Gold, still gold.
When Huo Yuhao's soul returned and his consciousness cleared, he discovered that his soul power itself had undergone a change, moreover gaining an additional layer of bizarre radiance. This bizarre radiance was dreamlike and illusory, presenting a blend of black and white interwoven within his original soul power.
Generally speaking, his soul power had already turned pale gold, and outside this pale gold soul power, there was an extra layer of faint light membrane.
This layer of light membrane was composed of black and white. After gaining this light membrane, Huo Yuhao was astonished to find that the quality of his soul power had become even more noble, filled with a bizarre fluctuation. This fluctuation was related to the soul, seemingly completely fused with his spiritual power and spiritual sense. In other words, his spiritual power, soul power, and spiritual sense seemed to no longer be separate from one another, becoming the same type of power. Looking at it this way, the black-and-white light membrane wrapped around his soul power was probably "Divinity, huh—" Huo Yuhao muttered aloud.
And right at this time, the seven great soul spirits in his Spiritual Sea also sensed the return of Huo Yuhao's soul, immediately becoming excited. The little anxiety they held also dissipated into nothingness at this moment!
"Yuhao! You're finally back!"
In a world-shaking turn, just as Huo Yuhao's consciousness was pulled into the Spiritual Sea and before he could even react, a chubby, white figure suddenly darted over and crashed into his embrace.
"Ouch— Brother Tianmeng, what's wrong with you?"
The familiar soul aura made Huo Yuhao choose not to resist, instead letting Brother Tianmeng hug him. However, the hug lasted less than three seconds before Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was directly hooked up by the Ice Empress's scorpion tail, hanging in mid-air like a slab of hung fat meat.
"Why are you so excited!? Do you want to 'crush' Yuhao to death!?" No matter how much Tianmeng Ice Silkworm begged for mercy, the Ice Empress still ruthlessly swung him around, only putting Tianmeng down and saving his face when the remaining five great soul spirits gathered.
But everyone knew the situation between the two. Tianmeng had long lost all face in front of everyone!
After a round of greetings, the seven great soul spirits unanimously fell silent. They looked at Huo Yuhao face to face, and ultimately, it was Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, the most senior "big brother," who spoke: "Yuhao, did you see a god?"
Huo Yuhao didn't ask how Tianmeng Ice Silkworm and the others knew. Facing the expectant, or rather hopeful, gazes of the seven great soul spirits, he nodded without the slightest hesitation, and then said: "Everyone, I succeeded!"
Six simple words, yet the information they revealed was massive! In an instant, a feeling of enduring hardship to finally taste sweetness welled up in the hearts of the seven great soul spirits. This was especially true for Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, followed by the Ice Empress.
Who could know the excitement in their hearts?!
For example, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm: Back then, in order to escape from fierce beasts like Di Tian, and to allow himself to continue living, he sought out a Huo Yuhao who couldn't be any weaker. At that time, even he felt the odds were slim. But who would have thought that they were actually about to succeed now!
Or the Ice Empress: Back then, facing her 400,000-year heavenly tribulation with absolutely no hope of surviving it, she could only take a huge gamble when Tianmeng Ice Silkworm brought Huo Yuhao. And now, it had actually come true!
In human terms, it was like using a single copper soul coin as starting capital, only to end up earning ten billion gold soul coins!
As for the other five great soul spirits, they weren't exceptions either. But fortunately, when they joined, even for the earliest, Ali, Huo Yuhao's talent was already very, very strong.
Therefore, compared to Tianmeng and the Ice Empress, they were mostly just excited for him, without much of a feeling of having endured hardship to taste sweetness.
Under this emotion, even Huo Yuhao was not exempt. Moreover, Dong'er's safety had gained another layer of solid guarantee. Coupled with the appearance of the divine throne, the agreement between himself, Brother Tianmeng, and the others could be fulfilled. It seemed everything was starting to become wonderful!
"Right, I need to tell Brother Junting this news." After the joy passed, Huo Yuhao suddenly reacted.
At this, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm and the others didn't mind. Because in their eyes, Yuhao's big brother and the sect he belonged to were also great contributors! Without him and his sect, the probability of Yuhao obtaining a divine throne would probably be thirty to forty percent lower.
Thus, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, who was currently in a state of gleeful silliness, waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "Go on, go on."
In the outside world at this moment, just as Huo Yuhao opened his eyes, he saw Brother Junting's gaze landing on him, a smile showing on the corner of his mouth.
