Douluo Continent: Martial Soul Clay, the Creator of All Things

Hearing this, everyone understood what Old Man Su meant.

"Teacher, you know this noble family?" Teacher Li frowned. "You mean, their potential targets for soul hunting overlap with ours?"

"Hmm." Old Man Su nodded, and then began to recount the information he knew to everyone.

Old Su was able to recognize the nobleman's banner thanks to his old friend who worked at the Karding City Junior Soul Master Academy.

That old friend had happened to mention this nobleman's information in their correspondence.

This baron was once one of the students taught by this old friend.

Born into a commoner family, he later rose to become a real nobleman, which was quite a topic of conversation among the neighboring junior soul master academies.

Although the general public has a negative opinion of this newly appointed baron, who has been in power for less than ten years.

"This Soul Master, known as Baron Lingfeng, is named Shi Yue, and his Martial Soul is 'Rock Mountain.' If nothing unexpected happens, his son will definitely inherit his Martial Soul as well."

"Then it's certain that our targets for Soul Hunting will overlap to some extent, and even..." Old Su paused here.

"Teacher, do you mean that the other party's target might also be the Earth Rock Lizard?" Lu Daguan asked Old Man Su to confirm his guess.

“Judging from the general rules of Soul Masters hunting Souls, the Earth Rock Lizard would be one of the most suitable targets for them in the Soul Hunting Forest.” Old Man Su nodded. “That’s why I said we might be in trouble.”

"The Earth Rock Lizard is already a rare type of soul beast in the Soul Hunting Forest, and even fewer meet the hundred-year level. I'm not even sure if there are any that reach the three or four hundred level that Xiao Liu expected."

"Even if we have a suitable age limit now, the other side has a Soul Master leading the team, and we will definitely have a hard time competing with them."

At this point, Old Man Su's eyes were filled with sighs.

However, Lu Daguan smiled mysteriously after hearing what Old Man Su said.

He reached into the crotch of his clothes, rummaged around for a while, and pulled out a small booklet.

"Teacher, I have some relevant information here. Shall we discuss it?" With that, he led the way onto the carriage.

"Alright, let's get in the carriage and talk." After saying that, Old Man Su led everyone into the carriage.

The five of them then huddled together inside the carriage, staring at the booklet that Lu Daguan had taken out, and a folded hand-drawn map tucked inside.

After a while, everyone, including Lu Yan, looked at Lu Daguan with disbelief after looking at the map and the booklet.

Everyone was astonished.

Even Lu Yan had only heard Lu Daguan tell him that he had collected information about the target soul beast.

But no one could have imagined that the "some" related intelligence Lu Daguan had collected would be so detailed.

This hand-drawn map looks a bit rough, but it clearly marks the detailed locations of the four soul beasts: Earth Rock Lizard, Petrified Lizard, Giant Rock Turtle, and Rock Armor Bear.

They even planned out safe routes to reach the exact locations of these soul beasts by traversing the outer perimeter of the Soul Hunting Forest.

The booklet contains records of these different soul beast races and their ages, along with information on their weaknesses and the soul skills that can be obtained.

It has location, route, time limit, weakness, and information on the possible soul skills it can obtain. What kind of divine intelligence is this?

This is just like killing a spirit beast, absorbing its spirit ring, and then coming back.

Everyone stared at Lu Daguan in astonishment for a long time before Old Man Su finally spoke first.

"Little Lu, you're amazing! Even our academy's information on these kinds of soul beasts isn't as detailed as yours!"

"It's probably not just the Spirit Hall and the Imperial government that could possess such detailed intelligence." After saying that, he gave Lu Daguan a meaningful look.

As for the source of the intelligence, since Lu Daguan didn't mention it, he naturally didn't ask.

On the contrary, Lu Yan seemed to be deep in thought, if he remembered correctly.

The original work clearly states that the Spirit Hall has a law enforcement team stationed in the Soul Hunting Forest year-round.

And the old man knew the deacons of the Spirit Hall, not to mention Su Yuntao, with whom he had established a relationship in the past two years.

Our Brother Tao is really lucky. Lu Yan once chatted with Lu Da Guan and heard that Brother Tao, under his guidance, has won over his beloved Si Si.

I'm saying goodbye to my single life.

So, did you get this information from Brother Tao, or from another deacon?

Lu Yan couldn't have guessed that.

"According to the intelligence, there are two Earth Rock Lizards that are over three hundred years old and around four hundred years old. There are also three other Soul Beasts with an age of around four hundred years old as candidates. In that case, there shouldn't be any trouble."

Old Su spoke these words with a relaxed tone.

"Old Lu, you're amazing!" Teacher Li gave Lu Daguan a thumbs up. "Next time there's a good thing like this, you don't need a hundred gold soul coins, I'll give you fifty."

Then Teacher Zhou joked with Lu Daguan, and everyone chatted and laughed as they finalized the arrangements for the next Soul Hunt.

