Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul, the Dragon Abyss Sword, has become its scabbard.

Chapter 35 Old Friends

There's actually such a saying.

The dean of Tianshui Academy listened to their conversation from a corner of the hotel, glancing at Shui Bing'er beside him.

Shui Bing'er's martial soul does indeed have the risk of going out of control. This is a problem that has existed since the awakening of her martial soul, and it is precisely for this reason that she chose the control type.

However, the Phoenix Martial Soul is indeed powerful. Although it doesn't have any strong offensive soul skills, its power is still the strongest among the academy teams.

However, judging from this, these people do indeed come from a large family, since this is the first time I've ever heard of such things.

Moreover, that kid's perception ability is indeed very strong.

Seeing that the group was not going to continue their conversation, Dean Tianshui took Shui Bing'er and left.

Ding Quan withdrew his mental perception, and the feeling of being spied on disappeared.

Which dean of Tianshui College is it?

Having only encountered this Soul Saint-level expert since arriving here, Ding Quan considered himself to have strong mental power, but reaching the level of a Soul Saint was indeed somewhat unrealistic.

Fortunately, this Soul Saint had no ill intentions and was on his way to hunt souls, so he wouldn't linger here.

"Quan, how are you?" Seeing that Ding Quan seemed relieved, the others got up and prepared to leave.

"Let's go!" It seems that Ling also sensed that others were watching her; her mental perception was just as strong.

While Ding Quan and his group were leaving Snowfall City, the dean of Tianshui Academy also took Shui Bing'er to the Snowfall Mountains. However, the two of them were no longer as excited as they had been when they were preparing to obtain their fourth spirit ring.

As night fell, Ding Quan and his companions arrived at a small town. Looking at the unchanging post station not far ahead, they stopped.

He clenched his right hand; it was in this very spot that he had used the Dragon Abyss Sword to commit murder.

I just visited the manor in the valley outside the city. It's long been abandoned, but that makes sense.

Since there was no one there, the group decided not to waste any more time and went directly to find the city lord.

The fact that the lord of this small town has not changed is good news.

late at night.

Ding Quan stepped onto the white jade floor and touched the tables and chairs made of golden silk wood. The animal hides on them emitted faint fluctuations of soul power.

The animal hide came from a soul beast and was very old, over ten thousand years old. The city lord's residence was even more impressive than Ding Quan had imagined.

Under the influence of Ling's second soul skill, the group entered the city lord's mansion directly. There were no powerful individuals here who could see through the simulation skill.

So they quietly arrived at the city lord's bedchamber.

"It's right here." Ding Quan nodded to Ling beside him, then flames shot out from his golden-red eyes.

Ding Quan sensed a powerful fluctuation of soul power in the room in front of him. It was definitely a Soul King. However, this person's spiritual power was not strong, and it was even weaker than the Soul Beast that Ling encountered when he was on his third Soul Ring. It was like a Demon Eye Tree.

Judging from this, although this city lord is a Soul King, he definitely does not have a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring. His strength is at the bottom among Soul Kings.

"Alright!" Upon hearing this, Ling's third spirit ring lit up, and a powerful spiritual and soul force burst forth from his body.

The Soul King in the room was instantly awakened by the fluctuation, but before he could get up, a sword light formed by spiritual power and an ice-fire lotus flower directly invaded his brain.

"Let's go!" Ding Quan sensed that the Soul King's spiritual power had dissipated. He glanced at Wei'er and Ling, who was touching his head. It seemed that she had used most of her spiritual power to release the spiritual attack.

"Enemies!" A cry of alarm rang out. The soul power fluctuations caused by Ling's release of her soul skill were so strong that it was impossible for the nearby guards not to notice.

Unfortunately, these people were destined to come here empty-handed; Ding Quan and his companions had already disappeared from the sky.

Ding Quan was also surprised by the smoothness of the trip, and at the same time wondered if he had overestimated the Soul Kings before. However, it was true that many Soul Kings could not completely overwhelm Soul Masters.

Becoming a noble in the Heaven Dou Empire is far too easy. Ding Quan remembers that becoming a Soul Master and joining the Heaven Dou Empire would make one a noble. Thinking about it this way, it seems that becoming a noble in the Heaven Dou Empire is indeed not easy.

Under the cover of night, the group quickly rushed towards Binhai City, using mental attacks and flying away without leaving any trace.

Two months later.

Water City Grand Arena.

Ding Quan and his group have been on a winning streak, causing quite a stir. Their Battle Soul level is now close to reaching the Gold Battle Soul level.

