Little Sage Works Harder Than I Do

"I'll teach you how to read in a little while."

"This technique is called the Mysterious Heaven Skill. It is the Tang Sect's secret cultivation method, far superior to the meditation technique I taught you before."

"The reason I didn't teach you the Mysterious Heaven Skill from the start was because I wanted you to first familiarize yourself with the meridians through meditation. The Mysterious Heaven Skill requires some basic knowledge of the meridians. You don't need to understand them deeply, but at the very least, you need to know how Soul Power flows through them."

Uncle Yu pointed at the words and explained patiently.

Lin En was no stranger to this technique. It had run through all five installments of the Douluo series; even by the fifth one, Tang San was still using it.

But in this era, the Mysterious Heaven Skill being cultivated seemed to be an incomplete version, with part of it cut out by Tang San.

Lin En carefully asked, "Uncle, is it really alright for you to teach me the Tang Sect's secret technique? Do I need to swear an oath and join the Tang Sect?"

Uncle Yu waved his hand. Before he could speak, the burly man's spiritual power burst into laughter from nearby, followed by his voice.

"Ha ha ha!"

"Swear my ass. The Tang Sect declined long ago; they couldn't even protect their own foundation. What household doesn't have their cultivation technique? Any faction with a bit of influence could obtain it with some effort.

"Most sects merely use it as a reference to improve their own meditation methods."

"The Mysterious Heaven Skill isn't as miraculous as those wandering hero tales make it out to be, but it is indeed an excellent cultivation technique. The Soul Power it produces is balanced and upright, making it compatible with nearly every attribute."

"Generally speaking, for Soul Masters without a family inheritance or a clear plan for their future path, the Mysterious Heaven Skill truly is the most perfect cultivation technique.

"You won't have to worry about conflicting attributes, and it can even nourish the meridians. It's just right for you."

"But Brother Yu, can this child's body even cultivate?"

This was not just the burly man's doubt. The others shared the same concern. Those imprisoned here by Evil Soul Masters to become future primary souls for the Myriad Souls Banner were all top experts from various factions. They could all see how fragile Lin En's meridians were.

He had awakened his Martial Soul at the age of three. His Innate Soul Power had forcibly opened his meridians, leaving them exceedingly thin, with some even partially blocked.

It would have been fine if he did not cultivate. If he ate well over the next few years, the Martial Soul's origin would naturally repair his meridians. But in this dungeon, where every second counted, he would die miserably if he did not seize every opportunity.

"If only we had a Profound Water Pill from the Dark Nether Sect. One pill would be enough to make up for the deficiency in this child's meridian strength."

A somewhat hoarse female voice spoke. Its owner was surnamed Chen, a Soul Saint from the Heaven Dou Empire who had already been imprisoned here for five months.

Uncle Yu said with a smile, "A Profound Water Pill? The Dark Nether Sect doesn't release many in a year."

"The Mysterious Heaven Skill already has the effect of clearing and nourishing the meridians. Let the child slowly heal his meridians first. Otherwise, his future cultivation will bring endless trouble."

"From now on, kid, slowly learn the Mysterious Heaven Skill from me. I'll also teach you to read and write. If you want to become a Soul Master, you can't be uneducated.

"Soul Masters these days are sharper than the last, and Soul Engineers and Soul Tools are competing for the Soul Masters' place in the world.

"Future Soul Masters might not need to know how to make Soul Tools, but they must know how to use them. If you can't read, you won't even understand the instruction manual."

"Come. Bring your spiritual power a little closer. I'll go over the Mysterious Heaven Skill's general principles and rough contents with you."

Lin En controlled his spiritual power and slowly approached Uncle Yu. Warm golden light rose from Uncle Yu's body, while the chained Soul Tools around him activated, suppressing the golden light against the surface of his body.

At Uncle Yu's signal, Lin En's spiritual power touched that layer of golden light. A vast will, carrying an enormous amount of information, flooded into Lin En's Sea of Spirit.

