seven soul tool are acceptable.

"There's nothing we can do, young master. We don't have access to rare metals, soul tools, or soul bones," the shop manager said, shaking his head.

Su Ming frowned. The way Mingxuan Chamber of Commerce started was unprecedented. It started with the food industry, unlike other chambers of commerce that befriended the research institutions of the major empires on soul tools, or even the soul hunting teams. Naturally, this had its shortcomings.

"Let's wait a few more years," Su Ming said, reassuringly recalling his artificial soul bone and martial arts promotion plan.

He glanced casually at the items on the counter; most of them were covered in dust, but there were quite a few antiques.

Su Ming picked up a dark jade gourd, which was decorated with intricate purple patterns. However, it seemed to be too ancient, with the patterns blurred and worn, and the gourd was covered with old and worn pieces.

When you gently stroke it with your fingertips, the warm and delicate texture of jade is gone, replaced by roughness.

"This is an antique unearthed in the Star Dou Forest. It's quite rare. It's a desert of human civilization, yet there's such an antique there. It's so old that you can't tell the age anymore. It's definitely much older than the three great empires."

The person in charge explained with great insight.

Su Ming's hands were itching, so he habitually poured in extremely evil power.

buzz~

Unexpectedly, this test caused a great commotion, and the entire black jade gourd was enveloped in a layer of shadowy radiance and trembled slightly.

Su Ming was stunned; he hadn't expected that it would actually trigger a reaction.

"What material is this gourd made of? Have you had it professionally tested?" Su Ming quickly asked the person in charge.

"It's been tested; it's neither jade, gold, nor stone. We can't figure it out. We were originally planning to put it up there to lure in rich guys." Seeing this, the person in charge was also dumbfounded.

Su Ming kept injecting demonic substances into it, but there was no reaction at all, as if it had sunk into the sea.

He saw the bottle stopper, pulled hard, and to his surprise, the stopper didn't budge an inch despite his immense strength of 50,000 jin.

The boy even possessed a martial spirit, a dazzling mark appeared between his eyebrows, and he used his first, second and fourth soul skills. The immense power caused ripples in the air, and the person in charge next to him changed color.

The black jade gourd stood as steady as Mount Tai, serenely radiating a dark, mysterious glow.

Su Ming gave up.

"Where did you dig it up?" he pressed.

The person in charge was momentarily stunned, but quickly replied, "I will send someone to investigate and then make a map for you."

Su Ming nodded in satisfaction upon hearing this; this was the kind of person who got things done.

"I'll take this. Go back and report it to me." Su Ming retracted his martial spirit, carefully placed the black jade gourd into his spatial soul tool, and planned to study it carefully when he got back.

Su Ming, as if he had just acquired a new toy, lost all interest in shopping and couldn't wait to go home.

"By the way, could you go to the third floor and find these four types of ores? Eat as much as you can." Su Ming seemed to remember something, took out a piece of paper, copied down the four rare metals, and handed it to the person in charge.

"Okay." The person in charge quickly took the paper.

Su Ming hurriedly went downstairs. He looked around but did not see Huo Yuhao or Tang Wutong. The most eye-catching Golden Earth Dragon King Soul Bone in the exhibition hall was also nowhere to be seen.

It's estimated that Tang Wutong took it away.

He looked around and sure enough, he saw that the dark, pitted object that had been on the counter was gone.

Huo Yuhao has already taken that piece of ancient whale glue.

However, Su Ming didn't care about this, since the Ten Thousand Year Whale Glue had limited effect on his blood and qi anyway.

After leaving Jubaoge, Su Ming couldn't wait to go home and take stock of his spoils.

The night was deep. After returning home, Su Xuan'er fell into meditation and cultivation, while the young man tiptoed back to his room.