Douluo Continent II: The Peerless Tang Sect: I, Huo Yuhao, join the Sun Moon Sect

“I’m actually a bit hungry, so I’ve decided to go to the cafeteria for some special food,” Xiao Hongchen replied.

"Smile, I have some delicious roasted meat here, maybe it can fill your stomach." Meng Hongchen placed her finger on the storage ring, and with a slight swipe, several skewers of roasted meat appeared in her hand.

"Barbecue?" Xiao Hongchen's eyes lit up. "You gave it to me?"

He was touched and realized that although his younger sister often said things that annoyed him, she was reliable in a critical moment and even knew to bring him food.

"It's not a gift, it's for sale. A skewer of meat costs five hundred gold soul coins!" Meng Hongchen said with a grin. Apart from the processing fee she paid Huo Yuhao, the soul beast meat also had costs, and she needed to make a profit, which is why she set this price.

"Five hundred gold soul coins?" Xiao Hongchen was stunned, looking at Meng Hongchen with some suspicion. "Is this the meat of a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast?"

For the wealthy Xiao Hongchen, this amount of money was nothing, but he still wanted to clarify some things.

"No, it's just ordinary soul beast meat, but I can assure you, this skewer of meat is exceptionally delicious," Meng Hongchen said.

"Really? Okay, give me a skewer to try." Xiao Hongchen was a little skeptical.

Soon, Meng Hongchen handed over a skewer of grilled meat. At first, Xiao Hongchen was a little dismissive, thinking that his sister was trying to trick him. But when he tasted the grilled meat, a look of surprise instantly appeared on his face. "This grilled meat tastes pretty good. Where did you buy it?"

"I won't tell you. Haha, I still have some barbecue here, do you want some?"

"Yes, of course I want it! Only 500 gold soul coins a skewer! This is the first time in my life I've ever eaten such delicious roasted meat. It's worth it!" Xiao Hongchen said, looking very wealthy.

After a while, Xiao Hongchen looked satisfied. "Not bad, I'm very satisfied with this meal. The person who made this barbecue has unimaginable culinary skills."

"Pay if you're satisfied. You ate fifty skewers of soul beast meat, so you'll have to pay me a total of... 25,000 gold soul coins," Meng Hongchen said.

"Twenty-five thousand gold soul coins." Xiao Hongchen silently calculated for a moment, then paid the money directly, and instructed, "By the way, Meng, I've been reading a lot lately and don't have much time. Please remember to keep an eye on Huo Yuhao for me and see when he applies to take the Level 2 Soul Master assessment!"

Meng Hongchen waved her hand dismissively, "Alright, alright, Xiao, I know, I'm leaving now!"

She then immediately left the library, found Huo Yuhao, and handed him a card. "There are 10,000 gold soul coins in this card. Consider it your reward for today. I've preserved the extra roasted meat with a special ice-cooling soul tool. We'll sell it again tomorrow, and then we'll split the money."

"Okay." Huo Yuhao took the card, a smile appearing on his face. Making money is always a pleasant thing, no matter when.

He knew that Meng Hongchen, the middleman, would definitely make a profit from the price difference.

However, Meng Hongchen made money, he made money, and the person who bought the barbecue also got a delicious meal. Undoubtedly, this was a win-win situation.

.....

A month and a half later.

In the third laboratory.

Huo Yuhao stood in front of the lab table and said to Xuan Ziwen beside him, "Teacher Xuan, I'm ready. Today I'm going to take the Level 2 Soul Master assessment!"

"Okay, I'll prepare some rare metals for you. Please wait a moment." Xuan Ziwen smiled and then turned to walk into the laboratory.

Xuan Ziwen actually had quite a few rare metals in his storage ring, but the grade of those rare metals was too high to be used to make a level two soul tool.

“Okay, Teacher Xuan!” Huo Yuhao nodded.

These days, he has been working hard to learn about soul tools and has finally met the requirements to participate in the Level 2 Soul Master assessment. Of course, in order to be on the safe side, he deliberately honed his skills in inscribing the core magic array for a longer period of time, with the aim of passing the assessment in one fell swoop.

Of course, he didn't neglect his martial soul cultivation either, since soul power level is fundamental for a soul master, so he devoted a lot of energy to martial soul cultivation.

Of course, thanks to the efficient teaching system of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, Huo Yuhao truly made the most of his time.

As for Zimu, who likes oranges and is single-mindedly pursuing them, the other party naturally didn't bother him because of the rumors.

After all, everyone knows that he is a genius soul master and is highly regarded by the dean and teacher Xuan Ziwen. Knowing all this, Zi Mu naturally dared not make a move against Huo Yuhao!

For Huo Yuhao, his life at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy is definitely more comfortable than at Shrek Academy, at least he doesn't have to fight against his heaven-defying teachers.

Compared to the teachers at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, Shrek Academy has far more extraordinary individuals. Apart from Xuanzi, who is known as the Supreme Elder of the Holy Spirit Cult, Shrek Academy also has Zhou Yi, whose teaching philosophy is extremely outdated.

