Chapter 82: Ji Juechen
Inside the Sun Moon Royal Academy, the young man looked at the youth with a slightly dazed expression.
"You mean you can help me improve my potential and my insights into the sword, and the only price is joining an organization that maintains the continent?"
Huo Yuhao nodded and gestured for Ji Juechen to follow him.
No one is born Trash; everyone has one area they excel in the most.
So-called Trash are merely geniuses who haven't found the right direction, or perhaps just a pity of being born at the wrong time.
Ji Juechen was a representative of this; his talent for cultivating Soul Power was truly poor, but his comprehension of the sword was extremely high.
With an Innate Soul Power of only Rank 3, he relied on the Opportunity of Extra-Terran Meteorite Iron and his pure insights into the sword to forcefully Cultivate to Rank 60 at this age without consuming any Medicinal Pills.
It was a pity he was born in the Douluo World; if he were in the Immortal Realm, he would have at least been a Sword Immortal.
Huo Yuhao's Aura surged rapidly. After sensing the momentum and intent within it, Ji Juechen made his decision immediately.
"Then let's go, Pavilion Master Huo. I think I agree to join your organization."
With a sweep of his Divine Sense, Huo Yuhao brought Ji Juechen back to his dormitory building.
Relying on his powerful mental force, Huo Yuhao was like a fish in water at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy; no one could control him.
After sensing another intense fluctuation near Huo Yuhao, Mirror Hongchen took a sip of water with a distressed expression.
Ever since this Sea Gods Pavilion Master arrived, he would disappear from time to time, and today he didn't even try to hide his contact with Ji Juechen.
However, the situation was out of his control. Mirror Hongchen could only let out a heavy sigh and continue watching Huo Yuhao act willfully.
In fact, this situation was considered good; Huo Yuhao disappearing without a word was what truly shook the Capital City.
After Huo Yuhao vanished while strolling through the streets last night, the entire Capital City was under martial law all night.
Whether it was the old emperor or the Crown Prince, both stayed awake all night, fearing that Huo Yuhao might suddenly strike them out of the blue.
Even Mirror Hongchen felt very uneasy because he realized the stakes on both sides were not equal.
No matter what Shrek Academy did here, Huo Yuhao could easily lead them to evacuate.
But it was different for Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen; if they truly acted willfully, they would be caught the very next day for what they did.
The assassination originally planned for Shrek Academy's retreat route was even more of a joke.
It would be a great stroke of luck for them if Huo Yuhao could leave the Capital City peacefully. Assassinating other students? Did they think the old emperor had been sick for too long and had started wasting medicinal ingredients?
Unlike Mirror Hongchen, Crown Prince Xu Tianran was practically trembling with fear.
Others might not notice an ordinary bar sinking a few meters, but he was in close cooperation with the Holy Spirit Cult.
After Zhongli Wu told him that the Holy Spirit Cult's strongholds in the Capital City had been wiped out, Crown Prince Xu Tianran was so terrified he didn't sleep at all after midnight.
Huo Yuhao's ability to find Evil Soul Masters was like having a god's eye view; Crown Prince Xu Tianran was terrified he would follow Zhongli Wu's trail and find him.
Secondly, Huo Yuhao's power was too terrifying. He killed nearly ten Spirit Douluos and wiped out almost three hundred Evil Soul Masters yesterday, yet not a single trace was detected.
Crown Prince Xu Tianran had originally planned to set up a scenario where he went out, giving the Douluo Three Kingdoms a chance to assassinate him, while burying dozens of Class 9 Spirit Tool Shells nearby.
As long as Huo Yuhao appeared for the assassination, he would give him a big surprise.
But looking at it now, people might die in the trap without anyone knowing. If the battle traces of a Spirit Douluo could be hidden seamlessly, the same might be true for assassinating him.
Huo Yuhao didn't know he had nearly scared Crown Prince Xu Tianran into seeing his life flash before his eyes last night; at this moment, he was expanding his Divine Sense, pulling Ji Juechen into the restricted area.
"Brother Ji, I won't dally with you. Sign this contract, and let's begin the Spirit Ascension."
Ji Juechen took the contract, gave it a brief look, and signed his name using his mental force.
A massive metal circular platform appeared once again. After Huo Yuhao tossed him onto it, he slapped the button.
"Name: Ji Juechen; Soul Power Rank: 65; mental force: Spirit Abyss Realm; Physical Strength: Rank 75; Meridian Strength: Rank 68; Intermediate Martial Soul: Sword; Illumination Level: 100%."
Huo Yuhao was somewhat stunned by these stats.
To be honest, if it weren't for the cheats of this era, people like Ji Juechen and Kong Deming would probably be the protagonists of this age.
This was the first time Huo Yuhao had seen a Soul Master who pushed their Martial Soul's Illumination Level to 100% solely through their own understanding of it.
It was because this crappy Martial Soul was too ordinary. Based on Huo Yuhao's estimation and experience, this sword might have even been an Elementary Martial Soul originally, only strengthening into an Intermediate Martial Soul by absorbing Soul Rings.
Ji Juechen ranking up with such a Martial Soul was truly a life-and-death struggle, no different from letting an ordinary zoo monkey trade a blow with the Great Sage.
Huo Yuhao noted that the mental force of Soul Masters in the Sun Moon Empire was generally high.
Xuan Ziwen's was due to the mental force improvement from engraving spirit tools, while Ji Juechen's was from his understanding of sword momentum.
Energy rose from beneath the Spirit Ascension Platform toward the top again, and Ji Juechen's Soul Rings began to transform.
In less than two hours, the six Soul Rings—two yellow, two purple, and two black—all turned black.
Ji Juechen was also somewhat shocked. Despite the Sun Moon Empire's customary stoic personality, he showed a somewhat strange expression of surprise.
Unlike Xuan Ziwen, who was stuck at his Rank limit, Ji Juechen's Soul Power Rank also saw a certain increase after the Spirit Ascension.
His Soul Power Rank reached 68, and his meridian and Physical Strength also increased slightly. Most importantly, his Martial Soul finally upgraded to an Advanced Martial Soul.
Although it was among the weakest of the Advanced Martial Souls, it finally cleared the restrictions before becoming a Titled Douluo.
After all, according to Huo Yuhao's observations, a Soul Master who doesn't reach 40% illumination of an Advanced Martial Soul cannot become a Titled Douluo.
Even if their Soul Power reaches Rank 89 and their mental force meets the standard, if their physical and Meridian Strength don't meet the minimum requirements, their Martial Soul won't be able to withstand the feedback of becoming a Titled Douluo.
Therefore, at Rank 80, if the Martial Soul hasn't evolved into an Advanced Martial Soul or the Illumination Level hasn't reached 40%, one might as well give up.
Except for Immortal Herbs, there is no hope; the upper limit is stuck. This is different from the Bottlenecks after Rank 95, which are mostly limited by mental force.
That can be improved at any time, but before the birth of Spirit Ascension, once Soul Rings were absorbed, they were truly fixed.
Therefore, Huo Yuhao felt that even with just one Spirit Ascension Platform, the future recruitment process for the Spirit Pagoda wouldn't be too troublesome.
The moment his Martial Soul evolved into an Advanced Martial Soul, Ji Juechen suddenly felt different, and his insights into his own Martial Soul improved further.
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