Douluo: Peerless Light...

Chapter 12: A New Era at Guanjiangkou

"The raging waves roll in the frost and snow, the thousand-foot-high peaks separate the clouds, what a natural barrier."

Standing on the cobblestone path along the river bank, Minghui looked out at the crashing waves in front of him, the river surface whose distance was hard to estimate behind him, and the blade-like mountain peaks vaguely visible in the back that towered into the sky. He was deeply shocked.

It was the first time he had seen such a wide river.

Well, he died early in his previous life and didn’t have the chance to see all the rivers and lakes of the motherland.

As for before his death, in the era of internal competition, he was also competing. Competing in studying, games and animation, he really had no time to travel far. Well, playing is also a kind of competition.

"Hui'er, are you shocked?" Du Bushi, who was standing nearby, couldn't help but laugh when he saw his good disciple in a daze.

"Yes, Master." Minghui nodded, "This is the first time I have seen such a wide river."

I have heard of it. According to my mother before I left, this river was formed by the collision of the Sun Moon Continent and the Douluo Continent. It is also a natural barrier between the Sun Moon Continent and the Heavenly Soul Empire. The Body Sect is located on the highest peak.

It is high, indeed, a pillar supporting the sky!
"In the original novel, the Benti Sect is the guardian sect of the Tianhun Empire, and it is probably protecting this natural barrier." Minghui thought to himself.

It’s a pity that the development of the times has been ignored.

Soul guides not only provide the ability to fly, but can also carry out long-range attacks, and are no longer afraid of such rivers and natural barriers.

"When I first saw it, I was also shocked." Du Bu Si looked at the river in the distance, "But after seeing it many times, I got used to it."

"Hui'er, you will get used to it in the future."

As he spoke, he reached out and patted his apprentice on the shoulder.

"Let's go, the boat is coming."

After traveling for several days, the disciples can take a break on the boat and get familiar with the ways to enter and exit the sect.

While I was thinking, a small wooden boat with a single cabin came on the river ahead.

Minghui also noticed it, nodded, and followed the cheap master towards the small wooden dock in front.

After a while, he was pulled and jumped lightly, landing steadily on the deck.

The boatman was a young man dressed like an ordinary fisherman, with dark skin, dusty appearance, and a pair of extremely strong bare arms.

Seeing Du Bu Si boarding the boat, he bowed respectfully.

"I've met the sect master!"

Du Bu Si smiled and turned to look at the side, "This is Ming Hui, my new disciple."

Disciple! A trace of surprise flashed across the young man's eyes, and then he said kindly: "Hello, Junior Brother Minghui, my name is Meng Tao, Wuhun Shuang Arms."

Arms? Rowing against the wind does exercise arm strength. Minghui instantly realized that this fisherman's job was one of Brother Meng's training programs. It was appropriate to adapt to local conditions. In order to match his current age, he immediately bowed deeply.

"Hello, Brother Meng!"

Seeing Minghui being so polite, Meng Tao was very happy. He grinned, revealing his white teeth, which looked very shiny against his dark face and the sunlight.

"You are too polite, Junior Brother. Once you join our Body Sect, you are one family!" He smiled heartily and raised the oar in his hand, "Junior Brother, please get in the cabin and sit down. We will set off now."

"Thank you for your help, senior brother." Minghui responded politely and followed the teacher into the cabin and sat down.

The river was wide, and the edge was nowhere to be seen after a long time. The strong wind caused the boat to be tossed violently. Although Minghui was not seasick, he found it difficult to adapt for a while and could not concentrate on meditation and rest. He could only chat with the talkative Senior Brother Meng all the way.

During the period, he introduced his own martial soul, which was also a response to the other party's previous initiative to reveal his martial soul.

As for the other martial soul, teacher Du Bushi asked him to keep it secret for the time being while on the road.

About half an hour later, with the swift movement of Brother Meng's arms, a natural cave appeared in the crevices of the rugged rocks.