Just a moment ago, the instant Huo Yuhao's soul returned, it was detected by Electrolux. And at the same time he noticed this, Electrolux also informed him of a piece of news that was within Chen Junting's expectations: Huo Yuhao had the seed of divinity.
This undoubtedly indicated the God of Emotions' choice.
"Brother Junting, sorry. I just—"
"What is there to apologize for? It's just human nature." Although he had waited for a while, Chen Junting didn't mind.
As he said, after Huo Yuhao obtained a divine throne, wasn't it completely normal for him and his seven great soul spirits to be happy?
But since the happiness that should be had was over, they had to discuss a rather unpleasant matter.
"Did you tell Senior Emotions about Dong'er's matter?"
As the smile slowly retracted, silence became the main theme. After briefly organizing his thoughts, Huo Yuhao recounted the conversation he had with Rong Nianbing at that time to Chen Junting word for word.
"Brother Junting, Tang San has managed his image in the God Realm very well. Even Senior Emotions doesn't really believe what I said."
"It's normal for his image to be good. It would be strange if his image was bad." Chen Junting's expression remained as usual, not surprised at all.
A hypocrite always has to mind their own image. He had to admit, among all the people in his memory, when it came to a hypocrite who could manage their image flawlessly to the point of making people completely convinced, Tang San was indeed one of the best.
This point couldn't be denied. After all, in the Douluo plane, Tang San was the savior; and in the God Realm, Tang San was a God King wholly devoted to the God Realm. Even when the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction fell into slumber at the end, the God of Destruction, who was not on the same path as Tang San, ultimately chose to believe him; as for the establishment of the Great God Circle and what happened after, let alone mention it!
Tang San possessed a completely grand, glorious, and righteous image! With this kind of management, how could you make Rong Nianbing believe your one-sided words? Even if you were the successor he selected, it wouldn't work.
But fortunately—
"But no matter what, he still chose to believe. Even if this choice of belief isn't much in his heart. Isn't that right?"
Chen Junting sat cross-legged on the ground, his fingers tapping his knee.
"Hmm?" Hearing this, Huo Yuhao was slightly taken aback.
But soon, he reacted. This was true; after all, wasn't his original purpose to achieve this?
Wait a minute—that's not what I meant!
Realizing that Brother Junting seemed to have misunderstood his meaning, Huo Yuhao hurriedly spoke up. "Brother Junting, I mean—"
"I know, I know." A hand suddenly reached out, stopping his anxiousness.
"You're thinking about what we should do after we become gods and enter the God Realm, facing a God King with such a 'grand, glorious, and righteous' image. Right?"
Seeing Huo Yuhao nod, Chen Junting also understood his worry. After all, no matter what, the two sides would eventually clash. This final confrontation would eventually be brought out into the open in the God Realm.
But when the time came... In terms of justice, Tang San was a God King of the God Realm Committee; in terms of reasoning, the image Tang San built wasn't so easy to break; in terms of strength, this was still uncertain. But his forces would absolutely be much larger than theirs when they first entered the God Realm!
"Pat pat—"
Seeing Huo Yuhao's brows furrowed so tightly they looked like a twisted pretzel, Chen Junting unhurriedly patted his shoulder, telling him not to be anxious. "This matter is still far off. Why are you worrying about it now?"
This interjection made Huo Yuhao's brows relax.
Meeting his slightly peculiar gaze, Chen Junting's relaxed demeanor remained undiminished. "The most important thing for you right now is to pass the remaining trials, then wholeheartedly raise your strength and inherit the divine throne."
"As for the rest..."
The hand originally patting Huo Yuhao's shoulder suddenly pressed down heavily. "Didn't that Senior God of Emotions tell you? He told you not to worry about matters in the God Realm, and that he will escort and protect you."
"To put it a bit harshly, when we aren't gods, we aren't even on the same level, just like a chess player and a chess piece. How can a chess piece play chess against a chess player? You're not qualified! You know?"
This was the absolute truth! Like a sledgehammer, it instantly knocked Huo Yuhao awake!
Seeing this, Chen Junting nodded in satisfaction.
Brushing the sand off his buttocks, he slowly stood up. "Since what we wanted to do is done, then next is your trials. Let's go, follow me back to get a good night's rest first. Tomorrow, we'll continue the special training."
"Alright!" Huo Yuhao didn't hesitate, directly standing up.
So next, the two returned to the Sea God family.
"We're back."
In the hotel's lounge, only Gu Tianchen and the others were present. When they heard this familiar voice, they immediately looked toward it.
