Douluo Continent: From Seven Treasure Glazed Tile to Crescent Moon's Solemnity

Chapter 202 Terrifying Cultivation Speed

Ning Feiliu was somewhat emotional as she returned to Tiandou City after more than a year.

In fact, he had not yet completed his mission of traveling to the northern border of the continent, because... the northern border of the continent was larger than he had imagined.

He hasn't even finished a third of his travels yet, which is why he hesitated and traveled for a while longer.

But it turned out that he really couldn't possibly travel the entire North, because this mission wasn't a daily check-in mission.

Instead, the goal is to let him truly "travel" through a place.

It's like sending him on a trip to Mount Tai, not just having him take a picture at the foot of the mountain and consider the trip over, but having him climb the entire mountain...

This is much more difficult.

The main requirement is that he stays in a certain place for a period of time and comes into contact with the main locations there, especially the local Soul Arena, the Spirit Hall, and the most powerful families or forces. Only then can his travels be considered complete, which is a bit troublesome.

That's why he stayed for so long; this trip lasted a year and three months.

However, he also gained a lot during this year or so.

Dugu Yan was also curious about what had happened to him in the past year. Dugu Bo also left with a strange smile on his face, leaving the two of them to chat alone.

"Fei Liu, what's wrong with you this past year? You said you'd come back once every year or two, why did it take so long?" Dugu Yan said with a mixture of curiosity and reproach.

"Well, I just wanted to travel a little longer, and before I knew it, I got carried away and lost in the moment," Ning Feiliu said with a hint of helplessness.

He really didn't expect that after more than a year, he hadn't even finished traveling through the northern border of the continent, having only traveled through a third of it.

Thinking back to when he was still a Soul Master, there was a mission that would allow him to increase his Soul Power by sixteen levels by traveling to a specific region in a year...

That's simply impossible.

He's already a Soul Master, and he still can't travel the entire Northern Territory in a year. So what about when he's a Soul Master...?

I doubt I could accomplish it on my own.

However, there are also bugged cards, such as... having Dugu Bo, a titled Douluo, carry him around.

That should be pretty fast.

Ning Feiliu smiled and said to Dugu Yan, "But I did see a lot of interesting things this time, as well as some special Soul Masters. It was quite interesting."

During his travels through the North, he was constantly helping people—mainly by completing these two tasks.

[After receiving 10,000 heartfelt thanks from others, you will receive the Blessing of Life from the Wandering God: Increases intimacy with intelligent beings by 40% and increases the probability of enlightenment by 10%. (2812 more thanks needed)]

[Heal 10000 sick patients and receive the protection of the Emerald God—increase pharmacology learning ability by 40%. (3967 more attempts needed)]

Although the task completion progress bar was a bit long, Ning Feiliu completed it easily.

Upon returning, he also thought about his previous mission.

[Help one hundred souls fulfill their wishes in life, and gain Mordekaiser's forbidden necromancy and mastery of the language of Ochen.]

To help a hundred souls fulfill their wishes in life, one must first be able to see these souls.

So he thought of the Spirit Blossom Flower, which should have already bloomed.

This time, he brought some Spirit Blossom Flowers with him on his travels. He should be able to encounter people who have recently died and help them easily fulfill their wishes in life.

Dugu Yan, however, was more interested in Ning Feiliu's stories of his travels across the continent, and she continued to ask Ning Feiliu what had happened along the way.

Ning Feiliu then laughed and recounted the interesting stories from his travels, such as the encounters with some rather interesting Soul Masters in the Grand Soul Arena of a major city in the northern border.

For example, "beastman" soul masters who are unable to reclaim their souls due to a mutation in their martial souls.

It's like a summoning-style soul master whose martial soul is both a beast martial soul and a weapon martial soul.

Or they could be beast-wielding soul masters like Yu Xiaogang, who use beasts to attack.

He also saw a combination of Soul Masters who could use Soul Fusion Techniques.

There's no need to elaborate on the others, or those with all sorts of strange martial souls.

Those who use their own arms as their martial souls have various soul skills that enhance their hands. Ning Feiliu was slightly surprised to find that there were soul masters similar to the Body Sect ten thousand years ago.

Perhaps this Soul Master was the original founder of the Body Sect.

There are also attacks that use sound waves, attacks that use light, attacks that only have "half" of a beast spirit, attacks that use foul odors, and attacks that use a sticky, glue-like liquid to trap enemies...

He even encountered a band of thieves who wanted to kill him. One of the Soul Masters had a large piece of glass as his Martial Soul, and his attack methods included using the glass as a hidden weapon and focusing the sun.

Moreover, its focusing efficiency is also very high, similar to the Fresnel lens that Ning Feiliu used in his previous life.