After entering the village and walking for a long time, I finally caught a glimpse of light after passing through the darkness. After that, it can be described as a new village after a dark period. There really is a village. There is a sign hanging on the entrance pier, signed Guanjiangkou.

"This is the village where the families of the sect's disciples usually live. Many of them have no soul power." Du Bu Si explained.

“But it is equally important to the sect.”

"Most of the supplies we need on a daily basis are purchased with the help of these family members."

Minghui nodded slightly, and was carried ashore by the teacher. He then walked forward while observing the surrounding environment.

The valley is undulating, with most houses built on the hillside. Below are terraced fields planted with crops, and several streams converge in the middle. Following the streams to their source, they all flow from the mountains surrounded by lush green trees, and the river water is very clear and clean.

"Greetings, Master!" The villagers were all very enthusiastic. When they saw Du Bu Si, they either bowed or waved to greet him.

The children looked up at him, some with envy in their eyes.

Being brought back by the sect master himself, he obviously has awakened his martial soul and possesses certain talents.

Minghui secretly estimated the ages of these children. Some of them were over six years old just by looking at their height, and he knew it clearly in his heart.

These are most likely because their martial souls have not awakened their soul power.

This is how martial soul inheritance works. Even if the parents are soul masters, their children may not be able to awaken their soul power.

Otherwise, after years of survival of the fittest, the continent would have been filled with soul masters.

Even my Qing family and the Body Sect are like this, let alone ordinary families. There are even people who haven't awakened their martial spirits. Minghui seemed to have thought of something, and he felt a little emotional.

Although he had been staying at home, he had heard about the situation in the outside world.

In today's Tianhun Empire and Douling Empire, awakening martial souls costs money, and the fees are not uniform.

Because the way of presiding over the awakening ceremony has changed from the Spirit Hall actively sending deacons to the village to do it during the Dou Yi period to the City Lord's Mansion in the city doing it themselves.

The emperor is far away and the mountains are high. I can take as much as I want. What can you, a commoner, do to me?
Losing the power of control is the most difficult thing.

As for the Xing Luo Empire, it is even more ruthless!
At least the Tianhun Empire and the Douling Empire have a place where civilians can spend money to awaken their martial spirits, but in Xingluo, the official has no awakening agency at all.

Therefore, the vast majority of civilians in the Xingluo Empire do not have martial spirits, including soldiers in the army.

Even if the martial soul has no soul power, it still has a certain blessing effect on the host. Logically, as a soldier who exists to protect the country, he should help awaken the martial soul to ensure combat effectiveness. But the Xingluo Empire did not do so, which shows how outrageous it is!
On the contrary, the Sun-Moon Empire, because of its advanced soul guides and in preparation for war, has begun to move towards free awakening for all people.

With a sweep of the soul guide, it is easy to tell whether a person has innate soul power or not. It is very convenient.

The reason why his Qing family still retains the original awakening ceremony is entirely to deepen the family cohesion in this way.

“In the original novel, the three empires were able to be defeated by the Sun-Moon Empire alone and there was a reason for that. Today, the soul master world of the three empires has completely become an aristocratic circle. Although the high-end combat power has not been interrupted, the grassroots are becoming increasingly weak.” Minghui sighed.

In the original novel, if it weren't for Huo Gua and Shrek Academy, and even if Tang San hadn't intervened, in his opinion, the original three empires would have been unified by the Sun-Moon Empire long ago.

"I guess when the Sun-Moon Empire's army came in, there were civilians lining the streets to welcome them."

Thinking of this, he followed Teacher Du Bushi and continued to move forward, occasionally smiling and nodding in response to the villagers who looked over at him.

After a while, we came to a stone wall equipped with a rope lifting and lowering device.

Minghui looked up and saw a sentry pavilion built several meters high on the stone wall.

When he and his teacher stepped into the wooden "elevator", the figure in the sentry box shook and the rope next to it instantly tightened.

"Creak, creak, creak."

The wooden frame swayed slightly as it rose.

(End of this chapter)