Chapter 120: Gu Yuena: He Possesses a World!
By the time they left the Imperial Palace, it was already very late.
Jing Hongchen knew that Huo Yuhao and Crown Prince Xu Tianran had gone out alone for a while. After asking, he learned that Yuhao had not agreed to anything, and only then did he slowly breathe a sigh of relief.
Yuhao was thorough in his actions and steady in his work, not needing him to worry much. In contrast, there was naturally Xiao Hongchen, his grandson, who always caused him trouble.
This little scoundrel was actually hobnobbing with those ministers.
'Damn it, when we get back, just wait and see if I don't beat you.'
Xiao Hongchen felt a chill run down his spine. This unsettling feeling made him very uncomfortable.
"Yuhao, can I rest at your place tonight?"
Although he didn't look back, Xiao Hongchen could guess that, given his earlier over-the-top, boastful performance, his grandfather would definitely give him a severe beating.
He couldn't go home tonight, and the Academy was also dangerous. It was better to hide at Yuhao's place.
Shaking his head, Huo Yuhao did not agree, because one thing after another was happening, and he still had very important things to do.
"No, I need to go out and meet someone later."
Meng Hongchen was very curious. She hadn't heard that Yuhao had an appointment with anyone.
"Yuhao, can I come with you?"
He still didn't agree. Some dangerous things might happen later, and Huo Yuhao didn't want anyone to follow him.
Even his own teacher, he wasn't planning to inform. On Gu Yuena's side, there might be Di Tian and others secretly protecting her. One less person involved meant one less danger.
"Alright, Yuhao has his own things to do, so you two shouldn't get involved."
Jing Hongchen spoke up, smiling at Xiao Hongchen.
"Let's go, kid. You haven't felt Grandpa's 'love' for a long time, so don't think about following Yuhao."
Having just returned from the Star Luo Empire and then tirelessly spending so much effort on the Imperial family, it was time for a good rest.
Xiao Hongchen was dragged away by Jing Hongchen, who grabbed him by the collar, looking utterly resigned. Meng Hongchen always felt a bit uneasy and looked at Huo Yuhao with some concern before leaving.
However, just as her grandfather said, if Yuhao didn't let her follow, he must have important things to do, and she didn't want Yuhao to be troubled.
Only after everyone had left did Huo Yuhao let out a long sigh of relief. At the last moment before leaving Mingdu, his spiritual detection sharing once again performed a full-angle map scan, deliberately transmitting his position.
"Old Yi, whether we can get through this hurdle now depends entirely on you."
In the Sea of Martial Soul, Ice Empress and Tianmeng were both on high alert, and Electrolux nodded.
"Don't worry, Yuhao, just stick to our plan."
Suddenly, a seed quietly planted itself in Huo Yuhao's heart, and new memories, never before present, began to appear in the depths of his mind. They were so real, so vivid that it was hard to tell if they had actually happened.
On the other side, Gu Yuena also felt this mental power fluctuation, and with a slight smile, she emerged from Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy.
By a lake outside Mingdu.
Silver moonlight pierced the dim, dark sky, flowing like spilled milk through the treetops, and starlight spread out in ripples on the calm lake surface, shattering into colorful light.
The night wind, carrying the scent of flowers and plants that had basked in the sun all day, coolly seeped into Huo Yuhao's collar.
He was in high spirits at this moment because he hadn't eaten enough in the Imperial Palace. Before Gu Yuena arrived, he had even set up a barbecue stall by the lake.
The smell of charcoal mixed with the malty aroma of ice-cold beer fermented in the night, punctuated by the chirping of insects.
Light footsteps sounded behind him. Huo Yuhao didn't turn around, but his voice calmly rang out.
"Your Excellency Silver Dragon King, this is our second meeting in name. I hope the location I chose doesn't bore you."
With his identity instantly revealed by Huo Yuhao, it was false to say Gu Yuena wasn't nervous, but she also generally determined how she should speak next.
She didn't know why Huo Yuhao was so calm. After adapting to Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy during this period, she had some superficial understanding of him.
