Gui Mei Is Moved

Li Zha nodded, put away the Flaming-tipped Spear, and raised his left hand.

Half a section of Undying Lotus Root emerged from his palm.

Pale red veins covered its surface, while life energy continued to emanate from within.

Gui Mei reached out toward it.

This time, he did not touch it directly.

After pausing for a moment, he raised his head.

"Why did the branch hall register this martial soul as a food-type?"

Sweat beaded on Su Yuntao's forehead.

"Your Excellency, during the first awakening, we could only judge based on its appearance and existing records."

"Similar lotus root martial souls have appeared on the continent before, and they were all food-type, so..."

Su Yuntao was so nervous that sweat was running into his mouth.

"Although Li Zha calls it a body martial soul, there are no records of such a term..."

Gui Mei looked at Li Zha.

"You call this half-section of lotus root a body martial soul?"

"Yes."

Li Zha withdrew the Undying Lotus Root.

"A body martial soul is a martial soul that is completely connected to the soul master themself."

"And this Undying Lotus Root is connected to my entire body.

"Or rather, my entire body is made of Undying Lotus Root."

Gui Mei stared at Li Zha. "How do you prove that?"

Li Zha rolled up his sleeve, revealing his pale forearm.

"As long as I am injured, even without soul rings attached, the Undying Lotus Root can immediately repair my body."

Gui Mei looked closely.

He could see the faint pale red color from the lotus root moving weakly beneath Li Zha's skin.

He raised a finger directly.

His nail lightly brushed across the back of Li Zha's hand.

A small wound appeared.

Then, at a speed visible to the naked eye, the wound began to close.

After several breaths, the skin had returned to normal.

Gui Mei lowered his gaze to Li Zha's forearm and raised an eyebrow slightly.

"Interesting."

Just three words, yet Su Yuntao heard approval in them.

He immediately let out a breath of relief.

The way he looked at Li Zha was filled with excitement and agitation.

It was as though he could already see the enormous reward that awaited him.

Gui Mei turned and walked toward the door.

"Come with me."

"Mm."

Li Zha folded the notes on soul beasts that he had scribbled and sketched on a sheet of paper.

He tucked them inside his clothes, then followed Gui Mei.

Su Yuntao followed them all the way, respectfully seeing them off outside the branch hall.

The gates opened.

Just as Li Zha stepped outside, Gui Mei suddenly stopped.

His face slowly turned to the right.

There was only a corner there.

Li Zha was surprised and looked in the same direction.

There was nothing there.

Yet Gui Mei lingered for two more breaths.

What could draw the attention of a Titled Douluo?

A flash of understanding passed through Li Zha's eyes.

Tang Hao.

That old bastard had still come.

His expression remained unchanged, but inwardly he sneered.

Good thing I took precautions against that old bastard.

Just as I expected, even as a Titled Douluo, he still bore a grudge against a mere soul master like me.

All because I scratched his son.

What a ridiculous father and son pair.

At this thought, Li Zha blinked and deliberately asked,

"Your Excellency Ghost Douluo, are there rats over there?"

Gui Mei glanced at Li Zha and froze for a moment.

After a while, the corners of his mouth lifted slightly, and he nodded.

"Yes. There is a rat that cannot bear the light. No need to mind it. It does not dare bite anyone. Let's go."

With a sweep of his sleeve, Gui Mei's soul power enveloped Li Zha.

Black mist rose from his body like ghostly fog.

The two figures vanished from before the branch hall gates.

Su Yuntao hurriedly bowed.

"Farewell, Your Excellency Ghost Douluo!"

Behind the corner,

Tang Hao stepped out from the shadows.

He stared in the direction the two had left, veins bulging on his arm.

"Gui Mei actually came to fetch him personally."

"If I had known this, I should have acted yesterday and killed him by force."

Killing a twin martial soul genius valued by Spirit Hall carried great risk.

But to him, it meant nothing.

Because he and Spirit Hall had long since become irreconcilable enemies.

