Chapter 155: After Zhenhun Douluo, the Cultivation World Once Again Receives Ill Tidings

"As for you two, Yu Cheng has talked to me about you quite a few times in recent years, and I've been looking forward to meeting you as well. Now it counts as getting what I wished for."

Arriving at the manufacturing room, Yi Hongchen had Huo Yuhao and the other find a place to sit, while he himself leaned against the edge of the experiment platform, his gaze sizing up Huo Yuhao, a trace of a smile hooking at the corner of his lips.

"To have reached such a level on both the Soul Master and Soul Tool paths at this age, your future prospects are boundless. Looking across the entire Continent's history, I'm afraid you wouldn't find more than a handful."

"Seeing you reminds me of a person — the Spirit Pagoda's First Generation Tower Master, Spirit Ice Douluo."

"..."

Huo Yuhao's eyelid twitched slightly, but he still said with a calm expression: "President flatters me."

Gu Yue Na blinked, looking at Huo Yuhao's expression, revealing a smile.

"Is the President very familiar with Spirit Ice Douluo?"

"Naturally. When speaking of the history of Soul Tools, one can never bypass that person."

A reminiscent expression appeared on Yi Hongchen's face. "And to speak shamefully, among humans, besides that person from ten thousand years ago, there haven't been many who could simultaneously cultivate as both a Soul Master and a Soul Master (alternate). Nowadays, it's even more so that various knowledge has been refined and divided into several sub-occupations; pure Soul Masters (alternate) have become very rare. We descendants are actually inferior to our ancestors."

Yi Hongchen sighed lightly, his gaze distant.

Huo Yuhao's expression remained indifferent as before, only a trace of hard-to-detect complexity flashing in the depths of his eyes.

That wasn't a matter of talent, but a matter of whether one had cheats or not.

A person with peerless talent to begin with, if they used cheats, their accomplishments should be even higher than his.

Gu Yue Na turned her head to look at Huo Yuhao, amusement in her eyes: "Perhaps it's not that no one can do it, but that the era is different? After all, Soul Tools nowadays involve too much knowledge. Just like Battle Armor Masters waste a lot of energy raising sub-occupations, people who truly balance the Soul Tool system naturally need even more time."

Take Xiao Yan and them for example. Although their cultivation has all reached Soul Elder now, their sub-occupation advancement isn't fast. However, the Spirit Pagoda also hasn't forcibly required this point.

After all, the Spirit Pagoda is a power. Since they're all Spirit Pagoda people, whether you become a Battle Armor Master one step earlier or one step later doesn't actually have that much influence. Right now is the golden cultivation period; it's still better to use it on cultivation."

Yi Hongchen laughed. "Perhaps. But regardless, Yuhao's talent is extraordinary. Of course, Gu Yue Na, your aptitude is also worthy of praise. If I had discovered you two a step earlier, I would have already accepted you into Mingde Hall."

The Mecha Master Association was originally established by a Soul Master (alternate) from Mingde Hall. Although later, because the personnel joining were too mixed, it ultimately turned into its current appearance, with various forces and heaven's prides all within it, this place still has connections with Mingde Hall.

He himself is one of the representatives dispatched by Mingde Hall to here. It's just that he's nearly at retirement age. Feng Xuanang saying he has no energy today isn't wrong either...

However, since he worries this much, why not just give the position to him in the future?

Feng Xuanang: Is this scene a bit familiar?

Hearing Yi Hongchen's words, Huo Yuhao pondered for a moment, then asked: "President speaks like this; one would think you know my goal."

Yi Hongchen nodded slightly. "Yu Cheng communicated with me in advance. You want to complete your own Life-Bound Soul Tool. Then presumably entering Mingde Hall is also your goal? After all, there is relevant research there."

"In this current era, there's still someone willing to walk that path. Silver Moon Douluo's spirit in heaven must be very comforted. It's just that right now, you're already Spirit Pagoda Personnel. I can only give you conveniences in my capacity as Mecha Master Association President."

"This is an Association organization. Everyone originally doesn't care too much about sectarian views. But Mingde Hall's side is a bit special. I cannot decide, especially your identity — the significance it represents is different. To want to enter Mingde Hall, you must have the current Mingde Hall Master's agreement."

