Accompanied by the great surprise Huo Yuhao brought, the Holy Ghost Cult rare-ly held a grand banquet amidst cheers and celebrations. As for the still-unconscious Saintess, Ma Xiaotao, she would have to wait until she awakened to make her formal appearance. For now, only the high-ranking members of the Holy Ghost Cult knew of this extra piece of good news.
Of course, amidst the immense surprise of the Holy Son Huo Yuhao's descent, this was automatically filtered out.
The younger generation of evil soul masters mostly had discerning eyes. Even if the current Huo Yuhao, without any attached soul rings, was weak, his immense potential was enough to drive the entire Holy Ghost Cult into a frenzy. Therefore, in the future, any young evil soul master with a brain would spare no effort to curry favor with this new Holy Son.
Looking at the glasses of Bloody Mary on the table, Huo Yuhao felt the urge to vomit. It seemed the Holy Ghost Cult had perfectly inherited the fine traditions of Slaughter City from ten thousand years ago. Drinking too much of this stuff would go to your head; in mild cases, it would affect your sanity, and in severe cases, it would lead to mental derangement. No wonder most of the evil soul masters described in the original novel were so crazy. It seems they drank quite a bit of this stuff!
This was the first time Huo Yuhao had seen a banquet of evil soul masters. It was truly a chaotic dance of demons. People with all sorts of bizarre martial souls gathered together, enjoying this rare moment. In the past, this group of rats that everyone wanted to beat down could now, in this deep and unseen underground world, completely let loose and enjoy life.
Perhaps, as described in the fourth book of Douluo, no one is born an evil soul master; it's just that their special cultivation methods destined them to have an identity different from ordinary people.
However, the crimes they committed could not be forgiven. It was like a person born with a psychological defect; as long as they didn't commit a crime, it was fine, but otherwise, they would face the severe punishment of justice and lifelong imprisonment.
At the banquet, Huo Yuhao also met the disciples of the Holy Ghost Cult who would appear later in the original novel's plot: Ji Li with the Brain Eater Beast martial soul, Wang Xiaolei and Tang Dai with skeleton-type martial souls, Lu Genggeng with the Abomination martial soul, Gu Yu with the Bone Staff martial soul, and Zhongli Wu's direct disciple with the Bone Dragon martial soul, Yan Feng.
Huo Yuhao couldn't refuse their enthusiasm and reluctantly had a few glasses of Bloody Mary with them before leaving the scene on the pretext of feeling unwell. He found a place and threw up spectacularly.
Zhongli Wu had arranged a small, independent loft for him, located in the deepest part of the underground palace. This was, in a way, giving him the greatest security. Even if an evil soul master with ulterior motives wanted to take something from Huo Yuhao, they would have to get past Zhongli Wu and the several great elders first.
Huo Yuhao scanned the area with his powerful spiritual power and found no surveillance in his residence. Only then did he relax slightly. Delving into a place like the Holy Ghost Cult was no different from bargaining with a tiger or dancing ballet on a steel wire. One careless misstep could lead to eternal damnation.
Before this, Huo Yuhao's spiritual power had not yet transformed. If Zhongli Wu had intended to probe his memories, it would have been a major problem. Of course, that would also cause great damage to Huo Yuhao's mind, so after weighing the pros and cons, Zhongli Wu had not done so.
Therefore, the first thing Huo Yuhao did after arriving at his residence was to place an insurance policy on his spiritual sea to prevent the Holy Ghost Cult from possibly spying on his memories in the future.
Although Huo Yuhao had not come into contact with any methods of using spiritual power, the spiritual power of the Spirit Abyss realm could already forcibly perform memory protection. If one day Zhongli Wu and the others were to thoroughly investigate his spiritual sea, then this insurance policy would immediately activate, erasing all traces of his past life's memories. Likewise, Huo Yuhao himself would also lose all memories of his previous life.
This was still much better than letting a terrorist organization like the Holy Ghost Cult directly obtain the full script of the future.
After setting up the insurance for his past life's memories, Huo Yuhao finally let out a long sigh of relief. Next, he just needed to deal with the cultivation methods the Holy Ghost Cult would provide him. As long as he didn't lose his sanity and rationality, whether a person was righteous or evil was still up to his own heart.
"Although my spiritual power has increased a thousand-fold, my physical fitness hasn't changed much," Huo Yuhao said, introspecting and pointing out his most severe current problem. Years of malnutrition had caused his physique to be far inferior to that of soul masters of the same level. This was also the reason why, although Zhongli Wu sensed he had an accumulation of level thirty soul power, on the surface, he could only release the power of a level ten.
Soul power being far inferior to spiritual power would also lead to restrictions on the use of spiritual power. Assuming Huo Yuhao had a skill like Soul Shock now, if he were to use it against a level twenty Great Soul Master, he could at most exert the attack power corresponding to the Spirit Connection realm's spiritual power. Once he used spiritual power that exceeded his physical limits, Huo Yuhao's head would directly explode from the overload.
"I need to improve my physique as soon as possible," Huo Yuhao murmured, clenching his fists.
Creak—
Just then, Huo Yuhao's door opened without warning, and a graceful and beautiful figure appeared in his line of sight.
