Douluo Continent: Long Live the Spirit Hall

The Great White Shark quickly spoke up: "Yan, you're so annoying! I haven't used that name for a long time. I'm still called Xiuxiu now, but it's the Xiu of Xiuxiu, Bai Xiuxiu, not Bai Xiuxiu."

"Bai Xiuxiu, I think you deserve a beating." Just then, the chef brought over another plate of food. Yan was about to pick it up when a burst of colorful bubbles blurred his vision. When he irritably blew the bubbles away, he saw Bai Xiuxiu with her mouth wide open, eating the entire plate in one go.

"Burp~" Faced with Yan's questioning, Bai Xiuxiu just burped and spat out some food scraps. Her big, watery eyes looked at him innocently, and then she opened her mouth wide and swoosh swoosh swoosh, countless bubbles flying around. Yan was once again overwhelmed by this guy's bubbles.

"You~" Gu Sheng had an urge to punch someone, no, to punch a shark, but in the end, the hand that landed turned into a gentle caress. He used a massage technique, and with a little skill, Bai Xiuxiu quickly succumbed and made a purring sound of pleasure.

Bai Xiuxiu lazily lay down next to Yan, her innocent-looking big, bright eyes darting around as she acted cute and charming. When Yan reached out, she even nuzzled her head against him.

"I'm planning to go out to sea. Do you want to come with me?" Yan hooked the little shark's chin. The ten-meter-long Demon Soul Great White Shark was quite a sight in the entire Demon Soul Great White Shark clan, but given Bai Xiuxiu's personality, calling her a little shark was a bit of an exaggeration.

"Is there anything good to eat?" Bai Xiuxiu didn't think too much about it. She was very happy that Yi Yan was going on a sea trip, but she also offered her own small suggestions.

"Of course." Yan gently patted the round shark's head, and the latter immediately jumped for joy. Although this little fat white shark could only be barely called cute, it could transform into human form, which meant double the happiness.

...In the vast and boundless blue sea, a ten-meter-long demon soul great white shark stopped outside a deserted island. A figure slowly stepped off the great white shark's back; it was Yan, who had been at sea for a long time.

A box in his palm flickered, and the great white shark was enveloped in a ball of light. With a series of soul power fluctuations, a strange little beast appeared on the spot. It was about ten centimeters long, somewhat similar to a shark, but it was able to float in mid-air and swim and fly.

"Yan, your soul tool is amazing! Not only have I shrunk, but I can also fly. Now I can go out on land to play too." Bai Xiuxiu was very satisfied with her new toy. It was an ancient soul tool that Yan had replicated and modified. It could shrink soul beasts. He added a levitation aid, while flying and swimming were Bai Xiuxiu's own skills. Her pair of shark fins were not just for show.

On the deserted island's beach, Yan unfurled a huge sea chart, marked with many blurry messages and illusory outlines. The information about Douluo Continent was quite clear, but the other areas were not so clear.

This is a compilation of information from the Spirit Hall and Seagod Island, along with information gathered and organized by Yan himself, providing general information about the other three continents on Douluo Star.

There are four main continents on Douluo Star, as well as an ice-covered far north. Among them, Douluo Continent and Sun Moon Continent are relatively parallel and close to each other. It is estimated that the two continents will collide in a few thousand years and become a larger continent.

The other two continents were later occupied by the remnants of the Star Luo Empire and the Heaven Dou Empire, and were named the Star Luo Continent and the Heaven Dou Continent, respectively.

Among these continents, the later Tian Dou Continent and Xing Luo Continent still maintained a relatively primitive environment at this time. There were not many humans, and the development of civilization was not very advanced. They were undeveloped treasure lands, but they were not Yan's destination this time.

His destination this time was the Sun and Moon Continent, located west of the Douluo Continent. The Sun and Moon Continent was likely a name from ten thousand years in the future; Yan didn't know the naming conventions for that continent in this era, but he didn't think it was an important issue.

Compared to the relatively scarce resources of Douluo Continent, Sun Moon Continent is vast and rich in resources, especially various precious metals and soul guide materials, making it very suitable for manufacturing and upgrading soul guides.

More importantly, that continent had a population large enough to develop into an empire, making it ideal for missionary work.

Yan's trip there was not only to gain benefits from the Sun Moon Continent, but also to make some preliminary preparations for the Spirit Hall's future work, such as addressing language issues and early infiltration issues.

