pertwk Chapter 226 Sparring and Exchange
Chapter 226 Sparring and Exchange
Chapter 226 Sparring and Exchange
"Huh? ∑(△｀)?!"
Huo Yuhao looked puzzled. A sparring match? Me?
Although the original story does include this invitation, it is based on the martial soul of Ultimate Ice.
He hasn't even gotten his fourth spirit ring yet, and his cultivation is still stuck at level 40. What's more, the only spirit skill he has revealed right now is the Spirit Eye, which doesn't have many offensive skills. Moreover, his Ice Wall Emperor Scorpion spirit has run away from home and he can't use it even if he wants to.
What was Jing Hongchen thinking when he decided to fight those five rings?
Although Huo Yuhao used all his mental and soul power to launch a soul attack, which could instantly kill most Soul Kings, what was the point?
"Huo Yuhao, look, the soul masters at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy are the strongest soul masters on the continent. Participating in this friendly match will help you improve your combat experience, won't it?"
Seeing that Huo Yuhao was unmoved, Lin Jiayi quickly began to persuade him.
Huo Yuhao asked, confused, "But my fighting style is stealth and ambush. How much will fighting a level 5 Soul Master improve my combat skills? Why should I get involved in something that doesn't benefit me?"
"this……"
Lin Jiayi hesitated. According to the intelligence they had obtained, Huo Yuhao's fighting style was indeed like that. Relying on his unpredictable fighting style, even a group attack by four level-five soul masters under Xuan Ziwen's tutelage failed to injure Huo Yuhao.
As for abandoning soul power in this exchange and just relying on combat skills to fight? Huo Yuhao's physical qualities are abnormally strong. If they abandon soul power and only hone the students' fighting abilities, judging from the fight between Huo Yuhao and Ji Juechen, they would probably be completely crushed by Huo Yuhao.
Furthermore, if the students give up their soul tools to fight Huo Yuhao, even if they lose, it will lead people to the fact that they cannot use soul tools, which will not serve as a warning to the students. Isn't that putting the cart before the horse?
Judging from Huo Yuhao's expression, it seems that he is not unwilling, but that he has not offered a price that he is interested in.
If I had known better, I wouldn't have taken on this business. Instead, I would have led it to the head of the hall and let him handle it.
"Student Huo is joking. Taking up your study time to have a friendly spar with the students is something our Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy should compensate you accordingly. How about this? If you agree, I will double your weekly rare metal quota."
"Teacher Lin, you seem to have misunderstood something."
Huo Yuhao seemed to understand something, and shook his head, saying, "Teacher, your purpose is probably to use me to hone the combat abilities of the students of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, especially their ability to deal with Soul Masters. However, my own combat style is to use Soul Master abilities to assist Soul Guidance Devices in combat, which is very different from traditional Soul Masters."
"It's alright, it's alright," Lin Jiayi waved his hand and said, "As long as you are a Soul Master from Shrek Academy, you can use your Martial Soul and Soul Guidance Device as you please."
"Oh." Huo Yuhao nodded, then suddenly said, "How about this, Teacher Lin? For every match I win, you'll give me an extra kilogram of rare metal. I'll specify the type, how about that?"
"this……"
Lin Jiayi hesitated. This promise of using rare metals specified by Huo Yuhao was not something he could decide. After all, if Huo Yuhao specified the rarest and most precious ones, he wouldn't be able to provide them.
In contrast, the weekly quota consists of common rare metals, and Mingdetang's consumption is already quite large, so giving Huo Yuhao an extra one or two portions wouldn't matter.
"This matter is of great importance. Shall we go to the hall master and discuss it further?"
Huo Yuhao nodded and said, "Alright."
……
"You mean you get a reward of one kilogram of rare metal for every game you win?"
Jing Hongchen frowned and glanced at Lin Jiayi. He couldn't even handle such a small matter, and she had to personally intervene.
Lin Jiayi gently wiped the sweat from his forehead. If it were just a kilogram of titanium or a similar metal, he could barely make a decision. But the pitfalls of choosing one were too great, and he dared not make a decision casually.
"Master Hongchen, there are corresponding rewards for each victory, which will motivate me to work harder and win more matches, thus better achieving your goals, won't it?"
Huo Yuhao chuckled, his face practically saying, "If you don't agree, I'll just fight for a match or two and then leave."
"Alright, I agree."
Jing Hongchen waved his hand impatiently. He had been so busy with the attack that he was practically bald. In order to protect himself, he even had to contact the Crown Prince. How could he have time to appease the students and teachers in the academy?
