Huo Yuhao's astonishing wisdom told him that dealing with this kind of case required astonishing power!
If it really was that Soul Master who did it, he would definitely leave behind a trace of soul power. According to the information about shielding soul tools sent by Jing Hongchen of Mingde Hall, these traces could not be concealed by the shielding soul tools. Moreover,
even if it wasn't that guy, an evil soul master was still a good gain.
Huo Yuhao just wanted to study the evil martial soul and how the other party's soul was corrupted by evil.
Anyway, he didn't believe that anyone could remain completely undetected under the repeated probing of the Spirit Abyss Realm and the Spirit Domain Realm. If
it really happened, even if Tang Buddha himself intervened!
Then he wouldn't need to investigate anymore. He should quickly use his divine power to escape, or else the other party would be leashed and dragged to Qiankun Asking Love Valley for torture and gender reassignment!
Huo Yuhao patted Su Tong's shoulder and said,
"Don't move around here, I'll go buy you a meal."
"It'll only take a few minutes."
Su Tong's lips moved slightly, but before she could speak, she saw Huo Yuhao had already headed off, leaving her alone on the streets of Longcheng, exposed to the north wind.
"Sigh~"
She regretted accepting the mission with Huo Yuhao, but she had indeed listened to him and stood still.
She counted the falling snowflakes while waiting for Huo Yuhao to return.
Fortunately, he hadn't lied to her. Only five minutes later, Huo Yuhao returned carrying a large paper bag, along with two cups of Snow King Milk Tea, which he was carrying using telekinesis.
Huo Yuhao walked over to Su Tong and handed her the paper bag containing the hamburger meal, who was standing there dumbfounded.
She quickly took it and hugged the hamburger meal to her arms. Her
usually aloof and delicate face now showed a cute and innocent expression. Of course, she had heard of the fast food that was currently very popular in Longcheng.
Many of her adventurer friends recommended this quick and high-calorie food to her, and now many Soul Masters have fallen in love with this food called hamburger and fried chicken.
It's the perfect choice for replenishing energy after a Soul Battle.
However, she'd never actually eaten this kind of food before. Her Ice and Snow Maiden Martial Soul ensured she never lacked energy in the far north; to put it bluntly, she could survive on snow alone.
Seeing her steadily clutching the paper bag with a cute expression, Huo Yuhao released his telekinesis, picked up the two cups of milk tea, and said to her,
"Let's find a place to stay first, then carefully examine the details of the missing person case."
Su Tong tilted her head, blinked her icy blue eyes, and said,
"I'm from Dragon City."
"My home is in the south of the city, about five streets from the Heavenly Dragon Gate."
"So let's go to my house."
"My house is quite big."
Wow, that's exaggerated! Inviting someone to live together right after meeting.
Although they hadn't spent much time together, Huo Yuhao had already figured out Su Tong's personality.
She wasn't the aloof type like Ling Luochen, but rather the dazed type!
Because of her slightly airheaded nature combined with the aura bestowed by her Ice and Snow Maiden Martial Soul, her personality appeared very cold and aloof.
However, Huo Yuhao didn't refuse the invitation. He had only been in Dragon City for half a day and hadn't found a suitable hotel yet.
Since someone had invited him, Huo Yuhao wasn't being coy. If the other person wasn't embarrassed, why should he? Where they stayed didn't matter.
So, Huo Yuhao followed Su Tong towards the south of the city. Su Tong seemed to be quite famous in this area.
At least within his mental range, many people were discussing the two of them.
"Who's that old-fashioned person next to Miss Su Tong? They look unfamiliar."
"I don't know, but that purple top is so ugly."
Very well, those two passersby had already courted death!
He'd go back and open their boxes, give each of them an illusion magic gift pack, and severely correct their flawed fashion sense.
Of course, this was just Huo Yuhao joking around. He was still principled; saying a few words wouldn't make them become D-level personnel under Huo Yuhao's command.
Following Su Tong, Huo Yuhao arrived in the south of the city, where there were even more Soul Masters than in the north.
Moreover, the quality of their Martial Souls was quite good, with most possessing some form of dragon bloodline, likely sub-dragon Martial Souls.
The north of Dragon City was close to the far north, so the markets there primarily sold Soul Beast flesh and blood, or rare materials.
The south of the city had the official road of the Heavenly Soul Empire, leading directly to Heaven Dou City, where numerous merchant guilds gathered for trade.
Auction houses, Soul Arenas, Treasure Pavilions, and the Nine Treasures Merchant Guild were all located here, making it the core trading district of Dragon City.
Huo Yuhao followed closely beside Su Tong, navigating the increasingly crowded streets. Perhaps to ward off the cold, the streets here were considerably narrower than elsewhere.
Soon, Su Tong led him through a small alley, where a row of classical houses appeared, their architecture somewhat resembling the courtyard houses of the capital during the golden age.
He'd heard that the price of those courtyard houses could buy several of Huo Yuhao's lives.
Entering the courtyard, several cedar trees stood in the yard; given the extreme northern climate, it was unlikely any other ornamental plants could be grown. The ground was paved with warm jade, emitting a faint reddish glow.
All signs indicated that Su Tong's family was quite well-off, at least Roman nobles, unlike Huo Yuhao, who was merely a lowly servant in the White Tiger Duke's mansion.
The two went to the main living room together. Su Tong placed the paper bag she was carrying on the table and said to Huo Yuhao,
"Please sit down."
Huo Yuhao sat directly on a chair nearby; the cushion on it was made of some kind of soul beast's fur, which was surprisingly soft and warm. He then handed her a cup of milk tea.
Su Tong took it blankly, watching him skillfully pull out the straw, puncture the package, and begin drinking. She then imitated his actions, tucking her long hair behind her ear and drinking as well.
His icy blue eyes lit up; he had clearly never tasted such a sweet drink before, but it seemed he quite liked it.
While chewing on pearls, Huo Yuhao took out the detailed file from his storage soul tool, placed it on the table, and pushed it in front of her, saying,
"Take a look. Just understand the information inside; don't accept everything."
Su Tong touched her milk tea cup with both hands, her eyes filled with doubt, and asked,
"Aren't you going to look?"
Huo Yuhao shrugged and casually replied,
"I already read it with my mental power."
"A few words aren't enough to explain; you can read it yourself."
Su Tong was increasingly in awe of Huo Yuhao's mental power cultivation; she had never heard of anyone being able to directly read the information inside a file using their mental power.
While she was reading the file, Huo Yuhao used his mental power to scan the house.
Strangely, the results of his mental power scan showed that there was only one person living there; even the servants commonly found in wealthy households were nowhere to be seen.
He was very curious about Su Tong's parents; what kind of martial soul combination could give birth to the Ice and Snow Maiden?
Huo Yuhao took a sip of milk tea to replenish his sugar levels, then looked at Su Tong, who was intently reading the information, and said,
"Um, I haven't seen your father and mother."
"Aren't they here?"
Su Tong's fingers, which were flipping through the files, paused. Huo Yuhao sensed something was wrong.
"They're gone."
"They disappeared into the snowstorms of the far north when I was three years old."
Her usually cold voice clearly softened.
Huo Yuhao realized he had made a mistake and didn't continue speaking, sipping his milk tea to ease his guilt.
However, Huo Yuhao was a little confused. If it wasn't her parents who awakened her martial soul, were the awakened individuals in the City Lord's Mansion blinded by the God King?
How could they not sense the obvious Ice and Snow Maiden and Ultimate Ice?
(End of Chapter)
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