Completely conquering a continent and spreading faith is no easy task, but Yan didn't think this problem could stump him.

"We should arrive in a few more days." Yan calculated the journey by referring to the nautical chart. The chart circled various sea areas and marked them with many words, including the words "Demon Orca." However, these were not the group of Demon Orcas located in the Western Hammer of Douluo Continent, but a different group.

Unlike the Great White Shark, which can only barely survive thanks to Poseidon Island, the Demon Orca truly occupies the top of the marine food chain, and there is more than one Demon Orca pod.

This sea chart has many circles with labels, each representing a sea area and a 100,000-year-old soul beast clan.

This is a map showing the distribution of sea spirit beasts. Between the Douluo Continent and the Sun Moon Continent, there are at least a dozen 100,000-year-old sea spirit beasts.

The ocean is vast and rich in resources. On many planets with life, the ocean covers more than 60 percent of the planet's surface.

In the current timeline, humanity has not yet made great strides in developing soul tools, and therefore has not yet established an absolute advantage over soul beasts.

Although the number of spirit beasts on the mainland has decreased significantly compared to ancient times, the spirit beasts in the ocean, especially in the deep sea, have not been affected much.

The Douluo World has a vast ocean that has nurtured many more deep-sea soul beasts. The top-tier soul beasts in the ocean are at least ten times more numerous than those on the continent, and the proportion of low-level soul beasts is even greater, possibly hundreds or thousands of times greater.

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"This is a completely new continent, a truly unfamiliar land." Before the morning sun had even spread across the land, a figure slowly appeared on the horizon. After leaving the water with a great white shark, they quickly landed on land.

Yan subconsciously stomped his foot. It felt really good to be grounded. Although you could experience it on an island, the land area there was limited, so it was a completely different feeling.

"The wind is telling me there are people in this direction." Yan had completed the possession of the battle armor and arrived on a completely new continent. He needed to be cautious in everything he did. He slightly opened his palm, and the gentle breeze brought a lot of aura and information. He also discerned the information he needed from it, information about humans.

"Xiuxiu, let's go." Yan patted Bai Xiuxiu, who was disguised as a little bird, perched on his shoulder, and the two of them, a human and a shark, embarked on their journey to an unknown continent.

The surrounding coastline was rocky and the terrain wasn't ideal, but Yan was no ordinary person; he directly used the Steel Flying Dragon.

As the dragon's shadow roared, a shadow appeared on the horizon. After an unknown amount of time, the enormous dragon shadow slowly descended outside an unknown town.

Chapter 293 The Situation in the New World

Sun and Moon Continent, let's call it that for now, or it can be called the New Continent. It has relatively abundant mineral resources and a unique architectural style, quite different from that of Tian Dou and Xing Luo.

The vegetation on this continent is somewhat different from that in similar areas of the Douluo Continent, with many unique species, though some of the same plants also exist.

Take Blue Silver Grass for example. This resilient plant is still extremely abundant on this continent, just like in Douluo Continent, where it can be found everywhere.

Yan first arrived at a small seaside town. Perhaps because the town was quite commercially developed, outsiders did not attract much attention.

Moreover, Yan was very careful. When he encountered robbers on the road, he asked them for a clean set of clothes and some money, and then generously let them live. He felt that he was really kind.

Yan learned about this new continent and its general situation from the bandits.

This continent has not yet been completely unified by the Sun and Moon Empire. Although the Sun and Moon Empire is currently very powerful on the continent, there are still a few empires and kingdoms that can rival it.

Because the continent is home to many diverse and unified forces, the languages ​​and scripts on this continent are also very varied. Each country has its own traditions, and although they have become more similar over the years, some obvious differences still exist.

When Yan arrived in this unfamiliar new continent, the first problem he had to face was the trouble with language and writing.

He comes from Douluo Continent. Douluo Continent may have had some connection with this continent during the ancient Soul Guidance Era, but that connection was clearly not cultural. In any case, no information from that era has been passed down in the records of Douluo Continent.

After arriving in the New World, Yan did not rush to explore. After taking some valuables and clothing from the bandits along the way, he settled down in a small seaside port town on the east coast of the continent.

This seaside town isn't very big, but it's small yet complete, with basic infrastructure such as a library and scholars who teach language and writing.

This is much better than those remote rural areas. Moreover, because it's a small town, the area is small, and there are generally no powerful figures. Although with Yan's current combat strength, there aren't many beings on the entire Douluo Star who can threaten him, he's more afraid of trouble.

