Up until the end of the holiday and his arrival at Shrek Academy with Zhu Yun, Huo Yuhao still felt a sense of unreality.
One hundred million gold soul coins! Star Luo City, the third-largest city on the continent, only had an annual tax revenue of sixty million gold soul coins. This was close to two years of Star Luo City's tax revenue.
It was no exaggeration to say that Huo Yuhao was now the wealthiest person in the entire Duke's Mansion. In this regard, let alone peers like Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin, even Duke White Tiger, Dai Hao, couldn't compare to him.
As expected of the strongest individual in the Star Luo Empire, his wealth was far beyond Huo Yuhao's imagination.
Thinking about it carefully, the value of that hundred-thousand-year Mirror Image Beast skull might not have been much lower than one hundred million gold soul coins. It just goes to show that for truly powerful individuals like him, money is indeed just a number.
The only pity was that the card seemed to only be valid within the borders of the Star Luo Empire. Huo Yuhao had to find a way to withdraw a check for ten million gold soul coins and keep it on him, just in case.
He felt that he wouldn't encounter anything that would require spending more than ten million gold soul coins.
Upon arriving at Shrek Academy, Huo Yuhao didn't waste any time and immediately sought out Fan Yu.
The reason was simple: during the holiday, he had completed the creation of his first Rank 6 soul tool.
In the Soul Tool Testing Area, Fan Yu looked at the long saber on the table before him, his mouth twitching uncontrollably.
"This is indeed a Rank 6 soul tool... Did you really make this all by yourself? How did you do it, kid?"
Even he, before the break, had only made the boldest prediction that Huo Yuhao might become a Rank 6 soul engineer before the start of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
And even that was mostly in jest; he himself hadn't taken it very seriously.
Who knew that Huo Yuhao would return from the holiday and present him with a Rank 6 soul tool?
This kid was going against the heavens!
Huo Yuhao scratched his head sheepishly and smiled:
"There were many reasons for this... Actually, Teacher, my father helped me obtain a soul bone."
Regarding the reason for his rapid progress in soul tool crafting, he had naturally already prepared an explanation.
Although he didn't plan to tell Shrek Academy about his second martial soul, if he wanted more resources and to learn more profound knowledge, he had to appropriately display his strength.
As expected, upon hearing the words "soul bone," Fan Yu's shocked expression eased considerably.
"A soul bone? How did you get it? What's the age? And what's the soul skill?"
If it was a soul bone that could significantly improve a soul master's basic qualities, then it was somewhat acceptable.
After all, Fan Yu also knew that in terms of pure knowledge, Huo Yuhao actually had a level close to a Rank 7 soul engineer. The reason he could only make up to Rank 5 soul tools before was simply because his own strength was too low.
Huo Yuhao replied "honestly":
"It's a Diamond Ape torso bone. My father obtained it by chance when he took me to get my third soul skill. It's twenty thousand years old and it's a pure power-type soul bone with no attached soul skill."
"So that's it."
Fan Yu suddenly understood.
So-called pure power-type soul bones, like external soul bones and secret method soul bones, were all special types of soul bones.
These soul bones didn't come with soul skills, but in return, they provided a far greater improvement to a soul master's physique than ordinary soul bones. They were often top-tier soul bones produced by soul beasts skilled in close combat.
Physical strength was a crucial aspect that most soul masters had to focus on cultivating. Therefore, even though these types of soul bones didn't have attached soul skills, they were still highly popular among soul masters and could fetch high prices on the market. Even if they couldn't compare to external soul bones, they were significantly more expensive than ordinary soul bones.
After all, having this soul bone made it possible to absorb higher-level soul rings.
For example, if a soul master like Wang Dong, who already had physical qualities surpassing his peers, absorbed such a soul bone, he would have the possibility of absorbing a ten-thousand-year soul ring at Rank 30.
Huo Yuhao had consumed many good things provided by the academy over the past year, and his physical qualities were already not much weaker than an ordinary Soul Sect. After absorbing such a soul bone, his strength would likely directly approach that of a Soul Emperor.
Coupled with the increase in his soul power and the comprehensive enhancement brought by his third soul skill, creating a Rank 6 soul tool was no longer an impossible feat.
While understanding this, Fan Yu couldn't help but marvel at Huo Yuhao's good luck.
Even he, one of the top three figures in the Soul Tool Department, didn't have a treasure of this level, yet Huo Yuhao possessed one at such a young age. It truly made one envious.
What he didn't know was that Huo Yuhao's true situation was far more astonishing than what he had said...
Fan Yu composed himself and asked curiously:
"Then what do you plan to name this soul tool?"
Melee soul tools were divided into two types: those made according to existing blueprints, and entirely new, self-created soul tools. The creator of the latter could name it.
And the long saber Huo Yuhao had created was the latter. At least as far as Fan Yu knew, there were no Rank 6 melee soul tools of this type circulating on the market, so it was clearly a soul tool Huo Yuhao had originally created.
Huo Yuhao had naturally thought about this question long ago, and he gave the answer without hesitation.
"Let's call it White Tiger Soul Severing Edge."
White Tiger was his martial soul, and Soul Severing represented the characteristic of his martial soul.
In fact, he had specially treated this saber. He had also tested it during the holiday, and he could use this saber to release King's Descent, which was significantly more powerful than using his bare hands.
"A good name."
Fan Yu clapped his hands, then suddenly revealed a mischievous smile.
"Yuhao, you know what we need to do next, right?"
Huo Yuhao said helplessly:
"Teacher, can you please not make that expression... It scares me."
Fan Yu was usually a rather serious person.
"You, this monster who jumped straight to Rank 6 soul engineer after a holiday, scare me even more!"
Fan Yu rolled his eyes at him and beckoned him over.
"Let's go, to the beast arena. Let me and the two deans see how much your strength has improved after this holiday."
As soon as he saw the White Tiger Soul Severing Edge, he had notified Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo.
They had told him to take Huo Yuhao to the beast arena to test his current strength, and they were probably already there now.
"Alright."
Huo Yuhao picked up the White Tiger Soul Severing Edge from the table and followed Fan Yu out of the Soul Tool Testing Area.
Actually, he also wanted to test his own strength now. Although he couldn't casually use the power of his second martial soul, with the lie of the power-type soul bone as a cover, at least there was no problem with him fighting with all his might using his first martial soul.
The decision made by the three high-ranking officials of the Soul Tool Department was exactly what he wanted.