"You don't know how happy I was when I saw you down there. I don't know if it's love, but I want to be close to you, to be with you. Let me stay by your side from now on, okay?"
Huo Yuhao's heart was filled with mixed emotions. Once again, Huo Yuhao pushed Wang Qiuer away, saying with a bitter tone, "Qiuer, I'm happy you like me, but we're still young, and it was a moment of impulse. After冷静思考, I realized it was just infatuation at the time."
"You are too solitary, and you don't interact with others much. Perhaps I offended you, leaving too strong an impression. But have you ever considered if this is truly love, if this is the emotion you truly desire?"
"Qiuer, be clear-headed. I've also experienced a lot during this time. I met a girl, and she showed me what real love is." Saying this, a happy smile appeared on Huo Yuhao's face.
"I'm sorry to you. You are a good girl, and you will definitely meet someone you truly love and who truly loves you. Alright, let's leave it at that. I'll go back first." After speaking, Huo Yuhao looked relieved and turned to leave.
"Stop." Wang Qiuer shouted, and Huo Yuhao's steps paused.
"Why, why did you barge into my life? Why do you get to come and go as you please? Why can you act like nothing happened? What do you think of me?"
"Our beginning was a farce. Continuing would only lead to more mistakes. Qiuer, understand yourself. Obsession isn't love. Perhaps you should go home and calm down for a while. I believe you'll understand your heart then."
With those words, Huo Yuhao didn't want to linger. Spatial power enveloped him, and he vanished in the next second.
Wang Qiuer raised her head, trying not to let the tears in her eyes fall. She was never one to back down. She had her own stubbornness, and doing this was already her greatest effort. Huo Yuhao had rejected her, and she wouldn't resort to clinging to him.
"What's so great about him? This lady is as beautiful as the moon and flowers, and there are plenty of people who like me." Wang Qiuer comforted herself, but two lines of clear tears couldn't help but slide down her cheeks.
In the shadows, Huo Yuhao, who hadn't left yet, watched this scene quietly, his heart aching as well.
Some feelings couldn't be faked. Like when Wang Qiuer got close to him, he couldn't help but want to respond. Like when Dai Hao used his marriage and his deceased mother to manipulate him, he couldn't help but get angry.
Huo Yuhao wasn't sure when he started feeling this way towards Wang Qiuer, but he knew he was still somewhat influenced by the original storyline. This girl, who dared to love and hate, who gave everything for Dai Yuhao, and with whom he had spent so much time, it was false to say he wasn't moved at all. But precisely because of this, he didn't want Wang Qiuer to get close to him. It was more important for her to live well.
"Are you humans all so hypocritical?" Xuedi's voice came from his sea of consciousness, and there was no mockery in her tone, only confusion. She didn't understand why, if they liked each other, they couldn't be together. Why was Huo Yuhao avoiding Wang Qiuer?
"You don't understand. She's also a pitiful person. Staying with me would only put her in more danger."
"Don't you want to protect her?" Xuedi asked again.
Huo Yuhao smiled, but the smile was so strained. "Often, we don't have the right to choose. We only have the fate of being chosen. If I can't even protect myself, how can I talk about protecting others!"
Silence, a long silence.
Without continuing the topic, Huo Yuhao appeared directly in his Sea of Consciousness this time. "Xuedi, how do you plan to deal with the Snow Demon?"
"Of course, send it back to the Extreme North. Are you thinking of getting the little ball's soul ring?" Speaking of which, Xuedi's beautiful eyes narrowed slightly, revealing a hint of danger.
"Hehe, of course not." Huo Yuhao gave a wry smile. He was just joking. With this big shot around, who would dare covet the high-level soul beasts of the Extreme North?
"Um, Xuedi, you said before that you would compensate me with something else if I bought it. Is that still valid?"
Xuedi gently brushed a strand of hair behind her ear and spoke softly, "Of course, what this Emperor says counts."
Huo Yuhao's face immediately lit up with joy. However, before he could be happy for long, Xuedi continued, "But you're mistaken. That was Bingdi who promised you that, what does it have to do with this Emperor?"
Huo Yuhao was stunned. He looked at Bingdi, who was sitting with her arms crossed, and a thought flashed through his mind: I've been tricked. Over two million Gold Soul Coins were wasted.
He sighed deeply and gave a wry smile. "Big sister, can you please not make it so dramatic when you speak?"
Unexpectedly, Xuedi's expression turned cold immediately upon hearing this. "Who are you calling big sister?"
Uh!
Huo Yuhao's expression stiffened. No problem, though. You're hundreds of thousands of years old. Huo Yuhao wasn't sure how long Xuedi had lived, and he didn't dare to ask.
"Are you thinking that I'm hundreds of thousands of years old, and therefore very old, aren't you?" Xuedi seemed to see through Huo Yuhao's thoughts and immediately asked with a smile that wasn't quite a smile.
"Well, the time of you soul beasts and us humans can't be compared. Besides, Xuedi, you're so beautiful. Any man who sees you would be worried, so how could you be old?" Huo Yuhao said awkwardly. He couldn't help it; he wasn't one to flatter others.
"Oh? So you've had designs on me too?" Xuedi, a true conversation killer, left Huo Yuhao speechless.
Huo Yuhao was furious inside. Damn it, just a tiny wisp of a soul, and so arrogant. If I didn't need you, I swear I'd hang you up and spank you.
Well, Huo Yuhao didn't dare. If he actually did that, he might not be able to withstand Xuedi's retaliation. After all, a woman's mind... everyone knows.
"Alright, you two, stop with the arguing. Yuhao, just say what you want," Bingdi stepped in to mediate.
Huo Yuhao glanced at Bingdi and shook his head slightly.
The latter raised an eyebrow, displeased, "What, you're getting cocky? You look down on me?"
Huo Yuhao shrugged, "I want the cultivation method for the Yin-Yang Complementary Soul Core. Do you have it?"
Bingdi was taken aback, but she quickly recovered, staring at Huo Yuhao in shock, "You want to condense a Soul Core so early? Do you know the consequences of doing that?"
"Is there a need for such a big reaction?" Huo Yuhao rolled his eyes. "I know a little bit. Soul Douluos need to condense a Soul Core when they advance to Title Douluo. That means if I condense a Soul Core now, I'll need to condense a second one to break through to Title Douluo in the future. Is that what you're talking about?"
"Knowing that, you still want to continue? Do you think condensing a Soul Core is easy, that with your talent, it's a piece of cake?"
Hearing this, Huo Yuhao fell silent. Not only did he need to condense a Soul Core when breaking through to Title Douluo, but he also needed to condense one when breaking through to the ninety-ninth rank Limit Douluo. Furthermore, the risk of condensing a Soul Core a second time after already having one in his body would greatly increase.
Because he had to maintain the balance and stability of the two. It sounded simple, but in reality, it would be incredibly difficult. After all, a Soul Core was placed inside the human body. If he wasn't careful and it exploded, the whole sect could be wiped out.
Therefore, almost all Soul Masters only condensed their first Soul Core when they reached Title Douluo. It wasn't that they didn't have the ability to condense a Soul Core before, but if they condensed one too early, the danger of breaking through to Title Douluo would increase significantly.
Later, if he wanted to break through to Limit Douluo, he would need to condense a third Soul Core. At that point, it would truly be a matter of life and death. Although there were very few people on the continent who could break through to the ninety-ninth rank, one still needed to have some dreams, right? What's the difference between having no dreams and being a salted fish!
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