Letting Huo Yuhao, who possesses the Spirit Pagoda's name, enter Mingde Hall carries extraordinary significance. To a certain extent, it represents a deeper-level union between Mingde Hall and the Spirit Pagoda. It's not something he can decide; it needs his that clan brother to personally make the final call.

Hearing this, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but think of that Mingde Hall Master's information.

Mingde Hall Master Golden Toad Douluo Wang Hongchen —

Tenth-Rank Mecha Constructor, Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy Lifetime Honorary Dean, Rank 99 Limit Douluo, one of the Pillars of the Federation!

That's right. The Red Dust Family cheated in this era.

This current Mingde Hall Master comes from the Red Dust Family. His cultivation has reached the Limit level. His martial soul is the same as Xiao Hongchen's from ten thousand years ago — a Three-Legged Golden Toad!

As a rare and seldom-seen Beast Martial Soul, the Three-Legged Golden Toad possesses a stunning metal control talent. This martial soul can not only manipulate all kinds of metal substances at will, but can also elevate itself by absorbing the energy contained within Rare Metals. Its metal affinity is so strong it can be called a great wonder of the martial soul world.

And one must know, in this era, the quality of Rare Metals differs very greatly from ten thousand years ago because of the development of forging technology. Coupled with the support of Mingde Hall and the Red Dust Family themselves, this has let the Three-Legged Golden Toad martial soul shine brilliantly in this era.

It's just that the approach is a bit wild. Even Huo Yuhao feels that he and Zhenhun Douluo probably have a lot of common language.

Because Golden Toad Douluo's cultivation method is different from ordinary people. In a certain sense, he uses his martial soul's innate ability to eat metal energy to reach the Limit. He's eaten Thousand Refinements, Spirit Forging, Soul Forging. And the most outrageous thing is... after the Title Douluo level, he's eaten Heavenly Forged metal!

What is Heavenly Forged metal?

It is forged by a Divine Craftsman using Heaven and Earth Power, having experienced the Plane's Elemental Tribulation, containing a certain amount of Heaven and Earth laws — or rather, the Douluo Plane's own laws. Absorbing the internal energy of Heavenly Forged metal to cultivate is itself comprehending the Douluo Plane's laws. It has benefits for cultivation after Title Douluo, and even for breaking through to the Limit.

Closely contacting Plane laws, could cultivation after Title Douluo not advance by leaps and bounds?

But also because of this, Golden Toad Douluo became the strongman Zhenhua hates getting struck by lightning the most, and also the person Zhenhua dislikes the most.

In Zhenhua's words:

Mingde Hall Master — Golden Toad Douluo, is the Divine Craftsman's enemy!

You actually want Heavenly Forged metal to eat the energy inside? Are you sick! I forged a set of Four-Word Battle Armor's Heavenly Forged metal for you and you can't even rest a bit. Is there anyone who wastes Heavenly Forged metal like you?

The above comes from a little secret Huo Yuhao heard from Gu Yue Na. It seems to be a complaint Zhenhua blurted out while hoping she would become a Divine Craftsman.

Not only that, Zhenhua staying far from Mingdu and setting up the Deng Tian Tai in Tian Dou City also has a certain relationship with the Mingde Hall Master.

The Deng Tian Tai was built by Zhenhua to raise Heavenly Forging success rates. The cost paid was no less than manufacturing several Four-Word Battle Armors. Originally Zhenhua wanted to establish it in Mingdu. After all, this is the Federation capital. All major forces have their own people here. When they sought him out, it would be convenient for him to operate.

However, after experiencing Golden Toad Douluo's torment, he hurriedly slipped back to Tian Dou City.

Even one was like this, nearly making his body pineapple-pineapple-honey. Let alone the major forces' strongmen also having the same demand for Heavenly Forged metal.

A single Divine Craftsman really can't bear it.

"Talent players, indeed can't compare."

Huo Yuhao secretly sighed with emotion.

But speaking of it, if it weren't for Mingde Hall and the Spirit Pagoda willing to give Golden Toad and Zhenhun resources, plus this era having these resources, their kind of extreme cultivation methods would be hard to have feasibility.

Time and fate.

Old Xiao, don't get angry in heaven. Your descendants caught a good time. It's something you can't envy.

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