Taotie Godly Bull

On the third floor of the Sea God Pavilion, Mu En was dozing in his room.

Suddenly, the door flew open, and Xuan Zi rushed in with Lin Yi.

"Elder Mu!"

Mu En slowly opened his eyes. Seeing the agitated Xuan Zi, he frowned slightly. "Xuan Zi, calm your mind. When faced with trouble, composure comes first."

Xuan Zi had always held Mu En in the highest regard. Hearing his words, his excitement instantly cooled. He lowered his head, not daring to say a word.

Lin Yi silently rolled his eyes, but he had no choice but to speak. "Master, I discovered something concerning Elder Xuan's Martial Soul, so I came to seek your confirmation."

Mu En immediately became interested. "You have always had unusual ideas. It seems Xuan Zi's Martial Soul has piqued your interest this time as well. Tell me."

"Master, I recall reading that, generally speaking, only two bloodlines of comparable strength can fuse together. Otherwise, one will devour the other, or only one bloodline will manifest. Is that correct?"

"That's right." A thoughtful glint clearly flashed through Mu En's eyes.

Evidently, combined with Xuan Zi's arrival, Lin Yi's question had allowed Mu En to vaguely realize what Lin Yi was getting at.

"Then Elder Xuan's Martial Soul is called the Taotie Godly Bull. What grade of bull could stand alongside the Taotie bloodline?"

A sharp light burst from Mu En's eyes. He seemed to have guessed what Lin Yi was about to say.

Xuan Zi, however, did not have that kind of mind. "So my Martial Soul actually contains two bloodlines? Is that what you mean?"

"But I've cultivated to this point already. Even if I learn that there is another bloodline within my Martial Soul, what use would it be?"

Lin Yi sighed. As expected, he should not have placed any hopes on Xuan Zi's brain. No matter how powerful a person like this was, he was still just a thug.

"Elder Xuan, the Taotie bloodline forces you to eat constantly. Have you ever considered that this flaw might be overcome?"

"I have. I tried too." A trace of gloom appeared on Xuan Zi's face. "But in the end, I failed every time..."

Seeing that Xuan Zi still had not caught on, Lin Yi was thoroughly convinced. He could only patiently guide him, offering another hint that was practically an outright answer. "Elder Xuan, the Taotie Godly Bull contains two top-tier bloodlines. If Taotie gives you Gluttony, then what does the Godly Bull give you?"

Xuan Zi froze.

Lin Yi continued, "I don't know what grade your Godly Bull bloodline is, but since it is a bull, certain fundamental traits should be shared."

"For example, endurance and diligence..."

Lin Yi had made it very clear. Although it was still unknown exactly what bloodline the Godly Bull within Xuan Zi's Taotie Godly Bull possessed, even if it fell short of the Taotie bloodline, the Godly Bull bloodline should be capable of offsetting, or at least partially offsetting, the drawbacks brought by the Taotie bloodline.

After all, cattle were naturally highly resilient animals. Moreover, their four stomach chambers allowed them to store large quantities of food in advance and later replenish themselves through rumination, perfectly making up for Taotie's Gluttony.

With all these factors combined, Xuan Zi should be able to largely rid himself of the Martial Soul flaw brought by the Taotie bloodline.

Honestly, when Lin Yi thought of this, he could not help but marvel. This Martial Soul was practically perfect.

Though it had a flaw, the two bloodlines within it could achieve a certain degree of self-balance. This kind of spontaneous evolution truly made Lin Yi marvel in amazement.

It was just a pity that this old man did not know how to use it...

Xuan Zi understood now, and thus fell into a daze. For two hundred years, he had suffered under Gluttony for two hundred years. Today, he had unexpectedly seen hope of easing, perhaps even solving, this flaw. For a moment, Xuan Zi even doubted whether this was real.

But Lin Yi was not finished. "Also, Elder Xuan's Martial Soul is Earth Attribute, correct?"

"Unmoving in endurance like the earth. The Earth Attribute likewise helps Elder Xuan bear the flaw of his Martial Soul. I have to say, although Elder Xuan's Martial Soul flaw is severe, its Martial Soul also contains the means to solve it."

Mu En clapped his hands in praise. "Brilliant."

Then Mu En said to Xuan Zi, "With the Taotie Godly Bull Martial Soul, you should be able to gain a deeper understanding of what Lin Yi said today. You have never fully grasped the origin of your Martial Soul. Go into seclusion. If you gain something from this, then even if you cannot reach the Limit Douluo realm, it will still be enough for you to take another step forward as a Super Douluo."

Mu En's words seemed to awaken the somewhat dazed Xuan Zi. As if he had found his backbone again, Xuan Zi hurriedly said, "Yes, Elder Mu. I'll enter seclusion right away."

Xuan Zi hurried off.

Lin Yi's daily cultivation schedule was packed. Mu En merely said a few simple words before letting Lin Yi leave.

Once Mu En was alone in the room, he could not help but burst into hearty laughter.

Regardless of whether Xuan Zi could completely resolve his Martial Soul flaw this time, Lin Yi's actions had undoubtedly made Xuan Zi owe him a tremendous favor.

Xuan Zi indeed had a violent temper and was not particularly bright, but at the very least, he knew how to repay kindness.

