Douluo: Ruo Tuo Save Me

At Zhong Tian's words, Gongsun Li blushed, but she said nothing. She simply went into the kitchen and set out the bowls and chopsticks.

"..."

In broad daylight, what could you possibly have to do?

Did you want me gone that badly?

Zhong Li once again felt the devastating blow from his parents. Sure enough, they were each other's true love!

Meanwhile, in Zhong Li's Sea of Consciousness, there was a woman in yellow. Looking down, she could not see her toes. A faint smile hung on her exquisitely beautiful face.

"Morax, didn't expect this, did you? You wanted to leave me behind and reincarnate alone? You must be dreaming! For all eternity, we will be together. You said it, and so did I."

As the woman spoke, tears slid down her cheeks.

She seemed to think of something and casually waved her hand.

The already sturdy Sea of Consciousness became even more solid.

Now, the person inside could not get out, and the people outside could not get in.

The next day

Grassroots Village was no different from before today.

The gates of the Spirit Hall branch at the village entrance had also been repaired by the village chief and his men.

There were not many truly wealthy people in the village, so only a few households had smoke rising from their chimneys in the morning.

Many commoners on Douluo Continent only ate one meal a day.

Under the hierarchical exploitation, commoners had no status whatsoever. It was perfectly normal for them to have one meal but not know where the next would come from.

For commoners, their only way out was to become Spirit Masters. After becoming a Spirit Master, they had a chance to become nobles. After becoming nobles, they would join in the exploitation...

What a tragic world. The youth who slew the dragon became the dragon.

Because of its location, Grassroots Village's harvest of fruits and vegetables was slightly better than that of other villages. It was also close to Nuoding City, making its produce easy to sell.

Every household could eat their fill while still having a little surplus grain. Village Chief Wang Mazi deserved much of the credit for that!

Though he was called Wang Mazi, he really did not have any pockmarks on his face. When you met him in the future, you had to call him Uncle Wang!

Today, Zhong Li received his sixth birthday present. That's right, when he attended the Martial Soul Awakening yesterday, he had still been one day short of turning six.

The gift was a bracelet-shaped Storage Soul Tool with roughly ten cubic meters of space.

According to Zhong Tian, a Soul Elder had given it to him a few years ago.

If Brother Tao had been here, he would definitely have said, "Yeah, yeah, yeah! It really was a gift, the kind where the entire family was wiped out."

Was Zhong Tian wrong? They had tried to forcibly take his wife. Was he supposed to endure that? He had originally only planned to deal with that Soul Elder.

But when he arrived at their home, damn, the Zhong Family had been passed down for thousands of years, yet he had never seen such a situation.

Abducting women by force, coercing decent women... Not a single member of that family was normal. He might as well send them to reunite. It would not take much effort anyway.

Zhong Li did not think too much about it. After taking the Storage Soul Tool, he began studying it.

By channeling Soul Power into it, he could sense what was inside and take items out.

The same principle applied when storing things. After channeling Soul Power into it, he could place anything no larger than the storage space inside.

Unfortunately, this Storage Soul Tool could not store living creatures.

Zhong Li also did not understand how a storage space determined whether an item was alive.

He tried to put a chicken into the storage space, but failed. The chicken was completely unaffected.

It was worth mentioning that the storage space also contained tens of thousands of Gold Soul Coins, along with some Silver Soul Coins and Copper Soul Coins.

His parents probably wanted to make it more convenient for him to buy things when he was away from home.

Wait, away from home?

Zhong Li looked at Zhong Tian, then at Gongsun Li. Both of them looked somewhat unnatural.

When Zhong Tian saw Zhong Li staring at him in confusion, he immediately whistled, hummed a tune, and walked away.

Seeing Zhong Tian run off, Gongsun Li could only sigh helplessly. She had no choice but to steel herself and speak!

Her son had always been obedient and sensible, never giving the two of them anything to worry about.

However, a child who never left home would never grow up.

The two of them would watch their son grow from the shadows. It was just hard on the child.

"Um, sweetheart. Tomorrow, your father will take you to obtain a Soul Ring. After that, it will be about time for Nuoding City Junior Soul Master Academy to begin classes. Study well there. Your father and I will miss you! You don't need to come home every day either. Your father has enrolled you as a boarding student..."

"..."

Setting Off for the Soul Hunting Forest

Setting Off for the Soul Hunting Forest

Lying on his bed, Zhong Li tilted his head and looked out at the sky beyond the window.

Zhong Tian had already taught him how to cultivate Soul Power, but he had not cultivated.

Zhong Li discovered that as long as he stood on the ground, his Soul Power would continuously recover, and at an especially fast rate.

Not only that, his Soul Power cultivated itself automatically, even slightly faster than the method Zhong Tian had taught him.

After his Martial Soul Awakening, when he used Morax's abilities, he could use Soul Power in place of elemental energy. However, its power was much weaker than when using elemental energy.

For example, after using a Jade Screen Shield, it could last for one incense stick when powered by elemental energy. That was roughly thirty minutes.

When released with Soul Power, it could only last ten minutes, and the shield's color was paler than when powered by elemental energy.

As for its defensive strength, he did not know. After all, he had never tested it in actual combat. No Spirit Master of the same level should be able to break his shield, right?

After activating the Jade Screen Shield, Zhong Li himself could enter an Unstoppable State.

