Douluo Continent: Awakening the Original Martial Soul at the Start.

Chapter 105 Deterring the Major Sects

"Leave those sects to me. You focus on dealing with matters in the court!" Li Fei said solemnly. After giving Qian Renxue a kiss on the cheek, he left the imperial study.

Li Fei did not immediately seek trouble with those sects. Instead, he returned to the Body Sect. Dealing with sect matters was not something that could be resolved in a day or two. He needed to first teach Oscar and the others how to breathe deeply.

After returning to the sect, Li Fei summoned Oscar and the others, including Ning Rongrong. Since the last time, Ning Rongrong had frequently traveled from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School to the Body School, not only for cultivation and food, but also to play with Oscar and the others. In the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, everyone treated her like a princess, but Oscar and the others treated her like a friend.

"Xiao Ao, what are you doing here?!" Ning Rongrong asked curiously, looking at the dozens of small beds in the room.

"Actually, I don't really understand either. Brother Li Fei is just teaching us how to sleep. But every time I sleep, I feel very comfortable, and it can also increase my soul power and strength!" Xiao Ao explained with a silly smile, scratching his head.

"Sleep?!" Ning Rongrong was very puzzled.

"Rongrong, find a bed and lie down too!"

Upon hearing Li Fei's voice, Ning Rongrong nodded and lay down on the small bed next to Nong Zhi.

After everyone lay down, Li Fei's mental energy spread out like ripples, hypnotizing all the little ones and putting them into a deep sleep.

"If only there were a device that could help me fall into deep sleep, I wouldn't have to constantly find time to use hypnosis!"

Once Oscar and the others were in the zone, Li Fei also snapped out of his reverie and began to think.

However, this also served as a reminder to Li Fei. Although he did not have the technology of the Star River Era, he did have magic arrays and soul artifacts. With a little tinkering, creating an auxiliary device should not be a problem.

……

"Fengzhi, Rongrong has run off to the Body Sect again! Aren't you going to keep an eye on her?" Chenxin complained to Ning Fengzhi, who was sitting there reading a book, after searching around the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect without finding Ning Rongrong.

"Uncle Jian, Li Fei's teaching abilities far surpass yours and mine. Sending Rongrong to the Body Sect won't do any harm. Perhaps Li Fei will even guide Rongrong's cultivation, making her stronger. Besides, she basically has no friends her age in the sect. Over there, she can play with Nong Zhi and the others. Isn't that great?!"

Ning Fengzhi put down the book in his hand, feeling helpless about Sword Douluo. His two uncles were simply too doting on Rongrong.

"But we can't just run away from the country three times a week. Can't Gu Rong and I, two titled Douluo, teach them?!" Chen Xin said somewhat unwillingly.

If you two could be tougher when you're teaching, would I have needed to drag you out to hunt whale sacs for half a year before?!

Ning Fengzhi rolled his eyes, looking utterly helpless.

"Dad, Grandpa Jian, I'm back!"

Suddenly, Ning Rongrong's voice came from outside. Chen Xin instantly transformed into a sword light and arrived outside. He then picked up Ning Rongrong and kept asking her with concern.

"Grandpa Jian, I'm fine. Xiao Ao and the others are very good to me!" Ning Rongrong said in a clear voice.

Chen Xin was too preoccupied to notice that Ning Rongrong's aura had become much calmer than before, but the observant Ning Fengzhi did notice. Not only that, he also discovered that Ning Rongrong's soul power had actually increased by one level, and her eyes occasionally flashed with a sharp light.

"Rongrong, tell Daddy! What happened at the Body Sect today?!" Ning Fengzhi coaxed.

"Nothing happened?!" Ning Rongrong asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Feng Zhi, what do you mean?!" Chen Xin frowned.

"Uncle Jian, haven't you noticed yet?! Rongrong's aura has changed, and even her soul power and physical attributes have increased!" Ning Fengzhi said irritably.

After being reminded, Chen Xin realized Ning Rongrong's change.

"Rongrong, think carefully, what's different about this trip compared to before?"

Hearing about her father and Grandpa Jian, Ning Rongrong still looked confused: "Besides Brother Li Fei being here today and teaching us how to sleep, nothing else has changed?!"

"sleep?!"

"Yeah! After waking up, I felt so strong, but I was really hungry!" Ning Rongrong said, gesturing with her hands.

"It seems the problem lies in sleeping. I never expected Li Fei to teach Rongrong this!" Ning Fengzhi exclaimed with a sigh, then said seriously, "Rongrong, don't tell anyone about your brother Li Fei teaching you how to sleep, understand?!"

