She had always known that her Brother Hao was very capable and firmly believed that he would definitely soar to great heights in the future, but this incident was simply too outrageous.
He went out once and came back with a second martial soul and two soul bones? Talking about this would probably make countless people go crazy with envy.
After a while, she finally asked with a slightly trembling voice:
"What kind of soul bones are they?"
Huo Yuhao patted his chest and replied:
"Torso and skin."
The torso bone was given to him by the Ice Empress. The 400,000-year-old torso bone greatly enhanced his physique. According to the Skydream Iceworm, his current physical condition was even stronger than most Soul Kings.
As for the skin, it was transformed from the Skydream's Shedding. Because of his swift actions, the Skydream's Shedding unexpectedly retained some energy. To prevent this powerful item from being wasted, the Skydream Iceworm and the Ice Empress simply joined forces to transform it into a soul bone and attach it to Huo Yuhao's body.
This trip to the far north truly transformed him completely.
Zhu Yun was completely speechless.
Generally speaking, a Soul Master can only attach six soul bones: the four limbs, the skull, and the torso.
Among these six soul bones, the skull and torso bones are the most precious. The torso bone can greatly enhance a Soul Master's physique, while the skull can significantly increase a Soul Master's spiritual power.
Above the skull and torso bones are even more precious external soul bones. These soul bones are not among the six major soul bones. Their characteristic is that they do not occupy a regular soul bone slot and can grow along with the Soul Master.
Huo Yuhao's skin soul bone was clearly a very special type of external soul bone.
She didn't know the age of the two soul bones Huo Yuhao mentioned, but even if they were soul bones produced by a hundred-year-old soul beast, these two soul bones could be sold for at least ten million gold soul coins.
At the same time, she also suddenly realized that Huo Yuhao's skin was indeed much smoother after he returned this time, and it even had a very faint milky white glow. She had originally thought this was brought about by his third soul ring, but now it seemed it was the effect of the skin soul bone.
Looking at her surprised expression, Huo Yuhao sighed inwardly.
As expected, it's better not to tell her the ages.
If she knew that these two soul bones were 400,000 years and one million years old respectively, she would probably faint directly.
The two soul bones he absorbed this time brought him a total of six soul skills: Domain of Eternal Frost and Ice Emperor's Wrath from the Ice Empress Torso Bone, and Simulation, Spiritual Cage, Skydream Armor, and Shedding's Prison from the Skydream's Shedding.
These were all very powerful soul skills, especially Simulation, which helped him greatly.
One must know that the Skydream Iceworm's origin energy could increase the age of soul rings. Seeing that his physique had strengthened to the Soul King level, the Skydream Iceworm released a little energy for him, helping him raise the strength of all three of his soul rings to his tolerance limit.
Now, the soul ring configuration of his Ethereal Eye White Tiger martial soul had become the strange combination of black, white, and black. If he didn't have the Simulation soul skill to conceal the colors, problems would be spotted in minutes.
His soul ring ages, physical condition, martial soul strength, and number of soul skills had all made a leap forward. Huo Yuhao had no doubt that he could now easily defeat ten versions of himself before the break.
Another five minutes or so passed before Zhu Yun finally recovered.
She asked with a complex expression:
"Then, Brother Hao, what do you plan to do next?"
She had some understanding of Huo Yuhao's original plan. While it was a good thing that he had suddenly undergone such a great transformation, it also meant that the plans they had made together were basically invalid.
They had to re-plan their route.
Huo Yuhao shook his head.
"It's hard to say right now. It depends on the attitude of the people above. We'll take it one step at a time."
Dai Hao had already reported the matter of him acquiring a second martial soul to the current Star Luo Emperor, Xu Jiawei. Huo Yuhao planned to see what decision Xu Jiawei would make.
Currently, he mainly had two paths to take: Shrek Academy and the Star Luo Empire. Which one to choose would depend on who offered better treatment.
"Understood."
Zhu Yun nodded gently and fell silent again.
Huo Yuhao hesitated for a moment and asked:
"Aren't you going to ask me how I got the second martial soul and the two soul bones?"
A normal person would want to know after hearing about his gains, right?
After Dai Hao found out, he questioned him thoroughly for more than an hour.
Zhu Yun gently shook her head.
"No. If Brother Hao doesn't want to say, then I won't ask."
She believed that if he could tell her, Huo Yuhao would have told her long ago.
Since he hadn't taken the initiative to say anything, it meant he didn't intend to.
Zhu Yun believed that he would definitely not harm her, so even though her heart was filled with curiosity, she decided to give up on pursuing the truth of the matter.
"Thank you."
Huo Yuhao breathed a sigh of relief. He walked up to Zhu Yun, gently stroked her hair, and said sincerely:
"I promise, when I become strong enough to ignore all the rules in this world, you will definitely be the first person I tell my secrets to."
He didn't dare to let Zhu Yun know too much right now.
After all, in this world, knowing too much was not necessarily a good thing. Rather than letting her know the truth and fall into danger, it was better to keep her in the dark for now.
But just as he said, at this moment, he had made up his mind. Just for her trust and dedication to him, she would definitely be the first person he personally told his secrets to in the future.
"Okay."
Feeling the emotion in Huo Yuhao's words, a faint smile appeared at the corner of Zhu Yun's mouth. Her small head swayed slightly with the movement of Huo Yuhao's hand, looking very happy.
The two of them shared this warmth for a while until a knock came from outside, and they separated.
Dai Hao's voice came from outside the door.
"Yuhao, let's go. I'll take you to the palace to see His Majesty."
"Okay."
Huo Yuhao took his hand off Zhu Yun's head and earnestly instructed:
"Xiao Yun, you've worked hard these past few days. Now, rest well. I'll be back soon. Don't push yourself anymore, understood?"
"Understood."
Feeling the touch on her head disappear, a hint of loneliness flashed in Zhu Yun's eyes, but she still tried hard to squeeze a smile onto her face, which lacked expression changes.
"Good luck, Brother Hao."
Huo Yuhao gave her a thumbs-up, then walked out the door.
Hearing the door close, Zhu Yun sighed deeply, collapsed onto Huo Yuhao's bed, her eyes somewhat wistful.
Lying alone on this bed now, she actually felt regret for not having let Huo Yuhao lie on the bed with her just now.
That way, at least some of his scent would remain on this bed. After releasing her martial soul, she could still smell the scent and trick herself into thinking he was still by her side.
She felt like she was becoming more and more abnormal.