Douluo Continent: The Spirit-Eyed Detective Huo Yuhao

"Watch closely, this is your favorite move: condense a solid ice crystal and smash it at the enemy."

The white-haired girl looked on with unusual seriousness.

Master is different. With the same ice block, his is as fast and powerful as a cannonball, while mine is like throwing a stone.

The Soul King's strength is quite good; Ape Makoto easily blocked the first incoming ice bullet.

"If this is the most suitable move for you, then you should continue to hone this move. This is your martial spirit and your soul skill. Condense more and more ice to suppress your enemies."

As Bai Zhen's mentor, Huo Yuhao did his best to guide her.

He reached out again, and this time the ice that appeared was not a fist-sized block, but almost a small iceberg, which pressed down on Sarutoshi.

Despite his valiant resistance, Yuan Cheng, with his five spirit rings flashing and empowered by immense force, finally managed to move the small mountain.

He was panting heavily as he roared and charged towards Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao stretched out his hands again, and countless tiny ice crystals shot out, raining down on Yuan Cheng's body.

"And you can also spin silk, which, besides being a material for making clothes, is also good for binding enemies."

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the ice block Huo Yuhao had shot out was still connected to a thin silk thread at the end. Under his command, the ice block flew around Yuan Cheng's body and swirled back, wrapping around one of Yuan Cheng's legs.

Huo Yuhao pulled the silkworm thread, and Yuan Cheng fell to the ground, but he was only a few steps away from Huo Yuhao, so how could he give up?

With one leg raised, his fist, radiating coldness, was about to slam into Huo Yuhao's face.

"Finally, there's one last trick."

As Huo Yuhao spoke, he took out a long, tubular electric soul conduit and pointed the opening at Yuan Cheng.

"When things get really critical, you need to know how to use the tools."

Huo Yuhao pulled the trigger, and Yuan Cheng's burly body burst into blood as he flew backward.

boom! boom! boom!

Three more shots were fired. Huo Yuhao stopped only after making sure Yuan Cheng could no longer move. Then he sealed the wound with a thin layer of ice to prevent him from bleeding to death.

He still has some use.

"This thing is called a Soul-guided flintlock pistol. It is powered by both soul power and gunpowder. It can be activated by pulling the trigger. Even without soul power, it has the power to kill a Soul King in one shot. I just tested it. As for how it will fare against a Soul Emperor, you can try it yourself next time."

He discovered while making fireworks that adding soul power to gunpowder would greatly increase its explosive power... Soul power can really explain everything; the concept of this supernatural power is so convenient.

Huo Yuhao tossed the gun to Bai Zhen, who caught it in a panic.

A cool touch.

This weapon, called a musket, is not heavy, yet it possesses immense power.

"Master, this...this is for me?"

"Take it, but remember how to use it."

"Isn't it enough to just pull the trigger?"

"Yes, but be prepared before you pull the trigger."

Chapter 40 The Kindness of Grandpa Huodou and the Study of the Brain and Soul

Snow-capped mountains

Nuanlu Village

"You did very well."

Huo Yuhao praised the thriving Snow Kingdom.

"Thank you, Master."

After resolving the Ice Ape Sect issue, Huo Yuhao was finally able to take a closer look at how his chosen experimental site had developed.

Although Nuanlu Village is still called a village, it is already very large in terms of area, after all, the entire snow-capped mountain range and its central area belong to them.

No one else would want this barren and harsh place...

With the help of the Ice Emperor, the blizzard was no longer a concern, and the civilization in the snow-capped mountains was able to thrive.

With the power of the Ice Emperor combined with the diversion magic array jointly created by Huo Yuhao and Electrolux, the wind and snow that would have directly attacked were now separated to both sides, surrounding the Warm Furnace Village area and forming a natural storm protection layer.

To outsiders unfamiliar with the area, this location appears to be a dead end.

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"This is a mining area. When I did business with Tianhun before, I exchanged a batch of their discarded mining soul tools. Unfortunately, unlike your electric soul tool, Master, it can only be used by soul masters and is very inefficient. We still need a lot of manpower to mine." Bai Zhen led Huo Yuhao around like a tour guide.

“There are quite a lot of minerals in these snow mountains. We haven’t been able to make good use of them before because we were too backward. Hmm… Give me a mining machine and see if I can make a batch of electric soul guides.” Huo Yuhao said as he walked without stopping.

"Yes, Master."

Bai Zhen jogged to catch up, holding a pen and paper for taking notes.

"If you have any other questions, you can tell me, and I'll take care of them."