Moreover, Gui Mei had not been in Nuoding City yesterday.

It was simply that, at the time, he had not expected Li Zha to immediately attach himself to Spirit Hall.

Tang Hao stood there for a long time before finally suppressing his killing intent.

"Forget it. Keeping him alive may be useful. Perhaps he can become Little San's whetstone."

Elsewhere,

Li Zha was wrapped in Gui Mei's soul power as they rapidly left Nuoding City.

The road beneath his feet constantly sped backward.

Traveling really was convenient for a Titled Douluo.

At this speed, they would not need much time to reach Spirit City.

After traveling dozens of li, the soul power wrapping his body gradually weakened.

Li Zha set foot on the ground again.

Gui Mei stood ahead of him.

"Walk the rest of the way yourself."

Li Zha stretched his arms.

"Why not take me there directly?"

"Your body cannot withstand it."

Gui Mei continued onward, though his speed had slowed considerably.

"That method of travel puts pressure on your meridians."

"If it lasts too long, you will be injured."

Li Zha followed behind him.

The power of the Undying Lotus Root was already circulating through his body.

The slight swelling pain in his meridians quickly disappeared.

"I've already recovered."

Gui Mei's steps paused slightly.

"So quickly?"

"Mm."

Li Zha raised his hand.

"The Undying Lotus Root has been continuously repairing my body."

Gui Mei extended two fingers and pressed them against Li Zha's wrist.

Soul power entered his meridians and swiftly made a circuit.

The tiny injuries from earlier had already vanished.

There was not even much fatigue left behind.

This recovery speed had already surpassed the capabilities of ordinary healing-type martial souls.

Gui Mei withdrew his hand.

"Is the main ability of your lotus root martial soul healing?"

Li Zha shook his head. "The self-healing effect is only its most basic ability."

"What else does it have?"

"So far, what I know includes poison resistance, strengthening the body, and regenerating severed limbs."

Gui Mei stopped and stared at Li Zha in astonishment.

"Regenerating severed limbs?"

"It is only a guess. I have not tested it myself."

Li Zha added,

"I do not intend to cut off one of my arms just to test it."

Gui Mei fell silent for a moment.

"That is reasonable."

Li Zha glanced at him.

Gui Mei was somewhat different from what Li Zha had understood.

Though he did not speak much,

he was not difficult to communicate with.

Nor did he have the inscrutable temperament Su Yuntao had described as typical of Titled Douluos.

His attitude was even better than that of a certain flat-headed master.

The two set off again.

Since they were not moving quickly, Li Zha began asking about Spirit City.

"Your Excellency Ghost Douluo, does Her Excellency the Pope wish to see me personally?"

"You will know when you arrive."

Gui Mei did not reveal anything.

Nor did he speculate on what choice Bibi Dong would make after meeting Li Zha.

Taking him as a disciple was possible, but killing him was not impossible either.

After all, no ordinary person could fathom what Pope Bibi Dong was thinking.

Li Zha did not press further.

Instead, he brought up another matter.

"Your Excellency Ghost Douluo, may I ask you some questions about soul beasts?"

Gui Mei glanced at him, his voice dull as he replied,

"Ask."

"Do you know of any other ten-thousand-year soul beasts with strength attributes, similar to the Titan Giant Ape?"

"Hmm? Why are you asking that?"

"I'm level 10."

Gui Mei: "?"

"Of course I know you are level 10. What does that have to do with my question?"

"Wait."

Gui Mei abruptly stopped and stared straight at Li Zha.

"The reason you asked about ten-thousand-year soul beasts just now... could it be..."

He did not voice the rest of his guess.

Because it was too absurd.

A Soul Master who had yet to obtain his first soul ring...

And he already wanted a ten-thousand-year soul beast for his first soul ring?

Moreover, Li Zha did not seem like the kind of child who would be so arrogant and conceited.

Yet Li Zha calmly continued his words.

"Yes, Your Eminence Ghost Douluo. Just as you think, I have decided that my first soul ring will come from at least a ten-thousand-year soul beast."