Bonus Chapter. Enjoy!
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"As expected of the Child of Luck!"
This was an old voice, but the tone and inflection were clearly not Elder Mu!
'Is there someone else here?!' Huo Yuhao opened his eyes abruptly!
Those Spirit Eyes lit up suddenly in the darkness, flashing with golden light like two bright lamps. His body tensed up instantly, and his mental force instinctively spread out, surging in all directions like a tide.
Although his mental force was restricted here, he still used all his strength, trying to capture the source of that voice.
But his mental force was imprisoned within this ten-square-meter cabin, unable to permeate outward at all. The surroundings were deathly silent; apart from himself, he could not perceive any aura of life.
At this moment, that old voice came again: "Do not panic, I have no malicious intent!"
This voice was gentle and calm, as if it had the power to soothe people's hearts.
Huo Yuhao let go of the vigilance in his heart, his tensed muscles slowly relaxed, and the spread-out mental force gradually retracted.
He also asked with his mental force: "Who are you?"
"To be precise, I am not a human. You are currently inside my body!"
Huo Yuhao was stunned upon hearing this, and within a flash of thought, a trace of surprise quickly flashed across his eyes.
He looked up, surveying the golden walls, the flowing patterns, and the incredibly dense aura of life.
His voice carried a hint of disbelief: "You are... the Golden Tree?!"
"Hehe!" That old voice chuckled: "Correct, I am this Golden Tree!"
Receiving a definitive reply, Huo Yuhao was still shocked.
He had never heard that the Golden Tree had its own consciousness!
Shrek Academy's records spanning Ten Thousand Years had never mentioned it, nor had it been written in any ancient book.
As if seeing through Huo Yuhao's thoughts, the Golden Tree continued: "The matter of me birthing consciousness is something only you know."
Huo Yuhao asked in surprise, his voice rising slightly: "Even the past Sea God Pavilion masters do not know?"
In his heart, the Golden Tree and Shrek Academy were one entity.
It stood on the highest point of Sea God Island, witnessing the rise and fall of the academy. If such an important existence had birthed consciousness, how could he be the first to know?
The room fell silent for a moment, and after a while, the Golden Tree's voice came again.
However, it did not answer this question, but instead asked: "Do you dare to come with me to a place?"
Huo Yuhao hesitated for a moment, his gaze flickering slightly as he calculated rapidly in his heart.
Where to go?
Why take him there?
What was the purpose?
It was not until the words "Go ahead, don't worry" from his teacher Electrolux came from his mind that he nodded.
Since his teacher said it was fine, then there was no danger.
The Golden Tree then said: "Do not resist my power!"
Huo Yuhao only felt himself surrounded by a warm force, gentle and thick, as if soaking in a hot spring.
Immediately, his consciousness was gently led out by an invisible force. When he opened his eyes again, he had already arrived in a strange space. The surroundings here were all dark gold, with life force so dense it was almost tangible, flowing around him.
And in front of him stood an old man wearing a pale gold robe. His expression was kind, carrying a sense of accumulated vicissitudes, his beard and hair were all white, and his hair was so long it hung down to his heels.
Huo Yuhao knew that the old man before him must be the "golden tree" that had transmitted its voice to him earlier!
The old man smiled and said to Huo Yuhao: "Child of Luck, I am the spirit of this golden tree; you may also call me Elder Jin."
"Elder Jin!" Huo Yuhao's eyes were full of confusion, but after thinking about it, he still asked: "Why do you call me the Child of Luck?"
Elder Jin looked at Huo Yuhao with eyes full of affection, as if looking at a child he had watched grow up.
He spoke slowly: "Because you are the person chosen by Douluo Planet, the person favored by the continent's Luck, and the existence that carries fifty percent of the Luck accumulated by the Douluo Continent over Ten Thousand Years!"
Huo Yuhao could not help but open his mouth wide upon hearing this, his eyes full of shock. His young face was now filled with disbelief. He was able to travel between two worlds; this was indeed a Heaven-Defying Opportunity. He also knew that even the version of himself on the original destiny trajectory was destined to become a god. Such an Opportunity was indeed worthy of being called "favored by the continent's Luck"!
It was just that being told so definitively by Elder Jin before him, he could not help but feel a complex, indescribable emotion in his heart.
The weight of the four words 'Child of Luck' was too heavy.
He felt excitement, relief, pride, and a bit of dizziness in his heart at this moment. But after a moment, Huo Yuhao calmed down.
On his face, all emotions receded like a tide, leaving only calmness. In his heart, only a trace of heavy pressure remained, along with more doubts.
After realizing his extraordinariness, Huo Yuhao asked again: "Then why did you call me here?"
Elder Jin took a look at Huo Yuhao, then withdrew his gaze and walked to the right. "Weren't you curious before why the past Sea God Pavilion masters did not know of my existence?"
Huo Yuhao followed behind him, listening to his words.
Then he saw Elder Jin stop, lift his withered finger, and point upwards. "Look there."
Huo Yuhao looked in the direction Elder Jin's finger pointed. He saw a blue-gold orb of light suspended above this golden space. The orb of light was not large, like a sun in this dark golden world.
Golden light flashed in Huo Yuhao's eyes; even though his mental force was suppressed here, his Spirit Eyes could still see through many things.
That blue-gold orb of light seemed somewhat out of place with this space; it was clearly not a product of this place. The golden life force flowing in this space seemed to be constantly absorbed by that blue-gold orb of light at this moment.
'No!' Huo Yuhao's brows furrowed slightly. 'Using the word 'absorb' to describe it might not be accurate. Absorption is passive, it is natural. But the scene before me is clearly a form of forced plundering. That blue-gold orb of light is currently constantly devouring and plundering the life force within this space! It is like a bottomless pit, greedily and insatiably demanding.'
Huo Yuhao withdrew his gaze and turned to look at the old man beside him.
His voice was low and heavy: "Elder Jin, what is that?!"
A trace of seriousness flashed across Elder Jin's face. That kind face now had a bit more coldness and a bit more helplessness.
He looked at the blue-gold orb of light above, his gaze complex, and spoke slowly: "It seems you have also felt it; she is plundering my life force."
Huo Yuhao's heart shook.
He looked up again at the blue-gold "sun" above and asked: " 'It'... what exactly is it?"
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A/N:
5 Power Stones = 1 Extra Chapter
2 Reviews = 1 Extra Chapter
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