Douluo Continent: The Spirit-Eyed Detective Huo Yuhao

Bai Zhen slowly opened her eyes.

"How are you feeling? Have you noticed any changes in your body?" Huo Yuhao asked.

"It feels... very comfortable?"

"Comfortable, hmm, not bad. Anything else?" Huo Yuhao nodded. Comfortable meant it wasn't bad at least.

"I think I'm not afraid of the cold anymore," Bai Zhen said after thinking for a moment, expressing another feeling.

"It's because of the Ice Silkworm, which provides cold resistance," Tianmeng analyzed.

"My soul power has doubled, and my meridians have expanded considerably!" Bai Zhen said excitedly after examining herself internally.

"As expected." Huo Yuhao eagerly awaited her response.

“There’s another strange feeling.” Bai Zhen squatted down and stroked the ice silkworm on the ground, “It’s as if it has become my martial spirit.”

"It's like the connection between a summoner and their summoned creatures, but theirs is much deeper," Elder Yi concluded.

Bai Zhen summoned her ice block martial spirit again, and she was pleasantly surprised to find that the ice block she had condensed had grown to the size of more than half a palm.

At this moment, the Thousand-Year Ice Silkworm also woke up, trembling with fear as it faced a group of terrifying beings surrounding it.

"Fear? It actually knows fear?" Tianmeng was surprised to sense the fluctuations of fear emanating from this ice silkworm that was only a thousand years old.

It was naturally extremely familiar with the Ice Silkworm race; in fact, it could be said that no one understood Ice Silkworms better than it.

Ice silkworms are among the lowest-ranking soul beasts in terms of both strength and intelligence. Even a thousand-year-old one wouldn't have very high intelligence, let alone a ten-thousand-year-old one. Logically speaking, this ice silkworm shouldn't have such obvious emotions.

In other words, this contract also helps soul beasts develop intelligence!

"Try injecting your soul power into the Ice Silkworm's body," Huo Yuhao said with a smile. In his opinion, this contract had another wonderful use.

Bai Zhen obediently placed her hand on the silkworm's back and slowly channeled her "Immovable Ice Technique" soul power into the ice silkworm's body.

"Immovable Ice Technique" is the name she gave to the cultivation technique.

A miraculous thing happened: after her soul power entered the ice silkworm's body, the ice silkworm immediately fed her a ball of pure and powerful soul power in return.

Nourished by the soul power, the ice silkworm was no longer afraid and snuggled into Bai Zhen's arms as if it had seen a relative.

Huo Yuhao and the others had all noticed these changes.

“This is…” Tianmeng didn’t know how to explain this phenomenon.

"It's like spirit fusion," Huo Yuhao explained. "Two people who fuse spirits can combine their spirit power and cultivate together because of the high affinity between their spirits and spirit power, resulting in a significant increase in their cultivation speed."

Now, this 'Beast Taming Contract' allows the human and the soul beast who sign the contract to cultivate together. The human's soul power gains the strength of the soul beast, and the soul beast's soul power gains the purity of the human's. It also helps to develop the intelligence of the soul beast.

"It's perfect! The Beast Taming Technique is a perfect match for Soul Masters' cultivation!" Tianmeng exclaimed.

"There's one last step to check." Huo Yuhao took out a pill from his storage soul tool.

It was the Soul-Boosting Pill that was used as hush money.

At his cultivation speed, he has absolutely no need for this thing.

"Bai Zhen, what is your current soul power level?"

"Thanks to my master's help, I've reached level 25."

"That's still a little short."

Huo Yuhao took out another one, which turned out to be another Soul Ascension Pill, but this one was bought by himself.

"Eat this, and the final experiment will be complete." Without another word, Huo Yuhao fed Bai Zhen the food. "Quick! Quick! Quick! Circulate your cultivation technique. I will use my mental energy to provide the perfect guidance."

He looked every bit the part of a mad scientist.

Bai Zhen held the Ice Silkworm, and the two of them, one human and one soul beast, simultaneously absorbed the enormous medicinal power, converting it into soul power, and their cultivation level continued to rise.

Twenty-eight, twenty-nine...thirty!

When Bai Zhen reached level 30, a purple millennium soul ring rose from behind her.

The ice silkworm's body had also grown larger, clearly indicating that its cultivation had increased, bringing it closer to becoming a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast.

"Success!" Huo Yuhao smiled happily. "The experiment is a complete success."

"In other words, humans no longer need to hunt soul beasts to obtain soul rings?! Soul beasts can also rapidly increase their cultivation by cooperating with humans?!" Tianmeng couldn't believe that it had participated in accomplishing such an unprecedented feat.

"This...this..." The Ice Empress in the Sea of ​​Spirit was so shocked that she couldn't speak. If it were really possible, wouldn't a golden age of cultivation have arrived? If her clansmen could cultivate together with humans, wouldn't they benefit immensely?

"Haha, summarizing all the knowledge, standing on the shoulders of giants to create new paths, that's science!" Huo Yuhao laughed.

A brand new future is about to begin...

Chapter 22 Signing the Contract and Becoming...

"Quick, Yuhao, give me a contract too," Tianmeng Ice Silkworm urged.