Unfortunately, Ning Feiliu absorbed the Blazing Apricot Blossom and the Blessing of the Forged Demigod, so he wasn't too afraid of flames unless the Soul Master was much higher level than him.

After all, he usually cultivates by directly absorbing the scorching sunlight using the Sunlight Breathing Technique.

But Ning Feiliu really did gain some knowledge.

Indeed, the types of martial souls in Douluo Continent are countless, and the attack methods and techniques of soul masters are also numerous.

The main point is that it's impossible to defend against.

However, Ning Feiliu is too strong now. The mechanism of the Crescent Moon Divine Weapon allows him to have twenty-four soul skills even though he currently only has four soul rings, as well as two blessing soul skills: [Summoning of the God of Forging] and [Summoning of the God of Ice and Snow].

Then, because he absorbed the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass and the Fiery Apricot Blossom, he gained a pseudo-water and fire invulnerability ability.

In addition, don't forget that Ning Feiliu also has a fragmented Rejuvenation Rune and a complete Calm Mind Rune.

With his calm and composed demeanor, as long as he doesn't use the two blessing soul skills, [Summoning of the God of Forging] and [Summoning of the God of Ice and Snow], which consume the most soul power, too many times, he still has enough soul power to consume.

Even if his soul power is exhausted, he still has the Iron Sun Box, a soul tool that can emit light wave attacks and provide a shield to protect himself.

Meanwhile, Ning Feiliu's combat experience and martial arts skills are constantly accumulating. Don't forget that Jax has lived for thousands of years.

His experience and martial arts skills were inexhaustible compared to Singed and Lena.

He has now accumulated four hundred years of Jax's fighting skills.

In the world of Douluo Continent, that would truly be the embodiment of a martial god.

For this reason, Ning Feiliu also took the initiative to use sting tactics, deliberately luring some unscrupulous Soul Masters or bandits so that he could then retaliate and eliminate them.

He even killed many of the Spirit Hall's wanted criminals.

"...I eliminated the Soul King leader of that village, and then released the civilians in the village." Ning Feiliu told Dugu Yan with a smile about her seemingly thrilling experience.

After killing the Soul King, he also obtained a very special item from the bandit stronghold he had occupied—a map of the Killing City.

This guy's martial soul is an evil martial soul that can be enhanced by devouring other people's hearts. However, he committed a crime three years ago and was wanted by the Spirit Hall. He is definitely an evil soul master. However, in the current official regulations of the Spirit Hall, there is no concept or title for evil soul master. He should be called a fallen one.

In fact, the name "Spirit Hall" is meant to distinguish between corrupted spirit masters who cause evil and spirit masters who possess evil spirits.

The two are not actually the same. Having an evil martial soul does not mean that he is a fallen evil soul master.

Just like the Scorpion Tiger Douluo during the Douluo Continent II: The Peerless Tang Sect era, his martial soul was evil, but he didn't initially intend to kill people to cultivate.

After discovering that his martial soul was evil, he was forced to join the "Holy Spirit Cult" and become an evil soul master.

It's really too tragic.

But this Soul King who cultivated by devouring human hearts is different. He is clearly an evil fallen one. Despite being wanted by the Spirit Hall, he actually thought of running away to the City of Slaughter.

What he didn't know was that the Killing City wasn't the paradise for the fallen as portrayed in propaganda...

If he went in with his strength, he would die an even more miserable death in no time.

But none of that matters anymore; he's already dead at Ning Feiliu's hands.

Dugu Yan listened with some concern as Ning Feiliu vividly recounted her harrowing experience, but since Ning Feiliu had returned unharmed, she wouldn't criticize her.

"Fei Liu, you really are such a pushover," she said with a hint of helplessness.

Yes, Ning Feiliu is just an overly kind person, she's never changed.

She also liked Ning Feiliu's kindness, but it wasn't just his kindness.

She loved his intelligence, his handsome face, his extraordinary knowledge... she loved everything about Ning Feiliu.

"Alright," Ning Feiliu said with a smile, "There's nothing I can do about it. I'm just that kind, good-natured, handsome, and strong—the most perfect man in Douluo Continent."

He winked at Dugu Yan playfully.

Dugu Yan was taken aback. Although she agreed with Ning Feiliu's point of view, she still laughed and scolded, "Hmph! So vain! Shameless! Saying you're the most perfect man in the entire Douluo Continent, aren't you ashamed to say that?"

"What's shameful about it? I was just telling the truth!" Ning Feiliu said with a chuckle.

"Hmph, to be honest... the most perfect man must be incredibly powerful by now, right? A Title Douluo?" Dugu Yan said with a huff.

"What about Sister Yan?" Ning Feiliu asked with a smile. "I'm about to break through to the Soul King realm..."

"You've reached level 49 in soul power?!" Dugu Yan was genuinely shocked.