However, since their current soul power level is high-level Soul Master, they did not use their full strength in the Soul Battle Competition. They fought back and forth with their opponents in this large Soul Battle Arena, without causing too much of a stir.

There aren't many gold-level souls at the first or second ring, but gold-level souls at the Soul Master level are quite common in the Great Soul Arena.

"Quan, how is it?" Wei'er asked as Ding Quan walked in.

"Hmm, that should be enough gold soul coins."

Ding Quan had just gone to the settlement table in the Great Soul Arena to collect his Soul Battle victory and the gold soul coins he had won from betting. After a month or so, he was now wealthy again.

"However, we didn't buy much whale gelatin at the pharmacy."

"Ten-thousand-year whale glue is already rare, and even though Water City is near the sea, it is still so. Moreover, most of the whale glue has been taken by those nobles."

"Indeed." Ten-thousand-year whale glue comes from whale soul beasts that are over ten thousand years old. They are not easy for ordinary soul masters to hunt, and ordinary people don't need whale glue. Most whale glue is actually in the hands of nobles.

"In that case, our current whale glue won't last long."

"It seems a fleet of soul hunters returned yesterday. I heard that some teachers from advanced soul master academies went there, but an accident happened. However, they brought back several whale carcasses, and the whale glue they produced should still be there. Should we go to the dock to take a look?"

There wasn't much whale glue on any of them.

Since the whale gel isn't significantly improving the physical condition of these individuals, we'll have to increase the dosage.

"That's certainly something we can go check out."

Water City, which boasts a large Soul Arena, does have an advanced Soul Master Academy, though it is not well-known.

Water City is located by the sea, and many Soul Masters possess Sea Soul Beast Martial Souls, sometimes requiring them to go out to sea to obtain Soul Rings.

Teachers at advanced Soul Master academies typically need to acquire at least the fifth Soul Ring.

They are very strong, and the teachers at the advanced Soul Master Academy might even be able to get a Soul Saint to help them hunt souls.

If someone with such strength could still encounter an accident, then they must have run into some powerful soul beast.

It took half an hour to get to the seaside. After asking around for information, we arrived at a pier.

Ding Quan looked at the dock by the sea with some surprise. A group of people were repairing a huge fishing boat.

Repairing a fishing boat is normal, but what surprised Ding Quan was that the damage on the fishing boat did not seem to be caused by a sea spirit beast.

Next to the fishing boat were several huge whale skeletons, and many people were working on them.

Upon arriving at this dock, one sees many workers unloading goods.

"Quan, what's wrong?" Ling saw Ding Quan stop in his tracks, staring at the whale skeleton in the distance.

"It's nothing, I just didn't expect to run into a friend here."

Friends? Ling was taken aback. Ding Quan didn't seem to have many friends.

Following Ding Quan's gaze, atop the whale skeleton in the distance, a burly man was wielding an enormous two-handed broadsword, hacking at the skeleton.

"Is that sword a martial spirit?" Wei'er also saw the person.

"I didn't expect him to still be doing his old job." Ding Quan wasn't surprised to see this.

The burly man's appearance hadn't changed much, and with the large double-edged sword in his hand, Ding Quan recognized him at a glance.

It was Yu Gang, the classmate who had introduced him to a job at the Junior Soul Master Academy.

It seems he has already found himself a job while still in school.

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"Let's go over there," Ding Quan said, walking forward.

This whale spirit beast is very old!

As he got closer, Ding Quan could sense the soul power fluctuations still present on those enormous skeletons, and the age of these fluctuations was not simply tens of thousands of years. Ding Quan estimated that the soul power fluctuations of the largest skeleton were over thirty thousand years old.

Has anyone become a Soul Saint? However, it's normal for someone to become a Soul Saint at an advanced Soul Master academy.

A soul ring with a lifespan of 30,000 years is basically only something that a Soul Saint can absorb.

Normally, the maximum lifespan a Soul King can absorb is 12,000 years, a Soul Emperor is 20,000 years, and a Soul Saint is 50,000 years.

"What brings you here? It's not convenient for you to go in." A staff member stepped forward and, seeing that Ding Quan and his group didn't look like ordinary people, stopped them.

"I saw so many whale skeletons here, so I came to see if there was any whale glue."

"Sir, are you planning to buy whale glue?" The burly man directing the workers nearby walked over upon hearing this, glanced at Ding Quan and his group, and nodded. "I'll take care of them. You can go back to your work."

"What, you don't have it?"

