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

"No need, let's talk about it later when we have a chance." Lin Xiao smiled and turned to walk away.

Xiao Hongchen did not stay any longer. He watched Lin Xiao's back disappear, and then looked at his sister behind him with some suspicion.

"Meng, you usually can't even walk when you see a handsome guy. What's wrong with you today?"

Meng Hongchen's face turned slightly red, and he raised his hand and punched Xiao Hongchen.

"Grandpa told me to stay away from him."

"Stay away from him?" Xiao Hongchen glanced at the direction where Lin Xiao left with some surprise. "Why?"

"I don't know." Meng Hongchen shook his head. "Grandpa just said he was dangerous."

"Grandpa really said that?" Xiao Hongchen didn't take it seriously. "Then if I get the chance in the future, I'm really going to try to see how dangerous he is."

"By the way, speaking of Grandpa, why hasn't he come over yet so late today? Is he researching some soul guide again? In that case, we should send someone over."

Xiao Hongchen said this as he jumped off the stage and looked up into the distance.

On the other side, Lin Xiao was not too surprised to meet Xiao Hongchen and his sister. After all, as long as they were in the academy, it was only a matter of time before they met.

At this moment, he was rushing to the dormitory. The Soul Guidance Experimental Area was crowded with people and eyes, and he hadn't even examined the alloy he had made that morning. The dormitory was much quieter. Although there were many secret guards in the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy, they wouldn't just poke around in the student dormitories for no reason.

However, when he pushed open the door of the dormitory, his heart suddenly moved.

After closing the door quietly, Lin Xiao sat cross-legged on the bed and closed his eyes.

"Didn't you say before that you didn't want to meditate?" A sinister voice suddenly sounded in Lin Xiao's ears.

"Teacher." Lin Xiao stood up in surprise. "Compared to the previous method, meditation is indeed much slower, but it is better than doing nothing."

The figure of Sleepy Nightmare Douluo slowly emerged and stared at Lin Xiao for a while without making any further comments.

"Teacher, why did you come to the academy at this time? Didn't you say that the academy has strict security..."

"Humph, this time it was Jing Hongchen who personally invited me in."

Lin Xiao raised his head slightly when he heard this. "Teacher, is the Holy Church going to cooperate with Mingde Hall again?"

It would have been fine if Lin Xiao didn't mention it, but as soon as he opened his mouth, Sleepy Nightmare Douluo's face suddenly darkened.

"This isn't a good thing. A batch of materials being shipped from the west to Mingdu was intercepted."

"So Jing Hongchen wants the Holy Church to help him investigate..." Lin Xiao continued speaking according to what Sleepy Nightmare Douluo said, but soon he realized that something was wrong.

Mingde Hall isn't just the inner courtyard of the Sun-Moon Imperial Soul Guidance Academy; it's also the entire Sun-Moon Empire's soul guidance research institute. Even if something unexpected happens, seeking help from the royal family is much more helpful than turning to the Holy Spirit Church. So why would they suddenly invite someone from the Holy Spirit Church into Mingde Hall? Unless...

"Teacher, this batch of goods...is it made by an evil soul master?"

Lin Xiao spoke hesitantly.

"I knew you would guess this." Sleepy Nightmare Douluo raised his eyes and glanced at Lin Xiao. "You are right. The night before last, not far from Mingdu, someone posing as an evil spirit master stole things from Mingde Hall."

Chapter 89 There are traces to follow

Lin Xiao thought to himself, as expected.

With the influence of Mingdetang, even if someone from the royal family took action, they would be able to find the culprit, but using the name of an evil soul master made it difficult for Jing Hongchen to take action.

Both the royal family and Mingde Hall are familiar with evil soul masters.

Jing Hongchen knew clearly what kind of people the Holy Spirit Cult was, and also knew about the connection between the Holy Spirit Cult and the current royal family. Moreover, the Holy Spirit Cult was near Mingdu. Jing Hongchen also had to consider whether it was really the Holy Spirit Cult that took action because they did not recognize the flag.

"Teacher, did we really do this?"

"What do you think?"

Lin Xiao shook his head.

"Although the sect's expenses are enormous, it hasn't reached the point where we'd attack Mingde Hall," said Sleepy Nightmare Douluo, sitting aside. "Besides, we're currently running Mingdu's underground business. How could we lose the bigger picture for the sake of a small one? Do you think the sect leader is so shortsighted?"

