A Bite of Douluo Continent

The bird-beast, covered in azure scales and shaped like a dragon, raised its head to let out an angry cry, but a great sense of fear surged into its heart at that moment.

The overwhelming fear momentarily halted its consciousness, and the roar that was about to sound a warning froze in its throat.

The blade flashed as swiftly as cutting tofu, cleaving the bird and beast in two. The massive corpse fell helplessly to the ground, causing the earth to tremble slightly with a loud crash.

Qi Han quickly stepped forward and, with a flick of his wrist, stored the corpse of the Azure Dragon Sparrow into his system space.

"submit."

Limited-time task: Ingredient acquisition (Completed)

Task Rewards: System Soul Ring x1 (claimable), Four-Star Recipe: Flying Dragon Soup (claimable).

As the new mission page appeared before him, Qi Han ran towards the outer edge of the Star Dou Great Forest without hesitation.

He could already sense that other ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts around him had noticed the commotion and were rushing over.

This time, the task of obtaining ingredients was completed exceptionally smoothly.

Throughout the journey, Qi Han maintained a low profile, mainly avoiding attacks from other soul beasts. Following Ruyi's guidance, he quickly discovered the lone Azure Dragon Sparrow.

This was probably the fastest he had ever completed a task to obtain ingredients, taking only a few hours in total.

Keep in mind that he took a full five days off.

After quickly leaving the area where the ancient soul beasts gathered in the Star Dou Great Forest, Qi Han finally breathed a slight sigh of relief.

The area where the thousand-year-old soul beasts gathered was already considered a safe outer area for him.

Now that he's here, he can finally catch his breath and collect his mission rewards.

He took the Flying Dragon Soup and set it aside. With a touch of excitement, Qi Han quickly took the system soul ring.

The cleaver-shaped spirit appeared uncontrollably, its white halo reflecting the six black spirit rings surrounding it.

The halo slowly condensed, forming a white ring that appeared at the end of the six black spirit rings. As the white ring fully revealed its form, becoming a ten-year spirit ring, its color also began to change slowly.

From white to yellow, from yellow to purple, and finally from purple to black.

Seven-Ring Soul Saint!

Qi Han's soul power level reached level 71, and at this moment he officially became a Soul Saint.

At the same time, Ruyi's voice appeared in Qi Han's mind.

"Seventh Soul Skill, True Form of Weapon Soul. In this state, the power of all Soul Skills is increased by 200%. Bound Skill: Seasoning."

A smile appeared on Qi Han's face as he looked at the seven black spirit rings encircling his spirit rings, a strong sense of confidence emanating from him.

With the amplification of his seventh soul skill, the power of all his attacks will be greatly increased.

This strength is enough to defeat Yu Lianxin, so Yu Lianxin should agree to his request, right?

He couldn't help but glance in the direction of Shrek City, and without hesitation summoned Chasing Cloud.

He couldn't wait to see Yu Lianxin.

"Let's go back to Shrek City."

"Hiss!"

...

"Boss Qi, are you looking for Senior Sister? But Senior Sister led the inner court disciples out of the city this morning." A female student wearing the red inner court uniform looked at Qi Han in front of her and said helplessly.

"This..." Qi Han blinked, not expecting such a coincidence. "Then can you tell me where they went?"

"I don't know either. They left in a hurry; it must be some kind of secret mission," the female student said uncertainly.

"Alright." Qi Han's face showed a hint of helplessness.

Upon arriving in Shrek City, he eagerly appeared at the gate of Shrek Academy, but because he was not a student of Shrek Academy, he was stopped by the gatekeeper.

Just then, an inner court disciple happened to pass by. Moreover, the disciple looked somewhat familiar to Qi Han, who was probably a regular at the Cold Food Festival. So Qi Han went up to her and asked if she could help him pass on a message to Yu Lianxin.

Unexpectedly, I received news that Yu Lianxin had just left this morning.

If nothing unexpected happens, Yu Lianxin will probably do the same thing as before, searching for traces of evil spirit masters in some place.

This made Qi Han somewhat worried.

But worrying was useless; he didn't even know where Yu Lianxin and the others had gone.

Let's go back to the shop first.

He took a full five days off, but now he's back on the same day he left.

Since Yu Lianxin is not in Shrek City, another matter needs to be put on the agenda.

Promotion to Senior Chef.

After completing the task of acquiring the ingredients, Qi Han's task page became completely blank, and no new main quest appeared.

The reason it hasn't appeared is because it's missing a trigger condition: becoming a senior chef.

There are three prerequisites for the promotion to Senior Chef.

First, complete main quest ten.

Second, the soul power level reaches level 70.

Third, master three four-star recipes and fifteen three-star recipes.

Qi Han has fulfilled both the first and second prerequisites.

The third prerequisite is that Qi Han is only missing one: three four-star recipes.

