Douluo: Lord of Arms

Chapter 181 Routine Overseas Travel Notification
Back in my dorm room, I unpacked all my belongings and cleaned the room again.

Lin Xingyu had just sat down, intending to take advantage of the early hour to meditate.

Although he was very talented and had access to a constant stream of resources, he still made the most of every spare moment to cultivate.

In a world where power resides within oneself, the feeling of being driven to become stronger is truly addictive, especially for someone like him who previously lived in an ordinary world.

"Dong dong!"

A sudden knock on the door interrupted his plans.

Lin Xingyu raised an eyebrow and walked to the door. He opened the door, and outside stood a girl who looked to be fourteen or fifteen years old.

She wore a light blue glass dress with exquisitely embroidered gold star patterns on the hem, and her hair was styled in two light blue braids with a few strands hanging in front of her eyes, giving her an adorable look.

Her skin was fair with a rosy glow, and she looked like a porcelain doll, with her hands behind her back, which added to her cuteness.

Upon seeing the person who arrived, Lin Xingyu was slightly taken aback, then smiled and said, "Xiao Yan, come in quickly, you're back."

As Lin Xingyu spoke, he reached out and patted Xu Xiaoyan's head.

Xu Xiaoyan blocked Lin Xingyu's hand that was rubbing her head, and said somewhat angrily, "Stop touching my head! I haven't grown taller yet, it must be because you like to touch my head."

After saying that, she tidied her hair, which had been ruffled by Lin Xingyu, and then stood on tiptoe and reached back to touch it.

Upon hearing Xu Xiaoyan's words, Lin Xingyu couldn't help but chuckle.

"Still laughing! I'm the shortest among you guys now, I have to look up to talk to you." Looking at Lin Xingyu's grinning face, Xu Xiaoyan felt even angrier.

It wouldn't have mattered if I wasn't tall, but after coming to Shrek Academy, everyone grew incredibly fast, leaving me far behind.

Even Gu Yue has grown up quite quickly, and I have completely become a child mixed in with a group of adults.

And since everyone he knew in the class was quite tall, he became even angrier.

"Okay, okay, I won't laugh anymore." Lin Xingyu said, raising his hands high to show his remorse.

Seeing Lin Xingyu admit his mistake, Xu Xiaoyan's anger subsided, and she chuckled, her eyebrows slightly raised, revealing two shallow dimples.

"I just came back from Donghai City. Uncle Lin asked me to bring you something along." Xu Xiaoyan said as she took out a storage soul tool.

"Here, this is what my uncle asked me to bring you. Quickly open it and see what's inside," Xu Xiaoyan said impatiently.

After Lin Xingyu took it and opened it, his mood became somewhat complicated. Inside, apart from a card for storing gold soul coins, the rest were all spiritual items, the kind that Lin Xingyu had collected when he was in Donghai City.

"He also said he didn't," Lin Xingyu said with a somewhat complicated tone.

"That's all. I just want you to focus on your cultivation. If you have time, send a few more messages and make a few more phone calls home," Xu Xiaoyan said, tilting her head.

Coming to his senses, Lin Xingyu also came to his senses. Things are not like in ancient times now, so communication is not that difficult. At least he still sends a message to Lin Cheng every week through the communication soul tool. It's just that they haven't seen each other for a long time.

Xu Xiaoyan clapped her hands and said with a charming smile, "Xingyu, let's go eat together. A new restaurant recently opened in the outer city, and I heard the food is really good."

"it is good."

Lin Xingyu readily agreed to the suggestion, since enjoying delicious food was currently his only leisure activity outside of his cultivation.

……

Shrek Outer City.

It was already evening, and the streets were quite lively. Lin Xingyu and Xu Xiaoyan attracted a lot of attention as soon as they appeared.

Even at Shrek Academy, where the average appearance level is quite high, both of them are among the most capable fighters.

"Hurry up! That newly opened store is pretty good. If we go late, we'll probably have to wait in line." Xu Xiaoyan grabbed Lin Xingyu's hand and hurriedly ran towards the distance.

