Douluo Continent, the deep sea, Mount Lu.
A mountain over a hundred thousand feet tall towered amid the boundless deep sea.
This mountain was called Mount Lu.
Mount Lu had precipitous slopes and was wreathed year-round in immortal mist and Spirit Mist, forming natural cloud cover that blocked the view.
Mount Lu Residence.
Dressed in plain clothes, his flowing long hair tied behind him, Xu Jie held the Iron Axe and swung it down at the firewood on the stone block.
The firewood split in two with a crack.
Xu Jie picked up the firewood and looked around the little mountain surrounding him, only then realizing in a daze that fifteen years had passed since he transmigrated to Douluo Continent.
That was right. He was not a native of Douluo, but a transmigrator who had come from a planet called Blue Star in his previous life.
During the first six years after his transmigration, he had been no different from other children his age on Douluo Continent.
He lived in Soul King Village, right next to Holy Soul Village.
If he had to name a difference, it was probably that he had started out as an orphan, not knowing who his birth father or mother was.
At that time, his memories of his past life had yet to awaken.
He had grown up eating at the tables of the families in Soul King Village.
When he was six, Su Yuntao came to Soul King Village to awaken the martial souls of his group of children.
None of the other children had innate soul power.
He alone was different.
He had innate full soul power!
At the time, Su Yuntao had murmured under his breath.
"Strange things happen every year, but this year has more than its share."
"I just encountered a trash martial soul with innate full soul power in Holy Soul Village, and now I've encountered another trash martial soul with innate full soul power here!"
"How wonderful would it have been if yours were a sickle, a hammer, or an axe!"
"Why did it have to be a little mound!"
"What can a little mound do?"
"At least Blue Silver Grass can do some Blue Silver Entanglement. Is a little mound supposed to have Blue Silver Grass planted in it to help the grass grow strong?"
Su Yuntao shook his head and left.
Although Su Yuntao considered the "little mound" a trash martial soul, Soul King Village's chief did not agree!
He did not care whether the "little mound" was a trash martial soul. As long as it could make someone a soul master, it was a good martial soul!
How many years had it been since Soul King Village last produced a soul master? Heaven had blessed them, actually letting their village produce one.
They would be able to straighten their backs when facing other villages in the future. If Xu Jie made something of himself in the city, wouldn't his fellow villagers have someone to rely on, too?
Soul King Village's chief immediately decided to use their work-study student slot to send him to Nuoding City.
He went to Nuoding City with the village chief. After finding Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, they encountered a problem similar to Tang San and Old Jack's: the gatekeeper looked down on them through a dog's eyes, and this led him to meet Old Jack and Tang San.
After learning of his circumstances, Tang San gave him another look.
Thinking back now, he could roughly guess what Tang San had been thinking and why he had looked at him.
From Tang San's perspective:
This person has a trash martial soul like me, and innate full soul power like me. I'm afraid he's hiding a second martial soul, just like me.
This person is deeply calculating. I must pay close attention to him!
What followed was the same as in the original story, except that he and the village chief were there as well.
Hearing the commotion, Yu Xiaogang came to the academy entrance to ask what had happened.
Although the gatekeeper looked down on Tang San, Old Jack, and him, he was still very respectful toward Yu Xiaogang.
After all, Yu Xiaogang was a theoretical grandmaster, Yu Dashi!
Once Yu Xiaogang had learned what happened, he immediately requested the certificates Spirit Hall had issued to him and Tang San.
Yu Xiaogang appeared calm as he read the certificates, but thinking back now, he was probably blooming with joy inside at the time.
From Yu Xiaogang's perspective:
Blue Silver Grass, innate full soul power!
A little mound, innate full soul power!
What trash martial souls they both are!
How could trash martial souls like these possibly have innate full soul power!
The theories I've researched for years tell me.
These two boys must have twin martial souls!
And their other martial souls must be of very high quality. Otherwise, they could never have innate full soul power!
I must take Tang San and Xu Jie as my disciples!
I must prove that my theories are correct!
I must prove that I'm not useless!
Don't smile, don't smile.
I can't make it too obvious. It wouldn't be good if Tang San and Xu Jie thought I harbored ill intentions.
Yu Xiaogang immediately led him and Tang San into Nuoding City Junior Soul Master Academy and switched into swindling mode.
Tang San was clearly taken in!
As for him?
When he met Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, his memories of his previous life had begun to awaken, and he was deeply immersed in them.
