Chapter 25: Exaggerated Stats! The Beginning of an Invincible Path?

He had just subconsciously focused on the old man in front of the dormitory, and was astonished to discover that the old man’s mental power was as vast as the ocean!

—This old man’s identity is not simple at all!

【Rewriting the fates of Huo Yuhao and Mu En, +5000 Luck Points!】

Huo Yuhao narrowed his eyes.

Just discovering the other party's identity was worth a first-stage Yijin Jing?

Mu En, meanwhile, sensed Huo Yuhao's probe immediately.

But he didn't care.

He turned over and continued his hibernation, still wrapped in the quilt Huo Yuhao had given him.

He was quite comfortable.

Seeing this, Huo Yuhao didn't step forward to disturb him and flew directly to his dormitory.

Wang Dong’s mental energy was inside.

This time, he learned his lesson and knocked on the door.

"Who is it?"

"It's me."

"Wait a moment!"

There was a rustling sound from inside, and then the dormitory door opened. Water droplets still hung from the tips of Wang Dong’s blue-and-pink gradient hair.

Unexpectedly beautiful...

Huo Yuhao shook his head abruptly. This was his roommate, what on earth was he thinking!

He reached out and grabbed Wang Dong, who was about to rush to class, and repeated Zhou Yi's words.

"What?" Wang Dong said in surprise, "Ma Xiaotao gave you a..."

She looked around vigilantly and pulled Huo Yuhao back into the dormitory.

"A 50,000-year-old skull bone? Is Ma Xiaotao really that generous?"

"I helped Sister Xiaotao solve a cultivation problem, so it counts as a reward," Huo Yuhao explained. "You should have sensed it yesterday; I have a set of cultivation techniques... the Holy Fire Sect... the Yijin Jing..."

He gave a rough account of the whole story.

Huo Yuhao extended an invitation: "Wang Dong, your Clear Sky Sect should have its own techniques, but after comparing them yesterday, they aren't as good as my Holy Fire Sect's Yijin Jing. So, would you like to become a disciple and let me teach you the Yijin Jing?"

Wang Dong touched his forehead; his brain was running too fast and felt overloaded.

This...

He had thought that Huo Yuhao’s martial soul mutating and evolving in succession was already a great stroke of luck.

He hadn't expected there to be more!

If the Holy Fire Sect was truly as Huo Yuhao described, offering such an overpowered technique just for joining, what kind of foundation must it have?

And as the young sect master of the world’s number one sect, how had he never even heard the name of the Holy Fire Sect?

Wang Dong felt something was wrong, but he couldn't figure it out.

He simply stopped thinking about it.

He said euphemistically: "Yuhao, you know the status of my Great Uncle and Second Uncle. I’m afraid I can't join this Holy Fire Sect."

"It doesn't conflict," Huo Yuhao said, having prepared for this. "My Holy Fire Sect has loose management. One can belong to other sects as well, just like having multiple teachers. I can guarantee that if the Clear Sky Sect and the Holy Fire Sect ever come into conflict in the future, you can freely choose which side to stand on."

This remark made Wang Dong look deeply at Huo Yuhao.

You can guarantee it?

Aren't you just an ordinary probationary disciple yourself?

There’s something fishy here!

But after the honesty of the previous day, and given Huo Yuhao's promise, there was no need to ask about the minor details.

"Fine, I’ll join."

【Rewriting Wang Dong’s fate, +25000 Luck Points!】

Huo Yuhao grinned.

Hey!

It really wasn't him being arrogant; earning Luck Points felt super easy.

In just this short while, he had earned half a Spirit Illusion Pupil skull bone.

—Actually, it was a whole one, but Zhuge Lan had taken half as a "service fee."

"Little Yuhao, don't forget the initiation ceremony," Zhuge Lan reminded him out of the blue.

This brought Huo Yuhao back to reality.

Again...

Does every disciple have to go through this when they join?

"I already told you it’s an initiation ceremony, so of course everyone has to do it," Zhuge Lan chuckled.

Huo Yuhao’s shoulders slumped instantly, and he only saw a dark future ahead.

"What’s wrong? I agreed, aren't you happy?" Wang Dong asked curiously.

"No... it’s just that there’s one more procedure to follow," Huo Yuhao said with a dead heart. "Every person who joins must recite a slogan before they can be taught the precious manual."

Wang Dong grew wary in his heart. Why did this sound like a cult?

Are they trying to brainwash him with a slogan?

Did he have to swear eternal loyalty?

But after hearing the "sixteen-character mantra" through Huo Yuhao’s telepathic transmission, Wang Dong fell silent.

He looked at Huo Yuhao in disbelief. Are you sure?

Huo Yuhao sighed and nodded. I’m sure.

