**Chapter 48: Setting Off for the Sun-Moon Empire (2600 words)**
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Outside Huo Yuhao's bedroom door, Dugu Luo's pair of green eyes were filled with curiosity. Sister Nannan was neither in her aunt's room nor in her room.
Did she sleep with Yuhao all night last night?
Dugu Luo's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she couldn't help but imagine strange pictures in her mind. Her cheeks flushed slightly. Yuhao was still so young, and Sister Nannan was a little older than her, just from the outline of her clothes.
She couldn't hide her curiosity. She wanted to open the door a little and take a sneak peek, but she was afraid of witnessing scenes that little girls shouldn't see, and she felt very conflicted.
In the bedroom, in the soft, big bed...
"Hmm... hum..."
Jiang Nannan lay on her side on the pillow, murmuring with a warm, fragrant breeze, and slowly opened her eyes.
Huo Yuhao had woken up long ago, but he was hugged by a soft body, so he had to bury his head quietly in her arms, not making any noise so as not to wake up Jiang Nannan, who was sleeping soundly.
He felt that his cheeks were pressed against something soft, and then he found that Jiang Nannan had been waking up slowly; so he said, "Sister Nannan? Did you hold me for a long time last night?"
"Hmm? Oh... How come it's already dawn..."
Jiang Nannan propped herself up with sleepy eyes.
First, she looked out the window, then looked down at Huo Yuhao and smiled softly.
"Yuhao, how did you sleep last night?"
Jiang Nannan was wearing thin orange pajamas, exposing her white jade collarbone. The loose collar and the outline of her figure, which was under obvious tension, swayed in front of Huo Yuhao's eyes.
Huo Yuhao's earlobes could not help but turn red. "Very, very good."
Seeing him a little shy, Jiang Nannan felt a different emotion in her heart and thought that this little brother was suddenly much cuter.
She used her fingers to roll her hair behind her ears, picked up the rabbit ear hair ornament on the bedside table, and placed it on her head.
Just as she was about to say something, she suddenly heard a small "creaking" sound from the door.
The door opened a crack.
Beyond the crack, Dugu Luo's green eyes looked into the big bed with a bit of caution and curiosity.
The bedroom was still warm.
My God, these two are really...
Jiang Nannan wore a pair of white rabbit ears, her cheeks very rosy, as she supported her upper body and looked down with tender eyes.
And Huo Yuhao just got up from her arms.
Jiang Nannan did not react in panic; the two had not done anything inappropriate. She smiled calmly and asked, "Sister Dugu, is there something wrong?"
Huo Yuhao also looked at the crack of the door and met Dugu Luo's curious gaze, showing a questioning expression.
Dugu Luo saw the scene in the room, her face suddenly blushed, and she quickly closed the door. "It's okay, it's okay; you two continue."
Dugu Luo faintly heard a light exclamation: "Yuhao is still so young; Sister Nannan is really..."
The voice gradually faded away as Dugu Luo walked to the sofa in the living room and sat down. Somehow, strange feelings arose in her heart.
Jiang Nannan heard Dugu Luo's muttering, blinked her eyes, and soon realized that the other party must have misunderstood something.
Huo Yuhao also felt the need to explain to Dugu Luo: "Sister Nannan, we should get up quickly; otherwise, Sister Dugu will think that we have had a private affair for a long time."
After they got up and washed up, the two came to the living room where Huo Yuhao told Dugu Luo about what had happened last night.
Dugu Luo's eyes shifted between Huo Yuhao and Jiang Nannan. "In other words, you just slept in each other's arms last night and didn't do anything else?"
Jiang Nannan nodded slightly. "Well... I was with Yuhao last night and fell asleep accidentally. We didn't do anything, so don't get me wrong."
Dugu Luo still felt something was wrong. "Then why did you hug each other?"
"I haven't seen Yuhao for a long time, and I wanted to express my affection, the kind of affection that a sister has for her brother," Jiang Nannan responded calmly.
"Oh." Dugu Luo nodded slowly, her eyes moving as she took Jiang Nannan's hand and pulled her to her bedroom.
Jiang Nannan saw that the other party seemed to have something to say to her, and she didn't refuse but was curious about what she couldn't say in front of Yuhao.
After entering Dugu Luo's bedroom, a strange light flashed in her eyes, and she whispered mysteriously: "Sister Nannan, Yuhao is so outstanding."
"If you are interested in him, it's good to cultivate feelings from now on. You can't let Yuhao be fooled by other girls in the future; otherwise, I will feel bad."
If Huo Yuhao is deceived by other girls in the future, Dugu Luo doesn't know how she will feel. She would likely feel spiritually empty and disapproving.
