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

Lin Xiao sighed in his heart.

Although he was given the opportunity to refuse, he knew in his heart that he had no choice in the matter.

Although the Great Elder kept saying that he had been waiting for a long time, he still had the patience to continue waiting.

But if she really had patience, she wouldn't use Sleepy Nightmare Douluo to threaten herself to do things for her.

Lin Xiao didn't know what the Great Elder wanted him to do specifically, nor did she know if she had found anyone else to try, but she, who had inadvertently passed her test, was undoubtedly the most suitable candidate in her mind, so how could she give up so easily?

And most importantly, as a disciple of the Holy Spirit Church who had participated in the soul-raising ceremony, it was impossible for him to refuse the orders of the elders of the church.

After thinking for a long time, Lin Xiao raised his head slightly.

"Please give your instructions, Great Elder."

No matter what the final outcome is, at least he needs to know what the Great Elder wants to see him do.

"That's right." The Great Elder nodded. "You should know that the Sea Princess clan lives deep in the icy sea. They are somewhat similar to you humans and have their own royal family."

"And what I want you to do is take something from their palace."

"Only if you can escape their singing will you have a chance to bypass their defenses and enter the underwater palace."

"Great Elder, the Sea Princess clan is best at spiritual power. I'm afraid they'll discover me as soon as I dive into the seabed." Lin Xiao paused slightly. "Also, with my current level of cultivation, I can't stay at the bottom of the sea for too long."

"Can you give me a few years, so that I can reach a higher level of cultivation and then get what you need for the Great Elder?"

Although the procrastination tactic was ugly, it was indeed effective. After a few years, whether or not to help the Great Elder do this matter would no longer be her decision.

"Of course I've thought of these things." The Great Elder smiled. "When the time comes, someone will naturally help you lure away the mermaids in the palace. As for how to get you to the bottom of the sea, I also have other plans."

"Yes." Seeing that his excuses were futile, Lin Xiao reluctantly replied, "Then when will we set off, Great Elder?"

"I still need to prepare some things. Also, I know you still have things to do at Mingde Hall. There's no need to rush. Come to headquarters and see me after your college is on vacation."

"Yes."

At least there is a chance to catch my breath. Although it is less than a year before the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy goes on vacation, I can always make some preparations.

After leaving the Great Elder's room, Lin Xiao walked calmly to the hall. Zhongli Wu was nowhere to be seen in the hall, and only the sound of scolding could be heard.

"A martial soul like yours can only fully display its talent through killing and devouring. What are you waiting for?"

"When you devoured the lives of those soul masters, you became like us. Sooner or later, you will wear this cloak."

"This is a talent we were born with. Don't be afraid, don't reject it. This is our unique ability that far surpasses other soul masters!"

"I...I just...want revenge..."

Another voice murmured, but it quickly disappeared amid the harsh voices.

Listening to the sound coming into his ears, Lin Xiao stopped unconsciously, and for some reason his eyes suddenly became dazed.

Many years ago, it seemed like in this very place, another person constantly blamed another child for committing murder...

"Seventh Elder."

Lin Xiao suddenly took two steps forward and spoke softly.

"Who?" Masked Douluo turned around suddenly.

After his cultivation level regressed, his perception also decreased a lot. After seeing Lin Xiao, his expression relaxed a little.

"It's you, are you going back?"

"Yes, Elder." Lin Xiao turned his head slightly to glance at Tang Ya who was forced into the corner by the Masked Douluo, and then quickly looked away.

"The leader told me earlier that people from Shrek Academy had appeared in the Sun-Moon Empire and told me to be careful. I was just about to go back and inform the other disciples at the branch temple."

Masked Douluo paused for a moment after hearing this, then turned to look at Tang Ya and snorted coldly, "I almost forgot. Well, let's wait a little longer. I'll take you out after the storm has died down."

After saying that, he no longer cared about Tang Ya and walked straight to the back.

