Soul Hunting Town

Su Lin and the Lan Xiao Die sisters looked at that beautiful Goddess Spirit, learning the order of all the soul skills within the little guy's spirit, and were utterly shocked.

"It looks like finding soul beasts for Little Chen will be much easier from now on," Su Lin said with a smile. The little guy's miraculous spirit had simply overturned her understanding!

"What is the little guy cultivating? Ten Thousand Plums in the Wind? This is actually a set of Sword Techniques. Could Ye Feng have left it behind?"

Su Lin came up to Ye Liangchen, picked up the Ten Thousand Plums in the Wind Sword Techniques, and looked it over. She was deeply shaken.

"Su Lin! This was indeed left behind by Little Chen's parents. You know his father's spirit was called the Dragon's Roar Sword. In terms of swordsmanship alone, even Sword Douluo couldn't compare to Ye Feng back then," Lan Xiao Die explained to Su Lin.

"That's wonderful! With such profound Sword Techniques, we won't have to worry about Little Chen's sword spirit cultivation anymore." Su Lin smiled. She had not expected Ye Feng and Liu Ru Yan to have left their son a way forward.

"Su Lin! Ye Feng also left behind a divine art hundreds of times stronger than meditation methods. You're one of us, so cultivate it together with us from now on."

Lan Xiao Die used her Soul Power to set a seal over the entire room, then took out the Primordial Chaos Sutra and Five Elements Divine Fist for Su Lin to study.

"Hiss! Dean, this is too miraculous. With this divine art, I feel like cultivating to Titled Douluo won't be a problem for us at all."

"Mm! That is indeed the case, but you must keep it secret. Once it leaks, our entire academy will be finished. For now, we'll just call the Primordial Chaos Sutra an advanced meditation method, in case someone slips up and arouses suspicion."

"Dean, don't worry! I swear on my spirit that I will guard this secret to the death."

Su Lin was also one of Skywater's higher-ups, as well as a student of the former Dean, Shui Lingfeng, so naturally she would protect Skywater Academy's interests.

Ye Liangchen also knew that the civilization of Douluo World had always been suppressed by the God Realm, including the Soul Master cultivation system.

At present, Soul Masters needed to hunt soul beasts and obtain soul rings before they could advance. This was a rule established by the God Realm, its purpose being to use human Soul Masters to restrain soul beasts. The ultimate goal was to guard against the Silver Dragon King and prevent the soul beast race from becoming powerful.

As a result, over time, human Soul Masters had also lost their capacity for innovation and formed a dependence. Very few people were able to create their own soul skills, and could only obtain soul skills by hunting soul beasts.

The various top-tier martial arts manuals from wuxia novels were, to a low-level fantasy world like the Douluo Continent, Self-Created Soul Skills. They could even be called divine skills.

Ye Liangchen studied the various exquisite Sword Techniques within Ten Thousand Plums in the Wind, evolving all kinds of sword moves in his mind. If he had not been inside the Rose Hotel right now, he would have summoned the Chun Jun Sword to practice them.

Now that he was in another world, in order to improve his strength, Ye Liangchen had also become a cultivation maniac. Whenever he cultivated, he entered a state of total self-forgetfulness.

"Little Chen! You should go to sleep. Cultivation isn't something that happens overnight. You have to take it slowly."

Seeing that the night was already deep, Lan Xiao Die quickly interrupted Ye Liangchen's cultivation and told him to go to sleep. The little guy was only six years old now, so he needed enough sleep, or else it would affect his development.

"All right! Aunt Lan."

Ye Liangchen put Ten Thousand Plums in the Wind into his Game Backpack and went into his room to sleep. In front of his elders in this world, he had to be an obedient good child.

As for Lan Xiao Die, Su Lin, and Lan Xiao Ling, after coming into contact with the wonders of the Primordial Chaos Sutra, they used cultivation in place of sleep, wanting to improve their strength as quickly as possible.

Twenty days later, Ye Liangchen's group passed through Silves Kingdom and Balak Kingdom, finally arriving at a town on the edge of Star Dou Forest. Although it was only called a town, the residents living here numbered at least several hundred thousand.

Along the way, Ye Liangchen had stayed outside the carriage, admiring the scenery of this other world. He had also seen the hardships of the common people's lives, which formed a stark contrast with the luxurious lives of the nobility.

This town on the outskirts of Star Dou Great Forest was called Soul Hunting Town. In truth, it could also be considered a city. It simply had no walls, and its area was very large—at least a hundred square kilometers.

