Chapter 16: Li Yucheng: You Don't Know How to Teach Disciples, Bring Huo Yuhao to Me!

The Spirit Pagoda's purpose is:

To let soul spirits feel warmth like home!

Otherwise... how would more soul beasts willingly become soul spirits?

This is the reason the Spirit Ascension Platform's Isolation Zone came into being.

After all, soul beasts that have already become soul spirits need a place to move about before being chosen by a Soul Master; otherwise, isn't that a disguised form of imprisonment for the soul spirits?

Just like humans entering the Spirit Ascension Platform, soul spirits also have special devices that send them into the Isolation Zone, like a virtual reality game, where soul spirits can experience their original lives.

The Isolation Zone is connected to the Spirit Ascension Platform's environment, but powerful guardian soul beasts stand guard in between, separating the two sides, preventing Soul Masters who enter from accidentally killing real soul spirits, and also preventing powerful soul spirits from running out and leaving psychological shadows on Soul Masters, hence it is called the Isolation Zone.

The Isolation Zone simulates more environments; besides the Star Dou Great Forest, there are also the Extreme North, the Sea, and other environments.

The Isolation Zone Huo Yuhao entered simulates the Extreme North's environment.

"Didn't expect returning to the Extreme North would be inside the Spirit Pagoda."

Looking at the ice and snow all around, a trace of nostalgia flashed through Huo Yuhao's eyes.

Back in the Extreme North... he had spent an unforgettable period of time.

Thinking of this, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but feel a gnashing-of-teeth sensation.

Back then, to increase his combat experience, the Ice Empress directly summoned her clansmen, a large group of Ice Jade Scorpions just rushed over like that, not even asking his opinion; one can imagine how tragic it was for him.

Later the Snow Empress, Xiao Bai, the Titan Snow Devil King, and other soul beasts also called upon their own soul beasts one after another to feed him moves.

Huo Yuhao dares to say, when it comes to dealing with Extreme North soul beasts, no one has more experience than him; being beaten by Extreme North soul beasts, no one has more experience than him either.

Fortunately, there were still results; his combat experience is also very rich among his peers.

When Luoyang Lu also entered the Isolation Zone as insurance, he saw Huo Yuhao fiercely battling a thousand-year soul beast, even gaining the upper hand.

That soul beast was within Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Interference Domain, completely unable to find its bearings, only able to blindly use its innate soul skills to attack.

The Spiritual Interference Domain can alter the vision and perception of people within a certain range, thereby letting opponents fall into Huo Yuhao's interference, unable to distinguish real from fake; this soul beast's spiritual power was not stronger than Huo Yuhao's, and because it fell into the domain it had already produced hallucinations.

A Thousand-Year Vermilion Clear Ice Toad?

Seeing that soul beast's appearance, Luoyang Lu raised an eyebrow.

The Vermilion Clear Ice Toad is an extremely rare ice-attribute soul beast; because it inhabits the fringe areas of the Extreme North, in the cracks near the human world, it is hailed as the "King in the Cracks." This soul beast's clan numbers are few, and its whereabouts are mysterious, extremely difficult to discover.

The Vermilion Clear Ice Toad's most fatal aspect lies in its toxicity. It takes the utmost cold qi of heaven and earth as nutrients, cultivating an extremely tyrannical deadly poison. This toxin is not only bone-piercingly cold, but can also rapidly erode a living being's vitality, making it an existence that strikes terror in the Outer Perimeter of the Extreme North.

However, unable to break through Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Interference Domain, no matter how strong its poison, it has no place to use it.

"Right now it's enough to affect a thousand-year soul beast; such spiritual power... no wonder Yi Chen dared to let you enter here."

Luoyang Lu secretly marveled.

Real soul spirits and artificial soul spirits ultimately still have differences; the former surpass the latter by a notch whether in combat experience or wisdom.

Moreover, the soul spirits permanently residing in the Isolation Zone are all powerful soul spirits, because they have never found suitable Soul Masters to contract with, they voluntarily stay here.

