Douluo: Lord of Arms

Chapter 148 Form
"The idea is good, but I'm afraid we can't represent the school. In that case, it's uncertain whether they will play an exchange match with us."

As Luo Guixing offered her opinion, she turned to look at Wu Changkong, who was standing to the side.

His eyes were frantically hinting at something.

Wu Changkong, however, seemed not to have heard what the others said, and remained standing there with a blank expression.

Upon noticing that Wu Changkong hadn't made any movement throughout, Lin Xingyu continued.

"This is nothing. You are all the best students at Shrek Academy. Don't underestimate Shrek Academy's status on the continent, and don't underestimate your own status."

"Among most academies, many are willing to have an exchange match with Shrek Academy students. Even if they lose, it doesn't matter. They can promote themselves as academies that frequently engage in exchange teaching with Shrek Academy."

Lin Xingyu glanced at Luo Guixing and explained, "As for how the teaching and learning took place behind the scenes, there's no need to go into details."

"Furthermore, when you're out in the world, your identity is something you give yourself. If you use a little more tact in your language, you can say that we are the strongest team among the students of Shrek Academy, and that won't be a lie."

It's definitely not a lie, but perhaps you're missing a few qualifiers.

After Lin Xingyu said that, the remaining people had no further objections.

It's a good way to solve the opponent's problem in a time-saving and labor-saving manner with few side effects.

It's much better than those guys blocking people at the entrance of the Spirit Pagoda.

Wu Changkong, standing to the side, looked at the students in front of him and almost lost his composure. "If I don't say anything, you'll really think I don't exist."

This is only under my supervision. If I weren't watching you, would you dare to call yourselves the Shrek Seven Devils?

"This does solve the problem for our opponent, but it creates another problem. We need to rearrange our next route."

As Xie Xie spoke, he took out a map and unfolded it on the table in front of him.

"If we take the Soul Guidance Train all the way to Mingdu, we won't be able to gather nine advanced academies along the way."

I casually drew some pictures on the map and marked out several academies that were relatively close to the Soul Guidance Train route.

The most important resource for training students at the Soul Master Academy is the construction of a simulated environment training ground.

Most colleges don't have the money to build directly in the city center; that would require far too much money.

Therefore, they prefer to directly modify the natural environment and then use it.

Only a few, like Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Soul Master Academy, directly build simulated environment training grounds in the city center.

The Heavenly Starry Sky Soul Master Academy is even more uniquely positioned, with the entire city dedicated to the study of stellar power.

Even if a college can drive the economic development of the surrounding area, the surrounding environment still limits them.

For academies that primarily utilize pure fire elements and are built entirely within volcanoes, what are ordinary people supposed to do?

It should be noted that most people on the mainland do not possess soul power, and the residents of cities are primarily ordinary people.

Such a college naturally cannot attract many people and cannot form a large scale.

The Soul Guidance Train would naturally not pass by the gate of such an academy.

"Let's rent a few cars. None of us have identification. It's easy for one person to get on the Soul Guidance Train, but it's always more troublesome for a group of people to go up."

"Although the Soul Guided Vehicle is slower, everyone has more cities to choose from, and there's no need to waste time between the station and the academy."

Gu Yue nodded and gave his opinion.

"There are thirteen people in total, so three cars should be enough."

Lin Xingyu bought three Soul Guide cars directly instead of renting them. It would be too much trouble to drive from Tiandou City to Mingdu and back to exchange them.

At that time, everyone will probably just take the Soul Guidance Train back and pay a penalty fee, or have someone else drive the car back.

All of that adds up to about the same as buying three new cars.

Five girls sat in one car, Lin Xingyu, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Lizhi sat in another car, and Wu Changkong and Luo Guixing sat in another car.

Lin Xingyu sat in the driver's seat, Tang Wulin sat in the passenger seat, and Xu Lizhi and Xie Xie sat in the back. However, Xu Lizhi was quite tall, taking up two seats and squeezing Xie Xie to the side.

"Captain, you should be close to becoming a Soul King by now, right?" Tang Wulin asked casually, seeing that everyone in the car was one of his own.

