"Oh, so that's how it is!"
Wang Zhan nodded, immediately seeing the light.
"Yue Guan, the eldest young master of the Yue Family of the Heaven Frost Duchy. Your hereditary martial soul is the Vajra Chrysanthemum. It seems your martial soul has mutated too!"
After speaking, Meng Qianqiu turned to Gui Mei beside him.
"Your martial soul is a rare body martial soul. Judging by its name, it should have something to do with your shadow, or the even more mysterious soul!"
"If I'm not mistaken, you come from a commoner background, don't you?"
Gui Mei nodded at his words. "I do come from a commoner background. Both my parents died at the hands of evil soul masters!"
"I was the only person in the entire village who survived."
"After experiencing that catastrophe, I awakened my Ghost martial soul. This martial soul is my shadow, and also my soul!"
Gui Mei's words sounded somewhat cold and stiff. Clearly, he had yet to emerge from that catastrophe, and his personality was very withdrawn.
"Hiss..."
The other three all looked at Gui Mei when they heard this. They had never imagined their roommate carried such a heavy past.
"My condolences!"
"The departed are gone. The living must always look ahead!"
Meng Qianqiu fell silent for a while, then patted Gui Mei again.
No wonder Gui Mei would be so hostile toward evil soul masters in the future. So there was this hidden history behind it. This hatred could no longer be dissolved.
"Have you hunted for your soul rings yet?"
"What do you say? Would you like me to help you weigh your options?"
Meng Qianqiu looked at the three. Yue Guan came from a secluded clan and had an advanced meditation method passed down through his family. His soul power was the highest, already at rank ten.
Wang Zhan came from a minor clan in Nuoding City and had an intermediate meditation method passed down through his family. His soul power level was rank eight, and he was about to break through to rank nine.
Gui Mei came from a commoner background. After joining Spirit Hall, he had obtained a basic meditation method. His soul power level was rank nine, and his progress was very slow.
Generally speaking, an ordinary soul master's cultivation speed depended on many factors, including the all-important mimicry cultivation environment, the grade of the meditation method they practiced, cultivation resources, and so on.
All these factors could affect a soul master's rate of progress.
"My soul power only recently broke through to rank ten. I'm planning to make a trip to the Soul Hunting Forest to hunt for my first soul ring."
"Do you have any good suggestions?"
Yue Guan did not refuse Meng Qianqiu's goodwill. Of the four people in their dormitory, Meng Qianqiu had the highest innate soul power.
None of them were fools, either. They also wanted to befriend him.
Anyone with discerning eyes could see that, as long as Meng Qianqiu did not perish, he only needed to cultivate step by step to break through to Titled Douluo.
This was a golden thigh to cling to. His own potential was boundless, not to mention that behind Meng Qianqiu stood both the Meng Family and Spirit Hall!
"What a coincidence. I happen to know a place where a Vajra Chrysanthemum around three hundred years old grows. Yue Guan, do you want it?"
"Just say the word, and I'll have it delivered right away!"
A three-hundred-year-old Vajra Chrysanthemum was exceptionally rare. It was a genuine fifth-grade spiritual herb that had already developed spiritual intelligence.
"A Vajra Chrysanthemum takes ten years to form and a hundred years to mature. As soon as it matures, it ranks as a fifth-grade spiritual herb. On the market, even a thousand gold can't buy one."
"This is no small gesture!"
Yue Guan was deeply fascinated by flowers and plants. His family's hereditary martial soul was the Vajra Chrysanthemum, so he was no stranger to it.
Now, as he listed its details one by one, he was practically counting his family treasures.
"What does it matter if even a thousand gold can't buy it?"
"Haven't you heard? Rouge belongs with a beauty, and a treasured sword with a hero!"
The Meng Family was already a great secluded clan and a family of medicine makers. They had a vast medicinal field where many rare spiritual herbs grew.
Never mind a fifth-grade spiritual herb; with the Meng Family's reserves, even sixth- or seventh-grade spiritual herbs were not beyond their means.
Ever since discovering the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Meng Zhongqi had transferred every rare spiritual herb in the medicinal field there.
Meng Zhongqi usually stayed at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, overseeing it. Its mimicry cultivation environment suited him very well, too.
Now, most of what grew in the Meng Family's medicinal field were ordinary medicinal herbs, along with over a hundred common fifth- and sixth-grade spiritual herbs.
Ordinary medicinal herbs took ten years to form. A small portion of the spiritual herbs among them would develop a spirit at a hundred years of age, thus becoming plant-type soul beasts.
This small portion of spiritual herbs were both spiritual herbs and plant-type soul beasts, making them exceedingly rare and their value difficult to measure.
No wonder Yue Guan had spoken that way!
"In that case, thank you!"
Yue Guan bowed slightly as he spoke. To be honest, he had considered refusing, but this time, Meng Qianqiu was simply offering far too much.
This was a fifth-grade spiritual herb. On the market, one would have to spend at least five or six thousand gold soul coins just to have a chance of obtaining it.
Moreover, this three-hundred-year-old Vajra Chrysanthemum was extremely important to Yue Guan. This spiritual herb had a bearing on his future accomplishments!
"Not a problem, not a problem!"
"For us to meet and get to know one another is an unparalleled stroke of fate!"
Meng Qianqiu spoke courteously, but inwardly, he was already overjoyed. He had been worrying about having no core followers, and now everything had fallen into place.
As for anyone else, Meng Qianqiu did not want to bother, but he could not have been more familiar with the Yue Guan and Gui Mei before him.
Weren't these two youngsters the future renowned Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo? He had to make a proper effort to win them over!
Meng Qianqiu then looked at Wang Zhan beside them. This person had not been mentioned in the original story, but he could still be considered a promising talent.
With rank-seven innate soul power and the mutated beast martial soul Golden Light War Tiger, he would at least become a Soul Douluo if properly nurtured.
"You two needn't be anxious, either. Just focus on cultivating at the academy. I'll take care of all your soul rings in the future."
Meng Qianqiu was not actually a man who would spill water before a horse and refuse to take it back. He knew that sometimes, investing early was indispensable.
"In that case, thank you!"
"From now on, we two will be at your command, young master!"
The other two exchanged a glance, then nodded.
Though the three were very young, none of them were fools.
Faced with the olive branch Meng Qianqiu had offered of his own accord, all three chose to accept without much deliberation.
Among the four of them, apart from Yue Guan, Gui Mei and Wang Zhan actually had very ordinary backgrounds. All three fell far short of Meng Qianqiu.
Although Yue Guan also came from a secluded clan, behind Meng Qianqiu stood not only the Meng Family, but Spirit Hall as well.
Meng Zhongqi was Spirit Hall's fifth elder. That status was far from ordinary, and choosing their side early would benefit them too.
To put it plainly, the gap between them and the Meng Family was simply too vast. Faced with such an opportunity, hardly anyone could resist!
"It's our first time meeting. Please look after me!"
"I won't say anything more than necessary."
"Let's head to the small dining hall in a bit. My treat today!"
Meng Qianqiu patted his chest. This was their first meeting, and he had to build a good relationship with these people, making a shared meal especially important.
"Oh, oh! Someone's treating us!"
"We'll have something good to eat again at noon today!"
The three had traveled a thousand miles to study here. Although they had some savings on them, their purses were thin, and they really could not bring themselves to spend freely.
Now that someone was treating them, they could not have wished for anything better!
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