The visitor was a woman who looked to be in her early twenties. She had long, beautiful black hair that reached her waist, and a stunning figure without a trace of excess fat. She wore dark red eye shadow, and her foxy, enchanting eyes shone with a soul-stirring light. Her luscious, vibrant red lips were slightly parted, inviting endless reverie.
"You are the Holy Son, Huo Yuanjia?" The woman lazily sized up Huo Yuhao, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed. Her heart-stirring voice made even the not-yet-fully-developed Huo Yuhao blush.
"And you are, senior?" Huo Yuhao didn't dare to casually treat the woman before him as someone to be trifled with. An existence that could easily appear in the deepest part of the Holy Spirit Hall, how could she be an easy character to deal with?
"Calling me senior is really too much," the woman said, walking towards Huo Yuhao with great interest. Her pair of round, long legs created a beautiful scene. She bent down slightly, her hands resting lightly on the edge of the bed, her charming eyes like silk threads gaze fixed on him. "I am the first Saintess of the Holy Ghost Cult, Zhongli Yu. And also, your future partner."
Huo Yuhao forcibly suppressed the urge to clap wildly in his heart and awkwardly shifted his body back a little. It was only his first day in the cult, how could someone already be lusting after his body?
"The Saintess is joking..." Huo Yuhao stared blankly at the stunning beauty before him. This was definitely the most beautiful woman he had seen in a long time. It would be a lie to say he wasn't moved, but his current condition didn't allow for it.
Zhongli Yu, Zhongli Wu. Clearly, the woman before him was a direct descendant of the Holy Ghost Cult's leader. In order to completely capture Huo Yuhao's heart, one could say that Zhongli Wu would stop at nothing!
"The Holy Son may not know, but as long as the Holy Son of our cult descends upon the world, then all the Saintesses of our cult are your women," Zhongli Yu bent down slightly again, revealing a beautiful sight. Her hands slowly crawled towards Huo Yuhao, striking a very seductive pose. "Could it be that the Holy Son is not interested in these things?"
"Only... for the Holy Son... you," Zhongli Yu moved closer to Huo Yuhao again. At this moment, their cheeks were only a few feet apart. Huo Yuhao could even smell the intoxicating fragrance from Zhongli Yu's breath.
"No, no, I can't..." Huo Yuhao was about to retreat again, only to find that he had already been backed against the wall. Just as he was about to turn sideways to avoid her, Zhongli Yu raised her hand and grabbed his cheek. The next moment, he felt a moist softness on his lips, blocking all the words he wanted to say.
Huo Yuhao's eyes widened. He wanted to release his Spirit Eyes martial soul, but he was forcibly suppressed by Zhongli Yu's powerful soul power. Immediately after, he felt a small snake invade his mouth, carrying an intoxicating fragrance, acting wantonly.
In this extremely intoxicating atmosphere, Huo Yuhao felt his consciousness gradually fading. In the end, he finally realized that this was a method of the Holy Ghost Cult, but as a virgin in two lifetimes, he would still unswervingly accept the Holy Ghost Cult's conspiracy and face the challenge head-on!
The Holy Ghost Cult's Saintess has no martial virtue! She came to trick and sneak attack me! Is this good? This is very good. Come again next time...
Feeling Huo Yuhao's breathing as he fell into a deep sleep, Zhongli Yu, her face flushed, finally let go of him. Huo Yuhao's spiritual power intensity was truly unexpected, and it had taken her quite some time. Even for her, this was the first time she had performed this technique.
The purpose was to plant the Holy Ghost Cult's unique brand within Huo Yuhao's body. This brand would evolve as Huo Yuhao grew stronger in the future. No matter what Huo Yuhao did, Zhongli Yu and the others could determine his life or death with a single thought.
"How did it go?" Zhongli Wu's figure had appeared in the room at some point, and he asked with a blank expression.
"Grandfather, Yu'er succeeded," Zhongli Yu immediately straightened her clothes and bowed upon hearing his words. At this moment, her exquisite cheeks still carried a faint flush. She hadn't expected that boy to actually dare to get handsy with her; now, her beautiful skin was covered in scratch marks.
"Whether he can be made to genuinely devote himself to our cult is up to you. Do your best to make him fall at your feet," Zhongli Wu nodded, as if giving an unimportant order. "The Holy Son's martial soul is spiritual-type. Unless absolutely necessary, the cult does not wish for him to become a walking corpse."
"Yu'er understands," Zhongli Yu replied.
Zhongli Wu didn't say anything more. He was also having people collect information about Huo Yuhao. Every soul master has a file in the empire from when they awaken their martial soul. Even if Huo Yuhao had flattened the Duke's Mansion, he couldn't erase what was on record.
Only after confirming Huo Yuhao's true identity and background could Zhongli Wu feel completely at ease to use the full power of the cult to help Huo Yuhao become a god.
As the saying goes, just when you think there is no path, a village appears amidst the shade of willows and brightness of flowers. Zhongli Wu and Huo Yuhao would never have guessed that back then, in order to hide Huo Yuhao's existence, the Duchess had personally used her royal connections to change Huo Yuhao's origin to that of a servant's son. Who knows if this could be considered indirectly providing the person she hated the most with a perfect cover identity?