socalfunplaces Chapter 321 Huo Yuhao: What if I wanted you?
Chapter 321 Huo Yuhao: What if I wanted you?
Chapter 326 Huo Yuhao: What if I wanted you?
Huo Yuhao never really intended to make a move. His elaborate scheme just now, with his two-word battle armor and martial soul true body, was ultimately just a way to intimidate these immortal herbs who had been living comfortably under the protection of the poison array for tens of thousands of years, and to make them face reality.
Now that the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass has voluntarily yielded, he is naturally happy to see it happen.
However, Huo Yuhao did not rush to withdraw the immense and abyss-like pressure emanating from his body. He remained suspended in mid-air, looking down at the octagonal ice grass, waiting for her to continue.
Seeing that Huo Yuhao had no intention of continuing to attack, the Eight-Cornered Mystic Ice Grass secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
She steadied herself and tentatively asked, "What exactly do you require? Please speak frankly."
Huo Yuhao looked down at him, his voice deliberately carrying an unquestionable arrogance, and said, "Naturally, I came for the immortal herb, but what I want is not just one."
As he spoke, his gaze drifted intentionally or unintentionally to the large pink flower that had shrunk into a ball on the shore of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye.
At this moment, under Huo Yuhao's sharp gaze, the originally straight branches of the Fragrant Qiluo Immortal Herb bent slightly, and its crystal-clear petals visibly dimmed. After all, she had said that after passing the test, one could only take one immortal herb.
The Eight-Cornered Ice Grass took in the whole scene and had already made up its mind.
Her bottom line is clearly much more flexible than Youyou's. Now she's stronger than grass, and if someone really wants to forcibly take it, even the three of them tied together can't stop them.
Rather than fighting to the death and still losing the immortal herb in the end, it's better to take a step back.
However, just as she was about to speak, she noticed that the layers of fiery red leaves of the Fiery Apricot Blossom were shaking violently again, clearly because it was angry and wanted to say something.
Without the slightest hesitation, the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass sent out a silent ice crystal that landed precisely on the delicate leaves of the Fiery Apricot, silencing the words she was about to utter.
Given Liehuo Xingjiao's fiery temper, it's best for her to speak less at this time.
After "dealing with" her good friend, the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass turned its gaze back to Huo Yuhao in mid-air.
She slowly asked, "Then how many immortal herbs does Your Excellency wish to obtain?"
Huo Yuhao didn't immediately declare that he wanted to take over the entire Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye; such matters require a gradual approach.
If he pushes these magical herbs too far, they might actually fight him to the death, and he would suffer a huge loss.
Huo Yuhao quickly began to calculate in his mind. First of all, he had to choose the most suitable immortal herb for Gu Yue.
He condensed his soul core twice, and Gu Yue gave him a generous gift each time. His return gift, however, consisted of the immortal herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
However, the true form of the immortal herb cannot travel through time and space to a world ten thousand years in the future. Perhaps I can find a suitable opportunity to confess to Gu Yue that I have the ability to travel through time, and then bring her here to choose it in person.
Given their current relationship, Huo Yuhao felt he could tell her some secrets.
Secondly, he also needs to select a magical herb for Gongyang Mo to help him break through the shackles of the seventh ring.
For the past six months, Gongyang Mo has been working under the sun and wind at the construction site of the Spirit Pagoda. I have seen his sincerity and diligence.
Gongyang Mo was his handpicked future deputy tower master of the Spirit Transmission Tower, so he had to be "served" with the most suitable immortal herb, since he couldn't use someone else for free.
Finally, it was his turn. Thinking of this, his gaze fell once again on the eight-cornered ice grass below.
In the original historical trajectory, this eight-cornered ice grass eventually became his soul.
Currently, Huo Yuhao's second martial soul only has one spirit. If the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass could be absorbed into his body, his strength would reach a new level.
Having figured all this out, Huo Yuhao made up his mind.
He slowly raised three fingers and said in a calm and unhurried voice, "I want three immortal herbs."
Upon hearing this, the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass finally felt relieved.
Three immortal herbs are not exactly an outrageous demand.
Without much hesitation, her tone remained cool and composed, but noticeably more relaxed than before: "Alright, you may take three immortal herbs from here."
Upon hearing this, the coldness that Huo Yuhao had been deliberately maintaining on his face dissipated as if the snow had melted in the spring breeze.