Tang San was clearly taken in by Yu Xiaogang and immediately accepted him as his master, even saying something about "a teacher for a day, a father for life"!
Yu Xiaogang was delighted, but he kept feeling something was missing. He looked at Xu Jie and realized that Xu Jie remained unmoved.
"Xu Jie, look, Tang San has already accepted me as his master. If you have any reservations, just tell me. I won't mind."
By the time Yu Xiaogang asked him this, he had already pulled himself out of his past-life memories.
With those memories, he naturally knew just how watered down this so-called Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang really was.
Besides, he did not need a teacher.
At the time, he refused outright:
"Yu Xiaogang, I won't accept you as my master. Give up on that idea."
"Why?"
"I don't need a teacher." After saying this, he had been ready to leave Nuoding City and return to Soul King Village to settle a few remaining affairs.
But to his surprise, Yu Xiaogang actually lost his temper, as though he had suffered some tremendous grievance. He pointed at him on the spot and declared:
"Xu Jie, even if you're a genius with twin martial souls, without my guidance, you'll end up useless!"
"Because only I know the correct way to cultivate twin martial souls."
"I'll give you one more chance now."
"Hurry back and accept me as your master."
After speaking, Yu Xiaogang folded his arms and looked haughtily at Xu Jie, believing his presence and words were more than enough to cow him.
Xu Jie merely shook his head and walked out of the academy. Leaving aside the fact that he did not have twin martial souls at all, how could Yu Xiaogang at this point know how to cultivate them?
If Yu Xiaogang knew, he would not have shamelessly gone to ask Bibi Dong later.
As for being useless?
Heh, sorry.
He was a god king by birth; his divine radiance was simply held within.
He had no need to cultivate at all. From birth, he had stood at the pinnacle of this world.
He was born of heaven and nurtured by earth.
Moreover, his martial soul was not the little mound Su Yuntao had called it, but a famous mountain from his previous life-Mount Lu.
And because of Mount Lu, he could walk an entirely different path.
That was to relinquish his innate god king cultivation, merge his martial soul, Mount Lu, into Douluo Star to produce immortal qi and spiritual qi, turn to immortal cultivation, and obtain the destiny "Born with Knowledge."
Better a carefree immortal than a prisoner god.
Of course, he chose to relinquish his innate god king cultivation, merge Mount Lu into Douluo Star, and turn to immortal cultivation.
However, to prevent anyone from disturbing his immortal cultivation, Xu Jie had decided at the time to leave Douluo Continent far behind and have Mount Lu merge with Douluo Star in the deep sea.
And to settle his worldly ties, Xu Jie still needed to return to Soul King Village and grant everyone an opportunity.
Xu Jie paid no heed to Yu Xiaogang's so-called chance, simply turning and leaving without even the inclination to argue with him.
Unexpectedly, Yu Xiaogang grew even angrier, feeling that his authority had been challenged.
At the time, Yu Xiaogang pointed at Xu Jie's retreating back and threatened, "Xu Jie, if you dare leave, never come back."
"Just you wait. I'll have every junior soul master academy blacklist you and refuse to admit you."
"In the end, you're just a work-study student from some impoverished backwater. So what if you're talented?"
"My influence is beyond your imagination."
At the time, Xu Jie found it utterly laughable.
Leaving aside whether Yu Xiaogang could do it.
To his eyes, it was like an ant stamping its feet, threatening a human and declaring it would wipe humanity out.
Xu Jie left.
Tang San had even secretly rejoiced at the time.
After returning to Soul King Village, Xu Jie gave all the villagers two choices.
The first was to follow him overseas for Immortal Cultivation.
The second was for him to give everyone enough wealth to last a lifetime, and guarantee that, as long as they committed no grave wrongs or great evils, he would turn their misfortunes into blessings and keep them from suffering unexpected calamities because of their newfound enormous wealth.
When the villagers heard that Immortal Cultivation meant leaving the continent far behind and enduring harsh conditions, they immediately chose to embrace wealth.
After receiving their wealth, they all left Soul King Village, leaving a great many things behind.
A big yellow dog and a big white goose remained in the village; they had always been closest to Xu Jie.
When Xu Jie was about to leave, the two could not bear to part with him, so another thought occurred to him:
Since Big Yellow and Big White can't bear to part with me, why not take them overseas to practice Immortal Cultivation alongside me?
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