Huo Yuhao had a habit of sleeping in, so when he woke up early the next morning, Huang Bin had gone out to purchase ingredients. Only he and Lihua, who was preparing breakfast for him, were left at home.
Seeing Huo Yuhao come downstairs with sleepy eyes, a trace of doting flashed in Lihua's beautiful eyes. Children of this age just needed to sleep more.
"Yuhao, come and eat breakfast."
Lihua called for Huo Yuhao to enjoy a sumptuous breakfast and casually mentioned that today, Ju Zi would be taken by a teacher from the soul master academy to hunt for her first soul ring.
Because the Sun Moon Empire had advanced soul tools, ordinary soul masters did not have very high requirements for their own soul rings. As long as their soul power was sufficient to use the soul tools, that was enough.
In the original novel, although it was never accurately mentioned what Ju Zi's final soul power level achievement was, judging from the Sun Moon Empire's lack of emphasis on soul tool masters as a foundation for soul masters, Ju Zi would at most only be a Soul Sage in her entire life.
If Huo Yuhao were to change her original life trajectory, then he would have to start with her strength and her foundation as a soul master.
At the very least, he did not want Ju Zi to have too much contact with Xu Tianran in the future in her pursuit of power.
"Auntie Hua, I need to go on a long trip. Tell me the location of Sister Ju Zi's academy," Huo Yuhao thought of this and, after hastily gnawing on a piece of bread, did not hesitate any longer and directly used his fourth soul skill, Monarchy, on Lihua.
"Ah... okay, Ju Zi's academy is at..." Lihua naturally could not resist Huo Yuhao's spiritual skill. Her eyes instantly became wooden, and she said in a daze.
"Thank you, Auntie Hua."
Huo Yuhao obtained the information he wanted. He immediately activated his simulation soul skill to hide his figure and left the restaurant.
In this timeline, the Kamui space was not shared. In other words, the Kamui space where Xie Huanyue and the others were was still in the original timeline and had not traveled back with him. Plus, the helpers in his spiritual sea, like Bibi Dong, had all fallen into a deep sleep. So, in this timeline, Huo Yuhao could only rely on himself.
After getting the address, Huo Yuhao might as well release his spiritual power to instantly envelop the entire small town. The route of the entire town instantly appeared in his mind. After leaving a Kamui coordinate at the restaurant, Huo Yuhao immediately began to move according to the route using the portability of Kamui.
Without using much time, Huo Yuhao arrived at the junior soul master academy in Lihua's memory. The scale of the academy was not large, located on the edge of the small town. Beside it was a wide official road. Merchants driving carriages came and went, transporting goods. It was a prosperous scene.
At this time, the effect of Huo Yuhao inheriting Huo Gua's simulation divine skill came out. He instantly transformed himself into the appearance of an eight or nine-year-old and added Ju Zi's same-style school uniform to himself. He strode into the academy swaggeringly. Wearing the academy's school uniform, he naturally didn't have to worry about being stopped by anyone.
Huo Yuhao, who possessed the four great divine skills of the Spirit Eyes, even without relying on soul tools, at this time already had the shadow of a limit-level individual soldier.
Before long, Huo Yuhao continuously used Monarchy to ask for directions and soon found the class where Ju Zi was.
From a distance, Huo Yuhao saw that Ju Zi was standing in a row with several other students. Judging from their aura, they should all have just reached level ten innate soul power. After all, these academies couldn't possibly go and hunt soul beasts for students one by one to add soul rings. Most of them would wait until several students had reached level ten and then set out together to hunt for soul rings.
Among the students who had reached the condition for obtaining their first soul ring, there were also several girls. Ju Zi was still the most conspicuous one among them. She was simply too beautiful. Although everyone was only eight or nine years old, she had already grown up to be slender and graceful, fully showing the makings of a beauty.
There were also several soul beast forests within the borders of the Sun Moon Empire. These teachers, who were at most at the Soul King level, would naturally not take so many students too far. He figured they would just find a nearby forest where soul beasts appeared, casually hunt a few soul beasts to add soul rings for the students, and be done with it.
How could Huo Yuhao allow Ju Zi to randomly absorb a useless soul ring? He immediately used his simulation soul skill to turn invisible, quietly following behind the group, waiting for them to set off.
After roughly explaining some points to note in the soul beast forest, the two Soul King-level teachers led the group of students and set off.
The students rode on the luxurious carriage provided by the academy and headed towards the soul beast forest in the west. It was estimated that it would take several hours to arrive. Huo Yuaho might as well jump onto the top of the carriage and begin to sit cross-legged in meditation.
Huo Yuhao had almost recovered to the appearance of a seven-year-old. At the same time, he had also discovered a flaw in the time reversal. That was, as his soul power was consumed in this timeline, the effect produced by the time reversal would also weaken accordingly.
If he were to go all out, the effect of the time reversal in this timeline probably wouldn't even last for an hour.
Huo Yuhao had thus found the fastest way to return. But since he was already here, and was destined to meet Ju Zi, he naturally had to stay and do something.
Just as Huo Yuhao's thoughts were flying, the carriage slowly came to a stop.
