Douluo Continent: Ink Bamboo as a Cauldron to Break Through Ten Thousand Heavens

"Alright, Auntie, Uncle, Chenchen, you can go back now, no need to see us off."

Chen Cheng waved his hand helplessly. Before him were the villagers bidding him a warm farewell, especially the little girl Chenchen, whose eyes seemed to be brimming with tears. Her right hand unconsciously tightened around the bracelet on her arm, a storage soul tool that Chen Cheng had given her. He cared deeply for this neighbor girl who was like a younger sister to him.

"Chenchen, don't be reluctant to eat the pills in my storage container. Those were made with my soul power and won't last long. I hope to see you awaken as a Soul Master next year!"

Activating the somewhat rudimentary flying soul tool on his back, Chen Cheng didn't linger and flew towards the academy amidst a chorus of farewells.

After transmigrating, Chen Cheng not only cultivated but also tried to test if he had any special abilities, such as taking four steps backward while silently chanting "Fu Sheng Xuan Huang Immortal Venerable," or trying to create a Rasengan. Unfortunately, apart from having memories from his previous life that might give him a slightly stronger soul like Xiao Yan and Tang San, he had no other abilities whatsoever.

Although Chen Cheng was a lazy, homebody in his previous life, he was still a liberal arts student. His math and science skills were terrible, so he couldn't do anything like "if you study math and science well, you won't be afraid of time travel". The only thing he was fortunate about was that he had a wide range of interests, so he knew a little about many things.

However, these few bits and pieces were certainly not enough to support him in creating any school of thought. For example, even if he knew about top-level martial arts such as the Yi Jin Jing and the Nine Yang Divine Skill, he still couldn't create them. In the end, he simply decided to remain a nobody and wait until later to tell the right person to be chosen by fate, so that the real genius could figure it out on his own.

I shook my head; these are thoughts that are too far ahead.

At the age of 10, through hard work, Chen Cheng cultivated to level 10. However, as the only "spirit master prospect" in the village, Chen Cheng had to rely on himself to acquire his spirit ring. He packed plenty of food and plunged into the Star Dou Great Forest in the west. After struggling for two or three days and setting four or five traps, he finally captured a shapeshifting monster over two hundred years old on the fourth day. Because it had little attack power, he easily ended its life with a dagger after a brief struggle. Feeling the exhilarating sensation of the barrier of spirit power shattering after absorbing it, Chen Cheng felt as if he had rediscovered the thrill he felt more than a decade ago when he finally solved a math problem after an entire class period of intense study.

His first soul skill was the Free-flowing Bamboo, which could generate a bamboo strip that could be preserved for a week. After soul power was injected into it, it could move and take on various shapes at will. Later, through continuous research, Chen Cheng discovered that he could combine it with the "ink attribute" of his martial soul, the Ink Bamboo, to transform his first soul skill into a Bamboo Pill, which could be used to restore soul power and heal injuries. Then, Chen Cheng's cultivation became a process of using his first soul skill to create Bamboo Pills to exhaust his soul power, and then consuming the pills to cultivate and recover. In this way, although his soul power cultivation speed did not increase significantly, his physique and the quality of his soul power improved significantly.

At the age of 11, Chen Cheng entered Shrek Academy with a level 15 soul power and constantly strived for opportunities through his own efforts. With the academy's help, he obtained the next three soul rings and became a Soul Master.

While the last three soul rings can also work together, they perfectly reflect Chen Cheng's characteristics from his previous life: "interested in everything, but not proficient in anything." His second soul skill, Bamboo Wall Firmness, can alter the hardness of bamboo. His third soul skill, Bamboo Heart Control, allows him to control bamboo. His fourth soul skill, Unending Bamboo, generates "Ink Wind" in an area, which has healing and debuff-removing effects. These soul skills offer support, control, and can even generate armor and weapons for protection during battle. However, the development of his third soul skill also allows Chen Cheng to perform unique maneuvers: by distracting himself to control more bamboo and refining its creation into various tools and weapons, he can consume a significant amount of mental energy. In other words, this greatly enhances his mental strength, which is incredibly valuable in this version of Douluo Continent II, making it an indispensable skill.

Compared to the casual nature of his soul skills, Chen Cheng's life at Shrek Academy was even more "chaotic." When classes were divided in the first year, he was the only one who didn't clearly identify his department, and in the end, he had no choice but to remain in the same class as Bei Bei and the others from the power attack department. Because he was Bei Bei's roommate, he easily built good relationships with Bei Bei, Tang Ya, and Xu Sanshi, and incidentally became the third member of the Tang Sect, using the Tang Sect's unique skills to improve his abilities.

Relying on his experience from his second life and his foresight, Chen Cheng also entered the Soul Guidance Department, consistently cultivating his Purple Demon Eye and mental strength. He possessed a mental level far exceeding others, and coupled with his modern perspective, he had a broad understanding of many soul tool technologies. However, because he also devoted a considerable amount of energy to cultivation and missions, and spent his free time reading in the library, devouring whatever he could find, he had essentially read everything available in the outer academy. With the support of his mental strength, while not quite photographic, his memory was certainly exceptional. His mastery of soul tools wasn't particularly extraordinary, but his skill level was decent enough to be easily recognized. Currently, he was at the peak of a fourth-level soul tool master.

"Phew~"

After a day of travel, they finally returned to the academy with the baby bottle and bamboo pills having recovered their soul power. Upon entering, they found the dormitory still empty, but they weren't worried and went straight to trigger the plot in the Star Dou Great Forest where they would meet Huo Yuhao.

After careful consideration, Chen Cheng decided to imitate Klein's method from next door, pretending to be a fortune teller and claiming that his Ink Bamboo Martial Soul had mutated and that he could briefly see a glimpse of the future of the person he was observing by generating a bamboo array. After mentioning that Bei Bei could awaken the Light Sacred Dragon and Xu Sanshi's Xuanwu bloodline, everyone believed him. As for Tang Ya, Chen Cheng went even further, using the excuse of "giving the Tang Sect Master the best," and meticulously prepared a complex array (copied). He then claimed that Tang Ya's Blue Silver Grass had the potential to evolve, and that he, also a plant-based Martial Soul, could sense her evolution and felt that Tang Ya's well-obtained third spirit ring should trigger a mutation. Furthermore, Chen Cheng's usual immersion in theoretical knowledge made him convincing. Therefore, Bei Bei and Tang Ya agreed to set off together after Chen Cheng returned from home.

Chen Cheng shook his head and first went to the school's mission association to accept a mission to help with class assignments after the new students enrolled. He would come back to do it after Tang Ya obtained her spirit ring. Then he went to the night market's food street. As expected, Bei Bei and Tang Ya were inseparable.

Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi were suppressing their soul power to avoid breaking through to the Soul Master level. Everyone always said that Xu Sanshi, this simp, was love-struck, but in this Love Continent, who could be normal when love was involved? However, because Chen Cheng was also learning a bunch of miscellaneous things and didn't take the exam, the three "unambitious" guys were often criticized by the academy as problem children.

I remember Tang Ya has always had a habit of liking to eat. Perhaps, like Xuan Zi's Martial Soul, the Gluttonous Divine Ox, it is because of her devouring talent that it has affected her?

He quickly walked up, patted Beibei on the shoulder to say hello, and then the two of them stuffed him with a huge amount of food. The three of them ate and strolled around, finally finishing the food street they had visited countless times. Chen Cheng asked the two when they wanted to obtain their soul rings, and then went to cultivate in the bamboo forest by himself.