NOVEL WEB Chapter 805: Four Years
"Young Master, Ming Lun has established his own sect, which might slightly affect our future plans."
After the establishment of Ming Lun Academy, the various major factions went home after a meal, and Porcupine Douluo found Xue Qinghe, his brows furrowing tightly, "Even if Sun Ming has some connection with our Martial Soul Hall, I'm afraid he will not submit to it."
"And that Dugu Bo has even become an unparalleled Douluo..."
"That's a realm comparable to the High Priest!"
Xue Qinghe's face sank, saying, "Although Dugu Bo has reached level ninety-nine, he is not a divine servant, and cannot utilize the divine power, he is not a match for my grand... the High Priest."
"In the future, do not disturb Ming Lun."
"I had a pleasant conversation with that Sun Ming, leaving a favor there is not a bad thing."
Porcupine Douluo nodded, saying no more.
Meanwhile, within the Martial Soul Hall, Bibi Dong, utilizing the cultivation methods of the three elixirs—Essence Elixir, Soul Elixir, Divine Elixir—also reached the level of ninety-nine, and the fusion of her two major martial souls was completed, transforming into a brand new martial soul.
Goddess of Light Spider!
After the martial soul was possessed, she retained her human form, with a set of close-fitting armor with silver base and gold patterns appearing on her body, a crystal-clear web-like battle skirt extending from her waist, a pair of crescent-shaped silver shoulder pads on her shoulders, and eight golden spider legs wrapping from her waist to her abdomen.
More importantly, a crown with eight blue gemstones emerged upon her head.
Bibi Dong knew those were the eight eyes of her martial soul, only she hadn't expected them not to appear on her face, but rather as a crown-like formation atop her head.
"I didn't expect that my two martial souls would actually merge, even transforming from dark spiders like Death Spider and Devouring Spider into the rumored sacred and bright Goddess of Light Spider."
Bibi Dong mused, "If I remember correctly, this kind of soul beast, the Goddess of Light Spider, has already gone extinct in the soul beast world. It's said that this sacred type of spider soul beast was born in the darkest places... indeed, it's a case of two negatives making a positive."
"Moreover, I feel that I am still able to add soul rings to my martial soul, one martial soul, eighteen soul rings, that's even more excessive than twin martial souls."
Looking at herself in the mirror, Bibi Dong was very satisfied with her current appearance, then with a thought, the Light attribute of the Goddess of Light Spider transformed into darkness.
This was a transformation in form.
Where extreme Yin gives birth to Yang, and extreme Yang brings forth Yin, light and darkness naturally transform into each other.
"Perhaps, my martial soul could be called the Goddess of Light and Darkness Spider, rather than just the Goddess of Light Spider." Thinking of this, Bibi Dong immediately gave her martial soul a new name, after all, the name of a martial soul is given by people, and whoever has authority gets naming rights.
However, now there was a matter troubling her—
The inheritance of Rakshasa God seemed to be out of reach for her.
Merely this attribute of light prevented her from continuing to receive the inheritance of Rakshasa God, even causing the divine thought of Rakshasa God to abandon her directly.
"It's all for the best. In the process of inheriting Rakshasa God, my spirit was gradually being worn away, and now being clear-minded is not a bad thing at all."
"Besides, gods like Angel God and Sea God did not inherit from a previous deity, but gathered faith, broke through level one hundred, and realized godhood... I, Bibi Dong, can surely do it too!"
At this moment, Bibi Dong regained the innocence and boldness of her youth.
"Next, I need to think carefully about how to deal with Sun Ming and Ming Lun... oh well, I'll prioritize completing my soul rings first."
Unable to come up with a strategy, Bibi Dong decided to complete her remaining soul rings.
"According to Sun Ming's travel notes, it seems that the extreme northern lands have many powerful soul beasts, which are forbidden areas for humans, maybe I can take a look there. A hundred thousand-year-old soul beast, even if its attributes don't match with my martial soul, its quality could compensate. Besides, Sun Ming mentioned a fact: the many soul skills that soul rings bring to soul masters are mostly transitional, and at the level of Titled Douluo, only two or three are frequently used."
"And since my martial soul transformed, the soul skills previously granted by those soul rings have also undergone some degree of change, adapting to my new martial soul."
"It seems that a powerful martial soul can influence the changes in the soul skills provided by a soul ring, to some extent... soul rings, the essence of soul beasts, perhaps truly contain part of the soul beast's spirit."
Regarding this matter, Bibi Dong had no current solution, which involuntarily made her think of Sun Ming.
How would he handle it?
Moreover, he possesses a method to increase the years of a soul ring—a true miracle-creating young... man.
Time flies, and four years have passed in the blink of an eye.
Ming Lun Academy had already become the largest academy in the Tiandou Empire. Although no students had graduated yet, the scholars who joined Ming Lun, whether commoners or nobles, had learned the most basic thing.
Gratitude.
