Douluo Continent: I ushered in this era

Chu Ci and Mu Chen arrived outside the villa. Chu Ci hailed a soul-guided car and helped Mu Chen into it.

Chu Ci leaned against the open car window and said with a smile to Mu Chen inside, "Uncle Mu, think this over carefully!"

Inside the car, Mu Chen, his face dark, rolled up the window and urged the driver to get on the road quickly.

"Sigh!" Mu Chen rubbed his temples, recalling the scene of negotiating with Chu Ci.

Mu Chen was about to leave in a huff, but Chu Ci showed him a possible change in a soul weapon when a soul master breaks through to the Title Douluo level.

It was this potential change that made Mu Chen stop in his tracks, because it was a possibility for him, a possibility to break through to the level of a Divine Craftsman.

A master craftsman! The dream of every blacksmith in the world! Mu Chen's eyes were filled with longing.

But the thought of Chu Ci's face when she tempted him with these conditions made him feel heartbroken.

When other master craftsmen join a faction, the faction's leader always respectfully invites them in and treats them as honored guests.

But this kid made me work with him, and with an expression that said, "Hurry up and submit to my tyranny," he kept pressing me.

If he, a dignified master craftsman, were to agree to this, how would he ever survive in the industry? The thought of his colleagues pointing fingers and saying, "This Mu Chen is just a loser," filled him with exhaustion.

Chu Ci stood at the villa entrance, watching the soul-guided car drive away, a crooked smile resembling that of a "Dragon King" spreading across his face.

Chu Ci knew that Mu Chen was no longer a threat to her, firstly because she firmly controlled the core techniques of spirit communication, spirit cultivation, and spirit fusion forging in soul weapon forging. For the forging of the soul weapon body, a skilled master-level blacksmith was sufficient, since the final soul forging only required solidification and didn't need to communicate with the metal using soul power or spiritual energy.

So even if Chu Ci erased Mu Chen's achievement of forging the first soul weapon, Mu Chen was helpless. With a bunch of useless experience points, he could only rage in vain.

In addition, the Chu Ci (Songs of Chu) offers the possibility of becoming a master craftsman.

With fame and fortune right before their eyes, no one can resist the temptation.

Next time, Chu Ci will take Su Mengjun to invite Mu Chen, giving him face, and Mu Chen will naturally agree.

Chu Ci returned to the lab, touched the Heavenly Candle coiled beside him, took out his Soul Guidance Phone, looked at Su Mengjun's contact information on the screen, thought for a moment, and finally turned off the screen.

Nothing is worse than relying on yourself. Having the Temple of War as your backer does not guarantee safety. You need your own unique deterrent.

Chu Ci's thoughts drifted to his past life, recalling that "mushroom cloud" that intimidated the world.

……

"So you still know how to come?" Wu Changkong's icy voice rang out, filling the entire classroom with a chilling atmosphere.

"Teacher Wu, I had an important soul tool experiment a few days ago, so I took leave," Chu Ci said awkwardly, shivering.

Tang Wulin and the others secretly admired Chu Ci. He turned down Teacher Wu's training for the sake of the soul tool. He truly deserved to be the class monitor.

Wu Changkong's expression grew even colder. "But I don't think I agreed!"

Chu Ci then remembered that Wu Changkong hadn't replied to the leave request she sent a couple of days ago. At the time, Chu Ci had interpreted it as tacit agreement, but now she realized she had misunderstood.

Upon hearing this, Tang Wulin and the others couldn't help but express their admiration.

Chu Ci looked at Wu Changkong, unsure of what to say, and could only awkwardly scratch his head.

Wu Changkong glanced at the newly appeared dragon-shaped mark on Chu Ci's right hand and keenly sensed that the mark was probably related to Chu Ci's experiments over the past two days.

But that's no reason to cancel his training!

Wu Changkong summoned the Heavenly Frost Sword, and six soul rings rose beneath his feet as he coldly stared at Chu Ci.

At this moment, a bad premonition rose in Chu Ci's heart.

With a "thud," Chu Ci was kicked away by Wu Changkong like a ball, crashing into the edge of the training field and lying on the ground, groaning intermittently.

The five people on the sidelines looked at Chu Ci, who was being beaten on the field, with sympathetic expressions. When Chu Ci flew out again, Xie Xie sighed, "Teacher Wu beats up the class monitor much harder than she beats us."

"Today, Teacher Wu focused most of her energy on the class monitor," Zhang Yangzi nodded seriously. "Thanks to the class monitor, Teacher Wu went much easier on us."

