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

"In this world, people's power relies on their martial spirits. Some people only utilize the abilities of their spirits that are inherent to their martial spirits. Therefore, research on the soul is indeed much less. Therefore, the only method they use to obtain souls is the most brutal one, which is to let the living die with resentment."

Lin Xiao slowly walked forward and sat down, responding to Electrolux in his heart.

"What about you? I've seen the souls you controlled. They were quite peaceful. You transformed two of them into that state. How did you come up with the idea of ​​studying souls?"

Lin Xiao paused. He couldn't say that his soul research was inspired by Electrolux. It was precisely because he knew Electrolux could also unleash the power of necromancy in this world that he was certain that his soul research would bear fruit.

"It's a coincidence, I guess. My martial spirit allows me to contain and discover those broken souls, so I want to try to do something with them and gain some power beyond martial spirits."

Lin Xiao replied with an incomplete truth.

"Haha." Alex laughed. "With your personality, if you were in my world, you might become a magician who enjoys studying magic."

While Lin Xiao and Alex were talking in their hearts, two more holy spirits walked into the hall.

"Greetings, Lord Holy Envoy."

"Well, why are there only two of you here?" Lin Xiao glanced at them and asked knowingly.

"Your Excellency, the Eighth Elder previously ordered that the other Holy Servants not be allowed to enter the underground hall without reason. In addition to us, there are two Holy Spirits, but they have not returned in this period of time."

"It's okay. When the Second Elder left just now, he assigned me to temporarily guard this holy altar." Lin Xiao didn't pursue the matter further. "My request is simple. Don't act too recklessly and hide your identities."

"I'll let you know if I need anything. When the rest of you come back, tell them the same thing I said."

"Yes, my lord."

The two Holy Spirits bowed and saluted, and Lin Xiao stood up and walked out.

Chapter 130 The Third

"Come out, I see you."

Inside the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy, Lin Xiao had just returned to the door when he saw a sneaky figure.

"It's still the same as before. Your eyesight is so sharp." The man didn't seem to intend to hide from Lin Xiao. After his whereabouts were exposed, he walked out openly. "Where have you been recently?"

The person waiting for him here was none other than Shangguan Qing. Shangguan Qing had come into contact with quite a few people over the years, and it was clear that her methods were more than enough to deal with those students. It was unknown how much she had gathered from other students for the Ordinary Alliance.

"This is just a deal between you and me. I don't need to tell you these things, right?"

"Oh, I just care about you. After all, if you encounter any accident, we will also suffer a great loss, right?"

"Okay, you know I won't fall for your tricks. Tell me, what do you want to know this time?" Lin Xiao glanced around and then looked away.

"What's wrong? Isn't it enough that I just care about you? And I didn't expect you to be so popular. I'm not the only one who came to see you recently."

Lin Xiao narrowed his eyes when he heard that, then turned and walked towards the dormitory.

"Hey, hey, hey, don't you want to know who are the people who come to see you?"

"Okay, okay, I do have other things to do." Shangguan Qing spoke quickly. Seeing Lin Xiao stop and give him a disgruntled look, he said, "Are you not interested in girls? I should have suggested that Sister Wei'er cultivate some boys."

"I'm just not interested in you." Lin Xiao looked Shangguan Qing up and down. "But your suggestion is not bad. Maybe some people really do have special fetishes."

"Hmph, if I don't talk to you anymore, you'll just say something that makes me angry." Shangguan Qing said, pulling out a storage soul guide from his arms, "Just like the last time, there are some rare metals inside."

Lin Xiao reached out to take it, put it away without even looking at it, and then returned an empty storage soul guide.

The Ordinary Alliance controlled some underground businesses, and some rare metals that were rarely seen on the market were not difficult for them to obtain. In the past few years, relying on some gossip from the Holy Spirit Church, he had obtained a lot of things from the Ordinary Alliance.

"What do you want to know?"

"Are there fewer of you staying in Mingdu recently?" Shangguan Qing moved closer and lowered his voice slightly.

Lin Xiao glanced at Shangguan Qing but didn't ask how they'd discovered this. The Ordinary Alliance's spies were pervasive, and even if they couldn't get anyone inside the Holy Spirit Cult, they could still gather a lot of information through indirect means.

"Indeed, several elders who were in charge of the branch temples have left Mingdu."

Shangguan Qing continued to look at Lin Xiao, "That's all? What did they do?"

"That's another price, but it probably won't be back in the short term." Although Lin Xiao didn't know when those elders would come back, he knew that the war between the Sun-Moon Empire and the three major empires would not happen for several years.

"If you want to do something, now is a good opportunity."