We plan to discuss some topics to pass the time.

The closest city to Tiandou City is Tianling City. It takes about three and a half hours to drive there, and nearly two hours by soul-guided train.

However, considering the transfers along the way, the time difference between the two is not much.

"Almost there, I'm already at level 49. As for when I'll break through to Soul King, that depends on the timing."

While answering the questions, Lin Xingyu couldn't help but check his own condition.

Soul Power: Level 49 (54%)

Qi and Blood: Seventh blood exchange (95%)

Crimson Gold: Second Martial Soul Evolution (90%)

Lin Xingyu's soul power broke through to level 47 a month after entering the academy, and then improved over time. The period of fastest improvement was when he was refining medicine in Tiandou City.

The Mysterious Crystal Jade Soul Pill primarily enhances one's essence, energy, and spirit. Although it mainly focuses on blood and qi, it also significantly improves soul power and spiritual power.

With the help of this pill, even a little bit of his remaining strength would be enough to raise his soul power level by one level.

Taking drugs and not taking drugs result in completely different speeds of soul power enhancement.

Based on normal circumstances, it should take him at most half a month to reach level 50 in soul power, and his blood circulation speed should be able to complete the seventh blood exchange in about the same amount of time. Even if there is a slight difference in timing, it will not be significant.

The only downside is that the evolution of the martial soul is a little slow, but with the boost from the blood exchange, it should be possible to complete the second martial soul evolution at the same time.

Upon hearing Lin Xingyu's answer, the three of them couldn't help but gasp in surprise.

His soul power is increasing too fast. He was only level 46 when school started, and he's already level 49 in just half a year.

Moreover, given this situation, his opponents will likely all be Soul Kings.

Although Soul Masters are the mainstream in this world, even in this era, the number of Soul Kings is still not large in various cities.

In some smaller cities, the strongest person is often only a Soul King.

In large cities like Donghai City, although it is somewhat remote and the strength of the Soul Masters is relatively weak, the Soul Masters in the main positions are roughly at the level of Soul Saint.

The Soul King is popular wherever he goes.

Without any benefit, virtually no one would willingly get into a fight for no reason.

Within each academy, it is easy to find Soul Kings who are available.

Among the major powers, Soul Kings and Soul Emperors are considered to be in the middle tier.

Soul Saints and Soul Douluos are considered high-ranking members, responsible for managing various departments. Titled Douluos are the controllers of the organization.

"Captain, if those academies refuse our request for exchange, how do you plan to find opponents?" Xie Xie asked curiously.

"It's simple. Go to the various associations and spend more money there. There will always be someone willing to fight you. If all else fails, put up a sign at the entrance of the Spirit Pagoda. Completing this task is not difficult. The main problem is that the time he gave us was too tight."

While driving at maximum speed, Lin Xingyu casually answered the questions from these people.

As for where the money came from, it had already reached Lin Xingyu's hands when he passed by Zhenhua's office.

In other words, Wu Changkong added a rule afterward; otherwise, given Zhenhua's influence, he would only need to take a few people to the blacksmith associations in various cities to clock in and go through the formalities.

But he can't use Zhenhua's influence, and he can't use his own financial power either?
"Once you reach level 50, you can wear full battle armor. With your physical abilities, Captain, even a two-word battle armor shouldn't be a problem, right? That's already the standard for graduating from the Inner Academy."

"Captain, have you decided what you want to do after graduation?"

Xie Xie squeezed himself next to Xu Lizhi and reclaimed his own spot.

"I'll probably go to the military; that's the best place for my martial spirit."

"Join the army...?"

"Xie Xie, what about you?"

"I don't have any plans that are too far ahead. I'd rather complete the fusion of my two martial souls, just like Wu Siduo did."

Xie Xie couldn't help but say that his companions were all too timid, which put a lot of pressure on him and made him feel a bit anxious.

"Your martial soul is quite unique, and the connection between your two martial souls is no worse than that between Wu Siduo's two martial souls."

“If you want to improve them further, I have two suggestions.”

"Captain, please speak!"