Having Huo Yuhao help draw attention is also a great thing.
As if remembering something, Jing Hongchen suddenly said:
"But at the same time, if you win more than ten... no, twenty consecutive matches, our Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy has the right to send a Level 6 Soul Master to fight against you."
I almost forgot, Huo Yuhao's physical abilities are already comparable to those of a Soul Saint, plus the Soul Bone skills he possesses. I hope he doesn't end up losing too many rare metals.
"this……"
Huo Yuhao was momentarily bewildered by Jing Hongchen's caution.
What's going on here? Making me, a Soul Venerable, fight a Soul King is one thing, at least I have some past achievements, but directly sending a Soul Emperor is just...
"That works too."
"As if remembering something," Huo Yuhao tentatively said, "But Hall Master, a level six soul tool is out of the question. You can't use a level seven or higher soul tool, or I really won't have any chance of winning."
Jing Hongchen laughed angrily, "Get out, get out... Do you think I, the sect leader, am such a shameless person?"
"I'm relieved to hear that."
After saying that, Huo Yuhao quickly slipped away.
Back in his dorm, Huo Yuhao immediately took out the thousand-forged metal he had finally succeeded in and examined it carefully.
"This Jing Hongchen wants to collect information about himself for his grandchildren."
"If the goal is just to attract attention, it would be more appropriate to have He Caitou take the stage. As a soul master from Shrek Academy, He Caitou, wielding a soul tool that is somewhat inferior to that of the Sun Moon Empire, still managed to overwhelm this group of soul masters from the Sun Moon Empire, which would be more effective in bringing people to their senses."
Gently setting down the thousand-refined metal, Huo Yuhao took out a baby bottle and began to store energy. Although the sealed baby bottle had not yet been made, the difficulty of making a baby bottle that could store energy for several days was not as high as he had imagined.
"In that case, there is only one reason why Jing Hongchen chose me: to test my strengths and weaknesses, understand my fighting style, and then design a soul tool to counter me, so as to provide his grandchildren with enough information and prevent them from being unprepared when they face me in the future."
Huo Yuhao suddenly chuckled: "Let's not even talk about how I'm only at the third ring. By the time of the competition, I'll be at least at the fifth ring. How big is the difference between them? Not to mention that with all my current abilities, if I fight with all my might, even a Soul Saint wouldn't be able to get an advantage over me. It's good to get some rare materials for myself now and prepare for the future. After all, battle armor seems to be quite expensive."
After filling the baby bottle and depleting his soul power, Huo Yuhao took out a few more pieces of metal to prepare to make a few more thousand-refined pieces.
The question is...
Huo Yuhao looked at the several different kinds of metal in his hand and fell silent for a moment.
So far, he only knows how to forge silver. Does he have to try forging other metals again and again until he finds the feeling of forging them?
To experience the vitality of metal...
Even with the mind-sharing function enabled, I didn't sense any vitality; it just arranged the patterns inside the sunken silver to their most perfect state...
The price of skipping class came. Although Huo Yuhao had a certain foundation, it was by no means solid. Not to mention that he later used the experimental table to assist in forging, so he could not compare to those blacksmiths who were immersed in this art.
Perhaps this is why I can't grasp everything at once, starting from one point and working my way up to many?
Although he had the experience of refining sunken silver, the approach to refining other metals was similar. However, since he couldn't sense the so-called life force of the metal, Huo Yuhao could only repeatedly arrange the patterns inside the rare metal until he succeeded...
If we keep using this method, it might only last until Spirit Forging. Once we get to Soul Forging, even if we use a rare metal, the emotions of each piece of rare metal are not exactly the same. If we keep repeating this process every time, it might take a day or two to forge a suitable piece of Soul Forging metal...
Not to mention the subsequent forging processes like fusion forging and divine forging...
It seems I need to devote more energy to forging in the future, otherwise it would be a real shame to block the only way to reach the god level.
After all, soul tools at the fourth level of the Dou Shen level are basically the main cannons of Federation warships, which are not something that individuals can use. Only battle armor and mechs can allow one to touch the threshold of godhood before reaching godhood.
Forget it, I don't want to think about it too much. Let me set a small goal first: to complete the Thousand Refinements without using the Mind Sharing skill before returning to Shrek Academy.
For now... let's strive for the first grade of the Thousand Refinement. After all, we are only qualified now, not perfect. Only by reaching the perfect state of the first grade of the Thousand Refinement can we reach the next level of Spirit Refinement.
As for how to do it?