Wang Dong: (￣∠￣)丿

Confirmed.

This Holy Fire Sect is just here to be funny; it’s not a cult in the slightest!

"Since it’s the rule, alright then."

"The Holy Fire shines bright, the Holy Fire burns clear; all my disciples, meow meow meow meow!"

After finishing, Wang Dong looked around guiltily, and only felt his embarrassment subside slightly upon realizing he was in his own dormitory.

He then glared at Huo Yuhao. Can we start now?

"Come on," Huo Yuhao opened his arms. "First, enter the soul power fusion state, then I will teach you the Yijin Jing."

Wang Dong fidgeted for a moment, then lowered his head and embraced Huo Yuhao.

Once bitten, twice shy; by the third time, they were old friends.

The two quickly entered the state, and Huo Yuhao activated mental sharing to teach the Yijin Jing in person.

Wang Dong’s talent was beyond doubt, and with the assistance of the fused soul power, it took only an hour to master the Yijin Jing.

After practicing for another hour, a few black spots were expelled from his fair skin.

He was officially initiated.

Huo Yuhao tapped his Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges at Night, took out a pile of Diamond Arhat Fruits, and held them with his mental energy.

He explained their effects to Wang Dong.

Wang Dong didn't hesitate and accepted them readily.

The two took a Diamond Arhat Fruit each and clearly felt the impurities being expelled by the Yijin Jing faster and more thoroughly.

Huo Yuhao took out the Spirit Illusion Pupil skull bone and placed it against his head.

"I’m going to start absorbing the soul bone now. Please keep an eye on things during this time."

Wang Dong thought of something and his eyes darted away.

"Do you need to talk so much? Just hurry up!"

Huo Yuhao smiled knowingly.

As the Spirit Illusion Pupil skull bone turned into light particles and merged into his skull under the guidance of his soul power, he suddenly remembered one thing—didn't he have an appointment with Sister Xiao Ya and the others for a grilled fish dinner tonight?

Before he could think further, a wave of pain from the bone replacement surged like a tide. He had no energy to worry about grilled fish and started vibrating in "vibration mode."

But that was all.

Compared to the soul-tearing pain of awakening his mental energy, this was nothing more than a light breeze.

This surprised Wang Dong.

—He had been ready to let Huo Yuhao "lean on him" again.

Unless it was a perfectly compatible soul bone, the pain of replacing a bone was never easy.

Huo Yuhao was so calm...

Was this skull bone highly compatible?

Or...

Was the pain of the mental mutation yesterday simply more terrifying?

After watching intently for half an hour and confirming that Huo Yuhao could handle it, Wang Dong closed his eyes and immersed his mind in the cultivation of his martial soul and the Yijin Jing.

After a while, strands of icy blue silk emerged from between Huo Yuhao’s eyebrows, weaving into the giant cocoon from the previous day.

"Little Yuhao, what will you do without me?" the Skydream Iceworm said smugly.

"I can handle it," Zhuge Lan interjected.

This caused the former to stare daggers at him.

So annoying!

Yet, Zhuge Lan was truly "omnipotent." As long as there were enough Luck Points, he, the Skydream Iceworm, was just an "extra."

How frustrating!

He couldn't help but look at the gray-gold ball of light in the sky. When would this guy with the third martial soul wake up?

He desperately needed an ally!

...

Perhaps it was because they were practicing the same technique, or perhaps their martial soul compatibility was simply too high.

A soul bone that would normally take several days to absorb was fully fused in just a day and a half.

Huo Yuhao’s soul power broke through by one level as a result.

—The Spirit Illusion Pupil skull bone was of the mental attribute, and the soul power it provided was not much.

But the boost to his mental power was...

Let’s look at the stats.

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Host: Huo Yuhao;

Level: 16;

Martial Soul 1: Spirit Eyes;

Martial Soul 2: Blank;

Luck Points: 31823;

Five-Dimensional Attributes—

Mental Power: 112 → 5211;

Immunity: 61 → 64;

Cell Vitality: 63 → 67;

Muscle Strength: 65 → 75;

Neural Reaction Speed: 101 → 901;

Note: Normal stats for Level 16 are 60!

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His mental power was so vast that it couldn't even be fully converted into mental energy; the two forms of energy coexisted in his mental world.

Only Zhuge Lan knew.

A mentalist could fight across two minor ranks; converted to Douluo levels, that was two major ranks—20 levels of soul power.

In other words.

Huo Yuhao, now at Level 16, had the actual combat power of a Level 36 soul master when using mental energy.

If you added the unpredictable nature of mental energy and the elusive illusions of an illusionist, a three-ring Soul Grandmaster without any mental defense measures would definitely be killed in an initial encounter.

—And numbers were meaningless in front of a mentalist.