Douluo: My Custom Achievement System

"That's right, so I'd like to learn more about Teacher Li," Jiang Yi agreed.

"In that case, I'll tell you about him," Auntie Chen said.

"To talk about Teacher Li, we'd have to start two years ago, when he first came to our academy."

"But he didn't arrive here normally. Our academy director rescued him and brought him back. I heard from the other teachers that he seemed to have suffered very serious injuries."

"He stayed here for a full five months to recuperate before he recovered."

"After he woke up, he became a teacher at the academy. I suppose only the director knows why," Auntie Chen recalled.

"Seriously injured? Could it have been because of his experiments?" Jiang Yi wondered, his eyes flashing.

One of the subjects in Li Lingyu's experiments had ended up unable to cultivate. Could someone have taken revenge on him?

Unaware of Jiang Yi's suspicions, Auntie Chen continued.

"After becoming a teacher at our academy, Teacher Li rarely taught classes. He often went out to do some kind of research."

"Once he finished his research, he'd come to the library and spend all his time writing and drawing. Sometimes he'd even talk to himself."

"The book you saw a few days ago was left here by him. I'm the one who added it to the catalog."

Jiang Yi nodded slightly and asked, "Then what do you think of Teacher Li as a person?"

"He's naturally a wonderful person. Though he's a little different from ordinary people, he treats everyone around him very well."

"When someone is in trouble, he may not show it on his face, but he always helps them from behind the scenes."

As Auntie Chen spoke, her face showed sincere, heartfelt gratitude.

By now, Jiang Yi had a basic understanding of Li Lingyu's character.

Li Lingyu liked coming to the library, and Auntie Chen's understanding of him was enough to confirm what kind of person he was.

"In that case, my last concern is gone. I'll go find this Teacher Li and have an academic exchange with him."

Having made his decision, Jiang Yi asked Auntie Chen, "Auntie Chen, what time does Teacher Li usually come to the library?"

"After reading his book last time, I had a few questions I'd like to ask him."

"Oh, that. Since Teacher Li came back a little while ago, he's been coming over at around six every evening," Auntie Chen said after thinking it over.

Having obtained the information he wanted, Jiang Yi thanked her and left the library.

That night, Li Lingyu arrived at the library on time as usual, dressed in a gray robe.

He knew nothing of Jiang Yi's conversation with Auntie Chen.

During the months he had been away from the academy, he had traveled across Douluo Continent, conducting investigations and research.

After his Extreme Training Method failed, he had been searching for a way to address the problem of the human body being unable to withstand such enormous pressure.

Unfortunately, no matter how hard he searched, he could find no solution.

To achieve a bloodline second awakening, the human body had to endure an enormous level of pressure that an ordinary person could hardly reach.

His research had shown that the threshold for a bloodline second awakening differed for Soul Masters at different stages.

Therefore, if a high-level Soul Master used the Extreme Training Method to awaken their bloodline, the pressure they had to endure would necessarily far exceed what their physique could withstand.

As a result, unless a Soul Master's physique far surpassed their own Soul Power, they could never survive the Extreme Training Method.

Once he realized this, he had no choice but to abandon the idea of solving the drawbacks of extreme training by improving physical strength.

Achieving a physique that far surpassed one's Soul Power Level was simply too difficult, almost impossible.

The most essential thing for achieving it was Soul Bones, and ones of a high age at that. Only then could a person's physique be improved to the greatest extent.

But Soul Bones were so precious that they were not easy to obtain.

After determining that it was not feasible, he began seeking other solutions.

The first thing he studied was Martial Soul Awakening. After all, it was the only method he knew of that could trigger a Martial Soul's bloodline without causing injury.

Chapter 14: A method to increase activity

He spent several months traveling across Douluo Continent, helping children of the appropriate age awaken their Martial Souls.

The reason he went so far afield instead of staying nearby was that, in this era, Martial Soul Awakening was subject to restrictions.

If the authorities discovered him, he could easily face sanctions.

Traveling across the continent and helping children of the appropriate age awaken their Martial Souls in small villages allowed him to avoid trouble with the authorities.

Over those months, he helped nearly three hundred children of the appropriate age awaken their Martial Souls.

Of those, fewer than twenty successfully awakened Soul Power.

He observed and recorded each person's Martial Soul Awakening and questioned them in detail about how they felt during the process.

He hoped to discover the secret behind how Martial Soul Awakening could trigger the bloodline.

Unfortunately, he failed again. Even though he recorded every detail he observed and asked questions over and over, he still found no clues.

With his cultivation as a Soul Emperor, he simply could not see what happened during Martial Soul Awakening that triggered the bloodline and ultimately awakened a Martial Soul and Soul Power.

But that was only natural. After all, if even a Soul Emperor like him could see through Martial Soul Awakening,

then the secrets contained within Martial Souls would probably have been fully uncovered long ago, and there would have been no need to wait for him to study them.

Under those circumstances, he could not help falling into a temporary depression.

His cultivation could no longer advance.

His notes mentioned the experimental processes for three methods in total.

For the first two methods, he had not sought out test subjects, but had tried them himself.

All those unrefined methods had been used on his own body, leaving him unable to cultivate and stalled at the Soul Emperor level.

He had originally thought that, since the third method proceeded step by step, they could stop in time even if something went wrong.