Xie Xie sat up straight immediately, his attitude becoming respectful. He might just laugh off suggestions from others, but Lin Xingyu had truly completed a martial soul evolution.

I should have accumulated some experience by now.

"Let me tell you, just listen. The first thing is to strengthen the dragon aspect of your martial soul. Dragons are the top-tier martial souls no matter where you are. As for the method, it's very simple. You can train with Wu Lin, just like Wang Jinxi did before."

"He has a strong dragon bloodline, but the downside is that you might be easily influenced by him in the future."

"The second type is to strengthen towards metal. Your first soul spirit is a metal soul spirit like mine, and you can also choose metal soul spirits for your subsequent soul spirits. However, you need to explore this path yourself, and there is a lot of uncertainty about the future."

"Is that so..." Xie Xie nodded thoughtfully.

What are your thoughts on the future?

"I want to stay in the academy. I grew up here, all my friends are here, and I probably won't leave in the future. It would be even better if I could gain combat power."

Xu Lizhi's voice was quite muffled.

“I might also join the army,” Tang Wulin said in a deep voice.

The scenery outside the car was changing at an almost blurry speed.

As Soul Masters, their reaction speed was extremely fast, and the group drove the vehicle at almost the speed of a race car.

There aren't many surveillance cameras on the road, and the real-name registration system can't be implemented, otherwise these people would have received countless fines along the way.

What should have been a three-and-a-half-hour journey, the group successfully reached Tianling City in just two and a half hours.

This is the first medium-sized city the group encountered after traveling westward.

They parked the vehicle directly in front of the Soul Master Academy in Tianling City.

After getting off the bus, the group gathered together.

"Is everything ready?" Lin Xingyu asked Luo Guixing.

"Okay, I guarantee it will be formal enough."

Luo Guixing took out an envelope and handed it to Lin Xingyu.

When Lin Xingyu suggested going to various colleges to participate in exchange competitions, they felt it wasn't formal enough, so the others each came up with some ideas.

The group felt it would be better to create a document representing their identity, so Gu Yue, who was an expert in mecha design, designed one on the spot.

Luo Guixing rubbed it out on the way, doing it entirely in front of Wu Changkong.

He seemed hesitant to speak, yet remained silent.

Ultimately, none of them exceeded the rules.

They didn't write "Shrek Academy Team," but simply said "Shrek Academy Students came to exchange and learn from your school."

"Hello, please give this to your teacher. We are students from Shrek Academy, here to have an exchange and learning competition with your school."

"Huh?" The gatekeeper froze on the spot.

The gatekeeper, who had just been wondering what the group of young people in front of him were doing, was now completely stunned as he looked at them.

But looking at the group of young men and women in front of him, their youthful vigor, the strong fluctuations of their soul power, and the clear gaze in their eyes...

The security guard decided to report the matter to his superiors so that if anything happened, it wouldn't be his problem.

Within minutes, Bai Chen, the Dean of Students of Tianling Academy, arrived at the school gate.

"Hello, how can you prove that you are students of Shrek Academy?"

Lin Xingyu didn't waste any words, and four black spirit rings rose up from his feet one after another.

"I think that should be enough proof."

Looking at the four black spirit rings, Bai Chen felt his heart skip a beat. He, a dignified Soul Emperor, only had six purple spirit rings.

At such a young age, having four ten-thousand-year spirit rings, even if they don't come from Shrek Academy, they must be from a powerful force.

Such a person has no reason to lie and fool themselves.

"Please! I'd like to know if you can represent the college."

Bai Chen couldn't help but become agitated.

"We participate in the exchange competition on our own, under our individual names. However, you can promote ourselves as the strongest team in the outer academy of Shrek Academy, and no one will object."

Although slightly disappointed, Bai Chen's mood improved after hearing the words "strongest" at the end. Exchanging ideas with such a team was something to brag about, even if he wasn't representing the academy.

"Please come quickly! I will arrange the opponents you wish to challenge as soon as possible, but they will probably be much older than you."

"It's alright, it's just an exchange match, we can gain a lot from it ourselves," Lin Xingyu said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)