Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul is the Mysterious Heavy Ruler

Chapter 11: Trials and Tribulations (End)

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Mu Yun opened the envelope and read it aloud to everyone.

"By the time you read this letter, I may already be nothing but bones. My name is Mo Li. I was originally a rogue cultivator. In my early years, due to some fortuitous encounters, I clashed with a member of a powerful family, and was subsequently wiped out. I spent my life on the run across the continent, eventually settling in the Star Dou Great Forest. After years of cultivating in the Star Dou Great Forest, I left to seek revenge. After avenging myself, I returned to the Star Dou Great Forest, but alas, things didn't go as planned. After my revenge, someone leaked the fact that I possessed a treasure, and I was found here. When I finally used all my strength to kill the last person, I was exhausted and could only write this letter to await the right person. If you see this letter, you don't need to do anything; just bury my body properly. Ring." Inside is a 30,000-year-old head bone, a 40,000-year-old right arm bone, two 30,000-year-old right leg bones, and a 37,000-year-old torso bone. These are all spoils of war from when I was being hunted down. As for the mask, it's one I obtained while being chased on the continent. It's called "Thousand Illusions and Myriad Changes," and it can alter a person's appearance and disguise their martial soul and soul power level. Soul power below level 99 is impervious to it. The medicinal herbs inside are what I found in the Star Dou Great Forest over the years. Consuming them can increase one or two levels of soul power. The ring is a soul tool that can store living beings and change the color of soul rings. If you see my letter, please find a place to bury the corpse. Consider the contents of the ring as payment.

The story ended there, leaving everyone with a sigh.

"Alas, these families and nobles are truly hateful, always robbing and plundering."

"What's the point of saying all this? No matter how talented you are, you can't compare to someone with a family background. Although this world values ​​strength, you still need connections when you go out into the world."

After everyone finished venting their frustrations, they found a scenic spot, dug a hole, and buried him.

After burying them, they began to distribute the items.

"Inside the ring are a head bone, a right arm bone, two right leg bones, and a torso bone. The right leg bone is speed-type, the right arm bone is strength-type, the head bone is spirit-type, and the torso bone is defense-type. What do you think we should do with them?" Mu Yun said to the group.

"I want that mask and the ring. You can divide the rest of the soul bones and medicinal herbs among yourselves. As for the gold soul coins, we'll split them equally." It was Xiao Yi who spoke.

Xiao Yi felt that the mask would be of great use to him. In the future, when traveling across the continent, he could change his appearance and level to do things that were inconvenient to do with his true appearance. Even if he caused trouble, no one could find his true self.

"Xiao Xiao, are you sure?"

"I'm sure. After all, I'm only level 36 now, and I'll have plenty of opportunities to absorb spirit rings. I don't need this spirit bone. Besides, once I absorb this spirit bone, I won't be able to replace it with a suitable one."

Mu Yun understood Xiao Yi's thoughts after hearing his words, and said nothing more. He turned to look at the four people besides Xiao Yi.

"I want a right leg bone. Mu Yun, you take the right arm bone. Give the spirit skull to Wu Xuan, Wang Liang to his torso bone, and Li Kai to his right leg bone." It was Yingluo who said this. As Mu Yun's lover, he saw Mu Yun's dilemma and, not wanting everyone to suffer, he distributed the soul bones for Mu Yun.

Seeing that no one seemed unhappy, Mu Yun glanced at Xiao Yi and, seeing that he didn't react much, distributed the soul bones to everyone.

After distributing the soul bones, medicinal herbs, and soul coins, Mu Yun handed the ring and mask to Xiao Yi, and then they sat down to absorb them.

Three hours later, Mu Yun woke up. It has to be said that Yingluo had a good eye; she had analyzed the characteristics of almost everyone.

Then the others gradually regained consciousness.

They exchanged information about their soul power levels and then returned to their base.

The first gain from this trip to the cave was that everyone except Xiao Yi obtained a soul bone. Secondly, everyone except Wu Xuan (level 54) and Xiao Yi broke through to the Soul Emperor level. Each person received 500,000 Soul Coins. After returning to hunt souls, the strength of the entire team will be greatly enhanced.

However, Xiao Yi felt that a soul bone was no less valuable than the mask.

By the way, Wu Xuan's spirit ring was obtained by Xiao Yi half a year after he arrived. The spirit ring is a ten-thousand-year-old Xuanwu Turtle, and its spirit skill is to enhance defense.

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one year later.

Another year has passed. Xiao Yi is now almost thirteen years old, 1.8 meters tall, and his soul power has reached level 38. After returning from that cave, the group spent two months hunting for soul beasts, because the sixth soul ring was 20,000 years old, and the search took a lot of time. After all, not everyone can directly encounter a suitable soul beast.

First, Mu Yun reached level 67. Because of an injury he suffered in his early years, he was stuck between level 59 and 60 for a while. However, after absorbing the soul bone, it was no longer a big deal. With the help of soul ring herbs and soul bone, he broke through to level 64 in one fell swoop.

Wang Liang is level 64. His spirit ring is a Mighty Vajra Bear spirit ring, and he also obtained a piece of his left arm bone.

Yingluo is level 63. Because she is a food-type Soul Master, it is more difficult for her to cultivate. Her Soul Ring is a 20,000-year-old Ghost Leopard, and her Soul Skill increases her speed.

Li Kai's spirit ring is a silver moon wolf. His spirit skill is to summon a moon with a diameter of fifty meters to fall from the sky. The spirit skill is very powerful and can create a crater with a diameter of twenty meters. As for the piece of his left leg bone that was broken off, his spirit power reached level sixty-five, making him the number one person below Mu Yun.

Xiao Yi felt he had gained enough experience, so he went to Mu Yun and said he was leaving.

"Brother Mu, I'm planning to leave. My initial plan was to train for two years to develop my own fighting style and make some money along the way. Now that I've achieved my goal, I'm going to find a place to train."

Mu Yun wasn't surprised when he heard this, since no one would keep doing Soul Hunting forever.

Mu Yun and the others have been a great help to Xiao Yi over the past two years, and they've developed a bond after spending so much time together. Xiao Yi hopes that if they establish their own power in the future, they can reunite.

"Actually, even if you hadn't said anything, we were already planning to disband. Now we're all Soul Emperors, so we can get along well anywhere. Plus, we have some money in our pockets, so we're planning to start our own business in Soto City."

Mu Yun said to Xiao Yi.

However, given your age and talent, you should still go to school. Why not go to the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy? Even if they only accept nobles, they will make an exception for you, given your talent and age.

After returning from the cave, Xiao Yi also revealed his age and name. Mu Yun and the others didn't say anything about it; it's normal to be cautious when traveling.

Xiao Yi felt that joining the academy was necessary, since one person wouldn't have that many resources, and Dugu Yan was there now. If he wanted to obtain the rare treasures of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, he would have to go through Dugu Yan's channels.

The two talked for a long time, and Xiao Yi left Mu Yun's residence in the evening.

The next day, Xiao Yi packed his bags and left.

(End of this chapter)