"Yuhao is at the stage of growing up, but kissing and hugging should be okay." Dugu Luo laughed.
Jiang Nannan raised her eyebrows slightly, thinking that Dugu Luo's thinking was quite active. "Sister Dugu, Yuhao saved my mother and also helped you suppress the toxins. Could it be that you... um?"
As she spoke, Jiang Nannan's face flushed warmly, and the tone of her gentle voice was two points higher.
Dugu Luo shook her head calmly and sighed.
"Hey, Sister Nannan, compared to talking about love, I want to completely solve my hidden dangers."
"After I am completely free from the danger of a toxin outbreak, at least I won't have to worry about dying suddenly one day. I can live for myself and pursue my ideals and the things I like."
Before the green phosphorus snake venom was completely solved, Dugu Luo felt uneasy no matter what she did, as if a sharp blade was hanging over her head, ready to take her life at any moment.
Before, all her energy had been focused on staying alive, which was her biggest pursuit at the moment.
Jiang Nannan frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and said, "If every generation of your family thinks like you, it won't be passed on to your generation."
"So... If I can't completely solve the toxin problem, then I will be the last generation!"
Dugu Luo declared the worst outcome in the strongest tone.
Her parents both had green phosphorus snake martial spirits, and there were only two of them left in their parents' generation. They had chosen to leave descendants before they died, as they could not suppress the outbreak of toxins in their bodies; that was Dugu Luo.
After taking care of Dugu Luo for several years, they left her with the accumulated gold soul coins and some medicinal materials before passing away.
Jiang Nannan comforted her: "Don't be too pessimistic. Even if you can't cure it in the future, with Yuhao's pills, the poison will not explode."
"With the lifespan of a soul master, it's no problem for you to live for yourself for seventy or eighty years."
Dugu Luo felt that what Jiang Nannan said made sense, and nodded heavily. "Well, I know, Sister Nannan."
The two returned to the living room, and Huo Yuhao was refining pills at that time.
He planned to refine more detoxification pills for Dugu Luo before leaving, to ensure that she could dissolve the excess green phosphorus snake venom in her body at any time.
He refined pills in the morning, had meals at noon and in the evening, just like last time, everyone watched Xiao Wu's fighting scenes while chatting and eating happily.
When sleeping, Jiang Nannan said, "You will leave in two days; sister will accompany you more."
The two fell asleep peacefully.
Just like that, two days passed quickly.
Huo Yuhao had also refined enough detoxification pills. He put all the pills into a large porcelain bottle and handed it to Dugu Luo.
"Sister Dugu, these pills should be enough for you to use for a year."
Huo Yuhao thought for a moment. "It will probably take less than a year for me to cultivate to level 30. When I come back from vacation, we will go to the Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire."
"Yeah, thank you, Yuhao." Dugu Luo smiled happily and took the pills handed over by Huo Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao nodded slightly and looked at Jiang Nannan. "Then I'll go. I'm going to the place that Teacher Xuan told me about."
Jiang Nannan showed a gentle smile. Regarding what Huo Yuhao had already decided, she did not speak to keep him. She hooked the hair behind her ear. "Yuhao, let us see you off."
...
In a room in Heaven Dou City, Xuan Ziwen and Xu Sheng were waiting for Huo Yuhao's arrival.
Xu Sheng was so anxious that he walked around the table. "Old Xuan, do you think Huo Yuhao will change his mind?"
Xuan Ziwen shook his head. "No. From communicating with him, I can feel that he has his own set of standards for judging things."
"It seems that he doesn't care about Shrek's reputation as the 'No. 1 Academy on the Continent,' and he doesn't care about Shrek's martial soul training method that has existed for ten thousand years."
Based on these two points alone, Xuan Ziwen could be sure that between Shrek Academy and their academy, Huo Yuhao would choose the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy, which is more suitable for him.
Although he didn't know what the training method left by the ancestors of Shrek Academy was.
However, Huo Yuhao showed no interest in Shrek's absolute advantage, which meant that he would not choose Shrek Academy.
While Xuan Ziwen and Xu Sheng were talking, there was a knock on the door.
Xu Sheng's face lit up immediately. "I'll go open the door."
After he opened the door, he saw Huo Yuhao, who he and Xuan Ziwen had been waiting for so long.
"Yuhao, you are finally here! Have you made up your mind?"
Huo Yuhao nodded, looked at Jiang Nannan and Dugu Luo who came with him, and smiled. "Sister Nannan, Sister Dugu, you just need to send me here."
Jiang Nannan nodded lightly, took a half step forward, raised her arms, and hugged Huo Yuhao.
Seeing this, Dugu Luo thought for a while. "Yuhao, I won't be able to see you for a long time after you go to school. Let's hug each other."