The number one genius of the Sun Moon Empire, an absolute Child of Destiny. So, linking this to the previous disruption of destiny, and the distant first meeting not long ago—are you a strong individual from another world, a god playing in the human world after reincarnation, or are you the Child of Destiny of Douluo Star?
Looking at the current situation, with him so calm and knowing her identity, the former possibility was clearly greater.
If he were a god from the God Realm, knowing her identity, there was no reason for him to be as calm as he was now. She was very clear about the God Realm's attitude towards the Dragon God.
'He knows of my existence, but he isn't worried. Is he arrogant, or does he think that I, in my current state, pose no threat to him?'
Gu Yuena smiled slightly. It hadn't been this interesting in a long time. She extended her right hand toward Huo Yuhao, her eyes exceptionally bright.
"Hello, you can call me—Gu Yuena—for now."
"Have you heard my story?"
As expected of Your Excellency Silver Dragon King, with such astonishing wisdom, one sentence made Huo Yuhao know how to respond next.
His eyes flickered slightly, Huo Yuhao returned a smile, and gently clasped the soft hand extended to him.
"No, but your eyes are full of stories."
At this moment, the mutual probing officially began. For the Silver Dragon King, any amount of speculation was just speculation. To confirm her thoughts, she had to use some special methods.
Huo Yuhao didn't know what state Gu Yuena was in to become a human Soul Master, but it didn't matter. Even if this wasn't her true body, the high-level power she could use instantly caused his spiritual sea to explode.
Tianmeng and Ice Empress were incredulous, especially the former. She finally knew who this guy in front of her was.
Being trapped there and having her soul power absorbed for so long, even if she turned to ash, she would never forget the name of that master she once accidentally heard from Di Tian's mouth.
"It's her, it's her, it's her!"
"Oh my heavens, oh my Lord, my socks, my shoes, I, Tianmeng, will never forget this scoundrel who arranged for fierce beasts to absorb my origin!"
But now, the Ice Empress clearly had no time to bother with Tianmeng. Everything that needed to be said had been said. What needed to be done now was to get through this current hurdle.
Relying on his own mental power level, which was almost on the verge of being formless and insubstantial, coupled with his spiritual sea expanded by the Life Gold, and the blessings of Ice Empress and Tianmeng, and most importantly, [Heaven's Movement is Vigorous], Huo Yuhao did not fall into a disadvantage in this contest.
However, it was clearly not that easy to fool Gu Yuena.
What Martial Soul Gu Yuena possessed now, on the surface, appeared to be an Elemental Master, but in reality, it was the Silver Dragon King who could control all elements and possessed the Dragon God's bloodline.
Her essence was the god of this world. All the elements she controlled, if she wished, could break through existing cognition and reach a level beyond the extreme.
However, Huo Yuhao was not flustered. His tone was very calm.
"That's truly impolite, Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena."
Gu Yuena smiled sweetly, interweaving a trace of her own origin power into this contest. She felt that if her guess was correct, Huo Yuhao would definitely be able to easily resolve her method.
If he couldn't, then it would prove that this strong individual, possibly from another world, was only so-so in strength. In that case, she would have to properly discuss with him the matter of disturbing fate and disrupting her recovery from injuries.
Just as Gu Yuena's thoughts flickered, the previously calm Huo Yuhao suddenly became exceptionally majestic. His ice-blue eyes instantly turned gray, filled with a deathly stillness and not a hint of emotion, full of the aura of death, which immediately stunned Gu Yuena.
"Your Excellency can't even exert one ten-thousandth of your current strength. Rashly probing me is truly not a wise choice."
Gu Yuena didn't know what happened, but she felt death—absolute death—as if it carried the death force of a plane. This power was a god!
He possesses a world!
Why, even if he was a strong individual from another world, reincarnated to experience the human world, shouldn't he be able to use such power at this time?
The reason Huo Yuhao could make Gu Yuena wary was actually due to Electrolux's powerful divine consciousness. After deceiving his own heart and planting that seed, he was now Electrolux, and Electrolux was himself.
Furthermore, by relying on Old Yi to mobilize the Undead Demiplane and borrow a trace of its origin power, Gu Yuena's reaction was actually not surprising.
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