The countless phenomena in the sky slowly faded away.
Only Huo Yuhao remained standing in the air.
His eyes narrowed slightly, ancient violet-gold patterns flowing deep within his pupils.
Wherever his gaze reached,
every blade of grass and tree a thousand miles away appeared as clear as the lines on his palm.
He lowered his head, looked at his hand, and slowly clenched it into a fist before throwing a punch forward.
The punch did not touch any physical object.
Yet the void suddenly exploded with a thunderous boom, shockwaves surging outward in rolling waves.
He could clearly sense it—
the life energy contained within his body was vast like an endless ocean.
"My strength now… compared to before my breakthrough, it's more than ten times stronger!"
Back then, when he fought Long Xiaoyao,
the latter had said, "I can defeat you within ten moves."
That statement had not been false.
At the time, Huo Yuhao had used all his abilities, while Long Xiaoyao still held back strength.
"But now… it's different."
A slight smile appeared at the corner of his lips, and a trace of battle intent flashed in his eyes.
Whether in his previous life or after being reborn,
Long Xiaoyao had made a wager with him and attempted to intercept and kill him.
That karmic entanglement needed to be resolved.
So—
he had taken the initiative to make a ten-move agreement with Long Xiaoyao.
As the thought passed through his mind,
joy appeared on his face.
"But first, healing my teacher is what matters."
Whoosh!
His figure suddenly descended.
Even the gentle breeze stirred by his clothes carried dense life energy—where it passed, the surrounding grass and trees instantly grew more vigorous.
"Yuhao!"
Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and the others quickly gathered around him.
Their gazes examined him from head to toe, filled with excitement and envy.
Huo Yuhao now looked calm on the surface, yet carried an unfathomable aura—one that vaguely resembled the presence Elder Mu gave them.
Huo Yuhao nodded to his friends, then turned toward Li Zhexian and cupped his hands.
"Thank you, Brother Zhexian!"
Li Zhexian waved his hand casually and leaned back against the lakeshore, picking up the half-eaten grilled fish beside him.
Huo Yuhao knew he disliked formalities.
So he turned and walked toward Mu En.
"Teacher, I'll heal your injuries now!"
Mu En nodded with a gentle smile, relief filling his aged face.
To gain such a disciple in his twilight years
was the greatest blessing of his life.
Mu En's injuries came from dragon-core resentment invading his body and the exhaustion of his lifespan.
Such wounds
could only be healed by massive amounts of life energy—there was no other cure.
Thus, no additional preparation was necessary.
...
In front of the Sea God Pavilion,
Huo Yuhao and Mu En sat facing each other cross-legged.
Huo Yuhao took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled.
Centered around him,
threads of life energy spread outward in ripples.
Spirit Rings rose one after another from beneath him.
Until the seventh Spirit Ring appeared…
In the air, golden roots twisted together like dragons, forming a Spirit Ring engraved with ancient tree patterns.
In an instant—
the life energy surged like a raging tide, rising higher and higher!
The surrounding plants seemed pulled by invisible hands and began growing wildly.
Grass that had been only an inch tall shot up to over a person's height in the blink of an eye, leaves flourishing with vibrant green life.
"Teacher, focus your mind!"
As his words fell,
Huo Yuhao raised his palm toward Mu En's chest.
Three inches away, his hand stopped in midair.
His palm turned dazzling gold, and vast life energy like a rushing river poured out, directly flowing into Mu En's withered body.
Although the seventh Spirit Ability was the Martial Soul True Body,
after fusing with the origin of the Ancient Golden Tree, Huo Yuhao's Spirit Power itself now contained boundless vitality.
As time slowly passed, a look of pain gradually surfaced on Mu En's wrinkled face.
His old illnesses had long penetrated deep into his bones and marrow. The life energy flowing into him was like a blade, scraping away the diseased roots that had plagued him for many years.
The process
was no less painful than scraping poison from bone.
Above his head,
faint black smoke began to rise, vaguely forming the shape of a dragon. It let out a fierce dragon's roar—
only to be purified and completely annihilated by the pure light of life in the very next moment.
