The Exchange Game Starting with Lu Mingfei

The little devil didn't answer Huo Yuhao's question; he took the things and left.

Huo Yuhao had gotten used to the little devil's style. He glanced at the scenery rushing past the car window and thought of the ordinary people on Douluo Continent.

Ten thousand years ago, they could awaken their martial souls, but ten thousand years after the Spirit Hall was abolished, would anyone still go down to every village to awaken the martial souls of those farmers?

Shrek Academy couldn't do that, nor had it ever done it before.

I should be grateful that I was born into the White Tiger Duke's Mansion; at least I have the qualifications to awaken my martial spirit and the opportunity to be taught and trained.

Unfortunately, Huo Yuhao did not awaken the White Tiger Martial Soul, and his innate soul power was too low.

He lost his value.

Perhaps Mom and Dai Hao were never truly in love, nor were they compatible, and there was no deep affection between them. The hardships of reality can make people endlessly romanticize their memories; Mom had nothing, she could only deceive herself.

In the Douluo Continent, it's normal to have multiple wives and concubines, or multiple husbands and multiple servants. As long as you are strong, rich, powerful, and have a high status, you can have as many partners as you want.

Huo Yun'er misjudged the person, or perhaps it was out of necessity.

How could an ordinary person like her possibly resist Duke White Tiger?

"The world is wrong..." Huo Yuhao looked out the window at the girls in short skirts, smiling brightly as they strolled together, and thought they were really lucky.

Perhaps there are many dangers in this world, but in most cases, they are safe and able to enjoy freedom.

Erii followed Huo Yuhao's gaze and looked out the window at the girls chatting and laughing.

Her eyes remained calm yet indifferent, but also seemed to hold a hint of envy.

"Eri, I told you I would try my best to let you speak freely and go wherever you want." Huo Yuhao smiled. "I have already taken the first step, and soon you will too."

Erii shifted her gaze to Huo Yuhao's face and wrote in her notebook: Erii believes in Sakura.

She knew the person in front of her was named "Lu Mingfei," but he told her his name was "Sakura," so she believed he was Sakura.

"We're here. Which activity should we do first?" Huo Yuhao took Erii's hand, which was covered by white lace gloves.

Erii looked at the most eye-catching Cinderella Castle, its Gothic spires elegant and romantic.

In that direction, Genji was waiting for them.

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Di Tian carried a large fox into the Silver Dragon King's space.

Lu Mingfei looked at the other party's six tails and blinked.

"[It's a rare nine-tailed fox, and it already has six tails,]" Tianmeng commented. "[It seems to have cultivated for 60,000 years. It might be a bit dangerous for others, but it's perfect for you.]"

After all, Huo Yuhao's spirit ring configuration was quite excessive. The 60,000-year spirit ring was only more powerful in energy than the 20,000-year one; there was no qualitative change.

[Yu Xiaogang's theory on the age limit of spirit rings only applies to ordinary spirit masters, not geniuses.] Tianmeng said, [I think that guy is just talking nonsense. Shrek Academy even claims to only accept monsters, and what kind of level are monsters?]

Huo Yuhao's spirit rings don't conform to that theory in terms of age, but he's still fine, isn't he?

It's truly useless that all the Soul Masters in Douluo Continent have been fooled by Yu Xiaogang for so many years.

Looking at the large pink and white fox in front of him, Lu Mingfei suddenly hallucinated as if he were Tamamo-no-Mae or Su Daji.

Foxes, you have to admit, really do have a natural talent for control.

Even if it's a Tibetan fox, how can mockery not be considered a form of control?

"Actually, I think," Lu Mingfei said with difficulty, shifting his gaze, "there's no need for all this fighting... Wang Qiu'er can evolve her own spirit rings, maybe I can do it too if I try?"

It's just about deducting skill slots. What's the point of playing a game if you don't cheat?

Di Tian looked at Lu Mingfei in surprise.

He wasn't actually averse to Lu Mingfei's naive idea, since it was beneficial to the soul beast race.

However, Di Tian had to remind him: "Even if Qiu'er transforms into human form, she can only develop the first seven spirit rings. The remaining spirit rings will still need to be obtained from other spirit beasts."

Isn't this just infighting?

Lu Mingfei knew that this was the law of the jungle, the survival of the fittest.

But isn't this just too... unfilial?

[Yuhao had previously planned to launch a "Soul Spirit" project,] Tianmeng said to Lu Mingfei, [which essentially involved using necromancy and soul beast sacrifices to preserve the souls of the soul beasts, allowing them to remain with the soul masters like I, the Ice Emperor, and the Snow Emperor.]

"For normal soul beasts, sacrificing themselves to soul masters is not worthwhile, given the short lifespans of soul masters," Ice Emperor added. "But for those soul beasts nearing their end, or those critically injured and beyond saving, if they can coexist with a soul master, even with a significantly reduced lifespan, every extra day they live is a bonus."

Lu Mingfei thought the plan seemed interesting, but there still seemed to be many problems.

Let's not even talk about soul beasts nearing their end. In order to continue living, they might very well choose to sacrifice themselves to become soul spirits. But what about those that are seriously injured and beyond saving...? Can they really survive until they happen to meet a suitable soul master?

In this world, the soul rings that soul masters can absorb must at least be related to the attribute, or at least have some similarity.

[This plan isn't perfect; the planning isn't up to par.] Lu Mingfei might not understand the rules of the world, but he understands the rules of the game.

"Do you think you still have decades to research creating your own soul rings?" Di Tian placed the six-tailed nine-tailed fox beside him. The large fox glanced at Di Tian furtively, then lay motionless beside him.

The fox's life is so miserable, but what can it do? The fox has no power to resist!

Lu Mingfei became serious: "What do you mean by that?"

"Does Tang San really think he can come to the Star Dou Great Forest in person to kill me?"

Di Tian was speechless: "Are you planning to hide in the Star Dou Great Forest for the rest of your life?"

"Uh..." Lu Mingfei remembered his project contract and immediately felt dejected. "I wish I could."

"I think this method of Soul Masters hunting Soul Beasts to obtain Soul Rings and advance in rank is too rigid."

Although Lu Mingfei had seen more rigid game mechanics, Douluo Continent's system was a common and simple level-capping mechanism. In some games, to change jobs, you not only have to do quests and kill bosses, but you also have to search the entire map for items, and then solve puzzles, clear levels, and fight bosses again.

But this is the real world, at least for Lu Mingfei right now, it's a real game world, the kind without any pixelation.

"Actually, I have a question," Lu Mingfei said, his left fist resting on his chin, his eyes deep and thoughtful—he could practically cosplay as The Thinker if he just changed his pose. "Humans have intelligence, and so do spirit beasts. Humans can cultivate, and so can spirit beasts, so why should you become human spirit rings?"

Do spirit beasts enjoy selfless dedication?

"Humans can devise ways to exploit you, and you just stand there and wait to be slaughtered?"

Di Tian's expression was inscrutable: "Aren't you human?"

Lu Mingfei smacked his lips.

To be precise, he isn't; he's a mixed-race person...

【A mixed-race... uh, a mongrel?】 Tianmeng scratched his head.