Transmigrating to Douluo, I Split into Five People

"Alright, alright, leave it to me."

Blacksmithing wasn't impossible. Though compared to that, he preferred carpentry—piecing together all kinds of wood to create different works. Still, blacksmithing would do.

"But something like this obviously requires special metals, right?"

"I'll handle that." Ning Yulin assured him, "You focus on building up your foundations first. I'll mobilize people to gather all kinds of special metals and ores."

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect might not have much else, but it had plenty of treasures and money. Once the engagement banquet was over, they could make a trip to Gengxin City. With their martial souls activated, they were guaranteed to find quite a few rare ores.

Right, the engagement banquet.

"Ahem. I have some good news for you. Dugu Yan and I can now officially enter into an engagement. A banquet will be held in about a month. I expect we'll reach the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well within a year or two. You can start making your way over."

The moment he said that, all four of them revealed delighted expressions. They had not expected things to progress so quickly.

After rejoicing for a moment, Zhou Xuefeng suddenly poured cold water on them.

"But didn't that person's side story say that Tang San's arrival on Douluo Continent was arranged by the Asura God King himself? And the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well is crucial to Tang San..."

"One day in the God Realm is one year on the ground. We don't have Divine Slaughter's Domain on us. We'll grab it and run. Even if he is watching, can he really pinpoint us accurately?"

Tian Rui's voice came from beneath someone's foot.

Thinking about it, that made sense. None of them possessed Divine Slaughter's Domain. Even if the Asura God King wanted to watch, he might not be able to find them. Zhou Xuefeng nodded.

Just as everyone was about to leave, Tian Rui raised another question.

"Since Qian Renxue no longer plans to play the Undercover Game, the Heaven Dou Imperial Family's four princes probably won't come to harm. Which one should I attach myself to?"

After pondering for a moment, Ning Yulin recounted the information the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had gathered on the four princes.

"The eldest prince, Xue Luochuan, has lofty ambitions but little talent. He aspires to the throne, but he is stingy and narrow-minded. The Second Prince, Xue Qinghe, is mediocre. The third prince, Xue Canghai, is both brave and resourceful, and his martial soul cultivation talent is not bad either. As for the Fourth Prince, he is still young, though you all know what kind of person he is. If you want to make something of yourself and secure better backing, the third prince is naturally a good choice..."

But the five of them were after the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. The imperial family was utterly unimportant.

"Let's enter Heaven Dou Royal Academy first."

An Lan made a suggestion.

"Wait and see who approaches you first before deciding. Once there's an opportunity, I'll arrange for Spirit Hall people to help you earn some merits. Raise your status first, then make plans."

Raising his hand in an OK gesture while keeping his foot pressed against someone, Tian Rui vanished first.

The remaining four had nothing important left to discuss and dispersed as well.

Ning Yulin stretched. He was not sleepy, so he continued cultivating. If everything went smoothly, he would be able to add his Third Spirit Ring by the end of the year or early next year. An Lan and Tian Rui cultivated at roughly the same pace, while Tang Yin lagged behind by just a tiny bit.

Only Zhou Xuefeng was different. He was clearly just a Blue Silver Grass, yet his cultivation speed surpassed the other four by a huge margin. The shared space was already a cheat, but that guy had somehow activated another one.

It was truly enviable... no, truly disgraceful.

Hagen-Dazs Kingdom.

An Lan had originally assumed that this place would excel at cold drinks, but it had no such specialties at all. The kingdom was named simply because its royal family bore the name Hagen-Dazs.

He found it boring, but Qian Renxue was having a great time.

Though this place was not as large as Spirit City, it had things that Spirit City did not.

The rear courtyard of the Spirit Hall in Hagen-Dazs Royal City.

"Hey, stop playing. It's time to cultivate."

With no one supervising her, Qian Renxue was showing signs of going wild. An Lan urged her to cultivate, lest it become difficult to explain things to Qian Daoliu once they returned to Spirit City.

"Okay."

Fortunately, although she was proud, she was not arrogant and domineering. Moreover, she rarely won their sparring matches, so An Lan could still keep her in line.

First, they meditated to cultivate Soul Power. Then, they practiced swordsmanship.

