Su Lin and the Lan Xiaodie sisters were very shocked as they looked at the beautiful Life Goddess Spirit and listened to Ye Liangchen describe all the Spirit Abilities within the Spirit.
"With the Spirit Abilities, it will be much simpler to find Spirit Beasts for Xiao Chen later," Su Lin smiled. The Xiao Jiahuo's miraculous Spirit truly opened her eyes!
"What is the Xiao Jiahuo cultivating? Myriad Plum Blossoms Welcoming the Wind? This is actually a sword technique. Could it be left behind by Ye Feng?"
Su Lin walked up to Ye Liangchen, picked up the Myriad Plum Blossoms Welcoming the Wind sword technique, and looked at it, feeling extremely shaken.
"Su Lin! This was indeed left behind by Xiao Chen's parents. You also know that his father's Spirit was called Dragon Chant Sword. In terms of swordsmanship cultivation alone, Sword Douluo couldn't compare to Ye Feng back then," Lan Xiaodie explained to Su Lin.
"That's great! With such a profound sword technique, we won't have to worry about Xiao Chen's sword Spirit cultivation anymore," Su Lin smiled, not expecting Ye Feng and Liu Ruyan to have left a path for their son.
"Su Lin! Ye Feng also left behind a divine art hundreds of times more powerful than meditation techniques. You are one of us, so from now on, you can cultivate with us."
Lan Xiaodie used her spirit power to set up a seal around the entire room, then took out Hun Yuan Art and Five Elements Divine Fist for Su Lin to observe.
"Hiss! Dean, this is too miraculous. With this divine art, it feels like it won't be a problem for us to cultivate to Titled Douluo."
"Mm! That's right, but you must keep it a secret. Once it's leaked, our entire Academy will be finished. For now, we can just call Hun Yuan Art a high-level meditation technique, so we don't accidentally let it slip and arouse suspicion from others."
"Don't worry, Dean! I swear by my Spirit that I will keep this secret to my death."
Su Lin was also one of Tianshui's high-ranking members and a student of the former Dean, Shui Lingfeng, so she would naturally protect the interests of Tianshui Academy.
Ye Liangchen also knew that the civilization of the Douluo World had always been suppressed by the God Realm, including the Spirit Master cultivation system.
And now, Spirit Master cultivation requires hunting Spirit Beasts to obtain spirit rings in order to level up. This is a rule set by the God Realm, whose purpose is to use human Spirit Masters to restrict Spirit Beasts, with the ultimate goal of preventing the Silver Dragon King and keeping the Spirit Beast race from becoming powerful.
As a result, over time, human Spirit Masters also lost their ability to innovate and became dependent, with very few people able to create their own Spirit Abilities, only able to obtain them by hunting Spirit Beasts.
The various top-tier martial arts secret manuals in wuxia novels, for the Douluo Continent, a low-level fantasy World, are self-created Spirit Abilities, and can even be called divine abilities.
Ye Liangchen observed the various exquisite sword techniques within Myriad Plum Blossoms Welcoming the Wind, mentally evolving various sword moves. If he weren't currently in the Rose Hotel, he would have summoned the Pure鈞 Sword to practice them!
Now in another World, Ye Liangchen, in order to improve his strength, had also become a cultivation maniac. Whenever he cultivated, he reached a state of self-forgetfulness.
"Xiao Chen! It's time for you to go to sleep. Cultivation is not an overnight matter; it needs to be done slowly."
Seeing that it was late, Lan Xiaodie quickly interrupted Ye Liangchen's cultivation and told him to go to sleep. This Xiao Jiahuo was only 6 years old now and needed enough sleep, otherwise it would affect his development.
"Okay! Aunt Lan."
Ye Liangchen put Myriad Plum Blossoms Welcoming the Wind into his game backpack and went to his room to sleep. In front of the elders in this World, he had to be an obedient and good child.
And after Lan Xiaodie, Su Lin, and Lan Xiaoling experienced the wonder of Hun Yuan Art, they replaced sleep with cultivation, wanting to quickly improve their strength.
...
Twenty days later, Ye Liangchen and his group passed through the Silves Kingdom and the Balak Kingdom, finally arriving at a small town on the edge of the Star Dou Forest. Although it was just a small town, the residents living there numbered at least several hundred thousand.
Along the way, Ye Liangchen was outside the carriage, enjoying the scenery of the foreign World, and also witnessed the hardships of common people's lives, which formed a stark contrast with the luxurious lives of the nobles.
