Douluo Continent: I ushered in this era

In response, Wu Changkong advised that it's better to master one skill than to have a rudimentary understanding of many. As for which skill to master, Wu Changkong confidently displayed the Heavenly Frost Sword.

"First, learn to manipulate the ice element to imitate the first four soul skills of the Heavenly Frost Sword. When you can freely control the soul skills, then expand to other elements, and then to other forms," ​​Wu Changkong instructed.

Chu Ci understood Wu Changkong's meaning: first practice the Heavenly Frost Sword, then the Heavenly Fire Sword, the Heavenly Thunder Sword, and finally the Heavenly Frost Dragon and the Heavenly Fire Tiger.

“Okay, Teacher Wu, I understand.” Chu Ci nodded and gladly accepted Wu Changkong’s suggestion.

As an outstanding student of Shrek Academy, Wu Changkong has his own unique way of controlling soul skills.

Then, Wu Changkong demonstrated the first four soul skills of the Heavenly Frost Sword: Frost Mark, Frost Mist, Heavenly Frost Slash, and Frost Ice Whisper.

He then controlled the frost-covered sword threads to transform into a blue protective shield, using a tornado to demonstrate the transformative power of his soul skills.

Chu Ci's task is to enable the ice element exchanged by the balance to freely switch between the four soul skills and to learn the way of soul skill transformation.

Chu Ci stood in the training field, placed his soul power on a scale, and took the ice element that appeared on the other side.

Then, carefully recalling the details of the frost mark, the ice element in his hand transformed into sword threads.

Chu Ci continued to concentrate, and the sword threads transformed into a thin mist, then into an ice sword.

Although the progress is a bit slow, this is only the beginning. Thanks to the Scales of God, Chu Ci's mental strength is outstanding among his peers. As long as he is on the right path, his progress will definitely not be slow.

Therefore, the entire morning's lesson was spent constantly kneading and shaping the ice element, getting to know every single detail of it.

Wu Changkong led Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Gu Yue, and Chu Ci in a mental strength test, and the results were astonishing.

Xie Xie's spiritual power was 29, which was quite good among his peers, approaching the mid-stage of the Spirit Origin Realm. Tang Wulin's spiritual power, however, was 44, directly placing him at the mid-stage of the Spirit Origin Realm.

This is quite good for someone of the same age, but it seems insignificant compared to Gu Yue and Chu Ci.

Gu Yue's spiritual power reached 129, indicating she had entered the Spiritual Connection Realm. However, just when everyone thought Gu Yue's spiritual power was the highest, Chu Ci once again surprised them.

One hundred and forty-one. Everyone stared wide-eyed at the number displayed on Chu Ci's mental testing device.

Gu Yue was also very shocked. She was able to have such high mental power because she was the Silver Dragon King. How could Chu Ci have such high mental power?

Gu Yue recalled the proud expression on Na'er's face when she mentioned Chu Ci, and her interest in Chu Ci grew stronger and stronger.

……

Today is a weekend, and in the afternoon, Chu Ci went to her family's underground laboratory.

Chu Ci arrived at the experimental table with the device resembling a pill furnace. "Taiyi, bring up the blueprints for the Pill Cauldron Project."

Chu Ci placed his hand on the experimental table and continuously placed his soul power and items on one side of the scale.

As the balance was gradually restored, soul-guiding arrays appeared on the experimental platform, and the aura of the alchemy furnace device grew stronger and stronger.

Finally, the last soul-guiding array was completed, and the patterns on the alchemy furnace began to glow slightly, spreading out a rich fire element.

Chapter 14 Successful Alchemy

"Phew," Chu Ci breathed a long sigh of relief, "Finally finished."

The Chu Ci has established three major plans to date, and now one of them—the Dan Ding Plan—has finally been initially completed.

Looking at the Soul Guiding Pill Furnace engraved with intricate patterns, Chu Ci couldn't wait to try out the feeling of refining pills.

Chu Ci found a large soul power storage device, installed it under the alchemy furnace, and activated the control panel.

