Douluo Jueshi: I Don't Want to Be an Evil Soul Master

Although he has the ability to attract and control residual souls, after a few days of training, it is no longer difficult for him to simply drive the residual souls with his mental power, but he has no idea how to go further.

With a sigh, Lin Xiao put away the two shadows, regained his composure, and looked at the residual souls he had harvested in the past.

It seems that we still have to start with memory.

He has discovered that the soul and memory are inseparable, or in other words, these residual souls carry the memories and part of the will of their previous lives. Therefore, although they are dead, they seem to still be alive in the world.

If you want to go further, you must understand the essence of the soul better.

The prison was completely silent. The only sound in the cell seemed to be Lin Xiao's breathing. A faint ray of light shone through the skylight and fell on Lin Xiao's face, illuminating his face in half light and half dark.

Strength, after all, is strength.

Whether it was the spirit raising ceremony or now, it was only because of his lack of strength that he ended up in this situation.

Be it witnessing death or playing with souls, he will never miss any opportunity to improve his strength.

Lin Xiao suddenly opened his eyes, and there seemed to be a flash of light in his cold eyes. The next moment, a scream sounded from his ears, and scenes of memories emerged before his eyes.

Adopted as an orphan by the royal family, he underwent rigorous training from childhood until his final mission to assassinate Xu Tianran... The killer's past experiences resurfaced in Lin Xiao's mind. Lin Xiao knew that these memories were incomplete, and his will was about to fade.

Since his memory is no longer complete, then help him fill it up. Since his will is crumbling, then help him rebuild his will... Lin Xiao's spiritual sea surged wildly, and the residual souls he harvested disappeared one by one. He seemed to gradually understand how to forge a brand new soul.

In stark contrast to the calm soul power in his body, the spiritual power in Lin Xiao's spiritual sea has already been boiling. After an unknown amount of time, a translucent shadow emerged from between Lin Xiao's eyebrows again.

There seemed to be a new will whispering in his ears.

Chapter 54 Compensation

"Ta-ta-"

It was the familiar sound of footsteps again. Lin Xiao suddenly found that he seemed to be accustomed to such sounds.

"Lin Xiao, right? Someone's here to pick you up."

A jailer opened the cell door and just started to speak, then he seemed to suddenly realize something and turned around to look back, but there was nothing behind him.

Lin Xiao opened his eyes and looked up at the person in front of him. "Can I leave now?"

"Good, you can leave now."

The jailer turned around again after hearing this. Above his head, a translucent shadow slowly emerged from the ceiling and stared at the back of his head.

The jailer didn't notice and took two steps forward to take off the soul guide from Lin Xiao's wrist.

Feeling the soul power flowing again, Lin Xiao's body seemed to have become a lot lighter.

"follow me."

The jailer put away the key, looked around suspiciously, and finally just shook his head slightly and walked out of the cell.

Lin Xiao stood up, stretched his muscles, raised his hand and made a feint, then followed.

There were no familiar faces outside the prison. There was only a palace servant who was watching the people coming in and out not far away. After seeing Lin Xiao, he hurried forward two steps and handed over a storage soul guide.

"Sir, this is your storage soul guide."

"Who are you?" Lin Xiao looked at the palace maid in front of him.

"I am a member of His Royal Highness's entourage," the man said, taking out a robe and helping Lin Xiao put it on. "His Royal Highness and Sect Leader Zhongli have been thinking about you these days."

Lin Xiao's expression changed slightly when he heard this. If it was just the Crown Prince's men who came to see him, it wouldn't mean anything, but he mentioned Zhongli Wu as well as the Crown Prince, which was intriguing.

What kind of deal did Xu Tianran and Zhongli Wu reach during these days?

"Where do we go next?"

Although he didn't know what Zhongli Wu and Xu Tianran talked about, according to his memory, Xu Tianran would still be the crown prince in the future, and the Holy Spirit Church must have contributed a lot to this.

At this time, the prince's men came to see him, and he didn't know if there was anything else.

"His Royal Highness invites you to the East Palace for a chat."

"I understand, lead the way."

"Yes."

Xu Tianran's condition was better than Lin Xiao expected.

At this moment, he was sitting at the desk, with a thick blanket covering his lower body, and he didn't know what the specific situation was.

When he saw Lin Xiao walk into the room, a smile appeared on his face.

"You're here, sit down."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Xu Tianran waved his hand, "You're welcome. I've already accepted Sect Leader Ye as my adoptive mother. From now on, we're all family."

Lin Xiao calmly sat aside after hearing this. He knew that the Ye Sect Leader Xu Tianran was referring to was Ye Xishui, the Supreme Sect Leader of the Holy Spirit Sect.

Perhaps the relationship between Xu Tianran and the Holy Spirit Church had already become unusual from this time on, but it was not until he succeeded to the throne and became emperor that the Holy Spirit Church appeared in the open.

"By the way, I heard that you were the one who rescued Orange?" Xu Tianran raised his hand, and someone offered him hot tea.

"I didn't do anything, I just brought her back."

"This is a great favor to Juzi." Xu Tianran looked at Lin Xiao with a smile. "Juzi risked his life to block the attack for me. His heart is clear. And you were able to save my benefactor in that critical moment, which is also an invaluable contribution."

"Come here, give me a reward."

After saying that, the palace servant who had brought Lin Xiao in before brought up a tray with a golden inner armor on it.

"This item looks like an inner armor, but it's actually a true soul guide. Its main material is mercury gold, so it looks very soft. It has a trigger-type defensive soul guide array on it, and it also has a certain degree of defensive power. It's of good quality."