She broke through to the Soul Master level much earlier than Ning Feiliu. It's been almost a year and a half to two years since she consumed the Eight-Petaled Immortal Orchid, and even after taking the Profound Water Pill, she only increased her Soul Power by seven levels, reaching level forty-eight.

This rapid improvement is naturally due to the talent enhanced by consuming the Eight-Petaled Immortal Orchid and the Mysterious Water Pill, as well as the benefits of the Moon Essence Breathing Technique and the Poison Core Gathering Technique.

But Dugu Yan's cultivation speed is still too fast.

To put it another way, Oscar, one of the geniuses from Shrek Academy, who also consumed the Eight-Petaled Immortal Orchid, had a soul power of level 38 after eating the immortal herb.

However, he later broke through to the Soul Master level, despite working extremely hard—at the time, he was spurred on by Ning Fengzhi and wanted to be with Ning Rongrong. (Oscar was the fastest among the Shrek Seven Devils to break through to the Soul Master level, even with the limitations of a support-type Soul Master's cultivation speed.)

It took him four and a half months to break through the last two levels of soul power at the Soul Master level, averaging about two months to increase one level of soul power.

Dugu Yan possesses a seventh-level soul power at the Soul Master level. In one year and eight months, which is twenty months, it would take her almost two to three months to increase her soul power by one level.

The difference in soul power between a Soul Master and a Soul Sect at level one is enormous.

This is enough to prove how powerful the Moon Essence Breathing Technique and the Poison Core Technique are.

However... if Ning Feiliu really went on a journey and reached level 49 soul power in one year and three months, then he would have increased his soul power by eight levels in fifteen months.

On average, it takes a little over a month but less than two months to increase one level of soul power...

Ning Feiliu smiled and said, "No, what I mean is... I'm only one spirit ring away from breaking through to the Soul King realm, and I came back to absorb spirit rings."

Immediately, Dugu Yan's eyes widened, and she said in disbelief, "Fei Liu, you've already reached level fifty in soul power?!"

Ning Feiliu smiled and nodded, saying, "That's right..."

Dugu Yan's eyes widened again, because Ning Feiliu was now...

He was actually twelve years and five months old when he transmigrated into this world and into this body. He spent a year and a half in Tiandou City, and then traveled for more than a year.

A Soul King who is not even sixteen years old—this record is truly terrifying.

However... for Ning Feiliu, it was still too slow.

You should know that he has the World Rune of Calm and Composed on him. Calm and Composed—possessing this rune increases the speed of soul power growth by 100% and the speed of soul power recovery by 200%!

Then there's the added bonus of his travel quests—

[Traveling through any one of the eastern, southern, western, or northern borders of the continent will double the speed of soul power increase during the journey, and the incomplete rune will be restored upon completion of the journey.]

In addition, there are the Sunlight Breathing Technique and the Moonlight Breathing Technique, but these two cultivation methods cannot multiply the speed of soul power; instead, they maintain a fixed rate.

For example, before Ning Feiliu consumed the Immortal Herb and the Profound Water Pill, his daily cultivation and absorption of soul power increased by 0.000001 level. Then, the two major cultivation methods would increase his soul power by 0.002 level, which adds up to 0.002001 level.

It doesn't mean his cultivation speed doubled. Even if his talent improved later, his daily cultivation and absorption of external energy to increase his soul power would only be 0.001 level soul power. With the Moon Essence Breathing Technique and the Sunlight Breathing Technique, it would be 0.003 level soul power. But that doesn't mean his cultivation speed doubled; it just meant it increased.

Even so, the speed at which these soul powers increase will double based on this situation, although the mechanism between them is not multiplicative but additive.

However, he was still allowed to cultivate at nearly four times the speed of normal cultivation.

It took him a year and three months to raise his soul power to level nine... Actually, it was because he had to complete his travel mission, which caused some delays.

After all, given his condition, he couldn't spend most of the day cultivating.

However, if he stops to travel and chooses to cultivate his soul power, the speed-up effect of the travel mission will be lost. It's up to him to decide.

But his cultivation speed... in Dugu Yan's eyes, it wasn't slow at all!

Where is this cultivation speed slow? If Ning Feiliu thinks this cultivation speed is slow... then she should reflect on whether she has not cultivated properly in the past year, which is why her soul power is increasing so slowly.

Of course, Dugu Yan is currently unaware of Ning Feiliu's thoughts that he feels his cultivation speed is too slow.

She was so shocked she didn't know what to say, "Fei Liu, you really are... so talented it makes you doubt yourself..."

It doesn't suppress levels; the main focus is on speed. Of course, it also emphasizes some rationality; it's impossible for it to suddenly jump up.

However, if I go through the plot, the protagonist will probably be in the Killing City for several years without any progress.

(End of this chapter)