Douluo Continent: I possess astonishing wisdom as I control energy!

She propped herself up, got up and went into the washroom, splashing cold water on her cheeks to fully wake herself up before entering the bathroom.

After a quick wash, she sat cross-legged on the meditation cushion, cleared her mind of distractions, and began to meditate.

Time passed slowly in silence. As dawn broke outside the window, Zhang Lexuan slowly exhaled a long, drawn-out breath, ending her cultivation.

Feeling the soul power within her body solidify further, Zhang Lexuan felt a sense of comfort.

Level 79

She's just one step away from reaching level 80. With about another month of arduous training, she'll reach level 80. At that point, she'll need to hunt for spirit rings and truly advance to the Soul Douluo level.

Once she advances to the Soul Douluo level, she can rightfully enter the Sea God Pavilion as an elder and become a member of the Sea God Pavilion.

Only in this way would she truly have the right to interfere in many matters of the academy.

This world ultimately values ​​strength. Although she had Elder Mu's support, the Soul Saint's power left her with virtually no say.

She must become stronger, become a Soul Douluo, become a Title Douluo, and become a Super Douluo!

Only with sufficient strength can she have the confidence to face greater obstacles and a greater chance to change Shrek, the school that has increasingly complicated her feelings.

Even though it was rotten to the core, she still wanted to try to save it; at least, that's what she thought for now.

"The spirit rings I can currently withstand are roughly 80,000 to 90,000 years old. Hunting them alone would be a bit troublesome."

After assessing the situation briefly, Zhang Lexuan decided to report her condition.

After breaking through a bottleneck, Shrek Academy inner court disciples can apply for the academy's assistance in organizing a soul-hunting team to acquire soul rings.

Normally, the academy will send a supervising teacher to secretly protect the team, while the spirit rings must be hunted by the spirit hunting team themselves; this is part of their training.

Of course, all of the above require contribution points.

Contribution points are obtained by hunting down evil spirit masters and completing inner court missions.

She killed quite a few evil spirit masters, so she definitely had enough to apply for the necessary permits.

"Go ask Wu Ming and Ruoruo while you're at it. With them around, hunting for spirit rings should be much easier."

Zhang Lexuan got up to leave, only to find that, unfortunately, Wu Ming was out leading a team on a mission, and Han Ruoruo was in seclusion breaking through a bottleneck; neither of them had time.

With no other option, Zhang Lexuan had to apply directly.

We were very lucky; a Soul Hunter team was just being formed, and their departure date was two months later.

Zhang Lexuan took a look at the team member list. Their strength was quite good, and the team composition was complete. With her included, they shouldn't have any problems hunting down any soul beasts under 100,000 years old, unless they had exceptionally powerful bloodlines.

Zhang Lexuan nodded, already certain in her heart. She glanced at the teacher in charge, feeling slightly relieved.

"With Elder Xuan leading the team, there shouldn't be any problems."

Zhang Lexuan thought to herself, with a level 98 Super Douluo leading the team, there shouldn't be any problems.

Chapter 105 The Soul Hunt Departure and the Spirit Pivot Agreement

Time flies, and two months have passed in the blink of an eye.

As dawn broke over the inner courtyard plaza of Shrek Academy,

Zhang Lexuan, dressed in a neat and tidy outfit, stood in the center of the square, waiting for her teammates who were hunting for spirit rings with her at the time specified in the mission manual.

Her gaze was calm, and her level 80 soul power flowed slowly within her body. Two months passed, and her soul power level naturally broke through to level 80. She only needed one soul ring to break through the shackles.

More figures arrived, making a total of twelve, including her.

Fortunately, most of the team members were acquaintances who had worked alongside her on missions against evil spirit masters. They knew each other well, and their gazes towards her lacked the distance and hostility seen in the others; instead, they held a clear trust in her.

Seeing that the designated team leader had not yet arrived, Zhang Lexuan took the initiative to organize everyone, having them state their names, martial spirits, and roles, quickly familiarizing themselves with each other's fighting styles and determining their teamwork methods.

They quickly finished their exchange, but the teacher in charge still hadn't appeared.

Time ticked by, and just as the scheduled rendezvous time was about to arrive, a streak of earthy yellow light streaked across the sky with a thunderous roar, crashing onto the plaza and creating a shockwave.