"To actively activate its defensive effect, you need a Soul Power of at least Level 70. However, if you only want to use it for passive defense, a Soul King's strength is more than enough."

"How is it? Are you satisfied?"

The palace maid picked up the mercury gold armor and showed it to Lin Xiao. Xu Tianran kept smiling as he spoke.

"Your Highness, this is too precious."

"What are you talking about? Saving Orange is like saving my life. Do you think my life is not as valuable as this soul guide?"

"I dare not." Lin Xiao said quickly.

I'm afraid his gratitude is fake, and it's more to make up for the days he's been locked up. Xu Tianran just cooperated with the Holy Spirit Church, and this is to show his sincerity to me.

"Since it is a reward from His Highness, I will accept it."

"That's right." Xu Tianran's smile widened. "By the way, Orange is fine now, you can rest assured. I heard you're still studying at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy. Don't worry about these little things these days. Go back to the academy and have a good rest."

"Yes, thank you Your Highness."

Lin Xiao stood up to leave. Xu Tianran subconsciously held onto the table, but suddenly stumbled again. His face looked visibly ugly.

"See the guests off for me." These words almost popped out from between his teeth.

"Yes." The palace servant did not dare to delay and hurriedly led Lin Xiao out.

However, before he could walk far, he suddenly heard the sound of something being smashed from Xu Tianran's room behind him, followed by a series of roars.

Lin Xiao kept walking, showing no intention of looking back. Those smiles from before couldn't hide the change in Xu Tianran's mentality. He subconsciously wanted to stand up, but after realizing the change in himself, he still revealed the madness in his heart.

"Sir, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has just recovered from a serious illness. Please do not spread the news."

The palace maid beside him spoke, with a hint of request in her tone.

"Of course. I'm not a talkative person."

"Thank you, sir." The palace servant bowed slightly. "Oh, sir, please follow me. We will leave from the east gate, which is closer to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy."

Lin Xiao looked up at the palace attendant. This wasn't the first time he'd heard the name of the academy. Was it mentioned accidentally, or did someone ask him to go back to the academy first?

However, judging from the situation, he shouldn't need to go back to the Holy Spirit Church headquarters. The news that came out has been known by Xu Tianran, and it should not be hidden from the Holy Spirit Church. He might as well just wait in the academy. Sleepy Nightmare Douluo should come to find him.

After leaving the palace, the hustle and bustle of the street reached his ears, and Lin Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.

Speaking of which, before this, he had always been carrying the restriction of Nightmare Douluo on his body, and after breaking the restriction, he had always kept it with him. Then came the ascension ceremony and imprisonment.

Now that he had gone through the soul-raising ceremony, the Holy Spirit Church felt much more at ease with him. Standing at the gate of the palace, looking at the people coming and going in front of him, he felt a rare sense of relief in his heart.

However, he had just taken two steps with this mood when he heard footsteps behind him.

Chapter 55 Chance Encounter

"Hall Master."

Lin Xiao turned around and saw a familiar figure. The short and fat figure could be recognized from a distance.

"Yeah." Jing Hongchen nodded, and suddenly a girl about ten years old jumped out from his side, staring at him with wide eyes.

Jing Hongchen laughed helplessly, stretched out his hand to pull the girl back to his side, then raised his head and looked at Lin Xiao with a complicated expression, "Are you... okay?"

"No, thank you for your concern, Master."

"I'm glad you're okay." Jing Hongchen took two steps forward, "Are you going back to the academy? Let's go together."

"Yes, Hall Master."

"Don't be so polite. The academy is a place where you learn to make and use soul guides. I am no different from other teachers."

Maybe it was because he was facing students from his own academy, but Jing Hongchen's tone was much gentler than Lin Xiao had imagined.

"I heard Lin Jiayi mention you. What do you think soul guides will be like in the future?"

"Me?" Lin Xiao didn't expect Jing Hongchen to discuss soul guides with him. After thinking about it, he decided to tell the truth. "My own opinion is that for a soul guide to exert its maximum power, it must be inseparable from a soul master."

"I know that the academy's research has always been focused on how to promote soul guides to the civilian population. This is indeed a good thing for the entire Douluo Continent, but from a combat perspective, it is the soul masters who can make the most of soul guides."

"Soul Masters are far superior to ordinary people in terms of their perception of the battlefield and their control of power, and this is especially true when it comes to controlling soul guides."

Jing Hongchen smiled upon hearing this. "There's always been a tradition in the academy of looking down on spirit masters. Even spirit masters in the Control Department are considered by many to be worthy of being called spirit masters. You're quite bold to even mention spirit masters in front of me."

Lin Xiao didn't answer. He also knew that the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy actually had the same problems as Shrek Academy, except that the Soul Masters and Soul Instructors were swapped.

However, Jing Hongchen did not look down on spirit masters. He even believed that powerful spirit guides should be paired with powerful spirit masters. This can be seen from his grandchildren.

Xiao Hongchen at least used the power of a soul master to drive the soul guide device, but in Meng Hongchen's case, the soul guide device had been completely used to assist her martial soul.

"You're right. I've actually thought about many directions for the development of soul guides." Jing Hongchen sighed. "In my opinion, the combination of soul masters and soul mentors is the ultimate form of soul guide development."

"They're not the kind of soul guides who actually control the system. Those kids just use their martial spirits to find soul guides that suit them. In my opinion, soul guides should be able to perfectly integrate with the soul master's abilities."