Wu Changkong dragged Chu Ci into training until evening before letting him go. By then, everyone else had returned to their dormitories. Chu Ci, panting heavily, limped to a chair to rest.

"for you,"

Chu Ci turned her head and found Gu Yue standing beside her, handing her a bottle of water.

"Thanks, Gu Yue," Chu Ci smiled gently at Gu Yue, unscrewed the bottle cap, and gulped it down.

Gu Yue sat beside Chu Ci, quietly watching him.

After finishing his water, Chu Ci looked at Gu Yue and said, "Gu Yue, has anything happened in the class these past few days? I was dragged off to training by Wu Changkong as soon as I arrived, and I didn't even have a chance to ask you guys."

Gu Yue tapped her chin with her finger, tilted her head and thought for a moment, then picked out some interesting things that had happened in the past few days to talk about.

Chu Ci sat quietly beside Gu Yue, nodding occasionally.

When Chu Ci heard that Tang Wulin and Wang Jinxi would tie a Blue Silver Grass to their hands and cultivate together every night, his expression became serious.

Chu Ci got up and led Gu Yue to the dormitory of Class Zero. As soon as they entered the building, they saw Tang Wulin tying Blue Silver Grass to his and Wang Jinxi's wrists.

Zhang Yangzi, who was standing nearby, noticed Chu Ci and Gu Yue and greeted them, "Class monitor, what brings you here? I remember you live off-campus!"

Chapter 23 Wang and Zhang Leave

"Oh, I just came to check on Wu Lin and Jin Xi after hearing about their situation. After all, as the class monitor, I need to know the basic information about my classmates," Chu Ci replied with a smile as he walked over.

Chu Ci arrived in front of Wang Jinxi, quietly circulating his soul power. The Divine Balance, hidden behind him, returned to equilibrium, and a hint of seven colors flashed in Chu Ci's eyes.

Everything about Wang Jinxi was immediately laid bare in Chu Ci's eyes, and the essence of his martial spirit was reflected in Chu Ci's eyes.

Normally, Chu Ci's current soul power would not be able to directly observe the essence of his martial soul, but since the Heavenly Candle was forged, Chu Ci has found that he can see the essence of all things in the world at a glance, and his martial soul is more powerful than before, as if he is being blessed by heaven and earth.

Chu Ci had some guesses about the changes that had occurred to her, but she couldn't verify them at the moment.

Through the seven colors in his eyes, Chu Ci could clearly see golden patterns constantly appearing on Wang Jinxi's Bone Dragon King Martial Soul.

Chu Ci frowned slightly, thinking to himself: Has the martial soul mutated so quickly?

After Wang Jinxi noticed that Chu Ci stared at him for a couple of seconds, he fell into a deep thought with a furrowed brow.

So he asked, puzzled, "Class monitor, is there something you need?"

"Jin Xi, come with me for a moment." After saying that, Chu Ci turned and walked outside.

Wang Jinxi was a little confused, but he still caught up with Chu Ci.

Chu Ci led Wang Jinxi to an open space and gently fiddled with a scale that had appeared in his hand without him noticing. "Jinxi, everything in the world follows the law of balance. With every gain, there is a loss. Have you ever thought about what you would lose if you gained accelerated cultivation?"

Wang Jinxi scratched his head, somewhat confused by Chu Ci's words. He felt he hadn't lost anything while cultivating with Tang Wulin.

“You’ll understand once you do an experiment!” Chu Ci noticed his confusion and waved to spread a blanket on the ground. “Jin Xi, meditate now and feel the changes compared to before.”

Wang Jinxi was skeptical, but still sat on the carpet and began to meditate.

At first, everything was normal when he entered meditation, but less than ten minutes later, Wang Jinxi felt a surge of anxiety rising in his heart, and a voice in his heart was urging him to go find Tang Wulin quickly.

Wang Jinxi suddenly snapped out of his meditation, recalling the voice in his heart. Although that voice currently had little impact on his cultivation, what about the future? Would he be unable to cultivate without Tang Wulin? Thinking about how he was growing increasingly close to Tang Wulin, Wang Jinxi suddenly felt a cold sweat pour down his back.

"Not only that," Chu Ci looked at Wang Jinxi's expression and knew that he had already thought about continuing to cultivate with Tang Wulin for a long time, "your martial soul is also undergoing mutation, which means that the compatibility between your martial soul and Yangzi's is constantly decreasing. In the future, you and Zhang Yangzi will not be able to perform martial soul fusion techniques."

"What!" Wang Jinxi looked up abruptly, his eyes filled with disbelief.

