Douluo: Lord of Arms

Chapter 194 Hu Jie
"Spirit Eye Martial Soul?"

After hearing Lin Xingyu's explanation, Cai Yue'er suddenly understood.

When Dai Yun'er made her first move, she used only a tiny bit of her mental energy, and it was done through a very subtle hint, making it naturally more difficult to detect.

However, when Dai Yun'er made her second move, she used a considerable amount of general mental energy, which Cai Yue'er and Elder Song naturally noticed.

"I see. The Spirit Eye Martial Soul is not only a pure mental-type Martial Soul, but its activation method is also quite subtle."

Lin Xingyu shrugged helplessly and said, "I tolerated her when she first attacked me. I simply neutralized her spiritual power and pretended it didn't exist. Who knew she would dare to attack me again?"

"He's the type who's bad at games but loves to play."

Cai Yue'er's lips twitched slightly. She had a feeling that this kid was implying something. In terms of talent alone, she was about the same as Dai Yun'er when she was fifteen.

“At this age, his spiritual power is already quite good, approaching the Spirit Abyss Realm. It’s only slightly weaker than yours and Gu Yue’s,” Cai Yue’er couldn’t help but say.

Lin Xingyu's spiritual power had already reached the Spirit Abyss Realm long ago, and with others ahead of him, Gu Yue had also been continuously improving her talent.

Therefore, her mental strength has always been in a Schrödinger's cat state, and even now Lin Xingyu can't quite understand the speed of her improvement.

Anyway, her mental strength had already reached the Spirit Abyss Realm.

Although everyone knew that there were two students with spiritual power at the Spirit Abyss Realm in the team, they still couldn't help but sigh with emotion time and time again.

At this age, it would be quite impressive for an average person to have the spiritual power of the Spirit Sea Realm!
Skipping over that topic, Wu Changkong said calmly, "Alright, mental strength is something that is accumulated over time. Next, let's talk about the Youth Soul Master Competition."

"Because we were invited to participate in the competition, we don't need to participate in the earlier knockout rounds. We will directly participate in the round-robin tournament later."

“One-on-one and two-on-two, everyone except Xu Lizhi will participate, making a total of twelve people. As for the team competition, Xingluo officials have given us some special privileges. You thirteen people will be considered as a team, and we can select a few people to go up during the competition.”

"There are also additional mech challenges, but it's not mandatory. Anyone who likes to play can try it out."

"There are still a few days before the start of the competition, plus the previous elimination rounds, there are nearly twenty days in total. You can decide how to arrange the rest of the time yourselves."

After explaining what was to come, Wu Changkong took a step back and remained silent.

Lin Xingyu took over the conversation and said, "In that case, try to improve your combat power as much as possible during this period."

"Regarding the battle armor, the one-word battle armor worn by Yuanen Yehui and Wu Siduo has been completed. We have quite a few level-five mecha manufacturers here. Xie Xie, Le Zhengyu, and Ye Xinglan are all level-five mecha manufacturers, and everyone is not far from their limit. If we work at full speed, we can push everyone's capacity to the limit. Let's arrange Tang Wulin's battle armor first. Everyone else, work hard and strive to reach the point where you can bear one-word battle armor as soon as possible."

During the two months on the ship, in addition to the daily routine of cultivation, everyone did not have to attend classes every day, which naturally gave them a lot of free time.

Under Lin Xingyu's arrangement, everyone basically focused on manufacturing battle armor in the afternoons.

The achievements made were naturally quite significant.

The team has no shortage of metal, and there are quite a few level 5 mecha manufacturers. Not to mention Lin Xingyu himself, Xie Xie, Le Zhengyu, Ye Xinglan, and even Gu Yue, under Lin Xingyu's guidance, not only learned mecha design, but also mecha manufacturing.

"Captain, I've already reached Soul King!" Just then, Zhou Hanyou, dressed in an ice-blue dress and with long ice-blue hair, like a proud plum blossom in the snow, spoke up.

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes immediately focused on Zhou Hanyou, and even Wu Changkong looked over.

"When did you break through?"

“Last night.” Zhou Hanyou’s expression remained quite calm, as if there was nothing to be surprised about.

"Great, then I'll take care of your battle armor, and the rest of you can split into teams," Lin Xingyu said with a sigh of approval.

Zhou Hanyou's somewhat arrogant face broke into a surprised smile as he said, "Thank you, Captain! Breaking through to Soul King at seventeen is already very slow compared to you, Captain."

Lin Xingyu's expertise in his secondary profession is evident to all, so the battle armor he creates is naturally extremely powerful.