Chu Ci began to control the Soul Guiding Pill Furnace on the panel to refine pills. Based on the low-level pill formula obtained by using the Divine Balance, Chu Ci selected ten-year-old Crimson Flame Fruit and Thousand Gold Grass.

A robotic arm placed the medicinal herbs into the alchemy furnace. "Taiyi, record all data related to the alchemy process," Chu Ci said, then pressed "Start." With the supply of soul power from the soul power storage device, a raging fire erupted at the bottom of the furnace.

Temperature, medicinal herb status, and other data are displayed on the panel in real time, and Taiyi will adjust the Soul Guiding Pill Furnace in a timely manner based on the real-time data.

The entire process is fully automated, requiring no manual intervention from Chu Ci. Taiyi, relying on the superior computing power provided by the Hetu, can always arrive at the most appropriate choice regarding when to do what.

The Crimson Flame Fruit and Thousand Gold Grass gradually turned into liquid in the flames. With the supply of soul power, the liquid gradually condensed into a circle under Taiyi's control. A wisp of green smoke slowly rose from the alchemy furnace, and a fragrance wafted out from it. The word "success" appeared on the panel.

With great excitement, Chu Ci opened the alchemy furnace and took out ten pills with crimson patterns.

These ten pills are a type of pill called Golden Body Pill, which can unblock meridians and improve physical condition.

However, the extent of the Golden Body Pill's effects on Soul Masters, and the differences in its effects among Soul Masters of different levels, still require further human trials.

"Taiyi, what are the risks of human drug trials?" Chu Ci asked, frowning.

"According to Hetu's preliminary calculations on the efficacy of the medicine, Soul Masters of level ten and above will not be in mortal danger after taking the medicine," Taiyi's mechanical voice sounded again.

“Alright,” Chu Ci looked at the pill in his hand and smiled. He had thought of an excellent candidate for the experiment.

"What? You want me to eat this thing?" Xie Xie looked at the pill in his hand, somewhat bewildered.

“Yes,” Chu Ci nodded sincerely, “This pill will help you improve your physique.”

Xie Xie's constitution is weak, so the effects of taking the elixir will be more noticeable and easier to observe.

"Come on, try it quickly." Chu Ci kept urging Xie Xie, "Are you afraid I'll harm you?"

Xie Xie thought for a moment, then looked at the decent-looking pill in his hand, gritted his teeth, and swallowed it in one gulp.

Then Xie Xie ran to the playground and began physical training.

Based on Xie Xie's training data, Chu Ci calculated that taking pills during physical training would be most effective, and they would be most suitable for Soul Masters around level 20, except for those with extraordinary physiques like Tang Wulin.

Xie Xie said to Chu Ci with an excited expression, "Chu Ci, what kind of pill is this? It's really amazing."

"I feel that this training session was much easier, and my body feels indescribably refreshed."

"Hehe, Chu Ci, what do you think?" Xie Xie rubbed his hands together and looked at Chu Ci with a smile.

Chu Ci saw through Xie Xie's little scheme at a glance and handed Xie Xie a small box containing five Golden Body Pills.

"The interval between taking the pills should not be less than three days. This can reduce drug resistance and ensure the pills are effective."

Xie Xie listened attentively while taking notes. Although he didn't quite understand Chu Ci's words, he knew that listening was the right thing to do.

Time flies, and more than two months have passed quickly.

The four trained together for more than two months and their relationship became harmonious.

Xie Xie shed his aloof demeanor, revealing his goofy true self. Tang Wulin, on the other hand, continued to eat as much as ever.

In the past two months, Gu Yue has often shown affection towards Chu Ci, and Chu Ci is happy to do so. The two have quickly become close and are basically inseparable when going to school every day.

After rigorous training every night, everyone made significant progress.

Xie Xie's soul power had already reached level nineteen. One more level and he could absorb the second soul ring from his hundred-year-old soul spirit, advancing to the Great Soul Master level. Gu Yue's soul power reached level seventeen, advancing two levels. Tang Wulin's soul power also increased by one level, reaching level thirteen.

