Chapter 23: Direct Admission to the Inner Courtyard
Upon hearing Mu En's arrangements, Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er immediately expressed their approval.
Many of the resources Huo Yuhao would need in the future were now clearly arranged, so he wouldn't have to worry about them anymore.
"Now, I announce that Huo Yuhao has a permanent seat in the Sea God Pavilion and will be directly promoted to the inner court.
If there are no objections, everyone may disperse."
As Mu En's last words fell, the Sea God Pavilion meeting concluded successfully, and all the elders departed.
Huo Yuhao looked at Mu En, somewhat bewildered, "Elder Mu, I'm already entering the inner court?"
Seeing Huo Yuhao's dazed expression, Yan Shaozhe quickly explained, "Otherwise, what? Am I supposed to go to the outer court to pick you up every time there's a Sea God Pavilion meeting?"
"Let's go, pack your things, and I'll send you back."
"Then, Elder Mu, I'll be leaving now.
I'll come chat with you again when I have time."
Huo Yuhao greeted him and left with Yan Shaozhe.
"Go, child."
Mu En watched Huo Yuhao leave Sea God Island, reminiscing about his younger self.
"How wonderful it would have been if none of that had happened back then, Xiaoyao, Xishui."
Mu En murmured to himself, then took out the Dragon Pill, looking at it with a sigh.
"That child's current physical strength isn't enough to absorb the power of the Dragon Pill.
He'll need to wait until he reaches Level 60 and absorbs a 100,000-year spirit ring."
"Yuhao, break through to Level 60 as soon as possible.
I'm afraid my time is running out."
Mu En, who had been injured by the Dragon Pill's malevolent aura in his early years, had his lifespan greatly reduced.
He now had only a few years left, and it was already very difficult for him to hold on until Huo Yuhao became a Spirit Emperor.
On the other side, Huo Yuhao watched somewhat speechlessly as Yan Shaozhe lifted his entire spirit tool laboratory.
Ever since Huo Yuhao casually mentioned the enhancement effects of Four-Word Battle Armor, Yan Shaozhe had become extremely enthusiastic.
"Yuhao, don't bother packing.
It would be troublesome if any blueprints were lost.
I'll just move the whole thing for you."
Huo Yuhao helplessly followed Yan Shaozhe, who was carrying his laboratory, back to Sea God Island.
Cultivation speed could be effectively improved on Sea God Island.
The only drawback was that going out was a bit troublesome, but Huo Yuhao usually didn't have much time to go out anyway.
It just meant that Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao would have no chance to meet at all.
After the freshman assessment, Wang Dong had moved back into the dormitory.
After learning about Huo Yuhao's upbringing, Wang Dong wanted to apologize to him and explain the conflict they had when they first enrolled.
And because he was busy making the complete One-Word Battle Armor before the Sea God Pavilion meeting, Huo Yuhao had agreed to have a meal with her sometime to resolve the misunderstanding.
Now, it seemed that this would likely be postponed indefinitely.
In the laboratory on Sea God Island, Huo Yuhao continued to practice Spirit Refined and began the production of Two-Word Battle Armor.
In the blink of an eye, five months passed.
Huo Yuhao's success rate in Spirit Refined was already very high, and he had also produced the first component of a Two-Word Battle Armor.
His spirit power had finally reached Level 40, and it was time to go out and acquire his fourth spirit ring.
During this half-year period, Huo Yuhao had asked Electrolux to research the method of Spirit Souls, which was already close to success.
Currently, Spirit Beasts below a thousand years could be directly contracted as Spirit Souls, while those above a thousand years still required Electrolux's personal assistance with his divine sense for now.
Yan Shaozhe had also brought Ma Xiaotao to Huo Yuhao several times in between, requesting Huo Yuhao's help in suppressing her evil fire.
During each suppression process, all the elders stood by Huo Yuhao's side, fearing any accidents might befall him.
Ma Xiaotao had been strictly instructed by Yan Shaozhe not to speak carelessly.