Chu Ci ignored Wang Jinxi's shock and continued, "Of course, there is always something to gain. If you continue to cultivate with Wu Lin, not only will your cultivation speed increase, but your martial soul and bloodline will most likely develop in a positive direction. Your future martial soul improvement may be even greater than the benefits you would get from using the martial soul fusion technique."

Seeing Wang Jinxi fall silent, Chu Ci patted him on the shoulder and said, "I've told you about the advantages and disadvantages of cultivating with Wu Lin. Think carefully about which direction you want to develop in the future."

"Of course, whatever decision you make, I will support and help you," Chu Ci said with a smile.

"Understood, class monitor." Wang Jinxi's voice was deep, his eyes filled with struggle. He hoped that Chu Ci was wrong, but his intuition told him that Chu Ci was right.

Tang Wulin and his friends, who had been waiting in front of the dormitory, saw the two returning and went up to ask what had happened.

But Wang Jinxi, surrounded by a gloomy aura, walked past everyone without saying a word and went straight into the dormitory.

Chu Ci looked at the puzzled crowd and recounted the content of their conversation.

"I'm sorry, I didn't expect it to turn out this way," Tang Wulin said apologetically.

"This isn't your fault. Nobody expected this to happen. I only discovered the problem because I was curious and checked Wang Jinxi's martial soul," Chu Ci comforted him.

Chu Ci told everyone to go back to their dormitories to rest, while he went to Wu Changkong to explain the matter.

The next day, Wu Changkong specifically tested Wang Jinxi's martial soul and found that, as Chu Ci had said, it was indeed undergoing a mutation.

Upon hearing Wu Changkong's words, Wang Jinxi's last hope was completely shattered.

Over the next two days, the atmosphere in Class Zero became strange. Wang Jinxi was caught in a dilemma, and Zhang Yangzi was also tormented by the possibility that his good brother, with whom he had grown up and trained, would abandon him and run into the arms of another man.

Until, "Teacher Wu, I've decided to withdraw from Class Zero," Wang Jinxi said to Wu Changkong.

Just like in the original novel, Wang Jinxi chose friendship over potential for development, giving up the opportunity to cultivate with Tang Wulin.

In order to completely get rid of Tang Wulin's influence on her, she decided to transfer schools with Zhang Yangzi.

"Jin Xi, Yang Zi, where are you two planning to transfer to?" Chu Ci asked as he caught up with the two.

Upon hearing this, Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi replied with a hint of confusion, "We don't know, it depends on the arrangements the family makes for us."

"If you don't have a good plan, why don't you listen to my suggestion?" Chu Ci chuckled.

……

"What? Chu Ci, you said you want them to join the Temple of War Gods?" Ren Ya pointed at Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi, and when he saw Chu Ci calmly grunt, he was even more furious. "You can just stuff people in, but what do you think the Temple of War Gods is?"

Upon hearing this, Chu Ci was displeased and immediately retorted, "Hey, Palace Master Ren, these two are both second-ring Great Soul Masters, and they also possess Martial Soul Fusion Skills. One is the top-tier Martial Soul Bone Dragon King, and the other is the powerful Martial Soul Dark Illusion Demon Eagle. How many of us can match their talents?"

Ren Ya was speechless. Indeed, this was just a branch, with very few talented people. The number of people with top-tier martial souls was less than ten, and they didn't even have any martial soul fusion skills.

Thinking of this, Ren Ya's anger immediately dissipated. "Alright, there's no problem with these two joining the Temple of War. I'll have someone register them later."

Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi exchanged a glance, both with a hint of joy in their eyes. The training provided by the Temple of War Gods was definitely much better than that of the East Sea Academy.

“Um… well,” Chu Ci thought about what she was about to say and felt a little embarrassed, but she still said it, “I’ve already told my aunt that Jin Xi, Yang Zi, and Tian Zhe will all train at the branch first, and then come to the headquarters with me in three years.”

“Okay… um?” Ren Ya responded subconsciously, but then realized what was going on.

Chapter 24 Wang and Zhang Join the Temple of War Gods

"Get out!" A roar came from the branch hall master's office, drawing the attention of everyone on the ground floor.

Inside the office, Ren Ya angrily pulled out his soul-guided phone, ready to ask headquarters what was going on. Were they really going to make their branch invest manpower, resources, and train geniuses, only to take everything away three years later? Were they going to make the Donghai City branch a sucker?

"The Chu Group has donated a batch of various pills to the East China Sea branch of the War God Temple free of charge. The quantity is twice that of the batch of pills that the East China Sea branch of the War God Temple just received," Chu Ci said quietly.

Ren Ya stopped dialing. He knew that Chu Ci, as the young master of the Chu Group, was in charge of this matter. "I want four times the amount."