This place was still over a hundred li away from Star Dou Forest. Star Dou Forest was the largest and most dangerous Soul Beast Forest, and the people living here did not dare get too close.

As the saying went, people made their living from the mountain if they lived by the mountain, and from the water if they lived by the water. The people of this town relied on Star Dou Forest to survive. They made a living by selling all kinds of weapons, armor, poisons, recovery potions, and so on. In any case, they were all essential items for Soul Masters entering the Soul Beast Forest.

There were also a large number of shops in this town used for trading soul beasts. Many things like soul beast meat, hides, and teeth were very valuable. Some professional teams that hunted soul beasts often entered the forest to capture and kill all kinds of soul beasts in exchange for Gold Soul Coins.

These teams were made up of free Soul Masters. Their strength was not high, so they could only hunt some low-level soul beasts.

There were even professional teams specifically dedicated to hunting soul beasts for others. As long as you could afford the money, they could hunt soul beasts for you. However, the strength of these hunting teams was only at the Soul Elder and Soul Ancestor level, not particularly strong, and they likewise could only hunt some low-level soul beasts.

Moreover, these hunting teams were greedy by nature. Sometimes they would even kill their employers and rob them of all their money and valuables. They often committed this kind of murder for profit.

"Let's stay here for today! We'll buy some powders to repel insects, snakes, and ants, then enter Star Dou Forest first thing tomorrow morning."

Lan Xiao Die suggested they rest in the town. After traveling on and off for twenty days, everyone was exhausted, and even the horses pulling the carriage had been changed five times.

"Are the three ladies looking to hunt a soul beast for this little friend? Our Thunderbolt Squad can help. We only need fifty Gold Soul Coins."

Just then, a soul beast hunting team walked over. A Soul Ancestor expert leading them introduced his team's services to Lan Xiao Die and the other two women.

There were six people in this team in total, all fierce-looking men. Among them was one Soul Ancestor expert, while the remaining five had Soul Elder cultivation.

When they saw Lan Xiao Die's group riding in a luxurious carriage, they were surely wealthy people. Although the three women wore veils, their beautiful bodies beneath those black Close-fitting Outfits deeply stirred the burning heat in the hearts of the Thunderbolt Squad members.

Thus, they only asked for a payment of fifty Gold Soul Coins, their goal being to lure the three women into taking the bait.

"Buzz, buzz..."

Su Lin pressed her powerful Soul Power down on the Thunderbolt Squad, immediately forcing them five or six meters back.

Lan Xiao Die and Lan Xiao Ling protected Ye Liangchen between them. In a place like this, where all sorts of people gathered, they secretly transmitted their voices to Su Lin, telling her not to reveal her spirit.

Once Lan Xiao Die's Ice Phoenix spirit was exposed, some knowledgeable Soul Masters would be able to guess her identity. In a place like this, where all sorts of people gathered, they had to be especially cautious.

"Get lost! Don't bother us! Otherwise, you'll be killed without mercy."

Su Lin said coldly, pressing her powerful Soul Power aura toward the other side. She knew perfectly well what these soul beast hunting teams were plotting in their hearts.

"We're sorry! Respected lord, we should not have offended you."

"We'll get lost right away! Right away."

The Thunderbolt Squad was scared senseless and immediately ran into the distance with all their might, not daring to linger for even a moment.

They had wanted to lure a big fish onto the hook and make a huge score, but they had not expected these three women to all be high-level Soul Masters, each more terrifying than the last. Just their Soul Power aura alone left them completely unable to resist. They were not people small fry like them could afford to provoke.

When the other soul-hunting teams in the distance saw Thunderbolt Squad get blasted away, they all hurriedly kept their distance.

This was a world where the strong were respected above all. If you were powerful, you made the rules—especially those mighty Titled Douluo. Even imperial royal families treated them as honored guests when they met them and did not dare offend them.

"Buzz, buzz..."

Just then, the soul power aura around Su Lin suddenly surged. A powerful presence spread in all directions as her soul power directly broke through the great barrier of rank 70.

"Dean, I broke through to rank 70!"

Su Lin cried out in surprise. She had finally stepped into the realm of Soul Saint. She had broken through to rank 69 back when she was thirty-six, and reaching Soul Saint from that point had taken her a full two years. It had not been easy at all.

"Shh! Don't make a scene. There seems to be a Titled Douluo nearby. Let's check into the inn first."

