Lu Mingfei starts from Douluo

Feeling his heart pounding, confusion, anger, and a surge of barely suppressed exhilaration welled up in Lu Mingfei's heart.

He's fought fiercely before, but today's feeling is very different, so unfamiliar that it even makes him feel a little scared.

"Lu Mingfei—you and Tang San are actually this strong?" Xiao Wu ran forward, looking surprised. She had also felt the pressure of Lu Mingfei's golden eyes and found it incredible.

"Tang San held back." Lu Mingfei shook his head.

Although Tang San's martial arts moves were indeed flashy, his stone-throwing technique was truly impressive. If he continued fighting unarmed, it would definitely look bad, not to mention that Tang San still had his martial soul, which was now useless.

Tang San stared at Lu Mingfei with a grim expression. His Purple Demon Eyes crumbled instantly upon contact with Lu Mingfei's eye spirit, and his Jade Hand and Crane Control Dragon Capture were rendered useless against Lu Mingfei's absolute power. Even his Ghost Shadow Steps were seen through by Lu Mingfei.

He was plunged into deep self-doubt, filled with fear, resentment, hatred, and even a hint of murderous intent that he could hardly bear to look at.

If he didn't have the Eye Martial Soul, would his Tang Sect's ultimate techniques no longer be able to restrain him?

The moment this thought crossed Tang San's mind, he couldn't help but tremble, but Xiao Wu's gentle voice suddenly pulled him back to reality.

"A loss is a loss." Tang San clenched his fist and turned to leave. He was originally going to the Spirit Hall to register for the subsidy, but now he just wanted to find Grandmaster first. Lu Mingfei's strength far exceeded his expectations, which was completely different from what Grandmaster had said!

Lu Mingfei watched Tang San's departing figure from afar, a strange sense of disgust rising in his heart, but he didn't understand why he suddenly had this feeling.

It can't be because he's gotten smaller, and his mind has become smaller too, right?

After the farce ended, everyone on the back mountain left. Xiao Chenyu, with great tact, called out to Sister Xiao Wu and prepared to treat everyone to a big meal on the second floor of the cafeteria as an apology.

The work-study students were overjoyed and cheered, "Long live Xiao Wu!"

However, Lu Mingfei did not join the others in celebrating in the cafeteria. He simply made an excuse that he was too tired and wanted to go back to his dormitory to rest before leaving.

Through this battle, he finally gained a concrete understanding of his own strength, and he discovered his shortcomings. If he wanted to safely get through the early development period, he needed a weapon that was tough enough.

Being unarmed is too ineffective when fighting against Soul Masters. Putting aside everything else, if Tang San had replaced the stone with a throwing knife, he probably would have had to reveal his trump card to save his life today.

He turned and left the school gate, intending to go to the blacksmith shop near the entrance to see if there were any weapons suitable for him.

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"Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!"

The rhythmic clanging of a hammer echoed continuously from the tall building. Even though Lu Mingfei was only standing at the door, he could feel a wave of heat hitting him, accompanied by a strong smell of sweat and rust.

Upon entering, Lu Mingfei could see various farm tools, weapons, and even armor hanging on the walls, giving him a strange feeling of visiting a museum.

"But isn't this price too expensive?"

Looking at the prices marked next to the weapons on the wall, Lu Mingfei couldn't help but scratch his head.

Here, even a single high-quality weapon costs at least one gold soul coin, and even farm tools cost several copper coins. With his current savings, he could probably only afford to join the Axe Gang and chop wood.

"Guest, is there anything you need?" A tall, burly man walked out from the back room, carrying a huge iron hammer in his hand. He was clearly the owner of the blacksmith shop.

Although Lu Mingfei was just a kid, the boss didn't dare to underestimate him because he was wearing the Notting Academy uniform.

"It's nothing, I'm just looking." Lu Mingfei was actually having second thoughts; it seemed he really couldn't afford the prices here.

He had originally planned to order an Excalibur and travel the world with it, but now it seems he can't even afford a scabbard.

"Sure, feel free to look around. Many students from Notting College have bought self-defense weapons from us. Our shop offers a 10% discount to students from the college." The shopkeeper was very generous and didn't seem worried that a student from the college would ruin his future by stealing. He went back to the back room and continued forging.

Seeing this, Lu Mingfei breathed a sigh of relief and began to look around with a genuine interest in the exhibits. Suddenly, a dark iron bar in the corner of the room caught his attention.

"Rebar? No, fire poker."

Lu Mingfei touched it, his hand covered in black ash. He waved it in his hand; although it was a bit too light, the length was just right for his current height.

"Iron Bar Sword Saint, seems like that'll do too." Lu Mingfei scratched his neck. Although using a fire poker as a weapon was a little embarrassing, he certainly wouldn't dare to use a sharpened sword to chop people right now.

From this perspective, there is currently no weapon more suitable for him than a fire poker.

"Boss, how much is this iron bar?" Lu Mingfei walked into the back room holding up the iron bar in his hand.

The boss stopped hammering, took the iron bar, and looked at it with a strange expression, because it was the fire poker he used, and it was broken; he just hadn't had time to remelt it.

However, since someone was buying from him, he certainly wouldn't refuse his customer.

"Give me two copper coins."

"Okay." Lu Mingfei didn't expect it to be so cheap. The weight of this iron bar was actually enough to make two sickles.

After leaving the blacksmith shop, Lu Mingfei found a place to clean the iron bar, and then went to a tailor shop to have the owner sew a long cloth bag to use as a sword sheath before returning to the academy.

the other side,

Tang San also approached the Grandmaster to report the details of the battle they had just fought.

"You mean Lu Mingfei's physical attributes and soul power are stronger than yours, even after you've already absorbed a soul ring and broken through?" Upon hearing this, the master's pale face immediately shifted between light and shadow.

"That's right, teacher. If I didn't use my spirit, I would definitely not be his match." Tang San gritted his teeth and continued, "Moreover, his eye spirit has a strong mental pressure, which even slowed down my movements."

"That's not right." The master frowned. He could understand the mental pressure, after all, Blue Silver Grass was indeed low-level, but how could an eye-type martial soul amplify physical attributes?

and many more!

The master suddenly took half a step back, looked at Tang San, and then shook his head.

"I understand what's going on now, mistress. Haven't you noticed yet? You're the shortest among the part-time workers," the master said.

"Although you also possess innate full soul power, you suffered from malnutrition since childhood, resulting in significantly slower physical development compared to your peers. In contrast, Lu Mingfei and Xiao Wu's physical development is more complete; their physical attributes are actually what a soul master with innate full soul power should possess." The Grandmaster nodded and smiled.

"Moreover, Lu Mingfei's eye spirit has a special advantage at the Soul Master stage. Because the spirit is a body organ, he can use a spirit possession similar to a beast spirit master even without spirit rings. This is equivalent to fighting against a spirit master without spirit rings without using the spirit. Naturally, he will lose more often than he wins."

"That's it!" Tang San felt a sense of sudden enlightenment upon hearing the master's explanation; everything made sense now.

Indeed, if he had been able to fight using Blue Silver Grass from the beginning, Lu Mingfei would never have been his match!

"That's right. So next, you should take good care of your health and make up for what you lost before, so as not to affect your future development." The master patted Tang San's head. "However, this Lu Mingfei does seem to be a promising talent. After I recover, I will go and see him in person. After all, geniuses can sometimes help each other."