Qian Daoliu's swordsmanship was formidable. Otherwise, he would not have drawn the previous Sword Douluo, Chen Xin's father, into challenging him. With both verbal instruction and personal teaching, Qian Renxue naturally knew swordsmanship as well. If she did not practice the sword, the Angel Sacred Sword in her future Angel inheritance would probably end up being used as a fire poker.

However, her current swordsmanship was still rudimentary. Unless she closed in, it was difficult for her to display much power, and she could not even release sword qi. Otherwise, An Lan would not have won so many times.

"Take this!"

"Take this!!"

With his martial soul activated, An Lan used his First Spirit Skill, Energy Gathering Ring, to control flames, condensing them into rough hands that clashed with Qian Renxue's sword. Whenever he thought of Tian Rui's Weaponization Skill, he gritted his teeth in envy.

Since Spirit Skills like that could only be obtained through luck, An Lan could not count on one. He decided to research it himself.

It would also allow him to train his control over Soul Power in preparation for condensing a Soul Core.

A Soul Core... Did Dugu Bo's Poison Core count as one? It seemed to have been condensed when he broke through to Title Douluo as well.

But according to what was said in Huo Yuhao's era, a Soul Core was the threshold for breaking through to rank ninety-nine. If Dugu Bo's Poison Core counted as a Soul Core, why had he remained stuck at rank ninety-one for so many years?

Tsk...

Douluo history was full of inconsistencies.

Though his mind had wandered, he did not relax during his spar with Qian Renxue.

"Don't be so straightforward. Try wrapping Soul Power around the blade."

"Why don't you try it yourself before saying that? This isn't a Soul Tool."

Qian Renxue sheathed her sword and looked at An Lan in confusion. Did he not even know such common sense?

She tossed the sword to An Lan. Grasping its hilt, An Lan strained for a while. Though he could wrap a certain amount of Soul Power around it, it had little effect and was basically just a waste of effort.

What exactly was the deal with Soul Tools?

Spirit Hall had so many records, yet he had found nothing about how to make Soul Tools. It was as if someone had deliberately erased that knowledge.

"If it doesn't work, forget it. Let's practice something else."

Once she obtained the Sacred Sword Weaponization Skill, her swordsmanship would improve by leaps and bounds.

At midnight, after finishing a round of cultivation with the Essence of Qi Method, An Lan walked out of his room. He cupped his hands toward the empty air.

"Would the two seniors please show yourselves? This junior has a few matters he wishes to ask about."

Only the occasional chirping of insects and the rustling of fallen leaves answered him.

After waiting for a while, just as An Lan thought they would not appear, two figures suddenly appeared beside the courtyard table, one seated and one standing.

"Kid, what is it?"

For Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue's sake, Jian Mo Qian Jun were willing to give him some face.

"I heard that the martial souls of the two seniors have sealed certain spirit beasts. May I ask how that was achieved?"

"You're asking about that?"

Jian Mo laughed.

"It was originally an accident. Back then, my brother and I..."

Their circumstances were probably impossible for others to replicate. The two did not hide anything, nor did they worry about An Lan revealing it to outsiders, and so they recounted the tale in detail.

When the two had been hunting their Seventh Spirit Rings, they had happened upon two Evil-Breaking Sacred Dragons by chance. Using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, they fought several fierce battles before painstakingly taking them down. After the battle, they absorbed the Spirit Rings while both were utterly exhausted. They did not know the precise reason why. After the absorption ended, neither noticed anything unusual. It was only later, during one challenge against Qian Daoliu, when they fully activated their Martial Soul Avatars, that they discovered the two spirit beasts had been "sealed" within their martial souls.

That was it?

A situation as rare as Three-Eyed Magic Bullet's intelligent detached martial soul had just been brushed over like that?

An Lan questioned them in detail about their circumstances at the time, but so many years had passed that neither could remember things so clearly.

With an answer this vague, how was he supposed to trace the process and develop his own method?

Were their martial souls inherently special, and they simply had not realized it? Or were those two spirit beasts unusual?

Martial Soul Fusion Skill...

A state of exhaustion?

There were many possible reasons.

An Lan secretly glanced at the two men. He wanted to personally experience the process of them releasing the sealed spirit beasts, but they were grand worshippers. What right did a small fry like him have to ask them to cooperate with his research?

What was a martial soul?

How could it be casually studied by others?

Forget it. He was not the one who wanted to research using martial souls to seal spirit beasts. He would pass it on to Ning Yulin and let him consider it himself.

