The question of whether Tang San's mom is "easy to use" will be set aside for now.
The Golden Ancient Tree is currently the lifeblood of Shrek. For now, his Spirit Transmission Pagoda has only thoroughly consumed the Soul Tool Department, but the dominance over Shrek remains in the hands of Elder Mu.
Therefore, Huo Yuhao will not choose to make a move on the Golden Ancient Tree for the time being. Of course, Huo Yuhao left an imprint to mark Tang San's mother, so that it would be a bit more convenient the next time he actually needs to use her.
Back to the main topic.
Aside from using a higher-level Blue Silver Emperor as material, if Huo Yuhao wants to complete the "Blue Silver Soul Engine," he still has to start with the Dark Blue Silver King.
But what exactly should he do?
Time gradually passed, and in the blink of an eye, evening arrived.
A sudden burst of inspiration gave Huo Yuhao a feasible line of thought, yet he was pulled into a mental dead end by another problem. This truly shows how unpredictable the world can be.
Fortunately, he had a direction now; all that remained was to spend time solving the problem.
Getting up, he took a trip to the Star Constellation Great Forest. After seriously feeding a certain gluttonous Dragon King, Huo Yuhao briefly inspected the working status of the Forging Bears.
After such a long time of forging, the Bear Lord could now easily forge Thousand-Forged metal of extremely high quality. Furthermore, his own metal attribute had reached a certain limit; he was only a sliver away from promoting himself to the level of Ultimate Metal.
According to the Bear Lord, the day he completes "Spirit-Forging" will be the day he promotes to Ultimate Metal. Once these words were spoken, the forging enthusiasm of the Forging Bears instantly rose to another level.
It is worth mentioning that Huo Yuhao did not see a certain big golden cat again upon his return. According to Di Tian, the Three-eyed Golden Lion is currently at a critical juncture and cannot be disturbed.
Huo Yuhao, however, used the special connection of fate between himself and the Auspicious Beast to confirm that the big golden cat's fate was stable. After ensuring nothing was wrong, he didn't ask further.
Although he already had the idea of returning all the memories regarding Qiu'er to her, he was in no hurry.
Additionally, there was another matter: a certain gluttonous Dragon King seemed to have sensed something... of course, only sensed.
Gu Yuena naturally knew that the scent of many women would appear on Huo Yuhao's body, but she didn't care. However, why was it that this time... the scent of that little scorpion had something more than the others?
It was as if... something had happened between them a long time ago.
...
Huo Yuhao did not know that if Kong Deming hadn't coincidentally gifted him the "Bright God Soul Gold," causing him to be obsessed with research for a month and allowing the aura of the Ice Emperor on him to fade significantly...
If he had gone directly to feed the gluttonous Dragon King right after the Ice Emperor fell into a slumber due to excessive energy...
In her rage, a certain Dragon King might have switched from eating grilled fish to eating him. And judging by the fact that neither of them had weak physical stamina, they would have had to go at it for at least seven days and seven nights!
It would be a Douluo version of "The King Descends from Heaven, Furious and Ferocious!"
Perhaps the gluttonous Dragon King still wouldn't be satisfied. After getting a taste for it, she might have turned into Secret Room Douluo 2.0, using the contract the two originally established to tie Huo Yuhao up and have her way with him? Not letting him go until he sired five children?
After all, how could the possessiveness and libido of the Dragon Clan be weak?
...
Returning to the Spirit Transmission Pagoda, Huo Yuhao returned to his life as a normal "time management master." While gradually deepening his feelings with them, Huo Yuhao was also "ravaging" one Dark Blue Silver King after another, pondering his plans.
Under such a peaceful life, two months passed.
With five days left until the freshman assessment, at this moment, in a private cultivation room, Tang San looked at the three medicinal pills in front of him with a sharp glint in his eyes.
The first was the Mysterious Water Pill, a precious medicine refined from the essence blood of over a dozen types of water-attribute Soul Beasts and dozens of water-attribute plants through a special preparation.
After consumption, the user's Soul Power will be significantly improved, and their Innate Soul Power will increase by one rank. Simultaneously, it has a cleansing effect on the body, improving one's constitution and flushing out existing impurities.
The second was the Soul Raising Pill.
Its effect is exactly as the name suggests: it can guarantee an increase of one rank in a Soul Master's Soul Power. Its medicinal effect is mild and easy to absorb, but it has one restriction—each Soul Master can only take one in their lifetime.
The third... had no name. However, according to Zhou Yi, this pill was refined from the heart's blood of Soul Beasts. It contained a massive amount of Soul Power. If one could endure the pain and absorb it perfectly, it was guaranteed to raise one's Soul Power by two ranks!
Added all together, that is a full 4 ranks of Soul Power!
And several weeks ago, by eliminating evil Soul Beasts, he had successfully reached Rank 26!
Rank 30 was within reach!
Circulating the Mysterious Heaven Skill, Tang San adjusted his state, then without any hesitation, took the Mysterious Water Pill and swallowed it directly.
Just after taking it, a faint water mist appeared around Tang San. Simultaneously, a light fragrance began to emanate from his body.
A moment later, the fragrance dissipated, turning into a thick, foul stench, and the color of the water mist grew deeper and deeper.
An hour later, Tang San opened his eyes. Smelling the foul stench in the air, he felt disgusted. However, feeling that his cultivation had already broken through to Rank 27, Tang San couldn't be bothered by the disgusting smell and immediately took the Soul Raising Pill!
The mild medicinal power surged from within his body. Without hesitation, Tang San operated the Mysterious Heaven Skill at full power, absorbing the mild energy bit by bit and converting it into his own Soul Power cultivation.
A few more hours later, Tang San opened his eyes once more, a sharp glint flashing through them!
Rank 28, achieved!
This sensation of his Soul Power soaring rapidly made Tang San incredibly infatuated. Especially when he thought about how he could now surpass his former self, Tang San was truly "high" beyond measure!
Ignoring the pain caused by his meridians reaching their limit from gaining two ranks in a short time, Tang San, whose mind was influenced by obsession, was fearless!
Looking at that bright red pill, a hint of obsession flashed in Tang San's eyes. In the next moment, Tang San reached out for that nameless pill and swallowed it directly!
A foul, bloody aura immediately surged through Tang San's meridians, followed by an incredibly violent expansion of his meridians by brute force.
Intense pain descended. Tang San bit his teeth and endured; to him, the damage from this blood aura erosion was nothing.
After all, his body, nourished by Life Force, was incredibly powerful, and his meridians were equally tough. It was merely enduring a bit of tearing pain!
His Divine Consciousness guided his own Soul Power bit by bit to wrap around that massive blood aura, then let it circulate through his meridians for absorption. This was his hope to quickly promote to a Soul Elder; he would never give up!
Time flowed slowly. Soon, after a day and a night, that massive blood aura was mostly consumed. The remaining bit of blood aura consisted entirely of impurities, which Tang San deposited at his Dantian.
Feeling his cultivation had already reached Rank 30, Tang San's heart was full of excitement. He prepared to guide those impurities into his Eight Spider Lances to store them as "poison."
However, in the next moment, as the last shred of pure blood aura was squeezed out, the remaining impurities instantly went berserk! They crashed around as if trying to burst out of Tang San's body!
Tang San's Divine Consciousness hurried to suppress them. However, the blood aura suddenly dived downward!
The target: Little Tang San!