The Most Powerful Young Genius

"Young Master, these are all the supplies prepared for your trip. There are changes of clothes, a tent, food..."

"Thanks, A Fu. But one thing is missing."

"What is it?"

"I still need a sword. Can you help me buy a longsword?"

A Fu looked at Lin Bei in confusion.

"Young Master, what do you need a sword for?"

"I'm going to become a swordsman."

Lin Bei casually came up with an excuse. It wasn't as if he could tell him, I know the Sword Control Technique and need a sword to show off...

"A swordsman?"

The corner of A Fu's mouth twitched. He glanced at Lin Bei, then turned and headed outside. "I'll go buy one for you right away."

He only felt that Lin Bei was still a child.

A little playful.

Didn't he just want to be a swordsman?

Buy it!

Not long after, A Fu brought back a three-foot-seven-inch longsword. The longsword was clearly the work of a master craftsman; clear steel patterns could be seen along the blade, which gleamed with a cold light.

"Thanks, A Fu."

Lin Bei nodded in satisfaction, took the longsword that was already about as tall as he was, examined it for a while, then put it into his wrist guard.

A Fu tugged the corner of his mouth into a smile and said, "This is what this old servant should do."

Just then, a somewhat gloomy, effeminate voice suddenly came from the horizon—

"Little fellow, hurry to the East Gate."

Lin Bei froze, then asked A Fu beside him, "Is that calling me?"

A Fu lowered his head and said, "That is the voice of Douluo Yue Guan. He must be calling for you. Young Master, it would not do to keep a Titled Douluo waiting."

Lin Bei smiled in some surprise. "I thought Lord Omora would be the one taking me to hunt for a soul ring. I didn't expect Teacher to send Lord Yue Guan. Tsk, Teacher is so good to me."

A Fu: "..."

"I'm leaving, A Fu."

"Take care, Young Master. This old slave will wait for your safe return."

Lin Bei left the residence, his figure springing forward. With a body strength that had reached the level of a Soul Emperor, he turned into an afterimage and shot straight toward the East City Gate.

Soon, Lin Bei arrived at the East Gate.

A slender figure stood atop the East Gate's city wall. He wore the bright red ceremonial robe that only Titled Douluo were qualified to wear, and the red robe was inlaid with gold and silver patterns, looking extremely magnificent.

"Little fellow, you're finally here."

He leaped down from the city wall over eighty meters high, his body drifting lightly like a feather.

"This junior greets Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan."

Lin Bei gave a salute.

Yue Guan narrowed his eyes and looked at Lin Bei with a beaming smile. "Little fellow, today is our first meeting, isn't it? How do you know who I am?"

"Senior Sister told me."

Lin Bei casually pinned the blame on Hu Liena.

"That little girl Hu Liena, huh. In that case, I don't need to introduce myself much. Get in."

Yue Guan rubbed his smooth chin, looked Lin Bei over, then turned and climbed into the carriage beside them.

Lin Bei followed Yue Guan into the carriage.

The carriage swayed as it headed out of the city.

"His Holiness the Pope instructed me to take you to the Star Dou Great Forest to find a suitable soul ring. Little fellow, tell me, what kind of soul ring do you want?"

In the carriage, Yue Guan looked Lin Bei over with a burning gaze as he asked.

His Holiness the Pope was right.

This child's physical strength had already reached the Soul Emperor level.

It seemed his martial soul was extremely powerful.

Yue Guan licked his lips. Even that lord's... martial soul was probably not as formidable as this child's, right?

Lin Bei could hardly stand Yue Guan's scorching gaze. He turned his head slightly and answered, "If possible, I hope it's a strength-type soul beast."

The corner of Yue Guan's mouth lifted, and he asked again, "Then what level of soul ring do you hope for?"

"Uh..."

Lin Bei pondered slightly, then after a long while answered, "It doesn't have to be a hundred-thousand-year one. Thirty or forty thousand years will do."

Yue Guan's mouth twitched.

Not asking for a hundred-thousand-year one?

Was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast something a Titled Douluo like him dared to provoke?

Aren't you thinking a little too highly of me?

Small kid, big guts.

