eurekapd Chapter 223 Aftermath
Chapter 223 Aftermath
Chapter 223 Aftermath
In a secret room of an underground organization in Xingluo City, two groups of people clashed.
"Did you receive the goods?"
The questioner wore a black veiled hat, with a veil hanging from the brim that obscured her figure, and even the edges of the veil had faint magical patterns flowing, making it difficult to see clearly.
Although his face was concealed, from God's perspective, it was obvious that this person was Xu Jiujiu, who had come to make contact with the forces that had accepted the challenge.
"Of course, we've always had a great reputation."
As he spoke, the burly man in black tossed out a stack of papers. "Here, we've found all the information about the so-called secret medicine."
After reviewing the documents, Xu Jiujiu, wearing a veiled hat, nodded in satisfaction and tossed the other party a platinum-colored anonymous savings card from the Jiubao Chamber of Commerce: "The key is the last five digits of the card number plus a zero. This transaction ends here. Farewell."
After bowing slightly, he walked out without looking back for a long time.
Xu Jiujiu naturally dared not have much contact with the forces that could forcibly seize things from Mingdetang.
"etc!"
Before Xu Jiujiu could take more than a few steps, the burly man in black called out to stop him: "Don't be in such a hurry to leave. Besides the information on this secret medicine, I also have some other information on the latest soul tools from Mingde Hall. I wonder if you'd be interested?"
Such a generous fellow is naturally the best target for further transactions. The sect leader has instructed that it would be best to sell other materials to him as well.
After a long while, she turned around, surprised, and asked, "You also took the opportunity to steal other information?"
"It's all in the same place, so it's convenient!"
The burly man in black said nonchalantly, "I see you're interested in these things that Soul Masters research. How about we take them all? Just pay double the price, and they're all yours."
"Are they all in one place?"
Xu Jiujiu's heart stirred. If something as important as the secret medicine formula could be kept in the same place, it must be some kind of important information. However, her brother had just approved a batch of funds to equip the army with soul tools, and he might not be able to come up with many gold soul coins in a short period of time...
After a long pause, he coughed lightly and said in a deep voice, "I need to inspect the goods first."
"Hey."
Having witnessed the employer's generosity, the burly man tossed a ring from his hand to Xu Jiujiu without a second thought.
Of course, on the other hand, the burly man was confident that no one could snatch these documents from him and escape unscathed.
"Well……"
He probed the storage ring with his mental energy and was immediately stunned: "You didn't rob Mingde Hall's archives, did you?"
Xu Jiujiu was stunned by the space inside this storage ring. With a volume of tens of cubic meters, it would be among the top 100 storage rings in the world. Most importantly, it was filled with papers.
Xu Jiujiu glanced at it casually and immediately believed that all the information inside was true.
Because she couldn't even spot the problems with the drawings for a while.
Although Xu Jiujiu didn't think he could tell at a glance whether these things were real, he was certain that the soul guides in these manuscripts were functional.
That's enough. No one would design hundreds or thousands of soul tools just to scam money.
"Otherwise what?"
The burly man stared at him like he was an idiot for a long time. If the information about the secret medicine wasn't in the archives, where else could it be?
This employer is rich, but why does he look so dull?
He murmured in disbelief for a long time, "They really did rob Mingde Hall's archives..."
What is the archive room of Mingde Hall?
As the core area of the second academy on the continent, the archives of Mingde Hall, the largest research institute of the Sun Moon Empire, are perhaps only on par with the library of the Sea God Pavilion on the continent.
Just as the library is said to have the most comprehensive knowledge of soul masters, the Mingde Hall's archives definitely cover most of the soul tool information of the Sun Moon Empire.
However, in the view of Xu Jiujiu and even Xu Jiawei, there must be a more reliable way to store information such as secret medicines that involve the future strategic direction of the empire.
For example, the humanoid soul guide device of Experiment No. 1 was housed in a separate laboratory.
Unexpectedly, it was just mixed in with other soul tool data and was eventually wiped out by the Body Sect.
Seeing that there was no response for a long time, the burly man said impatiently, "Now that you've inspected the goods, hurry up and make a decision."
After a long pause, he realized, "That's right, this data is about to become the property of our Star Luo Empire."
"We'll cover all the materials, and the price will be as you stated. However, we'll need some time to raise the funds..."
The burly man tapped the table lightly. "Hmm, I'll give you a week."
Reluctantly putting down the storage ring, he hurriedly ran outside.
