#389 - Reward: a bowl of rice (two in one)

"No more fighting, you're cheating!"

Seeing that the two men’s full-strength attacks failed to hurt Huo Yuhao, Wang Donger’s mouth immediately deflated.

This guy is so cunning. When he saw that the situation was not right, he secretly activated the Ice Emperor Martial Spirit!

Huo Yuhao’s smile froze when he realized that Wang Dong’er seemed to have misunderstood what he meant.

Unlike Wang Donger's misunderstanding, she could tell from the beginning that there was no sarcasm in Huo Yuhao's tone. Now that she had seen the gap between herself and Huo Yuhao, there was naturally no need for her to continue fighting.

Just as she was about to speak, she suddenly seemed to have thought of something and asked curiously.

"By the way, why didn't you use that...um, what's it called? I think it's the Scythe of Sin? Why didn't you use it?"

Unexpectedly, Huo Yuhao did not answer directly, but fell into silence. After a long while, he slowly shook his head.

"The power of the Sin Scythe is too dangerous. In addition, I cannot fully control it without completely mastering the origins of the Seven Deadly Sins. So unless you encounter an enemy who wants to kill you, it is better not to use it."

"Um?"

Huo Yuhao's words immediately piqued their curiosity, and Wang Dong'er and Qiu'er subconsciously asked, "What ability?"

“Emotional drain.”

Huo Yuhao sighed softly: "In order to make this artifact more compatible with the Judgement Envoy's martial spirit, when I recast the Sin Scythe, I deliberately used the Origin of Original Sin to nourish and guide it. In simple terms, if you are close to vermilion, you will be red. If you are close to ink, you will be black. I will use its plasticity during the recasting process to make it develop in the direction I want."

The two nodded slightly and understood what Huo Yuhao wanted to express.

If the trident is compared to an adult who already has self-awareness, then re-melting is equivalent to reincarnation after death.

Compared to an adult with mature values, an ignorant child is undoubtedly more likely to change under the influence of the environment. What Huo Yuhao did in this process was to provide an environment filled with the power of original sin during the process of the Trident's reshaping and growth.

"I originally thought that it would increase my control over the power of original sin, just like the Golden Dragon Spear increases the power of its holder, or the Silver Dragon Spear increases the attributes of its holder, but the result was beyond my expectations. The Scythe of Sin was born with the ability to absorb desires."

Looking at the golden spear in Qiu'er's hand, Huo Yuhao told them: "Just like the Golden Dragon Spear will devour the opponent's vitality, when it inflicts a wound, it will also harvest desire from the living being, strengthen itself, and feed back to the holder."

Qiu Er nodded and asked hesitantly, "It sounds like it has some similar effects to your Original Sin Domain?"

"It's different. Although the Original Sin Domain allows me to absorb negative desires and emotions within the range to strengthen myself, this enhancement is only temporary. Most importantly, it will not have much impact on the object being absorbed."

Huo Yuhao paused for a moment before changing the subject: “But the Scythe of Original Sin is different. After it harvests desires, its own strength will be permanently enhanced. Moreover, any living being whose desires are harvested by it will find it difficult to recover in a short period of time. If it is a being that is much weaker than me, the duration and severity of this state will increase significantly, and they may even lose their desires forever.”

"Similar to the state when you activate the Heart of the Dead? That is indeed quite scary."

Wang Dong'er sighed in a low voice and tilted her head, as if unable to hide her confusion: "But this is not to the point where I can't use the sickle as you said, right? Come to think of it, I would like to try that state."

However, to her surprise, Qiu'er and Huo Yuhao did not agree with her words. Instead, they remained silent and looked at her with eyes that were eerily calm.

"What's wrong?"

Wang Dong'er looked a little nervous for no reason: "Why are you two looking at me like that?"

"Nothing." Qiu Er crossed her arms and said calmly, "It's just that you seem to have misunderstood the difference between emotion and desire."

"I"

Wang Dong'er opened her mouth subconsciously, and suddenly seemed to realize her mistake, her expression froze.

"Qiu'er is right. Emotions and desires are not the same thing. The Heart of Undead Annihilation only blocks those emotions that will affect my decision-making, but I will still act to satisfy the desires in my heart."

