บท 192: Chapter 192: Sea within the Sea, Sea Heart Flame!
Huo Yuhao couldn't help but sigh. If Mu En were still alive, the original Huo Yuhao from the story might not have ended up in such a pitiful situation.
Just look at Mu En. Not only could he analyze your strength and abilities through his own reasoning, but he could also offer conditions that you simply couldn't refuse. Moreover, he was considerate enough to take responsibility for killing Cheng Gang. Later, Shrek Academy would likely confront the Star Luo Empire to demand compensation.
Killing someone and then asking their nation for compensation—that kind of shamelessness was something Huo Yuhao deeply admired.
Now, contrast this with Chicken Leg Douluo, who never mentioned payment when sending others to do tasks. He constantly talked about Shrek Academy's honor, as if working for Shrek was already a privilege.
In the original story, Huo Yuhao risked his life infiltrating the Sun Moon Empire's Illustrious Virtue Hall, facing the danger of being killed by the Sun Moon Empire. He stole a large number of intricate soul tool blueprints, including the top-tier technology of human-shaped soul tools.
Xuan Ziwen, a direct disciple of Silver Moon Douluo Kong Deming, was also lured into joining the Tang Sect by Huo Yuhao using so-called Tang Sect techniques.
The reason the three original Douluo Federation nations could somewhat compete with the Sun Moon Empire in terms of soul tools was due to the blueprints Huo Yuhao had obtained.
Would Shrek Academy have given these blueprints to the three nations for free? Of course not! The three empires must have paid a huge price for them.
But what did Huo Yuhao get in return?
Just a single line: "You're a great hero of the Douluo Continent!"
So? Didn't they think of giving the hero a decent reward, maybe even a couple of hundred-thousand-year-old soul bones to show off?
This was like a farmer unearthing a priceless jade in the field and being rewarded with a banner that cost fifty yuan to make—absolutely absurd.
Had he known it would turn out like this, Huo Yuhao might as well have sold those blueprints directly to the royal families of the three empires. The three empires would have worshiped him like an ancestor!
Forget about wiping out the White Tiger Duke's mansion—if Huo Yuhao wanted to take the Star Luo Empire's Princess Xu Jiujiu as his concubine, Xu Jiawei (her brother) would have eagerly packaged his sister and sent her to him with great joy!
It could only be said that the original Huo Yuhao had personality defects caused by his lack of love in childhood, which allowed Shrek Academy and Tang Sect to control him, turning him into a loyal lapdog of the Tang family.
But the current Huo Yuhao was no longer the weak and sensitive original. If someone wanted something from him, they had to offer something valuable in return!
"Senior Mu, while I don't doubt your integrity, I still need you to explain clearly where exactly you discovered that heavenly flame." Huo Yuhao said solemnly.
Mu En smiled and nodded, a hint of pride flashing across his face.
"Yuhao, you should know the godhoods that our Shrek Academy ancestor Tang San once achieved, right?"
Huo Yuhao was slightly surprised but nodded. "According to the books I read in the library, Tang San seemed to possess two godhoods: the Asura God and the Sea God."
"Indeed. Ancestor Tang San wielded two immensely powerful divine artifacts: the Sea God Trident and the Asura Demon Sword. Because of his Sea God title, all sea soul masters and sea soul beasts in the vast oceans had to obey his command."
"Your teacher Wang Yan should have told you about the top ten fierce beasts on the continent, but that ranking doesn't include sea soul beasts. The truly powerful sea soul beasts live in the deep ocean. Because humanity has barely explored the seas, people who've seen sea soul beasts are much rarer than those who've seen land soul beasts."
"The ocean is another paradise for soul beasts. It's said that the number of sea soul beasts is at least ten times that of land soul beasts. Humans are like fish on a chopping board when they venture into the ocean. No one dares to go deep into the sea."
"Overall, sea soul beasts are likely even stronger than land soul beasts. But the ocean is a place of brutal survival of the fittest, and the soul beast species there are much larger than those on land. Even the strongest soul master might be killed if they encounter a massive sea soul beast group."
"So, this heavenly flame you mentioned—could it be in the ocean?" Huo Yuhao asked tentatively.
"Heh, you're very clever." Mu En chuckled.
"Although the ocean is considered a forbidden zone for human soul masters, that doesn't include us at Shrek Academy. Thanks to our ancestors' blessings, we have the means to enter the deep sea."
"In Shrek Academy's treasure vault, there is a mysterious treasure map. This map records the location of a strange blue flame, located in the deepest part of the ocean, in a place known as the Sea within the Sea!"
"Can you imagine it? In the deepest part of the ocean, there's another sea. And the blue flame is located at the center of this Sea within the Sea, named the Sea Heart Flame by the Shrek ancestor who discovered it."
When Huo Yuhao heard the name, his mouth twitched.
The Sea Heart Flame? Why did this name sound so familiar? Isn't that the same flame refined by Han Feng, that despicable disciple of Yao Lao (from Battle Through the Heavens)?
Did I just transmigrate into Peerless Tang Sect and get bound to Han Feng's template? What kind of broken story is this?
"Yuhao, the fact that there's another sea within the deep ocean is truly terrifying!" Tianmeng's voice rang out in Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea. "From what I can tell, that place is a deathtrap. You'd better not go!"
"Actually, there's nothing that strange about a Sea within the Sea. Large marine soul beasts, like whales, sink to the deep sea when they die. Their corpses decompose and produce gases that accumulate dense saline brine, much heavier than seawater. Over time, this saline brine forms such underwater seas."
"But you're right, Tianmeng, it's definitely a dangerous place. Prolonged exposure could cause poisoning and even death, so most sea soul beasts avoid that area."
Tianmeng was shocked. "Wow, Yuhao, you know so much!"
"It's not that I know a lot; it's that the people of this world know too little," Huo Yuhao thought silently.
Given Huo Yuhao's current position, his conflict with Shrek Academy was already inevitable. Not to mention, once Mu En died, the Xuan Zi would certainly not let him go unpunished.
But would the downfall of Shrek Academy affect human society? That was hard to say.
"Could I establish my own academy in the future?" Huo Yuhao mused privately.
However, now wasn't the time to think about that, so he shook his head and temporarily buried the thought.
"Senior Mu, if you exchange the map that records the location of the Sea Heart Flame for my participation in the tournament on behalf of Shrek Academy, I have no objection," Huo Yuhao said coolly. "But I have one more condition, and I hope you can agree."
"I want complete control over all battle tactics for the upcoming tournament. Those irrelevant people who only cause trouble can go cool off somewhere else!"
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