His martial soul did not need such a method to make up for its flaws.

"Two seniors, might this junior have the honor..."

Seeing the process of releasing the sealed spirit beasts with his own eyes might allow him to spot a clue or two. The two exchanged a glance. If they refused, this kid might go whisper in Qian Renxue's ear and have her ask them instead. That would leave neither side looking good.

There was no harm in letting him watch.

But they were currently at the Hagen-Dazs Royal City Branch, so it was not suitable to make a move. They would have to wait until they left this place and reached some remote wilderness, where they could find a quiet spot without anyone around to demonstrate it.

"Then this junior thanks you in advance."

He clasped his hands in salute. When he raised his head again, the two had already vanished. An Lan sighed inwardly. It really is better to lean against a big tree for shade. If I only had Qian Xunji's favor, these two probably wouldn't even give me the time of day.

If he had not won over Qian Renxue, Qian Daoliu would not have stepped in to support him.

"It's late. Time to sleep."

Nuoding City.

After much thought, Tang Yin felt that perhaps he should set out for Heaven Dou City in advance. Whether it was researching Spirit Forging techniques or waiting to harvest Immortal Herbs, continuing to stay in Nuoding City was not worthwhile.

He increasingly felt that Tang Yuehua was useless for anything beyond being a decorative vase. Thinking carefully, apart from that layer of idealization, Tang Yuehua seemed to have nothing else that attracted him.

Moreover, during his time as an apprentice at the Blacksmith Shop, he would occasionally come home from work, see Tang Yuehua, and think that this woman was less interesting than an iron ingot. Watching iron ingots transform into all sorts of shapes beneath his hammer, pouring out his strength in the process, gave him a strange sense of satisfaction. As for Tang Yuehua, she could not even cook.

He decided to "come clean" to Tang Yuehua.

At dinner that day, Tang Yuehua raised her hand to clear away the dishes when Tang Yin called out to her.

"Yuehua, clean up later. I have a question I hope you can answer. Is there someone you like?"

That kind of question...

Tang Yuehua froze for a moment, feeling that it was strange. Although a Soul Master's apparent age generally could not be judged from appearance alone, since absorbing Spirit Rings promoted physical development, Tang Yin was still not quite ten years old even at most.

Judging by appearance alone, he looked like a fourteen- or fifteen-year-old youth.

And he was asking her such a question.

The feeling was truly rather wonderful. She was already in her twenties, yet a child liked her. She suddenly thought of her former self. Back when she was also a child, she had fallen for...

Thinking of that person, her mood inexplicably dimmed.

She forgot to answer Tang Yin's question.

"Alright, I understand."

Tang Yin answered his own question, and his voice brought Tang Yuehua back to herself. She opened her mouth, suddenly unsure of how to tell Tang Yin that youthful infatuation was always fleeting, and that the passing years ultimately left nothing behind.

If she said it poorly and caused this child to waste his life as she had, that would be another mistake.

"Little Yin, you're still young. You spent a long time in the sect and haven't met many girls. Once you travel more and meet more girls, you'll understand that you deserve someone better. When that time comes and you look back, you'll see that I'm really just an ordinary woman. Still, thank you for liking me, Little Yin. You can keep calling me your sister..."

Tang Yin nodded and let out a breath. Asking that question had really been an impulsive decision. He was bidding farewell to his former self, whose mind had been filled with filthy thoughts. From now on, he would devote himself fully to hammering iron!

"I understand. Yuehua, pack our things. We'll leave tomorrow for Heaven Dou City. I've thought of a way to contact the sect. Sect Leader Ning of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect has always said that the Upper Three Sects share the same breath. If we ask him for help, he will definitely be able to contact the Sect Leader and the others."

Old Tang should have already been angered to death by now, and Tang Xiao had probably succeeded him. But Tang Yuehua did not know that, so Tang Yin could only be vague for now. Delight appeared on her face.

"That's wonderful."

She had met Ning Fengzhi a few times and felt that he was a good person. He should be willing to help.

Elsewhere, in a small courtyard in Silvis City.

Zhu Zhuyun looked at Zhou Xuefeng with a face full of grievance, while he wore a mocking expression.

"That's it? The young lady of the Duke's Mansion? We're the same age, but I already have three rings while you're only rank thirteen. Weakling!"

"Don't just stand there. Keep going!"