"Give Him a Taste of Modern Shock"

Time flies like an arrow, and the sun and moon shuttle like a weaver's shuttle. In the blink of an eye, nearly half a year had passed since Luo Chen broke through to become a 30-level Soul Elder.

Through his diligent cultivation during this period, his soul power had successfully broken through to around level 35.

Coupled with the fact that he had been undergoing combat training, along with more frequent medicinal baths to improve his combat techniques and physical fitness, he had made great strides.

Although Luo Chen was still a Soul Elder, his true combat power was already far beyond what an average Soul King-level spirit master could compare to.

Life should have continued peacefully in this manner, but this morning, after finishing his medicinal bath, Luo Chen did not choose to cultivate as usual. Instead, he headed to the attic of the Worship Hall.

For Luo Chen, as long as he did not leave Worship Mountain to enter the range of Martial Soul Mountain, he was free to go anywhere.

This naturally included the attic, which recorded many secrets of the Douluo Continent and stored the knowledge accumulated by Martial Soul Hall over countless years.

There were many ancient books here. During his early days at the Worship Hall, Luo Chen often came here to read books about spirit beasts and martial souls to fill the gaps in his experience and knowledge.

But this time, he was not here for that.

Guided by the lamplight, Luo Chen reached the deepest part of the attic, where a pile of ancient volumes covered in dust was stored.

"Found it."

After searching for a long time, Luo Chen finally stopped in front of a bookshelf.

On the shelf's classification label, Luo Chen saw a few characters marked: "Herbal Medicine."

This was the goal of his trip. He needed to learn more about this field to prepare for his future plans.

In fact, there was a place he had been longing to visit, but because his own strength was too weak and he had just arrived at the Worship Hall, he hadn't yet become familiar enough with the various elders to delay his departure.

But now, Luo Chen felt the timing was just about right.

"Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, a famous treasure land from the original work. I hope there are some immortal herbs inside that can be of help to me and the grandfathers."

As the greatest cheat for the Shrek Seven Devils in the early stages of the original work, one could even say that some of them becoming gods in the later stages was thanks to those immortal-grade herbs.

Since he had transmigrated, Luo Chen did not want to hand over such good things to that group of double-standard hypocrites.

As for the guardian Dugu Bo, Luo Chen was more inclined to subdue him; after all, he was one of the few normal people in the original work.

Moreover, in the original story, he was pitted quite miserably by Tang San, who directly raided his lair. Luo Chen felt he was quite pitiful.

But that was as far as it went; the final outcome would depend on whether Dugu Bo had the foresight to see the situation.

Just like that, for three consecutive days, Luo Chen compressed his daily cultivation time to run to the attic. This abnormal behavior soon caught the attention of Qian Daoliu.

"Chen'er, what have you been busy with lately? If there is anything you don't understand in your cultivation, you can just ask me or the other elders."

After breakfast on the fourth day, Qian Daoliu stopped Luo Chen, who was heading to the attic again, and asked with some confusion.

Luo Chen didn't waste words and neatly took a sealed letter from his bosom.

Qian Daoliu took it in his hand; the letter had already turned yellow and looked quite aged.

Of course, the reality was certainly not like that. This letter was something Luo Chen had written and staged himself when he first entered the Worship Hall. It recorded a portion of intelligence regarding the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well within the Sunset Forest from the perspective of someone who had experienced it.

Most of the content came from the original work, and with some additions from Luo Chen, this letter was synthesized.

As for why this letter, which had existed for less than a year, looked so old—as if it were an object from ten years ago—that was naturally Luo Chen's handiwork. It could be considered bringing a little "modern" shock to the Douluo Continent.

Qian Daoliu was highly unlikely to notice, and Luo Chen was certain that Qian Daoliu trusted him and would definitely not be obsessed with verifying the authenticity of the letter.

Soon, Qian Daoliu's brows furrowed.

Just as Luo Chen had expected, Qian Daoliu, who did not use soul power to probe it, could not tell that the letter had been artificially aged.

"Chen'er, where did you get this letter?"

Qian Daoliu looked at Luo Chen, his eyes filled with doubt.

Luo Chen pursed his lips and pondered for a moment, appearing to Qian Daoliu as if he were recalling something.

"This was given to me by the village chief grandfather who picked me up when we parted ways."

"He said this was left behind by the only Soul Emperor in our village."

Luo Chen began his straight-faced nonsense.

Qian Daoliu, however, frowned at this.

He certainly trusted Luo Chen, but what he didn't believe was the content of the letter.

He had lived for so many years; how could there be such a treasure land in this world that he didn't know about, and which hadn't even been recorded by Martial Soul Hall for so many years?

He knew of the Sunset Forest, but he had never heard of any Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

"Chen'er, do you think what is written in the letter is true?"

Qian Daoliu asked while handing the opened letter back to Luo Chen.

Luo Chen naturally nodded. After all, he did all this to make Qian Daoliu believe it, even if it was just a little bit.

As for why he didn't just tell Qian Daoliu with his own mouth, it was simply because that would be too suspicious.

How could a little brat like him know about such things?

That was why Luo Chen, having just arrived at the Worship Hall, had come up with such an unconventional ploy.

"Grandfather, I want to go and verify this."

"Besides, I also want to go out and see the world. Didn't you say that only true combat can turn me into a true powerhouse? I feel that I am now qualified to go out and experience the world beyond."

Luo Chen spoke neither servilely nor overbearingly.

Although it was a story concocted on the spot just to get his hands on the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, Luo Chen did, in fact, have a genuine desire to go out and gain some experience.

A portion of these words reflected his true thoughts.

Upon hearing this, Qian Daoliu fell silent instead.

He was hesitant.

In his view, the situation was exactly the opposite.

Regardless of whether the information in the letter was true or false, it was merely an excuse Luo Chen had fabricated to leave; Luo Chen's real goal was to go out and train, not that so-called Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

But in the end, Qian Daoliu relented.

He shook his head gently and beckoned Luo Chen over.

"Don't go to the attic today; head back to your room first. I will have Fifth Elder take you out in a while."

"We shall do as you said: go to the Sunset Forest to investigate... and while you're at it, he can take you to truly see the world outside."

"But Chen'er, you must remember, once everything is finished, have Fifth Elder bring you back. After all, you are still not strong enough yet."

Qian Daoliu raised his hand to stroke Luo Chen's forehead, speaking with kindness.

In truth, he was still somewhat worried about Luo Chen, even though he knew that Guang Ling Douluo would likely be by Luo Chen's side at all times.

But in his eyes, Luo Chen was, after all, still just a child under seven years old who had only awakened his martial soul half a year ago.

The current continent was still far too dangerous for him.

Yet at the same time, Qian Daoliu knew that if Luo Chen wanted to become a true powerhouse, this day would eventually come.

Therefore, this time, he chose to let Guang Ling Douluo take Luo Chen to see the outside world first.