Lan Xiao Die stopped Su Lin's excitement and pulled Ye Liangchen toward Yue Lai Inn in the distance.

"Sis! Are you sure you sensed that right?" Lan Xiao Ling asked curiously.

"I'm sure. Just now, two auras locked onto us. One of them was several times stronger than mine, so it should be a Titled Douluo. The other was a high-level Soul Saint."

Lan Xiao Ling was also guessing at the other party's identity. Who could it be?

Su Lin patted her chest. "Dean! Good thing we didn't reveal our Martial Souls, or we might have exposed our identities."

At the same time, in another hotel in the distance called "Lai Fu," inside a spacious room, a white-haired elder in a pale blue robe stood by the window with a middle-aged man, quietly observing the situation far away. Beside them was also a petite, adorable, clever-looking little girl. She looked about six years old, like a porcelain doll, and was extremely pretty.

"I didn't expect three high-level female Soul Masters to have come to a place like this. Two Soul Saints and one Soul Douluo," the white-haired elder exclaimed.

"A female Soul Douluo? Uncle Jian! As far as I know, female Soul Douluo experts on the entire continent can be counted on one hand. Who could she be?"

"They're all masked and didn't release their Martial Souls, so this old man can't guess their identities. They also brought a little boy with them. I imagine they must be hunting a soul beast for that little fellow."

These two were Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Both were experienced old hands with broad knowledge, and they kept calculating the identities of those three women in their hearts.

"Grandpa Jian! Daddy, what are you looking at?" Ning Rongrong skipped over to Sword Douluo's side, her big eyes wide as she asked curiously.

"Nothing. Rongrong, go to sleep! Tomorrow, Grandpa Jian will take you to obtain your first soul ring."

Sword Douluo stroked Ning Rongrong's little head, his eyes full of doting affection.

Ning Rongrong was Ning Fengzhi's youngest daughter. A few months ago, she had awakened the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul, and her Innate Soul Power had reached rank 9. She was the most talented genius in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. After several months of cultivation, the little girl's soul power had now reached rank 10.

This time, Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo had come to Star Dou Forest to obtain the little girl's first soul ring. They were very much looking forward to Ning Rongrong's future achievements.

Meanwhile, in Yue Lai Inn on the other side, Lan Xiao Die and the other two women were extremely tense. They had not expected to discover a Titled Douluo expert after arriving at a small town on the outskirts of Star Dou Forest.

"Su Lin! Go buy some things. Tomorrow morning, we enter Star Dou Forest," Lan Xiao Die instructed Su Lin.

"Yes, Dean."

Su Lin quietly left the room and went to the shops outside to purchase things needed for entering Soul Beast Forest, such as insect-repellent powder, poisons, and the like.

At that moment, Ye Liangchen was also guessing the identity of that Titled Douluo. Earlier, he had heard Lan Xiao Die say the other side also had a high-level Soul Saint. Such strength was extremely formidable.

A quarter of an hour later, Su Lin returned to the inn, and she brought back a piece of news.

"Dean! I asked around among the stallholders. Those two experts are Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. They also brought a little girl with them."

"Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi? And a little girl?"

"Rumor has it that half a year ago, a little genius with innate rank 9 appeared in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. I imagine it must be Ning Fengzhi's youngest daughter. Looks like they came this time to obtain that little girl's first soul ring."

When they heard Su Lin say the other party was from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the Lan Xiao Die sisters finally let out a long breath. After all, Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi had fairly good character.

Sword Douluo? Ning Fengzhi? Ning Rongrong?

Ye Liangchen was also startled when he heard this news. After coming to this world for six years, he was finally going to meet Ning Rongrong of the Shrek Seven Devils.

However, Ye Liangchen now knew that the current Ning Rongrong was a little princess showered in countless affections, with a spoiled and willful personality. Once someone provoked her, she would casually tell Grandpa Jian to kill people and the like. Ye Liangchen had no desire to get involved with her.

"Su Lin! Since you broke through to rank 70, we'll also obtain your seventh soul ring this time," Lan Xiao Die suggested.

"Yes, Dean!" Su Lin was extremely excited. After so many years, she had finally stepped into the threshold of Soul Saint.

"This Cultivation Technique is truly miraculous. I feel that within ten years, perhaps I'll step into rank 90." Lan Xiao Die was extremely excited.

