"Quick, quick, catch Sun Sheng and bring him back to me."
Seeing that Sun Sheng had escaped, the dean quickly ordered all the instructors of the academy to go out and capture him.
Yet by this time Sun Sheng had already slipped away, so how could they possibly catch him.
Sigh, this is exhausting. I'd better find an empty place first to raise my soul power and practice the Grand Celestial Art.
After fleeing the academy, Sun Sheng immediately lifted his Martial Soul Possession, shuttled through the bustling streets and alleys, and arrived outside Notting City.
After hesitating slightly for a moment, he sprinted away toward the south of Notting City.
A small mountain village a few miles away was none other than Sun Sheng's birthplace, Anlan Village.
Though he was an orphan, he still had a dilapidated little thatched cottage to live in, which happened to be just right for him to consume the Spirit Orb, raise his soul power, and practice his technique.
Before long, he returned home, sat cross-legged in meditation, took out the Spirit Orb, and swallowed it down in a single gulp without a moment's hesitation.
The Spirit Orb melted upon touching his tongue, turning into a strand of pure soul power that circulated through every part of his body, making him feel immensely comfortable all over.
The fatigue from the fierce battle just moments before instantly vanished.
When Sun Sheng had adjusted his condition to its peak, he began to practice according to the methods of the Grand Celestial Art.
The true marvelous formula of esoteric and exoteric integration, nothing more to say of cherishing life and nature...
Unwittingly, the sky grew dim, and individual stars hung high in the sky, surrounding the bright moon and emitting brilliant starlight.
Notting City, City Lord's Mansion.
Dressed in luxurious robes, Lord of the City Xiao Ruiming waited anxiously inside the study.
Before long, a guard came to report.
"Reporting to Lord of the City, the Young Lord's injuries are too severe. The bones in both arms are completely shattered, and I fear he will have to be sent to Spirit Hall before there is even a sliver of a chance of full recovery," the guard reported.
"Then why aren't you sending him to Spirit Hall immediately!" Xiao Ruiming roared furiously.
Xiao Chenyu was his only son after all, and he had hoped that once the boy broke through to become a Soul Elder, he would hand the position of city lord over to him and head to Spirit Hall himself to secure some official post or other.
Who could have anticipated that he would be crippled by a nobody.
How could this not enrage him.
"Understood, this subordinate will go arrange it right away."
The guard trembled all over, bowed in salute, and prepared to withdraw and take his leave.
"Come back, I will take my son to Spirit Hall personally. You are to immediately send a message informing Red Cardinal Lord Xiao Liming of today's events."
Xiao Ruiming still felt somewhat uneasy, and immediately decided to go himself while ordering someone to inform his father of the day's events.
He believed that with the power of Spirit Hall, finding the escaped Sun Sheng would be an effortless task.
"Understood, this subordinate will attend to it right away."
The guard responded respectfully, bowed, and withdrew.
"Sun Sheng, I don't care who you are, city lord or not—even if you run to the ends of the earth, I will dig you out and smash your bones to dust."
After the guard left, Xiao Ruiming gazed out past the door, shooting endless cold glares from his eyes as he gritted his teeth and uttered vengeful words.
The night scenery sped swiftly by, and along with streaks of passing shooting stars, morning gradually arrived.
"Mh, comfortable!"
"As expected of the Grand Celestial Art, it really is different."
Sun Sheng finished his exercise, spat out a breath of stale air, slowly stood up, and stretched his limbs.
After a night of cultivation, he could finally be considered to have crossed the threshold.
Though he hadn't rested all night, he didn't feel a shred of fatigue; instead, he had become even more spirited.
At this moment, his soul power level had also risen to level twenty.
As long as he fused with a second spirit ring, he would be able to break through to the realm of a Soul Grandmaster.
For this reason, Sun Sheng intended to fuse with his second spirit ring before carrying out the main quest issued by the system: going to Spirit Hall to take Bibi Dong as his master.
The moment he thought of Bibi Dong, he felt pity for her experiences.
In truth, within his heart, Bibi Dong had always been a pitiable person.
If not for Grandmaster's unfaithfulness and Qianxun Ji's defilement, it would have been impossible for the originally kind Bibi Dong to transform into the ultimate villain.