"I understand! But we can't tell Dad and Grandpas either, can we?!" Ning Rongrong nodded, then asked in confusion.

"Yes, we can't tell Dad or Grandpa either!" Ning Fengzhi said with a serious expression.

"Oh well!"

……

Not far from Wind Howling Canyon, on a hill, there are many buildings, each carved with sword patterns. This is the headquarters of the Wind Sword Sect. At this moment, the sect leader, Feng Bailong, is sitting cross-legged on the edge of the canyon, his eyes covered with a cloth, cultivating his soul power.

This is a unique cultivation method of the Wind Sword Sect. By closing the eyes, the other senses of the body are amplified to feel the power of the wind. Combined with the Wind Sword Martial Soul passed down from generation to generation, it can be said to be like adding wings to a tiger, making the Wind Sword Sect one of the most powerful sects on the entire continent.

"What's wrong with me?! Why has my cultivation speed slowed down so much after reaching the Soul Douluo level? At this rate, when will I ever reach the Title Douluo level?!"

Summoning his Wind Sword, Feng Bailong swung it, cleaving through the relentless gale within the Wind Howling Canyon. Filled with resentment, he thought of the Spirit Hall. The three upper sects had produced titled Douluo in every generation, while their family-style sects and the two royal families could never break through that shackle. His father had died in despair because he was stuck at level 89 his entire life.

"Could it be that breaking through to the Title Douluo level really requires a method, just as my father thought back then?!" Feng Bailong pondered with his head down, then swung his sword towards the distance, and a sword aura containing the power of wind shot out.

"Bang!"

Li Fei appeared, and with a gentle flick of his hand, he dispersed the sword energy.

"Who are you?! What brings you to my Wind Sword Sect?!" Feng Bailong's face was solemn. Although he hadn't used any soul skills in his sword strike just now, in the Wind Howling Valley where the wind blew all year round, the sword strike he swung with the help of the wind was no less powerful than when he used his soul skills.

But the young man in front of him simply flicked his finger and shattered it.

"Wait, young man!" Feng Bailong realized what was happening and said in a deep voice, "You are Li Fei!"

"As expected of the sect with the strongest attack power in the Ottoman Province, they actually managed to hurt me!" Looking at his finger, whose wound had already healed, Li Fei looked at Feng Bailong with surprise.

Only he himself knows how strong his physical body is now. In terms of defense alone, it is even stronger than Hu Yanzhen of the Elephant Armor Sect. Unexpectedly, he was cut by a Soul Douluo who did not even use a Soul Skill.

Although he did not use his soul power or blood energy.

Upon hearing Li Fei's remark, Feng Bailong's face immediately turned cold. How much did Li Fei look down on him? He actually thought that a Soul Douluo like himself couldn't hurt him.

"Li Fei, don't look down on me!"

"Eighth Soul Skill: Wind and Thunder Sword!"

The enraged Feng Bailong showed no mercy and immediately unleashed a full-force attack. His wind sword instantly transformed into a giant sword, continuously gathering the endless storm and lightning power within the Wind Howling Canyon.

A sword strike!

A sharp sword beam, as fierce as thunder and lightning, shot out and slashed towards Li Fei, who remained calm in the distance.

"Oh! Relying on the natural power of Wind Howling Canyon, the power of this attack is comparable to the full-force attack of an ordinary Title Douluo!" Li Fei was slightly surprised, then a cold smile appeared on his lips: "However, you're not the only one who can utilize the power of nature!"

"Sixth Soul Skill: Dark Demonic Thunder Fury!"

Endless gray lightning coiled around Li Fei's fist, instantly gathering all the wind and lightning power within Wind Howling Canyon. Then, with a single punch, the violent lightning, carrying the force of a storm, shattered the sharp wind and lightning sword energy in the sky. Moreover, after destroying the wind and lightning sword energy, the gray lightning's power did not diminish in the slightest, and it also destroyed the wind and lightning sword above Feng Bailong.

This is one of the two major soul skills of the soul ring formed by the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. It is a domineering lightning bolt formed by the condensation of soul power of the three attributes of wind, thunder and evil. In addition, it is far more powerful than the Wind White Dragon because it gathers the power of heaven and earth with its strong mental power.

"puff!"

The eighth soul skill was forcibly destroyed, and the soul power backfired. Feng Bailong spat out a mouthful of blood, staring at Li Fei in disbelief, muttering to himself.

