Douluo Jueshi: I Don't Want to Be an Evil Soul Master

Chapter 19 Shangguan
"You'll get used to it later. Come with me."

A hoarse voice sounded from under the black robe, and regardless of Lin Xiao's reaction, he turned and walked out of the dungeon.

The warm feeling on his face was so clear. The child who had been huddled together with him for a while had turned into a cold corpse.

Sadness, anger…fear?
He didn't know how to describe the complex emotions in his heart, he just numbly raised his legs and lowered them...

The purple light on the walls on both sides was not bright, and the corridor outside was still dim. Lin Xiao could not see the faces of the people passing by, but could only hear the sound of their conversations.

"Old Eight, is this today's sacrifice?"

"No, this is my new disciple."

After an unknown amount of time, the surrounding environment finally changed. The black-robed man in front of him turned around, and the purple light reflected his skinny face. For a moment, it was impossible to tell whether it was an old man or a skeleton wrapped in skin.

"You know, even in the Holy Church, not everyone's martial spirit can directly contact death itself like you, and you were born a disciple of my Holy Church. Come, raise your hand."

As he spoke, a fist-sized crystal ball was placed before his eyes. As soon as his tender little hand touched it, dazzling blue light filled the entire room.

"Level nine, innate level nine."

The gaze beneath the black robe grew blazing. "I knew you would be the most outstanding disciple of the Holy Church, and the sharpest blade of our Holy Church..."

"call--"

Lin Xiao suddenly opened his eyes, and as expected, the figure of Sleepy Douluo was standing in front of the bed.

"Teacher, why did you come here in person?"

Sleepy Nightmare Douluo didn't say anything, staring at Lin Xiao for a long while, "Have you met Xu He?"

"Yes." Lin Xiao didn't know all of Sleepy Nightmare Douluo's methods yet, so he didn't lie.

"Where did he go?"

"He was taken away by people from Shrek Academy."

"Shrek Academy?" Sleepy Nightmare Douluo's expression changed, and he raised his hand to touch his chin. "No wonder the mark I left behind was erased. I didn't expect it would be someone from Shrek Academy who did it. So..."

Sleepy Nightmare Douluo was thinking about something, and Lin Xiao's eyes moved slightly.

As expected, Sleepy Nightmare Douluo had other methods. No, to be more precise, he had known about this for a long time, and now he had only verified it from Sleepy Nightmare Douluo's mouth.

Perhaps it was because as his cultivation level improved and the soul-raising ceremony was approaching, Sleepy Nightmare Douluo's attitude towards him gradually changed. He was no longer as cautious as before and was not very secretive about some of his words.

"You seem to have made another breakthrough?" Sleepy Nightmare Douluo came back to his senses and glanced at Lin Xiao.

"Yeah." Lin Xiao nodded. "I gained something from fighting with others on the way here, and my soul power level also broke through."

"As expected of you with an innate ninth-level talent, even your master is a little envious." Sleeping Nightmare Douluo smiled, but it looked a little uncomfortable.

Lin Xiao said nothing more and stood quietly aside.

"Well, Xu He being taken away by Shrek Academy is not a bad thing. Even if Xu Jing and the others find Xu He's whereabouts, there is no need to worry about his safety. As for other matters, it is not too late to discuss them later. You don't have to worry about this matter anymore. Let's go back to Mingdu first."

"is teacher."

After a long and arduous journey, Lin Xiao returned to the Sun Moon Royal Academy at night. Walking under the illumination of his soul tool, he raised his hand and touched his left arm. He had absorbed the left arm bone of the Gold-Devouring Beast. An 80,000-year-old soul bone had caused his soul power level to rise two levels. Previously, Nightmare Douluo had noticed the increase in his soul power level, but without measuring the specific level, he didn't know how much it had increased.

However, compared to the change in his soul power level, Lin Xiao had gained something even greater. He didn't know if it was because it was his first time absorbing a soul bone, or because the Gold Devouring Beast already had extremely strong physical strength, but just a piece of his left arm bone had significantly increased his physical strength.

During the previous entrance test, his physical strength was equivalent to that of a level 59 Soul King. Now, even without the test again, he could feel that his physical strength was comparable to that of a Soul Emperor, or even more than level 60.

For a soul master with a weapon spirit, this is already quite good.

While thinking, Lin Xiao soon arrived at the dormitory area. However, just as he arrived in front of the dormitory, his steps suddenly stopped.

Outside his dormitory, a figure was looking around curiously.

Lin Xiao lowered his footsteps and quietly stepped forward. He raised his hand and placed his left hand on the man's shoulder.

"Oh, it hurts!"

A scream sounded in front of Lin Xiao. The man slapped Lin Xiao's arm hard and struggled to twist his body.

After seeing the man's face clearly, Lin Xiao frowned, but still released the hand that was pressing on her shoulder.

He was not unfamiliar with this face. After he had just entered school and finished the test that day, this person had come to find him outside Mingde Hall.

The man seemed to have seen Lin Xiao clearly, and his expression instantly became happy. "Where have you been these days? Why haven't I seen you?"

"What are you doing outside my dormitory?" Lin Xiao did not respond directly.

"I haven't seen you for several days. I was afraid that something might have happened to you, so I came to see you." The person in front of him rubbed his shoulders.

"The academy is so big, it's normal that we can't see each other."

"It's not normal. I've been paying attention to you..." When he said this, the man seemed to suddenly realize that he had let the cat out of the bag. His face became awkward. He glanced at Lin Xiao secretly and then quickly looked away.

Lin Xiao didn't say anything, but just watched the person in front of him perform quietly.

Seeing that Lin Xiao didn't respond for a long time, the man finally sighed, "Oh, I knew I couldn't play those cute and lovely roles. I just wanted to see you. What's wrong with you? You're so handsome, but you won't let me see you?"

When Lin Xiao heard this, his expression finally changed. This behavior definitely required some guidance from a master.

Her conflicted look that day had made him suspicious, but when he saw her again today, she took the initiative to confess that she was acting. It seemed honest, but in fact she was making up for her previous mistake. Unfortunately, Lin Xiao didn't sense much sincerity from her.

"what's your name?"

"My name is Shangguan Qing." The person in front of him raised his eyebrows and his smile became more obvious.

Shangguan?

In this world, this is also an uncommon surname. Lin Xiao's mind was flooded with memories, and he kept wondering if he had heard of this surname somewhere.

Shangguan Qing originally thought that Lin Xiao’s initiative to ask was because he finally showed some interest in him, but he didn’t expect that he would stop talking after a simple sentence.

"Okay, as long as I know you are fine, I will go back first." Shangguan Qing waited for a moment and finally spoke again, then ran away on his own.

Lin Xiao looked at her back thoughtfully until she completely disappeared.

(End of this chapter)