Chapter 16: Chapter 16 Five Years Later
After returning to the Soul Master Academy, Li Xuanji resumed his previous training, which was boring and uncomfortable.
If someone said that cultivation was joyful, Li Xuanji would definitely give him a big thumbs up to wake him up. How could the way up the mountain be easy?
The future may be bright, but the road ahead is bound to be tortuous.
The first rays of sunlight in the early morning shone into the house. Li Xuanji exhaled and ended a night of practice.
"The beginning of the year is in spring, the beginning of the day is in the morning, let's go for a run."
After washing up, Li Xuanji came to the playground of the Spirit Hall Junior College and started the simplest running and pull-ups using only his physical strength...
The physical strength of a soul master is generally stronger than that of an ordinary person, but this is not applicable to Li Xuanji now because he is still a seven-year-old child.
Although children in Douluo Continent develop relatively early and are like adults at the age of thirteen or fourteen, Li Xuanji is only seven years old now, less than 1.4 meters tall, and weighs less than 90 kilograms!
Although this was good among his peers, it was not as good as an adult with the same soul power. Even if it was an ordinary soldier without soul power, as long as he dared to attack him, Li Xuanji would not necessarily win.
Martial soul, soul power, soul ring, these things are secondary, combat effectiveness is the key!
Genius also needs time to grow.
"This soul beast is called the Mandragora Snake. It is extremely poisonous. It not only has a paralyzing effect, but is also very destructive to nerves. It is one of the most terrifying existences among poisonous soul beasts. Its body is extremely tough and difficult to be injured by ordinary swords. Its only weaknesses are its mouth and eyes. But the Mandragora Snake has always protected these two parts of itself very well, and its speed is incredibly fast. The most terrifying thing is its aggressiveness. Once it identifies its opponent, it rarely gives up.
Because of their inherent strength and toxicity, the Mandragora snakes do not have many natural enemies. Before a thousand years of cultivation, their bodies are dark green and grow one meter every hundred years. When they are close to a thousand years of cultivation, their length can reach nearly ten meters. Once they exceed a thousand years, their own power will be concentrated and they will shed their skin continuously. Not only will the body color change from dark green to pink, but the length will also shrink back to one meter, and then grow one meter every hundred years. After two thousand years of cultivation, as they shrink again, the pink color will deepen…"
The teacher from the Wuhun Academy on the podium was talking incessantly, telling information about the Mandrake Snake, including how to judge its age, living habits and weaknesses.
This knowledge about soul beasts is very valuable, and the Spirit Hall paid a huge price to obtain this information.
Take the mandragora snake as an example. Ordinary soul masters only know that the mandragora snake grows one meter every hundred years. Looking at a two-meter-long pink mandragora snake, what will happen if they mistake a 2,000-year-old soul beast for a 200-year-old soul beast? It is very likely that the whole army will be wiped out.
The gap between a sect and ordinary soul masters has never been just about strength, but also about the inheritance of knowledge!
Offstage, Li Xuanji slept in the corner of the classroom, not disturbing the teacher's teaching at all.
Before reaching the 30th level of soul power, Li Xuanji would never spend his energy on this. The teachers at this elementary soul master academy would not know much about soul beasts suitable for the Holy Angel Martial Soul, and it was useless to listen.
...…
Time flies, and one thousand eight hundred days later.
Li Xuanji sat alone in the corner of the library, quietly looking at the unique book in his hand.
Although knowledge is very valuable, the library of the Spirit Hall Junior College has always been deserted. Instead of reading books, everyone goes to cultivate soul power. After all, if you can't break through level 30 before the age of 20, it will be much more difficult to break through again.
Closing the book in his hand, Li Xuanji felt a wave of soul power fluctuations coming from his side, and the vitality of the surrounding heaven and earth continued to flow towards Li Xuanji.
"I can't suppress it anymore. That's the time." Li Xuanji murmured as he looked at the system panel in his mind.
[Player: Li Xuanji
Age: 12
Martial Soul: Two-winged Angel
Soul power: 40.0
Soul Ring: First soul skill, holy shield.
The second soul skill is light energy aggregation.
The third soul skill is energy control.
Soul bone: None]
In five years, his strength has increased several times. Although he has not been in actual combat, Li Xuanji can feel that he is the first tier below the Soul King!
However, Li Xuanji's soul power has only increased by eighteen levels. There are two main reasons. One is that after level 30, the soul power is more condensed, changing from gas to liquid, and the speed of cultivation will slow down a lot. And Li Xuanji has been compressing his soul power to increase the degree of soul power liquefaction. The other is that the sacred attribute of the angel martial soul is also an extreme attribute. The soul master with the extreme attribute martial soul is slower in cultivation.
After breaking through to the Quasi-Soul Sect, Li Xuanji was also ready to try the challenge of absorbing the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
Tang San's fourth soul ring is a ten thousand year soul ring. If he can absorb the ten thousand year soul ring, why can't Li Xuanji do the same.
When Tang San absorbed the Ten Thousand Year Old Crypt Demon Spider, he had already eaten the immortal grass, had the Mysterious Heaven Skill to protect his body, and had the Purple Demon Pupil to resist mental shocks.
But Li Xuanji also made a lot of preparations. First, the first, second and third soul rings were all absorbed beyond their levels, and he also collected a piece of ten thousand year old whale glue! Second, the difference in the quality of the martial souls. The angel martial soul is a top beast martial soul, and the increase is much greater than that provided by the unawakened blue silver grass. Third, based on the information in the martial soul hall library and the characteristics of the angel martial soul, he initially explored a method to resist mental shock.
But the most important thing is Li Xuanji's third soul skill. The energy control gave him the courage to try the fourth soul ring, the ten thousand year soul ring.
"Brother Xuanji, you have reached level 40! I have only reached level 28 of soul power. You are practicing too fast."
Just when Li Xuanji was adjusting his soul power, Hu Liena appeared from nowhere, her eyes full of admiration.
At this moment, the little girl became even more beautiful and charming, and her every frown and smile exuded a charm.
"Yes, I just made a breakthrough while reading the book. You are already at level 28 at the age of 12, which is pretty good. Didn't Xie Yue and Yan just reach level 29?"
Li Xuanji stood up, put the book in his hand back on the bookshelf, and reached out to rub Hu Liena's little head.
"Brother Xuanji, today we are graduating from the Junior Soul Master Academy. There is a party for our classmates. Let's go together."
"Graduation is here, time has passed so quickly!"
The "little Leo" in Hu Liena's mouth also became "Brother Xuanji". Looking at the 1.7-meter-tall Hu Liena, although her face is still a little immature, her figure is already very amazing. The charm brought by the fox spirit is even more tempting, and it tempts people to commit crimes all the time.
Of course, Li Xuanji is in good shape now. After long-term exercise and the nourishment of soul power, he is 1.82 meters tall, with eight abdominal muscles, long golden hair, and a look of the sacred sun, making him look like a god.
"Go, if nothing unexpected happens, I will participate in the next Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition, and I will go directly to the Advanced Academy. It will be even more difficult to meet with my classmates then, so let's just keep in touch with each other for the last time."
"Brother Xuanji, the next Soul Master Competition will be held in five years. By then, you should have become a high-level Soul King. By then, you should be the best master of the younger generation in the entire continent, and you should be five years younger than your peers!
Last year, Diana from the Xingluo Empire, the 52nd Soul King, was already the one with the highest cultivation in the Soul Master Competition. There are also Soul Venerables with lower cultivation. I think you can participate in last year's competition."