boyutpedia Chapter 538 There Was Once a Cult
Chapter 538 There Was Once a Cult
Chapter 538 There Was Once a Cult
"Dong'er, I have to go see Elder Mu!" Huo Yuhao climbed down from the sofa.
Wang Dong'er nodded and followed Huo Yuhao.
Whenever Huo Yuhao came to see Elder Mu, Elder Mu seemed to be basking in the sun, using the warm sunlight to stimulate his already aged body.
"Elder Mu, I have a question I'd like to ask you to answer," Huo Yuhao asked directly.
Old Master Mu slightly opened his eyes, a kind smile on his face. "Child, ask away. If I know the answer..."
Huo Yuhao frowned slightly, the image of those blood-red fox eyes flashing through his mind again. "Elder Mu, do you know about the Nautilus?"
Elder Mu seemed surprised that Huo Yuhao would ask this question. He opened his slightly closed eyes wide, and a flash of golden light appeared in them.
"Yuhao, how did you learn about the Nautilus?"
Upon hearing the words "Nautilus," Wang Dong'er glanced at Huo Yuhao with slight surprise.
"I once saw it on a fragment of an ancient book in the library. May I ask Elder Mu, does the Nautilus conch have the power to foresee the future?" Huo Yuhao asked. The image of the Nautilus conch appeared in his dream, and his intuition told him that the Nautilus conch might be the key to understanding why "Ye Nanxiao" appeared in his dream.
Elder Mu paused for a moment, his eyes filled with complex emotions. Then, he straightened his back slightly, and an astonishing surge of soul power emanated from his body.
Centered on Elder Mu, a layer of golden water rippled outwards, obscuring his figure.
Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er watched in surprise as the world before them transformed into an unfamiliar golden world. However, they did not make a move, because this was the Sea God Pavilion, and the old man in front of them was the Dragon God Douluo of Shrek Academy.
"This is my territory. You don't need to be nervous, because some things cannot be explained in words," Elder Mu's gentle voice rang out.
A young man dressed in white, with red lips and white teeth, appeared before Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er.
"Elder Mu?" Huo Yuhao asked tentatively.
"It's me. This is what I looked like when I was young. What do you think? Am I handsome?" Old Mu smiled and said.
"So cool!" Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er exchanged a glance and both gave a thumbs up.
Old Master Mu smiled slightly, put his left hand behind his back, and pointed his right hand at the space beside him. A wave of water rose from his feet, forming a rippled water mirror.
An image of a nautilus appeared in the water mirror. The golden nautilus had swirling patterns on its shell that resembled a star map, forming a galaxy.
Even with the image conjured by Elder Mu, Huo Yuhao still felt his mental energy being drawn to the patterns on the Nautilus shell.
"What you see is the Nautilus, which I learned about from the Shrek ancestors."
Old Master Mu spoke slowly, and with a thought, the Nautilus in the water mirror emitted a faint glow, and the patterns on its shell came to life, with stars rotating around.
"Shrek's predecessors had studied the Nautilus and learned that it has the ability to predict good and bad fortune. The star-like spots on its shell are the Nautilus's way of predicting good and bad fortune."
"However, this is all what I heard from my ancestors. I have never seen a nautilus, so I cannot be completely sure whether it can predict the future or judge good or bad fortune."
Huo Yuhao lowered his head slightly. Even Elder Mu couldn't be sure if the Nautilus had the ability to foresee the future. What was the Nautilus in the dream trying to tell him?
Seeing Huo Yuhao's hesitant expression, as if he wanted to say something, Elder Mu made up his mind and asked, "Yuhao, have you encountered something difficult to resolve?"
Upon hearing Elder Mu's words, Wang Dong'er immediately ran to Huo Yuhao's side, grasped his hands tightly, and asked with a worried expression, "Yuhao, you've been acting strange since just now. Have you encountered some difficulties? I'm so worried about you. Please don't hide it from me, okay?"
"Dong'er..." Huo Yuhao's heart softened, and he gently pulled Wang Dong'er into his arms.
Old Mu chuckled and turned his head away, admiring the scenery in his own domain, even though he had been watching it for over a century.
"Yuhao, we agreed before that we would be brothers and stand together through thick and thin! Now you're in trouble but you don't tell me!" Wang Dong'er clenched her little fist and punched Huo Yuhao in the chest.
Huo Yuhao was both amused and exasperated by Wang Dong'er's words, his nervousness instantly vanishing. "Aren't you my girlfriend? You still treat me like a brother?"
"Can't we be your girlfriend at the same time just because we're brothers?" Wang Dong'er said with dissatisfaction, her big pink and blue eyes staring straight at Huo Yuhao, as if the owner of her eyes would unleash a merciless attack if he said no.
"Okay, okay, I'll talk, I'll talk."
With tears welling up in Wang Dong'er's eyes, Huo Yuhao chose to surrender.
After hearing Huo Yuhao's "confession," Elder Mu turned his attention back to him.
Huo Yuhao took a deep breath and said, "My recent dreams have all been the same. In my dreams, I see someone who looks a lot like Ni Jiang. He is destroying everything."
A simple sentence caused both Wang Dong'er and Old Master Mu's expressions to change.