Lin Xingyu had no choice but to follow along, somewhat helplessly.

"The shop you're talking about is a barbecue restaurant," Lin Xingyu asked, drawn by the enticing aroma.

"Yes, this shop is newly opened, but I don't know what ingredients they use, the taste is really good." Xu Xiaoyan nodded in agreement.

While the quality of the ingredients matters, the spices and recipe used are even more important for barbecue.

The differences between recipes can often reflect the differences between stores.

This shop is doing quite well.

"Sigh, we're too late, there are no seats left for us."

"If we have to wait in line, who knows how long it will take! Let's go to another place."

Just as the two were about to leave, they saw two familiar figures in the corner. Lin Xingyu paused slightly and said, "Hmm, maybe we don't need to switch."

Two rather familiar figures were sitting there.

After a while.

"The food at this restaurant is really good," Lin Xingyu said after taking a bite of the lamb skewers.

"So, what are you two doing here?" Lin Xingyu asked, looking at the two girls opposite him.

Wu Siduo devoured the lamb skewer in her hand and said with a grin, "Gu Yue and I are working on improving my battle armor in the studio. With the increase in soul power, we naturally need to pay attention to balance."

"I originally wanted to ask someone to help with the design, since that person is the best at it, but that person always disappears in the blink of an eye, so I can only ask Gu Yue for help with this job."

"I just finished this task today, and since it's still early, I invited Gu Yue here for dinner."

Lin Xingyu felt a little ashamed. He had formed the team, but he only played around with it during the first semester at school and spent most of the rest of the time there.

Because of the complaints caused by this incident, he could only keep stuffing food into his mouth and pretend that the comments didn't exist.

Just then, Lin Xingyu suddenly felt a light kick to his calf. He looked up and saw Wu Siduo sitting opposite him.

On the left is Gu Yue, and on the right is Xu Xiaoyan. The two of them are discussing food.

Knowing he was in the wrong, he silently pulled his leg back a little.

To his surprise, a moment later, he was lightly kicked in the leg again.

Looking up and seeing Wu Siduo's slightly provocative expression, Lin Xingyu remained silent for a moment before kicking back without hesitation.

Once is one thing, but you've become addicted.

Feeling the attack on her leg, Wu Siduo seemed to become even more energetic. The two began to fight back and forth under the table, fortunately the table was high enough and covered by a long tablecloth, which concealed their struggle.

But gradually, Lin Xingyu sensed that something was wrong.

After he exerted force several times, Wu Siduo's strength gradually decreased, and in the end, Lin Xingyu even felt as if she was gently rubbing against him.

Looking up, I saw that Wu Siduo's face seemed to be a little rosy, which complemented her big red wavy hair.

Lin Xingyu immediately lost his composure. Who made this change?! Change it back right now!

As a result, Lin Xingyu stopped what he was doing and no longer dared to make a move.

"Hoo..." Feeling the other person stop moving, Wu Siduo felt a peculiar thrill.

As a privileged girl since childhood, Wu Siduo always had a special feeling towards her peers who defeated her fair and square with their strength.

Her recent actions were completely different from her usual style, which gave her a sense of excitement.

Even as the two stopped moving, she still felt her heart pounding incredibly fast, experiencing an extraordinary thrill.

Afterwards, he quietly had a discussion with the others before they dispersed to continue their own cultivation.

……

Class 1, Grade 1.

That concludes today's lesson.

"Lin Xingyu, Gu Yue, Wu Siduo, Tang Wulin, Xu Xiaoyan, Ye Xinglan, Xu Lizhi, and Xie Xie, come with me to my office."

After class one day, Wu Changkong called out the names of several students and then left the classroom.

The others, except for Lin Xingyu and Wu Siduo, followed Wu Changkong to his office with some confusion.

"The academy will be holding a year-long exchange program with the Star Luo Continent. The academy will be sending some students to the Star Luo Continent for exchange and learning, and you few have been selected from the first year." Wu Changkong directly explained the reason for calling them here.

"A year?" Xie Xie asked hesitantly.