Shangguan Qing blinked when he heard this. "You don't seem to be worried about your Holy Spirit Church's business in Mingdu at all?"

Although Shangguan Wei'er's strength was unpredictable, Lin Xiao didn't believe the Ordinary Alliance had the strength to compete with the Holy Spirit Cult. The Holy Spirit Cult had only a few elders to force the Ordinary Alliance to give up the Mingdu business, and there were even more terrifying people within the Cult.

"The Holy Spirit Church's business isn't limited to Mingdu, and I'm not in charge of what's going on here. If you could take over all of Mingdu's underground businesses, you might be able to give me more."

"Then I'll take your kind words. If that day ever comes, I won't forget your kindness."

Shangguan Qing smiled generously. Lin Xiao glanced at her, then turned and walked towards the dormitory.

Shangguan Qing behind him looked at Lin Xiao's back and snorted in dissatisfaction, then turned and left.

Inside the dormitory, Lin Xiao didn't enter into meditation. Instead, he raised his hand slightly, looking at the shadow that was constantly flowing in his palm. This was the soul of Sleepy Nightmare Douluo, and it was also the third relatively complete soul he had mastered.

His martial soul, the red spider lily, has the ability to accommodate souls, but those densely packed shadows can only be regarded as residual souls at best. They are not complete and have various defects. Some have even completely lost their memories of their previous lives and are just floating around in confusion.

The assassin he controlled also had a damaged soul at the beginning. He used other residual souls to transform him into the current one with only instinct left.

As for the Soul-Devouring Douluo who had always existed in the Soul-Devouring Knife in the form of a curse, his cultivation level in his lifetime was no longer that of an ordinary Titled Douluo. He was also proficient in spirits and curses. Even after thousands of years, his soul still retained some of his previous methods.

Before this, the assassin was more of a means for Lin Xiao to explore the environment and observe the world with the vision of his soul. Even if used in actual combat, the only advantage he had was concealment.

But in the process of fighting with Sleepy Nightmare Douluo, Alex made him understand the more clever use of souls. They were proficient in assassination or curse in their lifetime, and these abilities would not be lost even after becoming souls. They could also use Lin Xiao's soul power and mental power to display their own abilities.

Just a simple spell can transform them from dull "tools" into "helpers" with abilities different from his own.

Perhaps this is the true necromancy.

What Alex said was right. Although his research on the soul surpassed that of other soul masters in this world, his control over the level of necromancy was still quite superficial.

Then the Nightmare Douluo in front of him...

Lin Xiao lowered his head slightly and looked at the palm of his hand. The translucent shadow was still struggling. Lin Xiao could feel the unwillingness of Sleepy Nightmare Douluo before his death.

Perhaps he could retain more of Nightmare Douluo's memories. As a spiritual attribute spirit master, Nightmare Douluo's abilities weren't originally in his body. Even if he didn't have a martial spirit in his spirit state, he should have a unique understanding of how to use his mental power.

Thinking of this, Lin Xiao no longer hesitated, his mental power spread out, a faint blue color flashed in his eyes, and he probed into the depths of Sleepy Nightmare Douluo's soul.

Scenes of memories kept flashing before Lin Xiao's eyes, and his brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

The abilities possessed by Nightmare Douluo seemed quite different from what he had imagined. He had originally thought that as a Titled Douluo, even if his strength was relatively weak, he should have his own unique understanding of the use of mental power.

But unexpectedly, what Lin Xiao saw from his memories were mostly about how to create panic to improve his cultivation.

Chapter 131 Disagreement

The only thing that interested Lin Xiao was a method of increasing his spiritual power. By absorbing the spiritual power of others, he could improve himself. The stronger the spiritual power of the person being absorbed, the more he could gain.

It’s a pity that in the memory of Sleepy Nightmare Douluo, he seemed to only attack ordinary people and those whose cultivation was far inferior to his, so that even after devouring the mental power of many people, he did not get much improvement. Instead, his mental power became mottled.

Lin Xiao did not find any exploration of the Nightmare Demon martial spirit from Sleep Nightmare Douluo's memories, nor did he find much research related to nightmares. At most, there was only some content on how to weave nightmares.

The most common thing is how to use other people's fear to improve one's cultivation.

Even Soul Devouring Douluo, who is also an evil soul master, has done a lot of research on curses after his cultivation broke through the 90th level. It is no wonder that Nightmare Douluo's cultivation stagnated after breaking through the 90th level.

It's no wonder he was so heartbroken after learning about Lin Xiao's talent. If he really had such an ability, perhaps all he would think about every day is how to kill people.