Unless his shield was shattered, there was no way to knock him back or send him flying.

Aside from control skills that altered the terrain, he could not be controlled either.

But as the successor of the Rock King Emperor, could he really be trapped by terrain?

Applying a shield to others also granted them the Unstoppable State!

As for the skill's cooldown, it could basically be ignored.

It was only ten seconds! The Soul Power consumption was also extremely low. The moment after he released a shield, his Soul Power would already be fully restored.

After the Martial Soul Awakening, the strength of the Morax Inheritance Template truly revealed itself.

Though he had only fused with a tiny fraction of its power so far, he already felt as if he could punch through Nuoding Nursing Home and kick apart Martial Soul Hall Kindergarten.

As for the Wind Element God's Eye, Zhong Li discovered a passive skill.

Float!

As the name implied, it allowed him to float in the air and increased his movement speed by thirty percent.

It could also increase the movement speed of teammates within one hundred meters by ten percent, regardless of level.

Zhong Li decided whether someone counted as a teammate.

It was a fairly decent buff aura.

For every level his Soul Power increased, the amplification effect could increase by one percent.

The initial skill effects were thirty percent and ten percent respectively.

As for the Vortex of Thunder, even after absorbing Soul Rings, it would not gain Spirit Skills.

However, every additional Soul Ring would increase all of its attributes by five percent, starting at five percent.

At first, Zhong Li also felt that the Vortex of Thunder seemed a little weak. As Morax's divine weapon, it only increased this little bit of attributes?

Even after reaching Title Douluo, all attributes would only be enhanced by fifty percent.

But what if the amplified power belonged to Morax?

(Vortex of Thunder at level 90 and maximum refinement only increases base attack, percentage attack, and shield strength. After attacks hit, it can also stack some attack. If it added even a little HP, I would recommend it as Zhong Li's signature weapon. In the game, it is still best to use Staff of Homa or Black Tassel whenever possible... It is only being used here because it looks cool. In the lore, Morax is the strong one, while Vortex of Thunder is honestly dispensable.)

Dawn broke

Two hundred li from Grassroots Village, there was a Blacksmith Shop in Holy Spirit Village.

At this moment, the doors of the Blacksmith Shop had not opened.

The house was also completely empty.

The one chiefly responsible for this was Zhong Li, the little butterfly.

On the day the children of Grassroots Village underwent their Martial Soul Awakening, it was also the day the children of Holy Spirit Village awakened their Martial Souls.

Su Yuntao's first stop that day was Grassroots Village.

After helping Zhong Li undergo his Martial Soul Awakening, where could he possibly have found the Soul Power to visit other villages?

He had also arranged to visit several other villages today. If he did not go, would that not make Spirit Hall break its word?

His colleagues had their own assignments as well. What was he supposed to do?

Just as Brother Tao was about to ask a friend for help, he ran into Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang at Nuoding City's gates upon returning to the city.

Su Yuntao knew Yu Xiaogang.

As a Soul Grandmaster, Yu Xiaogang received ten Gold Soul Coins every month from the Spirit Hall branch in Nuoding City.

As a steward of Nuoding City Spirit Hall, it was impossible for Su Yuntao not to get to know him after all their dealings.

After paying ten Gold Soul Coins, Su Yuntao hired Yu Xiaogang to help.

Brother Tao did not explain why he wanted Yu Xiaogang's help.

Nor did Grandmaster ask.

Spirit Masters all had their own secrets. It was not right to pry.

Ten Gold Soul Coins in exchange for helping the children of several villages awaken their Martial Souls.

It was quite a good deal, and there was no danger involved.

Ever since he arrived in Nuoding City, one of his old friends had invited him to Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy.

Though his friend had instructed the cafeteria to let him eat for free, he would feel embarrassed if things continued like that.

His only monthly income was the ten Gold Soul Coins he received from Spirit Hall.

For commoners, ten Gold Soul Coins were enough for a family of three to live for a year, and live quite happily at that.

But for Spirit Masters, ten Gold Soul Coins really was not much.

Cultivation cost money, and one had to eat well. Otherwise, where would they get the strength to cultivate?

Moreover, some ingredients had extremely high nutritional value and were of great help in cultivating Soul Power.

After making their rounds, the two arrived at Holy Spirit Village. They had already helped the children in several villages awaken their Martial Souls.

But none had the potential to become Spirit Masters. Not a single child possessed Soul Power.

No one dared ask why two people had come to help the children awaken their Martial Souls this year.

Did they have a death wish? Those were Lord Soul Masters! If they were in a good mood and sent an extra person to awaken your Martial Souls, so what?

When Tang San awakened Blue Silver Grass and turned out to possess Innate Full Soul Power, Yu Xiaogang's eyes immediately lit up, but he did not say much at the time.

After the Martial Soul Awakening in Holy Spirit Village, there were originally still children from two more villages who needed to awaken their Martial Souls.

But he declined on the grounds that he had overexerted his Soul Power, and readily returned the ten Gold Soul Coins Brother Tao had given him.

Su Yuntao had also recovered considerably by then, more than enough to help the children from two villages awaken their Martial Souls.

He did not take back all the returned Gold Soul Coins, only two.

The remaining eight Gold Soul Coins were thanks for Yu Xiaogang's help.

After Su Yuntao hurried to the next village,

Yu Xiaogang began his plan to take a disciple...