Fallen Soul Masters

"Cultivators really are interesting, but..." Lin Xianyu sighed with mixed feelings. "I still want to keep lying flat."

Those who had never experienced lying flat would never understand how happy it was.

A new round of viewing would begin tonight.

The villagers of Holy Spirit Village began discussing the question left behind at the end of the previous viewing.

Lin Xianyu naturally knew the identity of the man in black.

It was none other than Tang Hao, who had been worried about Tang San.

He had been missing for five years. Apart from traveling to remote areas to smash up Spirit Hall branch halls, he had stayed in Nuoding City, watching over Tang San.

Therefore, Tang Hao had long known Xiao Wu's identity.

He had only refrained from acting because of Tang San's relationship with Xiao Wu.

The silly Xiao Wu knew nothing about it and was still playing house with Tang San.

Lin Xianyu was quite looking forward to tonight's viewing.

Once the identity of the man in black was revealed, those who already knew Xiao Wu's identity should start getting anxious.

"Xiaoyu! Xiaoyu! Let's go play together!"

The children from the village came to invite Lin Xianyu out to play.

"You go ahead. I have something to do at home, so I can't play with you."

Lin Xianyu had nothing in common with these little brats. She had no desire to be their babysitter, so she casually made an excuse and sent them away.

However, Lin Xianyu did not go home. Instead, she left the village and climbed the small mountain near Holy Spirit Village.

The scenery on the mountain was quite nice.

Over the past few days, Lin Xianyu had explored the area around Holy Spirit Village and discovered a beautiful spot on the mountain. Rather than sit around at home in a daze, she might as well come up here and enjoy the view.

Half an hour later, Lin Xianyu reached the scenic spot she had discovered during her last climb.

She found a large rock, brushed the dirt off it, then plopped down on it and propped her chin in her hands as she admired the beautiful scenery.

But no matter how lovely the scenery was, staring at it for too long would become tiresome.

That was exactly what happened to Lin Xianyu. Before she realized it, she had begun cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Skill again, and once she started, she completely lost track of time.

It had been morning when she climbed the mountain, but now noon had passed and afternoon had arrived.

Lin Xianyu had not even eaten lunch, and her stomach began growling.

Only then did she stop cultivating. She rubbed her growling stomach, then turned her gaze toward the bright red wild fruits.

"Tsk, tsk... A little sour, a little sweet..."

Lin Xianyu took a bite of a wild fruit, and the expression on her little face became wonderfully vivid.

The sweet-and-sour wild fruits were not as tasty as she had imagined. Otherwise, the village children would have eaten them all long ago.

Lin Xianyu picked a handful of wild fruits and headed down the mountain while eating them.

She slowly made her way down and was about to return to Holy Spirit Village when she suddenly spotted a group of people who clearly looked like trouble.

That group was headed for Holy Spirit Village.

Lin Xianyu instinctively hid, not daring to expose herself before them.

Warning bells kept ringing in her heart. She had a strong feeling that they were not good people.

"Even if I'm a Soul Master now and have a Spirit Ability, I... I'm not a battle Soul Master. I'm only a support Soul Master..."

Seeing that the group was heading for Holy Spirit Village, Lin Xianyu immediately frowned. Thinking of the villagers who had treated her well, she decided to warn them.

Using her familiarity with the terrain, she quietly took a detour and ran back to Holy Spirit Village.

But when Lin Xianyu returned to Holy Spirit Village, she found that the group she had considered ill-intentioned had already been defeated.

Quite a few Soul Masters had come specifically to "make a pilgrimage" because Holy Spirit Village had appeared on the Sky Screen, and some had even stayed behind.

When this ill-intentioned group came to cause trouble in Holy Spirit Village, the Soul Masters living in seclusion there took action.

Lin Xianyu randomly picked one of the children and asked what had happened.

From the child's answer, Lin Xianyu caught the key point—fallen Soul Masters had come to Holy Spirit Village and been defeated by the Lord Soul Masters.

Fallen Soul Masters?

It was a specialized term that made Lin Xianyu's scalp tingle just hearing it.

Ten thousand years later, Spirit Hall would be replaced by Shrek Academy. The fallen Soul Masters originally imprisoned in the City of Slaughter would no longer have anywhere to be held, and they would commit evil across the continent without restraint, eventually forming the group known as evil Soul Masters.

Evil Soul Masters were certainly no good.

These so-called fallen Soul Masters were the predecessors of evil Soul Masters.

With Spirit Hall around, the moment fallen Soul Masters were discovered, Soul Masters would immediately be dispatched to capture them. They would be judged according to their crimes. Those guilty of serious crimes faced certain death, while those with lesser offenses would be exiled to the City of Slaughter.

Who would have thought fallen Soul Masters would appear in Holy Spirit Village...

Lin Xianyu felt that these fallen Soul Masters had come for the Sky Screen System.

They had seen the Sky Screen mention Holy Spirit Village and had specifically come here, just like those Soul Masters who had arrived to "make a pilgrimage."

What did the fallen Soul Masters want to do?

Lin Xianyu did not know, but it definitely would not be anything good.

For now, they had been dealt with by the Soul Masters living in the village.

But what about later?

Would more fallen Soul Masters come?

If all the Soul Masters living in the village left and more fallen Soul Masters came, that would be terrible.

A sense of crisis suddenly welled up inside Lin Xianyu.

She felt she could not keep being a slacker.

She needed to cultivate diligently, and she also needed to work hard at fleecing the Sky Screen System.

Originally, the Sky Screen System played once every seven days.

But after the previous viewing ended, Lin Xianyu received a notification from the half-broken Sky Screen System that there was a way to watch ahead of schedule.

She had still been hesitating over whether to activate early viewing.

Now, there was no need to hesitate.

Fallen Soul Masters had already appeared near her. If she kept hesitating, she might end up being wiped out by them.

For her own safety, Lin Xianyu decided to activate early viewing.

Even if that meant getting less loot from the system.

She would not mind.

Although the loot she obtained would decrease, the speed at which she improved her strength would increase.

Originally, it would take another two or three years for her to reach Title Douluo, perhaps even become a god. Now, she would not need two or three years. With early viewing, Lin Xianyu wished she could make the Sky Screen play every day.

Unfortunately, she could not do that. At present, the limit was once every three days.

As for whether she could eventually make it play once a day?

Lin Xianyu was not sure.

She thought it should be possible.

Time flew by, and night soon arrived.

The Sky Screen rose into the air once more.

A new round of viewing began.

Right at the start came the Prize Quiz for the next episode, which had been left behind when the viewing ended seven days ago.

This time, a lucky person would not be randomly chosen to answer. Instead, it was a quiz for everyone.

Lin Xianyu chose the correct answer.

Quite a few others chose correctly as well. After all, everyone was choosing, and with a one-in-four chance of being right, some people were bound to pick the correct answer.

However, compared with the rewards received by the others who answered correctly, Lin Xianyu's reward was much better.

It was another one-level increase in Soul Power.

Lin Xianyu felt that in another half month, she would be able to advance to level 20 and become a Soul Grandmaster.