Placing Huo Yuhao here for tempering, Hua Yichen truly has great confidence in him, and Huo Yuhao indeed did not disappoint this expectation.

Huo Yuhao warmed up a bit, gradually found his feeling, no longer making things difficult for this Vermilion Clear Ice Toad that had lost its way on life's path, and let it leave.

All aspects of strength declined; to maintain combat power, a certain time is needed to adapt. The soul spirits here cannot be killed; under this restriction condition, it instead tempers a person more.

Three years later, East Sea Mecha Master Association.

Work Staff took the Soul Tool Huo Yuhao handed over, examined it seriously for a moment, and looked at Huo Yuhao with a somewhat numb expression, saying:

"Little friend Yuhao, why not go test for Four Levels? Create a new record again?"

Nearly three years ago, this child came to register for the Mecha Constructor and Mecha Designer level tests.

That's right, not one sub-occupation, but two, and by now both have already reached Level Three simultaneously, breaking the records of two sub-occupations in one go.

You must know, although these two sub-occupations' difficulty isn't as high as Forging, the fastest record is still Ten Years Old Level Three!

Yet Huo Yuhao is only Nine Years Old! Two sub-occupations at Level Three, who would believe it if said out loud?

The key is, from the works he handed over now, breaking through to Level Four in both is also no problem.

Work Staff expressed that these three years they've nearly been shocked numb, and no longer want to waste expressions...

"A towering building rises from level ground; I feel I can still precipitate for a while longer."

Huo Yuhao shook his head, "Please settle the bill."

Work Staff sighed, "Level Three Solar Soul Guide Energy Storage Device, can absorb solar energy and convert it into soul power for storage, ingenious design, perfect manufacturing technique... Level Three peak Soul Tool, both Designer and Constructor are you, total 300,000 Federal Coins, transferring to you now."

Huo Yuhao received the final payment, turned around and went to the second floor to accept some more Level Three design and Level Three manufacturing tasks, then left the Mecha Master Association.

Although the Spirit Pagoda can reimburse him, and Hua Yichen also gave him a bank card, so it can be said he's not short of money, but improving sub-occupation capabilities while earning some money on the side isn't shameful.

Moreover, spending one's own money feels solid.

Seeing Huo Yuhao leave, Work Staff found someone to cover the shift, took Huo Yuhao's works to the President's office, and gave the works to Li Yucheng.

"Li Lao, this is Huo Yuhao's new work, still only made of ordinary metals."

Li Yucheng took it, frowned as he looked, "His teacher is indeed of the traditional school?"

Mecha Designer, Constructor, Repair Master — ultimately they are all branches of Soul Master; even many Soul Masters of the past had to forge metals themselves, and could also be called Blacksmiths...

It's just that over ten thousand years of development, it became too difficult for one person to simultaneously manage these several aspects, so they split into several sub-occupations.

The Soul Master profession nowadays has thoroughly become Researchers, vastly different from the past.

And the traditional school refers to those who emulate the Soul Masters of ten thousand years ago; they simultaneously attend to soul power cultivation, and design and manufacture powerful Soul Tools themselves.

But a person's energy is limited; scattering energy like this will ultimately result in being neither high nor low...

Li Yucheng frowned precisely because of this.

"Simply nonsense! No matter how gifted this child is, having to attend to soul power cultivation while also learning several sub-occupations, sooner or later he won't be able to bear the burden! How does the Adaptability Douluo think? How could he find him a traditional school teacher? Has his brain been kicked by a ten-year soul beast?"

Li Yucheng is truly angry; at nine years old he independently designed and manufactured a Level Three Soul Tool; if he focused his energy on just one profession, he might be approaching Level Five by now.

Nine Years Old Level Five, what kind of genius would that be?

Their East Sea Mecha Master Association hasn't produced a genius in a very long time, yet other forces have one and actually don't cherish them...

No, I must find time to talk with Hua Yichen; he doesn't care about this kid's soul power cultivation aspect, but regarding the sub-occupation aspect, he must have a good talk with that traditionalist!

If he won't teach disciples, then have him take Huo Yuhao along!

End of Chapter