Affirming Qiu'er's words, Huo Yuhao expressed his thoughts with a thoughtful look in his eyes.

"Although I haven't tried it, based on the effect of this ability, in the most serious cases, the person whose desires are harvested may become desireless, such as having no appetite or desire to survive. Then, even if food is placed in front of them, they won't eat it, and it's not impossible that they will starve to death in the end."

"Of course, for this kind of person, even suicide has lost its meaning."

In fact, Huo Yuhao had thought about finding a suitable experimental subject to see to what extent the Scythe of Original Sin could harvest desires.

That's why he held the Sickness of Sin when he thawed Niu Tian and asked him to sacrifice himself to Wang Dong'er.

If Niu Tian had any thought of regret, he would give this guy a sickle without hesitation.

But to his surprise, Niu Tian actually offered himself to Wang Dong'er on his own initiative, without even leaving a trace of his soul, which led to the Scythe of Sin being of no use for a long time.

“.”

After hearing Huo Yuhao’s description, Wang Donger subconsciously put herself in the situation a little bit, and then she couldn’t help but shudder, with a hint of fear in her eyes.

After all, this is not as simple as some elderly people telling everyone that they have no desires or demands.

Desire is the basic factor that drives the behavior of living things. If a person loses desire, then eating, sleeping, and even the most basic breathing will become meaningless.

In addition, he will also lose the so-called joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, because emotions are self-aware creatures, and they react differently when their desires receive different feedback.

If your desires are satisfied, you will be happy; if they are not satisfied, you will be sad; and if you lose your desires, you will lose everything.

Although he has consciousness and can sense the things around him, he will no longer react to anything in the outside world.

It is simply an alienated creature that is beyond cognition and imagination.

"It seems that you have already understood how strange this ability is."

Taking in the emotions displayed by the two, Huo Yuhao spread his hands and said, “Now you know why I didn’t use this weapon, right?”

“This is too dangerous.”

Wang Dong'er shrank her head and said, "As the owner, you shouldn't be affected by it, right?"

Huo Yuhao shook his head: “No, this information was actually obtained by Gu Yuena and me during the tests. Because her cultivation is much stronger than mine, the effect of the Sin Scythe on her was also weakened accordingly. She fully recovered in less than half a day.”

"And don't worry, the reason why I don't use it right now is that I can't control it yet. Maybe when I create my own godhood and completely control the Judgement Envoy's martial spirit, I will be able to control this ability on my own."

"Well, that's good. Anyway, be careful. I don't want you to become like a stone."

Huo Yuhao smiled and took their hands, one on the left and one on the right: "Let's go, it's time to go back and make breakfast."

"Then I want to eat the buns you made last time. Make a few more baskets!"

"I'll eat you to death, what about you, Qiu'er?"

"Eat meat."

Two days later.

At dinner time, Huo Yuhao, who was eating, suddenly stopped what he was doing and brought up a topic somewhat abruptly.

"Mom, I'm going on a long trip in a few days."

The companions in the Spirit Pagoda have basically been arranged. Except for Zhu Lu, Xiao Xiao and Nan Qiuqiu, whose cultivation has not yet broken through to Soul Emperor and reached the minimum absorption standard of Qiankun Creation Pill, everyone else has successfully broken through to level 70 with the help of the pill and completed the contract with several hundred thousand year old immortal herbs in the undead plane.

Considering that it would be difficult for the remaining three of them to break through in a short period of time, Nan Qiuqiu would not have a suitable soul even if she broke through.

After much thought, Huo Yuhao decided to leave each of them a portion of the Qiankun Creation Pill liquid, and then solve the soul problems of the three people after he returned from the Sun Moon Empire.

Of course, although it is said that everyone else has broken through level 70, because many people, like Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen, have already obtained their own souls, in the past month, only Jiang Nannan and Xu Jiujiu have actually signed a contract with the 100,000-year-old immortal grass.

Among them, the one that signed the soul contract with Xu Jiujiu was the Star Spirit Pearl that Huo Yuhao had promised her was the most suitable for her.

