In these three months, several major events occurred in the Sun Moon Empire.
For example, Huo Yuhao had, through his own efforts, successfully cultivated to level fifty. He was only one Soul Ring away from becoming a true Soul King.
Em… This was still Huo Yuhao intentionally concealing things. He had clearly already reached level fifty but chose not to reveal it, withholding the information from Jing Hongchen.
If the truth be told, Huo Yuhao's actual soul power level had already reached the Soul Emperor level!
However, considering that such a rapid increase was too heaven-defying, and that it was highly likely he would be targeted by the Holy Spirit Cult, which was secretly operating within the Sun Moon Empire, Huo Yuhao, who always prioritized stability, decided not to obtain a Soul Ring for the time being.
Anyway, the soul power he gained from writing his diary wouldn't disappear; it would just keep accumulating.
Just twenty days after becoming a Great Soul Master, Huo Yuhao had informed Jing Hongchen that he had reached level thirty, urgently needing a third Soul Ring to advance to Soul Elder and a Level 3 Soul Master.
Jing Hongchen's eyes nearly popped out of his head when he heard Huo Yuhao's words.
Even though he knew Huo Yuhao had been incredibly lucky and consumed a Celestial Herb, Jing Hongchen hadn't anticipated its effects would be so terrifying!
Twenty days to advance from a Great Soul Master to a Soul Elder! Such a thing occasionally happened in the Sun Moon Empire, but only through the reckless use of elixirs!
After repeated questioning, even when Huo Yuhao brought out all the pills Xiao Hongchen had given him, untouched, Jing Hongchen finally believed Huo Yuhao hadn't resorted to that kind of forced advancement.
However, to be absolutely sure, Jing Hongchen used multiple methods to examine Huo Yuhao's physical condition. The conclusion was that all the meridians within Huo Yuhao's body were far more sturdy and spacious than anything he'd ever seen!
In this situation, Huo Yuhao's cultivation speed was simply beyond the comprehension of ordinary people!
Jing Hongchen could only attribute it to the 'Celestial Herb' Huo Yuhao had consumed in the Star Dou Great Forest, believing it was the Celestial Herb that had brought about such a drastic transformation in Huo Yuhao's physical condition.
After clarifying the situation, Jing Hongchen once again consulted with several experienced powerhouses to determine the maximum Soul Ring age Huo Yuhao's current body could handle. Then, he personally took Huo Yuhao to hunt for a Soul Ring, allowing Huo Yuhao to successfully become a Soul Elder.
Jing Hongchen had thought things would settle down, but a month later, Huo Yuhao came to him again, saying his soul power level had reached a bottleneck. He only needed a fourth Soul Ring to become a Soul Ancestor. That was when Jing Hongchen realized his own heart could be so fragile.
The terrifying nature of Huo Yuhao's talent far exceeded Jing Hongchen's imagination. This time, he didn't make a decision alone. Instead, he took Huo Yuhao to see Kong Deming, the head of the Hall of Enshrinement in the Sun Moon Empire, and explained everything about Huo Yuhao in detail.
The truth was, it wasn't that Jing Hongchen's mental fortitude was weak; it was simply that Huo Yuhao's rate of improvement was utterly ridiculous!
Even Kong Deming and the Title Douluo from the Hall of Enshrinement were stunned by Huo Yuhao's performance. Everyone dropped what they were doing to check on Huo Yuhao's situation.
They ultimately reached the same conclusion as Jing Hongchen, unanimously believing that Huo Yuhao's heaven-defying cultivation speed was due to the Celestial Herb.
Furthermore, Kong Deming discovered that Huo Yuhao's soul power was unlike anything a person newly at the fortieth rank should possess. He then made another pronouncement: Huo Yuhao's strength would likely continue to increase at that incredible speed until he reached a certain level, after which it would slow down.
No one questioned the accuracy of Kong Deming's assessment. All the Title Douluo from the Hall of Enshrinement had only one goal: to vie for the opportunity to make Huo Yuhao their disciple.
They all envied Huo Yuhao's good fortune in finding a Celestial Herb in the Star Dou Great Forest. If they had consumed that Celestial Herb, they would undoubtedly have broken through their constraints and become Super Douluo!
But now that the Celestial Herb was gone, taking Huo Yuhao, who had consumed the herb, as a disciple was what they desired most.