What entered his eyes was a dense forest. But just from his spiritual perception, one could get a glimpse. The most threatening things in the forest were only two or three thousand-year soul beasts. Even hundred-year soul beasts were extremely rare, while ten-year soul beasts were everywhere.
How could it be possible to find a suitable soul beast for Ju Zi in this kind of place? Perhaps it was because of his own rule-breaking nature, but Huo Yuhao's requirements for soul rings had also gradually become higher.
Should I find a way to get Huo Gua's first love a hundred-thousand-year soul ring to play with?
Of course, this was just a thought. Huo Yuaho immediately extended his spiritual power to probe deep into the forest, but he soon disappointedly withdrew his spiritual power. Those few thousand-year level soul beasts were not suitable as Ju Zi's soul ring at all.
Looking at the two Soul King-level teachers' arrogant posture, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but want to laugh. These two trash Soul Kings, equipped with a few soul tool cannons, could only show off in a junior academy. What was there to be superior about killing a few ten-year or hundred-year soul beasts?
At this moment, Huo Yuhao suddenly remembered that in his spiritual sea, he had left the coordinates of the Holy Ghost Cult's old nest, the Evildemon Forest.
Before fusing with the Ten Thousand Demon King, Huo Yuhao's body could not withstand Kamui transferring multiple people at once. But he was now of the Immortal Spirit Physique!
A smile so wicked it was extreme then bloomed on this seemingly harmless youth's face. He used his simulation soul skill to turn invisible and approach the group, then activated Tsukuyomi—
Everyone present fell into a daze.
Swoosh—
The next moment, Kamui was activated in concert. The group, along with the carriage, disappeared from their original spot.
Once again returning to this familiar coniferous forest, the dense great forest presented a color from dark green to pitch black. Before the group had even entered it, a sense of oppression already assaulted their faces.
It is said that a newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger. The young boys and girls of the junior academy had never been to a soul beast forest before. With Soul King-level teachers by their side, they did not feel much. On the contrary, the two teachers of this junior academy felt that something was not right with this place. Because they were all too familiar with the soul beast forest they usually went to. Even if their brains had gone blank during the scene change, the sight before them still made them can't help but suspect they had come to the wrong place.
"Children, follow behind the teachers. Be careful," a teacher subconsciously reminded.
"How did it become so dark here?" The other teacher, even if well-versed, still didn't connect the scene before him with the Evildemon Forest. For no other reason than that the Evildemon Forest was in the northern part of the original Sun Moon Continent, while the place their academy was heading to was a small soul beast forest in the eastern region.
"Anyway, inside are just some thousand-year miscellaneous fish. No need to make a big fuss," the previous teacher patted the soul tool cannon on his shoulder, his confidence returning again as he said with a smile.
"The teachers are so amazing!" a few children who were good at flattering said in succession.
"Let's go! Teacher will take you to hunt soul beasts!" The two teachers seemed not to have realized the seriousness of the matter. With a wave of their large hands, they called out proudly.
Huo Yuhao held back his laughter, standing on a large tree. With his current spiritual realm, besides that Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord, as long as he didn't want to be exposed, no one could possibly discover him.
Of course, Huo Yuhao didn't deliberately transfer them here to send them to their deaths. Once a dangerous situation was encountered, he would still knock out the group and throw them into the Kamui space.
His main purpose was still to find a suitable soul ring for Ju Zi here.
"Children, this is the first time in your lives that you are facing a soul beast. You must learn to observe carefully and judge the age of the soul beast according to the descriptions in the textbook."
The two Soul King teachers walked in front, the soul tool cannons on their shoulders giving them an inexplicable sense of confidence, their appearance relaxed and carefree.
At this moment, a child pointed at a giant snake coiled on a large tree in front and shouted excitedly, "Teacher, teacher, look! That looks like a ten-thousand-year Nine Nether Python!"
"Teacher, teacher! Look over there at that bird that's entirely emerald green! Its beak is red, and it looks to be only the size of a palm! So cute!" another child pointed at a bird-type soul beast on a tree that was in an attacking posture and shouted.
"Teacher, that big dumb bear looks like a mere hundred-year Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear! Let's fight it!"
"Teacher..."
The two Soul King-level teachers finally discovered that something was not right. These soul beasts didn't seem to be ones that should appear in an ordinary soul beast forest, right?
The next moment, Huo Yuhao saw the faces of these two teachers turn from green to purple, and then become deathly pale. A coldness ran through their bodies. Their fingers trembled as they fumbled for the trigger of their soul tool cannons, but after fumbling for a long time, they couldn't find the position of the trigger.
"Scree—"
The Jade-Green Devil Bird was the first to move. It transformed into a green stream of light and dived down from the tree. The teacher walking in front hurriedly tried to use the soul tool cannon in his hand to block in front of him, and then the huge inertial force directly sent him flying out. The soul tool cannon in his hand also fell apart.
Surprised? Unexpected? Huo Yuhao almost burst out laughing.
"This place is... this place is..." The other teacher finally remembered the description of this forest in the book. The next moment, his face was without a trace of blood.
"This place is the Evildemon Forest, ahhhhhh!"