Douluo: Legend of the Holy Land

Chapter 12 Initial Good Fortune

After hearing Ye Lingling's words, Xiao Yu suddenly realized that this shy girl seemed to have the potential to be a top student and wanted to catch up with her current studies quickly.

"Here you go. Feel free to ask me if you have any questions."

Xiao Yu immediately handed his notebook to Ye Lingling. It was just a small favor, and there was no need to hide it. Moreover, Ye Lingling's ability to represent the Heaven Dou Royal Academy in the Soul Master Competition showed that her family held some influence in the Heaven Dou Empire, so forming a good relationship with her was a good option.

"Thanks!"

Perhaps because she was happy, Ye Lengleng spoke three points louder this time, and hurriedly started flipping through Xiao Yu's notebook.

Looking at the girl in front of him who had the potential to be a top student, Xiao Yu smiled slightly, decided not to disturb her any longer, turned around and left the classroom to go back to his dormitory to prepare for today's meditation.

Ye Lingling stayed in the classroom, flipping through Xiao Yu's notes at lightning speed.

Having experienced the grueling college entrance examination in his previous life, Xiao Yu was unmatched in Douluo Continent when it came to note-taking. He meticulously highlighted the important points, and coupled with his calligraphy practice in his spare time in his previous life, his handwriting was elegant and pleasing to the eye. This made Ye Lengleng involuntarily develop a good impression of Xiao Yu.

Glug glug~~~

Ye Lengleng was engrossed in studying among her books when her stomach growled in protest, and she realized that it was past lunchtime.

"Oh no, this is bad, the cafeteria might already be closed."

Ye Lengleng shook her head in annoyance, quickly closed her notebook, and got up to run to the cafeteria.

She had only taken a few steps when someone pushed the door open and entered. Ye Lengleng lost her footing and bumped into the person.

Xiao Yu reacted quickly and reached out to catch Ye Lengleng, preventing her from falling to the ground.

"Thanks!"

Ye Leng Leng recognized the person who had come and quickly thanked them. Suddenly, she felt the awkward position between them, and her face flushed slightly.

Xiao Yu reacted quickly, helping Ye Lengleng straight before withdrawing his hand and asking softly, "Are you alright?"

"No...it's nothing!"

Because of her shyness, Ye Lengleng's speech became even more hesitant. After a pause, as if trying to ease the tension, she asked again, "Why are you in the classroom at this hour?"

Xiao Yu smiled slightly, raised the lunchbox in his other hand, and said, "When I passed by the classroom just now, I saw you seriously flipping through your notes and copying them down, without noticing that the students outside were all running to the cafeteria. I guessed you would forget to eat, so I packed you a simple meal from the cafeteria."

As he spoke, Xiao Yu handed the lunchbox in his hand to Ye Lengleng and said, "This is the most common set meal in the academy. I don't know if you have any dietary restrictions. The cafeteria closes quite early, so you should fill your stomach first."

"Thank you, I... I'm not a picky eater!"

Ye Lengleng hurriedly took the lunchbox, glanced down at it, thanked Xiao Yu, and then turned back to her seat to start eating heartily.

Seeing Ye Lengleng eating heartily, clearly hungry, Xiao Yu smiled slightly and turned to leave.

Xiao Yu's actions were partly due to his genuine guess that Ye Lengleng would forget to eat and his fear that the shy and somewhat cute girl would go hungry all afternoon. However, more importantly, he wanted to establish a good relationship with this girl from the Nine Heart Begonia family and lay a good foundation for future connections with her family.

On his way back, Xiao Yu had been thinking a lot. He recalled that if it weren't for the curse on her martial soul, the Nine-Hearted Begonia could even challenge the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's position among support-type characters. He knew he would eventually build a powerful force, and if he could secure the Nine-Hearted Begonia's membership, he could quickly establish his sect's reputation.

Furthermore, Xiao Yu speculated that since the immortal herb could solve the defects of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, there must also exist an immortal herb that could solve the curse of the Nine Heart Begonia, and it was even very likely that it was the Qiluo Tulip that allowed Ning Rongrong's martial soul to advance into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

Therefore, Xiao Yu made a rough plan almost instantly: first, to build a good relationship with Ye Lingling, the new generation successor of the Nine Heart Begonia, and then, when the time was right, to use the immortal herb to help Ye Lingling's martial soul advance and solve the defects of their family's martial soul. In this way, taking over the Nine Heart Begonia family would be a natural thing.

. . . . . . . . . .

Time flies. In the rest of his studies, Xiao Yu would chat with Ye Lengleng from time to time, discussing some of the questions from class, in addition to his cultivation and studies.

Having worked in the corporate world in his previous life, Xiao Yu was like an old fox. Ye Lengleng, an introverted girl who had never seen much of the world, was no match for this old fox's deliberate attempts to befriend her. Soon, the two became familiar with each other, and Ye Lengleng and Xiao Yu began to speak fluently, no longer stumbling over their words as they used to.

Xiao Yu spent another half a year in this kind of study life. In the third month after Ye Lengleng broke through level ten and obtained her first soul ring, Xiao Yu also broke through the bottleneck of level twenty.

Just like when I awakened my martial soul before, when my innate full soul power reached the level 10 bottleneck, the system immediately issued a corresponding task:

"Ding! Since the host's soul power has reached level 20, the following task is hereby issued:"

"1. Red-level mission: Obtain a thousand-year soul ring on your own without the help of external forces."

"2. Black-level mission: Absorb a thousand-year soul ring if you can get help from others."

"3. Purple-level mission: Obtain a hundred-year soul ring on your own without the help of external forces."

"4. Yellow-level mission: Absorb a hundred-year soul ring if you can get help from others."

Unlike last time, this time the system directly canceled the ten-year soul ring reward, presumably because it felt that if a host still wanted to obtain a ten-year soul ring at level twenty, then that host was beyond saving.

At the same time, the reward level for the entire mission has been reduced by one level, and the original gold-level reward has not appeared this time.

Looking at the four reward levels in front of him, Xiao Yu was momentarily caught in a dilemma.

Deep down, Xiao Yu wanted to try for a thousand-year soul ring in his second soul ring. However, a thousand-year soul ring is not so easy to absorb. Moreover, according to Xiao Yu's estimation, a soul beast with a lifespan of one or two thousand years is likely equivalent to the combat power of a Soul Master. With Xiao Yu's cultivation as a quasi-Great Soul Master, it would be no easy task for him to kill a thousand-year soul beast on his own without the help of external forces.

Although Xiao Yu's martial soul, the Underworld Messenger, is of high quality and may be able to fight against ordinary Soul Masters, a high-quality martial soul also requires a high-quality soul ring. In other words, Xiao Yu would never choose just any common soul beast. The thousand-year soul beast he chooses must be far superior to others of the same level.

So after hesitating for a moment, Xiao Yu finally turned his attention to the Black-level mission. With Hui Huo and Miao's help, obtaining a thousand-year soul ring would be a piece of cake, but that didn't mean everything was fine.

(End of this chapter)