Thunder Fiend Corpse King Martial Soul

Qian Renxue felt that winning Ye Zhou over would be very easy.

Ye Zhou felt that Qian Renxue was practically a pillow delivered right to him whenever he got sleepy. She had even arranged for a teacher to personally teach him how to awaken Martial Souls, improving his learning efficiency. She really was such a wonderful person!

"Junior, shall I take you to meet that teacher now?" Qian Renxue asked Ye Zhou with a smile.

Ye Zhou immediately replied, "All right, then thank you, Senior."

"It's nothing."

Then, Ye Zhou followed Qian Renxue out of the library and into a teaching building. There, he met a teacher who had never appeared in the novel. His name was Yao Yuan, and he was a Level 62 Control System Soul Emperor.

Qian Renxue had Yao Yuan instruct Ye Zhou on how to awaken Martial Souls, satisfying his interest in learning.

Yao Yuan bowed and accepted the order.

Two days later.

Ye Zhou had completely learned how to help others awaken their Martial Souls and test their Soul Power Level.

Just as Qian Renxue had said, although the theory was extremely complicated, learning it only required practicing a few more times under a teacher's guidance.

"Teacher Yao, thank you so much. Please also convey my thanks to His Highness the Crown Prince." Two days had passed, and Qian Renxue, as the Crown Prince, was naturally busy with state affairs and had long since left. Ye Zhou bowed to Yao Yuan.

"All right, I'll pass along your words," Yao Yuan said with a smile.

"Then goodbye, Teacher." Ye Zhou waved to Yao Yuan before leaving.

After leaving the teaching building, Ye Zhou did not immediately go awaken Shi Jian's Martial Soul. Instead, he first went to the Mimicry Training Ground to cultivate the Heaven Frost Fist and Cloud Dispelling Palm.

Only late at night, when all was quiet, did he use the Transformation Technique to change into what he had looked like before crossing over—a handsome eighteen-year-old—and head to Yunman Inn to find Shi Jian.

After the two met and made some preparations, Ye Zhou formally began awakening Shi Jian's Martial Soul.

In the end, Shi Jian awakened a Martial Soul that made one's scalp tingle.

A phantom over three meters tall stood behind him. Its face was twisted and vicious, its eyes blood-red. Its muscles bulged, yet were covered in bizarre patterns where decay and new growth intertwined. Its skin was bluish-purple, with stark white bones exposed in places, while crackling purple-black lightning coiled around it.

The moment it appeared, gusts of eerie wind swept through the entire room, and even the electric lights began to flicker.

A Zombie King!

A lightning-wielding Zombie King!

"Uncle Jian, your Martial Soul is terrifying!" Ye Zhou exclaimed.

Ye Zhou could not say whether the Zombie King Martial Soul or the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul was of higher quality, but he had seen Yu Tianheng's Martial Soul. He dared say that in terms of sheer terrifying appearance, Shi Jian's Martial Soul far surpassed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.

"I actually awakened such a Martial Soul. Could it be... because my son became a corpse demon, Heaven decided that I too should merge with zombies?" Shi Jian muttered as he looked back at the phantom behind him.

This Martial Soul was undoubtedly a Beast Martial Soul, and Soul Masters needed to use Martial Soul Possession when wielding Beast Martial Souls. A dignified Maoshan Senior Brother like him, possessed by a zombie?

What irony!

"Uncle Jian, I think we should call your Martial Soul the 'Thunder Fiend Corpse King.' A lightning-wielding Zombie King is simply unheard of," Ye Zhou said.

"Thunder Fiend Corpse King? Mm, that name fits quite well." Shi Jian nodded.

Then, he closed his right hand and withdrew the Martial Soul.

The eerie wind in the room immediately vanished, along with the oppressive feeling. Ye Zhou let out a breath of relief.

"Uncle Jian, let's test your soul power." Ye Zhou picked up a Crystal Ball.

This Crystal Ball could measure the soul power of Soul Masters below Level 95. He had spent quite a bit of money to buy it.

"All right." Shi Jian took the Crystal Ball from him, and it immediately burst forth with dazzling light.

Ye Zhou had already learned from Yao Yuan how to determine one's Soul Power Level through the Crystal Ball. Thus, the instant it lit up, a delighted smile appeared on his face. He said to Shi Jian, "Uncle Jian, your soul power is Level 84."

"Only Level 84? It seems this old man still has a long road ahead in this world." Shi Jian frowned.

In his own world, he had been the strongest human cultivator, yet in this world, he had not even entered the ranks of the strongest—Titled Douluo. That left him somewhat displeased.

But that was fine. With this old man's talent, it would not be long before he entered the ranks of Titled Douluo!

"Uncle Jian, these are books about soul beasts that I borrowed from the library of Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Since your Martial Soul is zombie-type, I think it would be suitable for you to hunt soul beasts that can increase strength or defense, or that possess the ability to restore injuries through bloodsucking, and absorb their soul rings." Ye Zhou took several books from his Storage Bag and handed them to Shi Jian.

"Mm."

Shi Jian nodded, then suddenly thought of something. "This old man remembers that the book you gave me mentioned a Ghost Douluo, whose Martial Soul is a ghost, and a Bone Douluo, whose Martial Soul is a bone dragon. These two Martial Souls are rather similar to this old man's Thunder Fiend Corpse King. We can use the soul beasts they hunted as references."

Hearing Shi Jian's words, Ye Zhou felt that it made sense. Ghosts, bone dragons, zombies—weren't they all supernatural types?

They really could be used as references.

"Then... shall I summon information about them from the system?"

"Mm, I'll trouble you with it," Shi Jian said.

"You're too polite, Uncle Jian." As he spoke, Ye Zhou took out his Blue Card, which did not have much money left on it. Starting from one hundred Gold Soul Coins, he gradually raised the amount. Only when he reached two thousand Gold Soul Coins did the system tell him that the summoning conditions had been met.

Ghost Douluo and Bone Douluo were both Titled Douluo publicly known across the continent. Having grown to that level, they had gone through countless battles. Many Soul Masters on the continent knew what their soul skills were, so that information was not worth much.

Leaving that aside and only looking at which nine soul beasts they had hunted, the value of that information was not particularly high either.

Very soon, Ye Zhou's savings shrank by another two thousand, in exchange for two yellowed sheets of parchment appearing in his hands.

Ye Zhou looked it over, then handed it to Shi Jian.

Shi Jian accepted the two sheets of parchment. After reading them, he pondered carefully, then flipped through the books on soul beasts Ye Zhou had brought. He said, "Stay here tonight and get some rest. Give me some time. At daybreak, we'll go hunt a soul beast together, and while we're at it, we'll secure your first soul ring."

"Yes. Then thank you, Uncle Jian." Ye Zhou clasped his hands in thanks.

With Shi Jian's help, he no longer had to wait for a teacher from Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Although the teachers surely knew more, he had already quietly asked Yao Yuan what kind of soul beast would suit his first soul ring while studying under him.

Yao Yuan had said that Sunset Forest contained a soul beast called the Frostfire Dragon.

This soul beast possessed both ice and fire attributes, and its offensive power was formidable. It was a perfect match for his Sun Moon Halberd. Absorbing its soul ring as his first soul ring would definitely be the right choice.

Ye Zhou had finished reading the novel by now, so he could judge for himself whether Yao Yuan's words made sense.

Therefore, he had no need for anyone to advise him on which soul beast to hunt. He only needed someone who could help him take the soul beast down!