Douluo: Dream Overlord

"Alright, you can go now."

Zhang Fengshuo waved his hand and said, "Come to me every weekend to report for duty, and I'll find a place to teach you."

Okay, go find your girlfriend.

"She's not my girlfriend, don't get the wrong idea."

Upon hearing this, Shi Guang frowned and corrected him.

"Oh? The way she's looking at you seems a bit off. Perhaps I've misjudged her?"

Zhang Fengshuo chuckled.

"Disrespectful to elders." Time left the room.

As time passed, Zhang Fengshuo's smile vanished, and his expression seemed to reflect a longing for something.

As time left the room, the first thing that caught the eye was Lingjian leaning against the wall with his arms crossed.

"I'm so sorry to have kept you waiting," Shi Guang said in a lighthearted tone.

"I didn't see any sign that you felt embarrassed or anything like that."

"Spirit Sword complained."

"You underestimate me," Shiguang said with a shrug. "I'd feel bad if you gave me some gold coins or something."

"Why should I!" Ling Jian's eyebrows shot up.

Before Shiguang could speak, the staff member from earlier walked over respectfully and said, "Two Soul Masters, please come with me to collect your prize money for this competition."

"Oh wow! Let's go, sis! Let's go collect the prize money!"

Shi Guang suddenly realized that what he needed most right now was gold coins.

Gold coins are needed for food, clothing, and daily necessities at the academy, as well as for learning martial arts and staff techniques. Crafting and maintaining weapons is an even bigger expense.

If it weren't for his innate full soul power and twin martial souls, and his decision to forgo the Spirit Hall's offer to join the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, he would have been completely different.

Of course, compared to talent, the Heavenly Dou Empire values ​​Shi Guang's character and, most importantly, his loyalty.

If he hadn't given up his pledge of allegiance to the Spirit Hall, he would have been nothing more than a powerful genius.

Even if the royal family of the Heaven Dou Empire values ​​Shi Guang's talent highly, it is impossible for them to sell him refined steel and mithril, which are the core war resources of the empire.

Yes, it's for sale.

The Heavenly Dou Royal Academy reported that Shi Guang wanted to forge weapons using fine steel and mithril.

After receiving royal approval, it was sold to Time at an exorbitant price.

After all, Shi Guang is not a Soul Master of the Heaven Dou Royal Family. No matter how talented he is, he still has to abide by the rule in the Soul Master world that if he wants to gain something, he has to make a sacrifice.

This makes life difficult. Even with a monthly salary and his own savings, he still doesn't have enough to buy the fine steel and mithril needed to forge weapons.

Fortunately, at the crucial moment, Shi Nian and his mother promptly provided financial assistance.

As the former vice dean of Canghui Academy and one of the few spiritual martial soul possessors on the continent, he had obviously amassed a considerable fortune through his hard work and experience.

Needless to say, Shi Mu is backed by a huge gem family, whose inherited martial soul gems can even identify other types of gemstones.

Therefore, the members of the Gem Family are generally not short of money, let alone Shi Mu, who is the sister of the clan leader.

With his parents' help, Shi Guang was able to purchase enough fine steel to forge weapons and mithril to forge accessories.

This experience made him realize the importance of money to a Soul Master.

Not every Soul Master is a Title Douluo, who can have countless resources delivered to them with a wave of their hand.

"Who are you calling 'little sister'?!"

Lingjian gritted his teeth, but watching Shiguang's departing figure, he could only stomp his feet in frustration and follow after him.

Upon arriving at the room labeled "Finance Office," the staff briefly explained the situation regarding Time and Spirit Sword, and then began sorting the cash.

"This is your prize money for this competition, a total of fifty gold coins. Please take it."

The finance staff handed Shiguang a heavy canvas bag with both hands and said respectfully.

"Okay, thank you." Shi Guang took the bag, opened it, and saw several golden coins that glittered under the light.

He stuck his hand inside and stirred it, then determined that there were about fifty of them.

Wow! My first pot of gold!

After checking the gold coins and bag and confirming that there were no tracking-type soul skills or devices, Shi Guang happily put them into his soul tool.

Then, looking at Lingjian, who was also in a good mood, he said, "Sis! How about we play a few more matches while the momentum is going, and finish this month's quota today!"

"You're not planning to come again this week?"

Upon hearing this, Lingjian paused for a moment and asked.

"Well, I have other things to do, so I probably won't be coming over this week except for the weekend."

Shi Guang nodded and said, "So let's get the targets sorted out today, what do you think?"

"Alright then." Spirit Sword nodded.

Afterwards, the two went to the front desk to register for another doubles match.

Although the rules of the Soul Arena stipulate that each Soul Master can only participate in one match of the same type per day.

However, as members of the God-Making Project, Time and Spirit Sword can disregard this rule and participate in more matches every day to quickly gain fame.

Shi Guang glanced at the allocation sheet handed to him by the staff, but his opponent surprised him, and a serious look appeared on his face.

"What's wrong? Why are you so serious all of a sudden?"

Lingjian keenly sensed the change in Shiguang's aura, and she leaned closer to look curiously at the form in his hand.

【Three-Five Combination】

[Rank: Silver Battle Spirit Badge]

[Members: Thousand-Handed Asura ① / Soft-Boned Charming Rabbit ②]

[Martial Soul: Blue Silver Grass/Soft Bone Rabbit]

[Soul Power: Level 29 Control-type Great Soul Master / Level 29 Power-type Great Soul Master]

Record: 10 matches played, 10 wins, 0 losses

[Note 1: Thousand-Handed Asura is skilled at using Blue Silver Grass to seal off and control the situation. He also seems to possess magical martial arts skills. His hands can deflect enemy attacks, and his legs can use unpredictable techniques to dodge attacks and close the distance. In addition, he also possesses a strange and powerful ambush weapon.]

[Note 2: The Soft-Boned Rabbit excels at close-range combat, using soft techniques to control and damage enemies. It also possesses charm-type soul skills, so be careful.]

"A trio?" Ling Jian frowned as he looked at the contents and said, "Two Great Soul Masters, and they actually managed to win 10 consecutive matches. It seems their strength should not be underestimated."

"Yes, they are indeed not to be underestimated."

Shi Guang looked at the code name "Thousand-Handed Asura" on the paper and clenched his fingers slightly.

"I've been in this world for so long, and I actually ran into Tang San today."

Fortune murmured to itself, "Is this fate's arrangement, or the world's corrective force...?"

"What are you talking about? Why are you acting so strangely? It's kind of scary!"

Lingjian looked at Shiguang, who had been distracted ever since receiving the match list, and said with some concern.

"It's nothing, I was probably just scaring myself a little."

Shi Guang crumpled the form into a ball and tossed it into the nearby trash can. After calming himself down, he smiled and said to Ling Jian, "I might have been feeling a bit off earlier, right? Don't worry, I'm fine now."

"I didn't expect to run into Tang San and Xiao Wu so soon. No matter what the reason is that we met, I will not be afraid of them, because I am Time."

His intense competitive spirit fueled his desire to win, and he looked at the spirit sword with an unprecedented seriousness, saying:

"Listen, I have a reason not to lose this game. No matter what you think, we have to give it our all."

Tear them apart like wolves, crush them! Victory must be achieved by any means necessary!