To this new continent, he is an outcast with no background. If he recklessly provokes powerful figures, he will only cause more trouble.

Yan stayed in the seaside town for more than a month. During this time, with the help of the AI ​​Dawn, he mastered the local language and the official knowledge of the country. He also visited the town's library and the collections of various factions.

This took more than a month. Yan was not only learning textbook knowledge, but also organizing and summarizing it into a complete set of subject knowledge so that the Spirit Hall experts could learn it later and better infiltrate the continent.

As for the impact that the Spirit Hall's experts might cause by infiltrating the continent, Yan did not consider it.

This wasn't because he was heartless, but because he was in a position of power and had to fulfill his duties. As the Holy Son of the Spirit Hall, he naturally considered the interests of the Spirit Hall in everything he did, and it was only right that he sided with the Spirit Hall.

After leaving the seaside town, Yan headed towards Mingdu in the central part of the continent. It was the capital of the famous Sun Moon Empire in the New World and one of the continent's leading cities, serving as a transit point for him.

He planned to establish a base in Mingdu and then begin cultivating his own power there. The Sun Moon Empire in the original story was ultimately able to unify the continent, which must have been due to its unique strengths.

Yan planned to first identify his unique strengths, and then consider whether to cooperate or destroy him. Yan's journey to Mingdu was not very pleasant. Unlike the peaceful environment of Douluo Continent, Sun Moon Continent felt chaotic to Yan, extremely chaotic.

On the Douluo Continent, the Spirit Hall, on behalf of the Angel God of the God Realm, promotes faith and balances the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire, preventing the two empires from waging war and maintaining the overall peaceful environment of the continent.

Of course, as an extraordinary world, a peaceful environment depends not only on official influence but also on the management of the extraordinary world itself.

The Spirit Hall has done a good job in this regard, helping commoners awaken their spirits, selecting enough elites from a large pool of spirit masters, and then influencing and controlling the Spirit Hall through various means.

Furthermore, the Spirit Hall has received divine decrees from the Angel God to eradicate evil spirit masters and continuously annihilate all kinds of villains, keeping the overall environment of the spirit master world peaceful. It can be said that the stability of the continent is entirely due to the Spirit Hall.

Meanwhile, in the New World, because the continent was not yet unified, there was continuous warfare. Some large empires were relatively well-off, but some independent small countries and regions were like hell on earth.

Moreover, due to the insufficient official strength of the major empires and the mixed nature of various forces in the Soul Master world, evil Soul Masters had the opportunity to grow and thrive. Various bloody incidents occurred one after another, ruining the reputation of Soul Masters and indirectly causing more people to commit evil deeds due to various factors.

These factors combined make the wilderness of the New World quite dangerous, and Yan's journey to Mingdu was also quite arduous.

Outside Sun and Moon City in the Sun and Moon Empire, a group of merchants traveling slowly along the official road were fully armed. They were not only equipped with armored cavalry, but also had archers guarding every part of the carriages. Longbows were drawn taut, and arrows were nocked on the bowstrings.

Although their caravan had already approached Sun Moon City, the capital of the Sun Moon Empire, no one in the caravan dared to let their guard down until the goods were delivered.

"Watch out, everyone, someone's coming!" Just as the caravan was slowly moving forward, several men in the cavalry guarding the outside suddenly drew their weapons. Their captain warned everyone to be careful, and the caravan's many combat personnel immediately went into battle mode.

Although this might seem a bit over-the-top, we're already close to our final destination, and nobody wants anything to go wrong at this point.

"Captain, something's not right. There seems to be only one person, but at that speed, could he be an important figure?" Several cavalrymen moved slightly away from the main force to investigate. In their field of vision, a figure became clearer and clearer as it approached. The key was that the person's speed, which was truly terrifying and completely beyond the capabilities of a normal person.

"It's possible that the Soul Master is on his way. Go and invite Lord Lu Jie." The cavalry captain was quite capable. After making his judgment, he immediately sent a cavalryman to a carriage in the center of the caravan to report the situation. Not long after, an old man with white hair and beard appeared outside.

"This is terrifying. A powerful figure has arrived. I'm afraid he can easily crush all of us. Don't make any rash moves that might cause a misunderstanding." The old man had just arrived in front of the cavalry. The figures that were originally far behind the caravan were now almost catching up with it. The old man had only glanced at them a few times when he broke out in a cold sweat. After quickly giving some instructions, he went to the back of the caravan.