The figure revealed itself to be Xuanzi.

At this moment, Xuanzi was still as unkempt as ever, reeking of alcohol, swaying unsteadily, his eyes clouded with the lingering effects of a hangover.

The crowd went forward and respectfully greeted them in unison:

"Mr. Xuan!"

Xuanzi squinted and glanced at everyone, seemingly without counting them carefully. He casually waved his hand and said in a muffled voice, "Now that everyone's here, let's get going!"

Before he finished speaking, a flash of yellow light appeared around him, and he was once again airborne, swaying and flying towards the Star Dou Great Forest.

Xuanzi has been in a very bad mood lately, and the reason for this is that the poison cannot kill him.

Previously, Du Bu Si's strength was only slightly stronger than his, but who would have thought that this guy would have obtained some kind of fortuitous encounter, causing his strength to surge and enabling him to suppress him in battle?

Especially after the Body Sect moved into Shrek City, he encountered them several times, and each time he was severely beaten, which made him feel extremely humiliated and depressed.

So, after calculating the time it would take for his injuries to heal, he decided to lead the team out this time, intending to go out and relax.

I've been lying around for a while now. I think I'll go into the Starry Sky Forest and find some rare wild game to treat myself.

As for leading the team, with Zhang Lexuan there, nothing too serious will happen. At worst, he'll step in anyway.

Thinking this, Xuanzi's figure disappeared into the horizon.

Standing there, everyone looked at the direction where Elder Xuan had disappeared, exchanging bewildered glances, the atmosphere becoming somewhat awkward.

Zhang Lexuan remained silent for a moment, but her expression remained calm.

She looked around at everyone, her voice clear and steady: "Everyone, let's set off on our own. Proceed according to the established plan, and be sure to be careful."

Everyone nodded, composed themselves, and under her leadership, the group of twelve transformed into streaks of light, heading towards the Star Dou Great Forest.

……

……

Meanwhile, at the Mingmeng Chamber of Commerce headquarters, in Kong Ming'an's room...

At this moment, in the center of the room, a dark purple banner of ten thousand souls stood silently, moving without wind.

The banner no longer displayed the wailing of vengeful spirits; instead, it was adorned with countless fine, silvery-white streams of light, flowing and intertwining slowly like a galaxy.

Each stream of light is a vast torrent of information carried by a highly condensed spiritual force.

Countless silver-white threads, formed from flowing light, extended from the banner, connecting precisely to the first spirit ring floating beside Kong Ming'an, like nerve pathways.

At this moment, the spirit ring was not its usual black color, but rather a dreamlike silver hue, a result of the interplay of space and spirit.

It seemed to contain sparkling fluorescent light, and under the support of the space, pure spiritual power and information data flowed through it, turning into streams of light that flashed by, exuding a cold and rational feeling.

Kongming sat quietly cross-legged, his eyes closed, yet a faint silvery glow emanated from the corners of his eyes, perfectly matching the color of the spirit rings beside him.

At this moment, Kong Ming'an's usual gentle demeanor was gone, replaced by an extremely indifferent, almost detached, sense of absolute rationality, as if all emotion had been completely stripped away.

Hyotei stood guard nearby, her golden eyes fixed intently on Kong Ming'an, her icy aura held low, ready to strike at any moment to deal with any unexpected event.

Time flowed slowly, and at a certain moment, the silvery light that naturally emanated from Kong Ming'an's eyes, like a torrent of information and data, gradually subsided, along with his indifferent demeanor.

Kong Ming'an slowly opened his eyes. His dark eyes regained their clarity, revealing a hint of weariness that was hard to conceal, but more so, the excitement of success.

Hyotei breathed a sigh of relief. This guy was so engrossed in his whims that he wouldn't listen to anything she said, and his soul aura flickered on and off, making her think he was trying to commit suicide.

Fortunately, nothing serious happened.

Her golden eyes flashed, and Hyotei calmed her soul power, crossed her arms, and said coldly:

"Success?"

"Yes, a great success." Kong Ming'an smiled, then turned to Hyotei. "Want to give it a try?"