At this point, Zhou Hanyou's tone was somewhat self-deprecating: "Our class truly deserves to be called the weakest class in a century. Compared to you, we are nothing."

“I’ve already become a Soul King…” Just then, Yuanen Yehui’s voice rang out.

Wu Siduo stared wide-eyed at Yuanen Yehui, looking at her as if to say, "Sister, how could you betray the organization?" When she first entered the academy, she was already a Soul Master, while Yuanen Yehui was only level 39. Now, after two years of hard training, Wu Siduo had just reached level 48, and Yuanen Yehui had overtaken her by a wide margin.

After a brief moment of surprise, the others all turned their gazes to Yue Zhengyu, looking like they were waiting for a revelation.

Seeing everyone's gaze, Le Zhengyu's lips twitched involuntarily, and he felt his face burning.

Seeing his performance, everyone regretfully turned their gaze away.

Zhou Hanyou herself possesses a rare innate full soul power, and she also has a single martial soul, so her value goes without saying. She has the potential to break through to the Title Douluo level.

Reaching the Soul King level at this age is considered normal.

After receiving Lin Xingyu's help, Yuan Enhui was able to absorb the power of the demon plane without being affected, and her strength increased quite rapidly.

I'm almost at level 51 now.

"You don't need to compare yourself to others, just be stronger than you were yesterday," Lin Xingyu comforted him.

As for the next plan, once it's made, it will be executed; everyone is capable of execution.

……

Meanwhile, in another area of ​​the Xingluo Hotel.

Students from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy are gathered here.

They also don't need to participate in the knockout stage; they go directly into the round-robin tournament.

Ao Hongchen, the dean of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, looked at the seven people in front of him, who were known as the Seven Stars of Glory, and said: "My requirements for you in this Youth Soul Master Competition are very simple."

"I don't expect you to win the championship, I only ask that you at least eliminate some students from Shrek Academy!"

Long Chen raised his head slightly and said with a light laugh, "Don't worry, Dean, we will definitely win this battle, and the championship will be ours!"

Ao Hongchen nodded, quite satisfied with the seven people.

Although the Hongchen family was tricked by Huo Yuhao because of the Mingde Hall incident ten thousand years ago and was eventually exiled to a remote small city, almost losing all power.

However, Douluo Continent is ultimately a world where bloodline determines everything, and most people's lives are already largely planned out by the time they awaken their martial soul at the age of six.

The strength of the Three-Legged Golden Toad Martial Soul passed down by the Hongchen family goes without saying. There is no shortage of strong individuals among their descendants. With enough strong individuals, it is only a matter of time before they return to the core of the Sun Moon Federation.

Time passed, and on the tenth day after the banquet ended, Lin Xingyu had just completed his daily cultivation task.

A figure appeared silently behind him, watching him intently, causing Lin Xingyu's hands to tremble involuntarily. "Teacher, are you finished with your research on that god-level mecha?"

Makino said with some pride, "Not yet, but we've already done most of the research. The rest are just some minor details."

"Come on, I'll take you to see an old man."

Lin Xingyu followed Mu Ye all the way to the Tang Clan's base.

"Looking for someone, Hu Jie, the Smiling Douluo. He's his junior. Give him the token, and he'll recognize it." Mu Ye said, handing a token to the gatekeeper and pointing to Lin Xingyu.

Seeing Mu Ye's actions, Lin Xingyu's lips twitched, but he didn't dare to say anything more.

The staff member in charge of guarding the gate, seeing Mu Ye's actions, was still a little confused, but according to their duties, one of them stayed behind while the other went inside with a question mark in his head and took out his communication soul tool to report.

The other party doesn't seem to be here to cause trouble; they've even brought out a token, so it wouldn't hurt to report back.

A moment later, a person came out and said, "The Palace Master invites you upstairs."

While they were talking, the gatekeeper looked at the two with great curiosity. The temple master initially said he would not see them, but after they presented the token, the temple master almost immediately changed his mind and refused to see them, and his attitude was quite mild.

The two followed the security guard into a high-tech floor area. Looking at the sign that read "Tangmen Xuanshi Company," Lin Xingyu forcibly suppressed his expression.

They really like using the company name as a facade...

Mu Ye didn't say a word the whole way, and Lin Xingyu, who was following beside him, didn't dare to say anything either.

After walking through technologically advanced floors, we finally arrived at the top floor via the elevator.

The security guard knocked directly on Hu Jie's office door.

"Enter!"

"Lord, the person has arrived."

