Douluo Continent: The Spirit-Eyed Detective Huo Yuhao

"This is the heart, and also the liver, lungs, spleen, and kidneys... Touching this part will make the other side throb, how amazing! And the meridians... Right, when I inject soul power into his body, the meridians appear..."

Huo Yuhao studied diligently, and this evil soul master became his valuable learning material.

The animal carcasses scattered on the ground were the best cover for the bloodstains, and as long as he handed over to the city guards, saying that "he was poisoned by his own evil magic," no one would investigate the gruesome state of his body.

After all, he's a demonic spirit master; it's not surprising how he died.

"I see. Without the Mysterious Heaven Technique, only the basic meditation meridians are open. In addition, the martial soul itself opens some meridians. Most soul masters would probably spend their whole lives cultivating with these. However, higher-level martial souls open even more meridians. If soul power is injected into the meridians that the martial soul itself opens..."

Huo Yuhao precisely controlled the flow of soul power into the evil soul master's meridians, and his martial soul appeared beside him.

"This way you can summon your martial spirit, but why is it an ear pick?"

The evil spirit master's manifested spirit was not the ear-scraping knife from before, but just a seemingly harmless ear pick.

"Wait, if we add this meridian..."

A miraculous scene unfolded: the ear pick suddenly emitted a sinister aura, its shape gradually changing until it transformed into an ear scraper.

"Is this some kind of method to guide a harmless martial soul to mutate into an evil martial soul? Could it be that an organization is using this to mass-produce evil soul masters?"

This rare experience greatly benefited Huo Yuhao, giving him a deeper understanding of the meridians and other aspects of the human body.

"Alright, hand him over to the city guards."

Huo Yuhao got up, carried the unconscious Wang Dong, and prepared to notify the city guards.

Within the sea of ​​spirit,

"Yuhao, you...you are truly amazing. I don't know what to say." Tianmeng Ice Silkworm spoke up after Huo Yuhao finished.

Even as a soul beast, Huo Yuhao was somewhat terrified by the evil soul master's actions.

"Little Yuhao, I don't think there's anything wrong with your current behavior. All abilities can be used for good. I've done similar things many times in my memories."

"But I must remind you that while a thirst for knowledge is a good thing, you must never let it control you and lead you astray into evil," said the gray bead.

"Old sir, don't underestimate me. I just like to explore the unknown, but I will never kill innocent people in the pursuit of knowledge."

"Good boy." Gray Ball was very satisfied; he could sense that Huo Yuhao was speaking from the heart.

Although I had high hopes for this child before, I still had some reservations and only taught him light magic and other basic types of magic. Now...

"Little Yuhao, do you want to learn necromancy? Some of my memories have returned."

"Want to learn."

"Then let's become disciples."

"Okay, Master."

"Hahaha... That's a very straightforward way to become an apprentice. Yuhao, listen carefully, my name is the Necromancer Saint, God of Death, Calamity of the Undead, Ilex. You can just call me Elder Ilex."

For the first time, the gray sphere materialized into a human form, radiating a sacred aura.

"Yuhao, this old man doesn't sound like a good person. Maybe we should just kick him out," Tianmeng Bingcan chimed in, stirring things up again.

"Haha, the pursuit of knowledge requires the courage to side with demons!" Huo Yuhao said without a care, his eyes filled with unfathomable desire, a desire to know everything.

………………

Early the next morning,

dormitory,

Wang Dong opened his eyes.

"A familiar ceiling."

Suddenly, she remembered the danger of yesterday and jumped out of bed in fright.

Then they saw Huo Yuhao sitting on the bed, writing and drawing as usual.

“Yuhao, you…” Wang Dong’s head was a little sore, and there was something he couldn’t remember.

"Oh, you're awake," Huo Yuhao said without looking up.

Seeing his calm demeanor, Wang Dong couldn't help but wonder if he had been dreaming yesterday.

"Here, take this."

Huo Yuhao tossed a heavy cloth bag to Wang Dong, who opened it to find it was full of gold soul coins.

"This is……"

"This is the reward for catching the evil spirit master yesterday; this is your share."

"What happened yesterday was all real! But how did I faint?" Wang Dong pondered.

"You were ambushed and knocked unconscious by that evil spirit master, and then I took the opportunity to finish him off from behind." Huo Yuhao stopped her from continuing to think.

"Never mind, anyway, thank you for saving me." Wang Dong said, holding the bag of gold soul coins. "Why don't you take it back? I don't think I did anything."

