Douluo Continent: Starting with a Heavenly Fire Judgment

Chapter 186 Choosing to Leave in order not to become a burden

A month after Xiao Xiao emerged from seclusion, Wang Dong'er and Wang Qiu'er also emerged from seclusion one after another. Both of them found their own paths during their seclusion. Obviously, both of them chose to attack head-on. Wang Qiu'er, needless to say, her path is to achieve the ultimate power and a strong body. Wang Dong'er, because of her second martial soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, also chose to go all the way on the path of attacking head-on.

Finally, Ji Lin emerged. After more than two months of cultivation, Ji Lin not only increased his soul power by two levels, reaching level forty-nine, but he was also different from the others. He didn't need to find his own path; he had already chosen his path long ago. His first martial soul, Heavenly Fire Judgment, was to pursue the ultimate destructive and offensive power, while his second martial soul, Ice and Snow Maiden, was capable of both strong attacks and control. Ji Lin decided to develop in the functional direction, not pursuing powerful offensive and destructive power, as Heavenly Fire Judgment was sufficient in this regard.

As expected of the Golden Ancient Tree, the life core of Douluo Continent, Ji Lin increased his soul power by two levels after cultivating in the Golden Ancient Tree for just over two months. Wang Dong'er, who possesses the same light attribute as the Golden Ancient Tree, also gained a lot, leveling up five times and is now a level 36 Soul Master.

Wang Qiu'er's true form, the Three-Eyed Golden Talisman, possesses the attribute of light. Although she is currently simulating the ultimate power of the Golden Dragon Martial Soul, she has still gained a great deal, leveling up two levels to reach level forty-four.

Xiaoxiao came out a month earlier than them, but she also leveled up three times and is now level 34.

Of the four, Wang Dong'er leveled up the fastest, but that was because she happened to be a light attribute soul master and not an ultimate soul master. Ji Lin had the highest cultivation level, but strictly speaking, he only leveled up once. After all, he was already close to breaking through to level 48. He broke through to level 48 on the second day in the secret chamber, and then only broke through one level in the following two months. It should be noted that the cultivation speed slows down the further one progresses, and Ji Lin was stuck between the Soul Master and Soul King levels, making it even more difficult to break through. Breaking through as an ultimate attribute soul master is even more difficult. Being able to break through two levels was already an amazing achievement thanks to the Golden Ancient Tree.

Wang Qiu'er and Ji Lin are in similar situations; both have extremely high attributes, and their ability to level up twice is entirely due to the blessing of the Golden Ancient Tree.

Old Mu was still lying leisurely in his recliner, just like he had been a month ago. Xiao Xiao hadn't left; she was waiting for Ji Lin and the others to come together.

Old Master Mu was quite pleased with their growth; they had all found their own paths and become stronger. At such a young age, their future was limitless.

Mu En didn't say much to Ji Lin and the others, but personally distributed the rewards for winning the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament: one soul bone for each of them.

And it matches their attributes.

Moreover, they are all ten-thousand-year-old soul bones, so the academy is quite generous this time.

Ji Lin and Wang Qiu'er had no intention of absorbing the soul bones in their hands. Neither of them wanted a ten-thousand-year soul bone. Wang Qiu'er was influenced by Ji Lin and believed that there was no need to absorb a soul bone that was less than one hundred thousand years old, since once a soul bone was absorbed, it could not be taken back.

Ji Lin planned to use this soul bone as a sect asset of the Free Sect, and distribute it as a reward to disciples when they made meritorious contributions or made contributions to the sect.

After bidding farewell to Elder Mu, the four left the Sea God Pavilion and immediately departed from Sea God Island. Walking along the path to the teaching area, sunlight filtered through the leaves, dappling their bodies. Everything around them seemed both familiar and strange, giving them a sense of being in another world. They hadn't been back for over four months and missed their classmates quite a bit.

Thinking of this, the four quickened their pace and stepped into the teaching building. It was class time, and the four arrived at the door of Class 1, Grade 2.

"Bang, bang, bang." Ji Lin knocked on the classroom door. Zhou Yi was lecturing on the podium and did not notice the people at the door. Ji Lin had no choice but to knock to remind her.

Upon hearing the knock, Zhou Yi and the students of Class 1, Grade 2, who were in class, all looked towards the door. There stood Ji Lin and three others, dressed in their Grade 2 uniforms from the outer academy, with smiles on their faces.

Zhou Yi's face lit up with joy as she said, "You're finally back! Come in quickly."

Although Zhou Yi's authority prevented her from knowing more secrets, she still knew that Ji Lin and his group were representing the academy in this year's Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament.

