Journey to the West: Life Simulation of Sun Wukong

In the blink of an eye, another half month had passed.

Dugu Yan had already found her first two soul rings, one with ice attributes and the other with fire attributes, both a thousand years old. It was clear she wanted to follow the same path as Sun Ming, gathering similar attributes.

Sun Ming's soul power reached level fifty-seven, close to level sixty, but he chose to return to Tiandou Royal Academy.

After all, there were still some books he hadn't finished reading there.

Who said the collection at Dugu Bo's house was small?

At the academy, Sun Ming and Dugu Yan also got to know the talents living near their dormitory, or rather, those individuals actively sought out Sun Ming and Dugu Yan.

Mainly because Dugu Yan's martial soul, having been stripped of its mundane layer and transformed into a Crystal Dragon, exuded a faint dragon might. Ordinary people might not perceive it, but soul masters with dragon-type martial souls would be extremely sensitive to it.

"Hello, I'm Yu Tianheng, living in room number three nearby. My martial soul is the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. I'm nine years old and a level twenty-one strong attack system soul master."

The boy seemed a bit proud, reaching level twenty-one at nine years old was indeed very impressive.

"My name is Shi Mo, also nine years old. My martial soul is the Black Tortoise, level eighteen, defense system, living in room number four," said the sturdy boy following Yu Tianheng. "This is my younger brother, Shi Mo, we're twins. His situation is the same as mine, and he lives in room number five."

For geniuses, Tiandou Royal Academy arranged private dorms to avoid unnecessary disturbances.

However, there were drawbacks.

They could develop an aura of arrogance, making them less adept at interacting with non-genius peers.

Sun Ming said, "Sun Ming, martial soul Mind Ape, eight years old, fifty-seven level, Soul King, I guess I can be called an all-rounder, living in room number one."

"Soul King! Eight years old!"

Yu Tianheng ignored the words "all-rounder" and was astonished at Sun Ming's Soul King level. "Can you release your soul rings for us to see?"

Obviously, he didn't believe it.

Sun Ming activated his martial soul. Two purple, one black, and one red soul ring shone, especially the final red hundred-thousand-year soul ring, whose pressure made the three tremble involuntarily.

But it was only for a moment as Sun Ming had already retracted his martial soul and soul rings.

"Is that a hundred-thousand-year soul ring?" Yu Tianheng, born into the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, immediately thought of this possibility upon seeing the crimson ring.

"That's right," Sun Ming said, "just lucky."

Is that something that comes from luck?

Yu Tianheng inwardly complained, and a hundred-thousand-year soul beast essentially meant a soul bone as well. Could this person, a year younger than him, already have a hundred-thousand-year-level soul bone?

Even the Clan Leader doesn't have one!

Jealousy!

Admiration!

For a child, no matter what their family is like, they will unconditionally admire someone who is more impressive than them.

As for jealousy?

That's an emotion reserved for when one grows up.

Dugu Yan said, "I am Dugu Yan. My original martial soul was the Green Scaled Snake, but due to an accident, it evolved into the Crystal Dragon, level thirty-six soul elder. Although I can't say I'm as multifunctional as Sun Ming, I will be in the future. I'm nine years old."

Although Dugu Yan's three thousand-year soul rings were not as intense as Sun Ming's five, they still shocked Yu Tianheng and the others. Moreover, because Yu Tianheng's martial soul was dragon-based, he felt suppression in the presence of the Crystal Dragon.

This indicated the other party's martial soul quality surpassed his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon!

How was this possible!?

Didn't the clan tell him that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon was the strongest of beast martial souls?

"You all are really amazing." Yu Tianheng, worthy of being born into a notable family, calmed down quickly.

"Your Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon isn't bad, by the way, does your clan have any books the Tiandou Royal Academy doesn't have? I can guide your cultivation as a reward."

Sun Ming offered his terms, which was all he could offer at the moment. As for the Ice Fire Lake Herbal Garden... although Dugu Bo was willing to share it with him, he couldn't use it lightly.

Different accounts for different issues.

Something not wholly belonging to him, he wouldn't use as a bargaining chip.

In his view, Dugu Bo had granted him a tremendous favor by giving him the opportunity to learn and experiment with alchemy. Although those herbs had unique effects, many could even enhance a soul master's physique and martial soul, they couldn't compare to the opportunity Dugu Bo had given him.

Guidance?

Yu Tianheng inwardly dismissed it. Could he be better than the family's elders? But the family elders couldn't become a Soul King at eight years old or have a hundred-thousand-year soul ring.

For a moment, Yu Tianheng wavered.

"You don't have to worry too much about this," Sun Ming said, seeing Yu Tianheng seemed anxious. He smiled, "Why not tell your parents and let them decide? Besides, I'm planning to publish a book soon, and maybe your elders will agree then."

"That's a good idea."

Yu Tianheng was enlightened; why was he hesitating? Just informing his family would suffice.

For children aged eight or nine, being born into a large family, though precocious, they would still choose to seek their parents when facing problems.

Dugu Yan snorted.

In her view, the fact that Sun Ming would be willing to guide this boy was a great honor, yet he still wanted to find his parents... truly lacking in initiative.