But daring to absorb a thirty- or forty-thousand-year soul ring as his first soul ring... Though His Holiness the Pope had also told me to get one for him to try, would the little guy's body really not explode?

Yue Guan hesitated slightly. Faced with Lin Bei's searching gaze, he only nodded after a good while and said, "If you're not worried about your body exploding, forget thirty or forty thousand years—I can even find you a sixty- or seventy-thousand-year soul ring."

Lin Bei smiled faintly and said, "Don't worry, Lord Yue Guan. This body of mine is in great shape."

The two of them said no more.

Six hours later, they arrived at a camp. After getting off the carriage, Yue Guan saw Lin Bei looking around curiously and explained to him:

"This is Spirit Hall's permanent camp outside the Star Dou Great Forest. It mainly serves the soul masters of Spirit Hall. If you run into danger in the forest in the future, the people in the camp will conduct a search and rescue."

Lin Bei nodded in realization.

"Lord Yue Guan."

A Soul Emperor walked out of the camp and came to pay respects to Yue Guan.

Yue Guan nodded to him and said calmly, "I'm taking His Holiness the Pope's disciple into the forest to hunt for his first soul ring."

The Soul Emperor looked at Lin Bei in surprise. "He is His Holiness the Pope's disciple? But I heard His Holiness the Pope's disciple was a little girl."

"This is His Holiness the Pope's newly accepted disciple. His name is Lin Bei."

"Oh, a pleasure, Young Master Lin Bei. I am Ge Mora, stationed at this camp."

"Hello, Lord Ge Mora."

Lin Bei bowed politely in greeting.

With his hands behind his back, Yue Guan said, "All right, give me a map of the soul beast distribution. I don't plan on staying in the forest for several days."

The Soul Emperor took out a Parchment Scroll from his Soul Tool and respectfully handed it to Yue Guan with both hands.

Yue Guan took the map.

This camp, aside from rescuing soul masters in the forest, also had the function of "surveying what soul beasts were distributed in which areas."

The Star Dou Great Forest was extremely vast.

But within a hundred li of the camp, they could still investigate the distribution of soul beasts clearly.

Before long, Yue Guan looked toward the eastern direction on the map, and the information marked there made his eyes light up. "Mm~ There's actually an Earth Rock Dragon Armor Beast here with a cultivation of around thirty thousand years. Little guy, how about using this soul beast as your first soul ring?"

The Earth Rock Dragon Armor Beast was among the top-tier existences of earth-type soul beasts, possessing extremely powerful defense and strength.

It was highly compatible with Lin Bei's martial soul.

"Then this soul beast it is."

Lin Bei also felt this Earth Rock Dragon Armor Beast was very suitable.

"Then let's go."

Yue Guan brought Lin Bei through the camp and into the forest.

As soon as they entered the forest, the light became somewhat dim.

Thick layers of rotting branches and leaves covered the ground, crunching underfoot.

Along the way, Yue Guan brazenly released the powerful aura belonging to a Titled Douluo. This aura made countless soul beasts scatter in all directions, and not a single soul beast dared rush up to seek death.

Night soon fell.

Yue Guan brought Lin Bei to find a large tree to rest in.

The huge branches provided the two of them with enough room to move around.

Yue Guan leaned against the trunk, looking with some surprise at Lin Bei, who was still in decent spirits.

They had not moved slowly today.

Although Yue Guan had deliberately suppressed his own speed, it still was not something an ordinary soul master could keep up with.

Who would have thought this little guy, Lin Bei, had not only kept up with his speed, but was still full of energy even now? This physical quality was simply inhuman!

Perhaps he really could absorb that Earth Rock Dragon Armor Beast's soul ring...

Earlier, Yue Guan might still have doubted whether Lin Bei could absorb the Earth Rock Dragon Armor Beast's soul ring, or rather, whether the enormous power contained within the soul ring would burst his body apart during absorption.

But after seeing Lin Bei's performance today, he no longer had any doubts.

This fellow was the strongest genius youth he had ever seen in all history.

Those children, Hu Liena and Xie Yue, also had plenty of talent, but compared to the little guy before him, they were simply not on the same level.