"Chirp~~~" Accompanied by a loud eagle's cry, the old man was enveloped in light, and four soul rings, one white, two yellow, and one purple, appeared on his body.

His wings transformed into a pair of eagle wings, his eyes became eagle pupils, his hands resembled sharp claws, and his face seemed to become much longer and narrower.

"Soul Master." The figure that had arrived at the caravan at lightning speed stopped. It was a young man with red hair and red eyes. There seemed to be a strange pet on his shoulder, which was curiously craning its little head to observe the old man who had released his Martial Soul.

"Lu Jie, a four-ring Soul Master, greets Your Excellency." The Soul Master bowed slightly before the young man, his attitude extremely respectful, even showing a hint of fear.

"Why did you release your martial spirit to stop me?" This red-haired youth was none other than Yan, who had come all the way from the east coast of the New World to the center of the continent. He glanced at the caravan and the trembling old man in front of him and understood what was going on. However, since the other party had blocked his way to offer gifts, he couldn't very well refuse.

The old man quickly bowed and presented a brocade box.

"Please don't take offense, sir. It's just that your magnificent appearance just now impressed my master greatly, so he has a small token of respect for you. I hope you will accept it."

"I understand your meaning. Don't worry, I'm just on my way to Sun and Moon City. No need to make a fuss. I'll be going now." Yan casually took the brocade box, then let Lu Jie pass by and suddenly accelerated. After passing the caravan, he disappeared from the sight of the caravan members at an even faster speed.

"No way, that Soul Master is so young."

"I've heard that some powerful Soul Masters have the skill to preserve their appearance; this might just be an old man."

"Lord Lu Jie is so afraid of that powerful figure, I wonder what level of Soul Master he is."

“I just overheard them discussing that Lord Lu Jie said that they are all top-tier experts who are at least in the sixth realm and possess six spirit rings, with at least one ten-thousand-year spirit ring.”

"A sixth-ring expert is someone who can easily rout an army of a thousand. Our caravan doesn't even have five hundred people in total. If they really have malicious intentions, I'm afraid we won't be able to fight them at all."

"You bet we were lucky this time. It's too dangerous outside the city. Only by becoming a Soul Master can we have a better future."

"Is it so easy to become a Soul Master? Awakening a Martial Soul requires a large sum of money to hire a Soul Master, and it's not even certain if you have Soul Power."

"That's right, awakening soul power is the key. Without soul power, at most it's a little easier to do things with your martial soul, but awakening a martial soul is just too expensive. Families like ours can't afford to gamble."... The caravan members were all discussing among themselves, some with envy and jealousy, others with hope. On this continent, countless people yearn to become soul masters, but awakening a martial soul is too difficult, and without awakening soul power, the effort and reward are completely disproportionate.

For ordinary families, not many people are willing to gamble.

Chapter 294 Sun Moon City·Mingdu

"Mithril, I didn't expect this caravan to be so savvy. The mineral resources on this continent are truly abundant." On the official road outside the capital of the Sun Moon Empire, Yan, moving at high speed, opened the gift box given by the caravan. Inside were several pieces of mithril, a metal that is extremely precious in the Douluo Continent.

Mithril is a metal widely used in soul tools. It is very precious, with a silvery-white appearance. It is much stronger than steel but very light, and is a valuable material for inscribing soul guidance arrays.

Although there are mithril mines on the Douluo Continent, they are all small mines. If Yan hadn't been backed by the Spirit Hall, he would have had to spend a long time collecting a single piece of mithril inscribed with a spirit guidance array by himself.

On the New World, due to its abundant mineral resources, there are an astonishing number of various metal products compared to the Douluo Continent, including precious metals.

In the Douluo Continent, refined gold and mithril are among the most treasured assets of major powers, rarely used for refining. However, in the New World, they are regarded as a form of wealth equivalent. Although equally precious, they circulate in the market.

Yan once saw various precious metals displayed on the shelves in the shop, such as mithril, refined gold, black iron, and cold iron. These were not raw ores, but refined ore with very high purity, which could be used directly to make soul tools.

These rare metals, which can only be found in Gengxin City, the metal capital, in the Douluo Continent, are all stored together on the same shelf there, casually placed. Their value here is not much different from that of iron essence in Douluo.

Because of the chaotic environment of the New World, many people feel insecure, and carrying weapons has become a habit for many. The mineral reserves and smelting technology here far exceed the average level of the Douluo Continent.