Douluo Continent: Starting from Tianshui Academy

Chapter 290 The Wonderful Uses of the Light of the Sea God.

"Everyone's regained their strength, so let's keep going!"

Seeing that everyone was fully recovered, Ye Liangchen immediately urged them to continue their journey.

Poseidon didn't rush back to the Temple of the Sea God. Instead, she traveled with everyone. Shui Bing'er, Jin Ling'er, and a group of other girls followed Poseidon, asking her questions from time to time. Poseidon patiently answered their questions. Looking at these pretty girls surrounding her, Poseidon felt like she was taking her children on a trip, and she was in a wonderful mood.

The journey of over a hundred miles could be covered in an hour if everyone ran at full speed. So they slowed down, enjoying the scenery of the island as they went. Two hours later, they arrived at the center of Poseidon Island.

"Is that the forbidden area? It's actually an island within an island?"

"The mountain is so high, and it's shimmering with gold. It's so beautiful."

Looking ahead, they saw a small island surrounded by water in the distance, with a beautiful mountain standing on it. The mountain was shrouded in white mist, making the buildings on its summit appear and disappear, creating a hazy, ethereal beauty. A series of white jade-like steps rose from the foot of the mountain all the way to the temple at the top, a dazzling sight. The entire island radiated golden light, incredibly magnificent.

The island is surrounded by a circular lake, like a moat. The lake is about 200 meters wide, and the azure water ripples with the breeze. Schools of fish swim happily in the water, creating a very beautiful scene.

"This is the real Poseidon Island. You will cross the lake, pass through the light of the Poseidon, and step onto those stairs. This will be the first divine test given to you by the Poseidon."

"You will have to complete the test on your own; I cannot give you any hints."

After giving a few words of instruction to everyone with a smile, Poseidon flew towards the top of the mountain and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Thank you, senior."

The group bowed in the direction where Poseidon had disappeared.

"Let's go take a look! It can't fly over here."

Ye Liangchen activated his Wind and Thunder Wings, preparing to fly over.

"Master, we're counting on you."

Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, Xue Wu, and Yu Hairou rushed over immediately, grabbed Ye Liangchen's hands and feet, and clung to him.

"No problem, takeoff."

Ye Liangchen activated his two enormous Wind and Thunder Wings, easily carrying five people towards the island. The Wind and Thunder Wings' external soul bone age had now been upgraded to over 70,000 years, and the wings had become four meters long, capable of bearing a weight of over a thousand kilograms. Carrying ten people was no problem.

"Let's go too!"

Shui Bing'er, Jin Ling'er, Feng Xiaotian, Qing Ming, Zhu Zhuqing, Ye Lingling, and Bai Chenxiang also activated their flying skills, taking their companions with them as they flew forward.

"Buzzing..."

As everyone stepped onto the lake, golden light shone from their bodies, enveloping them all.

Among them, no one was below the Black Level assessment, and when they flew over the circular lake, the large fish in the lake did not attack them.

"That's amazing!"

Upon arriving at the foot of Poseidon Mountain, everyone looked at the Heavenly Ladder shrouded in golden light and were eager to try it out.

"Everyone, I'll go first."

Feng Xiaotian stepped forward, raised his fist, and punched the light barrier, trying to break through the protective shield.

"Bang... Ah..."

"thump…"

When Feng Xiaotian's fist struck the protective shield, the Sea God's Light instantly deflected his attack, sending him flying into the circular lake.

"What's going on?"

"Haha...! Feng Xiaotian, you're soaked to the bone."

Everyone found it very amusing to watch Feng Xiaotian desperately swimming towards the shore.

"Splash... splash..."

"Taking a bath would be quite nice."

After Feng Xiaotian went ashore, he joked to himself, thinking: Next time I encounter any assessment, I will never be the first to go. This kind of thing should be done by the Pavilion Master.

"How can we get in?" Shui Bing'er and the others all looked at Ye Liangchen.

"I'll go test the power of the Light of the Sea God first. You all wait for me outside for a while."

Ye Liangchen was going to give everyone a demonstration so that they wouldn't all end up soaked to the bone.

"Be careful," Shui Bing'er, Jin Ling'er, and the other girls reminded them from behind.

Ye Liangchen walked up to the steps and gently tested them with his hand. He felt a rebounding force, just like pressing on a balloon. The harder you press, the stronger the rebound.

Then Ye Liangchen relaxed his mind and body, slowly putting his hand into the protective shield until his whole body was submerged in the light of the sea god.

"Buzzing..."

As Ye Liangchen stepped onto the first step of the forbidden area, he felt a pressure acting on him.

"Whoosh..."

Ye Liangchen then stepped onto the second step and felt the pressure increase by 10%. However, this amount of gravity was nothing to him, who had practiced the Five Elements Divine Fist.

"Tap tap..."

Ye Liangchen focused his energy in his dantian and began to climb the steps step by step. He reached the 50th step and started to sweat. However, he could still bear the pressure. He continued to climb and when he reached the 100th step, he felt as if a thousand pounds of force were pressing down on him. His clothes were soaked with sweat.

"What an excellent training ground!"

