Douluo Continent: Getting Stronger After Heartbreak

Chapter 2: Increasing the Birth Rate Across the Continent

Inside the restaurant, lights of various sizes cast a soft glow, creating a warm atmosphere.

But Qin Jian felt no warmth at all; all he felt was a chilling palpitation.

"You always push yourself too hard when you train in the Sword Pool; you never come out until you've completely exhausted your soul power..."

Sword Douluo looked at Qin Jian a few steps away, his deadpan face showing little expression. He simply continued, "Although the released soul beast aura is very small, with so many instances, I can naturally confirm it."

"Then why didn't the teacher kill me?"

Qin Jian suddenly looked up, his delicate face appearing icy cold.

Sword Douluo didn't care about his performance at all, and simply stroked his chin and said, "Being able to conceal your aura so perfectly means that your soul power before transformation may have exceeded the 100,000-year level..."

Qin Jian shuddered.

Sword Douluo's voice contained no coldness, yet it felt as if countless icy swords were piercing his heart.

"A spirit ring that's hundreds of thousands of years old... and at least two top-tier spirit bones..."

Sword Douluo's gaze also seemed somewhat strange.

Qin Jian suddenly looked up at the titled Douluo who was known as the strongest attacker on the continent.

His eyes held a complex expression, but there was no murderous intent...

Qin Jian suddenly smiled.

Instantly, the warmth of the room returned, and the chill on my body disappeared completely.

He took a few steps, returned to his seat, and continued eating.

Sword Douluo's expression stiffened, and he said in a strange tone, "Now that I've exposed your identity, why didn't you run away?"

Qin Jian ate his meal nonchalantly, muttering, "My teacher is a powerful Title Douluo; I can't escape him."

"So you just gave up?"

Sword Douluo was both amused and exasperated.

Qin Jian turned to look at him, tilting his small face up: "Teacher has no intention of killing me."

Sword Douluo paused, then looked somewhat speechless: "This is a matter of life and death, and you're just going to rely on your gut feeling?"

A smile appeared on Qin Jian's face: "Teacher, my true form is a love flower that has grown for 100,000 years, possessing soul power at the level of a million years, and is most sensitive to kindness and malice."

"The 100,000-year-old Love Flower... actually possesses a million-year-old soul power..."

Sword Douluo exclaimed in surprise, then asked curiously, "What is the Love Flower?"

Qin Jian was still smiling, but his face held a bitter expression: "It's a flower that grows in the center of the Star Dou Great Forest... unable to move... unable to speak... unable to do anything..."

God knows how desperate he felt after he transmigrated and found himself transformed into a flower. He wanted to commit suicide, but he didn't even have the ability to do so.

Later, he thought that it was just a flower, and who knows when it would be eaten, so he began to wait for death in peace.

Then a rabbit appeared...

Not only did they not eat him, they also watered him for 100,000 years…

"You've cultivated to become a million-year-old soul beast and you still can't move?" Sword Douluo asked, somewhat puzzled.

Qin Jian shook his head and said, "I don't know what happened either. I clearly have a million years of soul power, but the only change is that I've grown to be as big as a tree, and I can actively emit a pink aura..."

"A pinkish hue?"

Sword Douluo initially didn't pay attention, but his expression quickly changed. He lowered his head and said in a deep voice, "Was it you who released the pink aura that permeated the entire continent ten years ago?"

"It actually spread across the entire continent? I thought it only affected the Star Dou Great Forest..."

Qin Jian scratched his head, somewhat embarrassed, and said, "I just wanted to test my abilities, but I didn't expect the consequences to be so serious..."

He said with lingering fear, "That night, all the spirit beasts in the entire forest went on a rampage... That year, the birth rate of spirit beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest was several hundred times higher..."

And that silly rabbit…

Even now, thinking about it makes Qin Jian's body tremble three times.

"So you were the culprit that night..."

Qin Jian suddenly realized that his body was slowly rising. When he looked up, he saw Sword Douluo's gloomy, lifeless face.

He grabbed Qin Jian by the collar and lifted him into the air.

"I've been locked up for so many years... cough... and I'm actually being forced to use... you know... cough cough cough..."

Qin Jian's eyes widened slowly: "Teacher, even you can't control yourself?"

"Bang."

Qin Jian was casually tossed back into his chair by Sword Douluo. He said irritably, "That year, the birth rate of newborns across the entire continent increased many times over. Even Rongrong was born that year... cough..."

Qin Jian's lips twitched uncontrollably: "I never imagined that Rongrong was born because of me..."

Sword Douluo didn't want to bring up the embarrassing incident from back then, so he said, "Is this why you want to transform into a human? I remember that after a soul beast grows to 100,000 years old, it only has 1,000 years of life left. But if it transforms into human form and cultivates to level 100, it can naturally become a god."

Qin Jian nodded and then shook his head.

"That's only part of the reason; there's an even bigger reason..."

He suddenly clenched his fists tightly, and said with grief and indignation, "That time I released the pink aura, I inadvertently overheard a conversation between two first-level gods. They said I'm almost mature, and I can pick the fruit for alchemy in thirty years!"

"A first-level deity?!"

Sword Douluo was initially startled, then realized, "A love flower that lasts for ten thousand years, and soul power that lasts for a million years—that's extremely rare even for a god..."

"So, if you don't want to be eaten..."

Qin Jian raised his head, his gaze resolute: "I must become a god!"

"So that's how it is..."

Sword Douluo nodded, then suddenly said with relief, "Luckily I didn't attack you. A love flower with a million years of soul power... what kind of soul skill or soul bone would it have given me..."

He recalled the uncontrollable turmoil he had felt that night, and a shiver ran through him.

"But when the teacher discovered I was a soul beast, he didn't know any of this. Why didn't he take action? Didn't the teacher feel tempted?" Qin Jian asked curiously.

"How could I not be tempted..."

Sword Douluo shook his head, his gaze towards Qin Jian becoming calm and gentle: "It's just that people have more than just desires; they also have emotions... I had already been raising you for a year or two, and I just couldn't bring myself to do it."

Sword Douluo looked at the handsome and refined young man before him with gentle eyes.

He had no children of his own, but Qin Jian was someone he could spend every day with, like his own child.

Moreover, Qin Jian is a man of deep feelings; his understanding and the warmth he brings make it impossible for Sword Douluo to let him go.

"Thank you, teacher."

Qin Jian revealed a genuine smile.

He was lucky to have a teacher who didn't mind his identity as a soul beast!

Sword Douluo shook his head, thinking to himself, "I also want to thank you for bringing so much warmth to this old man."

But his personality prevented him from saying such a thing; he simply said, "Then how come you can't cultivate soul power? Logically speaking, this should be a piece of cake for you."

Upon hearing this, Qin Jian's expression immediately became conflicted: "These are the nine trials of my divine position that naturally occurred to me..."

(End of this chapter)