Six Years

Li Ming then began his student life at Notting Junior Spirit Master Academy.

In the blink of an eye, six years passed, and their graduating class welcomed graduation.

Whether Tang San, Xiao Wu, or Li Ming, they had all reached the age of twelve.

Twelve years old was no longer considered young, especially since people matured earlier here; in his previous life, children were already starting middle school around this time.

Over these past six years, Li Ming and Xiao Wu's relationship grew closer, though he was constantly left behind due to limited talent. Even so, Xiao Wu always comforted him at night.

Only Tang San mostly watched them in silence.

With Li Ming inserting himself into the mix, the relationship between Tang San and Xiao Wu wasn't all that close, but it wasn't bad either; one could say they were simply friends on the path of a spirit master.

During this time, Xiao Wu once hinted at something to Li Ming, but Li Ming rejected her, as they were still just children.

Now, the time for parting had arrived.

Differences in talent determined differences in the future.

In six years, Li Ming had barely managed to cultivate to rank ten. After all, his innate spirit power was only level three, making him no genius—he could only be called an ordinary person.

In those same six years, both Tang San and Xiao Wu had cultivated to rank twenty-nine. This was not just a huge disparity in strength, but an even greater disparity in talent.

It seemed the distance between them was growing ever further, but Li Ming's expression remained completely normal when facing them.

Little did they know that for the past six years, he had constantly been launching his Satellite Spirit into the sky.

At level three, it was once every three days; at level seven, once every two days; at level nine, once a day—and launching once a day was the limit of the Satellite Spirit.

Now that six years had passed, he had launched a full thousand satellites.

What kind of concept was this? The northeastern part of Douluo Continent was already entirely under the coverage of his satellites.

These satellites rotated together with this planet, so they had never transcended the scope of Douluo Continent.

Of course, it wasn't that he couldn't. Through the satellites, it was not hard for him to discover that this was a planet; both Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire were on the same tectonic plate, collectively called Douluo Continent.

To the left of Douluo Continent, there was an ocean island, and far beyond the ocean island lay a landmass even larger than Douluo Continent, which also possessed civilization.

It was still too far for Li Ming, so he didn't let the satellites stray too far, currently only covering the vicinity of Heaven Dou Empire.

Only with sufficient strength would he have the capability to explore outward.

In these six years, aside from working hard to cultivate spirit power, he also had a passion for exploring knowledge. Whenever he had free time, he would run to the academy library to study all kinds of spirit beast data.

Even Grandmaster was moved by Li Ming's love of learning, and over these past six years, he continuously taught Li Ming knowledge about spirit beasts while also researching Li Ming's martial soul.

Yet nothing ever came of the research, and Li Ming wasn't worried about what he could possibly discover.

Having never seen a satellite, how could Grandmaster know that this represented extremely high technology?

In the end, Grandmaster concluded that Li Ming's martial soul was some kind of mutated defective martial soul.

However, Li Ming himself knew the power of his martial soul. His passion for knowledge was merely to provide an information database for the AI inside the satellites.

Over the past six years, the results of the Satellite Spirit had begun to show.

And that result was a meticulously detailed map.

Its value was extraordinarily high. If the people of Spirit Hall learned that Li Ming possessed such a map, even Pope Bibi Dong would likely come to snatch it personally!

This map was Li Ming's current source of confidence.

All sorts of matters were clearly recorded within this map.

The distribution of spirit beasts across various spirit beast forests, and even the locations of the Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape deep within Star Dou Great Forest, were marked upon it.

Through the autonomous learning of the satellite AI over the past few years, it could now identify the exact age of spirit beasts using the detection devices on the satellites.

As for spirit masters, the map could likewise accurately identify their spirit power ranks, down to the exact individual rank.

One could say that the distribution of spirit masters of all ranks was completely transparent on his map.

He could even use it to directly locate Tang Zong, Tang San's father.

The Title Douluo of rank ninety-three who frequently appeared in Notting City was naturally quite easy to identify, and the satellite AI had already stored him in the database.

Over the past six years, he had even advanced from rank ninety-three to rank ninety-four.

