At noon on the second day after returning to Shrek Academy.
Su Yunlin slowly woke up. The moment he opened his eyes, he saw Tang Wutong hanging all over him, her arms wrapped around his head and one leg hooked over his body. She looked exactly like a sloth.
Su Yunlin looked at Tang Wutong's pretty face and instinctively leaned in to lick it.
"Mm~"
Tang Wutong was woken by the lick. She looked at Su Yunlin with sleepy eyes, then felt the wetness on her face.
"You licked me again. Are you a little dog or something?"
Su Yunlin pounced straight at her. "I can also pounce like a vicious dog!"
After messing around for a while, the two of them finally got up. Su Yunlin pulled open the curtains. It was already noon.
Su Yunlin stretched lazily. "Haa~ That was such a comfortable sleep."
Tang Wutong, however, looked resentful. Feeling the soreness in her waist, she secretly complained, "Pervert. Bullying me again."
Knock, knock~
Su Yunlin and Tang Wutong heard someone knocking at the door. Since Tang Wutong was closer to the door, she went to open it.
"Eldest Senior Sister?"
The person knocking was Zhang Lexuan.
"Yunlin, Elder Mu is looking for you," Zhang Lexuan said directly.
"Got it."
Su Yunlin and Tang Wutong went together to find Elder Mu. At this moment, Elder Mu was sunbathing in a sunny spot on Sea God Island.
"Teacher." x2
Elder Mu slowly opened his eyes and smiled. "You're here. Sit."
Beside Elder Mu's reclining chair were two small chairs. Su Yunlin and Tang Wutong each sat down.
"I heard Mei'er's report. During your Spirit hunt in the Star Dou Great Forest this time, you encountered many things. I truly didn't expect even the Myriad Demon King to appear.
"Within the Star Dou Great Forest, the Myriad Demon King is no weaker than a Limit Douluo. Even this old man may not necessarily defeat him. The fact that all of you returned safely this time is truly fortunate."
Su Yunlin nodded. "Teacher, do you think the Spirit Soul method can be negotiated with the Star Dou Great Forest? The Myriad Demon King can trust me, but I don't know what the other Savage Beasts will think."
Elder Mu pondered for a long time. "I don't know either. However, Di Tian should agree. Di Tian is not only the most powerful Spirit Beast, he is also the ruler of the Star Dou Great Forest. For the future of the Star Dou Great Forest, he will definitely consider it seriously."
Su Yunlin nodded. "Teacher, the current Spirit Soul method still has shortcomings. If Spirit Souls can be preserved in some kind of state and become the foundation of a Spirit Master clan, perhaps that would be better.
"And Spirit Masters would need to worship and provide for the Spirit Soul. The Spirit Soul would be both the clan's guardian beast and the key to the clan's foundation."
Elder Mu opened his eyes and carefully considered it. "The idea is good, but too naive. You underestimate the evil of humanity. Your method can indeed ease the relationship between humans and Spirit Beasts, and the status of Spirit Souls would also greatly rise.
"But have you thought about humans? If a clan possesses a 100,000-year Spirit Soul, do you think other clans would join hands to destroy that clan and divide the Spirit Soul among themselves?
"You also know that the human heart is hard to predict, while Spirit Beasts are comparatively simple. There's no telling whether Evil Spirit Masters would capture these Spirit Souls and use them as materials to become stronger. In the end, it's still too idealistic."
Su Yunlin sighed. "That's true. In the end, it still comes down to human greed. How can simple Spirit Beasts fight against cunning humans? Wherever there are people, there will be conflict."
Tang Wutong encouraged Su Yunlin. "Do your best, Yunlin. I believe you can do it."
Su Yunlin smiled faintly. "I'll do what I can. Right, Teacher, where do you think Huo Yuhao's Spirit Soul method came from?"
"It definitely wasn't created by him, and it couldn't have been created by anyone on the Douluo Continent either. Only a god could create such a precise ritual."
Huo Yuhao isn't that simple. Recently, this old man's Spiritual Power has improved again, and I saw many interesting things. But there is a trace of gray within Huo Yuhao's body that this old man cannot see through. It is a mystery beyond words. It should be a god. Or rather, part of a god."
Elder Mu voiced his opinion of Huo Yuhao.
Su Yunlin waved his hand. "Who cares? Although Huo Yuhao carries great destiny, he himself is too simple. We can just let him grow freely. At critical moments, we only need to stand behind him."
Elder Mu nodded slightly. "This old man thinks the same."
"Then that's settled. Teacher, Wutong and I will go take a look at Tang Sect."
"Mm."
