Training Begins

After returning, Chen Feng and Xu Yunrou were still somewhat incredulous.

Their son had been accepted as a disciple by the strongest Titled Douluo in the sect. He would personally take him under his wing and train him. His future achievements would surely be limitless.

It was only after a long while that the two of them truly calmed down.

Chen Feng patted Chen Yuan on the shoulder, his eyes filled with fervor as he instructed him, "Yuan'er, from now on, while you are by your Teacher's side, you must serve him carefully and never defy him. His Eminence's lineage is the only direct line of our Chen Family. His Eminence has no sons or daughters now, so you are his only heir..."

Although the once-prominent Chen Family had already joined the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, becoming part of the Chen Clan's direct line still held no small appeal for its members. It was an honor that could be engraved upon Spirit Hall's Pope Decree.

Chen Yuan did not spoil Chen Feng's excitement and simply nodded. "Dad, I will."

At that moment, Xu Yunrou snatched Chen Yuan from Chen Feng's hands and said with a face full of reluctance, "Son, I'm not like your father. I only hope that you take good care of yourself while you're with His Eminence. I never expected that when you returned to the sect for your Martial Soul Awakening this time, Sword Douluo would accept you as his disciple. Tomorrow, your father and I will return to Winchester City to oversee the sect's business there. It may be months before we meet again. I'm truly afraid you won't be used to living without your parents by your side."

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's business was spread across the continent. To establish a foothold in every city, even with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's name, powerful Spirit Masters still needed to be stationed there. In the past, Chen Yuan had not always lived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's mountain gate.

Thinking of parting with his parents, even Chen Yuan, who had lived two lives, felt a trace of sadness. However, this was not a parting of life and death. He smiled and said, "Mom, I'm already grown up. I can take care of myself."

Seeing that Chen Yuan could still smile, Chen Feng and Xu Yunrou were both reassured. They knew their son had always been especially opinionated since childhood and was far more independent than children his age.

But immediately afterward, the couple still went over every precaution for living in the sect with Chen Yuan one by one. Before they knew it, the entire afternoon had passed.

Servants brought dinner over, and after eating, Chen Yuan washed up early and returned to his room.

Only then did Chen Yuan have time to think.

After coming to Douluo Continent six years ago, I've finally awakened my own Martial Soul. In a world where Martial Souls are everything, it's fortunate that I was born into a decent family after transmigrating here. If I'd been born a commoner and had an ordinary Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, I'd truly have nowhere to cry.

Chen Yuan's eyes grew brighter and brighter.

Although the continent won't be peaceful in the future, as long as I'm strong enough, I'll have the confidence to face any danger. If I can become a god, I'll even gain a nearly eternal life. The gods of Douluo Continent may have limited personal strength, but their lives are practically endless. That's one of their few advantages.

As he thought of this, determination appeared on Chen Yuan's face.

If I want to become a god, I need to start figuring out how to obtain the opportunities worth planning for. But for now, I should still cultivate step by step...

Chen Yuan then sat cross-legged on his bed. He had long since learned his family's Meditation Method, and now it could finally be put to use.

Taking a deep breath and closing his eyes, Chen Yuan recalled the Martial Soul Awakening from earlier that day and began slowly circulating the Soul Power within his body.

Innate Level 9 Soul Power gave him an extremely high affinity for Soul Power. On his first attempt, he smoothly sensed the Soul Power in the outside world. By circulating the Soul Power within his body, he drew in the external Soul Power, turning it into his own. That was the cultivation of the Meditation Method.

In truth, Douluo's Meditation Methods should have been rather backward. They had extremely high requirements for talent. After Martial Soul Awakening, the higher one's Innate Soul Power, the faster one cultivated; the lower it was, the slower one's cultivation became.

No wonder Tang San had cultivated Innate Full Soul Power using just the Mysterious Heaven Skill, and had even continued using it all the way to the god level.

A cultivation method from a wuxia world was simply a dimensionality-reducing strike against Douluo Continent's Meditation Methods.

However, Chen Yuan had no spare thoughts to consider anything else right now. He was wholly focused on increasing the Soul Power within his body. As it accumulated bit by bit, he found the experience quite novel.

For his first cultivation session, Chen Yuan only lasted two hours before exhaustion forced him out of his meditative state.

Fatigue filled Chen Yuan's eyes, but his face carried a meaningful expression.

Accumulating Soul Power requires persistent effort. But it would be great if I could improve the efficiency of cultivating Soul Power. The Meditation Method is ultimately rather outdated. If I could get Tang San to reveal the Mysterious Heaven Skill...

But then Chen Yuan shook his head. Given Tang San's temperament, that would be harder than ascending to heaven.

His body gradually fell backward until he lay spread-eagled on the bed. Chen Yuan raised his left hand and looked at the Storage Soul Tool ring on his middle finger. The silver-white ring was set with a red gemstone. Even setting aside the fact that it was a Storage Soul Tool, its craftsmanship alone was exceptionally luxurious.

After a brief moment of thought, Chen Yuan injected Soul Power into the ring. Immediately afterward, it was as though he could see the inside of the Storage Soul Tool.

Aside from all kinds of rare treasures that were obviously valuable at a glance, there were also Gold Soul Coins piled into a small mountain, filling the enormous nine-cubic-meter interior space.

Chen Yuan could not help but marvel at Ning Fengzhi's generosity in recruiting talent. Of course, to Ning Fengzhi, this might have merely been an ordinary Storage Soul Tool for keeping pocket change.

Chen Yuan sighed inwardly.

If only Tang San were greedy for money. I could buy the Mysterious Heaven Skill from him while he's at his poorest. But that's just wishful thinking. He'd probably turn around and say, "You know my secret, so you have a path to death."

A moment later, Chen Yuan felt his eyelids growing heavier and heavier. He withdrew his Soul Power, pulled up the blanket, and soon drifted off to sleep.

The next day!

The sky had only just begun to brighten when Chen Yuan was called up. After having breakfast with his parents, Chen Feng and Xu Yunrou sent him to Chen Xin.

Chen Xin had said yesterday that Chen Yuan would begin training by his side that morning.

Though reluctant to part with him, Chen Feng and Xu Yunrou truly said their goodbyes and went Down the Mountain after bringing Chen Yuan here.

Chen Yuan watched his parents' backs until they disappeared. At that moment, Chen Xin drifted gracefully over behind him and said, "Yuan'er, come with me. From now on, you will live with me. I will arrange your meals, schedule, and training. You only need to give your all to meet my requirements."

Chen Yuan turned around, looked at Chen Xin, and bowed. "Understood, Teacher."

Then Chen Yuan followed Chen Xin toward the depths of the Back Mountain.