I am a mortal who has achieved enlightenment through burning my secrets

Chapter 242 Target: Heavenly Battle!

Xiao Wuji inquired at the carriage shop and found that even by car, it would take at least half a month to travel from Notting City to Soto City.

Therefore, Xiao Wuji set the time to take action twenty days later...

Twenty days later, at dusk, Xiao Wuji walked out of the blacksmith's shop carrying a bag of iron chains, and then strolled leisurely toward the waterfalls he had discovered half a year earlier.

In the past year or so, Xiao Wuji traveled to all the nearby mountains in order to cultivate, which not only avoided killing the fish, but also took the opportunity to find three waterfalls in the mountains near Notting City.

When Xiao Wuji reached the first waterfall, it was already past midnight. Fortunately, he was already familiar with the night paths in the mountains.

He used his martial spirit to pull himself to the top of the waterfall, and then fixed the iron chain to the trunk of a crooked tree.

His martial spirit can suspend himself, but it may not be able to withstand the impact of the waterfall.

They secured themselves with iron chains, then leaped down the rushing river, slowly groping their way down from the top of the waterfall.

In the swift current, it was impossible to open one's eyes; one could only grope with one's limbs...

After spending more than ten minutes falling from the top without finding anything, Xiao Wuji neatly packed up his tools and headed to the next location.

The next day, just as dawn broke, Xiao Wuji sat cross-legged by the fire, looking at the soul bone in his hand, his eyes wide with joy.

A 100,000-year-old soul bone, obtained so easily—it feels unreal, yet so real!
After drying his clothes, Xiao Wuji turned and walked to the hole he had dug earlier. He then blocked the entrance with a clump of grass and began absorbing the soul bone...

Without a soul tool, he couldn't possibly carry a soul bone around. Absorbing it nearby was his only option. That's why he didn't wait until Tang San had completely arrived at the academy before taking action, in order to give himself time to absorb the soul bone.

……

Three days later, a large bulge suddenly appeared in the grass on the ground, and then a head emerged from the ground with the grass on its head.

Looking at the gloomy sky, Xiao Wuji couldn't help but chuckle.

"This is truly a stroke of luck! In this way, even if I leave some traces, they will probably all be washed away by the heavy rain!"

He crawled out of the burrow, then pulled out a pot of blue silver grass with gold trim, and ran wildly out of the forest.

No sooner had I stepped out of the forest than the downpour arrived as expected…

More than a month later, in Sunset Forest!
Holding an iron staff and carrying a long bamboo tube on his back, Xiao Wuji entered the Soul Beast Forest for the first time.

He had hollowed out the bamboo tube and then kept the Blue Silver Emperor inside, so that he could carry it with him at all times!
"Be careful, be careful, be very careful!"

He silently gave himself a word of advice, then stepped into the forest.

He hadn't saved up many gold soul coins, so he couldn't hire someone to hunt souls, nor could he obtain a warrant for the Soul Hunting Forest, leaving him no choice but to come to this dangerous jungle.

This time, he was still looking for plant-type soul beasts, as long as they were under ten thousand years old, he felt he could accept that.

The amplification effect of a 100,000-year-old soul bone on the human body is not just talk; if one absorbs some life force in advance, there is almost no threat of death.

The only thing to consider is to avoid being bumped into by other spirit beasts while absorbing spirit rings!

As for the types of soul beasts, he didn't know much, so he could only choose the types that he was familiar with and that were easy to deal with.

The top of the iron staff is tied with an iron ball by an iron chain, while the bottom is shaped like a sharp spear! The entire staff is about the thickness of a baby's arm and has a non-slip, frosted texture.

This one iron staff cost him a whole gold soul coin, which made him feel the pinch for a long time. He was really going all out for the sake of hunting souls.

……

Two days later, Xiao Wuji flew to the treetop and looked at an ancient tree in the distance, with a withered yellow vine wrapped around its trunk.

"Ghost Vine, a spore-parasitic plant with incredible vitality! The vines are tough, producing a new vine every hundred years. This one must be over seven thousand years old, but less than eight thousand!"

"It wasn't easy! I've finally found a soul beast that I recognize!"

"Looks like I'll have to study soul beast knowledge properly later!"

Although the age of this soul beast was still far from the less than ten thousand years that Xiao Wuji required, he did not intend to go any further, as it was too dangerous!