"Disciple doesn't dare, but this is the capital of the Sun Moon Empire after all. There shouldn't be many evil soul masters who can take action here."

"Who says that anyone who calls himself an evil soul master is definitely an evil soul master?"

Sleepy Nightmare Douluo's eyes turned cold. "Not only do these people use the name of evil soul masters, but they are also quite cruel when they act. It's a pity that they only imitated the methods of evil soul masters, and those people were just wasted."

Lin Xiao nodded slightly when he heard this.

It was obvious that the real robbers were trying to pretend to be evil spirit masters and shift all the blame onto them. However, they probably didn't realize that Mingde Hall had long been connected to the real evil spirit masters.

"Teacher, do you have anything for me to do?"

"Yes." Sleepy Nightmare Douluo nodded. "Jing Hongchen invited us to Mingde Hall this time precisely for this matter. He won't pursue the matter of the Holy Spirit Cult, but he does hope that we can investigate this matter thoroughly."

Listening to what Sleepy Nightmare Douluo said, Lin Xiao was a little surprised.

Judging from the style of the Holy Spirit Church, even if they did it, they would never admit it as long as there is no evidence. How could they be in a situation like this where they are helping Jing Hongchen investigate the truth when it is clearly not them?

Has the Holy Spirit Church changed its nature?

Lin Xiao denied this idea again. Rather than believing that the evil soul master had changed his nature, it was more likely that the Holy Spirit Church was afraid of affecting Mingdu's business and had no choice but to take action.

"I came to you specifically to ask you to investigate this matter. Didn't you say before that your cultivation was too slow? Now this is excellent merit."

Lin Xiao always felt that today's Sleeping Nightmare Douluo was full of weirdness. On the one hand, he generously helped Mingdetang investigate, but on the other hand, he only sent disciples like him out. It seemed that there was no soul master with higher cultivation level who would take action.

Could it be that this was really the work of the Holy Spirit Cult? Are they putting on a facade of investigation to avoid being discovered?

"Thank you, Teacher." Lin Xiao bowed slightly. "But it's probably not easy to find this gang of robbers in such a huge city like Mingdu."

"Don't worry, Mingde Hall will cooperate with you, and the Holy Church will also be watching the underground market to see if anything similar appears." Sleeping Nightmare Douluo waved his hand, "If a master appears, your master will naturally lend a hand."

Give a helping hand?

As long as he doesn't hold others back, Lin Xiao will be very satisfied. He doesn't know whose restriction made him practice for nearly ten years before he could really find the use of his spiritual power.

Sleepy Nightmare Douluo naturally had no idea what Lin Xiao was thinking, so he continued, "Later, Mingde Hall will announce a thorough investigation of evil soul masters. These robbers have gotten an advantage this time, so they won't stop there. When the next 'materials' shipped to Mingde Hall appear, they'll probably take action again."

"Someone from the church will come to help you. If you lead them to ambush, you might get a lot of rewards."

Seeing that Sleepy Nightmare Douluo had arranged everything, Lin Xiao could only nod in agreement, and then slowly stood up in silence.

Turning his head slightly to look at the wall beside him, Lin Xiao narrowed his eyes thoughtfully.

As a spiritual spirit master, Sleepy Nightmare Douluo's martial spirit, Nightmare Demon, also possesses abilities similar to those of the mind and soul. Previously, when his cultivation level was lower, Lin Xiao had never been able to detect how Sleepy Nightmare Douluo appeared or left.

But now, his cultivation is getting higher and higher, and his mental strength, which is already superior to that of ordinary people, is also improving synchronously. After dealing with souls for so long, he finally felt a trace of the movement of Sleepy Nightmare Douluo.

The incorporeal martial spirit, the Nightmare Demon, is somewhat similar to a soul. Sleeping Nightmare Douluo can use the power of the Nightmare Demon to transform his body and pass through obstacles easily. Under the cover of his mental power, he can almost do it without anyone noticing, just like a real Nightmare Demon.

These walls and buildings were like nothing in the eyes of Sleepy Nightmare Douluo, and only the formations set up in the academy could detect his comings and goings.

