Qin Ming, who had originally planned to stay in Suotuo City for only three days, had no choice but to delay their departure.
Because Ye Lingling, the support soul master on the team, had reached level 30.
With her original level 29 Soul Power, she had not been qualified to join the Imperial Fighting Team.
However, Qin Ming had considered the unique nature of the Nine Heart Begonia martial soul, and he had also hoped that Ye Lingling could reach level 30 before they arrived in the Star Luo Empire, so he had kept her by his side.
So when Ye Lingling told him that morning that she had already reached level 30,
Qin Ming was instantly overjoyed.
He immediately called out all the students who were still resting.
After breakfast, the group swiftly set off.
There were fewer than ten days left before the exchange between the royal academies of the two nations, so time was tight.
The location chosen to hunt a Soul Ring for Ye Lingling was the Star Dou Great Forest. Setting out from Suotuo City, it would take them roughly two days at their pace.
Along the way, Qin Ming repeatedly warned them,
"The Star Dou Great Forest is different from the Soul Beast Forest at our academy. The Soul Beasts there are all wild, naturally ferocious, and extremely aggressive."
"Once we enter the Star Dou Great Forest, everyone must stay close behind me."
Unlike the Heaven Dou Royal Academy students, whose faces were solemn, Yu Xiaowei scoffed at Qin Ming's words.
Unlike children such as Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan, who had never been to a Soul Beast Forest, he had been fighting Soul Beasts on the outskirts of Sunset Forest ever since he became a one-ring soul master.
He had fought his way from hundred-year Soul Beasts all the way up to Soul Beasts four or five thousand years old.
He knew all too well that in a treacherous, ever-changing Soul Beast Forest, a method of protection like Qin Ming's would only turn this group of students into bigger noobs.
Especially after his Life and Death Battle with Meng Li, he held even more contempt for the Imperial Fighting Team, who were still constantly taking part in sparring matches.
If he had once beaten the Imperial Fighting Team on his own through sheer personal strength,
then now, as long as he stood on the stage, the killing intent he carried alone would make their legs go weak.
Soul masters who had never experienced a battle of life and death could never take another step forward.
On the second day, the group finally arrived at a small town on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
After glancing at the darkening sky, Qin Ming said helplessly, "We'll rest here tonight and enter the forest early tomorrow morning."
The exhausted Imperial Fighting Team weakly responded before returning to their rooms to rest.
Unlike the other students, Yu Xiaowei, with his powerful physique, was still full of energy.
He sat downstairs alone, ordered an entire table of dishes, and began eating at an unhurried pace.
As he ate, he kept pondering one question: why did his Martial Soul Possession resemble a Martial Soul Avatar so much?
Thinking back on it, Yu Xiaowei had once had a rather unreliable guess about this.
Could it be that he had already begun Dragon Transformation from the moment he obtained his first Soul Ring?
At first, he had thought that idea was rather far-fetched.
But at the first ring, he had grown a tail and obtained the Atomic Furnace. At the second ring, he had grown Dorsal Fins. At the third ring, he had grown one of Godzilla's claws.
Those were clearly signs of Dragon Transformation.
Moreover, as the number of Dragon Transformation parts increased, his Martial Soul Possession had become almost like a humanoid Godzilla. The more he thought about it, the more likely the guess seemed.
But everyone in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan only underwent Dragon Transformation at level 30. Why was he so special?
Was this some special treatment for transmigrators?
Just as he was burying his head in food and drink, a delicate-looking man in white entered with three young people.
The man in white dotingly said to one of the girls,
"Miss Nana, we'll make do here for the night. Tomorrow, we'll enter the Star Dou Great Forest and help you find a suitable..."
His voice abruptly cut off.
The girl raised her head in confusion. Seeing the excitement and fervor in his expression, she asked strangely, "Grandpa Yue, what's wrong?"
As though he had not heard her at all, the man in white flashed forward and rushed out.
Yu Xiaowei only saw a streak of white light flash before his eyes, and then the man in white was standing in front of him.
He raised his head uncertainly and met the man's face, which looked as though he were admiring a priceless treasure.
"Sir, I'm a decent man. What are you trying to do?"
Yu Xiaowei abruptly leaped backward. That person's expression made him think of a disgusting phrase.
A taste for men.
This terrifying dead eunuch hasn't taken a liking to me, has he? A chill ran through him.
The man in white's smiling expression froze, and his face quickly turned livid. Then, like lightning, he struck out with seven consecutive palm attacks.
They landed respectively on Yu Xiaowei's neck, both arms, both legs, chest, and back.
Yu Xiaowei had not reacted at all and had no room to resist. This dead eunuch before him was at least a Soul Douluo.
Having seen much of the world, Yu Xiaowei immediately formed a rough judgment of the man in white's strength.
As seven streams of heat entered his body, rich golden light suddenly burst forth.
Accompanied by a strange floral fragrance, Yu Xiaowei clearly sensed an unusual power continuously flowing into every part of his body. Even without checking, he knew that his physical body had been strengthened once again.
Then the identity of this dead eunuch before him was obvious.
Yue Guan, Chrysanthemum Douluo of Spirit Hall. His martial soul was the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.
Only he could precisely stimulate all the residual medicinal power within Yu Xiaowei's body.
As though he had discovered a work of art, Yue Guan looked at Yu Xiaowei with satisfaction and asked excitedly,
"Young friend, are you willing to take me as your master?"
As he spoke, he spread open his right palm, and an enormous chrysanthemum bloomed into existence.
It was a magnificent purple chrysanthemum. Its stamens rose more than half a foot above its petals, while their tips glimmered with golden light.
Yue Guan's voice softened as well,
"Young friend, I am an elder of Spirit Hall. My title is Chrysanthemum, and my Soul Power is passable enough—level 95."
"You have seen my martial soul. It is the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum."
"Since you have consumed this Immortal Grade herb, it means we are fated. Young friend, are you willing to take me as your master? With your talent, you will certainly surpass me in the future."
The two men and one woman behind Yue Guan immediately changed expressions.
Chrysanthemum Douluo was a Super Douluo. Since he had explicitly said that the youth before them would one day become a Super Expert at his level, there could be no mistake.
But how had such a genius appeared in this remote border town?
Still, surely no one would refuse such a good thing. With a teacher like him, one would not only gain a powerful backer but also receive tremendous help in cultivation.
Yet, to everyone's surprise, Yu Xiaowei merely chuckled and said,
"Senior, I'm afraid that won't work. I already have a teacher at home."
Yue Guan snorted coldly, his killing intent surging as he said,
"Who is your teacher? I'll go kill him right now, and then you can take me as your master."
"Uh, I'm afraid you can't do that."
"Who is your teacher?"
Yue Guan frowned, seeming to realize that this was not so simple.
Yu Xiaowei grinned, revealing a mouthful of gleaming white teeth.
"My teacher is Yu Yuanzhen. Also, my father-in-law is Ning Fengzhi, and I have two sworn grandfathers: one is Chen Xin, and the other is Gu Rong."
"If you want me to take you as my master, then go ahead and try. See which one of them you can kill?"
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