Xu Fan, Soul Grandmaster, Treasure Finder, and Herb Illustrated Handbook

"Zhu Zhuqing, my name is Zhu Zhuqing. And yours?" Zhu Zhuqing was a little speechless. Although she knew Xu Fan was pretending, he really had not even asked her name before approaching her.

"Xu Fan. What do you think?"

"I agree to follow you, but if I want to leave in the future, you can't stop me," Zhu Zhuqing said.

Xu Fan nodded. "Of course."

Xu Fan chuckled inwardly. As long as you follow me, are you really going to be able to leave?

[Phew... Easy. After sparring with Zhuqing, I easily defeated her.]

[Zhuqing is now at level 27 Soul Power, while I'm at level 20. But my combat instincts are too strong; Zhuqing simply couldn't withstand them. Besides, I have All Laws Are Connected. Every one of Zhuqing's attacks and defenses was full of flaws in my eyes.]

[It only took a few minutes to defeat her.]

[Not to mention Zhuqing—even Xue'er at the same realm wouldn't be my match.]

[I didn't even use my Soul Bone Skill or domain. It seems my combat power is still quite strong now.]

[I'll soon obtain my Second Soul Ring. By then, my combat power will rise to another level.]

The women were all shocked. They had not expected Xu Fan's combat power to be this formidable.

A level 27 Soul Grandmaster and a level 20 Half-Step Soul Grand Master should have had vastly different combat power, after all. One of them was missing a Soul Skill.

Yet Xu Fan had easily defeated Zhuqing without even using his Soul Bone Skill or domain. Just how strong was he?

Spirit Hall.

Hu Liena swallowed. "Teacher, this guy is a freak. He still plans to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Will our Spirit Academy even be able to stand against them then?"

"Teacher, why don't we at Spirit Hall bring him over to our side?"

Bibi Dong shook her head. "It's fine even if we don't win the championship this time. In any case, he won't be an enemy in the future."

Ling Yuan lowered her head, and the corner of her mouth twitched.

It seemed that Your Holiness the Pope had begun to see Xu Fan as her future man.

Oh my god!

Could something so exciting really happen? The future really was going to be interesting.

Blue Tyrant Academy.

Liu Erlong wore an excited expression.

This Xu Fan truly seemed extraordinary in battle. Even I couldn't have done something like that back then.

"I wonder when he'll come to Heaven Dou City. I'll definitely test what he's made of. Who told him to say so many bad things about Xiao Gang?"

[Zhuqing plans to follow me now. That counts as completing one part of the plan.]

[Tomorrow, I'll go take a look at Shrek Academy. I wonder if Rongrong will be there. If nothing unexpected happens, Rongrong should join Shrek Academy too, though that's not certain. After all, I've been reborn. Some Butterfly Effect might occur.]

[Things definitely aren't exactly the same as in my Previous Life now.]

[Reward obtained: Herb Illustrated Handbook, Second Soul Ring, Martial God Domain, One-time Treasure Finder.]

Xu Fan looked at the rewards he had received, and the smile on his lips widened. They really were good things.

There was no need to mention the Second Soul Ring and Martial God Domain. They were both extremely useful to him.

The Herb Illustrated Handbook was also immensely useful to Xu Fan. He did not know Immortal Herbs, after all. Without this handbook, once he reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes, he would probably be completely lost.

As for the One-time Treasure Finder, it was probably meant to help him locate the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes.

Although Sunset Forest was not as large as Star Dou Great Forest, it was still an enormous forest. There were even Ten Thousand Year and Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts within it.

If he could not quickly find the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes, he would be in danger.

Now all that was left was the poison. He wondered whether Dugu Bo was at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes.

Xu Fan stopped thinking about it and decided to go there first.

If it really came down to it, he would have Dugu Yan go herself.

"Let's go." Xu Fan looked at Zhu Zhuqing.

"Alright."

Xu Fan brought Zhu Zhuqing back to the hotel. Her room was right next to his.

Back at the hotel, Xu Fan looked at the Second Soul Ring behind him, and his smile deepened.

His Second Soul Ring had already reached the Ten Thousand Year level.

The combined effects of the Martial God Body Refining Technique, Martial God Physique, Become a Saint in the Flesh, and the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone meant that although Xu Fan was only a level 20 Soul Master, his physical body had already surpassed Ten Thousand Years.

Therefore, his Second Soul Ring was naturally a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring. Although it had only just reached Ten Thousand Years, it was still very powerful.

Moreover, Soul Rings obtained through the system did not cause Soul Shock. Otherwise, with Xu Fan's current Mental Power, he likely would not have been able to withstand the Soul Shock.

Xu Fan muttered inwardly, It seems I still need a cultivation technique for Mental Power.

After obtaining the Second Soul Ring, Xu Fan became a level 22 Soul Master.

"It seems the Soul Rings given by the system only add two levels of Soul Power. Otherwise, I should at least be level twenty-three or twenty-four by now. This is a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, after all."

However, Xu Fan did not care. Now that he had a second Soul Skill, he dared to fight even a Soul Ancestor.

His Second Soul Skill was called Martial God Armor.

It could form a complete set of Martial God Armor over his body.

After activation, it granted an increase to All Attributes, raised the effects of all Soul Skills by 30%, made him immune to some weaker damage, and provided +20% damage reduction.

After being damaged, it could rapidly repair itself by consuming Soul Power.

It possessed the additional skill [Armor Liberation]: the All Attributes increase doubled, while Soul Power consumption intensified.

The effects of this Second Soul Skill were far more outrageous than those of the First Soul Skill.

With both Soul Skills activated together, Xu Fan did not even dare imagine how strong he would become.

Night fell.

Xu Fan did not waste any time.

After finishing his cultivation for the day, he headed straight to the Soul Fighting Arena in Suotuo City.

Xu Fan did not plan to participate in Soul Fighting, but he could watch the matches through All Laws Are Connected and improve his combat ability.

Although these Soul Masters were generally not very strong, there were many different types of Martial Souls. Xu Fan believed he could still learn quite a few things from them.

At the very least, he could familiarize himself with more Martial Souls.

He rested in Suotuo City for two days.

Early in the morning, Xu Fan brought Zhu Zhuqing to Shrek Academy.

"We're going to Shrek Academy?" Zhu Zhuqing asked.

"That's right."

"Aren't we going to Heaven Dou Royal Academy?"

"I'm just bringing you here to have a look. It's on the way anyway," Xu Fan said with a smile.

Zhu Zhuqing knew that Xu Fan must have wanted to see whether he could find the Rongrong he had mentioned.

But there was a high probability that it was impossible.

If that Rongrong could also see Xu Fan's words, then she probably would not come to Shrek Academy.

After leaving Suotuo City, they had not walked for long.

Xu Fan saw a village.

"That's Shrek Academy?" The corner of Zhu Zhuqing's mouth twitched.

There was a table at the village entrance, with an Old Man seated behind it.

Xu Fan looked at the rundown place. It was even worse than described in the Original work.

He was utterly speechless.

What right did a school like this have to recruit students?

"That's right. The name is written up there."

[Today, I brought Zhuqing to the area near Shrek Academy.]

[After so many years, Shrek Academy is still just as rundown.]