This small town on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest was called Hunting Soul Town. In fact, it could also be considered a city, but it had no city walls and its area was very large, at least 100 square kilometers.
It was still over a hundred miles away from the Star Dou Forest. The Star Dou Forest was the largest and most dangerous Spirit Beast forest, and the people living here did not dare to get too close.
As the saying goes, 'those who live on the mountains live off the mountains, and those who live by the water live off the water,' the people of this small town relied on the Star Dou Forest to survive. They made a living by selling all kinds of weapons, armor, poisons, recovery potions, and so on; in short, all the essential items for Spirit Masters entering the Spirit Beast forest.
There were also a large number of shops in this town for trading Spirit Beasts. Many Spirit Beast meats, furs, teeth, and the like were very valuable. Some professional Spirit Beast hunting teams often entered the forest to capture various Spirit Beasts in exchange for gold coins.
These teams were all free Spirit Masters, and their strength was not high, so they could only capture some low-level Spirits.
There were even professional teams specifically for hunting Spirit Beasts for others. As long as you could afford it, they could hunt Spirit Beasts for you. However, the strength of these hunting squads was only at the Spirit Elder and Spirit Ancestor level, and their strength was not very strong, so they could only hunt some low-level Spirit Beasts.
Moreover, these hunting squads were inherently greedy. Sometimes they would even kill their employers and rob all their money. Such acts of murder for profit were common for them.
"Let's stay here today! Buy some insect repellent powder, and we'll enter the Star Dou Forest early tomorrow morning."
Lan Xiaodie suggested resting in this town. After traveling intermittently for 20 days, everyone was very tired, and even the horses pulling the carriage had been changed five times.
"Are the three ladies looking to hunt Spirit Beasts for this little friend? Our Lightning Squad can help, it only costs 50 gold coins."
Just then, a Spirit Beast hunting squad walked over. A leading Spirit Ancestor expert introduced his team's services to the three women, Lan Xiaodie.
This team had a total of 6 people, all brawny men. One of them was a Spirit Ancestor expert, and the remaining 5 were Spirit Elder cultivators.
They saw that Lan Xiaodie and her group were riding in a luxurious carriage, so they must be wealthy. Although the three women were veiled, their beautiful figures under their black tight-fitting attire deeply attracted the burning passion in the hearts of the Lightning Squad members.
So they only asked for 50 gold coins as compensation, with the aim of luring the three women in.
"Buzz..."
Su Lin used her powerful spirit power to suppress the Lightning Squad, immediately pushing them back five or six meters.
Lan Xiaodie and Lan Xiaoling protected Ye Liangchen in the middle. Being in such a chaotic place, they secretly transmitted a message to Su Lin not to expose her Spirit.
Once Lan Xiaodie's Ice Phoenix Spirit was exposed, some knowledgeable Spirit Masters could guess her identity. In such a place where all sorts of people gathered, one had to be extra cautious.
"Scram! Don't bother us! Otherwise, you will be killed without mercy."
Su Lin said coldly, suppressing the other party with a powerful spirit power aura. She was perfectly clear about the schemes these Spirit Beast hunting squads were harboring.
"Sorry! Respected adults, we shouldn't have offended you."
"We'll scram immediately! Scram immediately."
The Lightning Squad was terrified and immediately ran away frantically, not daring to stay for a moment.
They had intended to lure a big fish onto the hook and make a killing, but they didn't expect these three women to all be high-level Spirit Masters, each more terrifying than the last. Just their spirit power aura made them powerless to resist. This was not something these small fries could afford to provoke.
Other hunting teams in the distance, seeing the Lightning Squad being blown away, also quickly hid far away.
This is a World where the strong are respected. If you are strong, you are the rule-maker. Especially those powerful Titled Douluo, even the Empire's royal family treats them as honored guests and dares not offend them.
"Buzz..."
At this moment, Su Lin's spirit power aura suddenly surged, and a powerful aura spread in all directions, her spirit power directly breaking through the 70th level mark.
"Dean, I've broken through to level 70."
Su Lin exclaimed, finally stepping into the Spirit Saint realm. Before this, she had broken through to level 69 at the age of 36. It took her a full two years to break through to the Spirit Saint realm, which was incredibly difficult.
"Shh! Don't make a sound. It seems there's a Titled Douluo expert nearby. Let's check into a hotel first."