Huo Yuhao swung the forging hammer, suggesting that he could just try it a few more times.
While Huo Yuhao was busy striving for the first rank of the Thousand Refinements, Lin Jiayi was not idle either, and had already begun preparing for this friendly sparring match.
The news that the exchange student who had represented Shrek Academy in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament would be sparring with the soul masters of the same level from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy quickly spread to every corner of the academy, and the latest announcements were posted on every teaching building and dormitory door.
This exchange and sparring will take place at the Soul Guidance Trial Grounds of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy. The academy requires that all students must attend and watch unless there are special circumstances.
Academies with a cultivation level of four rings or higher are eligible to register for the competition, with the highest registration level being a level six Soul Master or a level six Soul Emperor. All participating academies are required to purchase their own spectator tickets.
Contestants who defeat the Shrek Academy exchange students will gain entry to the Mingde Hall and be rewarded with 100,000 gold soul coins and a soul tool personally crafted by the Mingde Hall's Master, Jing Hongchen. Those who lose the competition will be penalized with a month's supply of soul tool crafting materials.
It's important to know that apart from Shrek Academy's exchange students who enjoy material quotas for free, other students have to pay for their quotas, which is essentially a form of fine. In addition, Mingde Hall is using their quotas to subsidize Huo Yuhao's quota.
Whether it's true or not, Mingdetang is still scheming.
Moreover, the incident caused such a stir that it sparked discussions among many students, and even the other Shrek students who were gradually returning heard about it.
Although Fan Yu and He Caitou were worried, they didn't interfere much after seeing the "Do Not Disturb" sign at Huo Yuhao's dormitory entrance, because of their consistent independence.
On the contrary, Ye Xiaosheng, a mere passerby in the original work, waited outside for quite a while, seemingly also interested in this event to show off. However, after Huo Yuhao noticed him through his mental detection, he simply didn't bother going out for dinner and just ate some dry rations.
Unlike Huo Gua, Huo Yuhao, having experienced the workplace, tends to reduce useless social interactions. Although this makes him more pragmatic, it also makes his daily life much easier.
Ye Xiaosheng is the kind of person who loves to show off, and Huo Yuhao is too lazy to deal with him. Avoiding him is the best choice.
Two days later, Huo Yuhao got up early and had a big meal at the academy cafeteria before leisurely heading to the venue prepared by the academy.
Fan Yu looked at Huo Yuhao and asked, "Are you ready?"
Huo Yuhao said confidently, "Without the Soul Emperor, we can't lose."
Fan Yu laughed and scolded, "Don't be careless. Let me tell you, based on the current bets, if you lose within ten games, we simply can't afford to pay out. We'll need to transfer a large sum of money directly from the academy."
Although Fan Yu and others had no shortage of rare metals, the others in the Soul Guidance Department might not have that problem. Taking advantage of this sparring session, Fan Yu, Ye Xiaosheng, and the others set up a betting pool, hoping to get more resources from here to give back to Shrek Academy.
Although it was early morning, the entire Soul Guidance Trial Grounds were already packed. The Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy had a total of nearly 12,000 teachers and students, including those from Mingde Hall.
Not only were the students eager to see the differences in combat between Soul Masters and Soul Instructors, but the teachers were also quite curious. The academy officially suspended classes for three days in preparation for this sparring competition.
Jing Hongchen did not attend; he had many important matters to attend to. Lin Jiayi was in charge of hosting the competition.
In Jing Hongchen's view, this sparring match, regardless of how long or short Huo Yuhao lasts, will be beneficial to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy. It will enhance the academy's cohesion and help students understand the differences between Soul Masters and Soul Masters, providing them with an excellent lesson.
"Alright, everyone quiet down." Lin Jiayi's authoritative voice resounded throughout the venue through the amplified soul guide device, and the students who had been discussing excitedly fell silent, turning their gazes toward the dais on the north side.
Lin Jiayi said, "Adhering to the purpose of making friends through martial arts and enhancing exchange and learning, the academy has decided to hold this exchange. Shrek Academy will send Huo Yuhao, one of their exchange students who participated in the previous Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament, to spar with everyone."
"Whether or not you participate, I hope all students of our academy can better observe and experience the differences between Soul Masters and Soul Instructors during the competition, thus enhancing their understanding. This friendly exchange match will be officiated by Professor Xuan Ziwen, a researcher from Mingde Hall and a senior teacher at the academy, and I will serve as the host. Now, please welcome Huo Yuhao from Shrek Academy to the stage."
(End of this chapter)