A Difficult Mission

"Of course, those who are eliminated, don't lose heart. Other classes will take you in."

"Now, show your Martial Souls, Soul Power, and soul rings one by one."

The students looked at one another, but no one dared to step forward first.

At that moment, a frail little girl raised her hand. "Instructor... I-I'll go."

"Alright."

"My name is Lin Mengyao. My Martial Soul is the Time Staff. I'm a Level 35 three-ring Tool Soul Master, with two yellow rings and one purple ring."

Liu Yi raised an eyebrow. A Time Staff—a Support System Soul Master. This was quite good.

With a Support System Soul Master, the most important thing now was to look at the assault-type and agility-attack-type Soul Masters.

With Lin Mengyao taking the lead, the others released their Martial Souls and soul rings one after another.

Liu Yi observed carefully. Many of those present met his requirements.

However, he needed the strongest.

"Very good. Follow me." Liu Yi turned and headed outside.

The students exchanged puzzled looks, but still ran out of the classroom.

The group arrived at a quiet clearing and lined up in an orderly row.

"Today, I'll test you. The strong will stay. Lin Mengyao passes directly. I've already looked—she's the only decent Support System Soul Master in the class. The rest of you can go down the mountain."

After Liu Yi finished speaking, three Support System Soul Masters left in disappointment.

There were currently fifteen people remaining.

Excluding Lin Mengyao, there were fourteen left. Picking the six strongest among fourteen was simple.

After a full day of fighting.

Only six people remained on the field. Every one of them was covered in injuries, their clothes soaked through with sweat.

"Not bad, not bad. The rest of the losers may leave. The victors stay."

The others left with the support of their companions, while those who remained collapsed onto the ground.

At the same time, Liu Yi glanced at Lin Mengyao. Lin Mengyao nodded, turned slightly, and a golden staff quietly appeared in her right hand.

"Third Soul Skill, Healing Light!"

Six golden beams suddenly shone down upon the six people. The faint, gentle glow noticeably improved their complexions.

"Go back and rest well. Lin Mengyao, help me compile the list of the group, then bring it to me."

"Yes, Teacher."

As the breeze gently stirred, Liu Yi had already vanished.

Back in his room.

Liu Yi sat in his chair and took out the Martial Soul theory Qian Renxue had given him.

As well as information on soul ring and soul bone configurations.

From his memories, this body had yet to obtain a single soul bone. He had not even seen an External Soul Bone.

"The Seven Kill Sword focuses on offense. The soul rings it obtains are all offensive as well. Other than the second soul ring, they are all attack-oriented soul rings."

Liu Yi pondered for a long time, thinking about what type of soul beast he should hunt next.

He might not have Grandmaster's mind, but that did not mean he was an idiot.

Knock, knock, knock.

"Come in." Liu Yi closed his book and looked at the shy little girl.

Lin Mengyao handed over the notebook in her hands.

Liu Yi accepted it and opened it, revealing an approving expression.

"Yang Tianlong, sixteen years old. Martial Soul: Soul Breaking Spear. Level 35 assault-type Battle Soul Master. Soul rings: two yellow, one purple."

Even his home address had been written down clearly.

"Qi Luo, fifteen years old. Martial Soul: Ghost Shadow Spider Emperor. Level 33 control-type Battle Soul Elder. Soul rings: two yellow, one purple."

"Ling Feng, fifteen years old. Martial Soul: Golden Winged Roc. Level 33 agility-attack-type Battle Soul Elder. Soul rings: two yellow, one purple."

"Niu Hao, sixteen years old. Martial Soul: Black Bull. Level 32 defense-type Soul Master. Soul rings: two yellow, one purple."

"Niu Hao, sixteen years old. Martial Soul: Black Bull. Level 32 defense-type Soul Master. Soul rings: two yellow, one purple."

"Long Yin, sixteen years old. Martial Soul: Silver Horned Demon Dragon. Level 35 assault-type Battle Soul Elder. Soul rings: two yellow, one purple."

"Lin Mengyao, fifteen years old. Martial Soul: Time Staff. Level 35 Support System Soul Elder. Soul rings: two yellow, one purple."

Liu Yi nodded in satisfaction. "Not bad. You did very well. From now on, notify everyone that Long Yin will be the captain, while you will be the vice-captain."

Lin Mengyao hurriedly shook her head in refusal. "No, Teacher. I can't be the vice-captain."

That was indeed true. In every team, the captain was usually the main force, while the vice-captain was a control-type Soul Master. When had a Support System Soul Master ever been qualified for such a position?

"You don't need to worry about that. Just go inform them. Whoever refuses can come find me. If there's nothing else, you may leave."

Lin Mengyao nodded and turned to leave the room.

After she left, Liu Yi flipped open the notebook again. Of course he knew about the Soul Breaking Spear Martial Soul.

It was the top-tier Martial Soul of Yang Wudi's clan.

Yang Tianlong should have been Yang Wudi's son. Why had he come here?

Liu Yi could not make sense of it no matter how hard he thought. In the end, he simply lay down on the bed and fell fast asleep.

The next morning.

A ray of sunlight shone through the crack in the window.

Liu Yi opened his eyes, stretched lazily, and shook his head helplessly after looking around at his surroundings.

He had not gone home after all.

"Get up. Time to train the students."

Liu Yi got dressed and arrived at the classroom. At this point, including Liu Yi himself, only eight people remained in the class.

The other seven were all the class's best students.

"Very good. Today, I'm assigning you a task. Once you complete it, you can rest."

Everyone looked toward Liu Yi, wondering what task their teacher meant.

"Teacher, stop beating around the bush and just tell us."

Liu Yi smiled. "Alright. Your goal today is to kill a soul beast that is at least three thousand years old, but no more than five thousand years old."

"What?!"

The group was clearly stunned upon hearing this. They were just a bunch of kids—hunt soul beasts? What kind of joke was that?

Whenever they needed a soul ring after breaking through, their families would take them to Sunset Forest, or to the soul beast forests raised by the empire.

Seeing their utterly hopeless expressions, Liu Yi smiled.

"If you can't even accomplish this, I suggest you leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy as soon as possible."

Long Yin clenched his fists. Gritting his teeth and stomping his foot, he said, "Alright, Teacher. We'll take it."

"Yeah, it's just one soul beast. Nothing to be afraid of." Yang Tianlong patted his chest and declared confidently.

"Teacher, may I ask which forest we're going to?"

"Star Dou Great Forest!"

The faces of those who had just been boasting immediately darkened.

Star Dou Great Forest was a paradise for soul beasts. Its territory was even larger than Sunset Forest's, and the number of soul beasts within it was countless.

There were even 100,000 Year Soul Beasts there.

If they entered rashly now, they might very well die inside.

"What, you're scared already?" Liu Yi walked over to Yang Tianlong's side.

"Uh... Teacher, can we go to Sunset Forest instead?"

"Hm?" Liu Yi frowned, frightening Yang Tianlong into hurriedly lowering his head.

"Alright, no time to waste. Let's set off."