Douluo Continent: Half-level Innate Realm, but a Sword Cultivator with a Heart-Only Mind

While the Heart Sword state is incredibly powerful, it's not without its weaknesses.

In particular, its immense strain on the body meant that Qi Dao could only use it as a trump card.

Unless Qi Dao has a powerful physique and profound soul power to support him, he cannot prolong the duration of the Heart Sword state.

Thinking of this, Qi Dao couldn't help but incorporate physical training into his daily cultivation.

Although practicing swordsmanship did have some effect on his physical training, it was clearly inferior to targeted physical training.

The next day, on the second floor of the cafeteria.

Xiao Chenyu made up for the guests he hadn't invited yesterday. Although the food on the second floor was much more expensive than on the first floor, the ingredients were plentiful, including soul beast meat, which was highly nutritious.

At the dining table, Xiao Chenyu, Liu Long, Ling Feng, and the others watched Qi Dao eat heartily and couldn't help but swallow hard.

Their leader is indeed no ordinary person.

This one person's appetite already exceeds that of the three of them.

Of course, they didn't know that this was because Qi Dao's sword strike yesterday had severely depleted his body, which was why he needed to eat a lot to make up for the deficiency.

However, from yesterday to today, Qi Dao's condition has recovered to the most extent.

After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, Xiao Chenyu suddenly took out a gold card and handed it to Qi Dao.

"This is..." Qi Dao looked at Xiao Chenyu.

Xiao Chenyu chuckled, "Boss, the dean has already told my father about what happened yesterday. After my father found out, he gave Xiao Haijie a thorough dressing down. He also heard that we have a good relationship, so he sent me to deliver an apology gift to you."

"This gold card has that amount in it!"

Xiao Chenyu proudly raised his index finger.

Liu Long and Ling Feng gasped in shock upon seeing this.

"Could it be... that there are 100 Gold Soul Coins in the Gold Card?"

Xiao Chenyu rolled his eyes at the two of them.

"one hundred?"

"Poverty limits your imagination. My father is a dignified Imperial Baron and the Lord of Notting City. If word gets out that he only compensates with one hundred gold soul coins, people will laugh at us!"

"This gold card has a full thousand gold soul coins!"

Qi Dao's eyes lit up slightly after hearing this.

"Wow, that's quite a lot!" Qi Dao took the gold card without any hesitation and played with it in his hand.

"I wish I could get a thousand gold soul coins every time I fight your brother."

Of course, Qi Dao felt that there was probably no such good thing. The thousand gold soul coins were most likely compensation given by Xiao Chenyu's father out of respect for the dean.

However, the speaker meant no harm, but the listener took it to heart.

Xiao Chenyu's eyes darted around. "Boss, if you're really short on gold soul coins, I have a plan that might help you earn some extra money!"

"oh!"

"Tell me about it!"

Qi Dao's eyes lit up.

One of the most direct ways to improve physical fitness is through diet.

Eat more soul beast meat and train more, and your physique will naturally improve.

However, the meat of spirit beasts that are old and have high nutritional value is really not something ordinary people can afford.

In addition, there is whale glue.

Qi Dao remembered that whale glue could also improve physical strength, and since it wasn't the era of Douluo Continent II: The Legend of Tang Dynasty, the effects of whale glue hadn't been discovered yet, and it had always been regarded as an aphrodisiac.

Therefore, Qi Dao is very short of money.

Xiao Chenyu's eyes gleamed with cunning as he craned his neck and said, "Boss, don't be fooled by your victory over Xiao Haijie yesterday; he's actually not convinced at all."

"And because he lost to you, his father was very dissatisfied with his performance, so I know he must really want to find you, Boss, to avenge his defeat."

"If you're confident in your abilities, boss, I can use reverse psychology to get him to gamble with you and hand over his money willingly."

"This guy definitely has a lot of money in his pocket."

After listening, Qi Dao gave Xiao Chenyu a strange look.

"You've really gone too far, haven't you!"

Xiao Chenyu chuckled.

Yesterday's battle between Qi Dao and Xiao Haijie completely won over Xiao Chenyu, making him willingly become Qi Dao's underling.