Bro! Good heavens! The Sun Moon Empire is having a massive clearance sale on the soul tool blueprints accumulated over thousands of years!
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"I've already said this has nothing to do with me. Let me make it clear beforehand that everything that happens next will be recorded by the image-recording soul tool."
Huo Yuhao activated the image-recording soul tool on his shoulder, reluctantly raising his hand to face the teacher's body search.
Hearing Huo Yuhao's words, the investigating teacher, who was already prepared, nodded and said, "Even so, the fact that you accidentally entered the underground passage built by the intruders using the burrowing soul tool and had close contact with them makes you the most suspicious person."
"I need to save my own life too. The Red Dust Hall Master and that intruder are fighting so fiercely. If I don't find another way, I'll get caught in the aftershocks, and it will be troublesome for Shrek Academy to hold you accountable."
The teacher looked at him carefully for a few moments, then slowly nodded. He took out a metal rod from the storage soul tool on his wrist and said, "I need to conduct a thorough examination of you. Please put all the soul tools you have into the storage soul tool, and then hand it over to me. There can be nothing missing."
Huo Yuhao's face darkened, and he said, "I'm sorry, teacher. These are my personal belongings, and I cannot let you inspect them. I am an exchange student at Shrek Academy, and even if I weren't an exchange student, I am just a student here. You have no right to inspect my personal belongings."
The investigating instructor sneered, saying, "You have no right to forget what our academy's name is. Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, directly under the jurisdiction of the Royal Family. Any student who enters the academy is essentially swearing allegiance to the Royal Family. We operate under semi-military management. This time, His Majesty personally ordered that anyone who refuses to be inspected will be treated as a traitor. I don't care where you come from. Since you were in the academy and in the Mingde Hall when the incident occurred, you must undergo the most rigorous inspection. The fact that we didn't search you directly while you were recovering is already showing you respect."
Although they have a recording soul tool and cannot use forceful methods, anyone can invoke background and rules.
Huo Yuhao said coldly, "Investigate if you will. Please tell Hall Master Jing Hongchen that I will report this matter to Shrek Academy truthfully. You can pray that your exchange students will not receive the same treatment in our academy."
Although the tone was still threatening, the investigating teacher breathed a sigh of relief when Huo Yuhao's attitude softened.
Of the Shrek Academy members, only Huo Yuhao was involved in this incident. The others were out conducting experiments and not at Mingde Hall. Lin Jiayi still chose to send him to handle this matter because he didn't want to get involved in this troublesome affair.
"Young man, don't be angry. There's nothing we can do about it. It's not just you; even a prince in the academy would be subject to the same scrutiny."
As he spoke, the investigating teacher carefully scanned Huo Yuhao's body with the metal rod in his hand, and then even checked the bed where Huo Yuhao had previously slept. After confirming that Huo Yuhao did not have any soul tools on him, he took the several storage soul tools in his hand and began to examine them carefully.
Checking a storage soul tool is incredibly easy; all you need to do is inject your mental energy into it. Of course, high-level storage soul tools can be bound to the owner's mental energy, but that's a different story.
"Um?!"
As if he had discovered something, the investigating teacher suddenly opened his eyes wide and looked up at Huo Yuhao in disbelief.
"A soul bone that's been around for ten thousand...ten thousand years?!"
The next instant, a golden light flashed in Huo Yuhao's eyes as he stared intently at the investigating teacher.
"Finished the investigation? Go back and report."
Despite having reached the Soul Saint level, the investigator still couldn't help but tremble when facing Huo Yuhao's eyes.
How is this possible?! He's a Soul Saint! This kid in front of me is only a Third Ring!
The investigating teacher's hand trembled, and the storage ring in his hand fell to the ground.
Huo Yuhao bent down to pick up his soul tool, and when he looked up, he saw the investigating teacher leaving without looking back, his steps even disordered, looking somewhat like he was fleeing in a disheveled state.
"That shouldn't be the case. Even if I fused with the Gold of Life and forged the Eye of Destiny, my spiritual power shouldn't be able to suppress a Soul Saint."
Huo Yuhao looked at the investigator's back with some confusion.
After all, he was only a three-ring Soul Master, and being able to suppress a normal Soul Emperor (referring to the optimal Soul Ring ratio) was already an extraordinary performance. However, in reality, Huo Yuhao couldn't even reliably suppress a Soul King from Shrek Academy. (Referring to mental pressure, not soul impact.)