As soon as he entered the room, Lin Xiao vaguely sensed something was wrong. It turned out that Sleepy Nightmare Douluo was waiting for him here in advance.

He sat back on the bed with some concern, allowing the energy of heaven and earth to surge towards him, and then transform into soul power to flow through his meridians.

It was not until the sun's rays outside were no longer dazzling that Lin Xiao slowly woke up from his meditation.

With a flick of his wrist, the star-studded metal ingot was already in his hand. His mental power slowly extended out, and the moment it touched the metal, he suddenly felt a sense of relief.

It's like a person who is under great resistance in the water suddenly comes into the air and feels lighter.

If the spreading of mental power in the air is like moving forward in water, then this piece of metal is an open space without any resistance. Not only can it allow the mental power to spread along it, but it is even like a space unique to the mental power where Lin Xiao's mental power can stay for a short time.

With a flash of his mind, a shadow peeled off from his body and silently sank into the metal ingot. At this moment, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.

It was truly a coincidence. Without the locust wood core that could hold the soul, Shangguan Qing had helped him find these metals. Unexpectedly, after smelting them with other metals, these metals also had similar properties. And it seemed to have other uses...

Since you are from my hand, I should be able to give you a name.

Lin Xiao looked at the metal ingot in his hand, thought for a moment, and suddenly laughed as if he had thought of something.

It is shaped like a star and can hold souls, so it might as well be called Star Soul Ingot.

The light outside gradually disappeared. Lin Xiao glanced at the sky, carefully put away the Star Soul Ingot, and got up to leave the dormitory.

No matter what, as a disciple who has undergone the spirit-raising ceremony, he still has to do his best to complete the tasks assigned by Sleepy Nightmare Douluo.

Even though there was a weird feeling everywhere in this matter, even if it was like looking for a needle in a haystack, he had to go outside.

As for the result, perhaps he doesn't need to worry about it.

Chapter 90 The Troubles Resurface

The lighting soul guide illuminated the entire Mingdu, and the light it emitted allowed people to see its outline from a long distance away.

"Everyone cheer up, we have seen Mingdu, and we can have a good rest once we enter the city."

On the road outside Mingdu, a caravan maintained a tight formation. The man in the lead was tall and he breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the light of Mingdu.

Although the Sun-Moon Empire has advanced soul guides, the use of flying soul guides also requires a certain level of soul power. Otherwise, when the soul power is insufficient, it will be difficult for the flying soul guide to carry people into the air.

The cultivation level of this group of people was obviously not very high, and they spent a lot of time along the way. When they were close to Mingdu, they decided to rush into the city overnight.

The others behind the man also breathed a sigh of relief. The wilderness wasn't safe, and they'd been so nervous all this way. Now that they could see Mingdu, they could finally relax a little.

However, just as the man finished speaking, something seemed to light up in his peripheral vision, and then a bloody hole suddenly appeared on the forehead of the person next to him, and he fell straight down.

"call out--"

It was not until this moment that a shrill scream sounded in everyone's ears.

"The enemy is attacking, form a formation!"

The man roared, and a huge shield rose in his hand, protecting his whole body tightly.

The other people had obviously been cooperating for a long time. They stood back to back and huddled together, hiding behind the man, constantly alert to their surroundings.

It’s a pity that these methods of theirs are indeed effective against opponents with similar cultivation levels, but the cultivation level of the person who attacks them must be higher than theirs.

From the shadows on both sides, several figures rushed out like ghosts, but only raised a wisp of inconspicuous dust when they landed. They were obviously agile attack-type soul masters with excellent body movements.

"team leader……"

The faces of the people behind the man were very ugly. They had already noticed the cultivation level of the person who attacked them, and it would probably not be easy for them to escape.

"Don't panic. This place is not far from Mingdu. As long as we hold on for a while, someone will come soon."

The captain spoke to comfort the others, but his heart wasn't as calm as he appeared. This place was indeed not far from Mingdu, but the fact that this group chose to attack here clearly showed that they had been prepared.

A black shadow flashed past the few people, and the captain raised the large shield in his hand and moved forward to meet it. Behind him, a beam of soul guide cannon light shot forward from the edge of the shield as if it had been practiced countless times.

This is a tactic they have been coordinating for a long time. If caught off guard, even the opponent with good skills will be hit.