Douluo Unrivaled: The Beginning Materializes the Black Abyss and White Flowers

Chapter 21 Changes in Haiyuan City
"Teacher, is this really Haiyuan City?" Two years have passed, and Ma Xiaotao's figure has become even hotter and her curves are more exquisite.

She looked at the towering metal building in front of her, which was hundreds of meters high, her eyes full of disbelief.

On the streets, soul-conducting electric cars shuttled by like nimble fish, making a slight buzzing sound.

The commercial street not far away is even more bustling with people coming and going, and the various hawking sounds and laughter are intertwined together, forming a vibrant picture of the city.

All these scenes made Ma Xiaotao stunned for a moment.

Yan Shaozhe also had a look of astonishment on his face, the corners of his mouth twitched unconsciously, and his eyes were full of confusion.

He really couldn't imagine that this city located on the border of the Xingluo Empire could be so prosperous. Its prosperity was even no less than that of Shrek City, which they were proud of.

You know, Shrek City has a long history of tens of thousands of years. Coupled with the support of Shrek Academy, the top institution of higher learning on the continent, it has been able to rank among the best in the entire Douluo Continent and become the focus of attention on the Douluo Continent.

Yan Shaozhe had been to Haiyuan City before. Back then, it was just an ordinary, slightly old coastal town. Compared with the brand new look it has today, it is a world of difference.

What shocked Yan Shaozhe the most was undoubtedly the soul guides that could be seen everywhere in the city.

In the past, the former Douluo Three Kingdoms and Shrek Academy had always held a dismissive attitude towards soul guides. Although they were also conducting relevant research, the large-scale popularization of soul guides like Haiyuan City, which made them deeply integrated into people's daily lives, was something that could only be seen in the Sun-Moon Empire.

Looking at the people coming and going, all of them had happy smiles on their faces. Yan Shaozhe couldn't help but feel that the people of Haiyuan City must be living a very happy and healthy life now.

"I really underestimated that little guy. He is indeed a qualified city lord." Although Yan Shaozhe still had some prejudice against soul guides in his heart, at this moment, he had to admit that the emergence of these soul guides had indeed improved the quality of life of ordinary people.

This fact made his originally stubborn idea waver a little, and he began to realize that soul guides were not as useless as he once thought.

Yan Shaozhe couldn't help but think of his teacher, Dragon God Douluo Moon.

Moon has always been a strong advocate for the development of soul guides, and has even repeatedly given preference to the soul guide department in the allocation of resources in the academy.

In the past, Yan Shaozhe was quite puzzled by this, but now, standing in this prosperous Haiyuan City, he seemed to understand his teacher's actions back then, although he may not have fully grasped the deep meaning behind it.

Ma Xiaotao's expression was extremely complicated.

She felt a little uncomfortable when she thought about meeting that "little brat" Lu Jingming who had been so domineering and aggressive and had made her furious.

In addition, she came here to ask for help, and after witnessing the prosperity of Haiyuan City, her mood became even more mixed.

"Let's go and visit Xueyue Douluo and the young city lord." Yan Shaozhe keenly noticed his disciple's discomfort, and he chuckled indifferently.

In his opinion, these small conflicts between young people are just minor episodes in the process of growth. They may even become opportunities to enhance feelings, which is a good thing.

Before he knew it, two years had passed. Ma Xiaotao had made a major breakthrough in his cultivation and had now successfully advanced to the Soul Sect realm.

Just before coming to Haiyuan City, she had successfully obtained her fourth spirit ring. It must be said that if the cold energy released by Jingliu had not inadvertently suppressed the evil fire raging within her body, and if Shrek Academy had not provided her with abundant training resources, she might not have been able to achieve such a rapid breakthrough.

You have to know that Ma Xiaotao was only thirteen years old at this time. At this age, many so-called geniuses could only cultivate to the Soul Master level at most, while ordinary Soul Masters and even Great Soul Masters could hardly reach that level.

From this we can see how amazing the talent Ma Xiaotao displayed was once she got rid of the evil fire.

It's no wonder that Yan Shaozhe placed extremely high expectations on her, and was willing to spend a lot of resources and energy to help her completely eliminate the evil fire in her body.

With Shrek Academy's huge intelligence network, Yan Shaozhe had already investigated the situation in Haiyuan City when he returned to Shrek Academy two years ago.

It was for this reason that he did not rush to visit her. It was not until two years later that the evil fire in Ma Xiaotao's body erupted uncontrollably again, and the situation became increasingly critical. He then hurried to Haiyuan City to visit her, bringing with him the precious treasures he had collected over the past two years.

Recalling the scene of his first conflict with Jingliu and others, Yan Shaozhe knew very well that the reputation of Shrek Academy was of no use in front of Jingliu, whose strength was unfathomable.

Therefore, this time he came, he could only humble himself and seek help with a gentle and humble attitude, and also brought valuable treasures.

Fortunately, there was only a little friction between the two sides at the time, and it did not lead to a fierce conflict. Otherwise, Yan Shaozhe really didn't know what to do, and he would probably only be able to cry without tears.

Two years have passed. The City Lord's Mansion, which was originally located in the center of Haiyuan City, has now been moved to the edge of a sea cliff and built into a sea cliff villa, away from the hustle and bustle of the city.

The three-story stepped sea cliff villa has a main building with a conch-shaped spiral structure, and the outer layer is covered with sea-blue soul-guided metal.

The roof is made up of hundreds of hexagonal soul guide crystals. It absorbs sunlight and stores energy during the day, and projects star lights and shadows at night, condensing the vast starry sky on this small roof.

In the center of the dome, there is a small soul guide core embedded. This core is like the heart of the villa, continuously providing the required energy for the entire villa and ensuring that the various soul guide facilities in the villa can operate normally.

Yan Shaozhe and Ma Xiaotao, led by a Jinwei who was tightly covered in black soul guide armor, slowly walked into the extremely luxurious City Lord's Mansion.

All the Guards of Gold wear the same black soul guide armor, so few people know the true identity of the Guards of Gold.

The moment he stepped into the City Lord's Mansion, Yan Shaozhe couldn't help but marvel in his heart.

With his rich experience and knowledge, he could naturally see at a glance the preciousness of the materials used in this villa.

Whether it is the soul-guiding metal used as the basic building material or the soul-guiding crystals that replace traditional roofs, they are all priceless soul-guiding materials.

The cost of building such a large-scale and exquisitely designed sea cliff villa is simply astronomical.

After a rough estimate, Yan Shaozhe was certain that it would cost at least hundreds of millions of gold soul coins to build such a luxurious mansion.

(End of this chapter)