The exchange alone would take a year, plus the round trip, who knows how much time that would take.

Among the group, Xie Xie always felt that he was falling behind. Everyone else had their own strengths, while his only twin martial souls were somewhat useless.

During this period, Xie Xie worked extremely hard. In order to improve his strength as soon as possible, he chose to pursue all the suggestions given by Lin Xingyu simultaneously.

On one hand, he constantly meditated with Tang Wulin, and on the other hand, he kept looking for ways to strengthen his metal soul spirit.

We've just found a clue, and going there now would waste so much time.

Wu Changkong looked at his students and explained, "This exchange activity will not waste your time; on the contrary, it will bring you many benefits."

"You are all in the stage of forging your battle armor. There are many ores on the Star Luo Continent, many of which are types that we don't have at all. You can choose from them."

"Also, the environment there is quite primitive, there are many powerful soul beasts, and the types of martial souls are quite unique. You can go there to broaden your horizons."

"At the same time, the human development there is relatively recent, and the various resources there may be even richer than here. There are also some unique resources that will be beneficial to your cultivation."

The Douluo Continent has been developed for a very long time, and human footprints have covered every corner. Now, many things are regularly raised and harvested, and the best items are in the hands of various powerful forces.

Upon hearing Wu Changkong's words, Xie Xie's expression immediately brightened.

"However, there are some downsides there as well. The soul guidance technology on the Star Luo Continent is far inferior to ours. Also, once you get there, you may face challenges from students from various academies, many of whom are just as strong as you."

"They also set up a monster academy, which is modeled after our concept, and there are a lot of genius students there."

Upon hearing this, Wu Siduo's eyes lit up: "That sounds interesting, we can give it a try."

"Teacher Wu, we were selected from the first grade? How many students were selected from the other grades?" Wu Siduo then asked.

"Four students from the second grade were selected to participate in this event: Yuan Enyehui, Le Zhengyu, Zhou Hanyou, and Zhou Tian'er. There was supposed to be another student, but she couldn't make it due to other commitments. In addition, there is one student from the inner courtyard."

"The inner courtyard?" Lin Xingyu suddenly became interested.

Lin Xingyu wasn't surprised that Le Zhengyu had come. The Southern Legion was a force to be reckoned with, and even the academy had to give them some face.

Both Zhou Hanyou and Zhou Tian'er are exceptionally talented, and they were initially just inner court students, so it's not surprising that they had this opportunity.

There seemed to be no one in the inner courtyard before.

"You'll get to know each other then, and you'll be setting off soon, so just get ready as quickly as possible."

……

After leaving Wu Changkong's office.

Lin Xingyu looked at Wu Siduo and asked, "Siduo, you and the Xingluo Dai family should be from the same origin, right? Are you still in contact?"

As soon as Lin Xingyu said this, it immediately attracted the attention of the others, who all turned to look at Wu Siduo.

Wu Siduo shook her head. "Thousands of years have passed, what connection could there be?"

She pondered for a moment and said, "Although our lineage and the lineage on the Star Luo Continent share the same origin, they diverged thousands of years ago when they chose to leave the continent."

“Our lineage chose to develop within the Federation, while their lineage chose to seek a different path. Thousands of years have passed, and the two sides no longer have any relationship; they only share the same ancestor.”

After she said that, the others immediately understood.

This method of not putting all your eggs in one basket is basically a common practice in large families.

Once they set sail, who knows what the future holds? They might prosper, or they might decline completely. Leaving one branch on the mainland at least provides some protection.

As a result, once he arrived at the Dai family in the Star Luo Continent, he immediately thrived again.

When the new continent was first discovered, it wasn't originally called the Star Luo Continent, just as exploration is always accompanied by bloodshed.

The name of Xingluo in Xingluo Continent was earned entirely through bloodshed. In the beginning, it was unknown how much effort was expended and how many people were killed.

In the end, the natives of the Star Luo Continent became a minority, a period marked by numerous bloody battles.

Lin Xingyu immediately thought of the operations he had made with various families in his previous life, which seemed quite familiar.

(End of this chapter)