Six Years Later, a Level 45 Soul Ancestor

"That bastard Li Yan must have lied to me! If he can do it, why can't I?"

"I'm the Grandmaster, a true theoretical genius."

"If Li Yan can evolve, then I, Yu Xiaogang, the illustrious son of a Titled Douluo and the young master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, one of the Upper Three Sects, have no reason to fail!"

"Now, I'm going to make Luo Sanpao evolve into a Radiant Sacred Dragon right now, and show that country bumpkin Li Yan what a real genius is."

The Grandmaster, Yu Xiaogang, left the academy, bought three jin of white radishes from a roadside stall, then returned to his dormitory.

Inside, he summoned the purple-skinned Luo Sanpao. Luo Sanpao looked up at him, its face innocent and adorable.

"You useless Sanpao, look at how someone else's Sanpao can evolve, and then look at yourself. Aren't you ashamed?"

Luo Sanpao called out twice. It didn't understand, and turned its gaze to the white radishes on the table.

It had eaten those radishes for more than forty years and had long since become inseparably dependent on them.

"All you know is how to eat! Once you're done, hurry up and evolve!"

Yu Xiaogang tossed two white radishes to Luo Sanpao, and Luo Sanpao wolfed them down in no time.

"Well? Can you feel a surge of primordial power brewing inside you?"

Luo Sanpao nodded excitedly.

"Good! Now control it and let it help you complete your evolution, transforming your Martial Soul into the legendary Radiant Sacred Dragon."

Luo Sanpao cried out excitedly. Grinning from ear to ear, Yu Xiaogang dropped to the floor, ready to witness this historic moment.

"Pfft... pfft pfft... pfft..."

Luo Sanpao's face turned bright red from straining, and it released all the stinky farts in its body at once. Yu Xiaogang was closest to it and, caught off guard, took the full brunt of the attack.

"It stinks... stinks..."

Yu Xiaogang hurried to his feet, only for his head to suddenly spin. He fell to the floor with a thud.

He had actually been knocked unconscious by the stench of his own Martial Soul. If word of this got out, people would laugh themselves to death.

Time flew like a shuttle, the years sped by like arrows, and in the blink of an eye, five and a half years had passed.

In five and a half years, not many traces had been left on this small city.

Old Zhao was still selling buns at the street corner, and Wang Mazi still climbed over the widow's wall at night.

On the street, a group of three drew everyone's attention.

Two men and a woman, all over 1.75 meters tall, walked together. Beside them, two young dragons, one black and one gold, frolicked and tussled.

They were Li Yan, Tang San, and Xiao Wu.

After five and a half years, the three of them were twelve, old enough to graduate from Nuoding Soul Master Academy.

Li Yan was now level 45, with one yellow, two purple, and one black Soul Ring.

The thirty-percent boost to his cultivation speed from the mysterious stone had put Li Yan far ahead of the other two in level.

It was worth mentioning that, thanks to Li Yan's deliberate efforts to collect it, he had found several pieces of Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue. Combined with the improvement to his physique from his top-tier Beast Martial Soul, his Second Soul Ring was as old as 220,000 years, his third Soul Ring was 6,500 years old, and his fourth was 20,000 years old. All came from powerful dragon-type Soul Beasts.

Tang San, meanwhile, was level 35, with one yellow and two purple Soul Rings.

His Second Soul Ring was 1,100 years old, and his third was 3,200 years old. His Martial Soul was Blue Silver Grass, after all, and his physique was far too weak.

Even so, compared with the original story, where his Second Soul Ring was 600 years old and his third was 1,700 years old, he was several times stronger.

As for Xiao Wu, she fished for three days and dried her nets for two in her cultivation. She was only level 32, with two yellow Soul Rings and one purple.

Even so, she was considerably stronger than in the original story.

"Xiao San, Xiao Wu, we're graduating today. Have you decided where you're going afterward?"

On campus, the twelve-year-old Li Yan looked no different from a young man. He walked with the strides of a dragon and the steps of a tiger, his bearing magnificent, and was the dream lover of countless young women and widows in Nuoding City.

"I still haven't decided. I wonder if you have any suggestions, Brother Yan."

Five and a half years had long since made Tang San accustomed to relying on Li Yan.

"With our talent, going to an ordinary Soul Master Academy would just be a waste of time. I have two places in mind: Shrek Academy in Suotuo City, and Heaven Dou Royal Academy."

"But I'm more inclined to check out Shrek Academy first."

Five years ago, with Li Gang's support, Li Yan had formally established the Li Clan Trading Company, doing things like escorting shipments and trading.

Naturally, he had business dealings with his Uncle Wang Hong in Suotuo City, and inevitably came into contact with various factions there. For his fourth Soul Ring, Wang Hong's father, Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Shao Xin had helped him hunt the Soul Beast.

A 20,000-year-old dragon-type Soul Beast was extremely powerful in battle.

He had suggested Shrek Academy because it truly had quite a few talented people, such as Shao Xin and Oscar. If he could poach them, they would be a tremendous help to him.

Moreover, he could cling to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's powerful thigh.

Li Yan had no intention of joining any faction. Tang San felt the same; the two planned to establish a faction of their own once their wings were fully grown.

Xiao Wu, meanwhile, didn't concern herself with any of it.

If they wanted to establish a faction, top talents and powerful experts would be indispensable.

Oscar and Shao Xin were both good talents. Rather than leave them to decline at Shrek Academy and waste their lives, he might as well poach them himself.

Li Yan already had a complete plan in mind: join Shrek Academy, poach as many of its talents as possible, then go to Heaven Dou City and join Blue Tyrant Academy, using it as the foundation to establish a faction.

After that, he would go to Sunset Forest and use the Immortal Herb redemption code, obtain a Titled Douluo-level bodyguard and Immortal Herbs, and soar straight into the heavens.

However, the dream was beautiful, while reality was cruel. With both Liu Erlong and Flender, he needed to guard against Yu Xiaogang interfering.

It was worth mentioning that Li Yan had provoked Yu Xiaogang five years ago, leaving him muttering to himself all day. After years of tinkering, Luo Sanpao was still the same Luo Sanpao.

As a result, he bore a hatred that ran to the bone for Li Yan, who had transformed Luo Sanpao into a dragon.

"Shrek Academy? Brother Yan, I'll go with you. Wherever you are, that's where I'll be."

Xiao Wu cut in.

"By the way, I have a question. Is the strongest person at Shrek Academy a Soul Saint or a Soul Douluo?"

Xiao Wu was very worried. If Shrek Academy had a Soul Douluo, there was a good chance her identity as a Soul Beast would be discovered.

She didn't want to leave Li Yan and Tang San, but she didn't want her identity exposed and to be hunted down by powerful humans either.

"What are you thinking? Do you really think Soul Douluo are cabbages? There are no more than a hundred known Soul Douluo on the continent right now, and most are concentrated in the Upper Three Sects and Spirit Hall. How could you run into one so easily?"

"The strongest person at Shrek Academy is a level 76 Soul Saint, with the Four-Eyed Cat Owl Martial Soul."

Hearing that, Xiao Wu breathed a sigh of relief.

"Then I'll join Shrek Academy with Brother Yan and Third Brother too."

"In that case, let's go home and have a proper talk with Mom and Dad about our plans at noon."