That was the dragon-core resentment that had lurked within his body for many years.
And as that violent aura gradually dissipated,
Mu En's dull and lifeless complexion slowly regained a healthy reddish glow.
However—
when compared to him,
Huo Yuhao looked worse and worse.
His face gradually turned pale, fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and his body swayed slightly.
Mu En's level was simply too high.
Even though Huo Yuhao's strength had increased greatly, in terms of the depth of pure Spirit Power, he was still inferior to this teacher who had accumulated power over an entire lifetime.
"Brother Zhexian… Yuhao, he…"
Seeing Huo Yuhao's worsening complexion and his unsteady figure, Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and Wang Dong could no longer hide their anxiety. They quickly looked toward the young man in white.
Li Zhexian calmly said:
"The energy of the Ancient Golden Tree is far too vast for Yuhao. His control over his own strength has not yet reached a perfectly harmonious state."
"This time, healing Elder Mu is actually a form of tempering for him—learning his power while circulating it, and mastering its limits through exhaustion."
"There is no need to worry. Just watch quietly."
Hearing this, the three women relaxed slightly and continued to wait silently.
Beside Li Zhexian, Skydream Ice Silkworm manifested a phantom form. Looking at Huo Yuhao's swaying figure, he sighed:
"A god-level Martial Soul True Body… looking across this world through all ages, it's probably one of a kind."
"You even considered that Yuhao might not be able to fully control this power at first…"
"Brother Zhexian, you're really putting your heart into nurturing Yuhao."
Li Zhexian tilted his head back and took a sip of wine, saying casually:
"The hardships I endured while cultivating—why should those who come after me suffer them again?"
"Since I have the ability to protect his path, I'm naturally willing to do so."
"Besides, his Spirit Soul method has also inspired me. Back when we met in that rift in space-time, I already found Huo Yuhao quite pleasing."
As for whether he worried that Huo Yuhao might surpass him one day…
To be honest,
such a thought had never once occurred to him.
Without a heart that believes in one's own invincibility, Li Zhexian would never have reached where he was today.
Instead, he actually hoped that on the vast path of cultivation,
someone might one day catch sight of his back.
Skydream Ice Silkworm raised his chubby thumb in admiration.
"Brother Zhexian, that's magnanimous!"
...
From morning until dusk fell,
the healing process finally approached its end.
Mu En's originally gray and withered face had now completely turned rosy and full.
Even his sparse white hair had become thick and abundant again. Though still silver-white, it now carried a healthy shine.
He suddenly opened his eyes.
A clear dragon's roar burst from his throat.
His gaze immediately fell on the young man before him—only to see Huo Yuhao pale-faced and slightly swaying.
Mu En hurriedly reached out to support him, his voice trembling slightly.
"Yuhao…"
"Teacher, I'm fine."
After stopping the flow of life energy, Huo Yuhao's divine-level body quickly began regulating itself.
Looking at the vigorous and spirited elder before him, he said joyfully:
"Teacher, as long as you can fully recover… nothing could be better."
"Good! Good!"
Feeling the surging vitality within his body like a spring river, and realizing that the century-old illness had vanished in a single day, Mu En couldn't help but feel his eyes grow moist.
Suppressing his excitement, he turned with Huo Yuhao and solemnly bowed toward the young man in white who had been sitting leisurely to the side.
"Thank you, Brother Zhexian, for making this possible!"
"Thank you, Your Excellency, for granting me a new life!"
Li Zhexian lightly waved his sleeve, lifting the master and disciple back to their feet.
"Now that everything here is settled, Yuhao, what are your plans?"
The thought that Huo Yuhao had just suppressed rose again as he gazed toward the direction of the Sun Moon Empire.
"The ten-move agreement… it's time to settle it."
Li Zhixian looked at Mu En, then at Yan Shaozhe who was flying over.
Interesting.
He had originally planned to leave, but he really wanted to stick around and "eat the melon" (watch the drama) of this slightly ridiculous situation...
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