Huo Yuhao was carried by an old man on his back, arriving at an unknown residence.
The old man's flying speed was incredibly fast, even with Huo Yuhao activating his Flame God Eyes to try and see his surroundings, everything passed by like a blur.
However, he vaguely felt that they were now several hundred kilometers away from Shrek City.
During their conversation on the way, Huo Yuhao learned the old man's identity.
His name was Jin Peng, titled Golden Body Douluo, his martial soul was his own body. He was a Level 96 Super Douluo, and in the Body Sect, his status was second only to the Body Douluo, Du Busi.
"Alright, Huo Yuhao, we're here." Golden Body Douluo put Huo Yuhao down, patted his shoulder, and said.
"You little rascal, you had quite the idea, using the fake name Gao Qiqiang, making it hard for us to find you. If it weren't for your fame in the freshman assessment, even we would have had a tough time locating you at Shrek Academy."
Huo Yuhao gave an awkward smile. Being caught red-handed like this was indeed a bit embarrassing.
At this moment, the figure of the Body Sect leader, Du Busi, also landed in front of Huo Yuhao. The look in his eyes remained excited, like a woman seeing a priceless jewel.
"Huo Yuhao greets the Sect Master."
Knowing how to conduct oneself in different circles, Huo Yuhao naturally wasn't unfamiliar with these courtesies. While he wouldn't go as far as having Du Busi as a godfather like his alias, he still had to show respect.
"Good, good, good!" Du Busi laughed heartily, patting Huo Yuhao's shoulder vigorously. "Come, let's talk inside."
The main hall's doors were already open, and Du Busi led Huo Yuhao, along with several Body Sect high-ranking members, into the hall. Everyone took their seats, with servants serving tea and bringing some exquisite snacks.
Waving his hand, Du Busi signaled for the servants to leave. Then, he stood up again, looking at Huo Yuhao with eager eyes.
"Yuhao, let me see your martial soul again."
Seeing Du Busi's eager expression, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but shiver.
Goodness, that expression looks less like he wants to see my martial soul and more like he wants to see if I'm developing properly, like he's about to abduct me.
Shaking his head to clear the strange thoughts, Huo Yuhao focused his soul power into his eyes.
Then, two black-gold flames shot out from his eyes, and behind him appeared a faintly visible rainbow vertical pupil.
Not only Du Busi, but the other Body Sect members in the room were also visibly shocked.
Huo Yuhao carefully felt the rainbow light, sensing that his spiritual power seemed to be amplified by it. This rainbow light was entirely a power of his martial soul, but it had always seemed sealed before, not revealing its full form.
"Good, excellent!" Du Busi said excitedly again. "I hereby declare that from today, Huo Yuhao is the successor to the position of Sect Master of our Body Sect. Any objections?"
Golden Body Douluo and the other Body Sect high-ranking members exchanged glances, then spoke in unison to Huo Yuhao, "Greetings, Young Master!"
Huo Yuhao was a bit confused at this moment. He frowned slightly and asked Du Busi beside him, "Sect Master, what is all this about?"
Du Busi laughed, motioning for Huo Yuhao to sit down, then explained, "Yuhao, anyone with a Body Martial Soul can undergo a secondary awakening through our sect's secret method. The levels of secondary awakening are categorized into Black Iron, Bronze, Silver, and Gold."
"Even within our Body Sect, the majority of Body Martial Soul holders only achieve a Black Iron level secondary awakening. A Bronze level is already one in ten."
"And theoretically, the highest innate secondary awakening level for Body Martial Souls is Silver. Only at Silver level does one have a slim chance to evolve into Gold level upon reaching the Title Douluo stage."
Huo Yuhao nodded. He had read about what Du Busi was explaining in the original text and had a certain understanding of it.
"And it is precisely because our sect has mastered the method of positive secondary awakening of martial souls that our Body Sect has flourished to this extent. Yuhao, you might know about the existence of the Sea God Pavilion, but do you know why Shrek Academy originally established it?"
Huo Yuhao shook his head, pretending not to know. It's a basic etiquette among men not to interrupt or refute when someone is boasting.
"Haha, more than two thousand years ago, our sect once came into the open and had a showdown with Shrek Academy. But Shrek Academy, considering itself the holy land of soul masters, was utterly defeated by our sect. In the end, Shrek Academy shamelessly issued a Shrek Summoning Order, calling back all the top powerhouses who graduated from Shrek Academy, and established the Sea God Pavilion. It was only by relying on external strength that they managed to defeat us," Du Busi said with a smile.
Although the Body Sect ultimately lost that battle, it made the name of the Body Martial Soul famous. Forcing the continent's number one academy, renowned for thousands of years, to seek external aid was something only the Body Sect, the Star Dou Forest, and the Sun Moon Empire had ever achieved.
Because of this, many soul masters with Body Martial Souls joined the Body Sect, making it immensely powerful.
"The reason our Body Sect's powerhouses are so strong is due to our sect's inherited secret method."
Du Busi reached into his robe and took out a small booklet, handing it to Huo Yuhao. It looked like a palm-sized booklet, but when Huo Yuhao took it, he was surprised to find it extremely heavy, weighing at least several dozen pounds.
The booklet was pale gold all over, with four elegant characters on the cover:
"The Secret of the Body!"
"Back then, our sect's founder was a learned and extraordinary individual, with immense strength. He created the initial form of our sect's secret methods. His martial soul, like mine, was his own body," Du Busi said, shaking his head with a wry smile.
"But the heritage of our forebears has dwindled in my generation. The founder's Body Martial Soul reached the Gold level at the initial secondary awakening. When he broke through to Title Douluo, even we, his descendants, couldn't fathom to what extent his martial soul had evolved."
"Our founder was the only one capable of completely suppressing Shrek Academy's strongest individuals in terms of personal strength. His cultivation was among the most powerful even among Ultimate Douluos."
Huo Yuhao, puzzled, asked, "Sect Master, since the founder's martial soul reached the Gold level at the initial secondary awakening, what does the rainbow light when I use my martial soul signify?"
Du Busi shook his head and said, "I don't know."
Huo Yuhao was slightly stunned and looked around the room. Everyone, including Golden Body Douluo Jin Peng, shook their heads in unison.
"I don't know."
"I don't know."
"I don't know."
Huo Yuhao: ???
Seeing the veins bulging on Huo Yuhao's forehead, Du Busi laughed heartily, "Yuhao, I'm not lying to you. Unless the founder himself were resurrected, even I wouldn't know what astonishing level your Body Martial Soul's secondary awakening has reached."
"But when you released your martial soul, everyone in this room, including myself, a martial soul at the Gold level secondary awakening, felt the suppression of a higher martial soul."
"If I'm not mistaken, your martial soul is the unprecedented Divine Level Body Martial Soul of our Body Sect!"