Chapter 4: The Sacred Flame Meow Meow Sect! The Mysterious Celestial Treasure Record? Nothing but rubbish!
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Thinking about how the Tang Sect had brought an end to such a glorious era, Huo Yuhao shook his head and said, “Sorry, Sister Tang Ya, I already belong to a sect. I can’t join the Tang Sect.”
“Ah?” Tang Ya anxiously asked, “Xiao Yuhao, which sect did you join? Our Tang Sect is seriously amazing! Don’t believe me? Just watch!”
She immediately began to demonstrate.
But the more Huo Yuhao watched, the more silent he became, because...
The method of hand training: Mystic Jade Palm—palms as hard as steel!
Zhuge Lan: “After completing the first stage of the Tendon Change Scripture, you gain full-body defense and protective aura.”
The method of eye training: Purple Extreme Demon Eyes!
Zhuge Lan: “What’s that? I have plenty of eye techniques—White Eyes, Sharingan, Rinnegan, Copying Eyes, Demon God Eyes. Luck points? I have so many, I could put them all on my face.”
The method of capture: Crane Control and Dragon Seizure!
Zhuge Lan: “How about Tai Chi? Dragon Seizing Hands? The Great Transfer of Heaven and Earth?”
The method of agility: Ghost Shadow Illusion!
Zhuge Lan: “That’s at best just footwork, not even lightness skill. I have the Lingbo Micro Steps, Phoenix Dance Six Illusions, Spiral Nine Shadows, and the Free Ascension Steps!”
The method of hidden weapons!
Zhuge Lan: “Outdated by a major version, and even nerfed with the poison and medicine manuals removed. Not worth a soul-guided weapon.”
Inner power cultivation: Mystic Heaven Technique!
Zhuge Lan: “The first stage of the Tendon Change Scripture can easily overpower it, and even that is nerfed. The crucial Eight Extraordinary Meridians section was left out by some petty third-rate.”
With Zhuge Lan’s commentary, how could Huo Yuhao feel tempted?
His enthusiasm was completely extinguished on the spot.
Tang Ya stopped, sweating profusely, looking at Huo Yuhao expectantly.
“Xiao Yuhao, what do you think? Changed your mind?”
Huo Yuhao felt troubled.
—What excuse could he come up with to refuse without hurting Sister Tang Ya’s feelings?
“Simple, just pull her into your sect instead,” Zhuge Lan suggested.
“Huh? I have a sect?”
“Now you do,” Zhuge Lan said mischievously. “Repeat after me...”
Huo Yuhao already trusted Zhuge Lan deeply and without hesitation said—
“Sister Tang Ya, I really already belong to a sect.”
“Our sect slogan is—”
“The Holy Flame shines bright, the Holy Flame glows radiant, all our disciples go meow meow meow meow...”
“...”
Huo Yuhao mentally cursed wildly—what kind of slogan was that?
But the show was halfway through; he couldn’t just fall apart now.
He forced himself to continue—
“So, Sister Tang Ya, I’ve already joined the Holy Flame... the Holy Flame Sect. This soul power mutation and soul skill mutation were given by the sect.”
“If you join the Tang Sect, it would be considered heresy and you’d be hunted down.”
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“But...”
“Your soul power evolution? The Holy Flame Sect can definitely handle it. Why don’t you join us?”
“Don’t worry, the Holy Flame Sect values inclusiveness. We don’t restrict disciples from being members of other sects, but once you join, you can’t join any other sects.”
Tang Ya and Beibei exchanged strange looks.
The Holy Flame Meow Meow Sect?
It didn’t sound like a serious sect at all!
But if it could resolve their soul power evolution issues, it was tempting.
“Wait!” Tang Ya snapped out of it. “Wasn’t I the one trying to pull you into the Tang Sect? How did it become us joining the Holy Flame Meow Meow Sect?”
Huo Yuhao scratched his head and smiled awkwardly, refusing to answer.
But his attitude was clear enough.
“Alright, Teacher Tang Ya, since the sect limits are there, no need to force it,” Beibei mediated. “The priority now is to help you hunt the third soul ring.”
Tang Ya gave a noncommittal “oh,” her mood subdued.
