Tiantou Technology Academy

Chen Ming looked at his family's assets and realized they were only enough to cover his food and drink for half a year. His expression immediately turned awkward—this was a disaster!

Then, Chen Ming began to ponder how to make money. How could a six-year-old kid like him possibly earn a living?

While he was deep in thought, a knock suddenly sounded at the door. Chen Ming's train of thought was interrupted, and he called out.

"Coming, don't rush!"

As he opened the door, the Spirit Pagoda master from yesterday came into view. The purpose of his visit was to take Chen Ming to a big city for schooling and, incidentally, to help him obtain his first soul ring.

Hearing this, Chen Ming nodded in agreement. After packing a few things, he arrived at the Spirit Pagoda once again, where many other children were already waiting.

It seemed they were all children with Innate Full Soul Power of level seven or higher who had joined the Spirit Pagoda. As everyone boarded the warship, they set off toward a larger planet.

Chen Ming hadn't expected that he would be heading off to another planet for schooling and training the very next day.

I wonder if the little Dragon God is the same age as me...

Chen Ming muttered to himself, wondering if that Lan Xuanyu had awakened his martial soul yet. If he were younger than the other boy, he would be finished.

Just as Chen Ming was heading to another planet to receive his education, over on Tianluo Planet, a little boy was also excitedly beginning his martial soul awakening.

A Sea Silver Grass surrounded by water elements and a pink rabbit exuding a scarlet, murderous aura came into view.

"Mom, Dad, this is my martial soul. What is it called... Sea Silver Grass, Asura Rabbit..."

The little boy felt like something was missing, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it. Soon, the perspective shifted back to Chen Ming.

On the way to the other planet, Chen Ming asked the Spirit Pagoda master for a book about Battle Armor and began reading it.

[Battle Armor Craftsmanship +1+1]

Watching this skill value constantly increase felt great. Chen Ming wore an expression of enjoyment, feeling that this was similar to the saying "diligence is the path to excellence."

After a two-day journey, the group arrived at Tiandou Planet. It was much more prosperous than Tianluo Planet, with city architecture and the like being far more developed.

Next came the physical data test. Chen Ming threw a light punch, and it registered at one thousand kilograms. Seeing this data and the shocked expressions of everyone present, Chen Ming realized he had used too much strength and immediately covered his face with his hand.

Then came the mental power test. He possessed natural Spirit Connection Realm mental power at 150 points. This data once again shocked the Spirit Pagoda master who was recording his information.

However, they looked at Chen Ming's soil martial soul and hesitated, wondering if it was worth cultivating. They ultimately decided to check his soul skills first.

Following the Spirit Pagoda master's instructions, Chen Ming sat inside an instrument and began to circulate his soul power. Soon, the instrument spat out bits of energy, which circled around Chen Ming to form a phantom soul ring.

The soul ring began to solidify, turning white, then quickly transitioning to yellow, and finally settling on purple—an artificial soul ring.

The first soul ring Chen Ming added to himself was for the Life Tree. As for the Golden Dragon King martial soul, he would obtain a ring for it later inside My World.

Chen Ming's first soul skill was named Life Rain and Dew. It condensed life essence to heal allies, restore soul power, and heal the soul; it could be taken internally or applied externally.

External application treated physical wounds, while internal consumption treated the mind. This was perfect: the Golden Dragon King martial soul would display the raw stats, while the Life Tree martial soul would provide the mechanics.

I throw a punch, you throw a punch, I heal up and throw another punch. You use a mental attack, I can still heal! I can't die, I absolutely cannot die!

Furthermore, the Life Tree had a talent skill: by rooting itself in the ground, it could rapidly restore soul power. In other words, as long as Chen Ming stood on the ground, he could recover soul power.

However, he kept these things hidden for the time being. After all, if he showed too much talent, he would end up being sent elsewhere to serve as a pawn for some major power.

"Uncle Spirit Pagoda masters, this is my first soul skill."

After experiencing his soul skill, Chen Ming stood up and placed some soil on the ground, pretending it was his first soul skill. The Spirit Pagoda masters fell silent upon seeing this.

"It feels like this could be used for land reclamation..."

"Can your soul skill keep producing soil?"

Another Spirit Pagoda master questioned him. Hearing this, Chen Ming shook his head, trying to make it sound as weak as possible.

"No, but if the soil I produce is used for farming, it can ripen crops about once every half day."

"An agricultural-type martial soul..."

Hearing this, the Spirit Pagoda masters became even more silent. Are you kidding me, buddy? You have such high stats, and yet you end up with a farming-type martial soul?!

In the end, Chen Ming was sent to Tiandou Technology Academy. Since he was at least an Innate Full Soul Power holder, he might as well finish his compulsory education first.

"What's wrong with farming? Once my cooking reaches the excellent level, the dishes I make will have special effects!"

