Douluo's Demon Blade Thousand Blades and the Original Martial Soul

Chapter 7 Heading to Soto

With the money, Lin Yizhang first bought a set of clothes that fit him, spending one gold soul coin, and then found an inn and rented a room for one gold soul coin.

After taking a shower in the room and washing away all the grime, Lin Yizhang felt refreshed and invigorated.

Looking in the mirror, his blue hair had grown longer, and his features had become more defined. His once adorable face had lost some of its childishness. In short, he had gone from cute to both adorable and handsome.

Lin Yizhang immediately went down to the inn, sat down at an empty table by the window on the first floor, and ordered food.

Evening was approaching, and the inn was bustling with activity. Some Soul Masters returning from the forest were here to eat and stay, while others were traveling and had come here to eat and stay, planning to enter the Soul Hunting Forest the next day.

The food was served quickly. Lin Yizhang ordered a lot of meat because he had been starving for a day, so he started eating without saying a word.

After finishing his food in a whirlwind, he went up to bed and went to sleep.

Hotels like this are a mixed bag, so there's not much to worry about in terms of danger. After all, most of the guests are Soul Masters, and there aren't many naive youngsters who would provoke people who might be pretending to be weak.

After a good night's sleep, Lin Yizhang felt full of energy and vitality.

After washing up and having breakfast, Lin Yizhang left the inn and returned to Holy Soul Village. He told Old Jack that he was leaving Holy Soul Village to venture to the mainland, and then he left Holy Soul Village.

Next, Lin Yizhang planned to go to Soto City. He remembered that the anime mentioned that this place was located at the border of two great empires, had a developed economy, and was known as the granary.

Lin Yizhang valued this place because he was familiar with it, and it was economically developed with a Soul Arena that attracted a large number of Soul Masters.

The growth of a Soul Master is inseparable from Soul Masters, just as it is almost impossible to buy Soul Beast meat to eat in rural areas.

On the way to Soto City, Lin Yizhang asked many people for information and gained a lot of knowledge through his experiences, although most of what he knew was common knowledge about Douluo Continent.

More information about Soto City has been obtained: Soto City is located within the Kingdom of Barak.

The Barak Kingdom has two most important cities. One is Barak City, the capital city where King Kundera of Barak resides. It is the political and economic center of the entire Barak Kingdom.

The other city is Soto, located in the center of the most fertile Lima Plain within the Kingdom of Barak, and is known as the granary of Barak.

Both cities are heavily guarded and are of paramount importance to the entire kingdom.

Soto City is a large city, guarded by the Spirit Hall's third-level Spirit Hall.

Lin Yizhang wasn't in a hurry to travel. He traveled during the day and stayed in hotels and inns at night to cultivate his soul power and sleep.

We stopped in towns along the way to stroll around, and joined in the fun whenever we saw something lively. What should have been a two- or three-day journey ended up taking a month.

Lin Yizhang arrived in Soto City. After entering Soto City, Lin Yizhang felt the prosperity of Douluo Continent. It truly deserves to be called an economically developed region.

I was worried I'd encounter robberies or child abductions on the road, but nothing happened.

Lin Yizhang was puzzled and wondered if he had paranoia. In his imagination, he should be able to kill anyone who stood in his way and finally arrive in Soto City safely.

Lin Yizhang quickly found the reason: the continent is relatively peaceful now, and the two great empires are not currently under pressure from the Spirit Hall, so there is no large-scale war.

Moreover, there is no evil spirit master as a criminal force, only a few fallen spirit masters, and these fallen spirit masters will be dealt with by the Spirit Hall, so the overall security of society is quite good.

Lin Yizhang felt that this continent was full of danger because of the online comments he had read in his previous life. Those posts said that Tang San destroyed the Slaughter City and released the fallen soul masters inside, which caused the evil soul master group to appear on the continent ten thousand years later.

Of course, this doesn't mean I'm not in danger, since it's impossible to completely eradicate organized crime.

The only dangers I might face right now are the money I have and the possibility that someone might try to take advantage of me. After all, I'm a cute and handsome little kid, so I should be worth quite a bit if I were sold. I think I could get several hundred gold soul coins, hehe.

I know the principle of not flaunting wealth, so there is currently no threat to my life.

Looking at the people coming and going around him, Lin Yizhang also became curious and wanted to see if there was anything interesting or fun in Douluo Continent.