"Haha! Yes, I'm the manager here, just call me Lao Gao. It's in the whale gel, come with me." Manager Gao said, making a gesture and glancing at Ling Wei and the other person behind Ding Quan, signaling them to follow.

"You've arrived just in time. These whale spirit beasts have produced three pieces of whale glue, and they're all very old. The oldest one is over 30,000 years old." Manager Gao led the group to a box.

"The quality is good, but you can decide whether to sell it to me." Ding Quan glanced at the three pieces of whale glue, nodded, and then looked at Manager Gao.

"I can still make the decision regarding whale glue!" Manager Gao patted his chest. The age of the ten-thousand-year-old whale glue is too high, and there are not many people who need it. It would be good if it could be sold off quickly.

"That's good!"

Without hesitation, Ding Quan negotiated the price and put away the whale glue.

Manager Gao was not surprised to see that Ding Quan possessed a storage soul tool. These three people were very strong. He glanced again at the two sisters behind Ding Quan. He wondered where these nobles came from, but judging from their age, they were not very old. He did not expect them to be so weak at such a young age.

As time went by, Ding Quan and his group also began to wait on the dock.

Before nightfall, a burly man walked over from the dock, pulling along a pretty woman.

This person looks familiar. Yu Gang saw two extremely beautiful women and a man looking at him, and suddenly realized something. He glanced at Ding Quan again.

"Brother Gang, long time no see!" Ding Quan looked at Yu Gang, who was indeed burly and was still a first-ring Soul Master.

"It really is you! Ding Quan."

"It's me!"

"I didn't expect to meet you here. Let me introduce you. This is my wife! And this is the talented friend I told you about." Yu Gang said to Ding Quan, while tugging at the woman next to him.

"I didn't expect you to be married, Gang-ge." Ding Quan watched Ling Wei chatting with Gang-ge's wife not far away.

"You know my talent, and I'm not young anymore," Yu Gang said with a smile.

Yu Gang is already nineteen years old. In the Douluo Continent, many people's children are already old enough to run errands.

It's perfectly normal for Yu Gang to be married now.

"But Brother Gang, you..." Ding Quan was also a little puzzled. Before he and Yu Gang left, he had helped Yu Gang win a lot of money in the Great Soul Arena.

Moreover, if one were to participate in Soul Battles, they wouldn't lack Soul Coins, so why would they be working here?

"You mean I'm killing fish here? I'm just helping out at home." Yu Gang noticed Ding Quan's gaze drifting towards the whale skeleton beside him and quickly pointed to his wife.

"I see! But isn't this sea voyage a bit dangerous? I see the boat is quite badly damaged." Ding Quan realized that his wife had a share in the fishing boat, but looking at the somewhat dilapidated boat, this sea voyage was a bit dangerous for Gang, as his strength was too weak.

Yu Gang is currently only a level 16, one-ring Soul Master.

"There are dangers, but this was an accident, and I'm still in school, so I won't go out to sea with them."

Yu Gang is still studying at the Intermediate Soul Master Academy, but the studies there are very relaxed, and he has plenty of time to arrange his own time.

"Oh? An accident?" Ding Quan looked at the damage on the ship, which was obviously caused by strong winds and lightning.

"I heard it from them that there are many islands in the sea. We had been resting on one island before, but for some reason, we were resting on that island again when we went out to sea this time. I didn't expect that this time there would be a torrential rain, and there would be thunder and lightning. The lightning kept striking without stopping."

Yu Gang said that the marine environment changes frequently, and encountering thunderstorms is normal.

"Moreover, the lightning never dissipated. They said that when they left, lightning kept striking, and it seemed to be in the same spot."

"The same location?"

"Yes, I heard from them that the teachers at the advanced soul master academy on the ship thought it might be a 100,000-year-old soul beast undergoing tribulation."

Ding Quan was not surprised that the teachers at the Advanced Soul Master Academy knew that a 100,000-year-old soul beast would undergo tribulation.

Could it be that a 100,000-year-old soul beast really appeared on that island?

Ten thousand-year-old soul beasts are rare in this era, and they are unlikely to appear in places this fleet can go.

"However, there is still thunder in that area. The teachers at the advanced soul master academy were not sure either, so they did not stay there for long. They said that soul beasts would not take this long to undergo tribulation, and it was more likely caused by a lightning-attribute soul beast."

Upon hearing this, Ding Quan fell into deep thought. The thunder continued to strike the same spot, a phenomenon resembling the work of a peculiar soul beast.

(End of this chapter)