bookbashuk Chapter 18: Three Days of Vigil
Chapter 18: Three Days of Vigil
After listening to the conversation for a long time, Xu Jiawei sighed, "It seems that even a strong person like Dean Yan can make mistakes."
"Appease Duke White Tiger. Also, prepare some healing pills to send to the future Sea God Pavilion Master, so that he doesn't suffer any hidden injuries."
Xu Jiawei summoned two guards and ordered them to inform the staff to prepare a gift for Huo Yuhao.
"Brother, that's just a made-up excuse. Do we really need to go out of our way to send you something?"
"As the Sun Moon Empire develops faster and faster, the pressure on the Star Luo Empire is increasing. We desperately need Shrek Academy, and Huo Yuhao is a citizen of the Star Luo Empire. We can't do anything too much."
After explaining, Xu Jiawei rubbed his temples. He could already sense the signs of war, and at this moment, he had to spare no effort to win over Shrek Academy.
"What about the Duchess of Baihu? After all, she has some connection to our royal family. Will Dai Huabin's death cause her to lose her mind?"
Considering the Duchess's royal connections, Xu Jiujiu reminded Xu Jiawei.
"This is indeed a problem. If she attacks Huo Yuhao, it would be misunderstood that our royal family has given her permission, which would be bad. Let's send Tian Sha Douluo to make a trip later."
"I remember the White Tiger Duke has a son named Dai Luoli, right? Tell the Duchess that if Dai Yueheng and Huo Yuhao can't become friends, the next White Tiger Duke will be Dai Luoli."
Xu Jiawei said with a serious expression.
"Okay, brother, I'll go and make the arrangements right away."
Xu Jiawei watched Xu Jiujiu leave and sighed, "Dai Hao, Dai Hao, how could you have driven away such a talented genius?"
Xu Jiawei sighed with some regret.
Inside the White Tiger Duke's mansion, the Duchess was frantically smashing various porcelain pieces.
"How dare a servant's son kill my son? How dare he!"
"Send everyone you can to Shrek Academy. I'm going to kill him, let him die in some forgotten corner like his mother, to be buried with my son!"
Upon hearing this, the guards beside him were about to speak up to dissuade them when a deep male voice rang out.
"Duchess, you'd better give up that idea. You can't touch Huo Yuhao. His Majesty the Emperor has already ordered you to kneel in front of his mother's grave for three days and apologize to her properly."
As soon as Tian Sha Douluo arrived at the White Tiger Duke's mansion, he heard the Duchess's hysterical roar.
"You want me to kneel down and apologize to that servant Huo Yun'er? That's impossible. Even if I die, I will never apologize to her. I will definitely kill Huo Yuhao to avenge my son."
The Duchess had always looked down on Huo Yun'er, so she couldn't accept such an order.
"As a titled Douluo, my personal presence already represents His Majesty the Emperor's attitude. Don't forget, you still have a son. Or is it only when both of your sons are dead that you can calm down?"
After all, Tian Sha Douluo was a Title Douluo. The Duchess's words just now showed no respect whatsoever, and Tian Sha Douluo's tone turned cold.
Upon hearing this, the Duchess felt a chill run down her spine and asked with a touch of sorrow.
"Has the Star Luo royal family truly forgotten their past favors? My mother was also a member of the royal family back then..."
"His Majesty the Emperor has already shown great consideration for our past relationship, only requiring you to keep vigil for Huo Yun'er for three days. If I hadn't come personally to convey His Majesty's wishes, do you think you would still be sitting in the position of Duchess?"
The Heavenly Fiend Douluo interrupted the Duchess, gave a final reply, and then left without looking back.
Outside the Duke's mansion, the low tombstone that Huo Yuhao had erected for Huo Yun'er had long since disappeared, replaced by a tall stone tablet inscribed with "Tomb of the Loving Mother Huo Yun'er".
The Duchess walked dejectedly to Huo Yun'er's grave, knelt down with a thud, and her eyes, like Huo Yun'er's, lost their light.
Just like Huo Yun'er back then, she had to kneel for three days for Dai Yueheng's sake.
Dai Hao already harbored resentment towards Huo Yun'er because of her affair. Now that Huo Yuhao has become one of the heirs of Shrek Academy, let alone seeking revenge, she will likely be the one ridiculed by the servants in the future.
After three days of vigil, Dai Hao had not returned even once. The Duchess finally lost her last hope and fell ill in bed.
Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao's emotions were no longer greatly affected. If the Duchess died of illness, it would be a case of retribution; if she didn't die, he wouldn't mind making another trip later.
After his spiritual power reached the peak of the Spirit Realm, Huo Yuhao's ability to manipulate fate was enhanced once again. Even those with extremely low luck could have their fate slowly stripped away from a distance.
Most of the servants who had harmed Huo Yuhao and Huo Yun'er were ordinary people or soul masters with low soul power. Now, all of them had been bound by Huo Yuhao's Fate Stripping.
They will reach the end of their lives in just one month.
Huo Yuhao compared the memories in his mind and peeled away their fates one by one, without missing a single one.
These people will gradually feel the world's growing rejection of them, and die in despair and pain.
Stopping his thoughts about the dying, Huo Yuhao focused intently on the metal before him.
Of all the knowledge related to battle armor, design is the easiest to achieve. With the assistance of Shenyuan, Huo Yuhao has perfectly mastered all aspects related to design.
However, forging metal and making battle armor are not so simple matters.
Forging has clear thresholds. Huo Yuhao only used a halo, so it was impossible for him to directly raise his forging and crafting to the level required to make battle armor.
Therefore, this improvement is more about enhancing knowledge.
Now that we've learned the theory, it's time to put it into practice.
The first battle armor Huo Yuhao designed was the right arm battle armor, and the materials he chose were saturated silver, blue copper, and several rare metals with ice attributes.
As the metal with the simplest forging difficulty and the easiest to fuse with other metals, sunken silver will definitely be the main material for early-stage battle armor.
The first and second-word battle armors were mainly to lay the foundation for future battle armors. Later, Huo Yuhao planned to use Ice Extreme God Crystal as the main material to create the third-word battle armor.
Therefore, the compatibility of the metal in the first and second-class battle armor is very important.
Huo Yuhao took out a piece of heavy silver and began to hammer it according to the forging method in his mind. With his powerful mental strength, Huo Yuhao accurately found every angle to strike the forging hammer.
Soon, as Huo Yuhao's forging process progressed, the sunken silver began to shrink smaller and smaller. The hundred-fold forging was already completed, and it was now constantly approaching the thousand-fold forging.
The process of forging a thousand times does not require very high forging skills. As long as there are no problems with the forging method, it is fine. It does not involve the metal having a spirit.
Therefore, with Huo Yuhao's final hammer blow, a piece of thousand-refined silver lay quietly on the forging table.