Douluo Continent: Dragon's Journey Across the World

Chapter 35 Meng Kang's Depression

After Meng Chuan offered Yang Ping'an a few more words of encouragement, Yang Ping'an left the office alone.

As soon as he stepped out of the office, Yang Ping'an's slightly smiling face turned cold, even appearing somewhat gloomy.

This was just a leave of absence, but it revealed far too much.

Yang Ping'an himself never imagined that his four-level increase in soul power in just six months would attract the attention of someone with ulterior motives.

It is extremely difficult for a Soul Master to increase their Soul Power by one level. It can take anywhere from half a year to one or two years without any progress. Increasing it by four levels in half a year is indeed a bit of a miscalculation.

As for the issue of leaking whale glue, consider it a way to put your mind at ease. The main thing is to have some explanation. If Meng Chuan really asks about it, you'll be in an even more passive position, especially considering Meng Chuan's aura and his keen senses just now. Sure enough, every expert who cultivates to the Soul Saint level is not so simple.

Another crucial point is that Meng Chuan has probably noticed the soul bone in my right hand. It seems I need to be more discreet and cautious in the future.

However, he had actually wanted to reveal the secret of whale glue for a long time, but he just hadn't found the opportunity. Now, he was taking this chance to tell Meng Chuan the secret, which could be considered as laying a small trap for the future.

After packing his things, Yang Ping'an left the Beast Academy alone, being extremely careful on the way, fearing that Meng Chuan might change his mind or have other greedy intentions.

Inside the teaching affairs office, Meng Chuan pondered for a long time before calling out to someone outside. Immediately, a middle-aged man who looked somewhat similar to Meng Chuan appeared in front of him.

The middle-aged man bowed to Meng Chuan: "Director Meng, is there anything I can do for you?"

Meng Chuan nodded slightly: "Meng Kang, go and secretly follow Yang Ping'an without letting him notice."

The middle-aged man was Meng Kang, Meng Chuan's cousin. Although the Beast Academy was not a large sect, its core was based on the family of Long Gong Meng Shu, and many of the teachers were from the Meng family.

Meng Kang is Meng Chuan's apprentice and also the nephew of Long Gong Meng Shu. He is currently a level 66 Soul Emperor and serves as a teacher at the Beast Academy based on his strength.

When students from the Beast Academy need spirit rings, Meng Kang and Meng Chuan lead a team to hunt them in the Spirit Beast Forest. Of course, these students also have to pay a certain price.

Upon hearing this, Meng Kang looked puzzled: "Cousin, is there something wrong with this Yang Ping'an? Should I protect him secretly?"

Meng Chuan shook his head: "This student has some value, but there's no need to make a big fuss about it yet. Just follow him secretly and don't let him find out. If something unfortunately happens to him, remember to bring his body back."

Upon hearing this, Meng Kang simply nodded and left the teaching office alone.

Meng Chuan continued to ponder for a while, then his soul power flashed, and a large piece of whale glue appeared in his hand. After studying it carefully for a long time without finding anything, he had no choice but to put away the whale glue and walk into the academy, where the Dragon Duke and Snake Granny lived.

After leaving the Beast Academy, Yang Ping'an traveled alone by carriage to the Star Dou Great Forest. He still had some time, and the Star Dou Great Forest was definitely the best place for him to break through and gain experience. It could even be said that it held the best opportunity for him to break through.

In just one day, Yang Ping'an entered the Star Dou Great Forest and began his life there again.

However, after Yang Ping'an summoned the Purple Gold Hound, he felt something was off. There seemed to be a faint aura coming from behind him, but the aura was extremely weak. Either the opponent was much stronger than him, or the opponent was extremely good at hiding. In any case, the opponent was at least a Soul King or higher.

After Yang Ping'an followed the Purple-Gold Mastiff around the Star Dou Great Forest for a few days, he felt a little strange. Under normal circumstances, if someone was following him, it should be someone with ill intentions. Either it was someone arranged by Meng Chuan, or it was a mercenary who had ill intentions towards him.

However, the person behind him had been following him for three days without making a move in such a secluded place as the Star Dou Great Forest, which puzzled Yang Ping'an.

Moreover, even when he encountered danger from ferocious soul beasts, he showed no intention of taking action, which was rather perplexing.

However, being constantly watched was still very frustrating. Yang Ping'an thought about it carefully for a long time and finally came up with a way to escape the pursuit. At the very least, he had to force the hidden person to come out.

Recently, thanks to its powerful sense of smell, the Purple Gold Mastiff has avoided many dangers in the Star Dou Great Forest.

This time, Yang Ping'an deliberately headed towards a very dangerous place, where there was an extremely powerful ten-thousand-year-old Earth Demon Bear.

This Earth Demon Bear is extremely powerful and lives close to the mixed zone, making it a dominant force in the outer area.

Yang Ping'an pretended not to sense the aura of the Earth Demon Bear and swaggered through its territory.

As expected, the Earth Demon Bear thought someone was provoking him, so it roared and tried to tear the enemy who had invaded its territory to pieces.

Yang Ping'an was terrified when he saw the Earth Demon Bear rushing towards him and immediately fled.

Although the Earth Demon Bear is extremely powerful and has excellent defense, it is rather slow.

After a half-hour chase, Yang Ping'an hid in an abandoned snake den. Snake dens are usually quite small, and the Earth Demon Bear couldn't squeeze in at all. It could only roar outside for a long time, and even the outer perimeter of the snake den was shaken down.

However, Yang Ping'an didn't care about that. He had already studied this snake den and explored it many times. The surrounding area stretched for nearly half a kilometer.

Yang Ping'an crawled out of the snake pit from the other end and finally stopped sensing the presence of the person behind him. He quietly left the snake pit in the opposite direction.

Although Meng Kang was a Soul Emperor, he did not want to provoke the ten-thousand-year-old Earth Demon Bear. It was a full hour later that the Earth Demon Bear finally left the snake pit.

Meng Kang explored the snake's lair, but there was no trace of Yang Ping'an; only a mess remained.

Meng Kang finally gave a bitter smile. He never expected that he, a powerful Soul Emperor, would lose track of a Great Soul Master. The Star Dou Great Forest was a vast and desolate place, and he couldn't find a single ghost, let alone a person.

Meng Kang originally thought it would be a simple matter, but he ended up following Yang Ping'an into the Star Dou Great Forest. Even a Soul Emperor would encounter various harassments, but he was actually shaken off like this. It was a bit embarrassing for a Soul Emperor to talk about.

After confirming that no one was following him, Yang Ping'an finally breathed a sigh of relief and decided to do what he wanted to do next, especially to break through the bottleneck of level twenty-nine.

Although Yu Xiaogang never broke through to level 29 in his life without the ninth-grade purple fungus, Yang Ping'an, after so many years of training, plus the consumption of whale glue and the growth of the purple-gold mastiff, level 29 was no longer a major bottleneck, but it was still difficult to overcome, and it took too much time.

(End of this chapter)