Lin Xiao glanced at the corner again, said nothing more, and turned away.

Chapter 174 Preparation

Inside the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy dormitory, a soul guide cannon was placed on Lin Xiao's desk. It looked to be about the same size as an adult's arm, with the back end still unsealed, revealing the delicate soul guide arrays inside.

The creature carving knife in Lin Xiao's hand flew up and down, and metal powder kept floating out of his hand and falling on the table, reflecting a little bit of light, just like stars sprinkled on the table.

"It's so beautiful, it's really so beautiful. I didn't expect this kind of metal to exist."

Beside Lin Xiao, the soul "Fengshen" was floating continuously, but his eyes never left the Star Soul Ingot in Lin Xiao's hand.

Since learning necromancy from Alex, these souls, which already retained a lot of consciousness from their previous lives, have become more active.

Especially Lin Xiao, who had just been deified not long ago. Perhaps it was because his soul began to communicate after Lin Xiao learned the magic of the undead, and had not been directly and roughly transformed by Lin Xiao. He was even more active than others. If it were not for that translucent body, he would be almost indistinguishable from a living person.

Lin Xiao also somewhat understood why Alex looked down upon the methods of the Holy Spirit Church.

In front of the living soul of Fengshen, the resentful spirits in the Holy Spirit Church who only have hatred and anger are really no match at all.

And this is far from all of necromancy.

Lin Xiao put away the carving knife in his hand, and swept his left hand across the table. As his left arm emitted a faint glow, the metal debris on the table instantly disappeared without a trace.

Seeing this, Fengshen moved closer and asked, "Is this really the metal material you made?"

Lin Xiao sighed helplessly, "You've become like this, why would I lie to you?"

"But I have you to thank for making it. If you hadn't bought all the acacia wood cores, I wouldn't have been able to forge this metal by chance."

Fengshen didn't care about this matter. After becoming a soul, his preferences seemed to become more direct and pure. He was obviously more interested in the alloy smelted by Lin Xiao.

"So that's how it is. No wonder when you were taking the test in Mingde Hall, I always felt that your soul guide seemed to be lacking something."

"You'll either have to sacrifice accuracy or controllability, but with this alloy that can carry soul and mental power, you can use the power of your martial soul to let your soul help you control the soul guide."

"What a brilliant idea! The foundation of all this is the alloy you created. By melting two completely different metals, you created a material that combines the advantages of both, and even created new properties."

Lin Xiao listened to Fengshen's words and glanced down at his left arm. If it weren't for his spirit bone's ability to smelt metal, perhaps such a coincidence wouldn't have happened.

Moreover, this soul bone also saved him a lot of effort when making the soul guide. After so many years of nurturing it, it may not be comparable to a real 100,000-year soul bone, but it is not far off.

"I remember now." Just as Lin Xiao looked at his left arm, Fengshen beside him was still muttering to himself, "No wonder when I was making soul guides, even if it was the same soul guide, the power it exerted was different when using different materials."

"At the time, I simply thought that the soul guide array and the materials had different compatibility. But if different materials can form alloys, then isn't there a chance that the materials I chose could be compatible?"

"Also, this kind of fusion doesn't just exist between metals. Have you ever tried fusing metals with non-metals? Have you ever tried fusing alloys with alloys?"

Fengshen was about to reach out to take the materials on the table as he spoke, but when his hand passed through the metal blocks, he remembered that he had turned into a soul and froze in place.

Seeing this, Lin Xiao helped him pick up the metal block, then turned around and said comfortingly, "Okay, we still have a lot of time. We can try it slowly if we have the chance in the future, but for now, please help me refine my idea."

“Alas—” Fengshen sighed deeply, “It’s a pity that no soul engineer before you has ever thought of making such a big deal just from the materials before engraving a soul guide array.”

"Otherwise, my Conferred God Platform can be further improved."