Zhou Yi only lost her qualification to teach students long ago because of her Soul Emperor strength and her husband Fan Yu, who is an eighth-level Soul Master.

After all, Zhou Yi, as a teacher, actually made her students run around Shrek Square on the very first day of school!

While physical fitness is indeed important for Soul Masters, can't there be other methods to improve students' physical abilities? This is the top Soul Master academy on the continent; surely it can't be this backward!

Furthermore, people come to Shrek Academy to improve their strength, not to run. If they want to run, where can't they run? Why do they have to run around Shrek Square?

Surely the running track at Shrek Academy can't be different from the ones outside, right? Does the running track at Shrek Square increase soul power, or does it randomly drop soul bones?

Moreover, Zhou Yi applied a one-size-fits-all approach to making students run, treating everyone the same regardless of whether they were support-type or attack-type soul masters.

It must be said that a one-size-fits-all approach is the most difficult to implement, as it completely disregards the actual situation.

In an effort to brainwash the students, Zhou Yi even came up with the reason that on the battlefield, the enemy would treat everyone equally and show no mercy, a statement that was not entirely wrong.

The problem is, does running more often in peacetime really prevent you from being killed by the enemy on the battlefield?

Later on, Shrek Academy also clashed with the Sun Moon Empire. Zhou Yi's students couldn't possibly rely on running to avoid the bombardment of fixed-position soul-guided cannons, could they?

Moreover, Shrek Academy has another point that makes people want to complain, which is that the school cafeteria is extremely bizarre.

There isn't a single table or chair in Shrek Academy's cafeteria. This means that to eat in the cafeteria, you either have to squat, stand, or use your martial soul to solve the problem of not having a seat.

If a student wants to take the food they bought from the cafeteria back to eat, that would actually be considered a violation of the rules.

After all, food from Shrek Academy's cafeteria is not allowed to be taken away.

When he was reading the book, he thought about complaining: why design such a cafeteria and set such rules? Isn't this just pure torture?

"Yuhao, all the rare metals you need are ready. Now you can begin. As long as you create a level-two soul tool that I consider qualified, you can pass this test and be promoted to a level-two soul tool master!"

"If it doesn't meet the requirements, then I'll have to declare you a failure! Do your best, I'll go back to researching the sealed baby bottles." Xuan Ziwen walked over, piling a large amount of metal on the table as he spoke.

"Okay, thank you, Professor Xuan." Huo Yuhao replied politely, then watched Xuan Ziwen walk towards another direction in the laboratory.

He then began to forge metal using the soul-guided forging instrument in an orderly manner, and used these metals to first create the outer shell, inner shell, and core. The outer shell and inner shell were relatively simple to create, but for a soul-guided device, the core array was of paramount importance.

A moment later, a short black metal rod was placed on the experimental table in front of Huo Yuhao. There was a button on the lower half of the rod.

"Teacher Xuan, I'm all better," Huo Yuhao said loudly.

“Okay, I’m coming right now.” Xuan Ziwen immediately walked over from the other side of the laboratory, then looked at the strange metal rod with some confusion.

"What is this...?" he asked, unable to immediately discern the purpose of the short metal rod despite his many years of experience in the industry.

"Soul Conductor Rod. Teacher Xuan, would you like to see its function?" Huo Yuhao asked. The inspiration for this thing came from the electric rod in his previous life. He made some modifications to it in Douluo Continent. Anyway, soul power is an omnipotent energy source. No matter what kind of broken things are, they can be explained by soul power.

"Hmm, you still need a living soul beast this time?"

“Yes. However, this time I need you, Professor Xuan, to tie it to the lab table.” Huo Yuhao nodded.

Xuan Ziwen quickly brought over a soft-boned rabbit and, as Huo Yuhao requested, tied it to the experimental table.

Huo Yuhao pressed the tip of the electric baton against the Soft Bone Rabbit, then pressed a button. The next moment, blinding electric light shot out from the tip of the baton and struck the Soft Bone Rabbit directly.

Almost instantly, the struggling Soft Bone Rabbit turned into a black charcoal, and a burnt smell filled the air.

"This is at least equivalent to a Soul Master's attack. A level two melee soul tool can actually achieve this? Yuhao, you really are a genius!"

"You've passed the test! From today onwards, you are a Level 2 Soul Master! Furthermore, you are officially my disciple, and I will impart everything I know to you without reservation." Xuan Ziwen said with a smile.

Chapter 31 The Ice Emperor of the Far North (Please continue reading)

"To be honest, compared to a soul-guided dagger of the same level, your soul-guided rod is much more useful. This kind of thing is very suitable for agility-type soul masters of lower levels. After all, its power is quite good. For soul masters of Soul Master level and below, it is undoubtedly a close-combat weapon."

Furthermore, compared to a dagger, the Soul Conductor Rod has another advantage: a sealed baby bottle can be inserted inside, which greatly extends the rod's lifespan.