But after the first three stages were completed, the results went to their heads. In the end, they paid a painful price in the fourth stage.

Li Lingyu sat down at a table in the library and took a notebook and a large pile of documents out of his Storage Soul Tool.

After failing to find a method by observing Martial Soul Awakening, he intended to continue his research from other angles.

Even if it took his entire life, he was determined to find a way to reliably awaken Beast Martial Soul bloodlines.

Having failed in that direction, he planned to begin researching from another.

Li Lingyu began writing in his notebook, his expression intensely focused. He consulted the documents and muttered to himself from time to time.

Just then, Jiang Yi arrived at the library entrance.

"It's about six now. If nothing unexpected has happened, Teacher Li should be inside."

Without hesitation, he walked straight into the library.

The moment he stepped inside, a breeze swept past in front of him.

Li Lingyu, who had clearly been sitting at his table a moment ago, had appeared in front of Jiang Yi.

Li Lingyu looked at Jiang Yi expressionlessly and asked calmly, "You're a student at the academy. The academy is on break, so why have you come here?"

The sudden appearance of Li Lingyu gave Jiang Yi a fright.

But he quickly calmed down and answered, "Teacher, you're the one I came to find."

"Me?" Li Lingyu's eyes flashed, and a puzzled look appeared on his face.

He had only just returned to Lingshan Junior Academy and had hardly any contact with the students. Why had someone suddenly come looking for him?

Still, this was a student of the academy, and as a teacher, he naturally could not turn him away.

"What do you want with me?" Li Lingyu finally asked after a moment's thought.

"I read that book you wrote about the second awakening of Beast Martial Soul bloodlines. I was very interested in some of its contents, and I have some ideas of my own."

"So I'd like to discuss them with you." Jiang Yi stated his purpose very directly.

For someone like Li Lingyu, who was obsessed with Martial Soul Theory, speaking straight from the heart was the best approach.

Hearing Jiang Yi's words, Li Lingyu could not help showing a change in his calm expression. His eyes were full of doubt.

The boy had read his book and even had ideas of his own.

He looked Jiang Yi up and down, confirming that he was an utterly ordinary six-year-old child whose Soul Power was even very weak.

Could a child like this really understand his notebook?

"Hehe, I know you have doubts, Teacher Li. Why don't you hear my thoughts before you draw a conclusion?"

"When you conduct your research, don't you also need to carry out experiments before reaching a conclusion?"

Though Jiang Yi knew Li Lingyu did not believe him, he still spoke with a smile.

Li Lingyu gave Jiang Yi a long look, then nodded slowly. "You're quite bold. Come over and tell me what you think."

The corners of Jiang Yi's mouth curved upward. The first step had succeeded.

Li Lingyu returned to his seat and closed his notebook.

"You said you've read my book, so I have a question for you."

"How do you think Sea God Tang San awakened his Martial Soul bloodline? If it was through the Extreme Training Method, how did he survive it?"

The question Li Lingyu asked was not actually answered in his book. After all, no matter how much he researched, he could not know what had happened ten thousand years ago.

He asked it because he wanted to test Jiang Yi.

If Jiang Yi really had read it, he could use the knowledge in the book to answer the question, naturally proving his claim.

If he could not answer, there would be no need to listen to anything else he had to say.

"The reason Tang San was able to awaken his bloodline was that his mother was a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor."

"According to the theory in your book, the bloodlines of powerful ancient Soul Beasts lie dormant in every human body, but have entered a latent state."

"So, as the child of a Soul Beast, Tang San had a bloodline that hadn't entered that state through being passed down over a long period."

"That means he probably didn't awaken his bloodline through the Extreme Training Method."

"As for what method he used, I'm afraid only Tang San himself knows," Jiang Yi answered without the slightest hesitation.

Hearing his answer, Li Lingyu looked intrigued.

He had not expected Jiang Yi to answer the question from another angle.

As for Tang San's Martial Soul bloodline awakening, Li Lingyu had actually considered this possibility himself after conducting more in-depth research.

The Soul Beast bloodline in a child born to a human and a transformed Soul Beast would inevitably be more active.

Awakening that bloodline would certainly become easier as well.

Unfortunately, transformed Soul Beasts were already uncommon, to say nothing of transformed Soul Beasts who had joined with humans.

As a result, though he had always wanted to study the matter, he had been unable to find a sample.

"Mm." Li Lingyu nodded in approval.

"Tell me what you wanted to discuss with me."

Jiang Yi smiled. "Certainly."

"After reading that book, I guessed that what you most want to solve is how to reduce the intensity of the Extreme Training Method."

"You want to keep the human body at a limit from which it can recover, and complete the bloodline awakening, right?"

"That's right." Hearing Jiang Yi's question, Li Lingyu suddenly sat up straight. Clearly, he had begun to take Jiang Yi's words seriously.

The greatest problem with the Extreme Training Method was that fully awakening a bloodline required reaching the limit of limits.

And doing so would inevitably leave irreversible damage within the body.

Even after going that far, one might still fail to awaken the bloodline and be left covered in injuries.

Jiang Yi had hit the nail on the head about his thoughts; clearly, he really did have insights of his own.

He had always believed that his Extreme Training Method was correct and that its failure must have been due to some missing key element.

But despite a long period of research, he had found no solution.