Hearing this, Lin Xiao suddenly paused and put down the metal in his hand. "Speaking of the Conferred God Platform, is it really possible for your soul guide to help a soul master obtain a new martial soul?"

"Yeah." Fengshen nodded, "But the chances are pretty slim."

"Soul rings are different from martial souls. If you want to fuse a new martial soul, you must have the cooperation of the soul beast trapped in the Conferred God Platform. Otherwise, even if the forced fusion is successful, it may cause various conflicts with the soul master's original martial soul."

Lin Xiao began to understand.

If the soul beast sealed in the Conferred God Platform is indeed a hundred thousand year old soul beast, perhaps under the strong pressure from the outside world, there is a real possibility that it can form a new martial soul.

But inside is the Snow Empress who has cultivated for 700,000 years. If you want to make the Snow Empress your martial spirit, not to mention how to bear her 700,000 years of soul power and how to make the Snow Empress cooperate willingly.

Even that extreme attribute alone is not something that an ordinary soul master can easily endure.

A soul master with twin martial souls needs two martial souls of similar quality. If the soul master does not have a martial soul of comparable quality, it would be a fantasy to want to withstand the ultimate martial soul.

Retracting his thoughts, Lin Xiao shook his head gently, took out another star sapphire, and sighed slightly.

After returning from the Holy Spirit Church headquarters, he knew that he had to go to the Ice Sea.

Since I can't refuse, I can only make some preparations before leaving.

He had improved the original self-propelled soul guide cannon, turning it into a complete seventh-level soul guide weapon, but it was still far from the number he had in mind.

Moreover, when going underwater, in addition to dealing with soul beasts, one also has to deal with the environment.

Although the Great Elder said that he would help him solve the problem, he still needed to be prepared to feel at ease.

There are all kinds of soul guides in this world, but Lin Xiao has never seen a device that can convert soul power into air. It is not easy to create a soul guide that can breathe underwater out of thin air.

But fortunately, there is another completely unreasonable thing in this world, the storage soul guide.

The starlight sapphire in his hand is also known as the treasure of space. It possesses rare spatial power and is also the basis of most large storage soul guides.

He really hadn't figured out how to convert soul power into breathable air, but it would be much simpler to use the principle of storage soul guides to "pack" the outside air in advance.

While communicating with Fengshen and designing the magic circle, the light of the lighting soul guide in Lin Xiao's dormitory remained on until very late.

Chapter 175 Larynx

Lin Xiao's life seemed to have become peaceful again. He studied with Ye Yulin in Mingde Hall and pondered his manuscripts.

After returning to the dormitory, I would make many attempts using the Star Soul Ingot, and I did not neglect meditation at all.

Occasionally, I would go to the soul guide experimental area to see Lin Jiayi and listen to his advice.

Although it was a bit busy, Lin Xiao quite enjoyed this feeling. It was much better than life in the Holy Spirit Church.

Only the metal allocated to him by the academy was constantly decreasing. As for what those materials were used for, only Lin Xiao and Fengshen who was with him knew.

It was another early morning. Lin Xiao slowly woke up from meditation, feeling the soul power in his body gradually calming down.

Over the past few months, his soul power level is only a step away from the bottleneck of level 80.

If possible, he would also like to wait until he obtains the eighth soul ring before going to the Ice Sea, but the Great Elder can no longer delay it.

Walking out of the dormitory, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy had already entered the holiday season. The soul guidance testing area, which was once bustling with people, only occasionally heard a few noises, causing a few echoes in the empty space.

Except for some teachers who were still researching soul guides, everyone else in the academy had left long ago, making it seem a bit deserted.

At the entrance of the academy, Lin Xiao confirmed the storage soul guide again, finally let out a long breath, and walked away.

He had walked the road to the Demon Forest countless times and could find it even with his eyes closed. In less than half a day, he appeared outside the headquarters.

As soon as I stepped into the corridor, a familiar voice suddenly came to my ears.