Chen Ming curled his lips. So they look down on farmers, huh! However, he first bought a laptop, then headed to the academy to report, and soon arrived at his dormitory.

The dormitory was for four people, with beds on top and desks below, plus a balcony for drying clothes and a bathroom.

Chen Ming arrived the earliest, mainly because he had nowhere else to go. After tidying up his mattress, he hugged his laptop and started working.

This was the money-making method Chen Ming had thought of: writing novels! He prepared to bring over all the hit novels from his past life and let the natives of the Douluo universe witness the entertainment projects of a higher plane!

[Typing Speed +1+1+1+1]

Just as Chen Ming was typing, the skill module continued to work its magic. In a single morning, he churned out twenty thousand words. Then, feeling hungry, he got off his bed and went to the cafeteria to eat.

The cafeteria was very clean and divided into four types of meals: A, B, C, and D. Grade A was the highest quality and most expensive, with the others decreasing in order.

Chen Ming ordered five Grade C meals and devoured them, but it wasn't even enough to fill the gaps in his teeth. Ultimately, he decided to go into My World to hunt for some food—or rather, to develop animal husbandry and agriculture.

Three days in the game world equaled three hours in the Douluo world. Chen Ming first cleared some land, then started raising chickens, cows, sheep, and pigs.

Chen Ming first used bone meal from the skeletons he killed to ripen his crops, then kept half for breeding and half for himself to eat.

He felt about sixty percent full for the moment. The food in My World seemed to be more filling than the food on Douluo Continent...

Of course, the skill mods were still exerting their influence, and his farming and husbandry skills were constantly increasing.

Afterward, Chen Ming found a village. The villagers here were extremely friendly, claiming they felt like old friends with Chen Ming at first sight and insisted on gifting him the entire village; no matter how he tried to persuade them, they wouldn't budge.

They even said that if he didn't accept, they would go and get themselves killed by zombies. Forced by the circumstances, Chen Ming accepted the supplies, hay blocks, and houses the villagers offered.

The items inside the treasure chests were quite a hodgepodge, containing things from Douluo Continent, Farmer's Delight, and vanilla survival items.

Farmer's Delight mostly consisted of new crops, while the Douluo Continent items included rare metals, thousand-year spirit items, and Douluo weapon chests, which were similar to loot boxes.

Chen Ming took a look; inside were wooden swords, stone swords, gold swords, iron swords, diamond swords, netherite swords, heavy hammers, spears, and Douluo Continent tool spirits like the Seven Kill Sword, Clear Sky Hammer, and Coiling Dragon Staff, and there were even divine artifacts.

They were all divine artifacts from Douluo Continent, including the Seagod Trident, Asura Magic Sword, and Scepter of Destruction.

"Do I have to play loot boxes now?"

Chen Ming was surprised for a moment. It seemed he wouldn't be bored later on; he could play with opening boxes. He immediately moved his mind and opened a chest.

Various weapons slid past from right to left. Chen Ming missed the big gold prize perfectly and landed on a gold sword. He immediately covered his face; sure enough, his luck was pitifully bad.

"Forget it, I didn't expect to get anything good from this thing anyway."

A gorgeous and exquisite golden longsword appeared in Chen Ming's hand. He subconsciously checked its quality: a legendary-quality gold sword. Not only was its durability increased tenfold, but its base damage bonus had also reached nine points.

"Not bad, I'll use it for self-defense, even though it's still just a gold sword."

Chen Ming put away the gold sword and continued to get busy. He farmed monsters in the main world, killing a few zombies and skeletons with hundred-year cultivation, and his level finally broke through to level twelve.

[Swordsmanship +1+1+5]

[Spearmanship +1+1+1+1+4]

[Spirit Power Control +1+1+1+1+2]

Watching these skills of his improve bit by bit, Chen Ming felt a sense of relief. It was truly great to be able to see his own growth so clearly.

Soon, Chen Ming returned to Douluo Continent. It was already late at night, and he was tired, so he lay down and slept for the night.

As soon as he woke up in the morning, Chen Ming's stomach protested. He immediately washed up, took out a sandwich he had made to eat, and then started typing.

He had accumulated a little bit of fame yesterday, so he had to continue today, otherwise, he really wouldn't be able to support himself.

Just as he was typing, the other roommates entered the dormitory one after another, and everyone introduced themselves.

"My name is Huo Tian, my spirit is Fire Tyrant Dragon, innate level eight."

"My name is Feng Rulang, my spirit is Gale Demon Wolf, innate level seven."

"My name is Lei Yuan, my spirit is Lightning Leopard, innate level eight."

"Nice to meet you, I'm Chen Ming, my spirit is Earth Block, Innate Full Soul Power."

"Innate Full Soul Power?!"

