Chapter 281: The Punishment of the God King.
Xuan Ziwen and the other researchers immediately stopped in their tracks and greeted Jing Hongchen. "Hall Master."
Jing Hongchen's sharp gaze swept over the gathered researchers. "In a moment, Yuhao will demonstrate how to grant innate soul power to someone born without it. If he succeeds, the implications will be immeasurable. Therefore, I have arranged for the area around the plaza to be sealed off. Aside from designated personnel, no one else will be allowed in. Remember, until Yuhao grants permission, you must not disclose anything you witness here today."
The researchers all nodded in agreement. Anyone qualified to be a researcher here already had a strong sense of confidentiality. Otherwise, the blueprints for the advanced soul tools developed at Mingde Hall would have long since leaked to the three Douluo nations.
After all, the three Douluo nations lagged behind the Sun Moon Empire in soul tool technology. If any researcher were willing to sell advanced blueprints, the three nations would surely be eager to buy them. Ever since Tang Sect's hidden weapons were completely outclassed by soul tools, the three nations had realized the superiority of soul tools and had made efforts to develop them. In the previous Continental Soul Master Tournament, several teams had already integrated soul tools to enhance their combat effectiveness.
Jing Hongchen then led the group toward the center of the plaza. As they arrived, they saw Huo Yuhao standing with the Hongchen siblings, behind whom stood a contingent of armored soldiers and some representatives from the Spirit Pagoda.
Before they even landed, they heard Xiao Hongchen speaking. "Meng! Why didn't you tell me that the one trying to give ordinary people innate soul power was Yuhao?" He looked regretful.
Meng Hongchen smirked. "Eh, Xiao, you never asked me. You wouldn't be thinking of backing out of our bet now, would you? You're the second greatest genius of the Sun Moon Empire going back on our bet would hardly suit your reputation." She narrowed her eyes slightly.
Xiao Hongchen's pride as the "Sun Moon Empire's second genius" immediately flared up, especially with his grandfather and the researchers approaching. He gritted his teeth. "How could I possibly go back on a bet? Meng, rest assured I haven't lost yet. I might still win this."
Even as he spoke, he was internally conflicted. Given Huo Yuhao's accomplishments creating soul spirits and even helping people undergo second awakenings it was actually quite plausible that Yuhao could make ordinary people gain soul power.
But still, it shouldn't be that easy.
Historically, even the Sun Moon Imperial Family had attempted such a feat. If they could grant innate soul power to ordinary people, they could train massive numbers of soul practitioners, turning them into soul masters and equipping them with soul tools to strengthen the Sun Moon military.
The Imperial Family had invested vast amounts of resources and manpower into this endeavor. But after years of failure, they were ultimately forced to abandon the project.
So, in Xiao Hongchen's mind, even if Huo Yuhao who had accomplished countless extraordinary feats was attempting this, he would need a long time to succeed.
Jing Hongchen landed with the researchers, unfazed by his grandchildren's bickering. As their grandfather, he knew that Xiao and Meng got along well despite their occasional squabbles.
He quickly walked up to Huo Yuhao. "Yuhao, I've brought the researchers as requested. They will be observing as you attempt to grant an ordinary person innate soul power."
Xuan Ziwen looked at Huo Yuhao and added, "Yuhao, if you can truly accomplish this, your prestige among the citizens of the Sun Moon Empire will be unparalleled. After all, the majority of Sun Moon's population are ordinary people."
Huo Yuhao nodded. "Rest assured, Principal, Teacher Xuan I am confident that I can do this."
Over the past few days, he had worked with Electrolux to modify the incomplete version of Mysterious Heaven Technique, making it easier to learn while greatly reducing the difficulty of the initial training stages. The current version had a maximum potential equivalent to a Soul Sage.
He stepped forward to a tall armored soldier. "Release your martial soul."
The soldiers present were all ordinary people with no innate soul power. They could activate their martial souls, but without innate soul power, they could not cultivate even reaching the level of a Soul Practitioner was impossible.
"Yes, sir." The soldier nodded and immediately summoned a slender, pitch black spear. Under the sunlight, the weapon gleamed with a deep luster.
Huo Yuhao reached out and touched the spear's tip. A sharp sensation traveled from the spear into his hand. With his current physique, it was impossible for him to be injured just by touching a weapon, but ordinary martial souls typically did not carry such a keen edge.
He asked, "What is your name? What is your martial soul?"
The soldier responded loudly, "Reporting to Lord Huo, my name is Yang Feng. My martial soul is the ancestral weapon of my family, the Soul Piercing Spear."
Yang? An ancestral martial soul… and the Soul Piercing Spear?
Huo Yuhao immediately asked, "Are you from the Po Clan?"
The soldier named Yang Feng froze for a moment, his face turning bitter. "I didn't expect Lord Huo to know about the Po Clan… Yes, I am indeed from the Po Clan. But that is now just history. Today, there is no more Po Clan only the Yang Family."
"The Po Clan joined the Tang Sect long ago as members of the Medicine Hall. However, after the decline of the Tang Sect, when it was attacked, our clan suffered devastating losses while trying to defend it. The clan leader eventually negotiated with the Tang Sect master, leaving behind our family's medicinal formulas and a large sum of gold soul coins. The Tang Sect leader agreed to let us leave the sect. But perhaps the heavens cursed us for abandoning the Tang Sect after we left, our family was never again able to produce anyone with innate soul power. From that point on, the Po Clan declined completely. Seeking a better future, the Yang Family migrated to the Sun Moon Empire many years ago. I am now a citizen of the Sun Moon Empire."
Huo Yuhao looked at Yang Feng, deep in thought.
Given the Sun Moon Empire's advanced soul tool technology, ordinary citizens could generally live better lives here than people of similar status in the three Douluo nations unless they encountered evil soul masters.
From the perspective of the Yang Family's survival, their decision to migrate made sense. After all, they had no way of knowing that the Sun Moon Empire harbored a significant number of evil soul masters.
However, the idea that the Po Clan could no longer produce people with innate soul power seemed far too extreme. Was the clan really that unlucky?
"I need a moment to think. Stay here," he told Yang Feng.
Something felt off about this. He decided to communicate with the golden consciousness in his mind.
"Plane Consciousness, you should have heard my conversation with Yang Feng. The Po Clan's inability to produce people with innate soul power is there something more to this?"
A deep voice echoed in his mind. "Of course there is. This is all Tang San's doing. Yuhao, when the Tang Sect fell into decline, I originally believed that Tang San would descend to save it. But instead, he ignored the sect and chose to punish the four great clans that left."
(End of chapter.)
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