Ye Liangchen then sat cross-legged on the 100 steps and began to circulate the Hunyuan Technique, using the power of the Sea God's Light to temper his body.

"This little guy climbed 100 steps on his first try, that's amazing."

Meanwhile, in the Sea God's Palace, Poseidon quietly watched Ye Liangchen's training through a soul-guided projector.

"By the way, this little guy's soul power has broken through level 70, it's time for him to absorb a soul ring."

Thinking of this, Poseidon got up, walked out of the temple, and then floated down, landing not far behind Ye Liangchen. Looking at his soaked appearance, she felt a little sorry for him.

"Wow! This little guy seems to be actively using the light of the sea god to temper his body, that's incredible."

Poseidon used her spiritual power to sense Ye Liangchen's physical condition and found that he was not seriously injured. In fact, there was a magical power within him that was constantly guiding the energy contained in the light of the sea god into his limbs and bones.

"How did he do that? This method of cultivation is so strange."

Poseidon didn't wake Ye Liangchen, who was cultivating, and simply observed him quietly. She felt that the test of the Light of the Sea God was not a big challenge for this prodigy.

"Buzzing..."

After cultivating on the 100 steps for an hour, Ye Liangchen stopped, took a Soul Power Pill to replenish his soul power, and felt quite good.

"Sister Bobo, what brings you here?"

Ye Liangchen turned around and looked up, only to find Poseidon standing above him, smiling at him with great curiosity.

"You did a great job just now. This is your first time attempting 100 steps. No one has ever reached this height before."

When Poseidon recalled his own achievement of traversing the Light of the Sea God for the first time, it paled in comparison to this little fellow.

"Sister Bobo, you've finally met her today." Ye Liangchen smiled smugly.

"Heh...! You're really not modest."

"Here, this is a divinely bestowed spirit ring. Your spirit power has reached level 70, it's time for you to absorb the spirit ring. Black-level examinees all have a chance to receive a divinely bestowed spirit ring as a reward..."

Poseidon floated down and gave Ye Liangchen a divinely bestowed soul ring, and also gave a detailed explanation of how to use it.

"Thank you, Sister Bobo. Consider this spirit ring a gift from you."

Ye Liangchen accepted the divinely bestowed soul ring. Although he didn't lack such treasures, it was a reward from the divine test, and he had to take what he was entitled to.

"This is hardly a gift. It's just a reward for your divine test."

Hearing the little guy call her Sister Bobo made Poseidon very happy, as if she had eaten honey.

"You've taken on 100 steps for the first time, which is a lot of strain on your body. Don't push yourself too hard. Go back and rest for a bit."

Poseidon felt a pang of sympathy seeing Ye Liangchen's face covered in sweat, so she told him not to push himself too hard.

"Thank you, Sister Bobo. I know what I'm doing."

Ye Liangchen smiled and thought to himself: The concern from the High Priest of Seagod Island is something not everyone can enjoy.

"Don't thank me, it's too formal. I'll go back now and come back later to arrange accommodations for you."

Poseidon smiled sweetly, then took to the air and returned to the Temple of Poseidon.

Fortunately, the light of the sea god enveloped them, so the people at the foot of the mountain couldn't hear their conversation; otherwise, they would have been in for a huge surprise.

Ye Liangchen looked at the steps above, then stepped onto the 101st step to feel the pressure of this level.

"Swish..."

"Holy crap! This pressure feels like double that of the 100th floor!"

"Go back and recover your soul power first. Body tempering must be done step by step. Don't rush it, or you'll injure yourself internally, which would be a loss."

After feeling the pressure of the 101st step, Ye Liangchen began to step back, preparing to share his experience with others.

"Swish..."

"How is it?"

When Ye Liangchen stepped out of the protective shield of the Sea God's Light, everyone saw that he was soaking wet and immediately surrounded him.

"Very straightforward." Ye Liangchen smiled.

"Buzzing..."

Ye Lingling immediately summoned the Sacred Heart Begonia to heal Ye Liangchen.

"Are you alright?"

Shui Bing'er, Jin Ling'er, and Shui Yue'er reached out and touched Ye Liangchen to check if he was injured.

"I am not injured."

"I'll go wash in the lake first."

"thump…"

Ye Liangchen was covered in sweat and felt very uncomfortable, so he jumped into the lake to wash off the sweat. Then he flew to the shore, activated his fire elemental power, controlled the intensity, and dried his clothes.

"Let me tell you all, the gravitational field of the Sea God's Light is an excellent place for body tempering. Cultivating soul power under pressure will have twice the effect with half the effort. At the same time, you can also use the pressure of the Sea God's Light to temper your body. I estimate that if you cultivate here for a year, you can improve your soul power by at least seven or eight levels, or even ten levels."

"When you enter the protective shield, you must relax your mind and body and not use brute force or soul skills to attack. Otherwise, the protective shield will reflect your attack back onto yourself, just like Feng Xiaotian did before."

"When you step onto the first step, the gravity formed by the light of the sea god will instantly press down on you, weighing about two or three times your body weight. After that, the gravity will increase by 10% with each step you take, and the pressure will be greater as you go higher."

