Look Down on Commoner Soul Masters? My Brother Xue Qinghe!

After all, in a fantasy sewer like the Douluo Continent, the opportunities provided by immortal herbs are too heaven-defying; any transmigrator who arrives here cannot let them go.

Otherwise, if the immortal herbs were given to Tang San, it would be indulging the enemy in using cheats.

Zhou Tong could never tolerate that.

"Little friend, you look about the same age as Lingling, so you can just call me Auntie Ye."

Ye Xiyue took Ye Lingling's hand and walked over to Zhou Tong.

"You two should interact more in the future."

"My Nine-Heart Begonia Family will never treat a benefactor poorly."

"May I ask which academy the little hero is studying at?"

Zhou Tong smiled slightly. "My name is Zhou Tong. I just graduated from Notting Academy and am preparing to head to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy."

Hearing this, Ye Xiyue's beautiful eyes widened in surprise. "What a coincidence, Lingling is also a student at the Royal Academy."

"You will be classmates from now on."

Ye Xiyue's eyes sparkled with pleasant surprise. "This isn't the place to talk. Zhou Tong, since you are Lingling's savior, would you be willing to come to my home as a guest for a few days?"

"That would be fine. I was just preparing to head to the Imperial City anyway."

Zhou Tong agreed immediately.

It was so unsafe right now; what if he ran into some thugs?

Having this group escort him back would save him a lot of trouble.

Heaven Dou Imperial City.

The Ye Family of the Nine-Heart Begonia.

"A thousand-year second spirit ring, really?"

Ye Xiyue stared at Zhou Tong's second pale purple spirit ring, stunned into speechlessness.

"How could your body possibly withstand such powerful spirit power?"

"A thousand-year spirit ring is something only a Spirit Grandmaster can handle."

Ye Lingling's delicate mouth parted slightly as she looked at the purple spirit ring in disbelief.

Although she had seen Zhou Tong's spirit ring earlier, she had only glanced at it and hadn't thought much of it.

Now that she looked closely, she finally realized the anomaly.

This was simply terrifying.

"Truly a peerless genius. This is the first thousand-year second spirit ring on the continent to date!"

Ye Xiyue's beautiful eyes were filled with astonishment.

After seeing this spirit ring, Ye Xiyue's resolve to befriend Zhou Tong only grew stronger.

This was absolutely a genius!

In the future, Zhou Tong's achievements would at least reach Title Douluo, and it was even very likely he would become a ninety-nine-level Peerless Douluo!

The Nine-Heart Begonia Family was a support-type spirit master family that had always enjoyed befriending the strong, especially genius spirit masters.

"Zhou Tong, you really are a genius!"

Ye Xiyue could not hide her admiration.

"It was just a stroke of luck. Actually, I had intended to absorb a hundred-year spirit ring, but I happened to have the opportunity, so I absorbed this one instead."

Zhou Tong waved his hand dismissively.

"I am very curious as to how your physique is able to absorb a spirit ring beyond the limit," Ye Xiyue asked curiously.

"I have a trick: using whale glue to refine the body has miraculous effects."

Zhou Tong made up an excuse on the spot to brush her off.

Refining the body with whale glue was indeed something unknown to them.

It would definitely fool them.

"Refining the body with whale glue?"

"Isn't whale glue used for... intimate matters?"

"My family has practiced medicine for generations and is proficient in medicinal herbs, yet I have never heard of whale glue being edible."

Ye Xiyue's expression turned somewhat strange.

She was an expert in pharmacology, after all, and her family ran a pharmacy.

"Actually, whale glue is edible and has excellent effects for body refinement; you just don't know about it."

"If you don't believe me, you can try a little and you'll see."

Zhou Tong stated with certainty.

Ye Xiyue suddenly realized the truth.

She had not expected this young man to be so knowledgeable about medicinal herbs.

"Little brother, you saved Lingling and even shared such important secrets with me."

"My Ye Family must thank you."

"I happen to have a jin of Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue; I shall gift it to you."

"Is there anything else you might want?"

Ye Xiyue said immediately.

Zhou Tong was the one who had saved her daughter, so he had to be rewarded handsomely.

Hearing this, Zhou Tong raised an eyebrow, and an idea immediately came to mind.

His next goal was Dugu Bo's immortal herbs.

However, many of the immortal herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well were rare and uncommon. Since Ye Xiyue was an expert in herbs, it was the perfect opportunity to ask her and learn some knowledge about them.

"I am actually very interested in herbal knowledge and am looking to find some herbs for body tempering."

"I wonder if you have any herb compendiums here, A Yin, that could help broaden my knowledge."

Hearing this, Ye Xiyue smiled. "You have certainly asked the right person. When it comes to herb compendiums, my family has the most by far."

Not long after, Ye Xiyue brought Zhou Tong to the Ye Family library and told him he could browse as he pleased.

She even allowed Zhou Tong to take a few books with him.

Zhou Tong was naturally delighted; he began studying herbal knowledge frantically, searching for books on immortal herbs.

To his surprise, he actually found a few relevant volumes.

"Immortal Herb Compendium."

"Collection of Rare Herbs of the Douluo Continent."

"Excellent, these two books will do."

Zhou Tong saw detailed records of the Silk Velvet Tulip and other immortal herbs inside, and he grew excited.

With these compendiums, identifying immortal herbs would no longer be a difficult task.

One month later.

Early morning.

Facing the rising sun, Zhou Tong headed straight out of the city toward the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

A magnificent complex of buildings appeared at the edge of his vision. The Heaven Dou Royal Academy was nestled among the mountains, surrounded by water and shrouded in mist.

"How grand."

Zhou Tong sighed in admiration, then stepped onto the wide stone stairs leading to the academy gate.

After a while, he finally arrived in front of the main entrance.

A guard clad in straight armor immediately blocked his path.

"Little brother, you've come to the wrong place."

"This is the Heaven Dou Royal Academy; no one may enter unless they are a student of this academy."

Hearing this, Zhou Tong said proudly, "I am here to enroll."

The guard looked surprised. "The academy's enrollment for this year has already ended; you are a bit late."

"However, if you have a letter of recommendation, we can report it on your behalf."

Zhou Tong pulled out a token instead. It was engraved with exquisite patterns and featured a single large character: "Xue."

"I don't have a letter of recommendation, but someone told me that I could get in if I held this token."

The guard took the token solemnly and examined it carefully twice before gasping, "The Crown Prince's token!"

He stood dumbfounded, looking at Zhou Tong with uncertainty, and asked cautiously, "Which noble family's genius are you?"

"I am not a noble, just a commoner."

"Just tell me, can I enter or not?"

Although the Heaven Dou Royal Academy did not accept commoner spirit masters in principle, Xue Qinghe was the exception to that rule!

Zhou Tong wanted to see if they dared to refuse him.

Seeing this, the guard frowned, his face filled with hesitation. He knew the academy's rules—that no non-noble spirit masters could enter—but since the Crown Prince had granted permission, the rules were not unbreakable.

A person like this, backed by the Crown Prince, was definitely not ordinary; it was better not to offend him.

He hurriedly said, "Since you have the Crown Prince's token, the academy will naturally not treat you poorly."

"Please wait a moment; I will go inside and report this."

As soon as he finished speaking, the guard turned quickly and ran into the academy.

Zhou Tong stood calmly in place, admiring the scenery of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

"It truly lives up to being the wealthiest academy in the empire."

"Even the decorations inside are made of luxurious materials."