Spirit Devouring Worm

"Brother Sky Dream, thank you for your hard work. But there's something I'd like to ask: among Soul Beast, which types are skilled in Spiritual Power perception?"

Zhou Qing wanted to find out what the Soul Ancestor's Martial Soul was.

The Nuoding Academy Library and the Nuoding Spirit Hall Branch Library contain a lot of information about Martial Soul and Soul Beast, but most of it is about well-known ones. Some rare species are not recorded at all.

That Soul Ancestor's Martial Soul possesses Spiritual Attribute—

If it is Tool Martial Soul, it is basically impossible to investigate.

But if it's Beast Martial Soul, isn't there a "living history" of the Soul Beast Realm right now?

Although it's not entirely reliable, it's still a bit richer than Xiao Wu's experience as Soul Beast. Escaping and being captured by Ferocious Beast can be considered a passive way of "experiencing more".

"Among Soul Beast, those that can grow to the level of Hundred-Thousand-Year all have quite strong Spiritual Power."

As Sky Dream Ice Silkworm spoke, she caught a glimpse of Zhou Qing's gaze: →_→, and immediately coughed dramatically before becoming serious. "However, there aren't many Soul Beast races with naturally strong Spiritual Power. In the Star Dou Great Forest, there are the Dragon Clan, Emerald Swan, and Demonic Eye Magic Tree, among others. In the Extreme North, my Ice Silkworm Clan and the naturally born Snow Woman are considered to have strong Spiritual Power."

"Snow Woman?" Xiao Wu grasped the crucial point, "I've only ever heard of such a creature from my mother. Does it really exist?"

"My hometown is in the Extreme North, would I lie to you?"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm manipulated Romantina's hands to be placed on her hips and said smugly, "However, Snow Woman are very rare, so rare that I have only seen one. She is formed from the purest ice-attribute Heaven and Earth Yuan Power, and it is no exaggeration to say that she is the darling of heaven and earth."

"But unfortunately, perhaps it's also against the rules of heaven and earth that this darling of heaven and earth must face the trials of heaven and earth, enduring a near-certain death Heavenly Tribulation every Hundred-Thousand-Year..."

Heavenly Tribulation?

Zhou Qing scoffed – as a being born of heaven and earth, how could he be targeted by heaven and earth?

Judging from the original Douluo Series, this was the Dragon God's fault. He made a mistake, but made all the Soul Beast races bear the burden, setting the rule that "unless the Dragon Clan is revived and the Dragon God reappears, Soul Beast cannot become gods."

But whether the gods of the Divine Realm added any rules afterward to prevent the beasts from awakening again is another matter entirely.

However, this wasn't the focus of the discussion right now, so Zhou Qing steered the conversation back on track, saying, "The Snow Woman's matter is temporarily irrelevant. Brother Sky Dream, besides these, are there any other Soul Beast races that excel in Spiritual Power? For example, races that can detect your Spiritual Power fluctuations?"

Let me think about it—

After pondering for a moment, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said, "Speaking of which, when I was in the Star Dou Great Forest, I saw a kind of blue insect, which looked like a maggot. It was very sensitive to fluctuations in Spiritual Power. When I used my Spiritual Power to probe the surrounding environment, other creatures, even Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, might not be able to sense it, but this insect seemed to be able to sense it and escape in the first instant."

"Those are Spirit Devouring Worm."

Xiao Wu immediately revealed the name of the insect. "My parents once said that this insect will stick to the fur and skin of Soul Beast and use its mouthparts to pierce it to suck its blood. Even the thousand-year-old or higher level of the Spirit Devouring Worm can absorb the cultivation of Soul Beast. Therefore, once the cultivation of such a Soul Beast reaches more than a thousand years, it will be hunted down by all other Soul Beast."

"But because there are so many of these insects and they reproduce so quickly, they can't be eradicated. Furthermore, many bird-like Soul Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest feed on them..."

Zhou Qing continued, "Soul Beast instinctively reject creatures that steal their cultivation, but since they are also an important part of the Soul Beast food chain and are one of the food sources for birds, if they become extinct, it may cause a series of Soul Beast extinction events."

"However, if the Soul Ancestor's Martial Soul is the Spirit Devouring Worm, then it's not surprising that he can sense your Spiritual Power, Brother Sky Dream."

"Moreover, the Spirit Devouring Worm's innate talent of bloodlust and devouring cultivation levels means that if its mind is not pure, it can easily go to extremes in order to quickly gain power."

Having learned about the Spirit Devouring Worm, everyone had already assumed that the Soul Ancestor's Martial Soul was indeed the Spirit Devouring Worm, except that he had already fled towards Falling Star City.

"Should we trace back to the past?" Tang San asked.

"Chase!"

Zhou Qing was the first to speak.

This time, he had a selfish motive: he wanted to take this opportunity to go to Falling Star City to investigate how his biological parents, who went to sell grain six years ago, died.

Although six years have passed, the Soul Master who dared to kill in the streets in small towns like Nuoding City and Falling Star City are still fresh in people's minds.

His status and background must be quite impressive!

"Okay, let's go after them." Tang San was delighted.

"Then I need to ask Nuoding Academy Dean for leave."

Romantina calculated the distance. Since they didn't have a high-class carriage like the Star Luo Royal Academy Team, they couldn't travel a thousand miles a day. Even though the distance between Nuoding City and Falling Star City wasn't far, it would still take half a day for an ordinary carriage to make a round trip at the fastest speed.

Moreover, they were tracking a Soul Ancestor, and considering various uncertainties such as the carriage breaking down, scouting the layout of Falling Star City's streets, and pursuing the Soul Ancestor, all of these would take time.

At the very least, it will take three to five days.

If luck is against them, and the Soul Ancestor is indeed secretly in contact with Dales, even half a month would be considered short.

Therefore, it is necessary to ask Nuoding Academy Dean Notting for leave.

Zhou Qing, Tang San, and Xiao Wu also returned to the Nuoding Academy with Romantina, and asked Mo Hen for a long leave, saying that they had taken on a task at the Nuoding Guild that would take a lot of time to complete.

Mo Hen naturally agreed.

After leaving Nuoding Academy, Zhou Qing went back to Dorm Seven and found Wang Sheng had just finished the cleaning task assigned by the college and was returning to the dormitory to drink water.

Work-study students like Wang Sheng would return to Dorm Seven after finishing their morning classes and afternoon tasks to cultivate their Soul Power until they felt a slight swelling or pain in their body, at which point they would stop and do other things.

"Brother Wang, for the next few days, you'll be leading the other students in doing the morning exercises every day." Zhou Qing patted Wang Sheng on the shoulder. "Is that alright?"

"Huh? Me?"

Wang Sheng lacked confidence.

"Of course it's you! Keep it up, I believe in you," Zhou Qing encouraged.

"Yes!"

Touched by Zhou Qing's words, Wang Sheng stopped being coy and mustered his courage to agree, "I will definitely supervise everyone's Broadcast Gymnastics!"

"Supervision is out of the question; it's not a mandatory task," Zhou Qing smiled, indicating to Wang Sheng not to be so serious.

However, Wang Sheng had a different opinion:

This kind of Broadcast Gymnastics is good for exercising the body, improving Qi and Blood, and even cultivating Soul Power. If you still don't work hard after all this, you're just a complete waste. If you can't even eat the food that's being fed, then there's no need to care about this group of people anymore.