Chapter 5: “from Now On, The Sky’s The Limit, No More Constraints”
Huo Yuhao quietly and carefully arrived at the back door of the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion. Since the time was exactly noon, many servants were working in the Duke’s Mansion at that moment.
For these servants who might expose his whereabouts, he directly used the Spiritual Eye Kaleidoscope to cast illusion techniques, making them completely ignore his existence.
These illusion techniques were all innate to the Mangekyo Sharingan. After all, it was the Mangekyo Sharingan, so being able to use illusion techniques could be said to be an instinct, and after fusing with the Spiritual Eye, they were also passed on to the new Martial Soul.
The principles of these illusion techniques were not quite the same as in the Naruto world; they should have undergone localized improvements.
In Naruto, illusion techniques interfere with the opponent’s chakra.
In this world, Huo Yuhao mainly used the Spiritual Eye to directly nail the converted special spiritual power into the opponent’s sea of consciousness to interfere with their perception.
The back door of the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion was generally unguarded, which could be seen from the original work.
In the original work, Level Ten Huo Yuhao slipped out directly from the Duke’s Mansion back door, and no one discovered him.
Sure enough, when he arrived at the back door, he found that there really was no one guarding it.
Huo Yuhao sometimes really wanted to complain about the ridiculousness of this world. This was the territory of a duke of a country, and moreover, a duke who held great military power.
Yet the defensive forces of his Duke’s Mansion were so lax.
And this was still the Star Luo military god. He couldn’t even properly guard his own home, yet he talked about protecting a vast empire.
If the Sun Moon Empire sent a few soul masters with strong stealth abilities, they could blow up the entire Duke’s Mansion without anyone knowing.
Making Dai Hao’s family register suffer heavy losses on the spot.
Gently pushing open the solemn lacquered red gate, Huo Yuhao dashed straight toward the official road of the Star Luo Empire.
The White Tiger Duke’s Mansion was not far from Star Luo City, located about five hundred miles to the southeast.
However, Huo Yuhao did not plan to go to Star Luo City this time.
Instead, he planned to head north all the way to the Heaven Soul Empire.
There were quite a few things in the Heaven Soul Empire that would be of great use to the current Huo Yuhao.
For example, the Profound Water Pill and the even stronger Black Tortoise Divine Pill refined by the Profound Nether Sect there.
These pills could help him wash his meridians and marrow, expanding his meridians.
His meridians were thin and narrow, with some areas even showing disorder, which were important factors hindering Huo Yuhao’s cultivation speed.
The Profound Water Pill could solve these problems without any side effects.
The Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow under the Earth Dragon Gate in Dragon City there was an even rarer treasure, with immense benefits for cultivation.
If it were the Huo Yuhao from the beginning, he wouldn’t dare to have any ideas about these things.
The only thing he could do in the Heaven Soul Empire was to seek refuge with the Body Sect. The Body Sect’s powerful strength and Du Busi’s personality were enough for Huo Yuhao to safely pass his growth period.
But after the Mangekyo successfully awakened, it was different.
The Spiritual Eye Kaleidoscope granted Huo Yuhao powerful illusion technique abilities, enough to deal with low-level soul masters.
If he encountered threats from strong persons above Soul Saint, the Mangekyo pupil techniques would surely give him unexpected surprises.
The current Huo Yuhao had some confidence to acquire some cultivation resources.
Who would choose to live under someone else’s roof when they could be free?
As for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and Shrek Academy, Huo Yuhao currently had no ideas about them.
The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was Tang San’s backyard; without a map, it was impossible to find the place.
Shrek Academy was even more heavyweight; Huo Yuhao absolutely dared not easily join Shrek.
He had suffered enough in his previous life and didn’t want to go there to compete with four hundred people for a toilet, experience Shrek’s super running, or constantly guard against sneak attacks from the Holy Spirit Cult’s supreme elders.
Not to mention that Tang Buddha’s dog chain was waiting for him there.
He absolutely didn’t believe that Tang San hadn’t done anything sneaky.
No matter how you think about it, eyes and butterflies shouldn’t be able to produce a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and a 100% fusion at that!
Wasn’t this clearly setting a trap for Huo Yuhao?
In the original work, Tang San said that whatever Huo Yuhao had, Tang Wutong would have too. Huo Yuhao’s spiritual soul core was even directly stripped, nearly wasting his spiritual power cultivation.
And that heaven-defying Qiankun Valley of Love and Inquiry, where he gained little opportunity but suffered plenty of torment.
Before Qiankun Valley of Love and Inquiry, Huo Yuhao still had some backbone, but after experiencing Douluo’s characteristic ultimate insult inside, he completely became a good dog for the Tang family.
For these two places, if not joining Shrek, he could at least check out Shrek City, after all, one of the most prosperous cities on the Douluo Continent.