Elder Mu watched Su Yunlin and Tang Wutong leave, a gentle smile appearing on his face. "Yunlin is becoming more and more mature. Unfortunately, he is still a little naive. But being naive is also a good thing. It means his heart has yet to be polluted. Haah~ The continent nowadays truly is not peaceful."
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Tang Sect.
Su Yunlin and Tang Wutong had just landed.
"Tang Sect…"
Boom—
Before Su Yunlin could finish speaking, he heard a loud boom. The wall to the side collapsed directly, and a figure slowly crawled out from the pile of bricks.
This person looked around twenty-five or twenty-six years old. His long black hair was simply tied behind his head with a hairband. His skin carried an unhealthy paleness, and his appearance was extremely handsome. Most importantly, his entire body was filled with a sharp, exposed edge.
"What a sharp person," Su Yunlin said with a grin.
The person who had crawled out of the brick pile suddenly turned to look at Su Yunlin. The moment he saw Su Yunlin, he immediately sensed Su Yunlin's aura.
"An aura like a wild beast!"
Tang Wutong looked at everything before her. "What's going on with Tang Sect today? Are they demolishing the place?"
"No idea."
Su Yunlin and Tang Wutong walked into Tang Sect. They saw quite a few people gathered there, and Di Ruiqiu was standing in the middle of the crowd.
Su Yunlin put both hands in his pockets. "What are you all doing? Starting a rebellion?"
"Sixth Senior Brother."
"Sixth Senior Brother is here."
"And Seventh Senior Sister."
The Tang Sect disciples all made way.
"What happened? Someone explain it to me," Su Yunlin asked.
Bei Bei walked over and introduced the two people to Su Yunlin. They were Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan, friends Huo Yuhao had met while studying abroad at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy. They leaned more toward pure Spirit Masters and liked to make themselves stronger through sparring.
Then they had dropped out and traveled all the way to Spirit City, intending to find Huo Yuhao for a sparring match so they could become stronger. Huo Yuhao saw that Di Ruiqiu had come and wanted to drag her into it, letting Di Ruiqiu make a move once.
After all, Ji Juechen's sword was called "Dragon Slayer," while Di Ruiqiu's Martial Soul was the Golden Dragon. Whether Di Ruiqiu willingly took the bait or not was unclear, but in any case, she made a move.
The result was that Ji Juechen was sent flying by Di Ruiqiu.
"Oh? Interesting. Yuhao, tell me more about this Ji Juechen. He's a little interesting." Su Yunlin looked at Ji Juechen. This person was quite interesting.
Across tens of thousands of years of the Douluo Continent, he was the only one who could say, "There are no trash Martial Souls, only trash Spirit Masters."
Huo Yuhao gave Su Yunlin an introduction to Ji Juechen.
Su Yunlin nodded. "Interesting. Innate level 3 Spirit Power. On this Douluo Continent, he should be the first person to cultivate to Spirit Emperor with only innate level 3 Spirit Power. That's truly impressive. Interested in playing with me, Sword Fanatic?"
Ji Juechen immediately became interested. He stared at Su Yunlin, his entire body trembling with excitement. "Come!"
Su Yunlin nodded. Then he went to the Spirit Dueling Arena, picked up a wooden sword from the weapon rack, and threw Ji Juechen an iron sword.
Ji Juechen frowned. "Are you looking down on me?"
"No. I'm afraid of killing you. My cultivation is too high, and I'm worried that if I'm careless, I'll take your life. Don't rush! Right, wait a moment. I haven't really used a sword much before. I need some time to prepare."
Su Yunlin held the wooden sword, assumed a stance, and closed his eyes, feeling the sword in his hand.
Jing Ziyan curled her lips. "Huo Yuhao, you're letting some pretty boy do this? And he's acting this arrogant?"
Huo Yuhao only smiled. "Just watch."
Ji Juechen's expression was incomparably serious. He was sensing Su Yunlin's aura. Right now, there was almost no aura on Su Yunlin's body. Then, in the next moment, an extremely vast surge of Spirit Power spread out.
Ji Juechen was greatly shocked. This fluctuation of Spirit Power was even stronger than that of Jing Hongchen, the Hall Master of the Illustrious Virtue Hall!
Clang—
Immediately afterward, an incomparably sharp aura spread from Su Yunlin's body. Ji Juechen felt as though Su Yunlin had become a sharp sword drawn from its sheath!
Ji Juechen strode forward and charged at Su Yunlin. From Su Yunlin's aura, he could tell that Su Yunlin was ready.
"Dragon Slayer!"
Ji Juechen gripped his sword with both hands and chopped down at Su Yunlin's head.
At this moment, Su Yunlin opened his eyes and swung the wooden sword in a horizontal slash.
"Divine Departure!"