"Success?" Huo Yuhao's joy was evident on his face, like a stormy young boy he dashed over to his third soul ring.
"Hmph, with my vast energy, as long as you have enough Raksha divine power, gathering nine soul rings won't even be a problem for you!" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm crossed her arms over her chest, exuding supreme confidence.
"It took some time, but it's finally finished. However, before you absorb it, you need to prepare a soul bone with a space attribute that's at least ten thousand years old," Bibi Dong wiped the sweat from her forehead. She had been continuously expending Raksha divine power to forge a god-bestowed soul ring for Huo Yuhao. Copying the quality of a million-year-old soul ring with divine authority without damaging its grade was no easy task. She couldn't just break down Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's million-year-old soul ring into four 250,000-year rings—that would be a huge loss.
The limit of what Bibi Dong could do was to create the second through fifth soul rings for Huo Yuhao. The second soul ring, thanks to the ice silkworm clan's innate simulation ability, replicated a million-year-old soul ring—this was also Huo Yuhao's most practical and sly exclusive skill in the original story.
As for Huo Yuhao's original third to fifth soul skills in the previous timeline—group weakening, mental confusion, and mental replication—they were largely useless. The mental replication skill had almost only ever copied Xu Sanshi's Xuanming Exchange. So Huo Yuhao never really cared about obtaining those useless skills according to the original work.
"A soul bone with space attribute over ten thousand years old..." Huo Yuhao felt a headache coming. Such things appeared at auctions with a minimum price of over ten million gold soul coins, and were extremely scarce. Still, he understood how crucial this soul ring skill was.
"Perhaps that girl from the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect might have connections. You should ask her," Bibi Dong suggested, nodding towards the spiritual sea as a hint to Huo Yuhao.
"Alright then..." Huo Yuhao sighed helplessly. After all, he had just clashed fiercely with the three girls over a rental issue, but given his usual carefree and stubborn nature, even if he could do it all over, he'd probably act the same way.
"Once you get the soul bone, come absorb this third soul ring. I'll start working on the fourth one," Bibi Dong gave him the hint to leave.
Tomorrow's problems could wait. Huo Yuhao was exhausted and exited the spiritual sea, sinking directly into a deep sleep.
What he didn't know was that on another bed nearby, Ning Tian and Nanmen Yun'er's eyes were red.
Why? Because Wufeng, who had been using Huo Yuhao as a body pillow, was experiencing a surge in soul power growth, halted no more by the storm of natural energy. If all went well, she would level up by tomorrow.
Seeing Wufeng's content face, the two girls were green with envy.
We want hugs too!
The night passed sleeplessly.
Bright sunlight streamed through the window, casting light on the somewhat youthful faces of the young men and women. Huo Yuhao felt the brightness was a bit harsh and groggily awoke from deep sleep. Half of his body felt wrapped in something soft and warm, making it hard to pull away.
The morning breeze brought a faint scent of a girl's perfume to his nose, then a ticklish sensation on one cheek. Instinctively, Huo Yuhao turned his head and found himself face-to-face with a delicate, charming face. His lips touched something soft and moist, and as he closed his eyes slightly, a breath stirred an instinctive hormonal response.
What's going on? His brain felt overloaded, but luckily, as a spirit-type soul master, all last night's events played in reverse through his memory.
After Wufeng climbed into his bed, he had just turned over and fallen asleep, ignoring the pampered girls. Then he saw Wufeng treating him like a pillow and drifted off.
But that wasn't the most shocking part—Ning Tian and Nanmen Yun'er, seemingly after some silent eye communication, also climbed into his bed like a human pyramid, piling on him…
What the heck? Had these girls never met a guy before? Why were they this desperate? Even Zhongli Yu, who liked him back in the Holy Spirit Sect, hadn't acted like this.
Huo Yuhao quickly turned his head away and guiltily licked his lips. He had to admit Wufeng was straightforward and domineering but also had a smoking hot figure for her age, though still not quite as good as Zhongli Yu.
Perhaps it was Huo Yuhao's sudden movement that woke the sleepy girl. Wufeng finally stirred and saw Huo Yuhao waking and deliberately turning his head away.
Wufeng's face instantly flushed like a ripe apple. She recalled what happened last night—oh heavens, how had she been so bold? She quickly turned away, only to find Ning Tian and Nanmen Yun'er were already gone, probably having left early in the morning.
