Douluo Continent: A Thousand Miles of Cultivation

After all, judging from Feng Jingyi's words, these people belong to the strongest group at the same level, and if nothing unexpected happens, they will be her teammates five years from now.

"Ugh, what a cheesy plot!" Qian Shui casually tasted the dishes Feng Jingyi had ordered and then had no desire to eat anything more.

"What's the plot?"

"We became friends after a fight!"

Feng Jingyi didn't understand what Qian Shui meant, and tilted her head to look at him, but the implication was that she didn't want to confront him anymore.

At this moment, Chen Sha couldn't help but speak up again, asking the same question once more: "Qian Shui, can a support really do what you say?"

"Senior Chen Sha, this is the third time you've asked this question. I think I've explained it very clearly. Are you a support character?" Qian Shui also had a question.

"Yes, that's right. Let me introduce myself. I'm Chen Sha, a level 36 food-type support Soul Master. My Martial Soul is Popsicle." Chen Sha stood up solemnly and introduced herself.

"What?!" Qian Shui slammed his hand on the table and stood up abruptly, his face filled with extreme excitement!

'Popsicle, my dear Popsicle Bro! Nine years! Nine years! Do you know how I've spent these nine years?!'

"W-what?!" Chen Sha was startled by Qian Shui.

"Never mind all that! Senior Sha! Quick! Make me a Kang Kang!" Qian Shui was extremely excited and grabbed Chen Sha's hand, making a rather outrageous request.

"Ah~???" Chen Sha blushed instantly when he grabbed her like that, and the commotion she made attracted the attention of all the other students around her.

Feng Jingyi couldn't stand it anymore. Ignoring their unfinished meal, she dragged the two of them out of the cafeteria. Soon they arrived at a secluded grove of trees, quiet and deserted.

"Qianshui, what's wrong with you? How could you let Sasha summon popsicles in public!" Feng Jingyi questioned loudly, then whispered a reminder, "Don't you know that food-type soul skills require chanting a soul incantation to activate them?!"

"Oh yes, yes, it's my fault, my fault, I'm so sorry, Senior Chensha." Qianshui nodded and bowed. After turning around, she realized that making Chensha do that would be like making her die on the spot.

But that's an ice pop! It smells so good!

"It's okay~" Chen Sha shook her hand, blushing.

"Can we change it now?" Qian Shui lowered her voice several decibels, rubbing her hands nervously and excitedly, and licking her lips impatiently.

"Okay, alright~" Chen Sha looked at Feng Jingyi, seemingly mustering her courage, and resignedly stretched out her hand, tightly closed her eyes, and shouted, "Punch-Punch Power Ice!"

With a surge of soul power, Qian Shui saw the popsicle he had been longing for!

Popsicles, as the name suggests, are sticks made of real ice!

"Here you go~" Chen Sha handed Qian Shui the popsicle he had been looking forward to for a long time.

Qian Shui ignored everything else and started gnawing on it! His teeth were now in excellent condition, and he wasn't bothered by the cold. He finished it in no time, then, without a care for appearances, lay down on the ground with a satisfied expression.

"Sister Sasha, you're amazing! I'll die if I can't have this anymore~ I wonder which lucky guy will marry my Sister Sasha~ I've already had enough for this lifetime!" Qian Shui didn't care anymore, Chen Sha was his goddess now!

"What are you saying, you brat! Sasha has a boyfriend!" Feng Jingyi covered her face, she saw another strange side of Qian Shui.

"Huh?! Who?! I'm not letting him get away with this!"

"Wake up! It's Yu Zhou! They have a great relationship, don't mess around!" Feng Jingyi didn't take it seriously and reminded him.

"Isn't he the one who plays with ice?" Qian Shui asked, trying to sound serious.

"No! Xiao Zhi is still single."

Chapter 35 Thoughts

The spirit of gossip runs rampant, after all, love and romance are still very attractive.

"No, Zhouzhou is fine!" Chen Sha also explained.

"I understand now. No wonder you were so insistent on asking whether support characters have combat capabilities." Qian Shui sat cross-legged on the ground, stroking her chin.

"Hey, why are you so fickle? One minute you want an ice pop, the next you're asking for support in combat!" Feng Jingyi barely suppressed the urge to hit her, after all, she hadn't finished her meal yet.

"What's wrong with popsicles?! Don't you think about it? In the hot summer, you're all sweaty and sticky, you're practically dried out!" Qian Shui argued with wide eyes!

"And then, an ice pop appears in front of you!" His expression was incredibly exaggerated, practically a facial comedy! "That's something I wouldn't trade for even a level or two of soul power!"

“Indeed!” Feng Jingyi agreed, imagining the scene.

"No, it would be better to increase your soul power by one or two levels!"

"Tch~ I'm willing!"

"Come on, you've been talking for so long, but you haven't even mentioned the effects of the popsicle! Sasha's support abilities are really strong! All you've been thinking about is eating it!"

"Uh... I forgot, it was something like a power booster, but that's not important!" Qian Shui stretched out her hand. "Sister Sasha! Have another one, something different!"

Feng Jingyi sighed. Qian Shui hadn't eaten much in the cafeteria, and she thought he wasn't greedy, but now he'd revealed it all.

……

After finishing his popsicle, Qian Shui returned to the classroom. Having satisfied his craving, he declared that nothing mattered anymore, and all conflicts were insignificant.

"Qianshui, I don't think your theory is right!" After Qianshui's various requests to turn into popsicles, Chensha came to her senses and took out the paper that Qianshui had written.

"Hmm? What's wrong? Something's not right?" This theory isn't rigorous enough; Qian Shui didn't include the part about soul power cultivation, since it involves immortal cultivation methods. There are also some additional techniques, commonly known as self-created soul skills, which he's still developing himself.

