Returning to Notting Academy from Holy Soul Village, Yin Hao resumed his boring life of "helping" Tang San and Yu Xiaogang during the day and cultivating his relationship with Xiao Wu at night.
However, he still had debts to repay.
Yin Hao wanted to compete in the Soul Arena, but when he arrived, he was rejected after just one glance, citing his young age.
Then one day, somewhat agitated, Yin Hao was walking down the street when he suddenly heard someone hawking soul beast hides, soul beast meat, and even soul beast... well, you know. The prices weren't low, especially the soul beast... well, the... well, a tiger-type soul beast's... well, it was nearly a thousand years old, and a single piece could fetch a thousand gold pieces, with demand exceeding supply.
This suddenly invigorated Yin Hao, who was burdened with enormous debt. A thousand-year-old soul beast was too difficult for him to handle; a hundred-year-old one wouldn't hurt, would it? First, capture some hundred-year-old soul beasts to sell and pay off his debts. Then, slowly upgrade his Sharingan level from the system shop. Once he's stronger, he can capture higher-level soul beasts, earn more money, and then exchange it for a higher-level Sharingan to further enhance his strength. With increased strength, he can capture even higher-level soul beasts..a beneficial cycle, brothers! Yin Hao could almost see countless gold soul coins laid out before him.
He acted immediately. From then on, besides "helping" Tang San and Yu Xiaogang during the day, Yin Hao had another job: making money in the Soul Hunting Forest!
From then on, a figure specializing in hunting tiger-type soul beasts appeared in the Soul Hunting Forest. However, after learning that snake gallbladders were also being bought at high prices, he added snake-type soul beasts to his hunting list.
Of course, Yin Hao didn't kill just any soul beast. He wouldn't bother with low-age soul beasts that were only one or two hundred years old or a few decades old, mainly because they weren't valuable enough to warrant his attention.
...
In the blink of an eye, four years passed, and Yin Hao was now around eleven years old.
Beside a pool in the Beast Soul Forest, a handsome young man with long blue hair and two purple halos stood atop a massive, over 20-meter-long, entirely blue dragon.
Yin Hao usually wouldn't reveal his two purple soul rings, because he couldn't explain why his first and second soul rings, originally yellow, had turned purple. He'd have to be sliced into pieces!
However, thanks to the disguise skill inherent in his Blue Silver Domain, most people couldn't see through the true color of Yin Hao's soul rings. Yin Hao had even spent gold soul coins to enhance this disguise skill, so even Qian Daoliu couldn't see through it now.
Yin Hao glanced down at the Xuan Tan Ice Dragon. For the past four years, whenever this guy sensed his presence in the Hunting Soul Forest, it would relentlessly summon its minions to capture him.
If it weren't for Yin Hao's Blue Silver Domain as a security system, he would probably be dead eight hundred times over.
Looking at the Xuan Tan Ice Dragon, wounded and unable to rise, Yin Hao, regardless of whether it could understand him, spoke to it.
"You know, you've captured me at least a hundred times in these four years, haven't you? But in the end? I still won.
You haven't really done anything wrong; the hatred of killing your child is irreconcilable, and I understand your desire for revenge.
But unfortunately, your strength is insufficient, while I've grown faster than you, so you still lost..."
Yin Hao chuckled, completely disregarding the Xuan Tan Ice Dragon's resentful eyes.
Then, without any hesitation, he sat directly on the Xuan Tan Ice Dragon's scales, close to its large head, like long-lost friends... if one ignored the mess around the pool and the countless wounds on the Xuan Tan Ice Dragon's body.
"Little Flood Dragon," Yin Hao said, "why are you doing this? Look at my first spirit ring. This is your son's spirit ring. A little ice dragon with four hundred years of cultivation has now become a thousand-year spirit ring.
What does this mean? It means I have power that no one in the world can control. Becoming a god is not impossible. When I become a god, I can resurrect your son. It's not impossible.
Look at the situation now, is it a good look?"
Yin Hao said a lot, but the resentment in the Xuan Tan Ice Flood Dragon's eyes did not diminish at all. In fact, when Yin Hao deliberately placed the first spirit ring in front of it, the resentment became even stronger.
Indeed, it was just a spirit beast with a cultivation of more than two thousand years. Its intelligence had not yet been awakened, so how could it understand human speech?
Besides, even if it could understand, the hatred for killing its son was a fact. If it had the chance, it would still not hesitate to kill Yin Hao.
Seeing this, Yin Hao stopped wasting words with it. With a wave of his right hand, he summoned a Blue Silver Grass Ice Spike.
"This is the ability I gained after absorbing your son's spirit ring. Letting you die by this ability is the last thing I can do for you..."
Having said that, Yin Hao didn't hesitate any longer, raising the ice spike and stabbing straight down.
The Xuan Tan Ice Dragon seemed to understand, a hint of nostalgia and relief flashing in its eyes. It closed its eyes, letting the ice spike pierce its throat.
As its life force completely drained from the Xuan Tan Ice Dragon, a purple spirit ring appeared before Yin Hao.
Yin Hao sat cross-legged, preparing to absorb this spirit ring.
The Xuan Tan Ice Dragon was a powerful species capable of rivaling ten-thousand-year spirit beasts with a thousand years of cultivation.
Yin Hao had spent tens of thousands of gold spirit coins and hundreds of spirit power bombs to severely injure it before finally subduing it.
Although Yin Hao had awakened the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, he hadn't undergone specialized physical enhancement, making it somewhat difficult to absorb a spirit ring comparable to a ten-thousand-year spirit beast.
About half an hour passed, and Yin Hao's forehead was covered in sweat, but fortunately, nothing unexpected happened.
Another half hour passed, and with a breath of turbid air, Yin Hao opened his eyes, a slight smile playing on his lips.
"Third Soul Skill, Ice Dragon Technique!"
With a shout from Yin Hao, countless Blue Silver Grasses, radiating a chilling aura, rose from the ground and intertwined in the air. In less than a second, a blue ice dragon, its body shimmering with wisps of cold air, appeared before him.
Yin Hao waved his hand forward, and the ice dragon reacted immediately, opening its blood-red maw and letting out a silent roar before lunging towards the direction Yin Hao had pointed.
This ice dragon, several meters long and snarling, crashed into the forest ahead, instantly snapping several trees, each large enough for one person to encircle, in half, the severed surfaces emitting wisps of cold white air.
Yin Hao smiled and nodded, satisfied with the power.
"Clap clap clap..."
Just then, a round of applause came from behind Yin Hao.
Yin Hao was immediately startled and turned around.
He saw a girl of about seventeen or eighteen years old, dressed in white with gold patterns and short, light brown hair, standing not far behind him.
Even at such close range, Yin Hao hadn't noticed her, which was what surprised him most.
"How could she possibly evade my Blue Silver Domain's detection and silently walk up behind me?"
Yin Hao wondered to himself.
Looking at the girl's attire and age, Yin Hao was reminded of someone: Hu Liena, one of the three beauties of the Spirit Hall in the original story, the Holy Maiden of the Pope's Palace.
Yin Hao gave a friendly smile and asked,
"Who are you, sister? What do you need me for?"
The girl touched her chin, feigning thought.
Even this small gesture exuded an invisible allure; if she were in ancient times, she would definitely be a bewitching enchantress comparable to Daji or Diaochan.
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