WHAT IF ..... Soul Land 2

Chapter 5.4: First Glimpse Through The Gate (*nothing changed)

The reason that Tang Ya and Bei Bei had entered the Great Star Dou Forest from the south was because the surrounding area had a relatively low number of strong soul beasts.

Because Shrek Academy frequently had students who'd enter the Great Star Dou Forest to kill soul beasts, they were utterly hated by the expert soul beasts within. So much so, that a large number of soul beasts had charged out of the forest, creating a major event known as a 'beast wave', which had gone towards Shrek Academy.

Because of this, every single person within the academy below the Soul King rank was prohibited from entering the Great Star Dou Forest from the entrance closest to the academy. Even if one were a Soul King expert, he'd still need a teacher guiding him to be able to enter.

The three of them hurried towards Shrek Academy, but the speed of their advance wasn't considered quick, since they had to circle around the Great Star Dou Forest. Thus, they had to travel nearly a thousand miles.

During their journey, Tang Ya and Bei Bei imparted the absolute techniques of the Tang Sect to him. Of them, the techniques that Huo Yuhao comprehended the most where the Mysterious Heaven Technique and the Purple Demon Eyes. As for the Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Tracks, and Mysterious Jade Hands techniques, he'd only just taken his first glimpse through the gate.

Huo Yuhao's diligence had deeply stunned Tang Ya and Bei Bei. He, who was only eleven, didn't forget to cultivate even as they travelled. When Bei Bei told him that he could slightly increase his soulforce by continuously using his soul skills, Huo Yuhao unceasingly used his Spiritual Detection Sharing as long as he could. And the second that he started to rest, he'd immediately start cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Technique. As they continued on with their journey, he even split his attention, releasing his soul skills while simultaneously pondering the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Tracks, Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, and Mysterious Jade Hands.

Because Huo Yuhao took a long time to cultivate the Mysterious Heaven Technique, their speed towards Shrek Academy was slowed down. However, Bei Bei and Tang Ya didn't rush him; they even increased their cultivation time under his impetus.

"Xiao Ya, with your talent, if you had even half of my junior brother's diligence, I predict that you would've long surpassed me." Bei Bei said as he looked towards Huo Yuhao, who was currently sitting cross-legged under a large tree, his attention focused on cultivating.

Tang Ya curled her lips and said, "Are even you that diligent? It's not like even you can compare with little Yuhao. However, he seems to be hiding something within his heart. It's this secret that pushes him to be so hard working. However, I don't know if that's a good or thing, a bad thing."

Bei Bei smiled slightly as he stated, "Having a target is never a bad thing. Furthermore, he's still young, so his heart will eventually open up as we secretly influence him. Currently, the most important thing for him is breaking through to rank thirty before the age of twenty."

At this moment, Huo Yuhao had awakened from his meditation. A faint white stream of air swirled around his mouth and nose, and a golden light flickered through his clear eyes the instant he opened them. His Spirit Eyes seemed to have become even more penetrating.

Admittedly, the reason that Huo Yuhao diligently cultivated was to become an outstanding person. However, the most important thing for him right now was to comprehend the new experiences he'd acquired from switching to the Mysterious Heaven Technique.

With Bei Bei and Tang Ya's help, his physique had improved by a certain amount. The Mysterious Heaven Technique was truly a considerably outstanding technique; they'd already been travelling for four days straight, thus the total amount of time that he'd cultivated the Mysterious Heaven Technique was also four days long. During the past four days, the soulforce in his body had already transformed into the soulforce cultivated by the Mysterious Heaven Technique. The impure and chaotic soulforce in his body was gradually purified during the transformation process. Every time he finished cultivating, his entire body would experience a warm feeling that led to an unspeakable amount of comfort; its recovery effects were even better than that of sleeping.

Although his total amount of soulforce hadn't increased by much, Huo Yuhao could clearly feel the changes that had occurred in his body, as well as the qualitative change his soulforce had gone through after transforming into the pure soulforce of the Mysterious Heaven Technique.

This was the first time in his life of cultivation that such a clear improvement had occurred, so how could he not be assiduous and diligent?

"Little Yuhao, you can't always be working so hard. You should take a rest when you need to. If not, won't you become a blockhead after a while?" Tang Ya said seriously.

Huo Yuhao nodded and said, "Yes, Teacher Xiao Ya."

Tang Ya giggled as she said, "Don't be so honest and obedient, okay? It's really boring. Alright, let's go, we've almost reached the academy. You've been immersed in cultivation the past few days, so I didn't get the chance to tell you about some things that you need to pay attention to inside of the academy. You've taken a break at just the right time, so relax your mind for a bit and listen."