"Take it. Without you as bait to attract my attention, I wouldn't have had it so easy," Huo Yuhao said.

"You jerk, you really have a way with words," Wang Dong said angrily.

Then, Huo Yuhao got up and was about to go out.

"Shall we go get breakfast?" Wang Dong asked.

"Okay, let's go check out Poseidon Lake after we finish eating," Huo Yuhao said.

"You still have the interest to enjoy the scenery?" Wang Dong found it unbelievable.

"No, when I was conducting mental exploration before, I found that the soil by the lake was a bit unusual. I'm going to check it out today."

“I knew it…” Wang Dong rolled his eyes. “I’ll go with you.”

………………

The two left the cafeteria, walked around the teaching building, and passed through the woods beside the lakeside path, where the shimmering Poseidon Lake came into view.

"So beautiful!" Wang Dong couldn't help but take a deep breath and stretch his body.

Huo Yuhao, however, was completely absorbed in observing the land by the lake.

"It's so strange. The soil under these grasses looks like it's been burned. It's all charred soil, and it's obvious that it was burned recently. The grass on top, on the other hand, has grown out in a short period of time."

Huo Yuhao picked up a pinch of charred soil, unable to figure out its cause.

"!"

"Wang Dong! Back off!"

Huo Yuhao noticed something with extremely turbulent energy flying towards him from the distant lake at an incredibly fast speed.

"Tch, what bad luck."

Huo Yuhao grabbed the still somewhat dazed Wang Dong and flung her backward.

Then he tried to run away, but it was too late; the thing was too fast.

It was a red figure, dressed in red with red hair, tall and slender, and incredibly fast. In just a short while, it had come close from the center of the lake.

Like a red cloud, carrying a terrifying temperature as if it were scorching the sky and boiling the sea, the surrounding air was slightly distorted, and a large amount of water vapor was steamed from the lake.

Huo Yuhao's skin was already burning.

"Brother Tianmeng, I have to ask you for help again."

"No problem, I'm full of energy right now."

Platinum-gold spiritual energy, carrying an icy blue aura, surged from within her body.

The two-colored eyes, blue on the left and gold on the right, controlled the power, like ancient ice, that enveloped the crazed red-masked man.

The fiery red figure, flying at breakneck speed, froze and crashed into the lake.

With the crisis averted, Huo Yuhao rolled his eyes and deliberately fell to the ground, pretending to faint.

Wang Dong was thrown out of the ring of fire by Huo Yuhao, but he was still knocked unconscious by the fall...

Before long, a dozen figures arrived at an astonishing speed.

"Oh no, the students from the outer academy have been injured." The leader was an old man in white.

Afterwards, they treated the two men, gave them two Soul-Boosting Pills, warned them not to tell anyone, and then left.

"Wow, it's a Soul-Ascending Pill. Hmph, then I'll reluctantly forget about it." Wang Dong said, rubbing his sore head.

"An uncontrollable force..." Huo Yuhao didn't pay attention to the Soul Ascension Pill, but instead laughed inexplicably.

The fact that one's own power is uncontrollable means that one can be controlled by others.

"I've got a great idea."

Chapter 10 Seven Mysteries of the Campus

"Oh no, we're going to be late! Yuhao, let's hurry!" Wang Dong put away the Soul Ascension Pill and realized that it was getting late.

“I’m already a core disciple of the Soul Guidance Department. I only need to go to the department at a fixed time every day. I can skip the other classes, so you’re the only one who’ll be late,” Huo Yuhao said.

"You..."

Wang Dong felt resentful but didn't know what to say, so he hurriedly summoned his martial spirit and flew towards the teaching building.

Seeing that Wang Dong had gone to class, Huo Yuhao did not rush to leave.

He first headed towards the Soul Guidance System, then used a simulated Soul Skill to conceal his presence and quietly returned.

He walked to the edge of Poseidon Lake, bent down, and began to carve something on the shallower part of the lakebed.

"Yuhao, what are you doing?" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm asked, somewhat confused.

“Draw a magic circle.”

"Of course I know you're drawing a magic circle. I'm asking why you're drawing it here."

"Set up a bait."

"Bait?" The big white worm still didn't understand.

"This is a simple magic circle for storing and releasing energy, with a small array in the middle that is timed to destroy it. Yuhao, you drew it perfectly, but I don't understand why you drew a magic circle at the bottom of this lake," Electrolux said.

"Elder Yi, Brother Tianmeng, what do you think of that fire man from earlier?" Huo Yuhao asked.