"Okay, but although it's successful, this is only the first version of the contract. It needs to be continuously improved in the future." Having had the experience of success once, Huo Yuhao was already very skilled and immediately wrote a contract for Tianmeng.

"Great!" The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm accepted the contract and happily wriggled in the Sea of ​​Spirit.

He and Huo Yuhao were already deeply integrated, making it much easier for their contract to take effect than for Bai Zhen's.

After signing the contract, Huo Yuhao felt that he had a stronger connection with the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, and their spiritual power and even life force were connected.

"Awesome!" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm laughed heartily as it jumped out of the Sea of ​​Spirit. This time, it didn't possess the insect-shaped machine and could exist independently.

"Sure enough, after the contract, I transformed into a martial soul similar to yours. I can now appear independently in the outside world without needing to possess someone else. My life is complete again!" Although Tianmeng still doesn't have a physical form, she can stay outside for extended periods of time.

"And there's a new discovery: it seems that contracted spirit beasts can provide more than one spirit ring," Huo Yuhao said, looking at the second spirit ring of his Spirit Eye rising in front of him.

He originally intended to condense a spirit ring himself, but now it seems there's no need to rush. The appearance of this spirit ring caused his previously accumulated spirit power to surge, directly reaching level twenty-five.

Looking at the spirit ring, it turned out to be another platinum-gold million-year spirit ring. Apart from the spirit skill runes engraved on it, its shape was exactly the same as his first spirit ring.

"Because they are both spirit rings from Brother Tianmeng."

"Yuhao, quickly try this new soul skill. I have a feeling it will be very powerful," Tianmeng said excitedly.

"Row."

Huo Yuhao reached out and activated his new soul skill.

The second soul ring shimmered with golden light, and under Huo Yuhao's powerful soul force fluctuations, an ancient and vast aura emanated from it.

With a whoosh,

A silvery-white silk thread shot out from Huo Yuhao's hand and drooped down not far in front of him.

"Spit...spit silk?"

Huo Yuhao and the others were speechless.

"Is this your 'powerful soul skill'?" Ice Emperor chuckled coldly.

"I..." Tianmeng Bingcan lowered his head awkwardly, not knowing what to say.

"That's right. Although it can vary depending on the martial soul, soul skills mainly come from the skills that the soul beast itself possesses. As an Ice Silkworm, it's only natural that Brother Tianmeng can 'spit silk,' hahaha." Huo Yuhao laughed, not caring about the issue of soul skills.

"Yuhao, I'm sorry, I wasted one of your soul skill slots," Tianmeng Ice Silkworm said apologetically.

"Brother Tianmeng, what are you saying? The value of a soul skill isn't just about its power. I think this silk-spitting skill is actually quite valuable," Huo Yuhao said.

"Just take it as you trying to comfort me," Tianmeng Bingcan sighed.

Huo Yuhao picked up the piece of silk from the ground and said, "Look at this silk. Its toughness, stickiness, and color are all top-notch. It even carries some spiritual energy fluctuations. It truly lives up to its reputation as silk produced by a million-year-old."

Tianmeng: "What is the 'million-year-old silk-spinning'?"

Huo Yuhao: "Still spitting silk."

Tianmeng: "..."

"By the way, Ice Emperor, Elder Yi, would you like to sign a contract as well?" Huo Yuhao asked.

"Yes, I was just about to say that this contract is extremely beneficial for cultivation. Please give me one quickly," Ice Emperor nodded.

"I'm not a soul beast either... but it doesn't seem to matter, it won't do any harm." Old Yi also got one.

Huo Yuhao was surprised that Elder Yi had actually signed a contract, and even more surprised that this thing could actually be signed with people.

Since he could sign contracts with people, Huo Yuhao's thoughts began to wander...

On some future competition field,

Contestant 1: "Go, Mandragora Serpent!"

Contestant 2: "I've decided on you, Ice Scorpion."

Contestant 3: "Crush them, Lao Wang!"

Host: "Number three, what are you doing! Why did you throw an old man onto the field! Why did you sign a beast-taming contract with an old man?!"

Thinking of this, Huo Yuhao shuddered and stopped himself from thinking any further.

………………

"All done?" Huo Yuhao stood up when he saw Bai Zhen finish her cultivation.

"Yes, Master." The white-haired girl nodded excitedly. She never dreamed that she could reach the level of a three-ring Soul Master in her lifetime.

"Alright, then show off your new soul skill."

“Yes, Master.” Bai Zhen’s eyes narrowed, her purple soul ring flashed, and a silk thread shot out from her hand.

"..."

"Is this the only skill you Ice Silkworms possess?" asked the Ice Emperor, who, like Tianmeng, could now shrink and exist in the outside world.

“This…” Tianmeng’s lips twitched.

Bai Zhen looked disappointed, worried that she might disappoint her master.

"Very good, let's go back." Huo Yuhao took a look; the quality was excellent, only slightly inferior to Tianmeng's.

………………

Last day of leave

Nuanlu Village

"How many Soul Masters are left in the village? How many have Martial Souls but low innate Soul Power and haven't cultivated them? Bring them all here," Huo Yuhao asked.