Xuan Ziwen gave his evaluation, and then he said with some curiosity, "But what is this thing? This is the first time I've ever seen something like this."

He reached out, pointed to the button on the stun gun, and asked.

"It's a button, used to activate the Soul Conductor Rod. Teacher Xuan, why don't you take it back and study it?" Huo Yuhao said with a smile.

It's not surprising that Xuan Ziwen acted like he had no knowledge, after all, although the level of soul tools in Dou Er was better than that in Dou Yi, there were still areas where it lagged behind.

For example, when Xuan Ziwen first saw the mechanical soul tool made by Huo Gua in the original novel, he was very shocked and looked like he had never seen anything like it before.

“Okay…” Xuan Ziwen didn’t stand on ceremony. He accepted the Soul Conductor Rod and then handed over a card. “The Soul Guide Shock Bomb that you developed last time has been adopted by the academy. This card contains a reward of 500,000 Gold Soul Coins issued by the academy.”

According to our research, this type of stun grenade can only affect Soul Masters at most, but its effect on Soul Sect Masters is very poor.

Huo Yuhao accepted the universal card with a hint of joy in his heart. He didn't expect the Soul Guidance Shock Bomb to bring him too much benefit, since such a thing was not very meaningful for high-level Soul Masters.

Even though the Sun and Moon Empire is now in the era of soul tools, powerful individuals are still an existence that no one can ignore.

Even Xu Tianran in the later part of the original work had to pull out his trump card and go all out when facing Ye Xishui who broke into the palace. After all, according to Xu Tianran's thinking, if he failed to kill this Limit Douluo with the body of an evil soul master, then what awaited the Sun Moon Empire would be an endless nightmare.

.......

On the other side, when Jing Hongchen learned of Huo Yuhao's assessment results, a smile gradually appeared on his face. "He passed the Level 2 Soul Master assessment in just one and a half months and created an extremely novel Level 2 Soul Tool. Huo Yuhao is indeed a genius in the field of Soul Tools."

The record for the fastest completion of the Level 2 Soul Master assessment in the Sun Moon Empire has also been broken by Huo Yuhao.

"Grandpa, I checked, and according to Huo Yuhao's information, he used to be a member of the Star Luo Empire. I feel that if the people of Star Luo knew that he had such a strong talent in the field of soul tools, they would probably regret it to the core." Meng Hongchen said with a grin.

"That's for sure. I guess the people of Xingluo didn't think highly of Yuhao, so Yuhao came here. This time, the Xingluo Empire has really lost out. Only we, the Sun and Moon Empire, are worthy of having a talent like Yuhao!"

"Although Yuhao's future cultivation as a Soul Master may not be very good, in the Sun Moon Empire, it is not entirely about individual strength. A person's usefulness in large-scale wars largely determines their status," Jing Hongchen said.

Hearing these words, Xiao Hongchen's face turned ugly. He clenched his fists and muttered, "He broke the record again. Damn Huo Yuhao! Grandpa, I'm going to the library to study now. Don't leave the door open for me tonight! I must win back."

After saying that, he immediately ran out of the house. For Xiao Hongchen, he felt that he had lost again, because the records of passing the first-level soul master assessment and the second-level soul master assessment in the fastest time were left by him, a genius who appears only once in a thousand years.

Soon, he walked outside the house. At this moment, a henchman dressed in white came over and said, "Brother Xiao, the news that Huo Yuhao passed the Level 2 Soul Master assessment is all over the place in the academy. Everyone is saying that he is a genius that only appears once in ten thousand years!"

They even said that Huo Yuhao is a real genius, while you are a fake genius. When I heard these words, I got angry and felt that your reputation was being damaged.

So, should we hire some people and have them teach this kid a lesson? Make him behave? Putting aside the facts, isn't Huo Yuhao completely without fault?

Xiao Hongchen was stunned for a moment, then said coldly, "I'm warning you, never hire anyone to deal with Huo Yuhao! Otherwise, I'll deal with you first!"

If I, Xiao Hongchen, lose, I will find a way to win back. I will never go looking for someone to beat up the other party just because I feel ashamed of losing.

I know that Star Luo, Dou Ling, Tian Hun, and some nobles of Sun Moon would do such despicable things, but I would never do such a thing! I am the number one genius of Sun Moon, and I have my own pride!

The younger brother nodded repeatedly.

.......

Time flies, and the end of the semester is just around the corner. The students of Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy embarked on their journeys home, while Huo Yuhao stayed in the third laboratory, carefully checking the soul tools he had made over the past few days.

These soul tools are mostly used for keeping warm, flying, and ice skating.

Keeping warm is the most important thing. After all, in the original story, Huo Gua was almost frozen to death in the far north. Now that he is a qualified second-level soul master, he naturally does not want to repeat Huo Gua's mistakes.

Of course, to avoid arousing Tianmeng's suspicion, he had been trying to get information out of her, and finally he "reasonably" learned from Tianmeng that their destination was the far north.

Therefore, his behavior of making various warm soul tools became reasonable.