Douluo: The Peerless Sun and Moon Mechanical God

The next day, early in the morning.

The warm sunlight pierced through the high-altitude clouds, casting a golden glow over the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

Lin Qing locked the dormitory door and paused slightly as she stepped out of the dormitory building.

Beside the colorful flowerbed, a graceful figure came into view, her long golden hair fluttering in the wind, the sunlight casting a gentle and warm glow on her hair. Looking up, she was as radiant and beautiful as a courtyard filled with flowers.

The girl wore a pristine white school uniform with bright yellow trim around her arms. The fitted design accentuated her slender waist, and the Royal Soul Master school emblem embroidered on her left chest shone brightly. Her legs were straight and long beneath the skirt, and her white stockings were edged with a delicate silver thread, showing their exquisite craftsmanship.

Miss Angel stood there simply, her holy and radiant aura amplified by her school uniform. If you said she was a princess raised by royalty, probably no one would doubt it.

"morning."

Ye Guyi stepped forward with a smile, her clear, beautiful eyes sweeping over the boy opposite her.

In her opinion, Lin Qing in his student uniform also had a unique charm. The aesthetically pleasing school uniform complemented the Level 4 Soul Master badge, making him look elegant, handsome, and poised.

"Good morning, didn't we agree to meet at the cafeteria yesterday?" Lin Qing said.

"If you're this blunt, you'll never find a pretty girlfriend."

Ye Guyi was both angry and saddened by Lin Qing's clueless behavior. She immediately shared some high-EQ tips for interacting with girls: "At this moment, you should put on a very touched expression, apologize for keeping the girl waiting, and then suggest treating her to breakfast."

"How ungentlemanly of me! I'm such a stupid groundhog."

With an angelic heart that hasn't lost its innocence, Lin Qing couldn't help but smile upon hearing this. He took out the Aurora Sword from his storage soul tool and, mimicking the speaker, said, "This is an apology gift that I have prepared with great trepidation. I humbly beg the beautiful and generous Miss Ye to forgive me."

Ye Guyi's golden eyes suddenly lit up, and he took the Aurora Sword, excitedly touching and patting the buttons all over his face.

Anything produced by Qingzai is bound to be of high quality. If she were to participate in a higher-level assessment with the Aurora Sword, she wouldn't need to waste time on aerial combat. With her first sword strike, she could chop off the Soul Guidance Shield and Guzhu for Tang Gang.

"Mr. Lin, can I apply for a few years of after-sales service for soul guide devices?"

"One-year warranty as standard, plus an additional two years for 998 gold soul coins." Lin Qing replied without hesitation.

"We've been through thick and thin together!"

This kid is stubborn and only cares about gold soul coins. Ye Guyi looked at his teammate with a pained expression, as if he were a corrupted soul master who had committed the sin of greed.

We smuggled ourselves across the border together, beat up wolf bandits together, checked into the Rose Hotel together, and slept on the same love-shaped bed for three days. Is the bond we built really worth less than a mere gold coin?

"However, since your name is Ye Guyi, I'll upgrade your soul master for free once I break through to the fifth level."

"Hmm, from now on, I'll treat you to meals when we go out!"

The holy angel was overjoyed and, patting his high, firm breasts, made a promise.

The two walked together to the college cafeteria. The tall building was magnificent and imposing. The youthful faces were full of vigor. The boys and girls were dressed in smart white school uniforms and sat in twos and threes around the long tables. Their plates were filled with various exquisite breakfasts. The laughter and the clinking of bowls and plates were warm and harmonious.

"There's a table..."

Lin Qing leaned back slightly, his memory traveling back several years to a holiday at Shrek Academy's outer courtyard.

Lin Lan ran home crying, threw herself onto the sofa, hugged her little brother and rocked him back and forth, complaining indignantly that the No. 1 Academy on the mainland didn't even have tables and chairs in the cafeteria, forcing students to eat standing up, treating them worse than disaster victims.