However, she said nothing, as that seemed impolite.

Sun Ming knew that Dugu Yan only had Dugu Bo as a grandfather, and although Dugu Bo spoiled her, he couldn't replace the role of parents, hence she had no fondness for Yu Tianheng, who would seek parents for everything.

Even though she herself was not much older...

As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together, people are divided by groups.

These three were quite outstanding, thus they studied along with Sun Ming and Dugu Yan, attending classes to listen to teachers talk about the utilization of martial souls and the combination of soul skills, and after class, they accompanied them to the library.

A day or two was fine, but after persevering for a month, Yu Tianheng and the other two couldn't take it anymore.

They felt it was simply a waste of time.

The content taught by the teachers in class was also taught by someone in their family, and since martial souls of the same lineages were taught, it was clearer.

As for the books in the library—

Honestly, those densely packed words were really unreadable for a nine-year-old child.

"What can one learn from this?" Yu Tianheng asked.

"Listening to teachers in class can help infer the mainstream form of today's soul master world, such as how soul rings of various types of soul masters are matched. By analogy, you can roughly understand the soul skills of other soul masters."

Sun Wukong gave an example, "Take the Great Sword Martial Soul as an example; ordinary soul masters would typically add soul rings that can enhance its sharpness. The soul skills displayed would be nothing more than slashing, sweeping, and the like—even if one doesn't know the specific soul skill, it's generally manageable... unless that soul master randomly adds a soul ring from some soul beast."

Speaking of which, there are many such "random" soul masters, most of whom are civilian soul masters.

Because they lack resources, are not very talented, and cannot afford dedicated mentors, they can only go hunting themselves or hire a soul hunting group.

The second scenario is common; after all, for civilian soul masters without self-created soul skills or advanced meditation, they can only hire a soul hunting group with the money they save.

Where does the money come from?

One way is to find a job and work honestly; another way is the soul master subsidy from the Martial Soul Hall, which can be received before turning thirty after becoming a soul master.

In this regard, regardless of which Martial Soul Hall, they all provide this.

However, it is said that some sub-branches would embezzle it, finding an excuse to "take it back" after issuing it.

In response, after gaining a certain level of understanding of the continent's situation, Sun Ming had three guesses:

Firstly, in large forests, there are all sorts of birds, and with the sky high and the emperor far away, some personnel in sub-branches might exploit the locals; it's not impossible for this to happen. ThistextwasacquiredfromM|V|L0EMPYR.

But this also proves that the current Pope doesn't want to manage these issues for certain reasons.

Moreover, the soul masters in Martial Soul Hall, except for those of the worship hall lineage, mostly come from civilian backgrounds, lacking foundation. After crossing into the nobility, they exhibit the mentality of nouveau riche.

In this regard, Martial Soul Hall has not taught them well, which is also a common issue among many civilian soul masters.

Although the major nobility are hypocritical, if they present well outwardly, they win over people's hearts.

After all, ordinary people don't care what kind of person someone is; as long as everyone says good things, and their actions are flawless, people naturally follow suit.

The lower the class of people, the harder their life, and the less they think, thus whatever they hear is what they believe.

This is how rumors spread.

Secondly, the two major empires and major sects do not want the Martial Soul Hall, developed by "mud-legged" soul masters, to become too powerful; after all, the number of soul masters in Martial Soul Hall is too large, and if it continues, it could pose a threat to them.

Sun Ming didn't mind the unification ambitions of Martial Soul Hall; on the contrary, he thought that if unification could be achieved, it might stabilize for a period of time. Furthermore, if the unification of Martial Soul Hall followed the tradition of a teacher-student succession system rather than a hereditary monarchy, it might make the regime more stable.

After all, you cannot guarantee that all your descendants are both civil and military geniuses, right?

And having more children—

Sun Ming had already learned about the palace intrigues of the Tiandou Empire through Dugu Bo, even knowing that the playboy Xuebeng was pretending, with the goal being to survive against Xue Qinghe.

Palace intrigues...

With polygamy and multiple children, even a wealthy master can't intervene in the struggles among his wives, let alone in a grand palace?

Once palace intrigues arise, they are surely the beginning of decay.

Therefore, Sun Ming had already foreseen the drawbacks of an emperor's existence, unless this emperor is immortal and forever childless, there's no way for the dynasty to be eternal.

After all, even if you are the founding patriarch, your children will not want to be the Crown Prince forever. The thoughts of ordinary people are quite easy to guess—in four words—fight for fame and fortune.

Thirdly, it is a combination of the above two.

Sun Ming leaned more towards the third option, and he continued, "And reading books is very useful, it can tell you some very useful knowledge."

"For example, this 'Soul Beast Hunting Guide' written by Meng Shenji can tell you the precautions to take when hunting soul beasts, what to do if you are injured? How to hide your scent when encountering powerful soul beasts? How to use the surrounding environment to simply dress your wounds without a healing soul master?"

"Although incomplete, there are many survival guides written by various soul masters above the soul saint level here. If you read enough, you will always remember some practical little tricks."