Especially the commoner scholars, who would return to their hometowns seven or eight times a year to help build their hometowns, impart relevant techniques, leading to the development of many villages, and even some closer ones combining to form small towns.
The two empires did not interfere much, and even thought that in this way, their annual tax revenue could reach the standard, and even considered whether to increase it the following year.
Therefore, privately, some people have quite a bit of resentment towards the royal families and nobles of the two empires.
Although it was not all decided by the royal families and nobles, most of it was due to the officials privately adding a little for personal gain, after all, the emperor is far away.
But the inability of the royal family to effectively supervise the various regions, and its inability to strengthen its rule, is the fault of the royal family.
If being an emperor is just for enjoyment, what difference does it make if the empire has an emperor or not?
After all, the affairs of the entire empire are not handled by the emperor alone.
Based on this, Sun Ming even came up with a completely new political system without a ruling emperor.
However, this matter was too shocking, so it wasn't written into a book, merely left deep in his mind, awaiting the day when it might see the light of day...
...
Meanwhile, a certain twin martial soul owner, Tang San, had already graduated from Nuoding Academy and arrived at Suoto City.
"Third brother, why did we come here?"
Xiao Wu was complaining all the way, "With our talents, most academies are scrambling to have us, let alone Tiandou Empire's largest academy, Ming Lun Academy, is also in the enrollment stage. With our talents, we can surely join."
Although Ming Lun Academy has titled Douluo, Xiao Wu believes that at the level of a titled Douluo, they essentially wouldn't appear before them. Furthermore, even a titled Douluo wouldn't discover her identity without careful probing.
Imagine, which titled Douluo would inexplicably use their spiritual power to investigate a bunch of first or second-level soul masters and great soul masters?
Although there is great risk for her, she feels that in such a big city, she could explore more information to find the killer of her mother.
As for why she initially appeared in a remote small city like Nuoding City... naturally, it was to first familiarize herself with human society, and her identity information would be easier to disguise in small towns and cities.
If she directly went to the big city, it would be no different than walking into a trap.
However, during this period, she also found a human boy she could depend on and fell for, so to speak, it was mutual affection (of like minds), only Tang San hadn't crossed his ultimate boundary.
This is also why Xiao Wu liked Tang San.
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Cute enough that she wants to make him hers.
After all, she wasn't any proper rabbit, otherwise, back in Nuoding Academy, she wouldn't have said something like "afraid I'll force myself on you".
"The teacher has his reasons for bringing us here." Tang San affectionately patted Xiao Wu's head, "And Ming Lun Academy, I've heard it's constructed by someone known as Xin Yuan in pen name... For Xin Yuan, the teacher isn't very fond, and I also didn't tell the teacher about the news I've heard regarding him."
"Third brother, that Xin Yuan was said to be a ninety-sixth level titled Douluo at thirteen, now four years have passed, wouldn't he have reached ninety-seven?" Xiao Wu comforted herself that in such a small city, her identity is safer, convinced herself, and then brought up the topic of Xin Yuan.
"How is that possible?" Tang San shook his head, "Above level ninety-five, each level needs at least ten years, and do you believe someone can become a titled Douluo at thirteen? Both the teacher and I reckon it's some kind of decoy or a peculiar trick to capture others' attention, while various forces profit from it."
Xiao Wu furrowed her eyebrows, saying, "But I've looked at some of his theories and found them quite reasonable."
Tang San advised, "The teacher said those books are merely compilations of data from various forces, without anything precious. Ordinary people didn't know before, and now they do, plus his writing are straightforward, making them understandable to literate people, thereby getting popular. And Sun Ming might have excellent marketing techniques, benefiting various forces."
"Xiao Wu, you shouldn't read his books—"
"Truth is in the hands of the few."
Although Xiao Wu was still a bit skeptical, she ultimately chose to unconditionally trust Tang San, because that was her brother who swore to protect her.
Both were orphans, naturally needing to rely on each other.
Then, when passing by a soul tool shop, Tang San purchased a metal plate, then, with Xiao Wu's coquetry, went to a Rose Hotel.
Due to room problems, he ended up fighting with a blond man with twins, taking it to the street.
With the influence of Ming Lun, fights among soul masters in the city became more civilized, and the Martial Soul Hall cooperated with local officials. They would impose severe penalties on those who fought in establishments like inns and restaurants, and the Martial Soul Hall would even publicly criticize them.
It is said that this is a policy thought up by the current Pope of the Martial Soul Hall after reading Master Xin Yuan's "Environment and Livelihood", mainly to let soul masters know that power isn't their free pass to do whatever they want.
Of course, due to various difficulties in implementation, conflicts among soul masters haven't significantly decreased, but at least the losses of civilians are much less.
At least when the roads are damaged, everyone chips in to repair them, or the officials of the two empires and the Martial Soul Hall collaborate to repair them.
It has to be said, in these four years, the influence of the Martial Soul Hall has increased steadily, and most of it was positive influence, prompting the two empires to begin taking action, formulating similar policies, implementing them, and even cooperating with the Martial Soul Hall.