He has already mastered two dishes. Once Buddha Jumps Over the Wall is completed, all the conditions for becoming a senior chef will be met, and the senior chef promotion mission will be triggered accordingly.

So he doesn't plan to open early for the next few days.

Yu Lianxin hasn't returned yet, so let's take this opportunity to practice Buddha Jumps Over the Wall more.

The practice of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall is already more than halfway complete.

He refused to believe that even if he secluded himself 24 hours a day, he couldn't master Buddha Jumps Over the Wall completely within a few days.

...

Deep within the Sunset Forest, in a dark cave, an evil aura emanated from the entrance.

Even the vegetation near the cave entrance became grotesque and twisted from being immersed in this evil aura.

Everything around was like a ghostly realm, terrifying and inexplicably evil.

Several figures shrouded in black robes appeared silently. They faced the cave entrance but did not enter. Instead, they looked at the endless darkness hidden at the entrance with worshipful and fanatical eyes.

"Master, the plan has succeeded." The black-robed man at the head spoke in a hoarse voice, the unpleasant sound like the cawing of a crow, yet it could not hide the joy in his voice. "The Tang Clan should have discovered the traces we deliberately left behind. My Blood Soul Crow has detected powerful figures heading towards Sunset Forest, seemingly from Shrek Academy."

"Shrek... Tang Sect..."

Like the howl of a vengeful ghost, a terrifying sound slowly emanated from the cave entrance.

The surging evil aura grew increasingly turbulent. Several black-robed figures facing the cave entrance confronted this evil aura directly, showing no aversion whatsoever, but rather revealing an unusually pleasant expression.

A figure, so thin it seemed to be skin and bones, yet exuding a terrifying aura, stepped out of the cave, his eyes filled with intense hatred.

Almost a year.

It has been so long since Gu Huo fled for his life after being shot by Tang Qianqiu.

At that time, he used a special secret technique created by combining his martial soul to escape, but his strength was reduced to less than one-hundredth. He also had to carefully avoid the large-scale search by the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy.

Fortunately, it's all over now.

Although he had not recovered to his peak level of 98 soul power, he had recovered to level 97. More importantly, after devouring countless flesh and blood, he finally reconstituted his body and was able to walk out of the hidden cave.

During his year-long recovery, he also received another pleasant surprise.

That loud roar in Star Luo City actually attracted many evil soul masters, who truly believed in the existence of the Holy Spirit Cult and were willing to join it.

For a long time, evil spirit masters have lived like rats, forced to flee in panic whenever they encounter a powerful opponent. They were already tired of this life, so his public outcry attracted a large number of evil spirit masters. These evil spirit masters held him in high esteem and were willing to obey his commands, which made his recovery much easier.

Now that he has regained his strength and has his own subordinates, it is time for him to make a comeback.

The Tang Sect and Shrek Academy will surely face his revenge.

Although he is not yet a match for those two, as long as he avoids encountering them, he is invincible.

A joyful light shone in Zhong Liqing's eyes.

Okay, very good.

This was just the first step in his revenge.

He wanted to cause the Shrek Academy students in Sunset Forest to die in excruciating pain, so that everyone would know the power of the Holy Spirit Cult!

"According to the plan, call all our men and leave them all behind this time!" Zhong Liqing chuckled coldly, his voice, as chilling as fingernails scratching a blackboard, concealing deep resentment. "No, send the weakest one back, otherwise how will they know this was done by our Holy Spirit Cult?"

"It's time for my Holy Spirit Cult to emerge!"

"Yes!" The black-robed figures, their eyes filled with fervor, bowed respectfully and departed to carry out their plans.

"Heh..." Zhong Liqing's eyes were filled with venomous resentment as he looked towards Shrek City. "Tang Qianqiu, Qi Poxiao, you didn't expect me to recover so quickly, did you?"

"Let's... take our time..."

...

"Senior Sister, we've finally arrived at Sunset Forest!" an inner court female disciple said with a smile. "According to the Tang Sect's intelligence, the evil soul master who appeared in Sunset Forest was only around the sixth ring. There are enough of us to deal with him."

“We must not underestimate them.” Yu Lianxin shook her head gently. “Last time, our inspection team almost encountered danger. Evil Soul Masters have many strange methods, and they are all extremely cruel and ruthless. They kill without blinking an eye, unlike us. So, if we underestimate them or are careless, we will easily encounter danger.”

"Understood." The female disciple's expression became more serious.

"Let's go in." Yu Lianxin took a deep look at the endless Sunset Forest ahead, feeling a slight sense of unease.

Is it just my imagination?

I had a feeling that this trip wouldn't go so smoothly.

We need to be more careful.

That situation must not happen again.

It's been three days since I left Shrek City, and I wonder how Qi Han is doing...

Never mind, that jerk is probably still busy with his business.