They all knew that Huo Yuhao possessed the Eye of Destiny, and that Huo Yuhao was bound by the power of destiny to some extent. Therefore, his dreams must be hinting at something.
"Someone who looks a lot like Ye Huli? Who is it? Do they even have the same martial spirit?" Wang Dong'er asked.
Huo Yuhao frowned and nodded heavily. He clearly saw in his dream that "Ye Nanxiao" had many tails behind him.
"Yuhao, are you saying that the person in your dream who looks a lot like Nanxiao destroyed the world?" Elder Mu asked with a serious expression.
At his level, he became increasingly convinced of fate.
"The world is deathly silent, and I am all alone." Huo Yuhao suddenly recalled the pair of eyes filled with bloodlust in his dream, and couldn't help but clench his fists.
Elder Mu fell silent. The person Huo Yuhao mentioned who resembled Ye Nanxiao could be Ye Nanxiao himself.
"Impossible!" Wang Dong'er exclaimed.
"Yuhao, Elder Mu, you know Ye Huli's character. He could never be the kind of person who destroys everything. Besides, Yuhao, that was just a dream!" Wang Dong'er said firmly.
"I firmly believe it's not Mud Sauce, but I think this dream is probably giving me a warning." After waking up, Huo Yuhao activated the Eye of Destiny, but he couldn't see the future.
"Yuhao, there are no two people in the world who are exactly alike, but there are people who can impersonate others. For example, evil soul masters. There is an evil technique that allows a qualified evil soul master to impersonate the target. Whether it is soul power or martial soul, it can be simulated, and there will only be one flaw on the whole body." Elder Mu said, his voice containing a hint of killing intent.
"I've seen this secret method before. If you can't find that one and only flaw, you won't be able to detect that the person next to you has been switched!"
Huo Yuhao suddenly looked up, his eyes wide, "Such an evil technique actually exists in the world?!"
Wang Dong'er covered her mouth, "If you become almost a completely different person, wouldn't that mean even the imperial family would be targeted?"
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If the emperors of the three great empires were secretly switched, it would surely unleash a bloodbath and cause countless deaths.
Elder Mu nodded. "I once joined forces with a close friend and half of the geniuses of the time to kill the evil spirit master who possessed this evil technique, and we also completely destroyed the books that recorded it. However, Yuhao's dream may indicate that the evil spirit master from back then was not completely wiped out, or that the evil technique was leaked before it was destroyed, and has now fallen into the hands of a qualified evil spirit master!"
After listening to Elder Mu's words, Huo Yuhao felt as if he had found his direction, believing that his Eye of Destiny was proclaiming the existence of such evil soul masters.
"Elder Mu, what can I do about this?" Huo Yuhao asked anxiously.
He disliked that dream, extremely disliked it. Ye Nanxiao was the one who pulled him out of his fate, his elder brother.
Now that the Eye of Fate is warning that Ye Nanxiao might be switched or even have his mind controlled, how can Huo Yuhao tolerate this?
However, Elder Mu shook his head slightly and said, "Yuhao, you can no longer be involved in this matter. The danger back then cannot be explained in a few words. I almost lost an arm because of it."
The implication of Elder Mu's words was that with Huo Yuhao and the others' current cultivation levels, getting involved would be tantamount to sending them to their deaths.
Huo Yuhao bit his lower lip, his face showing resentment.
Elder Mu withdrew his domain and transformed back into a frail old man.
"Once you've finished your work in District 13, come back to the Golden Tree to meditate. I will protect you," Elder Mu said wearily, closing his eyes.
He was just too old after all.
Huo Yuhao nodded, having no choice but to accept Elder Mu's arrangement.
Even though he possesses the Eye of Destiny, three top-tier soul spirits, and the legacy of Ilex, he is still ultimately just a quasi-Soul King.
Wang Dong'er gently took Huo Yuhao's arm, offering him silent comfort.
"I understand." Huo Yuhao bowed to Elder Mu and turned to walk towards District Thirteen.
Wang Dong'er picked up Huo Yuhao and flew away from Seagod Island.
Old Mu looked out the window at the two people walking away and sighed softly.
He had just concealed something: of the group of prodigies who followed him and Long Xiaoyao in the encirclement and suppression back then, less than a third had returned.
"The Painted Skin Cult, I never thought that some evil spirit masters would still survive." Old Mu's face aged decades in an instant, and he sat blankly in the recliner.
After Huo Yuhao left, the golden tree shimmered slightly, and a mysterious laugh seemed to echo in the void.
Several dark clouds suddenly drifted in from above Poseidon Island, forming a triangle and hovering above the Golden Tree.
Ye Nanxiao, who was earnestly taking a beating in the training room, suddenly felt a chill on the back of his head.
In a forest far from Shrek City, a figure dressed in exquisite attire, wearing a top hat, slowly emerged, reached into his robes and pulled out a pure gold pocket watch. He glanced at the time, then his gaze pierced through the void and landed on Poseidon Island.
"Hehehe, I never expected the God of Sleep's power to be temporarily taken away. I never expected that guy would deceive so many people. This is truly a very valuable deal!"
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