In addition, since he and Xiao Haijie already had a bad relationship, he naturally had no psychological burden when he was framing them.

A while later, just as Qi Dao and his group were about to leave, a dejected figure walked by in the distance.

It's Yu Xiaogang!

Qi Dao glanced at it, then looked away, called to his companions, and got up to leave.

"Let's go!"

"Okay!"

On the other side, Yu Xiaogang naturally noticed Qi Dao and his group as well.

After watching the group leave, he frowned slightly.

He was certain that Qi Dao had seen him just now, but he didn't even say hello. He had no manners at all.

Yu Xiaogang was very unhappy about being ignored.

At the same time, he couldn't help but feel a sense of relief.

"It's a good thing I didn't take him as my apprentice."

His future disciples, Yu Xiaogang, must not only be highly talented, but also polite, sensible, and respectful of their teachers.

He would never take Qi Dao as his disciple in his lifetime.

Thinking of this, Yu Xiaogang snorted and walked to the faculty and staff dining area to start eating.

Just then, he overheard a conversation between two young teachers at the next table.

"Teacher Li, have you heard?"

"Yesterday, a first-grader nearly killed Xiao Haijie, a sixth-grader, with a sword!"

"What?"

"Is that so?"

"I remember Xiao Haijie already obtained his first spirit ring last semester, right?"

"How did that first-grader manage to do that?"

"Could it be that his innate soul power is very high?"

"To be able to severely injure a Soul Master with a single sword strike, this first-year student must have at least level eight or nine Soul Power, and must also possess a top-tier Martial Soul to have any chance of severely injuring Xiao Haijie with a single sword strike."

The teacher surnamed Li was greatly surprised and raised his voice several decibels.

The message between the two immediately reached Yu Xiaogang's ears.

Upon hearing the words "level eight or nine soul power" and "top-tier martial soul," his ears immediately perked up, and his chopsticks, which he was using to pick up food, stopped in mid-air.

He had to go out yesterday, so he doesn't know what happened at the college.

But the conversation between the two teachers immediately caught his attention.

A first-year student severely injured Xiao Haijie, who was at least level twelve or thirteen, with a single sword strike.

Here, he acknowledged the latter part of the teacher's statement.

That first-year student's martial spirit is definitely a top-tier sword martial spirit.

As for the first half of the statement...

Yu Xiaogang gave a dismissive snort.

These two teachers are still not wise enough!

He had some impression of Xiao Haijie, knowing that he was the city lord's son, that his martial soul was a wolf, and that he had obtained his first soul ring last semester.

Of course, most importantly, his first spirit ring was a hundred-year spirit ring.

A hundred-year-old soul ring greatly enhances the physique of a beast-type soul master.

Therefore, even if an ordinary level eight or nine Soul Master has a top-tier Martial Soul, it would be absolutely difficult for them to contend with Xiao Haijie.

Not to mention, as the two teachers said, he severely injured Xiao Haijie with a single sword strike.

Therefore, he boldly guessed that the first-year student who defeated Xiao Haijie must not only possess a top-tier sword spirit, but also have innate full soul power.

It's highly likely that he has already obtained his first spirit ring, and with the help of his first spirit skill, he can severely injure Xiao Haijie with a single sword strike.

Yu Xiaogang's breathing became rapid.

Only a genius like him is qualified to be Yu Xiaogang's disciple!

In contrast, look at Qi Dao, who had absolutely no manners just now...

A brat whose martial soul has undergone a malignant mutation can forget about becoming his disciple in this lifetime!

Thinking of this, he turned his head and interjected, "What's the name of that first-year student you're talking about?"

The two young teachers frowned slightly when they realized it was Yu Xiaogang.

They didn't like this guy who was freeloading at the academy, but he was still the dean's friend, so they had to show him respect on the surface.

The teacher surnamed Li could only reply, "His name is Qi Dao!"

"What?!"

Upon hearing this name, Yu Xiaogang's pupils dilated, and he abruptly stood up.

Because the movement was too large, it knocked over the plates on the table and onto the floor.

But he had no time to think about anything else; only one thought occupied his mind.

"Qi Dao!"

"How could it be him?"

"I know, it must be someone with the same name!"