Sitting comfortably in the cafeteria to eat, the students weren't even allowed to practice their horse stance while eating. Damn God, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy has lost again...

Pulling themselves out of their thoughts, Lin Qing and Ye Guyi walked side by side toward the food counter.

The meals at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy are divided into five levels, with a dazzling array of delicacies piled up from window number five to window number one, with the quality increasing in that order.

The academy is located next to Mingde Hall, and selling high-level soul tools is a very profitable business. The wealthy Sun Moon Earth family has never been short of money, so they don't care about small operating losses. Therefore, meals are free at the five canteen windows, and the level of free service is linked to the students' monthly assessment scores.

An assessment is conducted monthly. Trainees who achieve a first-class score can freely choose from five windows for the following month, all free of charge. If they unfortunately stop at the fifth-class score, only window number five is free; they will have to pay for the first four windows themselves.

While the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy is certainly not short of money, it absolutely does not allow its students to be waited on hand and foot. Without ambition, the result will be that a brave and fierce lion will degenerate into a spoiled and cute kitten. Appropriate encouragement is still necessary.

Qingyi had just passed the advanced assessment. There were very few instances of unorthodox methods defeating regular troops, so she naturally became a first-class outstanding student in the first month.

Lin Qing found a quiet spot and laid out on her plate her two lifetimes' favorite soy milk, fried dough sticks, and steamed buns.

The chefs at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy are comparable to those of the imperial chefs. Even breakfast is a feast for the eyes, nose, and palate. The soy milk is milky white and thick, the fried dough sticks are golden and crispy, and the xiaolongbao have paper-thin skins, through which you can vaguely see the soup sloshing inside.

Ye Guyi chose salmon rolls with chicken drumsticks, plus a cup of grapefruit tea. The salmon rolls were neatly cut, the chicken drumsticks had a slightly charred skin, and the grapefruit tea had a refreshing aroma.

Lin Qing picked up a small steamed bun, gently bit open a small hole, and the soup flowed into her throat. The wheat grown on the far northern edge was famous throughout the mainland. The flour ground into it was chewy and smooth, with a sweet aftertaste of wheat aroma.

The filling is made from century-old earthworm meat, which is firm, tender and delicious. With each chew, bursts of sweetness burst forth, and warmth slides down the throat and into the stomach.

Across from her, Ye Guyi took a bite of a salmon roll. The fresh, salty taste of the ocean rushed to her mind. The salmon was personally escorted by the Soul Master, who was afraid of missing its best time to enjoy it. The little chicken leg was full of energy yesterday, but today it has become a student's meal.

"Want one?"

Pointing her chopsticks at the chicken leg, the kind-hearted angel was happy to share the food.

"I don't eat chicken legs," Lin Qing said curtly.

"Um?"

Many people don't eat cilantro, and it's common for people not to eat chili peppers. This is the first time in Ye Guyi's life that she has ever seen someone refuse a delicious chicken leg, and she was completely baffled.

Lin Qing obviously wouldn't reveal the truth; he picked up a fried dough stick and viciously drowned it in the soy milk.

……

Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, Teaching Building.

In the classroom of Class 1, Grade 5, forty students transformed into melancholy princes and sentimental princesses, their hearts filled with longing for the fleeting holiday.

As the Soul Master's level increases, the difficulty of creating Soul Tools continues to rise, the talent gap gradually becomes apparent, and more and more students begin to fall behind.

By the fifth grade, Sun Moon Academy had only five classes and two hundred fourth-level Soul Masters of varying ages.

A lively girl with white hair and blue eyes lay on the table, her slender white fingers idly drawing circles.

First day of school, people are already in the classroom, family dynamics, partner conflicts, children's performance, estrangement among relatives, gossip among classmates, regrets of first love, class differences, tabloid news, military strategy, imperial power struggles, the evolution of life, the end of the universe...