After all, according to Jing Hongchen, his granddaughter Meng Hongchen had been in contact with Huo Yuhao frequently, and even her martial soul had been upgraded to the Extreme Ice level.
In their minds, only the Auspicious Beasts, favored by the heavens and earth, could bring benefits to other Soul Beasts. Huo Yuhao was practically a walking, talking Auspicious Beast.
Initially, Jing Hongchen also had this in mind, wanting to compete with the Title Douluo for Huo Yuhao. However, after Kong Deming personally expressed his desire to take Huo Yuhao as a disciple, everyone else backed down.
Faced with Kong Deming's intention to take him as a disciple, Huo Yuhao, of course, had no reason to refuse.
Whether it was Kong Deming's identity as the strongest Soul Master or his transcendent position within the Sun Moon Empire, becoming his disciple was advantageous in every way.
As if to validate Huo Yuhao's thoughts, after he formally became a disciple, Kong Deming immediately pulled out a large number of high-level soul tools, practically arming Huo Yuhao to the teeth!
He even had the Level 9 Soul Masters from the Hall of Enshrinement each give Huo Yuhao a welcome gift. Even Jing Hongchen, holding his nose, gave Huo Yuhao a Hongchen's Blessing.
Jing Hongchen grumbled internally as he did so. If I had known this would happen, I should have taken Huo Yuhao as a disciple before coming to the Hall of Enshrinement, and I wouldn't have ended up like this.
However, fortunately, his granddaughter and grandson had a very good relationship with Huo Yuhao. Not only had Meng Hongchen's martial soul undergone a beneficial mutation, but her soul power was now at over forty levels, and she would soon become a Soul King.
Even Xiao Hongchen was now studying soul tools and improving his strength with even greater effort, showing no signs of slacking off.
Based on this, Jing Hongchen believed that the glory of their Hongchen family could continue smoothly.
Even though the Level 9 Soul Masters from the Hall of Enshrinement hadn't managed to take Huo Yuhao as a disciple, they all told him to visit the Hall of Enshrinement whenever he had free time, so he could ask them any questions he had.
They felt that even without a master-disciple relationship, spending time with Huo Yuhao, this human-shaped Auspicious Beast, might bring them some benefits.
If they could loosen the shackles caused by taking medicine, giving them a chance to break through to Super Douluo, it would be excellent news for the entire Sun Moon Empire!
To this, Huo Yuhao could only think: Uh oh, I've become a national treasure!
Besides this, some other minor events occurred.
The beautiful girls who were used to always being around Huo Yuhao, besides steadily increasing their soul power, also received various rewards. Xu Tianzhen, after obtaining a piece of Gold of Life that was gentle enough to only replenish vitality, not consume it, immediately gave it to her father, successfully restoring the Sun Moon Emperor, who was plagued by severe illness.
For a moment, the princes who were previously vying for the throne were all dumbfounded.
After learning that Xu Tianzhen was the biggest contributor to this, even Xu Tianran, who had always doted on his sister the most, couldn't help but 'gratefully thank' her.
However, when Xu Tianran learned that his sister was trying to find a way to help him recover his disabled lower body, he didn't say much. He simply waved her away and sat alone in his study for a long time.
Unlike the other girls, Gu Yue Na was still the same Gu Yue Na.
Although she had met the requirements many times in the past three months, she had only received the basic rewards, and neither of the other two rewards contained the item she needed most: to heal her injuries.
The Gold of Life, like the one Xu Tianzhen had obtained, was completely insufficient to heal Gu Yue Na's injuries. It couldn't even compare to the vast amount of Gold of Life in the Life Lake at the center of the Star Dou Great Forest.
The reason Gu Yue Na agreed so readily to go to the Extreme North with Huo Yuhao, besides not wanting to see him in danger, was also to spend some time alone with Huo Yuhao and monopolize all three rewards. She didn't believe she wouldn't get the reward she wanted!
Huo Yuhao used the diary's photo function to take a picture of Gu Yue Na's beautiful back, uploading it directly to the diary and writing on it with his thoughts.
[Picture picture, the journey to the Extreme North officially begins! With Gu Yue Na, the Overlord of Soul Beasts, accompanying us, everything should go smoothly now that we've lost contact with the God Realm and Douluo Continent, right?]
(End of chapter)