If he couldn't fly, he probably wouldn't have even gotten this far.

Therefore, Xiao Wuji had made up his mind that after leaving this place, he would find a Soul Master Academy to attend. Firstly, he could brush up on his knowledge of Soul Beasts, and secondly, he could have the teachers at the academy help him hunt Soul Beasts.

"You're resilient, huh? Then let me see just how strong you are!!"

Xiao Wuji flew directly above the Ghost Vine, and the Dodder Spirit in his hand drooped down. Being able to fly was one of his major methods for dealing with plant-type spirit beasts.

Before the dodder seed could even land on the ghost vine, Xiao Wuji began to unleash his soul skill. The most troublesome thing about the ghost vine wasn't its tendrils, but its countless spores. However, the spores only became effective when they landed on a person, and his martial soul could directly absorb the life force from the spores, making it impossible for them to sprout.

Half an hour later, a yellow spirit ring floated in mid-air, and Xiao Wuji finally breathed a sigh of relief and landed on a tree branch.

As he withdrew his martial spirit, an intense, almost overwhelming life force surged within his body, causing him to feel a swelling sensation.

Without thinking twice, he grabbed the ghost vines that were wrapped around the tree trunk, uprooted them, tied the withered vines to the tree, and his soul ring arrived near Xiao Wuji.

Draw the spirit ring, close your eyes and absorb!
The process of absorbing the spirit ring was incredibly smooth; he didn't feel the slightest pressure because this was not his limit at all. The life force within his body was not exerting its proper function at all.

"Its resilience has increased significantly; it should be very difficult for a typical power-type Soul Master to break it!"

"Furthermore, my soul power has reached level twenty-nine, and it feels like I'm only a hair's breadth away from level thirty!"

"Now, we've finally caught up with Tang San!"

After absorbing the spirit ring, Xiao Wuji headed straight for Heaven Dou City without stopping.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy!

Xiao Wuji ultimately set his sights on this place because it was very close to Dugu Yan, giving him an advantage.

The Heavenly Dou Royal Academy is located on a large mountain outside Heavenly Dou City. Xiao Wuji asked many people before he learned the exact location.

"How extravagant!"

Looking at the mountain from afar, Xiao Wuji thought it looked exactly like his own territory, but when he touched the few silver soul coins in his pocket, he immediately dared not utter a sound.

Walking up the stone path to the top of the mountain, you will see the gleaming golden gate of the academy.

"If we detain them, we should be able to exchange them for a lot of money, right?"

Xiao Wuji had this thought inexplicably in his mind, and even his eyes began to show no trace of it.

"Hey, who are you? What are you doing here?"

A middle-aged man, whose origins are unknown, frowned as he looked at this "country bumpkin" who seemed to have come from nowhere.

Xiao Wuji wasn't angered by this person's attitude; he could sense that this person's strength was definitely above his own. So he said sincerely:

"I'm here to register for the Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Is this the Heaven Dou Royal Academy?"

"Register? Registration has long passed! Besides, you're not a nobleman, are you?"

The man didn't make sarcastic remarks, but his words still carried a hint of disdain.

"You must understand, our Heaven Dou Royal Academy is a noble academy. Only nobles and geniuses can enter our academy. Others should not even think about it!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Wuji smiled mysteriously and said, "Oh, what a coincidence! I am a genius!"

"You, you also..."

Before he could even utter the word "match," the man was stunned into silence by what he saw.

Two soul rings, one yellow and one purple, pulsed rhythmically on a pale yellow plant.

He strained his eyes, trying to find another yellow spirit ring on Xiao Wuji. Compared to the second spirit ring in a thousand years, he was more inclined to believe that this person was a Soul Master.

Seeing this, Xiao Wuji said helplessly:

"Sir, you don't need to look anymore. I am a Great Soul Master. No matter how much you look, I will never become a Soul Venerable."

Although he had anticipated this, he still didn't expect it to cause such a loss of composure.

However, unlike spirit bones, spirit rings will eventually be discovered unless the person stops using their spirit spirit altogether.

The man appeared extremely flustered and hurriedly said, "Genius, truly a genius! Quickly, please come in..."

This time, however, it was Xiao Wuji's turn to "hesitate".

"But I am not a nobleman!"

"Forget about being an aristocrat, to hell with aristocracy, I'm taking you to see the Education Commission right now..."

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(End of this chapter)