The tension caused by the sudden discovery of a potential rival for the first spirit ring was completely dispelled by Lu Daguan's intelligence.

If they have a Soul Master leading the team and can't compete, then they don't have to compete. After all, the other party is only hunting for a Soul Ring.

It's impossible to kill all the suitable soul beasts that Lu Yan is targeting; that's out of the question.

Therefore, Lu Yan and his group, who were stuck here with the official road blocked, were no longer in a hurry. Since they needed to let the other party go first anyway, what was there to rush?

After discussing it, everyone decided to pack up the supplies on the wagon, find a spot by the roadside to start a fire and cook a meal, so that everyone could have a hot meal tonight.

As night fell, Lu Yan and his group, somewhat out of place among the other stranded pedestrians, began eating and drinking, like tourists on a camping trip.

However, the undercurrents will eventually surge without people's knowledge.

Lu Yan's dormitory at the Notting City Junior Soul Master Academy.

At this moment, a figure, after searching Lu Yan's dormitory for a long time, discovered an anomaly on a floor tile at the foot of the bed.

He lifted the floor tiles, revealing a pit nearly a meter deep underneath.

Seeing this pit, and the obviously loose soil at the bottom.

A confident smile immediately appeared on the man's face.

He stood with his hands behind his back, nodding and muttering to himself, "Just as I suspected, my guess was right."

His voice was full of joy.

Chapter 21 Yu Xiaogang's New Theoretical Research Achievements

The figure that sneaked into Lu Yan's dormitory was undoubtedly Yu Xiaogang.

After some investigation and understanding of Lu Yan's learning and life trajectory in the academy.

Yu Xiaogang had long suspected that Lu Yan's "earth-based mimicry cultivation" must have taken place in his single dormitory.

After learning from the old people at the academy that Lu Daguan had once buried himself in the ground to study the "earth-mimicking cultivation method," they found out about the joke.

Yu Xiaogang has already made a bold hypothesis: perhaps the secret of the "burial simulation cultivation method" really lies in the two words "burial".

So he "borrowed" Lu Yan's dormitory key from the dormitory manager.

After searching Lu Yan's dormitory for a long time, he finally found the most crucial evidence.

He took out a shovel he had prepared beforehand from his storage soul tool and began to dig out the loose soil at the bottom of the pit.

Shovel after shovel, Yu Xiaogang worked with incredible speed and energy, his excitement growing with each shovel, for every shovel brought him one step closer to his new research findings.

After an unknown amount of time, the soil that Yu Xiaogang shoveled was no longer as loose as before.

He smiled.

After roughly estimating the depth and area, a picture formed in his mind.

The image shows Lu Yan burying himself entirely in the ground, engaging in "underground mimicry cultivation".

Including Lu Yan's body, the soil he dug out was just enough to fill the pit.

What a coincidence!

This is irrefutable evidence!

Even Yu Xiaogang had figured out how Lu Yan would breathe after being buried in the ground; it was quite simple.

All you need is one pipe!

It matches up! Everything matches up!

Yu Xiaogang's body began to tremble with excitement, and a knowing smile appeared on his face.

"As I expected, everything is exactly as I predicted. This is the secret of the 'Earth-Entry Mimicry Cultivation Method'."

Then, Yu Xiaogang thought of the elderly people in the academy.

They all treated the story of "Lu Daguan burying himself in the ground" as a joke.

Yu Xiaogang couldn't help but let out a mocking sneer.

"How can these fools see through the essence of things from simple phenomena?"

"Truth is ultimately only in the hands of a few wise men."

Master Yu Xiaogang is such a wise man, both in the past and now.

He only needs one glance to see through the essence of things hidden beneath the surface and common sense.

Just as he saw through Lu Daguan's "ridiculous" surface at a glance, he revealed the secret of the "earth-entry mimicry cultivation method".

Thinking of Lu Yan's extraordinary cultivation speed, Yu Xiao began to estimate the speed boost from the "Earth-Entry Mimicry Cultivation Method".

After pondering for a moment, he quickly arrived at his answer, based on his "invincible" theoretical foundation.

It can at least double the cultivation speed, which is comparable to the improvement effect of a top-level simulated training ground.

Just think about how much resources it would take to create a top-tier simulated training ground.

The "Earth-Entry Mimicry Cultivation Method" only requires digging a pit about three meters deep in the ground!

Even if its application is limited to martial souls related to the earth element.

However, this cannot overshadow the greatness of this research finding.

Yu Xiaogang could already imagine the prestige he would gain after publishing this great theoretical research result.

He will once again prove to the world his "invincible" theory and his amazing wisdom!

After indulging in self-admiration for a while, Yu Xiaogang calmed down. "We can't jump to conclusions so quickly. Perhaps there are more secrets hidden within."

So, Yu Xiao began to measure the exact area and height of the pit.