Repaying Their Kindness (Please Follow and Vote)

Douluo Continent, Maple Leaf Village.

In the room that had originally been empty, Gu Yi suddenly appeared out of thin air.

Gu Yi did not put the Blood Soul Spear into his storage ring. Instead, he carried it on his back.

Four years had passed, and Gu Yi had grown quite a bit taller.

He now stood a full 1.95 meters tall, with a slender build. Carrying a seven-foot, 2.3-meter-long spear diagonally across his back was effortless for him.

What was more, as a magical treasure, the Blood Soul Spear could grow or shrink within a certain range.

Keeping the Blood Soul Spear close to his body allowed Gu Yi to feel, at every moment, the surging baleful qi and Resentment Qi within it. Wave after wave, they assaulted his soul and will, seeking to stir up negative emotions such as anger and Killing Intent within him.

Nor did Gu Yi ignore the Blood Soul Spear's sinister power to consume the blood of others. He allowed it to act upon the blood throughout his body, accelerating the circulation of his blood and Soul Power, thus achieving the effect of cultivating at all times.

"Normally, the Blood Soul Spear can also serve as an excellent tool for tempering myself." The more Gu Yi looked at the Blood Soul Spear, the more satisfied he became.

"I've already obtained the Blood-Devouring Pearl and the Soul-Devouring Staff. For now, I won't be going to the Jade Dynasty World."

The upper limit of the Jade Dynasty World's cultivation system was not particularly high, far inferior to that of the Nine Heavens Continent and the Dou Qi Continent.

However, compared to the Douluo Continent, it was not lacking in the slightest.

Moreover, as an immortal cultivation world, the Jade Dynasty World contained countless opportunities.

The greatest opportunity of all was naturally the five volumes of the Book of Heaven.

They contained the ultimate principles of heaven and earth and were the source of the cultivation methods of the Daoist, Buddhist, and demonic paths in the Jade Dynasty World.

Anyone who comprehended the Book of Heaven could gain different insights from it.

If Gu Yi could obtain the Book of Heaven and combine it with the Myriad Worlds Gate's Dao comprehension, he would surely benefit immensely, and his cultivation could advance by leaps and bounds.

It was simply not easy to obtain the Book of Heaven.

The five volumes of the Book of Heaven were located respectively in the Blood-Dripping Cave, Tianyin Temple's Wordless Jade Wall, the Ghost King Sect, the Heavenly Emperor's Treasury, and the Immortal Slaying Sword.

Of them, the easiest to obtain was the first volume of the Book of Heaven in the Blood-Dripping Cave.

But to get there, one had to pass through Kongsang Mountain and the Dead Spirit Abyss beneath the Myriad Bat Ancient Cave.

There was an ancient exotic beast there, the Blackwater Profound Serpent. Its strength was no weaker than that of Profound Martial Realm warriors or Profound Demonic Beasts from the Nine Heavens Continent.

The remaining four volumes were all far more difficult to obtain than the first volume of the Book of Heaven.

Thus, Gu Yi had no intention of remaining in the Jade Dynasty World any longer.

The next morning.

Gu Yi held the Blood Soul Spear as he practiced spear techniques in an open area at the center of Maple Leaf Village.

Beside him, a group of Maple Leaf Village's villagers and children were practicing fist and kicking techniques. Their movements were quite decent, their punches forceful and vigorous.

This had become Maple Leaf Village's daily morning practice routine over the past three years.

Once he decided to stop harvesting source energy from Nuoding Academy's students, Gu Yi had no reason to remain at Nuoding Academy.

Therefore, when his third academic year ended, Gu Yi informed the teachers at Nuoding Academy and chose to graduate early.

However, after leaving Nuoding Academy, Gu Yi did not enroll in an intermediate Soul Master Academy in another city. Instead, he chose to return to Maple Leaf Village.

His explanation to others was that he wished to cultivate to level twenty before directly attending an advanced Soul Master Academy.

Gu Yi's sudden graduation had greatly shocked Xiao Wu, Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and the others.

After their surprise faded, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang could not help but feel relieved.

It could not be helped. Gu Yi's presence had seriously undermined their confidence.