With this favor, coupled with the instructions Mu En would leave on the day his lifespan ran out, Mu En could finally rest easy. Even after his death, Lin Yi would be able to keep the Sea God Pavilion under control.

Mu En had previously been worrying over how to arrange Xuan Zi so that he would not come to resent Lin Yi. Who would have thought that Lin Yi would resolve the matter himself by sheer coincidence?

Mu En was now incomparably convinced that Lin Yi was Shrek's future!

As for Lin Yi, he naturally had no idea that his master had thought so far ahead for him. All he knew was that there was finally no longer a filthy old man staring at his Dragon Scale Rice and drooling all day, getting in his way.

Having dealt with Xuan Zi, Lin Yi's life returned to its peaceful and fulfilling routine: planting rice in the morning, Soul Tools in the afternoon, and Martial Soul cultivation at night.

A year later, Lin Yi was eight years old. Extreme Attribute Soul Power was indeed difficult to raise. Over the year, Lin Yi had only increased by three ranks, reaching Rank 37. Even so, Mu En still marveled at Lin Yi's cultivation speed.

Over the past year, apart from Soul Power, Lin Yi had also gained quite a lot in other areas. The Dragon Scale Rice had been harvested three times, and the growing area had expanded from half a mu to one hundred mu.

When the Dragon Scale Rice was first harvested, Lin Yi officially began treating Mu En through Food Therapy. He prepared medicinal meals from Dragon Scale Rice and certain sub-dragon species for Mu En to consume every day.

Three months later, Mu En discovered that the worsening of his injuries had essentially stopped. Combined with Spirit Gold, there were even signs of improvement, though that trend was exceedingly slight.

But after this news was confirmed, all the Elders of the Sea God Pavilion nearly went mad. Though they had instinctively doubted the words of a child like Lin Yi deep down, Lin Yi had truly accomplished this unbelievable feat. This meant that Mu En, a Limit Douluo, could oversee Shrek Academy for much longer.

Faced with such temptation, the Elders' attitude toward Lin Yi could no longer simply be described as good. They were even somewhat ingratiating...

Once it was confirmed that Dragon Scale Rice truly worked for Mu En, its value naturally soared. From half a mu for the first planting, it became ten mu for the second, then one hundred mu for the third.

In truth, some Elders had wanted to expand it directly to a thousand mu. Although Lin Yi's domain had now reached a radius of five kilometers, and a thousand mu would be effortless for him, Lin Yi was not a full-time farmer. Ten mu was already enough for Mu En's use. The later expansion to one hundred mu was merely to leave more room and allow for greater variety.

Most importantly, Beibei had gone on strike...

There were no farming Soul Tools on Douluo Continent, so Lin Yi naturally had to personally handle everything involving the Dragon Scale Rice. But doing it himself was exhausting. He could not order around those Elders, so Beibei—roughly his age, close to him, and lower in seniority—naturally became the unfortunate laborer.

With the domain and the Golden Ancient Tree, the Dragon Scale Rice achieved three harvests a year. This meant that every few months, Beibei had to single-handedly... yes, single-handedly complete a whole series of farming tasks, including harvesting, tilling, sowing, and irrigation.

They had forcibly turned Beibei, the descendant of a Limit Douluo and the gifted son of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, into an expert farmer.

From half a mu at the start, to ten mu, then finally one hundred mu—when harvesting the hundred mu of Dragon Scale Rice, Beibei worked for three days and lay flat for a week.

When he heard they wanted to expand the area further, Beibei went mad.

He could not understand how much Dragon Scale Rice his great-grandfather could possibly eat to require a thousand mu of fertile farmland.

After quite a commotion, the Dragon Scale Rice planting area was ultimately kept at one hundred mu.

Dragon Scale Rice also became an exclusive supply for Mu En, Lin Yi, Beibei, Lin Qingxuan and Ouyang Xi, as well as the Elders of the Sea God Pavilion.

Mu En naturally saw the best effects from consuming it, followed by Beibei. Lin Qingxuan, Ouyang Xi, and Elder Zhuang, whose attributes were compatible with it, also benefited greatly. As for everyone else, rice nurtured by Extreme Light, Extreme Life, and Dragon Blood was no worse than any Heavenly Treasures when consumed over the long term.

Moreover, Lin Yi had someone brew the surplus Dragon Scale Rice into Rice Wine, allowing Mu En to drink a little every day. According to the Sea God Pavilion's resident gourmand, who specifically emerged from seclusion to sample it, the quality was exceptionally good. That very day, he replaced all the wine in his gourd with Dragon Scale Wine.

Apart from the Dragon Scale Rice, Lin Yi's other achievement was becoming an official third-rank Soul Engineer. However, after the third rank, the difficulty of Core Arrays increased severalfold. Lin Yi's rate of progress visibly slowed, but Lin Qingxuan still called him a genius.

Finally, there were several Self-Created Soul Skills. Thanks to his understanding of the Martial Soul Origin, his exceptional comprehension, and Mu En's guidance, Lin Yi had already made an initial entry into Mu En's famous ultimate technique, King's Descent.

The reason he had not fully mastered it was because Lin Yi had developed several Self-Created Soul Skills of his own.

They were insights gained through the attributes of the Golden Tree. In Ouyang Xi's words, the names were a little hard to take seriously, but their power was outstanding...