Chu Ci has reached level 24, and he can now freely switch between the four soul skills of the Heavenly Frost Sword using ice elements. A major plan regarding the soul tool is about to be completed.

For the past two months, Chu Ci has focused on cultivation and sought guidance from various people in the War God Temple, so he has only participated in four War God Temple challenges.

The promotion tournament is coming soon.

"Teacher, who will Class 4 send to compete against us? Do you know any information?" Xie Xie asked Wu Changkong eagerly.

Wu Changkong coldly said, "If you need information to defeat a mere Class Four, then are you even worthy of being my disciples?"

Gu Yue, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin all looked at Chu Ci.

Chu Ci clicked on the wristband, projecting a screen that displayed detailed information about the participants from Classes One to Four.

The others were used to it; during the two months they spent together, Chu Ci often surprised them with some novel soul tools.

Chu Ci swiped a few times on the screen and said, "This is the information I've collected about the contestants, and I've already sent it to you via Soul Message."

Soul Message is a communication software developed by Chu Ci. It can be installed on Soul Guide mobile phones and is very popular among the residents of Douluo Continent.

"Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated. Keep it up!" Chu Ci encouraged him with a smile.

Seeing this, Wu Changkong didn't say much. He was already used to Chu Ci contradicting him.

The promotion tournament has begun, and the first match is Class 5 against Class 4.

Tang Wulin and his two companions stood calmly on the competition stage. After more than two months of arduous training, coupled with the extremely detailed information provided by Chu Ci, if they showed even the slightest bit of nervousness, the three of them might as well find a block of tofu and kill themselves.

As expected, the three of them defeated Class 4 like autumn leaves being swept away by the wind.

The three stepped off the stage, and Wu Changkong looked at the crowd and said coldly, "School's out."

To maintain their physical fitness and condition, they do not need to undergo special training during the competition, and the five players are free to move around as they please.

Xie Xie put his arms around Chu Ci and Tang Wulin's shoulders, one on each side, and said, "How about we go out and have some fun? It's on me."

"I'm fine with anything," Chu Ci said naturally, as he had plenty of free time now.

"It's my treat, all you can eat," Xie Xie said, shutting Tang Wulin up and making him agree immediately.

"Gu Yue, let's go out and have some fun, wanna go?" Chu Ci said to the girl next to him.

Upon hearing this, Xie Xie hurriedly stopped Chu Ci, saying, "Why are you calling them? This is a gathering for men."

Chu Ci rolled her eyes. A nine-year-old kid, not even fully grown up yet, and he calls this a men's gathering?

Chapter 15 Teaching Light Dragon a Lesson, Light Blast

“Of course we went,” Gu Yue said as she approached them.

"If you go, I won't invite you," Xie Xie said, looking at Gu Yue with disdain.

“I don’t need you, Chu Ci will invite me.” Gu Yue affectionately took Chu Ci’s arm.

"For Chu Ci's sake, I won't hold it against you." Xie Xie snorted and led the way.

After discussing it, Xie Xie led everyone to the snack street.

Just like in the original novel, Xie Xie took them to the shop that sells braised beef and told them the story of his parents.

This story is, well, quite melodramatic, and it's very similar to the story of Huo Yuhao's parents in Douluo Continent II.

After Xie Xie finished telling the story, he revealed his vulnerable side and buried his face in his hands on the table, crying.

"The past cannot be undone, but the future can be changed. Always look forward. I believe your aunt also hopes that you can be happy every day," Chu Ci comforted Xie Xie.

Xie Xie's crying and the comforting words from everyone unconsciously brought the four of them closer together.

After finishing their braised beef stew, the four of them strolled around the food street.

The four of them ate their way from one end of the food street to the other, their laughter filling the air.

"Hmm," Chu Ci seemed to sense something and looked up at the entrance of the snack street. There seemed to be some commotion at the entrance, with a lot of people gathered there.