Hyotei raised an eyebrow, leaned closer to examine the truly eye-catching silver spirit ring, and a hint of curiosity flashed in her eyes: "Want to try it?"

Kong Ming'an nodded and extended his hand in invitation.

Hyotei naturally placed his hand in Kong Ming'an's palm, the movement practiced and without any resistance, clearly not the first time.

A warm sensation arose from her palm, and then she felt the spiritual energy of the boy before her spreading from her palm into her spiritual sea.

Completely unprepared, Hyotei allowed that familiar spiritual force to guide their consciousness.

The next moment, she felt as if something had appeared in her sea of ​​consciousness, and then, an indistinguishable male voice with a peculiar quality resounded directly in her mind:

【The "Ling Shu Protocol" is now online. Respected Ms. Hyotei, would you like to sign the contract and connect to the "Ling Shu Network"?】

Hyotei was startled by the sudden sound and instinctively went on guard, but quickly calmed down.

Despite her calm demeanor, she couldn't help but feel a sense of unease as she looked down at the rows of neatly arranged, faintly glowing text options that had suddenly appeared in her field of vision, accompanied by the sound.

She blinked her golden eyes and looked at Kong Ming'an questioningly.

"Did you make it?"

"How was it? Pretty interesting, right?"

Kong Ming'an was in a good mood. Hyotei's sudden startled exhale, then his reaction, and finally his forced calm was so funny that he felt he could replay it several times.

Once the section on the "Ling Shu Protocol" is finished, we'll move on to Zhang Lexuan's storyline. All the preliminary theories are now basically complete; we just need to wait for time to develop them.

P.S.: I can finally write about SeSe!

Chapter 106 Spiritual Pivot, Spiritual Pivot Network, Soul Computing Power Unit

"What a load of rubbish!"

Hyotei looked like they were about to bite, but ultimately didn't make a move. They simply asked, "How do you use this thing? Do you have to sign this contract?"

"Don't worry, sign it," Kong Ming'an explained with a smile. "I wouldn't stoop so low as to cheat you on something like this."

Hyotei pursed her lips, but her words remained sharp:

"Hmph, who knows what kind of bad idea you're up to again."

As she spoke, her mind consciously obeyed Kong Ming'an's words and made a choice—[to sign].

The next moment, that indistinguishable male or female mechanical voice rang in her mind.

[Contract signed. User: "Hyotei", Authority Level: Secondary Creator, Identity Information Confirmed.]

Welcome to the "Ling Shu Protocol".

After the voice faded, the text interface in front of us paused for about a second or two, and then the indistinct, mechanical voice resumed:

[Successfully connected to the "Ling Shu Network".]

[The "Ling Shu Network" User Guide v1.0 has been sent to your personal email address. Please review it and explore the various functions of the "Ling Shu Network" yourself.]

Please read the "Ling Shu Network User Guide v1.0" carefully and strictly abide by the relevant rules.

We hope you have a good user experience.

As soon as he finished speaking, the complex text interface in front of Hyotei's eyes instantly simplified and shrunk, leaving only four small characters that seemed to be used for self-introduction:

—"Ling Shu Protocol".

The small print disappeared, and a wealth of information surfaced in my mind. This was the content of the so-called "Ling Shu Network User Guide v1.0".

Hyotei, whose mental strength was already considerable, quickly absorbed this information. After a slight pause, she tentatively sent a mental signal to issue an order to this so-called "Spiritual Pivot Agreement."

[Command accepted. User attempts to access data: "Star Ring - Ascending the Divine Staircase".]

[Authorization in progress]

[User privilege level: Secondary Creator.]

Access granted.

As soon as she finished speaking, countless pieces of information about the "Star Ring - Ascension to Godhood" naturally appeared in her mind.

Kong Ming'an had explained these things to her before, but she hadn't understood much of the information at the time. Now, it was presented to her again in written form.

Unconsciously, she once again issued a mental command to review other things she vaguely remembered that Kong Ming'an had explained to her before.

And as soon as she gives the order, all this information will appear in her mind the next moment, allowing her to browse it at will.

Hyotei blinked. With the vast amount of knowledge in her mind, her eyes became slightly clearer. Without realizing it, she turned her head and asked:

"What exactly is this?"

Kong Ming'an smiled slightly: