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Chapter 3 Fate?
Chapter 3 Fate?
The meeting room of the Duke of Baihu's mansion.
A gorgeously dressed noblewoman sat upright in a chair, frowning as she listened to the trembling report from the kneeling servant.
The morning after Huo Yuhao fled, the servants in the North Courtyard discovered the headless steward and a row of servants whose throats had been slit in a neat row.
Panic and unease drove the group into the gates of the outer steward's courtyard, which led to the scene where the Duchess was receiving a report.
The head steward of the outer household was kneeling next to the maid, and his expression was no better than hers.
After all, this was his duty. Such a big incident, with people committing rampages in the Duke's mansion, would seriously embarrass the Duke.
As the person primarily responsible, he will inevitably face punishment.
The Duchess's brow furrowed more and more as the report progressed; she couldn't understand who had the audacity to cause trouble at her ducal residence.
However, it is obvious that the death of a Soul Master and twelve servants within the Duke's mansion is no small matter and must be dealt with seriously.
Those who dare to challenge the majesty of the White Tiger Duke's Mansion are no ordinary thieves; we must strike hard!
The Duchess rubbed her temples, waved her hand, and said, "No need for reports. Investigate this matter thoroughly immediately! Steward Jin, you will be in charge of this investigation. The Duke's guards will cooperate with you. You must give me results within three days! If you fail to catch this thief, you can pay with your life!"
"Yes, yes, Your subordinate. Yes, yes, I obey."
Every word was like a knife to the heart, and to Steward Jin, it felt like he was about to die. He managed to reply, but now he was kneeling on the ground, too afraid to move. Cold sweat had soaked through his clothes, leaving a wet patch on the ground.
Seeing his wretched state, the Duchess frowned and fanned herself in front of him, clearly disgusted. She then stood up, turned, and left, leaving behind only one sentence.
"Someone! Take Steward Jin back, and then clean up the meeting room again!"
"yes!"
Manager Jin's eyes were glazed over, as if he hadn't heard anything.
Then two armored guards, each carrying a steel spear, trotted into the meeting hall in perfect unison. They each lifted him up by one arm, dragging him out, where he was now limp as a rag doll.
Five days later, in a grove of trees outside the Star Dou Great Forest.
Huo Yuhao was skillfully scraping off the scales, removing the internal organs, and removing the fishy line from the bluefish in his hand. Then he marinated it with simple salt, chili peppers, perilla and other cheap spices. Finally, he skewered them one by one with the prepared pointed twigs and roasted them over the campfire.
His martial spirit is an eye, which he named Spirit Eye.
The spirit attribute of his martial soul granted Huo Yuhao extraordinary vision and perception, which allowed him to control the timing of cooking with exquisite precision.
Therefore, the grass carp he grills has an incredibly crisp and tender texture, and it doesn't feel raw or cold at all.
Huo Yuhao enjoys cooking, especially for his mother. However, due to the scarcity of ingredients, the variety of dishes he can prepare is ultimately very limited.
He still remembers the happiness and love in his mother's eyes when she first ate the grilled fish he made.
That was the first time in his life he had seen his mother smile from the bottom of her heart.
He wanted his mother to eat more of his cooking, but because of the split in his spiritual sea when his martial soul awakened, his body became too weak, and he always had to rely on his mother to take care of him.
He longed to stay by his mother's side and live like an ordinary person, not for wealth or status, but simply for his mother's health and safety.
Unfortunately, from the moment they were born into the Duke's mansion, their fate was destined to be deliberately harassed and persecuted.
Ah, fate? Predestined?
Huo Yuhao stared at the grilled fish on the campfire, his eyes flashing with resentment and hatred.
He knew that besides Dai Hao and the Duchess from the Duke's mansion, there was another guy waiting for him!
The perverted Tang Buddha from the original timeline is the greatest feudal remnant in this world who enjoys manipulating the fate of others!
Fortunately, his mother's soul was already under his protection; otherwise, the merciful Buddha Tang would surely have used his mother to blackmail him in the future!
"Oh"
Huo Yuhao chuckled coldly, picked up the grilled bluefish, and took a big bite, as if it were the blood and flesh of his enemy.
After swallowing the fish in a few bites, he forcefully stuck the branch into the campfire, and then made the remaining cleaned herring into smoked fish for future use.
Huo Yuhao was well aware that he was now three years ahead of the original story. He didn't know if he would be able to encounter the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm in a natural way, but he didn't want to passively wait for fate to take pity on him.
Three years is enough time for him to find his own opportunities. Even if he doesn't get as good as Tianmeng, he still has the Three Stars Divine Palace and the Star-Guiding Technique as a backup.
Of course, the most important reason is that he doesn't want to owe Tang Ya any favors, because he doesn't want to have any connection with the Tang Clan founded by Tang Buddha at all.
In that case, he would have to find a way to get into Shrek Academy on his own. If he waited three years like in the original story, he would eventually have to use the Tang Sect's qualification.
Therefore, he had to leave the White Tiger Duke's Mansion three years in advance to save money and get a letter of introduction from the City Lord's Mansion, because only a letter of introduction from the City Lord would qualify him to enroll in Shrek Academy.
With this in mind, Huo Yuhao became even more determined in his decision!
As long as he can get revenge, as long as he can revive his mother in the future, as long as he can avoid being manipulated by Tang Buddha in the future, he will use any ability he wants. He can also try to establish friendly cooperative relationships with all those he can cooperate with. Even if someone is an evil soul master, he can still make use of them, right?
Huo Yuhao thoroughly washed his body in a stream, then took out the ointment he had prepared beforehand and applied it evenly to his body.
This was made from a drug used to mask his aura. He bought it on the way from a shop that specialized in selling Soul Hunting products for thirty gold soul coins. He only had a little over one hundred gold soul coins in total, so this meant he lost nearly a third of them. For Huo Yuhao, who came from a poor family, this was truly painful.
He just hoped that this product was genuine and effective, and not a counterfeit or substandard product sold by a dishonest merchant.
After silently complaining to himself, Huo Yuhao put his clothes back on and carefully entered the outer perimeter of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Traveling alone in a spirit beast habitat is an extremely energy-consuming activity, especially for an eight-year-old child.
As darkness fell, Huo Yuhao found a place with a wide view suitable for setting up camp.
Soul beasts that are active at night are usually more ferocious, and even with starlight camouflage and ointment for cover, they may still encounter accidents.
Moreover, even if he had come three years earlier, the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm might not have been able to reach the outer perimeter even at its snail's pace. In addition, spirit-type soul beasts are rare to begin with, so the mixed zone and even the outer perimeter of the core zone may be unavoidable choices for Huo Yuhao. He must seize every opportunity to rest and recuperate.
Huo Yuhao gently sprinkled a circle of animal-repelling and insect-repelling powder around the camp, and then heard a loud roar behind him.
He quickly turned around and saw a baboon about a meter tall lunging at him.
(End of this chapter)