Journey to the Far North

Looking at Ye Lulu, who stared back at him with a face full of delight and not an ounce of doubt as to whether he was just bragging, Qian Mo was pleased by it, yet also somewhat speechless.

Could cultivation manuals really be passed around so casually in this era?

Oh, Ye Lulu had a pure heart and simply had not thought that much about it. Then it was fine.

With high emotional intelligence, Qian Mo made an excuse for Ye Lulu in his heart before considering whether he should teach her.

Although Qian Mo and Ye Lulu were both members of the Angel Clan, due to their Martial Souls and various other reasons, the Angel Clan was still divided into many branches.

And because the branches differed, their inheritances naturally differed as well, each holding different secret manuals.

So strictly speaking, Qian Mo's method of cultivating spiritual power was his own unique secret art. He was entirely within his rights not to pass it on.

But when he thought of how Ye Lulu had instinctively rushed over to save him just now, Qian Mo's originally stern expression softened somewhat.

Then Qian Mo suddenly remembered something. His spiritual perception, which he had not turned off, abruptly expanded and enveloped Ye Lulu.

Although Ye Lulu sensed it, she showed no reservation at all and simply allowed Qian Mo to examine her.

And that examination revealed everything.

Her cultivation had truly reached level 70!

Level 70 at just over twenty-five years old. If that cultivation speed were revealed to the outside world, it would absolutely shock the entire Douluo Continent.

It also made some of Third Young Master's settings seem utterly unnecessary. Qin Ming, who would break through to Soul Emperor in his thirties and be hailed as the second-fastest person on the Douluo Continent to reach Soul Emperor, would look like a complete clown.

But this was ultimately a real world. Qian Mo felt that such clownish settings probably would not appear again.

After all, at grand events like the Soul Master Tournament, there were plenty of geniuses who broke through to Soul Ancestor at sixteen or seventeen.

Although that cultivation speed could not compare to the future Golden Generation, who could break through to Soul King before turning twenty, reaching Soul Emperor before thirty was still possible.

Back to the matter at hand, Qian Mo thought it over and ultimately decided to guide Ye Lulu.

On one hand, their relationship had already become close enough for Qian Mo to be willing to share some of his secrets.

On the other hand, Ye Lulu's family held overall command of the Fallen Enforcement Squad in this region.

Qian Mo had learned that information earlier while chatting with Ye Lulu.

Because the Angel Clan had the unusual family structure of countless internal branches, in order to prevent conflicts when acquiring experience points, the major branches had each divided up their own territories across the Douluo Continent.

And Golden Ear City, where Qian Mo currently belonged, was located within Ye Lulu's family's territory.

Although Qian Mo knew that Ye Lulu's family would not make things difficult for him even if he did not teach her.

After all, that was simply the rule of the Douluo Continent. Inheritances were the core of any faction. People guarded them even from their own, much less passed them on to outsiders.

Still, Qian Mo decided to teach her, because it was his to give.

And once Ye Lulu accepted his guidance, she would owe him an enormous favor. It would be much easier to ask her family for help in the future.

At the same time, Qian Mo could not help grumbling inwardly. No wonder the position of a mere Soul Emperor bishop had been vacant for an entire month.

Then Ye Lulu had arrived, and over the past half month, she had often vanished without warning. So she had been going out to kill evildoers and earn experience points.

Ugh, so envious.

She was clearly no longer in the Enforcement Squad, yet she still had such benefits. Powerful connections truly were terrifying!

At that thought, Qian Mo suddenly blinked.

If Ye Lulu's family owed him such a huge favor...

Then perhaps it would not be impossible to occasionally arrange for him to hunt some low-level evildoers. And killing such low-level trash might not even count as a favor in their eyes.

This was an absolute windfall!

The moment he realized that, Qian Mo's mood immediately brightened, and he began teaching the two women how to cultivate their spiritual power.

As for whether they were not members of the Halovian and therefore could not learn it?

Qian Mo could only sneer.

Because of their innate talents, the two women could not directly copy his cultivation method, but had he really spent all those years reading for nothing?

In fact, Qian Mo had long since developed a spiritual cultivation method better suited to the natives of Douluo, but he had never intended to become a master and publicize it.

Still, Qian Mo felt that Yu Xiaogang probably had not publicized something so core to cultivation either.

Otherwise, no matter how pathetic his Ten Great Theories were, the rough prototype of a cultivation technique from the comic version alone would have been enough to make his name live on through the ages.

But that was the comic version of Yu Xiaogang.

As Qian Mo taught the two women, his spare thoughts wandered aimlessly through his mind.

It seemed that in the novel, Yu Xiaogang had not even taught Tang San the most basic Meditation Method before dragging him off to hunt Soul Beasts the next day.

That was utterly absurd. A child who did not even understand how to circulate soul power, and he was being made to absorb a Soul Ring? Was that not murder for profit?

But Qian Mo only mocked it briefly.

After all, this was a real world. So even if Yu Xiaogang was incompetent, he could not possibly carry out something that outrageous in the future, right?

After Qian Mo finished teaching the two women, Qian Lulu finally learned that this special Meditation Method belonged to Qian Mo.

So she asked somewhat anxiously.

"Um, Qian Mo, you know my mother is about to absorb her ninth Soul Ring.

"So, could I teach your Meditation Method to my mother too? That way, her chances of successfully absorbing the Soul Ring would be higher."

Qian Mo only pondered briefly before agreeing. At the same time, he allowed Ye Lulu to teach it to her father and grandfather as well.

After all, Ye Yun had taken rather good care of him back then.

As for Ye Lulu's father, whom he had never met, Qian Mo simply considered him an extra. As for everyone else, Qian Mo forbade it from being passed on further.

Although this Meditation Method was far less effective for others than it was for him, it was still something he had put effort into creating.

What kind of sense would it make to spread it everywhere? Not even to members of the same clan!

Having received permission, Ye Lulu was immediately overjoyed and gave Qian Mo a huge hug.

At first, Qian Mo rather enjoyed it, but he quickly began patting Ye Lulu's thigh frantically.

"Let go, let go! You're strangling me to death!"

Realizing that she had failed to control her strength, Ye Lulu smiled sheepishly and hurriedly released him. Then, with a spread of her four wings, she shot into the distance and vanished over the horizon.

The next day—

After completing the handover of his duties, Qian Mo left with Xiao Qi, preparing to hunt a Soul Ring.

One of Yu Xiaogang's Ten Great Theories stated that even if a Soul Master did not obtain a Soul Ring, their cultivation could continue to grow as long as they kept cultivating.

But Qian Mo likewise scoffed at that theory.

Because Yu Xiaogang had once again overlooked a fundamental element of cultivation.

A Soul Master's soul power was not naturally generated. It was a form of extraordinary energy created when a Soul Master absorbed the world's vital energy and combined it with their spiritual and physical energy.

And that meant that if absorbing a Soul Ring strengthened one's physique, then more and stronger soul power could be converted during cultivation.

Therefore, Qian Mo believed that if an ordinary Soul Master encountered a suitable Soul Beast, they should absorb it as soon as possible rather than greedily pursuing a better and stronger one.

Because that would not only waste cultivation time, but could also bring greater danger.

Hunting Soul Beasts was not a picnic.

However, Qian Mo had a very clear understanding of his own strength.

And the place where Xiao Qi needed to hunt her Soul Beast was somewhat extreme: the largest gathering place of ice-attributed Soul Beasts on the Douluo Continent.

The Far-North Icefield!

Therefore, Qian Mo brought Ye Lulu along as a helper.