Under his Starlink, nothing could be hidden, and that held true even for Title Douluo.

In addition to this, the satellite spectrum had been searching for various mineral resources over the years. Most precious mineral resources were marked on the map, many of which had not yet been discovered.

Aside from gold, silver, copper, and iron ore veins, even some special mineral veins had been mapped out.

However, exactly which special mineral veins they were would only be known after digging them up, though if relevant metals could be obtained for his research, it wouldn't be so troublesome.

Li Ming guessed they must be adamantine ore or mithril ore, materials that could be forged into peerless divine weapons, and their value was naturally priceless!

One could say that obtaining this map was enough to rival a nation in wealth!

Li Ming hadn't been idle during these six years, either.

Initially, he made his start by providing information on wanted criminals from Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall who were hiding in Notting. They were just small-fry offenders who had broken the law, and he collected a few hefty bounties under the guise of accidental encounters, thus acquiring his startup capital.

He handed this capital over to his parents. Since his parents were only ordinary people, they felt relieved to accept it only after hearing that it was Li Ming's special ability, and they kept it strictly confidential.

Later, Li Ming guided his father into leasing an iron mine that appeared abandoned but actually had astonishing output, and also claimed a silver mine, which finally allowed their family to make a fortune.

Now, the Li family wasn't insanely rich, but they were quite well-off—at least ranking among the top few in the remote city of Notting.

"According to Grandmaster's instructions, we plan to enroll in an academy in the Kingdom of Barak. Are you coming with us?"

Xiao Wu's eyes shone as she looked at Li Ming, hoping to get the answer she wanted from his lips.

"Teacher said he can't go. He doesn't meet the academy's requirements."

Tang San reminded them glumly from the side.

These words immediately earned him a glare from Xiao Wu, after which she turned her head back to look tenderly at Li Ming.

"No, Grandmaster is right; that place isn't suitable for me. Our family is preparing to move to Heaven Dou City soon, and I plan to attend school there. We'll still have opportunities to meet in the future."

Li Ming smiled and refused. He had only just barely reached rank ten, so he naturally couldn't go to Shrek Academy.

Grandmaster also knew that he and Xiao Wu had a relatively close relationship and had specifically explained the situation to him.

As for Li Ming moving his whole family to Heaven Dou City and living in a place where every inch of land was worth a fortune, it was Li Ming's own intention. He was unwilling to huddle in a remote little city; he wanted to witness the vastness of this world and heaven.

Only by going there could he truly spread his wings and flex his abilities.

"Alright, I'll definitely go visit. But before that, I plan to give you a gift."

Xiao Wu said with a look of disappointment, though she knew she couldn't force him.

A trace of confusion flashed across Li Ming's face, as he wondered what kind of gift it could be.

Tang San was breathing heavily beside them, seeming to have thought of something as he tried to open his mouth to stop her.

"Aren't you already rank ten? You just happen to need a spirit ring. I'll accompany you to the Hunting Forest. Don't underestimate me, you know—I'm a Great Spirit Master, only one rank away from a Spirit Elder. We agreed on it before, I'll cover you!"

Xiao Wu clenched her fist and said excitedly.

Hearing this, Tang San relaxed slightly and spoke in a muffled tone.

"I'm going too."

Yet Xiao Wu immediately glared at him; she certainly didn't want Tang San tagging along as a third wheel.

"Alright, I'll accept this kind intention. An extra person means an extra bit of strength, after all."

Li Ming looked at Tang San and nodded. Originally, he had planned to hire a few Great Spirit Masters to go to the Hunting Forest, which would have been quite easy given his current net worth.

But now that there was free labor, he could naturally save that money.

The strength of Tang San and Xiao Wu was not something ordinary Great Spirit Masters could compare to.

As for him, he had long since used the map and data to select the spirit beast he wanted to hunt. To find this beast, he had researched data for several years, and using the satellites made locating it effortless.

He was determined to secure this spirit beast. He was certain that once he captured it, his strength would undergo heaven-shaking changes, and even catching up with proud talents like Tang San would be an effortless matter!