Douluo Continent: I am the true master

Chapter 27 Between (Newbie asking for votes!!! TvT)

Dragging the Shadow Leopard's corpse to a secluded corner in the outer area with lush vegetation, Ye Wen sprinkled some deodorizing powder on it, sat cross-legged on the ground, and began to guide the Soul Ring to absorb its contents.

The familiar pulling sensation returned from within his body, but this time Ye Wen didn't feel much pain and absorbed the spirit ring in almost no time.

Perhaps it's because the physical attributes far exceed the pressure of the spirit ring itself, much like the siphon phenomenon in science.

With Ye Wen's current physical condition, he could have easily absorbed a ten-thousand-year soul ring.

He had achieved a terrifying configuration of one yellow, two purple, and one black soul ring, but Ye Wen was somewhat apprehensive about matters concerning the soul.

Although he had been enhanced by the consciousness of another plane, it wouldn't be good to risk turning himself into an idiot if his most basic human soul took too many risks. After all, in Ye Wen's memory, the Snow Empress wasn't by his side, and there was no senior to guide his spiritual cultivation. He might as well play it safe for now.

Even someone as blindly confident as Tang San, who absorbed the fourth soul ring of ten thousand years, still needed the assistance of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well in the end. At this moment, I have nothing. It's always right to be cautious. After all, there are countless paths to cultivation, but life is the most important. What's the use of having a high level of cultivation if you can't even save your life?

Feeling the doubled power within his body, Ye Wen felt a sense of utter despair, as if he had no one to rely on.

"Thanks to the boost from the spirit rings, my current strength has reached approximately 21,000 jin."

Ye Wen closed his eyes, slowly assessing his current physical condition and strength, and then summoned his martial spirit.

Yellow - Purple - Purple - Purple

Four shimmering spirit rings surrounded Ye Wen. His spirit Nabu remained the same ordinary one-meter square shape, but the space within it had been greatly increased to 50 cubic meters.

After sensing his martial soul, Ye Wen opened his eyes and was surprised to find that he was wearing a cloak embroidered with mysterious silver patterns, which completely covered his right side and back.

"Is this the real armor?" Ye Wen asked in surprise.

Because none of the three spirit rings he had previously attached had revealed his true form armor, Ye Wen subconsciously assumed that he was like Ning Rongrong and Oscar, support spirit masters, and didn't seem to have any obvious true form armor.

However, it seems that his martial soul is special, which is why the true form armor did not appear in the early stages.

Ye Wen used to be extremely envious of Ah Yin's cool blue and gold arm armor for a while.

Slowly dissipating his true form armor through his consciousness, Ye Wen clearly felt that his consumption of his martial spirit had decreased, but his sense of control had also weakened.

Only then did Ye Wen realize that the True Body Armor, besides enhancing the Soul Master's combat power, would also increase energy consumption.

It is a type of buff that consumes soul power to gain enhancement.

After the initial novelty wore off, Ye Wen began to examine what kind of soul skill was contained in his fourth soul ring.

"Fourth Soul Skill: Inside the Inner Chamber"

Entering a shadow state for three seconds, increasing by one second for every 10 levels gained. Each use consumes approximately 10% of my soul power. Furthermore, this ability can also be used by companions wrapped in a cloth.

Ye Wen was overjoyed. This was essentially the same as Xiao Wu's coveted invincible golden body, except one allowed him to withstand enemy attacks head-on, while the other allowed him to enter a ethereal state. Moreover, this ability could be shared with allies—awesome!

Next, Ye Wen stored the Shadow Leopard's corpse in his Nabu space. The corpses of spirit beasts were valuable; their fur, flesh, and bones could be used to create quite a few good byproducts.

Unfortunately, storage soul tools are rare items, so most soul masters only pick up the most valuable things from the soul beast's corpse after hunting for soul rings, leaving the rest in the Star Dou Great Forest, which is quite wasteful.

If Ye Wen were to sell this nearly ten-thousand-year-old Shadow Leopard, it would fetch no less than a thousand gold soul coins.

So the question of why Shrek Academy was poor in the original work is a question. Two Soul Saint level experts, as long as they don't go to the mixed zone, should be able to hunt quite a few Soul Beasts with a little effort.

However, he ended up hiding in such a remote village and even tried to scam a group of commoner soul masters out of 10 gold soul coins. It was really a bizarre operation. Was Flander simply fond of deceiving people or just brainless?

As for the claim that the two were kind-hearted and wanted to leave a way for future Soul Masters, don't be ridiculous. Zhao Wuji, the Immovable King, is a powerful figure who fought his way through mountains of corpses and seas of blood. In Flander's original work, he's described as a greedy and stingy fellow, but he's still one of the Flying Horns, part of the Golden Iron Triangle that roamed the continent. Especially considering he cultivated to the Soul Saint realm, while his hands may not be as stained with blood as Zhao Wuji's, he's definitely not some so-called innocent white lotus.

So how exactly did they end up in such a miserable state?

How strange! How bizarre!

After disposing of the Shadow Panther's carcass, Ye Wen returned to his birthplace.

Looking at the group of villagers working hard in the fields during the harvest season, it was time for another year's harvest.

Ye Wen felt both at peace and nervous. He had now moved beyond the initial, vulnerable stage of a Soul Master and was about to face the challenges of the future.

"I am not a savior, but I also have things I want to protect. If the gods want to destroy all of this, even if they are gods, I will fight them."

Let's begin in this Sacred Soul Village, and let the light of human wisdom ignite the epic of civilization.

With a burning passion in his heart, Ye Wen began his next plan.

Time passed slowly, and Ye Wen bought a small mountain range not far from Holy Soul Village.

Because it was impossible to cultivate the land and there were no special products, the Notting City government simply sold the mountain range to Ye Wen, but even so, it still cost Ye Wen 1000 gold soul coins.

Then they hired a construction team to build a perimeter wall, school buildings, a canteen, and a series of other school facilities.

Although the construction team consisted of ordinary people without soul power, their martial spirits accelerated their work efficiency, and they completed the construction of a small primary school in this remote place in less than half a year.

The newly built college looks brand new, with clean white walls everywhere you look.

Most strikingly, four large characters are carved on a huge yellow stone in the center of the college.

Skywalker Junior Academy

Below that, in slightly smaller font, is the school motto.

Observe the ways of Heaven, and act in accordance with Heaven's will.

There seemed to be an invisible, powerful atmosphere there.

"Master, what does it mean to observe the Way of Heaven and act in accordance with Heaven's will?"

A boy a head shorter than Ye Wen asked softly.

(End of this chapter)