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

Dugu Yan busied herself in the kitchen for a while, and finally brought out all sorts of pastries.

Qi Dao reached out and picked up a pale yellow, exquisitely presented pastry, stuffed it into his mouth, and after a moment his eyes lit up slightly as he praised it highly.

"Senior, your pastry-making skills have improved again."

Dugu Yan smiled and said, "Of course, I learned this from the royal chefs on my own."

Qi Dao gave a thumbs up.

After the two finished enjoying the pastries, it was still early outside.

Dugu Yan took the initiative to invite them to spar, and the two then went to the simulated area together and began sparring with ease.

Such sparring has long been a regular occurrence for the two of them.

Qi Dao did not use his soul power, but his strong physique, coupled with his swordsmanship, still allowed him to suppress Dugu Yan throughout the entire process.

Of course, Dugu Yan's strength was actually not weak; she was just too severely restrained by Qi Dao.

Because of his consumption of the Fiery Apricot and the Eight-Cornered Mystic Ice Grass, Qi Dao, while not immune to all poisons, certainly possesses a poison resistance far exceeding that of ordinary Soul Masters.

Dugu Yan's poison had no effect on him whatsoever.

With her poison skills rendered ineffective, Dugu Yan's strength was reduced by at least half.

Normally, even a Soul King with slightly weaker poison resistance wouldn't be able to withstand her Azure Phosphorus Dragon Toxin.

She's only at level 46 now.

……

The next day, Qi Dao went to the Crown Prince's residence again.

Xue Qinghe didn't seem to be in a good mood, and seemed to be somewhat resentful that Qi Dao only came to the Crown Prince's residence on the second day after returning to Tiandou City.

However, upon learning that Qi Dao had not only absorbed the 20,000-year-old Dark Gold Bear Soul Ring, but also broken through to level 44 in one go, he was both shocked and happy for Qi Dao.

On the other hand, Xue Qinghe felt increasingly pressured.

He always considered himself the most talented person on the continent. If he were five years older than Qi Dao and his cultivation level was surpassed by Qi Dao, it would be too embarrassing.

Therefore, in order to avoid being overtaken by Qi Dao in terms of his level, Xue Qinghe delegated many less important matters to his subordinates, while he devoted himself entirely to cultivation.

This was something Qi Dao was unaware of.

In the blink of an eye, another year has passed.

Qi Dao still managed to break through five levels in a year.

It's important to know that breaking through each level in the Soul Sect is far more difficult than breaking through to the Soul Venerable level.

However, Qi Dao's rate of leveling up was no slower than when he was a Soul Master.

Clearly, after his body was transformed by the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum, his cultivation speed had surpassed that of ordinary geniuses with full innate soul power.

This can be seen by comparing her with Dugu Yan.

After consuming the Earth Dragon Golden Melon, Dugu Yan's cultivation speed was comparable to that of a fully innate soul power, but she had only advanced four levels in the previous year.

She only advanced three levels this year.

Of course, Dugu Yan was mainly stuck at level 50 this year.

Breaking through the bottleneck is no less difficult than increasing one's ordinary soul power by two levels.

Qi Dao's soul power level also reached level 49, the same as Dugu Yan's.

However, compared to Dugu Yan, who was stuck at level 49 for three months, Qi Dao had just broken through to level 49.

Besides the changes in Qi Dao and Dugu Yan, several other things caught Qi Dao's attention.

For example, half a year ago, Dugu Yan found Qi Dao and asked him if there were any immortal herbs suitable for Ye Lingling in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye.

Dugu Yan was never stingy when it came to her friends.

Qi Dao searched around and found that only the eight-petaled fairy orchid and Ye Lingling were a good match.

The Eight-Petaled Immortal Orchid is the immortal herb that Oscar consumed in the original work. It has a mild medicinal property, strengthens the body's foundation, and can make up for the slow cultivation speed of food-type soul masters.

Ye Lingling is a healing-type Soul Master. Although her cultivation speed is faster than that of food-type Soul Masters, it is not much faster. Taking the Eight-Petaled Immortal Orchid is suitable for her.

Currently, her soul power has also reached level forty-one.

Compared to the same period in the original story, her soul power level was clearly much higher.

Besides Ye Lingling, two other things at Tiandou Academy caught Qi Dao's attention.

First, there's Yu Tianheng. Perhaps due to the pressure from Qi Dao and Dugu Yan, he actually broke through to level forty-one.

He is nineteen years old this year!

This talent is only three or four years slower than the Golden Generation of the Spirit Hall.

Besides Yu Tianheng, the Tiandou Class also welcomed a new teacher.

It was Qin Ming!

At the beginning of this year, at the age of thirty-four, he broke through to level sixty, becoming the second youngest Soul Emperor in the history of the Spirit Hall.

Qi Dao had met Qin Ming a few times.

To be honest, Qin Ming actually made a good impression on Qi Dao; he was gentle, calm, and responsible.

It's hard to imagine that he was once a student at Shrek Academy.

However, he overheard Dugu Yan gossiping.

It seems that Teacher Qin suffered quite a few losses before joining Tiandou Academy in his early years, which is why he is much more composed now.

Qi Dao then realized what was happening.

Therefore, Qin Ming's transformation was due to the harsh realities of society, which led him to change his Shrek academy mindset.

Qin Ming was highly regarded by the three education committee members at Tiandou Academy, who almost regarded him as their successor.

These are the things that happened at Tiandou Academy.

Outside of the Heavenly Dou Academy, something equally interesting happened.

The little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School has run away from home and no one knows where she has gone.

Xue Qinghe told Qi Dao about this when he went to the Crown Prince's residence.

Of course, Qi Dao and Ning Rongrong were not familiar with each other. They had only met three or four times in two years, and all of those meetings were at the Crown Prince's residence.

So when he insisted that Ning Rongrong had run away from home, he was not moved at all.

……

at the same time.

Barak Kingdom, Soto City!

At the entrance of a seemingly very simple village, a large number of people had gathered, and the scene was chaotic and noisy.

This is the registration area for Shrek Academy.

Because of the certification from the Spirit Hall, anyone who graduates from Shrek Academy will be granted the title of Imperial Viscount.

For this reason, many people have come here hoping to send their children to Shrek Academy. There are no fewer than a hundred people gathered here to register.

The old man glanced lazily at the young man who had come to register and said, "The registration fee is ten gold soul coins. Just put it in that box."

The boy's father immediately put ten gold soul coins into the wooden box next to the table.

"Extend out one hand," the old man said calmly.

The boy did as instructed.

The old man squeezed his hand for a moment, then shook his head and said, "You're not old enough, you can go now."

The boy was taken aback, and his father said with a forced smile, "Excuse me, teacher, my child just turned thirteen this year. Could you please make an exception?"

The old man said impatiently, "We only accept children under the age of thirteen. We do not accept anyone over the age of thirteen!"

Seeing the old man's resolute attitude, the boy's father could only sigh and relent, saying, "Then the registration fee we just paid..."

The old man replied bluntly, "No refunds!"

The boy's father immediately became anxious.

Ten gold soul coins are no small sum.

"This, this won't do!"

"We're not affiliated with your college!"

The old man glanced disdainfully at the boy's father and called out indifferently.

"Mu Bai, you mistress, someone wants to reimburse you for the title fee!"

"Please handle this!"