Seeing that the group had returned safely, she felt relieved. She had also learned about the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament, and people died in almost every tournament. After all, anything could happen on the field, and it was normal to lose one's life by accident.

Ji Lin and the others entered the classroom and returned to their seats. Zhou Yi continued lecturing. The old-fashioned Zhou Yi would not use class time for anything else. Although the other students were curious about what Ji Lin and the others had been doing for the past few months, they did not dare to slack off in Zhou Yi's class.

Ji Lin and his classmates returned a little late. Class 1 of the second grade had just finished its midterm exam and had crushed the other classes with an absolute advantage to take first place.

That's only natural. After Ji Lin and the others went to participate in the competition, Dai Huabin and the others began to cultivate diligently. Several core disciples of the outer academy knew that they must have missed something in that assessment. It wasn't until later, when they learned from Dai Huabin, that the seven remaining people from that assessment had represented the academy in the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament. How could they not know about the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament, which is held every five years?

While envying Ji Lin and the others for being able to participate in such a competition that the entire continent was watching, they also began to work hard to cultivate and strive to win a spot in the competition five years later.

In just a few months, Dai Huabin had reached level 39 and was expected to break through to Soul Master before entering the third year. After him, Wu Feng also broke through to level 30 and became Soul Venerable. Several other core disciples, such as Zhou Sichen, Cao Jinxuan, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo, all reached level 29 and were just a little short of breaking through to Soul Venerable.

In terms of overall strength, they almost completely overwhelmed the other classes.

This was even without Ji Lin and the other three present.

After class, Zhou Yi left without saying anything more.

Zhou Sichen was the first to run up to Ji Lin and say, "Boss, you're finally back! I heard you guys represented the academy in the competition. I'm so envious of you guys."

Besides Zhou Sichen, Cao Jinxuan, who usually had a good relationship with Ji Lin, as well as the Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo sisters, also gathered in front of Ji Lin, looking at him with shining eyes, hoping that Ji Lin would talk to them about the competition.

Cao Jinxuan added enviously, "Yes, the academy has already announced the upcoming Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament. Shrek Academy is the champion again! Boss, even though you're on the reserve team, you must have competed, right? I heard there are hundreds of thousands of spectators at the arena. Boss, weren't you nervous competing in front of hundreds of thousands of people?"

Besides Ji Lin, Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong'er, and Wang Qiu'er were also surrounded by several girls who asked them all sorts of questions, while the male classmates all gathered around Ji Lin, eager to hear the gossip.

Ji Lin waved his hand dismissively and said, "Go away, all you guys do is gossip all day long. It's been so long and you still haven't broken through to the Soul Venerable level. Don't call yourself my little brother when you leave the academy, you'll embarrass me."

The All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament is such a large event that they can easily find out the details by asking around. Rather than boasting about their own achievements, it's better to let them discover and understand for themselves.

That would have given them an even stronger sense of awe, and Ji Lin would have left an even more lofty and impressive impression on them.

Ji Lin is preparing to establish a base for the Free Gate in Shrek City, and he has already sent Chi Yuan with money to find a suitable location.

Once Ji Lin receives good news from Chi Yuan, he can invite Zhou Sichen and the others to join the Zizai Sect.

He and Wang Qiu'er will soon participate in the inner academy assessment and enter the inner academy. At that time, he will have very little time to spend with Zhou Sichen and others. He plans to win over some students he values ​​before entering the inner academy.

When Ji Lin and the others returned to the outer courtyard, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan also returned. Ji Lin, Wang Qiu'er, and Xiao Xiao discussed it and decided to invite their close classmates to have a meal together at a hotel in Shrek City after school.

Ji Lin booked a private room at a restaurant called Star Moon Hotel in Shrek City. This hotel was also owned by Xu Jiujiu, who planned to register it under the Zizaimen name as one of Zizaimen's sources of income in Shrek City.

early morning.

The weather was a bit gloomy today, but the air was still very clean, carrying the moisture from Poseidon Lake, making it easy and refreshing to breathe.

Ji Lin and Wang Qiu'er passed by the Sea God Lake and went straight out of Shrek Academy. They soon arrived at the Star Moon Hotel and were led to the private room that Ji Lin had reserved by the receptionist.

A short while later, Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao led Zhou Sichen, Cao Jinxuan, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo into the private room. For this gathering, Ji Lin and his friends only invited a few classmates with whom they had a close relationship, namely Zhou Sichen and the other three.

Soon, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan also brought Huo Yuhao to the private room.