"You're back."
After a simple greeting, everyone sat down.
After Gu Tianchen and Wang Dong'er each poured a cup of tea and placed them in front of Chen Junting and Huo Yuhao respectively, Wu Feng leaned in with a curious face. "Sword jerk, where did you take my little brother just now? You guys were gone for a full two and a half hours."
"So it's been that long." Picking up the teacup and taking a shallow sip, Chen Junting's tone seemed nonchalant.
"You bastard—"
Clearly, Wu Feng was not satisfied with Chen Junting's answer. But she roughly guessed his thoughts; it was mostly related to Yuhao, and whether to speak of it was up to Yuhao to decide.
Thus, she cast an inquiring gaze toward Huo Yuhao. This time, without even needing to ask, Huo Yuhao gave half the answer. "Actually, my current situation is the same as Dong'er's."
The same as Wang Dong'er? For a moment, everyone didn't react.
"Hiss—" Suddenly, Dugu Xin drew in a breath of cold air, drawing everyone's attention. He stared blankly at Huo Yuhao's glabella, looking left and right, seemingly unable to draw a conclusion.
This time, everyone also understood. Bei Bei directly widened his eyes, saying in horror: "Yuhao, are you saying that just like Dong'er, you've obtained a divine inheritance!?"
Huo Yuhao didn't speak, only nodding continuously.
At this moment, the look of shock in Bei Bei's eyes lingered for a long time. The same was true for He Caitou. The others, however, were much better off than the two of them.
"What's so shocking about this." Ma Xiaotao was better off than being "shocked." After restraining her surprise, she expressed her views nonchalantly.
"Everyone knows that Yuhao's talent and strength are even above Dong'er's. Since Dong'er could gain the favor of Ancestor Tang San, then it's not impossible for Yuhao to be favored by other gods."
In a word: unexpected, but reasonable. This view matched almost everyone's opinion.
"I—" Bei Bei only spat out one word, then under the silence and after exchanging a glance with He Caitou, he shook his head with a slight bitterness at the corner of his mouth.
Was he shocked because of this? No! He also knew that Yuhao had this ability.
But as the next Pavilion Master of the Sea God Pavilion, he had to consider the interests of Shrek Academy. Now, Dong'er had the Sea God's inheritance, but she could at most be considered one-third a person of Shrek Academy, not even a quarter or less. As for Huo Yuhao, he currently didn't have much of a relationship with Shrek Academy either. But looking at the two of them on the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's side?
Huo Yuhao was a pure member of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect! As for Wang Dong'er, she was Huo Yuhao's lover. As long as no accidents happened in the future, the two would definitely be together. By then, Wang Dong'er could be considered half or even more of a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect member.
In addition, there were quite a few geniuses with potential in the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. If they became gods, these geniuses might all have a chance. If they succeeded, Shrek Academy's prestige in the future would undoubtedly decline to its lowest point compared to ten thousand years ago.
He had it tough! But public was public, and private was private. On this point, Bei Bei distinguished it very clearly. So, amidst everyone's congratulations, he similarly congratulated Huo Yuhao.
Besides that, Huo Yuhao's encounter this time also aroused a fiery hotness in everyone's hearts, or rather, their competitive spirit!
Everyone considered themselves not weak, and no one wanted to fall behind others! Gaining a god's favor and finally becoming a god, everyone wanted to give it a try!
However, before gaining a god's favor, they still had to pass the remaining trials, which was the final test bestowed upon them by the Sea God.
"Old Chen (Junting / Brother Junting), please instruct us!"
"Sure thing."
So after this, when Huo Yuhao and the other eleven faced Chen Junting, it was two fights a day, with all kinds of methods emerging one after another. Chen Junting's attitude also became increasingly serious. From the initial playful banter, it turned into Huo Yuhao and the others feeling like they were facing a real examiner, and even the attacks in his hands became increasingly piercing and severe.
For a time, it made everyone suffer terribly. But even so, not a single person complained, and they all persevered.
Soon, time passed just like this. Just as the deadline for their sixth trial was about to arrive, in the God Realm at this moment, Rong Nianbing had also sought out Tang San.
"Lord Sea God, the God of Emotions requests an audience regarding a matter."
At this moment, the Sea God, who was currently handling God Realm affairs, suddenly had a flash of brilliance in his eyes. "Oh? Then let him in."
Saying this, his entire person slowly stood up. With a simple adjustment, he looked immensely majestic.
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