During their years at Nuoding Academy, Tang San had challenged Gu Yi to spar countless times, but every battle ended in Tang San's defeat.

Even when Tang San later brought out the hidden weapons he had forged and even used his second martial soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, he still could not change the outcome of defeat.

Because whenever Tang San chose to use external tools, Gu Yi would likewise use his spear and bow.

Gu Yi did not even need to use martial skills. With nothing more than pure spearplay and archery, he could suppress Tang San completely.

And if they used only martial souls, Gu Yi possessed Innate Divine Strength, which increased as his strength grew. He simply overwhelmed Tang San with brute force, leaving him speechless.

Thus, after several years, neither Tang San nor Tang Hao, who had been watching in secret, had realized that Gu Yi possessed profound martial skills and cultivation techniques.

Over time, Gu Yi had nearly become Tang San's inner demon, making him somewhat doubtful even of his Tang Sect hidden weapons and ultimate arts.

As Tang San's teacher, Yu Xiaogang naturally noticed Tang San's abnormal state.

So when they heard that Gu Yi intended to graduate early, they could not help but feel a trace of delight and happiness.

As for Xiao Wu, after her initial surprise, she immediately wanted to graduate early as well, just like Gu Yi.

According to Xiao Wu, since Gu Yi would no longer be at Nuoding Academy, there was no point in her staying there alone. She might as well return to Maple Leaf Village with him.

However, Gu Yi had been wary of Tang Hao, who lurked in the shadows, fearing that he might act ahead of time because of this matter.

Therefore, Gu Yi told Xiao Wu to continue living in the courtyard outside the academy and to come to Maple Leaf Village whenever she had time.

Nuoding City was not far from Maple Leaf Village anyway, only a few dozen li away.

At Gu Yi and Xiao Wu's speed, they could make a round trip in less than half an hour.

Not to mention Thousand-Mile Snow and the Crimson Blood Steed. Riding them would be even faster.

Therefore, whether she cultivated at Nuoding Academy or Maple Leaf Village made little difference to Xiao Wu.

After Gu Yi persuaded her, Xiao Wu hesitated for a moment before agreeing to his suggestion and giving up the idea of graduating early.

Over the past three years, whenever Gu Yi returned to the Douluo Continent, he spent most of his time in Maple Leaf Village, aside from when he went out to obtain soul rings.

Now that he had become a cultivator, Gu Yi happened to have the means to repay the villagers' kindness. Thus, he taught the villagers of Maple Leaf Village some fist and kicking techniques.

These were the techniques the villagers were practicing now.

Of course, these were neither cultivation methods nor martial skills. At most, practicing them could strengthen their bodies and slightly improve their physical condition; they could not cultivate Soul Power through them.

Gu Yi's current strength was not yet invincible on the Douluo Continent, so it was not time to give cultivation methods to the villagers of Maple Leaf Village.

After all, if everyone in a village cultivated techniques and became Soul Masters, it would draw far too much attention.

It could easily attract the attention of Spirit Hall or Tang Hao, who was hiding in the shadows.

That would only bring devastating disaster upon Maple Leaf Village.

Furthermore, over the past three years, six-year-old children with Innate Soul Power had continuously appeared in Maple Leaf Village, and their Innate Soul Power had grown higher year by year.

This was another way Gu Yi had chosen to repay their kindness.

Adults could not develop Soul Power out of nowhere and become Soul Masters, but children were different.

Gu Yi did not need to teach them cultivation methods and have them cultivate Soul Power like the young Tang San had done through the Mysterious Heaven Skill.

After all, Gu Yi was an alchemist capable of refining many kinds of pills, among them the Essence Cultivation Pill, which could strengthen one's foundation and nourish one's origin, enhancing the basis for cultivation.

Gu Yi only needed to dissolve the pills he refined into the well water, dilute their medicinal potency, and have children under the age of six drink it every day. This would slowly improve their bodies and artificially allow them to develop Innate Soul Power.

Afterward, Gu Yi could teach them the Basic Meditation Method he had obtained from Nuoding Academy and guide them to cultivate on their own.

That way, it would be far more discreet.

Even if outsiders found out, they could only sigh that Maple Leaf Village had excellent feng shui, producing children capable of awakening Innate Soul Power every year.