There were twelve people in total, which filled the entire private room.

Ji Lin first greeted Huo Yuhao, saying, "Yuhao, long time no see. How are you doing in the Soul Guidance Department?"

Huo Yuhao sat down opposite Ji Lin, a smile on his face, and said, "It really has been a long time, almost half a year now. I'm doing very well in the Soul Guidance Department. Teacher Fan Yu and Senior Brother He Caitou have taken good care of me. I'm now a Level 3 Soul Guidance Master, although my cultivation level is still only at the Second Ring."

As he finished speaking, an embarrassed expression appeared on his face.

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Huo Yuhao with some surprise. A level three Soul Master is equivalent to a Soul Venerable among Soul Masters. Huo Yuhao was able to become a level three Soul Master with only two ring cultivation, which clearly shows that he has amazing talent in Soul Guidance Devices.

Ji Lin wasn't too surprised. He knew Huo Yuhao's talent in soul tools better than Huo Yuhao himself. He smiled and said, "I heard from Teacher Wang Yan that from now on, outer court disciples of the Martial Soul Department will also have to learn to use soul tools. Although it's just learning to use them instead of making them, it's still a big reform. The status of the Soul Tool Department at Shrek Academy will rise accordingly. It seems that the activity of soul tools in this Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament has had a significant impact on the academy."

Xiao Xiao and the others who had participated in the competition nodded in agreement. The soul tools that appeared in this competition were all very powerful. Even Ma Xiaotao, a Soul Emperor with a top-tier beast martial soul, was caught off guard and almost suffered a setback. If Shrek Academy does not pay attention to soul tools, it means that Shrek Academy is indeed corrupt.

I heard that some of the elders opposed Wang Yan's proposal, but Mu En overruled their objections and was determined to support the Soul Guidance Department, which finally convinced many of the conservative elders.

The happiest people were undoubtedly the Dean of the Soul Guidance Department, Xian Lin'er, and the Vice Dean, Qian Duoduo, because not only would the Martial Soul Department begin learning how to use soul tools, but after the third year of the outer academy, the Soul Guidance Department would have the right to select suitable disciples from the Martial Soul Department to join the Soul Guidance Department, provided that the students volunteered.

But this already made the people in the Soul Guidance Department very happy. You have to know that in the past, all the genius disciples were in the Martial Soul Department. The Soul Guidance Department could only accept some disciples who were not suitable to stay in the Martial Soul Department, and their potential was very limited.

Now that the restrictions have been lifted, it's likely that a number of outstanding students will be willing to join the Soul Guidance Department. After all, the Soul Guidance Department is known for being wealthy and resource-rich; it only lacks suitable students.

Ji Lin noticed that Bei Bei's complexion was not good, and she was unexpectedly quiet, which was very different from her usual personality.

Moreover, he was surprised to find that Tang Ya, who was always by his side whenever she was at Shrek Academy, did not attend the party.

Thinking of this, he knew that Tang Ya must have left Shrek Academy. With Tang Ya's talent, she wouldn't be able to enter the inner academy. She knew that if she couldn't enter the inner academy, Bei Bei wouldn't either. She didn't want to be a burden to Bei Bei, so she left alone.

Just like Xu Sanshi, who voluntarily repeated a grade for Jiang Nannan, which infuriated many teachers who had high hopes for him.

Just then, Huo Yuhao asked in confusion, "Huh! Why don't I see Teacher Xiaoya? Senior Brother, why hasn't Teacher Xiaoya arrived yet?"

Upon hearing this, Bei Bei's eyes dimmed even more. Xu Sanshi knew what was going on and sighed, "Your teacher Xiao Ya has already left Shrek Academy and should be back in the Heavenly Soul Empire by now."

Huo Yuhao was taken aback and quickly asked, "How could this be? Why did Teacher Xiaoya do this?"

Before he could finish speaking, Huo Yuhao realized what was going on. He wasn't stupid; when Bei Bei came back from outside, he had already heard Bei Bei say that he was about to take the Inner Academy assessment, but he hadn't prepared for it at all. Clearly, he wasn't planning to enter the Inner Academy, which was completely different from Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan's behavior. He figured that Teacher Xiaoya must have chosen to leave for the same reason.

As if she had figured something out, Bei Bei raised her head and looked at everyone with a firm gaze, saying, "I've made up my mind. I'm going to the Heavenly Soul Empire to find Xiao Ya. Otherwise, I won't be able to prepare for the Inner Academy assessment in peace. At least I need to know that she's safe and sound."

(End of this chapter)