Chapter 57: Condensing the Soul Core
Huo Yuhao's current speed in crafting Two-Word Battle Armor was extremely fast, so he could indeed reach an agreement with the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School.
"We can, but I have already made a deal with the Star Luo Emperor. The first batch of Battle Armor will likely need to be supplied to the Star Luo Imperial Family first."
Seeing the somewhat serious expression on Huo Yuhao's face, Ning Tian knew that continuing to speak would likely not change the order of Battle Armor transactions.
However, the pressure from her Sect was truly immense, demanding that she exert all her effort to acquire the first batch of Battle Armor. This left Ning Tian with no choice but to reluctantly tempt him, saying:
"The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School can offer Pavilion Master Huo double the rare metals. No matter how much the Star Luo Imperial Family adds, we are willing to pay double."
"You also know that our Sect consists of support system Spirit Masters, and our self-preservation ability is not strong. With the current turbulent situation on the continent, we urgently need Battle Armor to protect our Sect."
Huo Yuhao's expression remained unchanged; he merely shook his head slightly, politely declining Ning Tian's request.
"Since I have already promised the Star Luo Emperor, it is impossible for me to change my mind overnight. There is no need to discuss this matter further; there is no room for negotiation."
Upon hearing this, Ning Tian sighed slightly. From her perspective, based on all the negotiation skills she had learned, her words just now would likely cause some displeasure to this Pavilion Master, which was truly harmful and not beneficial.
However, a negotiator ultimately had to act according to the interests of their negotiating party, and she had no better solution.
"In that case, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School hopes to be the purchaser of the second batch of Battle Armor. These are the rare metals for purchasing the Battle Armor. I wonder if Pavilion Master Huo can agree?"
Huo Yuhao took the rare metals and nodded. The current amount of rare metals was already sufficient just for crafting Battle Armor.
However, if he wanted to craft soul-guided cannons and mechs above level ten in the future, it would still be far from enough. Huo Yuhao naturally accepted all offers for now.
"No problem. After the second batch of Two-Word Battle Armor is completed, I will deliver it directly to you in the outer court. If there's nothing else, I still have some soul-guided experiments to do."
Ning Tian sensed Huo Yuhao's intention to see her off. With a slight apology, she bowed to Huo Yuhao again, then she and Elder Lin departed.
Huo Yuhao then went to greet Mu En and Xuan Zi. Seeing Mu En's condition, which had regained some lifespan, he was in a good mood.
After Mu En indicated that he had a surprise prepared for Huo Yuhao at level 60, Huo Yuhao returned to his secluded cultivation room in the Sea God Pavilion.
Currently, the speed of Huo Yuhao's spirit power increase during meditation was extremely slow. After several compressions of his spirit power, his spirit power, which was already slow to improve due to his ultimate attributes, had completely entered a slow growth period.
According to Huo Yuhao's current estimation, he could probably only increase his spirit power by about 3 levels in a year.
A large part of this reason stemmed from his identity as a Child of Nature, which inherently brought him immense benefits.
However, Huo Yuhao also discovered the drawback of this benefit during his cultivation: nearly half of his cultivation effect did not increase his spirit power, but rather went to enhance his blood essence power.
Huo Yuhao, who understood the need for yin-yang complementarity in the three soul cores, naturally knew that this was a pure gain. After all, if he wanted to condense a blood essence core, he first needed far more blood essence than ordinary people.
It was just that this cultivation speed was somewhat too slow. During the Spirit King stage, he could only cultivate three levels of spirit power in a year. When he reached the Spirit Emperor stage, whether he could even increase by two levels in a year was a question.
Therefore, Huo Yuhao planned to put the condensation of the soul core on the agenda as soon as possible.
After condensing a mental attribute soul core, it was estimated that he should be able to increase his spirit power by five levels a year without a problem.
Then Huo Yuhao began to adjust his state. The condensation of the soul core was not a problem for him now.
However, as the foundation for a future divine core, he wanted to maximize its essence as much as possible, and the best state for condensing a soul core was deep meditation.
After using Destiny Power to bless his luck, Huo Yuhao used his previous insights into the power of nature to gradually adjust his state.
During the continuous adjustment, Huo Yuhao felt himself gradually forming a connection with nature, and his consciousness gradually became calm.
Three months passed in a flash, and Huo Yuhao remained quietly seated in his room, his expression calm and gentle.
Due to the life force provided by the Blade of Life's Vigil, even though he had not eaten for three months, it still had no effect on his body.
As the spirit power fluctuations on his body became increasingly imperceptible, his entire aura gradually entered a state of being almost nonexistent.
His spirit power level unknowingly broke through to level 56. It was at the moment when his spirit power fluctuations and aura were completely concealed that Huo Yuhao slowly opened his eyes.
After blessing himself with the power of luck once more, Huo Yuhao introspected, slowly absorbing the newly condensed halo on the divine abyss.
While absorbing the halo, Huo Yuhao began to gather the vast divine soul from his Spirit Sea to condense a mental attribute soul core.
Since he could not mobilize all his divine soul at the moment, the constantly mobilized divine soul reached a limit and then entered a stagnant state.
It was at this moment that the energy within the halo began to assist Huo Yuhao in continuing to draw out the remaining divine soul from his Spirit Sea.
After all the divine soul was mobilized, a portion of the halo's energy began to protect his body, temporarily transforming his body into a divine body.
After sensing that there were no further hidden dangers, Huo Yuhao mobilized all his divine soul, continuously gathering and compressing it within his body, slowly concentrating it into a single point.
As the divine soul was continuously compressed, Huo Yuhao clearly felt that it had reached a certain limit, but it was still a little short of condensing a soul core.
The level of divine soul far surpassed mental force. The divine soul, which had reached the peak of a third-level god, was too vast, and Huo Yuhao's control ability was somewhat difficult to sustain.
At this time, the last burst of energy from the divine halo was activated, once again assisting Huo Yuhao in completing the final missing piece.
The moment the soul core was fully condensed, the Destiny Power within Huo Yuhao's Spirit was suddenly activated, and a large amount of Destiny Power also converged into the mental soul core.
The color of the mental soul core gradually changed from platinum to a half-platinum and half-rose gold hue.
After the mental soul core entered Huo Yuhao's body, a massive spirit power tide surged, and Huo Yuhao began to devour spirit power like a whale.
A funnel-shaped vortex formed above the entire Shrek, and spirit power from all directions was drawn in by Huo Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao also used the energy within the vortex to cultivate rapidly.
Although the spirit power that entered Huo Yuhao's body showed minimal improvement after three rounds of compression, the immense quantity still allowed Huo Yuhao to break through to level 57.
Immediately, the vortex gradually dispersed, and Huo Yuhao also let out a sigh of relief. This time, condensing the soul core was indeed quite perilous.
Originally, Huo Yuhao had planned to gather half of his divine soul to condense the mental core, which he thought would be strong enough. He didn't expect the halo to directly concentrate all of his divine soul.
This time, he successfully condensed it, though with some danger. However, all the energy from the halo was consumed during the soul core condensation process and did not help Huo Yuhao's spirit power to further improve.
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