Lin Yizhang wandered around, passing by some shops and thoroughly "exposed" the interesting items, but he didn't intend to buy anything. He wasn't rich enough to buy whatever looked interesting.

The shop owners didn't pursue the matter. After all, I'm so cute, playing with their products is like doing them a free favor, attracting more people to come, hehe.

Soto City is so big that it would take several days and nights to explore it all, so Lin Yizhang didn't insist on just wandering around.

After getting tired, I went to look for a hotel, but of course, I ruled out the Rose Hotel first.

Going there would be like asking for trouble, and Lin Yizhang wouldn't be that stupid.

Finally, I found a hotel that was neither too big nor too small. Now I only have 50 gold soul coins left. I need to find a way to make money. After all, you can only enjoy life better if you have money.

Lin Yizhang started thinking about ways to make money. He quickly came up with many ideas, but he was still a child with limited strength and funds, so he couldn't go all out to make big money. Therefore, none of these ideas were applicable.

Finally, I decided to go to the Soul Arena every night to place bets and participate in the battles. Making money from money is the easiest way to earn money, and watching the battles between Soul Masters would also be beneficial to me. I also have plenty of time to cultivate during the day.

The idea is good, but it depends on one's own judgment. After all, one doesn't know the outcome of the battle. If one loses, one will have to find another way.

Lin Yizhang spent the entire afternoon cultivating in his room until evening, after which he went to eat and then headed towards the Soul Arena.

Before entering the Soul Arena, Lin Yizhang bought a mask and put it on. Many people do this, so he won't stand out. In addition, the clothes he was wearing were quite ordinary, making him look even more unremarkable. He thought no one would pay special attention to him.

Upon reaching the towering arena, I noticed the list on the entrance. As mentioned in the anime, this was the list of Soul Masters who had died during the Soul Battle.

Seeing the names on it, Lin Yizhang was deeply moved.

He went inside, but since he was only a first-ring Soul Master, he didn't plan to participate in the Soul Battle. He intended to save his Gold Soul Coins for betting, so he didn't register for Iron Soul Battle.

At this moment, quite a few people had already arrived at the Soul Arena, but Lin Yizhang knew that even more people would arrive later, because the wealthy who could not become Soul Masters without Soul Power, as well as the ordinary people who could afford the tickets, enjoyed watching the Soul Battles in the main Soul Arena at night after working all day.

After watching the battles in each sub-arena, Lin Yizhang found that the two sides in these battles were basically rookies or Iron Soul Badge holders, and it looked like a bunch of newbies fighting each other, which wasn't very interesting.

The closer a Soul Arena is to the main Soul Arena area, the higher the level of the Soul Master's Badge in battle.

There are 8 levels of Battle Spirit badges, from bottom to top: Iron, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Purple Gold, Sapphire, Ruby, and Diamond.

At that moment, there happened to be a solo battle in the main arena, so Lin Yizhang paid the admission fee and went in to find a seat to watch.

The two combatants were a middle-aged man with the beast spirit of a cheetah and a middle-aged burly man with the weapon spirit of a broadsword.

Don't ask Lin Yizhang, an illiterate man who has never been to school, how he knows what their martial spirits are called. The answer is that the basic information of both sides in the battle is written on the big screen.

Lin Yizhang now realizes that he needs to systematically learn about the knowledge related to Soul Masters and Soul Beasts. He didn't go to Notting City to study before because he didn't want to get in touch with Tang San, not because he thought knowledge was useless.

On the contrary, he felt it was necessary to learn this knowledge, since he planned to travel all over the continent and he definitely couldn't do without some basic knowledge.

After silently making a mental note of this, he started watching Fighting Spirit again.

Watching their fight, Lin Yizhang nodded. It wasn't just a bunch of novices fighting each other; they had plenty of fighting experience and their skills were quite good.

The two sides have similar soul power levels and martial soul quality, so their strength is not significantly different.

In Lin Yizhang's opinion, the Beast Martial Soul Master should win in the end, because before obtaining the Martial Soul True Form skill at level 70, the Beast Martial Soul has the advantage over the Weapon Martial Soul.

Furthermore, that cheetah-type spirit master is an agility-based attacker, and with his speed advantage, he has a greater chance of winning a prolonged battle.

As expected, the Beast Soul Master won in the end.

(End of this chapter)