Jiang Nannan glanced at Dugu Luo. It turned out that you can do it.
Huo Yuhao had a warm smile on his face as he hugged Dugu Luo and patted her on the back.
"Don't let the pressure of the toxin outbreak be too severe. After entering the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, this problem won't be difficult to solve."
The three of them exchanged a few more words, and Jiang Nannan and Dugu Luo left.
Xuan Ziwen strode toward Huo Yuhao, his eyes shining with excitement. "Yuhao, you made an extremely correct decision. If there is nothing else to do in Heaven Dou City, shall we leave now?"
"Well, let's go, Teacher Xuan." Huo Yuhao nodded.
...
A few days later, Mingdou Mountains.
"Yuhao, this place is only separated from Mingdu, the capital of the Sun Moon Empire, by this mountain range."
"Unless it is necessary, we will not take the initiative to invade the airspace of other countries, as this may easily cause panic, so we will fly over from the Mingdou Mountains."
As he spoke, a circular device appeared on Xuan Ziwen's back, and then a halo scattered from it, forming a bionic wing with a metallic luster.
"This thing is called a flying soul guidance device."
Xuan Ziwen introduced it to Huo Yuhao: "Our Sun Moon Empire's research on flying soul guidance devices is unique on the entire continent. No other forces have mastered this bionic technology."
He flipped his palm, and a pair of small blue metal wings appeared in Xuan Ziwen's hand.
"This is a third-level flying soul guidance device that I made in my spare time. Yuhao, I see that your body strength is very good."
"And it seems that you are not lacking in soul power at all."
Xuan Ziwen handed the small metal wings in his hand to Huo Yuhao. "You inject soul power into it and try it on. It's like adapting to the flying soul guidance device in advance."
Huo Yuhao remembered the Xuan-level advanced flying dou skill— the Purple Cloud Wings.
Now is the perfect time to practice.
He thought of an excuse: "Teacher Xuan, although my martial soul is not a flying beast martial soul..."
"But I have a special ability that can condense a pair of wings through my soul power, which allows me to fly. It can be regarded as a self-created soul skill."
"I haven't practiced it due to my physical condition when I was in the first ring. Now I want to try."
"If I can initially master it, its flying speed will not be lower than the third-level flying soul guidance device."
Xuan Ziwen and Xu Sheng were stunned. The Flame Lotus released by Huo Yuhao before, along with his unique alchemy skills, had already shocked them.
He can create his soul skills and fly.
According to the records in some books from the academy, there are many cases of self-created soul skills in the history of the original Douluo Three Kingdoms.
However, the Soul Engineers of their Sun Moon Empire have a very small probability of creating their soul skills because they primarily rely on drugs, leading to physical deviations.
Xu Sheng patted his chest, saying, "Yuhao, practice your self-created flying soul skill. With us here, you won't have any accidents."
Huo Yuhao nodded. He had already mastered the principle of the trajectory of the purple cloud wing's soul power. Now he needed to put it into action.
He tried to guide his soul power to flow along the trajectory of the purple cloud wing, and a little purple halo gradually appeared on his back.
After an unknown amount of time and thousands of attempts, Huo Yuhao finally succeeded once; his soul power smoothly passed through the trajectory of the purple cloud wing.
A pair of purple wings appeared on his back. With a thought, the purple wings slowly flapped.
The next moment, Huo Yuhao rose into the air and burst into an extremely fast flight forward. At the same time, his soul power began to diminish rapidly.
When he was about to take the Soul-Returning Pill, Electrolux's voice sounded in his mind.
"Yuhao, this kind of flying soul skill requires pushing your body's limits, just like the desperate pressures of air and water in the sky and deep sea. If you continue to develop your potential, your subsequent flying ability will have greater room for improvement."
Huo Yuhao did not take the Soul-Returning Pill after hearing this and increased his extreme tolerance by squeezing his soul power.
Xu Sheng was stunned on the ground. "Xuan Ziwen, he flew up, and his speed is much faster than the third-level flying soul guidance device! Hey, why did Yuhao fall again?"
Sun Moon Empire, Mingdu.
At the entrance of Illustrious Virtue Hall, Jing Hongchen put his hands behind his back and looked in the direction of the Mingdou Mountain Range, with the demeanor of a master.
He was always ready to welcome the big baby.
"Meng, are you free today? Accompany Grandpa to see a genius."
The silver-haired girl lying leisurely on the soul guide chair next to him, her white legs swaying casually under her skirt, pulled away the words covering her cheeks when she heard the words.
She blinked her beautiful blue eyes. "Grandpa, which genius?"
(End of this chapter)