Level 30

"School?"

"Yes, Kong. You've reached the age to attend school too. Thunder Elementary Soul Master Academy was funded by our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Tianxin only graduated from there a year ago."

Time flew by. More than half a month had passed since Kong and Yu Yuanzhen had "joined forces" to kill the Thunder Hell Vine.

After absorbing the Thunder Hell Vine's soul ring, Kong and Yu Yuanzhen returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

What made Kong rather upset was that the Thunder Hell Vine had not dropped a soul bone!

A man's greed was never satisfied. The Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear had dropped a soul bone, yet the Thunder Hell Vine had not. That left him more than a little displeased.

After hearing Yu Yuanzhen's words, Kong fell silent. Before transmigrating to Douluo Continent, he had only just finished school. Six years had passed, and now he had to go back to an academy?

All the students there were children under thirteen.

The thought immediately killed any desire Kong had to attend an academy.

"Grandpa, can I not go to an academy?"

Kong asked helplessly.

He really did not want to go to school!

Yu Yuanzhen was slightly stunned. He had thought Kong simply did not want to attend Thunder Elementary Soul Master Academy. After all, it had been established by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and most of its students were members of the clan.

Kong had his reasons for not wanting to go.

With that in mind, Yu Yuanzhen nodded and continued, "Kong, how about this? Let's go to Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Studying there would be the same."

Kong: "..."

He simply did not want to play with a bunch of little kids!

It was not an issue with the academy!

"Grandpa, with my Level 28 Soul Power, wouldn't going to a Soul Master Academy just be bullying people?"

Kong could only come up with an excuse.

With Level 28 Soul Power, he could attend not only an elementary academy, but even an advanced academy.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy did not distinguish between elementary, intermediate, and advanced academies. It only had different classes. The highest class was the Heaven Dou Class.

Reaching the Heaven Dou Class was equivalent to attending an advanced Soul Master Academy...

Hearing this, Yu Yuanzhen subconsciously nodded. Level 28 Soul Power really would be bullying people in an elementary academy!

Going to the elementary class at Heaven Dou Royal Academy would be bullying people as well...

But if Kong went straight to an advanced Soul Master Academy at such a young age, it would seem rather abnormal! Anyone could tell something was off about him!

Going to an intermediate Soul Master Academy was not much more reasonable either.

The old man and the child looked at each other, speechless for a long while.

"How about I just cultivate within the clan?"

Kong asked tentatively.

With his Innate Level 20 Soul Power, after absorbing two soul rings and an External Soul Bone, his Soul Power had soared directly to Level 28. It likely would not be long before he became a Soul Elder before the age of seven.

Yu Yuanzhen shook his head. He could tell that Kong did not want to cultivate within the clan.

Yet at the moment, there truly did not seem to be anywhere suitable for him.

"Kong, how about this? Once you break through to Level 30, Grandpa will accompany you to hunt soul beasts and obtain a soul ring. After that, you can travel around Douluo Continent?"

"Alright, Grandpa."

Kong agreed without even thinking.

Naturally, Yu Yuanzhen would not feel at ease letting Kong travel alone. There would be more than one Soul Douluo accompanying him!

After Yu Yuanzhen left, Kong recalled what had happened in Sunset Forest.

The Thunder Hell Vine had ultimately been ground into ash before it truly died, dropping a purple thousand-year soul ring.

After that came absorbing the soul ring and leaving Sunset Forest.

What Kong found rather regrettable was that his plan to scavenge some benefits in Sunset Forest had not worked out.

Kong remembered that after Tang San was taken away by Dugu Bo, it took Liu Erlong, Yu Xiaogang, and Flender only a little over two hours to travel from Shrek Academy to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Yet the time he and Yu Yuanzhen had spent wandering around Sunset Forest was far more than two hours!

"Wait, Grandpa and I must have entered Sunset Forest from the wrong direction!"

That was right. Sunset Forest was so vast, and there were entrances everywhere. They did not necessarily have to enter from the Heaven Dou City side.

The direction from which he and Yu Yuanzhen had entered Sunset Forest was opposite Heaven Dou City. If they kept heading toward Heaven Dou City, they could still find the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well—it would just be a little more troublesome.

"When I go obtain my next soul ring, should I talk Grandpa into going to Heaven Dou City first?"

Kong thought to himself.

If they set out from the Heaven Dou City side, the odds of finding the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well would be greater.

In the blink of an eye, three months passed.

As the two set out once more, they stared wide-eyed at each other.

"Kong, isn't your cultivation speed a little too fast?"

Yu Yuanzhen's mouth twitched. He had believed that Kong would need at least half a year to stabilize his cultivation before breaking through to Level 30.

Yet before even half that time had passed, he had already gone from Level 28 to Level 30.

That speed surpassed Yu Yuanzhen's imagination.

"Grandpa, it's perfectly normal for young people to cultivate a little faster."

Kong said without changing expression.

In truth, he had already broken through to Level 30 half a month ago.

Why did lightning occasionally strike the Back Mountain of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan? Was it not because he had drawn it there?

After absorbing the Thunder Hell Vine's soul ring, Kong's second soul skill could not only summon lightning; he had also inherited the trait of absorbing the power of lightning and converting it into cultivation.

Being struck by lightning from time to time caused his Soul Power to surge, yet not only did it feel anything but unstable, it was even more solid than that of Soul Masters at the same level.

The body-tempering effect of lightning had made Kong's physique several times stronger than that of children his age.

As soon as those words came out, Yu Yuanzhen's eye twitched. He felt as though Kong had taken a jab at him!

He had been stuck at Level 96 for more than ten years!

Before Tang Hao became a Titled Douluo, Yu Yuanzhen had already been Level 96. More than ten years had passed, yet he was still Level 96.

For a Titled Douluo, especially after Level 95, the Soul Power accumulation needed for every level was beyond his imagination!

To break through to Level 97, he would need to accumulate Soul Power for at least another twenty years!

Fortunately, Kong did not know what Yu Yuanzhen was thinking. Otherwise, he would have been speechless to death. In the original story, Yu Yuanzhen had at most a little over ten years left to live.

No wonder he never broke through to Level 97—he died first...

"Yeah... I'm old. I can't compare, I can't compare."

Yu Yuanzhen thought somewhat despondently.

With Kong's talent, perhaps by the time Kong reached his level, Yu Yuanzhen still would not have broken through to Level 97.

After all, Kong was the child of a god and had a god's favor. Yu Yuanzhen truly could not compare!

"By the way, Grandpa. I heard Heaven Dou City is pretty nice. How about we go take a look?"

Kong blinked. Almost no one had spoken with him before. After becoming the Young Sect Master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, he spent every day on the Back Mountain getting struck by lightning. Who would tell him about such things?