Lin Xiao sighed softly and collected Nightmare Douluo's soul. It was rare to encounter the soul of a Spiritual Attribute Titled Douluo, and this one was much more complete than other residual souls. He had already promised Nightmare Douluo to make good use of his soul.

Sitting on the bed, Lin Xiao's breathing gradually became steady. As his soul power flowed through his body, scenes from his battle with Sleepy Douluo kept appearing before his eyes.

Coming upon such a battle after a series of improvements in his cultivation was a rare experience for Lin Xiao. He also needed to adjust his mental control, soul power consumption, and the coordination of his soul skills as his cultivation improved.

Actual combat is very important for both soul masters and soul engineers, but what is more important is what is gained in battle.

It is precisely this habit that has enabled Lin Xiao to grow to this point in the Holy Spirit Church's way of training disciples.

The sea of ​​​​spirituality gradually calmed down, with only a faint gray mist swirling slightly, exuding the purest breath of death...

"teacher."

Several months later, in the soul guide test area, Lin Jiayi was watching two disciples fighting on a stage, when suddenly Lin Xiao's voice sounded beside him.

"Are you ready for the assessment?" Lin Jiayi turned around when he heard that.

"Yeah." Lin Xiao nodded and glanced around.

There weren't many students around the arena, only about a dozen figures, many of whom were familiar faces to Lin Xiao. Besides Lin Jiayi, there were two elderly men, also teachers at the academy.

These should be the contestants prepared by the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy to participate in the Soul Fighting Competition. What surprised Lin Xiao was that he also saw Nana here.

But come to think of it, Nana missed the preliminary selection when she first enrolled, but later qualified for the competition based on her ability. Now that she enrolled earlier, it's not surprising that she was selected as a preliminary player.

As for the other students, he was not unfamiliar with them. He had lived in the academy for so long and had met them more or less once.

"Well, don't be nervous." Lin Jiayi nodded. "You won't have any problems entering Mingde Hall now. Besides, the assessment is personally handled by the head of Mingde Hall. You've been an intern before, so today we're just going through the formalities."

"After entering Mingde Hall, the way you learn will also change. In the past, I taught you how to make soul guides, but students who are able to enter Mingde Hall have already found the path they want to take and need to learn what they are interested in on their own."

"Although the soul guide you're researching has never appeared before, there are still many similarities between soul guides. In addition, if you have the opportunity to meet a ninth-level soul guide, their guidance may be enough to benefit you for a lifetime."

"I understand, teacher." Lin Xiao said and looked at the arena again. Ma Rulong was controlling the soul guide cannon to shoot at the feet of another student, sending him off the arena, but it did not cause much damage. It was obvious that he was very skilled in controlling the soul guide cannon.

"What do you think of this battle?" Lin Jiayi turned his head and looked at Lin Xiao, "From a soul master's perspective."

"Hmm..." Lin Xiao hesitated, "I feel like everyone is being too polite."

As soon as these words were spoken, before Lin Jiayi could react, an old man next to him turned around and looked at him with an obviously unfriendly expression.

"Sorry, I have never participated in the Soul Fighting Competition. I was just talking casually." Lin Xiao took a glance and apologized at the speed of light. He had no intention of getting entangled with the old man.

Lin Jiayi turned around and stared at the old man, then looked at Lin Xiao, "It's okay, just talking casually."

Lin Xiao looked at Lin Jiayi and thought for a moment. "Battles are inherently about using any means necessary. I've fought against many spirit masters, and the most difficult ones aren't actually spirit masters with high cultivation levels, but opponents with strange methods."

"Sometimes, even if your cultivation level isn't as high as your opponent's, you can still defeat them with a single strike. In my opinion, the biggest advantage of a Soul Engineer over a Soul Master is that their fighting methods are difficult to predict."

"Unlike the fixed soul skills of soul masters, soul guides are inherently diverse. Soul guides' methods are more difficult for opponents to predict than those of soul masters."

"Hmph." The old man at the side finally couldn't help but speak, "Every soul engineer is proficient in different soul guides. Even if the types of soul guides are different, a soul engineer's fighting style is fixed."

"As long as I fight a few more matches in the ring, I'll be noticed by others, not to mention these little tricks that are not worthy of being shown on the stage."

"That's why I said I had never participated in the Soul Fighting Competition. It was just a casual remark." Lin Xiao smiled at the old man and had no intention of arguing with him.

He also knew how difficult it was to change a person's mind, and in the eyes of the other person, he was just a student, so what he said was even less important.

What's more, Lin Xiao has never participated in any major competitions. All he has experienced is actual combat, and he rarely leaves anyone alive every time he attacks.