"How is this possible?! I've been in Wind Howling Canyon for over thirty years, constantly sensing the power of the storms here. No one knows this place better than me. How come you, a newcomer, can borrow more power from heaven and earth than I do?!"

"Nothing is impossible! You can't even see through the fundamentals of cultivation. Even if you were given a hundred or a thousand years here, you still wouldn't get to the point!" Li Fei said with a look of disdain.

As his cultivation level increased and he studied martial arts and the mind, he understood more and more that cultivating both body and mind was the root of cultivation. As long as body and mind continued to improve, various combat methods would naturally increase as well.

"I don't believe it! You're just a teenager who's not even twenty yet!" Upon hearing this, Feng Bailong went a little crazy. His Wind Sword Martial Soul re-condensed, and the power of wind enveloped his body. In an instant, he rushed in front of Li Fei and began a frenzied attack.

His swordsmanship was like a raging storm, incredibly fast. In just a moment, Feng Bailong unleashed over a thousand sword strikes, blocking all of Li Fei's attack routes.

"The sword strikes are fast, but out of control. Your mental strength can't handle this high-speed swordsmanship; this will only become your biggest weakness!"

He sighed inwardly. This Feng Bailong was so focused on the power of his swordsmanship. Although such moves could be the most effective against opponents of the same level, they were only effective against those of equal skill. Against opponents whose strength far surpassed his, such uncontrollable moves would only be a weakness.

With a slight backstep, Li Fei dodged more than half of the sword shadows. Then, he condensed his golden and lightning attribute soul power on his fingers and thrust them out instantly, transforming into countless sword shadows. In that instant, Li Fei also thrust out more than a thousand times.

Then, to Feng Bailong's incredulous gaze, Li Fei's sword shadows destroyed all of his sword shadows, and then left hundreds of bloody holes on his body.

"Why didn't you kill me?!"

Feng Bailong asked in confusion, "If these blood holes were any deeper, they could have killed me, instead of the injuries I have now that don't even qualify as serious injuries. The level of control they have over me is beyond my imagination."

"Since you know my name, you should know who I work for. The Heavenly Dou Empire still needs sects like yours, but it doesn't want them to disobey. Do you understand what I mean?!" Li Fei said calmly.

"I understand. The Wind Sword Sect is willing to submit to His Majesty Xue Qinghe and jointly govern Wind Howling City!" With a sigh in his heart, Feng Bailong slowly knelt down and said in a trembling voice.

"Very good! I hope you can keep your promise, otherwise my next visit will be the day the Wind Sword Sect is destroyed!" Li Fei nodded in satisfaction, turned around, and prepared to head to the next sect. Just as he was leaving, he glanced back at Feng Bailong: "You're quite sensible, so let me give you a piece of advice: to break through to the Title Douluo level, you first need to reach the Title Douluo level in terms of mental strength; otherwise, you'll only ever be an 89th-level Soul Douluo!"

After saying this, Li Fei stepped onto the moon cloth and vanished in a streak of light.

"So the key is mental strength. No wonder my father struggled with soul power his whole life but never broke through!" Feng Bailong smiled, then lay down in the Wind Howling Canyon and fainted.

The research on Soul Masters in Douluo Continent I is not thorough. Apart from the Spirit Hall and the Three Upper Sects, there are basically no Title Douluo in other sects. The biggest reason for this is the Soul Core.

Soul masters from the Spirit Hall and the three upper sects often have more advanced cultivation methods and a deeper understanding of spiritual power, so they have a greater advantage in passively condensing soul cores and naturally have a greater chance of becoming Title Douluo.

However, after Douluo Continent II, soul cores were no longer a secret among the major powers, and the methods of condensation had long been thoroughly researched, resulting in an explosive increase in the number of Title Douluo.

Having learned from the experience of the Wind Sword Sect, the remaining sect leaders of the Fire Leopard, Rock Antelope, and Sparrow Bee sects were quite sensible and all swore to be loyal to the Heaven Dou Empire to the death. As for the Holy Dragon Sect, Elephant Armor Sect, and Black Tiger Sect, they were backed by the Spirit Hall, so they were left to Bibi Dong to deal with.

Li Fei and Qian Renxue certainly wouldn't completely trust the sects' verbal promises. They couldn't easily give up the cities they managed, since supporting a sect required a huge amount of money. Their current stance was only because they were wary of Li Fei's terrifying strength. Once they had the ability to resist, they would definitely launch a counterattack.

But with this statement, they can send people to intervene in the cities managed by the major sects, use other means to restrain these sects, and then collect them from the local area.

(End of this chapter)