A Plan to Trade for Immortal Herbs

However, Mu Yuan had not forgotten about Dugu Bo.

In Dugu Bo's herb garden, there were several Immortal Herbs. Among them, Aromatic Silk Beauty was the key to the Martial Soul Evolution of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.

Ning Fengzhi had shown Mu Yuan considerable kindness, so Mu Yuan wanted to obtain this Immortal Herb as repayment for that debt.

As for how to acquire the Immortal Herb, Mu Yuan had already thought of a suitable method. He would offer Dugu Bo terms he could not refuse and trade with him for the entire Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

However, this method required him to first break through to Level 60.

Back when he was at Shrek Academy, Mu Yuan had already cultivated to Level 57 and was not far from Level 58. During the journey to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, he successfully broke through to Level 58.

He was now only two levels away from Level 60.

At his current cultivation speed, he would only need a little over a month to raise two more levels and reach the realm of a Level 60 Soul Emperor.

Mu Yuan's fifth soul ring had come from a fifty-five-thousand-year-old Sacred Wood King Vine. After obtaining that soul ring, his strength had already risen to a level no weaker than that of an ordinary Spirit Douluo.

Now that several months had passed, his Soul Power Level had reached Level 58, and his strength had improved tremendously once again.

Mu Yuan was confident that he could absorb a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast as his sixth soul ring. If he succeeded, he estimated that his strength would reach the point where he could rival a Titled Douluo!

In the time that followed, Mu Yuan cultivated peacefully within Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

During this period, the people from Shrek Academy fought a match against Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team.

This battle was to compete for the qualification to represent Heaven Dou Royal Academy in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy had a total of two slots for the tournament.

One was a seeded slot that granted direct entry into the Elite Tournament finals. It was currently held by Heaven Dou Royal Academy's first team, where Yu Tianheng was.

The other was an ordinary entry slot, currently held by Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team.

In the world of Soul Masters, strength spoke for itself.

Although Meng Shenji and the others had agreed to give Shrek Academy the chance to participate in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, whether they could truly represent the academy still depended on whether the Shrek Team could surpass their competitors in strength. Only then would everyone accept the outcome.

However, the people of Shrek Academy were not worried about the outcome of this battle in the slightest.

The secondary reason was that Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team was far inferior to the first team led by Yu Tianheng and the others. Whether in Soul Power Level or Martial Soul quality, they were greatly lacking and were basically no match for the Shrek Team.

The main reason was that, unlike matches at the Great Soul Arena, the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament only had an age restriction and no Soul Power Level restriction. This meant that Mu Yuan could participate legitimately.

Thus, beneath the shocked gazes of all the watching students—

Mu Yuan brought his hands together. Tree Realm Descent. The match was over.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy, already blessed with a fine ecosystem, now had an additional lush forest.

After the match ended, Mu Yuan's powerful strength made him a figure thoroughly admired by the students of Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

The male students came one after another to ask Mu Yuan about cultivation methods, while the female students harbored even more questionable intentions.

Xiao Wu guarded Mu Yuan vigilantly, afraid that those eager senior girls would snatch him away.

Mu Yuan was quite helpless about this as well. Later, he simply applied to Meng Shenji for a new residence farther away from the student area. Only then did things gradually settle down.

In the time that followed, Mu Yuan cultivated diligently and rarely took part in outside activities.

During this time, he heard that Grandmaster had gotten into a conflict with several teachers from Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

The reason was that those teachers had happened to see Grandmaster giving Tang San special training, and the content of that training made them burst into laughter. They mocked Grandmaster for not even understanding the basic characteristics of Soul Power, saying that he had made Tang San, a plant Martial Soul Master, heat up a water vat.

Mu Yuan had heard about this from Xiao Wu, though she was not clear on the specific details. In any case, Grandmaster and the others had clashed unpleasantly, and Meng Shenji was eventually alerted.

Mu Yuan did not pay much attention to it.

Nothing that happened to Grandmaster would be surprising.

Besides, whatever Grandmaster did had nothing to do with him. At this moment, he was more focused on increasing his own Soul Power Level.

Time passed slowly. One month and nine days later, Mu Yuan successfully broke through to the realm of a Level 60 Soul Emperor.

"You broke through!"

Xiao Wu said excitedly from the side.

She could sense that the Life Energy within Mu Yuan's body had grown vastly stronger again, already nearly comparable to that of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Mu Yuan nodded and reached out to stroke Xiao Wu's soft rabbit ears.

Xiao Wu's face reddened as she said, "All right, you can keep petting me later. I'm going to heat up the food."

Previously, in order to avoid the overly enthusiastic senior students at the academy, Mu Yuan had moved to a relatively remote area within Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

While this meant people no longer disturbed him, going to the cafeteria became quite troublesome.

So Xiao Wu brought meals over every time. If Mu Yuan happened to be cultivating, she would wait quietly at the side until he finished, then heat up the food.

"Coming through!"

Xiao Wu returned with light steps, carrying the reheated meal over.

"Thank you, Xiao Wu," Mu Yuan said as he accepted the food.

Xiao Wu giggled. "Why are you thanking me?"

Hearing that, Mu Yuan thought for a moment, set down the food, and reached out to pull Xiao Wu into his arms.

Faced with this sudden situation, Xiao Wu looked somewhat flustered, yet also somewhat expectant.

Mu Yuan cupped Xiao Wu's delicate little face and gently kissed her.

Xiao Wu's face instantly turned red. She blinked her alluring pink eyes as she looked at Mu Yuan.

"Why did you suddenly do that...?"

Mu Yuan said, "I thought you would like it."

Mu Yuan's words were not without basis.

During this period, whenever Xiao Wu came by and happened to find him taking a nap, she would quietly lie down beside him and wrap an arm around his waist. Sometimes, she would even boldly kiss him.

Although Mu Yuan had been asleep, his senses remained automatically active, so he had been fully aware of Xiao Wu's actions.

He believed this was how Xiao Wu expressed her affection for him, so he felt that he should be more proactive as well. That was how what had just happened came about.

Xiao Wu wrapped her arms around Mu Yuan's waist in return and said, "Then... can we do it again?"

Mu Yuan lowered his head.

"Mm..."

Elsewhere, Ning Rongrong swung her legs idly at the training ground.

I haven't seen that guy in so long. I wonder how he's doing?

Hmph, making me worry about him—unforgivable!

At that moment, a couple not far away caught Ning Rongrong's attention.

The girl gave the boy a scarf she had knitted herself, and the boy happily hugged her.

"Hmph, childish!"

Ning Rongrong pouted and left the training ground.

That afternoon, Mu Yuan left Heaven Dou Royal Academy. He was going to prepare to hunt for his sixth soul ring.