Lan Xiaodie stopped Su Lin's excitement and pulled Ye Liangchen towards the distant Yue Lai Inn.
"Sister! You didn't sense wrong, did you?" Lan Xiaoling asked curiously.
"No, I didn't. Just now, two auras locked onto us. One of them was several times stronger than mine, likely a Titled Douluo, and the other was a high-level Spirit Saint."
Lan Xiaoling was also guessing the other party's identity. Who could it be?
Su Lin patted her chest, "Dean! Luckily, we didn't expose our Spirit, otherwise our identities might have been revealed."
At the same time, in a spacious room at another hotel called "Laifu" in the distance, a white-haired elder in a light blue robe and a middle-aged man stood by the window, quietly observing the situation in the distance. Beside them was a petite, cute, and mischievous Little girl, about 6 years old, like a porcelain doll, very beautiful.
"I didn't expect three high-level female Spirit Masters to come to this place, two Spirit Saints and one Spirit Douluo," the white-haired elder exclaimed.
"A female Spirit Douluo? Grandpa Sword! As far as I know, there are only a handful of female Spirit Douluo powerhouses on the entire Continent. Who could it be?"
"They are all masked and haven't released their Spirit, so this old man can't guess their identities. They also brought a little boy, so they probably came to hunt Spirit Beasts for that Xiao Jiahuo!"
These two were Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. Both were experienced and knowledgeable old hands, constantly calculating the identities of the three women in their minds.
"Grandpa Sword! Papa, what are you looking at?" Ning Rongrong bounced over to Sword Douluo, her big eyes wide, asking curiously.
"Nothing. Rongrong, go to sleep now! Tomorrow, Grandpa Sword will take you to acquire your first spirit ring."
Sword Douluo stroked Ning Rongrong's little head, his eyes full of doting affection.
Ning Rongrong, Ning Fengzhi's youngest daughter, awakened the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Spirit a few months ago, with innate spirit power reaching level 9. She was the most outstanding genius of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. After a few months of cultivation, the Little girl's spirit power had already reached level 10.
This time, Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo came to Star Dou Forest to help the Little girl acquire her first spirit ring. They had high expectations for Ning Rongrong's future achievements.
On the other side, in the Yuelai Inn Hotel, the three women, including Lan Xiaodie, were very nervous. They hadn't expected to find a Titled Douluo powerhouse in the small town on the outskirts of Star Dou Forest.
"Su Lin! Go buy some things. We'll enter Star Dou Forest early tomorrow morning," Lan Xiaodie instructed Su Lin.
"Yes, Dean!"
Su Lin quietly left the room to buy items for entering the Spirit Beast forest from the shops outside, such as insect repellent powder and poisons.
Ye Liangchen was also guessing the identity of that Titled Douluo. He had heard Lan Xiaodie say that the other party also had a high-level Spirit Saint, and such strength was very formidable.
After a quarter of an hour, Su Lin returned to the inn, bringing back a piece of news.
"Dean! I inquired from a vendor and found out that those two powerhouses are Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. They also brought a Little girl."
"Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi? And they brought a Little girl?"
"It is rumored that half a year ago, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School produced a little genius with innate level 9 spirit power. It must be Ning Fengzhi's little daughter. It seems they are here this time to help that Little girl acquire her first spirit ring."
Hearing Su Lin say that the other party was from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile, the Lan Xiaodie sisters finally breathed a sigh of relief. After all, Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi's character was quite good.
Sword Douluo? Ning Fengzhi? Ning Rongrong?
Ye Liangchen was also surprised to hear this news. He had been in this World for six years and was finally going to meet Ning Rongrong, one of the Shrek Seven Devils.
However, Ye Liangchen now knew that Ning Rongrong was a little princess who was pampered by everyone, with a spoiled and willful personality. If anyone provoked her, she would casually tell Grandpa Sword to kill them. Ye Liangchen did not want to have any dealings with her.
"Su Lin! You've broken through to level 70. Let's acquire your seventh spirit ring this time as well," Lan Xiaodie suggested.
"Yes, Dean!" Su Lin was very excited. After so many years, she had finally entered the Spirit Saint stage.
"This cultivation method is truly amazing. I feel like I might reach level 90 within 10 years," Lan Xiaodie said excitedly.