This thing is the same as the Star Crown Martial Soul. Every night, it will strengthen itself by absorbing the power of the stars. After being fused with Xu Jiujiu, they complement each other and are extremely compatible.

In addition, its fruit can also be transformed into a soul core, greatly reducing the difficulty of breaking through to the Titled Douluo in the future.

Based on this point alone, the attraction of Xingluo Lingzhu to Xu Jiujiu is fatal.

After all, auxiliary soul masters often have no better physical fitness than other soul masters, and their mental strength is not too outstanding. This makes them more dangerous than others when condensing their soul cores, and they may die if they are not careful.

When Xu Jiawei made the breakthrough, he made a great determination and paid a considerable price for it.

And now, the appearance of the Xingluo Spirit Pearl has undoubtedly completely solved Xu Jiujiu's worries. Looking at the Xingguan Sect's tens of thousands of years of history, there are not many people who can possess a hundred thousand year soul ring, and she will not only become one of them, but will also become the sect's unprecedented Titled Douluo with three hundred thousand year soul rings.

Upon hearing such breaking news, Xu Jiawei was naturally very excited. He even took time out of his busy schedule to personally visit the Spirit Pagoda, saying that since it was such an honor for his family, he would open a separate page for Xu Jiujiu in the family tree when he returned.

Then there was Jiang Nannan. As for the soul that was suitable for her, Huo Yuhao found it difficult to choose for a while. It was not because there were no suitable ones, but because there were too many suitable ones.

As the owner of the Soft Bone Charm Rabbit martial spirit, except for a few magical herbs, almost every magical herb can enhance Jiang Nannan's abilities, but the problem is that these enhancements are actually not that outstanding.

Finally, after discussing with the immortal herbs, Huo Yuhao came up with two plans, each consisting of two immortal herbs.

One of the options is the combination of the Qiluo tulip and its eight-petal fairy orchid.

Although this combination does not significantly improve physical fitness, it can greatly improve Jiang Nannan's cultivation, training speed, and the effects of several very useful soul skills, allowing her to be more adept while maintaining her original fighting style.

Another option is to combine the Qirong Tongtianju and the Narcissus Jade Muscle and Bone.

Compared to the previous magic herb combination, these two focus more on improving physical fitness. If they are fully absorbed, even as a sensitive attack type, Jiang Nannan will possess physical fitness and strength that surpasses the strong attack type. Although she is not yet able to go head-to-head with Qiu'er of the same level, she is definitely one of the best around.

In this regard, Jiang Nannan chose the first set after some hesitation.

The reason for this choice is that her cultivation has reached the level of Soul Emperor, and she already has six soul rings. Her fighting style has basically been finalized after so many years of precipitation. If she changes her style at will, it will only be counterproductive.

If you think about it carefully, you will understand that even if her physical fitness can catch up with Qiu'er, strong attack soul masters often have many body-enhancing soul skills, which means that she still cannot gain much advantage in terms of strength.

Secondly, with the soul guide tailored for her by Huo Yuhao, she would never lack means of attack. Her soul skills were just the opposite. Not only were each one very useful, but the soul guide was also difficult to replace. This was her real advantage.

"Um……"

Huo Yun'er did not react much to Huo Yuhao's words. After so many years, she had obviously become accustomed to this brat's restless tone. She nodded and asked casually.

"How long will it take?"

Huo Yuhao took a sip of juice and responded carefully: "There are many places to go. I don't know when I can come back... Oh, by the way, Na'er and Gu Yi will go with me."

As soon as they finished speaking, Gu Yuena and Ye Guyi received jealous or envious looks from everyone and instantly became the focus of the dinner table.

As if she sensed that the atmosphere was a little subtle, Huo Yun'er turned her head to look at Gu Yuena, who had remained calm from beginning to end, and Ye Guyi, who could not bear the gazes of the crowd and showed shyness, and chuckled to smooth things over.

"Then I'd like to trouble you two to take care of Yuhao on the way."

"Okay, auntie..."

Ye Guyi's cheeks were slightly red, and he confessed as if a little embarrassed: "Actually, Yuhao usually takes care of me more."

Hearing this, Huo Yun'er revealed a meaningful smile: "Is that so? If he bullies you, just tell me and I will help you."

"OK……"

Ye Guyi's cheeks turned even redder, and he couldn't help but recall the scene that afternoon when Huo Yuhao forced him to make up lessons in the room. His heart was throbbing, and his thighs unconsciously tightened a little.

As she had expected at first, this naturally evil king of evil soul masters obviously approached her with the intention of playing with her feelings.

The purpose is most likely to make her, a person with sacred blood, let down her guard, indulge in desire, and accompany him day and night to create villains!

When she thought about how she had actually fallen to the point where she was defeated by Huo Yuhao's few words and was led by him without knowing what was going on, she felt ashamed and angry.

It was just a surprise attack that caught me off guard.

As long as you prepare yourself in advance next time, you will be able to resist temptation and stick to your heart!

Huo Yuhao had no idea what kind of nonsense Ye Guyi was thinking about, because after he finished speaking, he picked up his bowl and chopsticks and went to the kitchen, ready to reward himself with another bowl of rice.

The energy in his body was close to saturation. Huo Yuhao, who had not used his gluttony origin for a long time, also began to eat less food. In the past, he could barely fill his stomach with a large pot of rice, but now he was full after just three bowls of rice...

Well, there's room here for a little more.

After compacting the rice in the bowl like laying a foundation and adding two spoonfuls of rice on top, Huo Yuhao turned around contentedly, only to run into the black-haired figure walking towards him.

"Hmm? Zhu Lu, do you want more rice too?"

He subconsciously put down his bowl and stretched out his hand to the girl: "Let me help you."

"Forehead……"

Subconsciously glancing at Huo Yuhao's bowl full of rice, Zhu Lu took a half step back hesitantly and refused in an awkward tone.

"No, no need, I can do it myself..."

However, before she could finish her words, the bowl in her hand was taken away.

"Why are you being so polite to me? Seventeen or eighteen years old is a critical period for physical development, especially for a spirit master like you. Your daily energy consumption is much greater than that of other spirit masters. How can you grow if you don't eat more..."

As he spoke, Huo Yuhao followed suit and made the same rice tart for the other person. However, when he noticed from the corner of his eye that Zhu Lu's figure was far better than anyone else's and only inferior to Sister Xiao Tao's, he couldn't utter the rest of the sentence.

Hmm... I feel like... this figure really doesn't need to grow any longer.

No, the reason why Sister Xiao Tao grew so big is because she had a big appetite due to the blessing of the evil fire. But this girl doesn't eat much on weekdays, so how could she be so big...

Could it be that he is secretly giving himself a snack?

Perhaps because she noticed Huo Yuhao's subtle gaze or for some other reason, Zhu Lu blushed and straightened her chest.

"Are you ready?"

"Oh, sorry..."

Huo Yuhao realized belatedly that his behavior seemed a bit impolite. He quickly handed the bowl over and explained apologetically.

"I was thinking of something else."

"oh……"

If it were in the past, Zhu Lu might have just confusedly thanked Huo Yuhao for adding more rice to her meal, and then confusedly walked out of the kitchen, missing the opportunity again.

But this time, the scene of her private chat with Huo Yun'er that night suddenly emerged in her mind. Then, an unknown force suddenly emerged from her heart, prompting her to stop her legs abruptly.

Looking up into Huo Yuhao's eyes, her beautiful eyes suddenly blinked and she asked softly.

"Are you thinking about me?"

"……?"

Huo Yuhao was stunned.

Isn’t this right!?

What on earth happened? Why are you saying these things too?

Not knowing how many good things his mother had done in secret, Huo Yuhao coughed lightly with a somewhat embarrassed look on his face.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Lu seemed to be greatly encouraged by his reaction. She took a few steps forward again and shortened the distance between them.

"That. I actually wanted to say this at the dinner table just now. My cultivation level has successfully broken through two days ago and has reached the standard for absorbing the Qiankun Creation Pill."

She bit her lower lip lightly, trying to straighten her plump chest, and asked in a shy voice.

"Can you, can you help me absorb it tonight?"