Little Sage immediately began operating, organizing that portion of information.

"New cultivation technique, 'Mysterious Heaven Skill,' recorded. Database updated. A new process may be established. Would you like Little Sage to run the Mysterious Heaven Skill in the background for you?"

Lin En was somewhat astonished. "I haven't even learned the Mysterious Heaven Skill yet, and you can already run it?"

Little Sage fell silent for a moment, seeming conflicted. Under Lin En's gaze, it finally said faintly:

"Master, Little Sage has already learned it."

"Would you like it to run in the background for you?"

"It can cultivate automatically around the clock. It is estimated that your meridians can be nourished within one year, and your Soul Power can break through to level ten."

Lin En: "..."

This was bad. His AI was far more capable than he was, and it even worked harder than him.

When he had first awakened Little Sage, he had thought it was some freeloading little dummy. Now it seemed that he was the one freeloading.

"Add the Mysterious Heaven Skill to the background process. If you have spare computing power, try analyzing it as well. This technique seems incomplete."

Upon receiving the command, Little Sage immediately began running the Mysterious Heaven Skill. For Lin En, who had complete control over his Nervous System and Immune System, meridians held no secrets. His body automatically located the relevant meridians for him.

Uncle Yu did not yet know that Lin En had already begun cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Skill. The gentle golden light around his body gradually dimmed, and the restless light elements returned to calm.

The sealing Soul Tools visibly tightened, seemingly increasing the strength of the seal.

Yu Mu'en merely frowned slightly and did not pay it much mind. To him, strengthening the seal was meaningless.

In his perception, the Soul Tool sealing him was an Eighth-Level Soul Tool. In his weakened state, there was only one way to break free: ignite his origin and trade a lifetime of hardship for a fleeting moment of brilliance.

The Three Douluo Kingdoms lacked the ability to create Eighth-Level Soul Tools. Not even the current Shrek Academy could do so; the gap was far too great.

Ordinary Eighth-Level Soul Tools might still be possible to manufacture, but only Mingde Hall of the Sun Moon Empire had the ability to create such a precise Eighth-Level sealing Soul Tool capable of suppressing even him.

Yu Mu'en understood clearly what this signified: these Evil Soul Masters were colluding with the Sun Moon Empire, and their relationship was anything but ordinary!

The Holy Spirit Cult mentioned by these Evil Soul Masters was likely an organization belonging to Evil Soul Masters. He had never expected that, while Shrek Academy believed it had wiped them out and intimidated Evil Soul Masters across the continent, they had never truly disappeared. They had even successfully banded together and grown into a force.

It was currently known that this Holy Spirit Cult had two Titled Douluo Evil Soul Master elders. So how many elders were there in total? Did they have consecrated elders? And what level of strength did their leader possess?

How deep was their relationship with the Sun Moon Empire? How far had they infiltrated the Three Douluo Kingdoms?

Could Shrek Academy have their people as well? Even now, Yu Mu'en did not know who had leaked his itinerary.

In a one-on-one battle, neither of those Titled Douluo Evil Soul Masters would have been his match. Even if both attacked together, Yu Mu'en was seventy percent confident he could kill them all.

His Martial Soul was the Light Holy Dragon, naturally suppressing these Evil Soul Masters. In his early years, he had thoroughly mastered his great-grandfather's two famous ultimate techniques: Dragon Emperor Shaking Domain Realm and Dragon Emperor Evil-Breaking Rend.

When Evil Soul Masters encountered them, they would either die or suffer grievous injuries.

His eighth Soul Ring was also a hundred-thousand-year Light Sub-Dragon, and he had four Soul Bones within his body, one of which was a hundred-thousand-year left arm bone.

In terms of his configuration, his great-grandfather had raised him as the next master of Sea God Pavilion. His strength far surpassed those unorthodox Evil Soul Masters.

But unfortunately, because his information had been leaked, the two Titled Douluo Evil Soul Masters had ambushed him in a swamp with Soul Tools. Though he had severely wounded both of them, he had still been captured.