"Okay, you can go back now." Inside the room, a somewhat chubby-looking man was working on the documents on the table.

When Hu Jie heard someone walk in, he looked up and his expression froze. His face looked quite unnatural.

"Makino, what brings you here? And who is this little guy?"

Mu Ye said calmly, "Lin Xingyu, my disciple."

He paused for a moment, then added, "The most outstanding in a thousand years."

Hu Jie tried to speak in a natural tone: "So what brings you here this time?"

“I intend to expand and revitalize the Body Sect, and naturally I need to recruit more people. I’ve come to invite you back to the sect,” Mu Ye said calmly.

Hu Jie frowned and said with a self-deprecating tone, "You should know that the reason for the decline of the Body Sect is not only the lack of strong people in the sect, but also the fact that there are very few ways to recruit disciples. How can such a sect system be promoted and developed?"

The appearance of a Martial Soul is unpredictable and can appear on anyone. Although it can also be inherited through bloodline, it is the only Martial Soul that anyone can possess.

As times have progressed, the Spirit Pagoda has also taken on the task of awakening martial souls for ordinary people. They will assign a level to the martial soul during the awakening process, and the data of the original martial soul will be reported immediately.

While most of those large families have their own awakening rooms, their martial spirits are basically inherited.

For those who did not register for Martial Soul Awakening at the Spirit Pagoda, there are also registrations for Soul Spirits and Battle Armor Masters, and records at the Spirit Ascension Platform.

Most other organizations also have their own selection methods.

In this era, spiritual practice requires a lot of resources. You simply cannot escape society and find a place to quietly cultivate in seclusion.

With such rigorous selection processes, virtually no one, no matter how strong, can escape them.

When it comes to the probability of obtaining a true martial soul, it's faster to select directly from the large pool of ordinary people.

The Spirit Pagoda itself possesses methods to help Soul Masters with their original Martial Soul undergo a second awakening, and these methods are becoming increasingly sophisticated with further research.

This method also exists within Shrek Academy.

Therefore, the only thing the Body Sect now possesses uniquely is that method of cultivating Qi and Blood...

Very few people actually cultivate their Qi and Blood; most people only pursue Martial Soul and Soul Power.

Compared to other forces, the Body Sect is really not attractive.

The strong get stronger, and the weak get weaker.

“Just me and my disciple,” Makino said quite seriously.

“My eldest disciple, Aruheng, has already mastered the innate secret technique. Before long, he will achieve the strongest flawless golden body in a thousand years, and he will definitely reach the limit in the future.” At this point, Mu Ye pointed to Lin Xingyu: “My second disciple’s talent is much stronger than Aruheng’s. He will also be a Limit Douluo in the future.”

“We have found a strong one! As for disciples, I plan to lower the standards. We will no longer insist on the original body martial soul. As long as they are willing to cultivate qi and blood and can achieve something on this path, that will be fine. Qi and blood is also a kind of original body.”

Hu Jie frowned and said, "What you're saying is that they only have potential. Who can predict the future?"

Or perhaps it's because he's been away from his sect for too long, and then spent so much time in the Tang Sect, that his own perspective has changed, and it's hard to say whether he's now a member of the Tang Sect or his original sect.

"Then I'm here to clean house."

Hu Jie laughed in exasperation: "You're quite arrogant, kid. I heard you're stuck at level 94, not even a Super Douluo. In the past ten thousand years, the Body Sect has never had a sect leader who hasn't reached the Super Douluo level. Let me teach you a lesson."

The conflict between Makino and Hu Jie is quite simple. In the end, Hu Jie didn't actually have any grudge against the original body. He just ran away after failing to win over Makino's mother back then.

To Mu Ye, this is like saying, "You old bastard, you wanted to be my father but failed, and in the end you left the sect that gave you birth and raised you and ran away. All your knowledge, whether it's cultivation techniques or resources, was given to you by the sect."

This is blatant treachery.

Back then, the Body Sect began to decline, and he himself felt that the sect had no hope. He had already run away, so he just left a way out for the sect. He patiently raised one or two children, just to pass on all the knowledge he had learned in his life.

If you dared to do this to any other faction, any sect with the strength would make sure you suffer the consequences.

But now the situation is different. He himself has made great progress in cultivation and has the potential to become a Quasi-God. There may be two Quasi-Gods in the next generation. Moreover, because of the Qi and Blood Technique, the path to recruiting disciples in the future is quite broad.

There are only a few big cats and small cats in the sect. If we want to develop, we naturally have to bring this old guy back to work.

(End of this chapter)