Seeing this, Beibei raised a hand, pressed a button on her belt, and took out a completely black belt inlaid with round white jade pieces.
She handed it to Huo Yuhao.
“Xiao Yuhao, this is a replica of the Tang Sect ancestor Tang San’s storage belt, ‘Twenty-Four Bridge on a Moonlit Night.’ It has 24 storage spaces, each half a meter on each side.”
“This is a gift of friendship, to thank you for pointing out my soul power evolution direction.”
“There are also 1,000 gold soul coins inside the belt. I want you to help Teacher Tang Ya find a suitable third soul...”
“And grilled fish!” Tang Ya’s eyes sparkled. “Xiao Yuhao, you’re responsible for grilled fish all the way!”
Huo Yuhao felt embarrassed and wanted to decline, after all, he had let her down.
Beibei forcibly fastened the Twenty-Four Bridge on a Moonlit Night belt around Huo Yuhao’s waist.
“A real man doesn’t dawdle.”
“Help Teacher Tang Ya find her soul ring.”
And with that, she left.
Tang Ya waved to Huo Yuhao, signaling him to walk in the middle while she stayed at the rear.
The “deal” was sealed.
While walking, Huo Yuhao asked Zhuge Lan.
“Lan-ge, can you tell me about luck points now?”
Zhuge Lan glanced at the system prompt.
[Rewrite Huo Yuhao’s fate, +100,000 luck points!]
Refusing to join the Tang Sect rewards 100,000 luck points?
Ridiculous!
But on the other hand,
The first step in the Tang Buddha’s plan to control Huo Yuhao was to tie him to the Tang Sect and sacrifice himself for its greatness again.
By cutting the chains at the source, Huo Yuhao was now truly free to roam the skies and seas.
100,000 luck points wasn’t even much.
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“Xiao Yuhao, do you believe in fate?”
Huo Yuhao’s gaze flickered for a moment, then grew resolute.
“I don’t believe in fate!”
“If it’s predestined, then I will defy heaven and change it!”
“With Lan-ge and Tianmeng-ge helping me, I believe I can do it!”
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm hummed proudly, “You’ve got a way with words, kid.”
“Exactly, defy heaven and rewrite fate,” Zhuge Lan said calmly—
“Rewrite fate, increase your own weight, become the child of destiny in this era.”
“As long as you do things beneficial to yourself, your luck points increase, and I convert that into luck value.”
“For example, you letting Tang Ya give up the Mandrake Snake soul ring was worth 10,000 luck points.”
“Refusing to join the Tang Sect, 50,000 luck points.”
Zhuge Lan cut it in half right there; the extra luck points went into his own stash.
—Where does the system not take a middleman’s cut?
Even so,
It still shocked Huo Yuhao and Tianmeng Ice Silkworm!
“The Tang Sect is worth 50,000 luck points?” Huo Yuhao exclaimed. “My first stage of the Tendon Change Scripture is only worth 5,000 luck points!”
—Huo Yuhao could see his own system panel and naturally noticed the changes in luck points.
—Of course, that was just Zhuge Lan wanting him to see it.
“Xiao Yuhao, shouldn’t you pay more attention to...” Tianmeng Ice Silkworm reminded, “Your luck points skyrocketed by 50,000 because you refused to join the Tang Sect!”
Huo Yuhao froze.
Then a chill ran down his spine!
50,000 luck points!
Wouldn’t that mean skinning and flaying him?
Had he just walked a round through the gates of hell?
He looked oddly at Beibei ahead, frowning in thought.
“Lan-ge, this...”
“It has nothing to do with those two. There’s a higher existence arranging your fate,” Zhuge Lan said vaguely. “I can’t say more, but basically they’re using you as a pawn. Refusing the Tang Sect means you’ve stepped out of their game.”
Huo Yuhao felt even heavier in his heart.
He asked, “I’m just an ordinary person. Why would some existence plot against me?”
“Xiao Yuhao, now that you have me and Zhuge, you’re far from ordinary,” Tianmeng Ice Silkworm encouraged. “And in your spiritual world, there’s that gray figure—equally mysterious.”
“Indeed,” Zhuge Lan agreed. “Tracing your bloodline, you’re a descendant of the God of War and the God of Speed.”
“Huh?”
“Ah?”