Since he had already arrived in this Douluo world, he was going to try to reform Bibi Dong and make Spirit Hall the true holy land for all soul masters on the Douluo Continent.
He believed that Bibi Dong, whose inner depths had grown thoroughly cold, would surely melt away gradually under his reform.
Ding! Congratulations to the host for activating the hidden quest: Woo Pope Bibi Dong and make her your woman.
Current quest progress: 0%
Upon hearing the system's prompt, the corners of Sun Sheng's mouth hooked up slightly.
This system really was like the roundworm in his belly, knowing full well that he had a weakness for this sort of thing.
Since there were babes to court and rewards to be had, wouldn't this little life of his pass by all the better.
Thinking of this, Sun Yun couldn't help wanting to rush off to Spirit Hall immediately.
However, he still wanted to wait until he fused with his second spirit ring before talking about that.
"System, what is the maximum absorption limit for my second spirit ring?"
Sun Sheng suppressed his surge of excitement and asked silently in his heart.
Replying to the host, the maximum absorption limit for your second spirit ring is five thousand three hundred and twenty-five years.
The Douluo Leveling System replied with extreme speed, transmitting the answer in an instant.
Upon learning this, Sun Sheng was both startled and overjoyed.
As far as he knew, an ordinary soul master's fourth spirit ring had a maximum absorption limit of five thousand years.
He hadn't expected that the maximum absorption limit for his second spirit ring would reach such a height.
It truly took him by surprise.
Sure enough, the amplifications brought by a million-year spirit ring, twin martial souls, an external soul bone, and the Grand Celestial Art were simply awesome.
They had caused an earth-shattering transformation in his physique.
"Target: Star Dou Great Forest, hunt down a five-thousand-year soul beast."
Sun Sheng walked out of the thatched cottage, uttered bold and heroic words, headed all the way south, and walked in the direction of the Star Dou Great Forest.
The Star Dou Great Forest was one of the three most famous soul beast gathering grounds on the Douluo Continent. It possessed a vast area, spanning across the borders of the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire.
From the map, three-fifths of the Star Dou Great Forest's area was in the Star Luo Empire, and two-fifths of its area was in the Heaven Dou Empire.
This was a primeval forest with complex terrain, where countless soul beasts lived.
According to the regions where soul beasts of different ages frequently active, it was divided into five zones: the fringe zone, the outer circle, the inner circle, the core circle, and the Fierce Beast Domain.
Among them, the ones frequently active in the fringe zone were ten-year soul beasts; the outer circle held hundred-year soul beasts and a small number of thousand-year soul beasts; and the inner circle held thousand-year soul beasts and a small number of ten-year soul beasts.
As for the core circle, it held soul beasts of tens of thousands of years, along with a few hundred-thousand-year soul beasts.
And the Fierce Beast Domain was where powerful fierce beasts surpassing ordinary hundred-thousand-year soul beasts survived.
As long as a soul master's strength was sufficiently formidable and their luck was decent, they would be able to find the most suitable spirit ring for themselves within it.
Half a month later, Sun Sheng successfully arrived at the Star Dou Great Forest.
Here, there was a temporary gathering place temporarily set up by soul masters who had come to the Star Dou Great Forest to explore or hunt soul beasts.
The purpose was to summon like-minded, powerful soul masters to enter the Star Dou Great Forest together.
After all, there were too many soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, and everywhere was filled with unknown dangers.
Cooperating with a few people was bound to be much safer than heading in alone.
Sun Sheng, who knew the Douluo Continent extremely well, naturally needed to find powerful partners if he wanted to hunt a five-thousand-year soul beast, so that he would have hope.
After all, a soul beast of five thousand years possessed overall strength equivalent to a four-row Soul Ancestor, and it was not something he could contend against alone.
If he couldn't find suitable partners, he could only reluctantly fuse with a spirit ring of one or two thousand years.
With his current strength, he should be sufficient to hunt it alone.
"Desperately need a healing-type Soul Grandmaster of two rings or above."
"Need two defense-type Soul Elders of three rings or above. Numbers are limited; once the people are gathered, we depart immediately."
"One offense-type Soul Ancestor of four rings or above to enter the inner circle and hunt ten-year soul beasts. Those who meet the requirements come over quickly, the team is about to set off."
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