“It’s difficult for support-type cultivators to train their bodies while cultivating their soul power; this will only slow down their soul power cultivation!” Chen Sha pointed out the blind spot. “If physical training can’t keep up, how can they have any combat power!”

Actually, support-type characters do train their bodies, but they are far behind battle-type soul masters, since their daily training involves honing their physical abilities.

"You're right, but you're only saying it's difficult, not that it's impossible, right?"

Let's take a familiar soul skill as an example. In the frozen forest of the far north, there is a soul beast called the Mirror Beast. Due to its own characteristics, this soul beast has a chance to give soul masters the ability to copy other people's martial souls.

"Suppose you, Sister Sasha, have this soul skill and have copied the Clear Sky Hammer of a powerful Clear Sky Hammer martial soul owner, would you then possess combat capabilities?"

"He who eats another's food is bound to him," so Qian Shui calmed down and used Oscar's example to explain to Chen Sha.

“Of course! If Sasha possesses the number one weapon spirit in the world, then of course she will!” Chen Sha was still thinking when Feng Jingyi couldn’t help but say.

Qian Shui saw Chen Sha shake her head, which meant she understood somewhat, so she concluded: "The answer is no!"

Seeing that Feng Jingyi wanted to refute, Qian Shui actually told her to just say it.

"It's very simple. The Haotian Hammer is extremely heavy, and Sister Sasha can't lift it!"

Class monitor, you are a Soul Master, so you naturally have the preconceived notion that as long as you have that Martial Soul, you can use it!

But in reality, a Soul Master uses their Soul for their entire life after awakening their Soul, and their proficiency and physical adaptation are at their peak, especially after obtaining the Soul True Form at level 70!

However, this doesn't apply to others using their own martial soul! If it were the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex, weaker soul masters might be burst apart the moment the martial soul possesses them!

"The so-called upper limit of talent cultivation may not actually be completely positively correlated with innate soul power, but rather related to the soul master's all-round qualities."

Qian Shui then presented another, more complex hypothesis and prepared to begin class.

Feng Jingyi and Chen Sha both had mosquito coil-like eyes, and even with deep thought, they couldn't quite understand.

Qian Shui then thought of the dean. Logically, he should bring some gifts when visiting an elder, but he was a complete novice in this regard!

'Why not just give them money? Wouldn't that be too tacky?' Qian Shui thought about how much she had earned in the Soul Arena over the past month.

……

As the sun set, Qian Shui asked Chen Sha for an ice pop and then set off for the Angel Academy. He thought about buying something along the way as a gift, but few things from the feudal era appealed to him. By the time he reached the academy gate, he hesitated, empty-handed!

"Xiao Shui?! What brings you back?!"

"Uh... Dean~" Qian Shui was flustered, not knowing where to put her hands.

Unfortunately, the dean was just returning from the side.

"Come in! Come in quickly! I heard you came back from your training a while ago and went to study at the Martial Soul Academy. What brings you here? What happened? Did you have a fight with Miss Xue?" Although Qian Shui's face was still covered in injuries, the dean didn't mind and was very happy. She led Qian Shui into her office.

"It's been so many years since I've seen the dean, so I came back to visit you!"

"Good, good, good! Our little Shui has grown up!"

The dean had aged considerably; though I didn't remember her exact age, I'd estimate she was nearing 90. Given her Soul Saint cultivation level, she probably didn't have many years left.

In front of this person who was considered Qian Shui's elder, Qian Shui really behaved like a child, but he could clearly feel the dean's aging aura!

"Dean, your health..."

"Did you notice? Honestly, have I gotten that old?"

The dean looked desolate as he gazed at the angel statue placed to one side, his cloudy eyes seemingly filled with a thousand memories.

Qian Shui didn't want to ask any more questions. He just felt an indescribable emotion weighing on his heart. He felt a surge of longing to care for his parents, but they were no longer there. He also thought of his family on Lan Xing.

"Drink, drink, little Shui, don't look as sad as they do~"

"Without the dean, perhaps death would give life meaning! There's nothing to be sad about!" Qian Shui tilted his head, trying to hide something. What profound truths hadn't he heard? What in-depth analyses hadn't he properly understood?

But why can't I stop crying?

"Alright, alright~ This isn't like you, a smart kid. You've become more and more intelligent over the years, and your experiences outside have made you more insightful, so you understand all this, don't you?"

The dean walked over and touched Qian Shui's sparse hair. "I just told you not to be like them, making yourself so sad. I'm not going to die anytime soon, am I?"

"Yes, Dean!" Qian Shui was confused; he was overwhelmed with emotion and shouldn't have lost control of his feelings like this! He didn't know what he was grieving over. The Dean wasn't going to die anytime soon!

"Alas, everyone must die eventually. What can anyone do about the things in this world? And without death, where would new life come from?"

Qian Shui should understand everything, perhaps even in his past life! But now he's confused. Is he afraid? What's so scary about someone who's already died once?

Following the dean's gaze to the angel statue, he suddenly felt a desire to pray as well!

But the moment he looked over, he was startled by the idealistic viewpoint he had just seen!

'god?'

Qian Shui narrowed his eyes, which were full of disdain, but when he looked at the dean, he couldn't bear it.

"Dean, do you really like angels?"

"Yes, I've always liked it!"

I don't know if it was because Qian Shui asked the question in the wrong way, or what, but the dean's return was also a gentle reply that he liked it.

'The dean probably likes Qian Daoliu!'

……

It was getting late when Qian Shui left the Angel Academy. Qian Shui, who hadn't brought anything with her, wanted to give the Dean her gold coin card, but the Dean refused, saying that the Angel Academy didn't lack money.

Walking on the road, Qian Shui was still confused. Even though it was only a day, it felt like he had experienced a lot and there were many things he couldn't understand.