Chapter 18: Three Days of Vigil
Xu Jiawei listened to Jiujiu's words and sighed, "It seems that even a powerful individual like Dean Yan can make mistakes."
"Comfort the White Tiger Duke, and also, prepare some healing pills and send them to the future Sea Gods Pavilion Master. Don't let him suffer any hidden injuries."
Xu Jiawei called two guards and dispatched them to inform the subordinates to prepare a gift for Huo Yuhao.
"Brother, that sounds like a random excuse. Do we really need to send him anything special?"
"Jiujiu, the Sun Moon Empire is developing faster and faster, and the Star Luo Empire is under increasing pressure. We desperately need Shrek Academy, and Huo Yuhao is a Star Luo Empire native, so there's nothing we can do that would be too much."
After explaining, Xu Jiawei rubbed his brows. He could already sense the signs of war, and at this moment, he had to spare no effort to win over Shrek Academy.
"Then how should we handle the White Tiger Duke's wife? After all, she has some connection with our Imperial Family. Will Dai Huabin's death make her lose her mind?"
Jiujiu considered the Imperial Family's presence in the Duke's wife's background and reminded Xu Jiawei.
"This is indeed a problem. If she were to make a move against Huo Yuhao and it was misunderstood as our Imperial Family's tacit approval, that wouldn't be good. I'll have Spirit Transmission Douluo make a trip later."
"I remember the White Tiger Duke has another son named Dai Luoli, right? Tell the Duke's wife that if Dai Yueheng and Huo Yuhao cannot become friends, the next White Tiger Duke will be Dai Luoli."
Xu Jiawei said with a serious expression.
"Okay, Brother, I'll go arrange it now."
Xu Jiawei watched Jiujiu leave and sighed, "Dai Hao, oh Dai Hao, why did you drive away a genius with such talent?"
Xu Jiawei sighed with some regret.
Inside the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, the Duke's wife was furiously smashing various porcelain items.
"A servant's son, how dare he kill my son? How dare he!"
"Mobilize everyone we can to Shrek Academy! I want to kill him and make him die in an obscure corner like his mother, to be buried with my son!"
Upon hearing this, a guard standing by was about to speak up and dissuade her when he heard a deep male voice.
"The Duke's wife had best abandon that idea. You cannot touch Huo Yuhao. His Majesty the Emperor has already ordered you to kneel before his mother's grave for three days and apologize to his mother properly."
Spirit Transmission Douluo had just arrived at the White Tiger Duke's Mansion when he heard the Duke's wife's hysterical roar.
"You want me to kneel and apologize to Huo Yuner, that servant? That's impossible! I'd rather die than apologize to her! I will definitely kill Huo Yuhao to avenge my son!"
The Duke's wife had always looked down on Huo Yuner and could not accept such an order.
"As a Titled Douluo, my personal presence here already represents His Majesty the Emperor's attitude. Don't forget, you still have another son. Or are you saying that only when both your sons are dead can you calm down?"
Spirit Transmission Douluo was, after all, a Titled Douluo. The Duke's wife's previous words had shown no respect, and Spirit Transmission Douluo's tone grew cold.
Upon hearing this, a chill ran down the Duke's wife's spine, and she asked with some sorrow.
"Does the Star Luo Imperial Family truly disregard old ties? My mother was also a member of the Imperial Family back then..."
"His Majesty the Emperor has already shown great consideration for old ties, merely asking you to keep vigil for Huo Yuner for three days. If I had not personally come to convey His Majesty's wishes, do you think you would still be able to sit in the position of the Duke's wife?"
Spirit Transmission Douluo interrupted the Duke's wife's words, gave one final response, and then left without looking back.
Outside the Duke's Mansion, the low tombstone Huo Yuhao had erected for Huo Yuner was long gone, replaced by a tall stone monument engraved with "Tomb of Loving Mother Huo Yuner."
The Duke's wife walked disconsolately to Huo Yuner's grave, knelt down with a thud, her eyes devoid of light, just like Huo Yuner's had been back then.
Just like Huo Yuner once did, for the sake of Dai Yueheng, she had no choice but to kneel for these three days.
Dai Hao was already quite displeased with her because of Huo Yuner's matter. Now that Huo Yuhao had become one of Shrek Academy's successors, let alone revenge, in the future, it would probably be her who would be mocked by the servants.
Until the three days of vigil passed, Dai Hao never returned once. The Duke's wife finally lost her last shred of hope and fell ill, confined to her bed.
Huo Yuhao heard about this, and his emotions no longer fluctuated much. If the Duke's wife were to die from this illness, it would be a just retribution. If she didn't die, he wouldn't mind making another trip in the future.
After his mental force reached the peak of the Spirit Domain Realm, Huo Yuhao's power of destiny manipulation increased again. For those with extremely low fortune, he could slowly peel away their destiny from a distance.
Most of the servants who had harmed Huo Yuhao and Huo Yuner back then were ordinary people, or Spirit Masters with low spirit power. At this moment, all of them were marked by Huo Yuhao for destiny stripping.
In just one month, they would reach the end of their lives.
Huo Yuhao compared them to the memories in his mind, stripping away their destinies one by one, without missing a single one.
These people would slowly feel the World's increasing rejection of them day by day, and die in despair and agony.
No longer thinking about those who were about to die, Huo Yuhao focused on observing the metal in front of him.
Among all the knowledge related to Battle Armor, design was the easiest part to achieve. With the assistance of divine abyss, Huo Yuhao had perfectly mastered all design-related content.
However, the forging of metal and the creation of Battle Armor were not so simple.
Forging had clear thresholds. Huo Yuhao had only used one halo, so it was naturally impossible to directly raise both forging and creation to a level sufficient for making Battle Armor.
Therefore, this improvement was more about the knowledge aspect.
Since the theories had all been learned, it was time for practice.
The first Battle Armor Huo Yuhao designed was a right arm Battle Armor, using refined silver, blue pregnant copper, and several ice-attributed rare metals as materials.
Refined silver, being one of the easiest metals to forge and to fuse with other metals, would definitely be the main material for early Battle Armor.
The One-Word and Two-Word Battle Armor were mainly to lay the foundation for future Battle Armor. In the later stages, Huo Yuhao planned to use Ice Extreme Divine Crystal as the main material, integrating it into the Battle Armor to create Three-Word Battle Armor.
Therefore, the fusibility of the metals for the One-Word and Two-Word Battle Armor was very important.
Huo Yuhao took out a piece of refined silver and began to temper it according to the forging method in his mind. Relying on his powerful mental force, Huo Yuhao precisely found every angle to strike with the forging hammer.
Soon, as Huo Yuhao's forging process advanced, the refined silver began to shrink, Hundred Refinements was already complete, and it was now continuously approaching Thousand Refinements.
Thousand Refinements did not require too high a forging technique, as long as the forging method had no problems. It did not involve the level of metal having a spirit.
Therefore, with Huo Yuhao's final hammer strike, a piece of Thousand Refined silver lay quietly on the forging platform.