Aside from studying, you can chat with Xiaomeng about anything.

Being in direct contact with the table is not an isolated case. Lan Xiu was also lying face down, with dark circles under his eyes like those of a rare giant panda. The short-lived test battle yesterday will probably take him a lifetime to heal.

Everyone was in a state of euphoria, but Xiao Hongchen remained calm, energetic, and spirited. After watching Lin Qing's battle, he pondered for a whole night and finally came to an answer.

Xiao Qing's battle is yet to come, and I am still the invincible one among my peers!

Limited skill: Humility and laughter in the mortal world cannot coexist!

In the back row of the senior living area, a group of fifth-grade students stared at each other with admiring eyes. They were all seasoned, cheerful students who had followed them from first grade to fifth grade. Their unconventional and arrogant attitude towards life instantly captivated them!

"Hey bro, I heard from Grandpa yesterday that Lin Qing and Ye Guyi will be transfer students to our class. Why haven't they reported yet?" Meng Hongchen turned around and bothered his older brother in the back seat.

"It's better if you don't come, so you won't overthink things," Xiao Hongchen scoffed.

"So what? Grandpa explicitly encouraged me to be friends with Lin Qing."

Acting on orders, Meng Hongchen was full of confidence.

"Meng, Lin Qing is younger than you." Xiao Hongchen earnestly persuaded his sister to turn back.

"But he's handsome!"

"Dream, Lin Qing is from the Douluo Three Kingdoms."

"He's handsome!"

"Dream……"

"Wow, so cool!"

"That's enough, your brother is handsome too!"

Laughter shakes the mortal world!

"..."

Silence speaks louder than words; Meng Hongchen's red lips curled upwards.

I don't specialize in orthopedics, thank you.

Xiao Hongchen covered his face in self-pity, thinking, "Oh no, the cabbage has grown wings and flown away!"

As a rational and mature older brother, watching helplessly as his lovely younger sister falls into the whirlpool of love breaks his heart, fills him with rage, jealousy, and utter chaos!

"Brother, you must not confront Lin Qing." Xiao Meng blinked her big, icy blue eyes. "Grandpa advised you that the three-legged toad's abilities are extremely compatible with mechanical elements."

"If you use the soul-guided cannon created by Lin Qing to activate the bombardment mode, it will definitely have a synergistic effect greater than the sum of its parts, and its power may even surpass our martial soul fusion technique."

"We are not on the same path." Xiao Hongchen sneered, "So what if it is the ultimate gold? The three-legged golden toad has the bloodline of a divine beast. I am the world's genius who shines in the Sun and Moon Empire and the Douluo Three Kingdoms!"

"I'm putting my words here, you be my witness. Even if I starve to death, or am blasted to smithereens by a level-nine fixed-position soul-guided cannon falling from the sky, I, Xiao Hongchen, will not use a single soul-guided device made by Lin Qing. Anyone who violates this rule will remain single for life!"

"You're awesome."

Meng Hongchen gave two thumbs up, betting his lifelong happiness on it. This guy's terminal adolescent delusions are incurable.

"Squeak—"

The classroom door opened, letting in sunlight. Dust particles danced lightly in the beam of light, and all the students in the room looked up to see two figures, one in silver and the other in bright gold, stepping into the classroom one after the other.

"Hello everyone, I am Lin Qing/Ye Guyi, a transfer student in Class 1 of Grade 5."

The two introduced themselves frankly, attracting a barrage of stares. The story of Tang Gang and Lan Xiu's crushing defeat at the hands of the freshmen spread throughout the college overnight, and the students were quite curious about who these two were.

Judging by looks alone, Qingyi is truly top-tier, and Meng Hongchen has finally met the Lin Qing she has been longing for. Her chest heaving beneath her white robes, she raises her hand high, her clear voice volunteering:

"Lin Qing, the seat next to me is empty!"