"It's like forcing growth... In order to cultivate students with talent in soul tool making, the academy does use some special methods to help them improve their cultivation, but very few of them actually use rare and precious materials. Instead, it's a method with side effects that greatly affect their future development. Don't ask about this; it's a secret here."
Thinking back to what Xuan Ziwen said when they first met, Huo Yuhao suddenly understood the look in Xuan Ziwen's eyes at that time.
The rapid rise of Mingde Hall was built upon the blood and flesh of countless ordinary soul masters whose potential had been squeezed.
Xuan Ziwen's eyes held the disappointment of his most revered discipline, stained with the blood of countless soul masters.
"Whether it's the Sun Moon Empire or Shrek Academy, they're pretty much the same. But at least Shrek Academy maintains a positive image on the surface, while the Sun Moon Empire is somewhat extreme. They don't even bother pretending anymore..."
After putting his storage soul tool back on, Huo Yuhao closed the dormitory door and lay down on the bed.
"But that makes sense. My previous world was different too, with all sorts of problems, and shadows loomed over unseen places."
"But... that world was still the most comfortable."
Closing his eyes, Huo Yuhao gradually relaxed and fell into his first sleep since arriving in the Sun Moon Empire.
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"How's the search going?"
Seeing the teacher in charge of the search return, Lin Jiayi casually asked.
"No trace of Soul Tool No. 1 was found. The only noteworthy thing is that Huo Yuhao's storage Soul Tool contains some strangely designed Soul Tools, as well as a ten-thousand-year-old Soul Bone."
"A ten-thousand-year-old soul bone?"
Lin Jiayi suddenly became interested: "Which part?"
As far as he knew, Huo Yuhao still had a torso bone in his body.
"head."
Lin Jiayi stroked his chin and pondered, "The head... it's most likely the spiritual attribute. Since Huo Yuhao hasn't absorbed it yet, either the strength of this soul bone is problematic, or Huo Yuhao wants to wait until he encounters a bottleneck before absorbing it, so as to break through that bottleneck."
"Alright, keep this to yourself. If anyone else finds out, I'll hold you responsible!"
The teacher in charge of searching Huo Yuhao quickly replied, "Yes!"
"Alright, you may leave."
After seeing the person off, Lin Jiayi turned and went to Jing Hongchen's temporary office to inform him of the news.
After all, Huo Yuhao is likely to be a regular member of the Shrek Academy team in the next Soul Master Competition, and is Meng and Xiao's opponent. The Red Dust Hall Master is probably interested in Huo Yuhao's information.
"ha--"
While all the soul masters of Mingde Hall were working hard to rebuild Mingde Hall, Huo Yuhao, who rarely had a moment of leisure, slept soundly and had a good long nap.
"Speaking of which, in the original story, after the attack on Mingde Hall, they arranged a friendly sparring match for Huo Gua, right? Huo Gua even took the opportunity to extort a bunch of rare metals from him..."
Huo Yuhao then shook his head: "What are you thinking? I haven't revealed my Ice Jade Scorpion Martial Soul yet. I'm just a three-ring support right now. Jing Hongchen must have lost his mind to make me hone my combat skills with that group of Soul Masters."
Now that Mingde Hall is gone, Huo Yuhao has nothing to do, so he plans to take advantage of this time to find some famous supporting characters from the original work.
After leaving his dormitory, Huo Yuhao went to a viewpoint overlooking the campus.
"Let me see, which way should the Department of Control Engineering go?"
The Real-Controlled Soul Guidance System was proposed by the Sun Moon Empire. It refers to special battle soul masters who enhance their strength through soul tools. They do not make soul tools, but they can skillfully use various soul tools to enhance their combat power and survivability.
Currently, the Soul Guidance Department and Martial Soul Department at Shrek Academy have adopted this approach and are jointly exploring training in this area.
The Soul Guidance System provides the Soul Guidance Devices and guidance, which are then used by elite Soul Masters of the Martial Soul System. In Wang Yan's words, this is the future direction of Soul Master development.
Having actual control over the Soul Guidance System means that the opponent's combat power is not limited to Soul Guidance Devices; their Martial Soul must also have unique characteristics. Although the Sun Moon Empire has relatively few powerful Martial Souls, it doesn't mean they don't exist.
For example, the ghost Nana, who is associated with evil soul masters, is a natural assassin. With a close-combat soul tool, her assassination ability is definitely among the strongest in the same level. Especially when paired with a soul tool that can block soul power fluctuations, she can truly kill people invisibly. By the time you react, you have already been hit in a vital spot.
(End of this chapter)