"Huo! Yu! Hao!" Wufeng shouted angrily at the innocent-looking Huo Yuhao staring out the window, pronouncing each syllable carefully.
"What? You took advantage of me and now you want to get rough?" Huo Yuhao teased without looking back. Ignoring these overly dramatic girls was the best tactic.
"You..." Wufeng was about to scold him but was stunned to find her soul power had successfully leveled up thanks to Huo Yuhao's strange physiology. She was now level 26—an incredible speed of progress. With another month like last night, she was confident she could break into level 30!
But...
At that moment, Huo Yuhao slowly sat up, yawning and sleepy, "It's getting late. I'll take the loss. You should get up."
"You're the one who took advantage of me! And you're still dissatisfied!" Wufeng's eyes flickered with some emotion. Then, looking annoyed, she pushed Huo Yuhao back onto the bed. Her face flushed again.
Their eyes met. It was the first time Wufeng stared directly at Huo Yuhao. His hair was a little messy, his face handsome yet fresh and bright. His lazy eyes carried the proud aura of someone high up in the world—a deadly attraction to a girl in love.
Maybe this guy was the man destined for her!
"What are you trying to do?" Huo Yuhao asked, feeling his heart skip a beat as a strange sensation flooded his mind.
Please no, mother dinosaur!
"You bastard, don't you dare disdain me!" Seeing Huo Yuhao's slightly flustered expression, Wufeng grinned triumphantly and wrapped her arms tightly around his neck. Suddenly, she pressed her lips heavily against his, and her mind went blank.
Well, whatever. Since we're hugging and sleeping together, I don't care anymore.
"Yuhao, from now on you're my role model. If I don't have you when chasing Bingbing in the future, I'd rather be reborn," Tianmeng Ice Silkworm suddenly butted in as the ultimate third wheel.
Huo Yuhao was stunned. It looked like he was really doomed to a romance calamity.
Wufeng's lips were soft, and though her moves were awkward, Huo Yuhao couldn't push her away in this mood. Instead, he reciprocated, not forgetting to roam his hands up and down.
"Ah—"
Just then, Ning Tian and Nanmen Yun'er returned with breakfast and immediately witnessed this scandalous scene...
Bang!
Huo Yuhao was kicked out.
"You're a little too flirtatious," Bibi Dong's calm voice echoed in his mind, though with a strange emotion.
"Too charming, what can I do?" Huo Yuhao rubbed his nose, which was still sore from Wufeng's headbutt, shamelessly.
"If they knew you were the Holy Son of the Holy Spirit Sect, they'd probably regret it," Bibi Dong sneered with a hint of anger.
"Holy Son? No," Huo Yuhao said, heading toward the inn's door. "I'm just me, a different Huo Yuhao."
He slowly spread his arms wide, facing the blue sky as if enjoying it.
It had been a long time since he'd felt the sun. A whole year underground in the Holy Spirit Sect was just damp, dark stone walls.
"Those three girls will probably be closely connected to you from now on. Do you know why?" Bibi Dong continued teasing him, leaving a mystery hanging.
"Why?" Huo Yuhao was curious. In the original story, he had attracted girls like Ning Tian with his almost demonic talent and real strength, but so far he hadn't shown that kind of power.
"Half-life affinity constitution. After merging with Tianmeng, its massive life energy and the primordial forces of heaven and earth fundamentally changed your physiology. After a year of blood pool refining, you're already at the peak among your peers. Once you successfully absorb the Life Spirit into your Spirit Eye, you will evolve into a true life affinity constitution."
Life affinity constitution? A useless passive? Huo Yuhao rubbed his chin. This concept only appeared at Dou Level 4, and only he and Bibi Dong knew about it.
"Everyone around you will be improved by your body's spontaneous absorption of life energy."
"Originally, your half-life affinity constitution didn't spontaneously absorb the world's life energy. The reason for that attraction is because I guided the energies into your soul rings in your spiritual sea."
"So, before my first five soul rings are complete, I can absorb life energy on my own?" Huo Yuhao thought it over and understood. "So that's why they want to get close—to share the benefits of life energy!"
"That's how it should be." Bibi Dong glanced at the suddenly enlightened Huo Yuhao. But she left out one more thing.
Only girls could understand this: when someone truly starts liking a person, the look in their eyes is different.
As for Ning Tian and Nanmen Yun'er, it was uncertain. But Wufeng and the holy maiden Zhongli Yu had clearly already planted Huo Yuhao's shadow in their hearts.
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