Qiankun Valley of Love and Inquiry was not to be touched at all, and Haotian Sect was about the same.
Following the Star Luo Empire’s official road, Huo Yuhao ran wildly all the way.
The Star Luo Empire’s roads were well-built without issues, wide, straight, without potholes; it seemed Xu Jiawei had put effort into this aspect.
From day to evening, occasionally stopping to appreciate unique scenery unseen in his previous life or observe the local unique creatures.
Around the Star Luo Empire official road, soul beasts were basically nowhere to be seen; even if encountered, they were just ten years mole rats or three-colored cats.
These soul beasts had no combat ability at all; ordinary people could easily kill them with a kitchen knife, so no one bothered with them.
Walking and watching like this, by the time the moon rose, Huo Yuhao had traveled about two hundred miles.
With Soul Power boosting him, Huo Yuhao could easily cover three hundred li per day if he wanted to.
Fortunately, Huo Yuhao did not need to sleep outdoors tonight, as there was a City not far from him.
There were quite a few Cities around the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion, and these Cities surrounded and guarded the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion, forming a large urban circle.
The City Lords of these Cities would frequently send people to deliver various Rare Items to the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion to curry favor with that White Tiger Duke.
Of course, Dai Hao did not know about this, because the White Tiger Duchess took it all for herself.
It was unknown whether the current Star Luo Emperor Xu Jiawei knew about this matter, and if he did, what his Thought would be.
After a simple inspection at the City gate, Huo Yuhao successfully entered this City.
It was called an inspection, but it was really just a cursory glance, without even asking for his name.
How to put it? This country gave people a sense of laxity like France from his previous life.
Without delay, Huo Yuhao went straight to the prosperous area of the City, where every direction his gaze fell was filled with Merchants blazing brilliantly like fire.
The hawkers’ shouts and the crowds’ conversations mixed together, filling the entire street.
Many people were walking in groups, drunk as mud, staggering along the road while loudly chatting with their companions.
Huo Yuhao was at least a Soul Master with Spirit Sea Realm Spiritual Power, and with his Spiritual Power, he could easily sense that there were quite a few Soul Masters here.
Although their Levels were generally not high, compared to the auras he had sensed at the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion in the past, the Soul Masters here were basically around Level Twenty, with no Soul Elders.
Huo Yuhao furrowed his brow; it was very normal for a City to have Soul Masters, but having so many was a bit unusual.
This place was still some distance from Star Luo City, and aside from the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion, there were no other large forces around.
Huo Yuhao found a Restaurant and spent ten Copper Soul Coins to order a cup of tea and a bowl of plain noodle soup.
He had originally wanted some meat dishes, but found that prices here were a bit expensive; buying meat would probably mean sleeping under a bridge tonight.
Looking at the meager Food in front of him, Huo Yuhao could not help shedding tears of poverty.
On the surface, Huo Yuhao was vengefully showing off the Food in front of him, but in reality, he was using his Spiritual Power to sense the conversations of the people around him.
The reason he came to this Restaurant was because he sensed that the concentration of Soul Masters was the highest here; otherwise, he would not have entered this Restaurant that looked expensive just to eat.
“Ghost Bear, I heard you recently took a big job to accompany the young master of Star Luo City’s Wang family to Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for a Soul Ring?”
“Haha, that’s right. A member of the Battle Fang Soul Hunting Group died unexpectedly during Soul Fighting, and my Martial Soul was suitable, so they recruited me as a replacement.”
“They happened to take a job to help that Wang family young master hunt for his first Soul Ring.”
“First Soul Ring, huh? That young master doesn’t look very old. Anyway, this job is easy; hunting a Hundred-Year Soul Beast on the outskirts gets you a big sum of money!”
“Steel Fang brother, you’re wrong about that. That’s Star Dou Great Forest; even the outskirts might have Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, and bloodshed is inevitable then.”
“Yes, yes, yes, Ghost Bear brother is right. In our line of work, we live with our heads tucked in our belts, licking blood from blades…”
Huo Yuhao ate very slowly, mainly to gather Information.
Through eavesdropping on the conversations here, Huo Yuhao learned that this place was actually a garrison City for Soul Hunting Groups and mercenary groups.
After all, this City was located on the Official Road leading to Star Dou Great Forest, so many people came here to resupply.
According to the people here, the strongest person was the Leader of the Mighty Dragon Soul Hunting Group, a Soul King whose Martial Soul was the Plated Ground Dragon.
There was also important Information that teams recruited people every morning at the East Gate of the City to fill spots or take commissions.
However, most small teams chose to temporarily team up with strangers to carry out commissions.
Although this carried some risk, it could quickly fill the Gap in combat power.
After finishing his meal, Huo Yuhao left the Restaurant directly. He decided to go to the East Gate tomorrow to see if he could find a commission going to Heaven Soul Empire.