Ye Liangchen explained the profound meaning of the Light of the Sea God and his own feelings to everyone, so that they could grasp the correct method and save themselves a lot of unnecessary trouble.

"Wow! It's taking off!"

Upon hearing about the wondrous uses of the Sea God's Light, everyone jumped up excitedly, especially Ye Liangchen, who said it could increase soul power by nearly 10 levels—it was like a windfall hitting them.

"Xiao Chen, how many steps did you climb on your first attempt?"

Shui Bing'er asked curiously, as she had always aimed to be like Ye Liangchen.

"100 floors." Ye Liangchen smiled mysteriously.

"100 floors?" Everyone was stunned when they heard Ye Liangchen's score.

"I'm going to challenge 100 floors too!" Jin Ling'er clenched her fist, confident that she could do it.

"100 floors shouldn't be a big problem."

The members of the Tianshui girl group also showed determined looks, aiming to emulate Ye Liangchen.

"Don't take me as your role model. Just do what you can. Otherwise, you'll hurt yourself and it won't be worth it," Ye Liangchen warned everyone, urging them not to push themselves too hard.

"Let's give it a try!" Shui Bing'er immediately called out to everyone, and they began to traverse the light of the sea god.

"Wow! Just as Brother Ye said!"

Jin Ling'er was the first to pass through the Sea God's Light protective shield and immediately felt the pressure. She then walked up the steps above, wanting to challenge Ye Liangchen's first record.

"That's amazing."

Seeing that Jin Ling'er had succeeded, Shui Bing'er and the others all crossed the light of the sea god and began to challenge their own limits, making the scene very lively.

"Swish..."

Just then, Poseidon appeared before Ye Liangchen with a beautiful stranger.

Hmm! This must be Poseidon's secretary.

Ye Liangchen looked at the bespectacled beauty. She had a full figure and exuded an intellectual beauty, but she was also very strong, feeling that her soul power had exceeded level 90.

"Senior, you've arrived."

Upon seeing the beautiful Poseidon arrive, Ye Liangchen immediately greeted her.

"Xiao Chen, this is my secretary, Ya Li."

"Yali, this is Ye Liangchen, the most monstrous genius in ten thousand years. Let's get to know each other!"

Poseidon could not leave the Temple of Poseidon for long, so she had her assistant arrange the daily life of Ye Liangchen and his party.

"My name is Ya Li, my martial soul is the Butterfly Fish, and I am a level 92 Title Douluo."

The bespectacled woman stepped forward and introduced herself to Ye Liangchen.

"Greetings, senior."

Ye Liangchen was very surprised to see that this bespectacled, refined beauty was actually a level 92 Title Douluo. However, considering that this woman was Poseidon's secretary, her strength must not be too bad either.

"Young Master Ye, you're too kind."

Yali quickly helped Ye Liangchen up. She felt a little embarrassed that such a handsome young man was bowing to her.

"Yali, Xiaochen and the others are honored guests on the island. From now on, you will be in charge of arranging their food and accommodation."

"Xiao Chen, if you need anything, just tell Ya Li. Yue'er and the others are challenging the Light of the Sea God, and I have to go and keep an eye on them."

After giving a few instructions, Poseidon returned to the Temple of Poseidon, as she, as the High Priestess, could not leave the Temple of Poseidon for an extended period of time.

Poseidon sent his secretary to take care of Ye Liangchen's life, and the others also benefited from it.

"Thank you for your help, Senior Yali."

Seeing that Poseidon had actually arranged for his secretary to take care of everyone's lives, Ye Liangchen immediately thanked Yali.

"Young Master Ye, you're too kind." Ya Li waved her hand dismissively.

"Senior, it's a pleasure to meet you. This is a small gift from me."

Ye Liangchen took out a bottle of Jade Flower Pills and gave it to Ya Li. After all, his meals for the next year would depend on this beautiful woman, so he had to build a good relationship with her.

"Young Master Ye, what is this?"

Yali was completely bewildered. This handsome young man had given her a gift right off the bat, and she felt a little embarrassed to accept it.

"Senior, this is the Jade Flower Pill I refined. In addition to replenishing soul power, it also has beauty and skin-nourishing effects. You can try it out." Ye Liangchen introduced the effects of the Jade Flower Pill to Yali.

"Hmm! That's amazing?"

"Then thank you, Young Master Ye."

Yali smelled the fragrant aroma emanating from the pill and sensed it was of good quality, so she took one. Instantly, she felt warm all over and felt very comfortable.

Women love beauty, especially older women; no one can resist the allure of beauty and skincare.

"Young Master Ye, please call me 'elder sister' from now on! Don't call me 'senior' anymore."

Receiving such a wonderful gift, Yali had a very good impression of Ye Liangchen. In addition, Ye Liangchen's incredibly handsome appearance made her like him very much, so she decided to address him as her brother and get along well with him.

"Alright then, I'll call you Sister Li."

Ye Liangchen was naturally willing to accept a beautiful woman as his older sister. It seems that handsome and capable people can get along well anywhere.

(End of this chapter)