With a thought, the golden vertical pupil on his back, which was tens of meters tall, slowly closed, turning into countless points of light and dissipating into the air. The silver-purple aura of the two-word battle armor also receded like the tide, revealing his original form once again.
He slowly descended from mid-air back to the ground, and he looked like the gentle, harmless boy he always was.
Then Huo Yuhao raised his eyes, looked at the Eight-Cornered Mystic Ice Grass, a slight smile playing on his lips, and added slowly, with a hint of knowing amusement, "What if you were among these three immortal herbs?"
Upon hearing this, the three immortal herbs were all taken aback.
Even the younger immortal herbs around them all stopped swaying their branches and leaves, and the entire Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye Valley became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
The eight-cornered ice grass remained silent for a moment, its two ice-crystal-like leaves drooping slightly, as if it were pondering something seriously.
She remained silent for a moment, without directly refusing, her voice still cold and calm: "Your martial soul should be of the spiritual attribute, while my power belongs to the ice attribute, which is not compatible with your martial soul."
Huo Yuhao didn't bother to explain further. He hadn't performed any spirit possession or revealed the spirit ring of his second spirit, but the extreme cold aura that suddenly burst forth from his body was undeniable.
An intensely cold chill suddenly spread outwards from him, instantly covering the green moss beneath his feet with a thin layer of frost. The moisture in the air was frozen into countless tiny ice crystals, which fluttered down under the dual light of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye.
The Eight-Cornered Ice Grass possessed an exceptionally keen sense of ice attributes. She shuddered almost instantly upon sensing the chill, her usually calm and collected voice now tinged with undisguised surprise: "This is—the ultimate ice?!"
Huo Yuhao suppressed his extreme cold aura, a calm smile still playing on his lips, and said unhurriedly, "I possess twin martial souls, and my second martial soul is the ultimate ice attribute."
The icy leaves of the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass showed no obvious expression, but Huo Yuhao felt that she must be surprised at this moment.
He had assumed that this calm and collected herb would at least hesitate, weigh the pros and cons, and might even propose some additional conditions.
However, the silence of the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass did not last long. When she spoke again, the three words she uttered made Huo Yuhao himself pause in surprise.
"I do."
Huo Yuhao swallowed back the words that were about to come out. He was certain that he hadn't misheard, but precisely because he heard it so clearly, he couldn't quite believe his ears.
He had prepared a whole host of arguments, intending to reason with them and appeal to their emotions.
But to his utter surprise, the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass agreed so readily.
The fiery red leaves of the apricot tree beside her suddenly trembled violently, and the voice was filled with disbelief, anxiety, and anger: "Bingbing, are you crazy?!"
"Do you know what you're saying? Don't you understand what it means to have a human spirit ring?"
Youyou also looked frightened, the large pink flower trembling wildly: "Bingbing, don't be impulsive, this matter can still be discussed, it doesn't necessarily have to come to this."
"We can figure something out together, you don't need to sacrifice yourself!"
However, the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass merely shook her icy leaves gently, her voice remaining calm: "I was not acting impulsively, nor was it a momentary impulse."
"You don't need to persuade me; this is a decision I've made after careful consideration."
Her gaze passed over Liehuo Xingjiaoshu and Youyou, and landed back on Huo Yuhao: "I have been rooted in the Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire for more than ten thousand years. For more than ten thousand years, day after day, year after year."
"Although the spiritual energy here is abundant enough for me to live comfortably for another ten thousand years, I am tired of this kind of life and want to see the outside world."
As she spoke, her icy leaves fluttered slightly, as if a human were looking up at the sky, and her voice held a hint of something Huo Yuhao had never heard from her before—a hint of anticipation.
She looked at Huo Yuhao and said, "Your age should be quite young, but your strength has already surpassed that of us soul beasts who have cultivated for ten thousand years in the Yin-Yang Well and possess the equivalent of a hundred thousand years of cultivation."
"Such talent, even among you humans, should be extremely rare, right?"
Huo Yuhao did not deny it, but listened quietly.
The Eight-Cornered Ice Grass paused, then continued, its tone clear and decisive: "Therefore, I am willing to become your soul ring. This is not just a compromise, but a high-stakes gamble. I'm betting that you will one day reach the God rank!"
"If you become a god, I hope that you will consider my voluntary choice today and resurrect me, granting me eternal life."
"I think it's a worthwhile deal to gamble away 10,000 years of comfort for a chance at immortality."