Huo Yuhao's words calmed Bai Zhen like a warm breeze from a stove; she believed that no problem was insurmountable with her master.

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"What's going on with these lessons?" Huo Yuhao asked, speechless, holding the textbooks from Snow Mountain Academy.

The titles on it were strange, such as "Grandpa Huodou Stops a Snowstorm with One Hand".

“Regarding the school we run, everyone in the village is very eager to learn. They not only send their children here, but they also come to listen to the lessons after they finish their work. But… to be honest, with the little bit I learned outside and the knowledge of the village elders, I can’t teach anything at all.” Bai Zhen lowered her head in embarrassment.

Flipping through the textbooks they had compiled, he couldn't even bear to look at the cheesy words inside.

"Forget it, I'll just rewrite a few books myself." Huo Yuhao closed the book and recalled some knowledge suitable for beginners, which could be used as teaching materials for the school in the future.

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“Our best-selling products are still luxury goods.” Bai Zhen happily took out the ledger. “The wealthy merchants and nobles who are rich and powerful love to buy our fur products and ice silk fabrics.”

"Ice silkworm silk is gradually becoming a trend among them, which is a good thing. We can take advantage of this momentum to make more luxury goods to deceive... and make money off them," Huo Yuhao nodded.

"For example?" Bai Zhen tilted her head in thought.

“For example, ‘high-grade pure snow mountain water’ that is actually just ordinary snowmelt river water,” Huo Yuhao said with a smile.

"For example, it's actually just a 'rare snow mountain spirit beast dairy product' that's made from our ordinary local cheese!" Bai Zhen immediately realized.

The master and apprentice exchanged a glance and chuckled wickedly.

"Remember to pack it well."

"okay."

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Undead Demiplane

"Trade, industry, textiles, education... so many problems, and oh yes, there's also transportation to solve."

While watching the zombies fight, Huo Yuhao pondered how to improve the experimental site.

"Let's take a look at this guy first." Huo Yuhao decided to clear his head and had the two zombies move the Ice Edge Sect Master, Yuan Cheng, over.

The two zombies were the evil soul masters who had been captured and brought to the demiplane, and had been completely transformed by Huo Yuhao.

"Hey, wake up." Huo Yuhao slapped him twice to wake him up.

“You…” A look of horror flashed in Sarutoshi’s eyes. What was this world filled with the aura of death?

"Alright, tell me, which organization do you work for? Where are you planning to sell those kidnapped children?" Huo Yuhao sat on his throne, which he had solidified with ice, one hand clenched into a fist and resting his head on it, leaning against the side.

"Tsk."

Sticky butt.

Huo Yuhao got up and placed a silk cushion underneath him.

Using ice to make a chair was a mistake; my pants almost got stuck to the ice.

"Go ahead and say it," Huo Yuhao asked again after repositioning himself.

"..."

After a long silence, Yuan Cheng finally spoke, "I won't tell."

"Kill him if he doesn't talk." Huo Yuhao threatened bluntly, pointing to Yuan Cheng's son on the other side, the young sect leader who was still colluding with the elders.

Even if I told them, they would still be killed, Huo Yuhao thought to himself. These guys were destined to be his research material.

"You!" Yuan Cheng cursed loudly, then lowered his head and said, "I can't say."

"Is it 'cannot speak'? So he really has been placed under a restriction." Huo Yuhao's mental shock made him faint first.

"Elder Yi, I think it's time to delve deeper into necromancy," Huo Yuhao said with a smile, his eyes brimming with curiosity and excitement.

Previously, I had only studied the body and meridians; I had never ventured into the realm of the brain and soul.

Now that we have so much research material and a master of the soul like Elder Yi, how can we not give it a try?

"Coming right away." Electrox's face was kind; he was also very happy that his magical knowledge had such an excellent successor.

No, not only that, with Yuhao's talent, his future achievements will definitely far surpass his!

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"It's picked! It's picked!"

Huo Yuhao channeled his spiritual power and, using necromancy, extracted a portion of an elder's soul from between his eyebrows.

Like bubbles, like smoke, as light as a feather, drifting aimlessly.

Is this what the soul is?

Huo Yuhao carefully pinched it with his mental power.

"Don't pull it all out. Gently put it back in. Souls that haven't been specially cultivated are the most fragile. They can easily dissipate if they leave the body," Electrolux instructed.

"Hmm." Huo Yuhao nodded, sweat beading on his face. He had already used up several elders, but this time he had finally succeeded.

"Keep it up, Elder! I wonder which number you are!"

Huo Yuhao was encouraging the elder, and in doing so, he was also encouraging himself.