The next second, Xiao Hongchen clutched his heart with one hand, helplessly watching Lin Qing and Ye Guyi take the opportunity to sit in the two empty seats next to their younger sister.

Although the classroom layout of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy is a row of single seats, not the traditional desk mates, the fact that Meng Hongchen, Lin Qing, and Ye Guyi are sitting in a row has already given Xiao Hongchen a heart attack!

With Xiao Meng on the left and Angel on the right, Lin Qing was flanked by two incredibly beautiful girls. Turning his head to look at Meng Hongchen, whose smile couldn't be suppressed, he teased her:

"I feel a little dazed; my identity has changed so quickly."

This time it's not Senior Meng, it's Classmate Meng.

"Yes, yes, Lin Qing, I... will guide you in the future."

The light shining in her silver-gray eyes was tinged with a mesmerizing gold, and Meng Hongchen was so captivated by her beauty that she almost blurted out "ideal".

Ye Guyi, standing to the side, had a strange expression, and she had the feeling that Lin Qing was selling the young boy's intangible assets and living off him.

"Ring ring—"

The middle-aged man entered the classroom as the bell rang. He was Zhou Qin, the homeroom teacher of Class 1, Grade 5, and a Level 7 Soul Master.

Standing in the center of the podium, Zhou Qin scanned the forty-two students in his class and was not surprised to find two unfamiliar faces among them.

Last night, Lin Jiayi announced a teaching reform, meaning his connection with the Qingyi group and even some of the talented students in Class 1 of Grade 5 will last only three months.

"Attend class."

Zhou Qin's teaching style is straightforward and direct, without much preamble. He dislikes moral education and doesn't do tedious tasks like running 100 laps around the track. Since the audience consists of fourth-level soul instructors, he starts with near-fifth-level soul instructor theory.

Lin Qing followed Zhou Qin's train of thought closely, nodding slightly from time to time. An expert's skill is immediately apparent. The Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy does not tolerate idlers. He can readily draw upon various advanced knowledge, which can enlighten people.

Grandma Lin's early education as a Soul Master was no longer sufficient for Lin Qing. He had to rely on his talent to explore his path as a Soul Master for most of the time. Lin Jiayi was right during the political review process: Lin Qing needed to receive formal, academic education to make up for the deficiencies in his past.

At the same time, Ye Guyi put one hand to her forehead, revealing a clear and innocent look in her eyes, like a husky.

Is this some kind of celestial script...?

My head is itching; it feels like I'm about to learn something new.

In terms of combat power, with the Holy Angel Martial Soul going all out, Ye Guyi is firmly among the top five in the class, but at the Soul Master level...

Miss Angel has neither received Sun Moon Education nor possesses Lin Qing's innate martial soul talent and exceptional comprehension. Among this group of fourth-level soul masters, she is undoubtedly at the bottom of the class. If she wants to catch up, she is destined to put in several times more effort than her classmates.

"Swish, swish—"

Many eyes were fixed on Lin Qing's back. Meng Hongchen pondered a plan to get closer to him and have a sweet romance in the future. Xiao Hongchen was panting heavily, burning with the fierce desire to bite the villain to pieces.

The main source of attention is actually Ai Xiao, after all, Xiao Hongchen is so handsome that he doesn't look like the grandson of the Hongchen Hall Master, and he has a group of die-hard fans in every grade of the academy.

Seeing this, Ai Xiao chose to accompany her brother to lock onto Lin Qing, each of them gritting their teeth and their eyes bloodshot.

"get out of class dismissed."

The long class that lasted all morning came to an end, and Ye Guyi instantly felt as if she had been granted a pardon. She slumped onto the desk with a thud, a pitiful sight for the unfortunate soul guide student.

"The first day of school has always been only half a day; everyone is free to do their own thing in the afternoon," Zhou Qin said casually.

"Director Lin has issued a notice that in three months, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy will conduct a school-wide assessment to select the most talented geniuses and form a special class..."