Little Silver's cultivation age had already reached eight thousand years before; this time, it took Huo Yuhao only one day to formally evolve it into a ten thousand year spirit soul!
However, Huo Yuhao did not cultivate spirit power or improve his combat skills afterward; instead, he ran to the Spirit Ascension Platform almost every day.
Little Silver didn't need energy to increase its spirit soul age anymore, but that gray bead in his spiritual sea did.
Yet, this mysterious bead was like an insatiable abyss. Over the past half month, the energy Huo Yuhao brought back from hunting spirit beasts in the Spirit Ascension Platform would have been enough to forcibly push a hundred-year spirit soul to the hundred-thousand-year realm!
Nevertheless, the bead remained completely motionless.
Not a single ripple appeared on its dull gray surface; it merely swallowed everything in silence, stingy about giving any response.
Huo Yuhao, however, was not discouraged in the slightest. He had already made up his mind that until his next transmigration, his daily trips to the Spirit Ascension Platform would be unshakeable.
He wanted to see just how large the appetite of this mysterious gray bead truly was.
Heaven does not betray those who are diligent; under Huo Yuhao's persistence, results finally appeared.
On the nineteenth day.
When a roaring thousand-year Purple Shadow Leopard collapsed after being killed by Huo Yuhao, transforming into pure purple energy that drilled into his spiritual sea and was swallowed by the gray bead...
The gray bead, which had always been like a dead object, lit up with an extremely faint milky-white light.
Immediately following that, an aged yet gentle voice rang out clearly and directly within Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea.
Good child... that is enough!
Huo Yuhao, who was just about to move and find his next target, stiffened and stopped his movements.
He instantly withdrew all his outward-projected aura, and his consciousness sank directly into his spiritual sea.
In the center of the spiritual world, the scene was already different.
The gray bead that had been silent for so long was now emitting a warm, faint glow, like an awakening star.
Above the bead, light and shadow intertwined as a figure shifted from illusory to solid, quietly condensing.
It was an old man dressed in a white robe. His figure was slightly ethereal, yet he possessed a calm and steady temperament like a deep pool or a high mountain peak.
His face was lean and his eyes were deep, as if he had witnessed the rise and fall of countless civilizations and the rotation of the stars.
A peaceful smile hung on his face—a smile that carried the wisdom of someone who had seen through the world, along with a hint of undisguised gratification toward the youth before him.
He gazed at Huo Yuhao and nodded slightly, his voice gentle and clear, echoing directly in every corner of the spiritual world.
Child, thank you.
Without your continuous infusion of energy over these nearly twenty days, this remnant soul of mine would likely have slept for much longer.
Little Silver did not cause trouble this time. Its giant silver pupils carried an unprecedented solemnity and a bit of awe as it floated quietly.
After all, this old man's appearance gave off a mysterious and powerful feeling at first glance, looking much stronger than the million-year spirit beast, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm.
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm also stayed obediently to the side; it knew that Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea had long ceased to be a place where it could act without restraint.
Huo Yuhao suppressed the shock in his heart and looked at the figure, asking respectfully, Senior, this junior is Huo Yuhao. I wonder... how should I address you?
This old man was very likely the mysterious teacher mentioned vaguely in the history books who had taught him necromancy.
The smile on the white-robed old man's face deepened slightly, and his gaze grew even gentler.
He spoke slowly, My name is... Electrolux.
You may simply call me Elder Yi.
While Huo Yuhao was still organizing his words, thinking about what to say next, Electrolux spoke first.
To be able to travel through ten thousand years of time and space... this is the mighty power of a god!
Electrolux also mastered time magic, so he naturally knew how much power was required to make someone travel through ten thousand years of time; this was absolutely not something achievable by human strength.
Huo Yuhao's heart shook violently; he hadn't expected Electrolux to reveal his greatest secret the moment he spoke.
At this time, Electrolux's gentle voice rang out again.
No need to be surprised, child.
Although I fell into a slumber before, my perception of the outside world was not completely closed off.
Regarding his ability to travel through time and space, Huo Yuhao had only been curious at the very beginning and hadn't looked deeply into the issue since then.
He asked, Elder Yi, do you know the reason why I traveled back ten thousand years?
The reason?
Electrolux slowly shook his head, but just as a flash of disappointment crossed Huo Yuhao's eyes, he spoke again: Although the specific reason is unclear, the answer lies deep within your spiritual sea.
He slowly raised his right hand and pointed directly behind Huo Yuhao.
What?!
Huo Yuhao's whole body shook. He whipped his head around, following the direction Electrolux pointed, looking back at his own spiritual world.
His spiritual sea was already extremely vast, but in the distant edges, it was shrouded in a blanket of white mist.
The mist was not physical, yet it blocked all investigation.
Once his mental force tentacles extended there, it was like a clay ox entering the sea; he could perceive no information, only a void of emptiness and the unknown.
Although this was Huo Yuhao's own spiritual sea, his mental force was, after all, only at the Spirit Sea Realm.
Whereas Electrolux, even if he was currently just a remnant soul, possessed mental force at the level of divine sense; he could naturally sense much more.
Seeing Huo Yuhao's contemplative gaze, Electrolux smiled and said, Don't think too much. Once your mental force improves in the future, perhaps you will be able to know the reason for all this!
After a moment, he slowly withdrew his gaze.
He forced himself to suppress the surging curiosity in his heart, temporarily sealing away these mysteries that far exceeded his current scope of understanding.
He refocused his attention on the illusory figure before him and asked respectfully, Elder Yi, since you have awakened, in the future... will you still need to continue absorbing energy from this Spirit Ascension Platform?
Electrolux smiled slightly and waved his hand, No need. Now that I am awake, this energy is to me like clear water to a person with a full stomach—no longer of much use.
His gaze seemed to penetrate Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea once again, casting toward the outside world's virtual forest constructed by soul tool technology.
This place is quite interesting. Despite being an illusory creation, every plant, tree, and flow of energy is constructed so exquisitely and realistically that it's almost indistinguishable from the real thing... Hmm?
Electrolux's words paused slightly, and a very faint light flashed in his eyes that were as deep as the starry sky.
Interesting... this construction principle seems to be mixed with a trace of magic.
Elder Yi, what is this magic you speak of?
Huo Yuhao caught this unfamiliar term and couldn't help but ask.
Electrolux's attention fully returned to Huo Yuhao, and he said frankly, Child, I am not a person of this world, but from another world.
Another world?!
Huo Yuhao's heart shook violently, and his pupils contracted slightly.
But he was, after all, a youth with some experience; after a brief shock, his expression quickly returned to calm.
Electrolux continued, Magic is a system belonging to the world I am from.
In your world, the foundation seems to be this energy called spirit power.
But I didn't expect that in the creations of this place, I would actually glimpse traces of the conceptual framework of magic.
The speaker may have been casual, but the listener's heart was already tossed by giant waves!
Huo Yuhao's mind raced at an unprecedented speed, beginning a brainstorm.
Electrolux was very likely that mysterious teacher of his recorded in history.
He mastered a power system called magic that originated from another world.
And now, in the construction of the Spirit Ascension Platform, the power of so-called magic seemed to have been used.
So what Huo Yuhao was thinking now was whether the Spirit Pagoda he established ten thousand years ago was completed with the assistance of this teacher, Electrolux.
It seemed that only this could explain why the construction concept of the Spirit Ascension Platform would have a connection with magic!
Huo Yuhao felt that he had seen the truth!
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