The three were surprised when they heard that Chen Ming actually had Innate Full Soul Power. Chen Ming nodded in response.

"Brother, I didn't expect you to have Innate Full Soul Power."

"You're really hiding your true strength."

"It's nothing, really."

After everyone introduced themselves simply and got familiar with each other, they started tidying up their things.

"Chen Ming, what are you doing?"

Huo Tian noticed Chen Ming sitting on his bed, clacking away at his laptop keyboard, and asked curiously.

"Typing, browsing forums and news."

Chen Ming didn't reveal that he was a webnovel author, lest he get tracked down in real life or have people blocking his door to demand updates.

"By the way, let me recommend a novel I've been reading lately, Douluo Firmament. The writing is pretty good, fifteen chapters a day, plenty to read. Let's check it out together."

Of course, Chen Ming didn't forget to promote his own work. Hearing this, the three gathered around and read the first chapter.

"Chapter one... A fallen genius? Spirit power level three?"

"What app are you using to read this? Let me search for it."

Out of curiosity, the three started searching and soon found an author with the pen name [Goblin Patriarch].

"What a strange name."

But soon, the three were immersed in it and couldn't pull themselves away. Chen Ming chuckled, and his typing speed increased.

For a time, the dormitory was deathly quiet. Chen Ming was typing on his bed, while the other three sat on chairs below, staring at their phones.

"Phew... it's noon. Are you guys eating?"

Chen Ming checked the time and then leaned over to ask the three if they were going to eat. Their reactions were identical.

"Wait until I finish reading."

"I'll go after I finish this chapter."

"You go ahead first."

Seeing how engrossed they were, Chen Ming didn't disturb them and happily went out to eat.

He found a pavilion, then took out the meal he had prepared in advance and set it on the table: six dishes and one soup, plus a large bucket of rice.

The campus was filled with students arriving to register or returning to school, and Chen Ming's figure was very conspicuous here.

It was mainly because of the giant bucket of rice and the sumptuous dishes placed beside him; it was truly too eye-catching.

Fortunately, he had thick skin, and with a body awakened with the Life Tree and Golden Dragon King martial souls, his appearance could be considered top-tier.

After all, dragons were creatures with top-tier aesthetics, and as for the Life Tree, one only needed to look at the Goddess of Life to know.

Blessed by two god-tier appearance martial souls, Chen Ming's looks were naturally not bad, not to mention his other account.

Chen Ming's other secondary account awakened the Source of Destruction and the Silver Dragon King martial soul, his hair color and pupils turning into silver-white and purple eyes; calling him a carbon copy of Gu Yuena would be no exaggeration.

Moreover, on the Douluo Continent, there were basically no ugly people among talented soul masters; soul power was truly a wonderful thing.

Thinking this, the simple meal soon ended. After finishing, Chen Ming packed up the tableware and left.

Returning to the dormitory, he saw the guys were still reading, so he didn't disturb them and climbed onto his bed to continue typing.

After a while, a wail came, and everyone looked over.

"Damn it! Finished?! Update, update! Who is this supposed to be enough for!"

Lei Yuan clicked the update button in dissatisfaction, and the others had also finished reading one after another, basically all left wanting more.

"You can try tipping the author to make them add more chapters."

Chen Ming reminded them with a smile while propping his head up on the bed. Hearing this, the three of them lowered their heads; they were all people who weren't short on money.

"Then add more for me! Money is the one thing this young master doesn't lack!"

"I still want to read! Update quickly!"

Chen Ming looked at the twenty thousand Federal Credits earned in just one day on his computer and couldn't stop grinning. Besides, his typing speed would only get faster, and as his skills increased, he wouldn't have to worry about mistakes.

Soon, the three of them went off to eat together. Chen Ming's hands were moving so fast they were almost a blur, his mind filled with countless thoughts. The combination of his Spirit Connection Realm spiritual power and his explosive typing speed was nothing short of terrifying!

Just like that, the registration period passed quickly, and under Chen Ming's operation, the novel he wrote began to take off.

Relying on his own strength, he held up a piece of the sky in the novel world of the Douluo Continent, and the class assignment information for Chen Ming and the others also came out; they were assigned to Freshman Class 9.

Because they were in the same dormitory, they were all assigned together, and they got along quite well.

The four of them arrived at the classroom, and Chen Ming sat directly on the side of the Hometown of the King, with the others sitting over as well.

"Old Chen, why sit so far back?"

"This is the Hometown of the King, and it's very close to the cafeteria. You can just climb out the window and run a few steps to get there."

Chen Ming said mysteriously, while the other three didn't understand what was so special about that at all. Time passed quickly amidst the noise of the crowd.

As the class bell rang, a middle-aged man walked in. He stepped onto the podium and scanned his surroundings, like a lion patrolling its territory.