As for the wonders of the Primordial Chaos Sutra, Lan Xiao Die and the others had finally witnessed them. Su Lin's soul power had been stuck at rank 69 all this time before, yet unexpectedly, after cultivating the Primordial Chaos Sutra for only twenty days, she had already broken through the bottleneck. It was truly too unexpected.

"Little Chen! Teacher thanks you."

Su Lin picked up Ye Liangchen beside her and kissed him on the cheek. She had learned from the Lan Xiao Die sisters that the Primordial Chaos Sutra was something Ye Liangchen had allowed them to cultivate. This little fellow was simply everyone's lucky star!

"Teacher Su Lin! You're welcome."

Ye Liangchen shook his head. This woman was always so enthusiastic. He really couldn't take it.

When he grew up in the future, if this woman still dared to treat him like this, he would definitely give her a taste of a disciple rebelling against his teacher.

"Su Lin! Let Little Chen go to sleep. Tomorrow morning, we have to set off for Star Dou Forest."

Looking at the little fellow held in Su Lin's arms, his face slightly red and his expression very uncomfortable, Lan Xiao Die found it very funny. This little fellow knew how to feel shy now.

Back then, this woman Su Lin had even pursued Ye Feng. It was just that with Liu Ru Yan there, she had no chance at all. Now she wouldn't be transferring that love onto his son, would she?

"Dean! Soul Hunting Town isn't safe. I'll sleep with the little guy so I can protect him personally."

After Su Lin said that, she directly carried Ye Liangchen into the room next door to sleep.

This woman treated the little fellow like a human-shaped body pillow. This whole operation left the Lan Xiao Die sisters torn between laughter and tears.

"Big Sis! This woman isn't thinking of making a move on Little Chen, is she?" Lan Xiao Ling teased with a grin.

"Little sister! You're overthinking it!"

Lan Xiao Die chuckled, thinking that the little guy was her daughter's future. Even if Teacher Su Lin were given a hundred extra guts, she still wouldn't dare.

"Teacher Su Lin!..."

Ye Liangchen felt like he was about to suffocate. Being used as a human body pillow by a mature beauty like this—how was he supposed to sleep?

"Shh! Little Chen, don't talk! Go to sleep and rest up, so we can travel properly tomorrow."

"Soul Hunting Town is a place where all sorts of people gather. It's very dangerous, so I have to protect you up close."

Teacher Su Lin looked at the little guy in her arms, laughing inwardly. Liu Ru Yan! Liu Ru Yan! Back then, I lost to you and couldn't get Ye Feng. Now your son is in my arms!

Being held by a top-tier beauty, Ye Liangchen really couldn't sleep. He remembered the Daoist Ice Heart Incantation he had once read, and began silently reciting it in his mind:

If the heart is clear as ice, it will not tremble even if the sky collapses, Amid myriad changes, remain still; let the spirit and breath grow calm, Forget the self and guard the one; let the six senses settle into great stillness, Abstain and cultivate qi, be selfless and act without forcing, Above and below attend to one another; expression and spirit rely on each other, Gather intent at the mysterious gate, subdue wandering thoughts, Let there be nothing within or without; with a quiet heart, the spirit is clear.

A pure heart is like water; a pure heart is the heart itself, No breeze arises, no waves are stirred, Sitting alone among secluded bamboo, one gives a long cry and strums the zither, In Zen-like stillness and meditation, the venomous dragon hides its form, My heart has no aperture; Heaven rewards the diligent, My will is awe-inspiring, and all Gui Mei are startled, ...

The water flows, yet the heart is not startled; clouds drift, and thoughts slow with them, With one mind unburdened by things, one is free and unfettered through past and present.

Ice-cold through the ages, all things remain especially still, The heart should be calm and the breath still; forget the self and keep the spirit alone, Heart and spirit become one; qi should follow with them, Between them, as if there is surplus, myriad changes cause no alarm, No delusion, no anger; no desire, no seeking, No letting go, no abandoning; no action, no self.

After Ye Liangchen silently recited the Ice Heart Technique three times, he immediately became like an old monk entering meditation. His heart was still as water, without the slightest ripple within, and his mood became utterly calm.

Damn! This Ice Heart Incantation is a super divine skill!

So Ye Liangchen continued silently reciting the Ice Heart Incantation in his mind. After that, he gradually sank into sleep, his breathing even, as if he were nestled in the embrace of nature.

Teacher Su Lin looked at the little guy's quiet sleeping face, gave his forehead a light peck, and smiled sweetly, thinking, This little guy is so adorable!