She only looked at Huo Yuhao curiously each time, wanting to know what was extraordinary about this future Sea Gods Pavilion Master.
Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao were acquainted, but due to some reasons from the original timeline, Huo Yuhao did not particularly like her, and the two did not become close.
All of Huo Yuhao's spirit rings were now the responsibility of the academy, so the previous deal with Yan Shaozhe was no longer valid.
In the end, Yan Shaozhe gave Huo Yuhao two 100,000-year Spirit Bones as compensation.
Unfortunately, neither of these Spirit Bones was of the spiritual or ice attribute.
One was a 100,000-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's left arm bone, and the other was a 100,000-year Evil Spirit Orca King's left leg bone.
Huo Yuhao decided to keep them for now, and only consider absorbing them if he couldn't acquire 100,000-year Spirit Bones with matching attributes later on.
Late on the night Huo Yuhao broke through to Level 40, the door to Huo Yuhao's laboratory was knocked.
Huo Yuhao opened the door somewhat helplessly, looking at the furtive Yan Shaozhe outside.
"Dean Yan, why are you always sneaking around like this?
Elder Mu has already agreed to us exchanging some thousand-refined metals for the emerging spirit tools from the Sun Moon Empire, hasn't he?"
"Ah, Yuhao, you don't know this, but now, according to the plan you suggested, the Soul Guidance Department and the Spirit Department have undergone reforms."
"The Soul Guidance Department has been renamed the Spirit Guidance Research Institute, and after the Spirit Department added the Battle Soul Guidance Department, the Spirit Department's expenses are growing day by day."
"If I hadn't seized the initiative and proposed to Elder Mu to exchange thousand-refined metals for spirit tools from the Sun Moon Empire, the price difference would have been taken by the Research Institute, and the Spirit Department would truly be unable to make ends meet."
"Alright, here are this batch of thousand-refined metals.
Also, I've reached Level 40 and need to acquire a fourth spirit ring of around 50,000 years."
Huo Yuhao replied.
"No problem, I'll accompany you to acquire the spirit ring.
Yuhao, pack up, and we'll depart tomorrow."
"Okay, it just so happens that one component of the Two-Word Battle Armor I'm making for Teacher Fan Yu is complete.
I'll deliver it to him when we pass by the outer court tomorrow."
"Good, then I'll pick you up at the outer court tomorrow."
Yan Shaozhe's eyes reddened when he heard this; a complete set of Two-Word Battle Armor was enough to increase his strength by fifty percent.
To solve the problem of Battle Armor needing to be personally involved in its creation to be fused, Huo Yuhao utilized the characteristic of Spirit Refined where metal could be blood-sacrificed, allowing Fan Yu to blood-sacrifice all the metal required for this set of Two-Word Battle Armor.
This way, Fan Yu wouldn't need to participate in the production.
It wasn't that he was hoarding secrets and unwilling to teach; he had actually already taught Fan Yu.
But the problem was the knowledge barrier of ten thousand years in between.
Fan Yu couldn't directly understand it like himself with the help of the halo, so his learning speed was somewhat slow.
According to Huo Yuhao's estimation, Fan Yu would probably be able to independently produce One-Word Battle Armor in another six or seven years.
Huo Yuhao planned to build a set of Four-Word Battle Armor for Fan Yu in the future, as his early angel investor, the return on investment had to be maximized.
Time quickly arrived at the next day.
After handing the first Battle Armor component to Fan Yu, Huo Yuhao and Yan Shaozhe embarked on their journey to find a 50,000-year-old spiritual Spirit Beast.
After temporarily increasing his luck with Fate Awakening, Huo Yuhao began searching for the Spirit Beast he was looking for this time, the Silver Eagle Beast, under Tianmeng's guidance.
As the ideal Spirit Beast to provide Huo Yuhao's fourth spirit ring, it would bring Huo Yuhao the third ability to replicate others' Spirit Abilities.
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