Lan Xiaodie and the others had finally witnessed the wonder of the Hun Yuan Art. Su Lin's spirit power had been stuck at level 69 before, but unexpectedly, after only 20 days of cultivating the Hun Yuan Art, she had already broken through the bottleneck. It was truly unexpected.
"Xiao Chen! Teacher thanks you."
Su Lin picked up Ye Liangchen, who was beside her, and kissed him on the cheek. She learned from the Lan Xiaodie sisters that it was Ye Liangchen who had them cultivate the Hun Yuan Art. This Xiao Jiahuo was simply everyone's lucky star!
"Teacher Su Lin! No need to be polite."
Ye Liangchen shook his head. This woman was always so enthusiastic, he couldn't handle it.
When he grew up, if this woman dared to treat him like this again, he would definitely give her a rebellious disciple move.
"Su Lin! Let Xiao Chen go to sleep! We have to set off for Star Dou Forest early tomorrow morning."
Looking at the Xiao Jiahuo in Su Lin's arms, his face slightly red and very uncomfortable, Lan Xiaodie felt amused that this Xiao Jiahuo knew how to be shy.
This woman, Su Lin, had even pursued Ye Feng back then, but with Liu Ruyan around, she had no chance. Now, would she transfer that love to his son?
"Dean! Hunting Soul Town is not safe. I'll sleep with the Xiao Jiahuo so I can protect him closely."
After Su Lin finished speaking, she directly carried Ye Liangchen into the adjacent room to sleep.
This woman treated the Xiao Jiahuo as a human pillow, and this action made the Lan Xiaodie sisters not know whether to laugh or cry.
"Sister! Is this woman trying to make a move on Xiao Chen?" Lan Xiaoling teased with a giggle.
"Little sister! You're thinking too much!"
Lan Xiaodie chuckled, thinking that the Xiao Jiahuo was her daughter's future. Even if she lent Su Lin 100 guts, she wouldn't dare.
"Teacher Su Lin!…"
Ye Liangchen felt like he was about to suffocate. Being treated as a human pillow by a mature beauty, how could he possibly fall asleep?
"Shh! Xiao Chen, don't talk! Go to sleep quickly and get enough rest, so you'll be ready for the journey tomorrow."
"Hunting Soul Town is a gathering place for all sorts of people and is very dangerous. Teacher must protect you closely."
Su Lin looked at the Xiao Jiahuo in her arms and smiled inwardly: Liu Ruyan! Liu Ruyan! I lost to you back then and couldn't get Ye Feng, but now your son is in my arms!
Being embraced by an exquisite beauty, Ye Liangchen really couldn't sleep. He remembered the Daoist Ice Heart Technique he had read before, so he began to recite it silently in his mind:
If the heart is clear as ice, even if the sky falls, there will be no alarm.
Ten thousand changes remain still, the Spirit is at ease and the qi is calm.
Forget self and guard the one, the six roots are firmly settled.
Observe precepts and nourish qi, selfless and non-acting.
Look up and down, Spirit and appearance depend on each other.
Focus intention on the mysterious pass, subdue thoughts.
No external or internal objects, the heart is calm and the Spirit is clear.
Clear heart like water, clear heart is the heart.
No breeze rises, no ripples disturb.
Sitting alone in the quiet bamboo grove, long cries accompany the zither.
Entering samadhi in meditation, poisonous dragons flee.
My heart has no apertures, Heaven rewards diligence.
My will is awe-inspiring, ghosts and demons are all startled.
… … …
Water flows, but the heart is not disturbed; clouds are, but the mind is slow.
A heart unburdened by things, free and unfettered through ages.
Ice cold through eternity, all things are still.
The heart is at ease and the qi is calm, forget self and be one with the Spirit.
Heart and Spirit unite, qi follows as it should.
If there is space, ten thousand changes will not disturb.
No delusion, no hatred, no desire, no seeking.
No giving up, no abandoning, no acting, no self.
After Ye Liangchen silently recited the Ice Heart Technique three times, he immediately became like an old monk in meditation, his heart as still as water, his inner being completely undisturbed, and his mood very calm.
Holy crap! This Ice Heart Technique is a super divine art!
So Ye Liangchen continued to silently recite the Ice Heart Technique in his mind, and then gradually fell into a deep sleep, his breathing even, as if he were in the embrace of nature.
Su Lin looked at the Xiao Jiahuo's quiet sleeping face, lightly pecked his forehead, and smiled sweetly, thinking: This Xiao Jiahuo is so cute!