Douluo Continent: We agreed on a simulation, but they've come to life?

There's nothing we can do; this is just how dark this period is.

The powerful aristocratic families will only seize the top spot first, and then relentlessly kick those who try to climb up behind them.

Unless there is a force like the Spirit Hall or the Sun Moon Federation, otherwise...

There are only two paths for commoners: one, they cannot awaken their martial spirit and have to do hard labor for the rest of their lives; two, they can awaken their martial spirit under the great favor of a noble lord, then sign a contract of servitude and become a henchman for the noble.

Therefore, his plan was to first join Shrek Academy, then find an opportunity to display his combat power, reveal his Blood Eye Martial Soul at the Continental Soul Master Tournament, and attract the attention of the Body Sect...

Using Shrek Academy as a springboard.

Shrek Academy?

Jiang's mother and Jiang Nannan were both taken aback.

The latter looked somewhat embarrassed, unwilling to discourage Lu Cheng, but also afraid that what she said would sound like boasting... After all, she had already joined Shrek Academy, and her talent was far superior to Lu Cheng's yesterday.

"It should be... about six months later," Jiang Nannan said hesitantly. She was only able to come back for a visit during her summer vacation.

"I understand, sis."

Lu Cheng nodded and continued eating his rice with a normal expression.

He should focus on cultivation first and try to raise his soul power to level 15 as quickly as possible. As for why he kept it a secret... well, it's a case of "possessing a treasure invites trouble." Jiang's mother and Jiang Nannan probably don't believe that the Xuanming Sect set him up. The matter was accomplished in secret. He'll confess to Jiang Nannan after he reaches level 15.

After a busy day of chopping wood and carrying water.

Lu Cheng wiped his sweat.

After washing up, he retreated back to his small room and began his meditation cross-legged.

Jiang Nannan left in the afternoon. She had been there for a month, and her vacation was over. She returned to Shrek Academy.

In this way, he also took the opportunity to ask some questions about cultivation.

"call……"

Lu Cheng gently exhaled a breath of stale air, feeling the meridians in his body circulating and becoming increasingly warm, and the almost exaggerated cultivation speed of last night was once again on display.

Golden Elixir Technique, as one of the introductory techniques, was a technique he had practiced since childhood, and he was naturally very familiar with it, so practicing it was as if he had divine assistance.

Following the instructions in the book, Lu Cheng began to circulate the meridians in his body as described.

This technique is remarkably similar to the Xuan Tian Gong of the Tang Clan.

Chapter 43 Mysterious Water Pill, Strength Enhancement

Since Tang San cultivated the Mysterious Heaven Skill, later generations have used their wisdom to gradually decipher similar techniques. As a result, over the past ten thousand years, Soul Masters have had more and more ways to improve their cultivation, and the speed of improvement has become faster and faster.

Once upon a time, a Title Douluo was already a genius among geniuses, and only those with level nine innate soul power were qualified to touch it. But now, there are a lot of strong people with level seven or eight innate soul power breaking through the title.

"Beep beep..."

A soft knock on the door woke Lu Cheng from his deep meditation. Jiang's mother's voice came from outside the door: "Xiao Cheng, are you asleep?"

"I'm not asleep, I'm cultivating."

Lu Cheng opened the door and saw Jiang's mother's kind face. Although she was nearly forty years old, Jiang's mother still looked charming and you could still vaguely see her beauty when she was young. No wonder she was able to give birth to Jiang Nannan, she really had a good foundation.

Lu Cheng was somewhat taken aback, because Jiang's mother usually wouldn't disturb him easily after nightfall.

"This... is a pill that Mom asked someone to find for her from the Xuanming Sect. It is said to be able to improve one's cultivation level."

With a gentle look in her eyes, Jiang's mother handed over a jade bottle and placed it in Lu Cheng's palm.

"Don't overwork yourself, get some rest."

"..."

After saying that, she turned and left.

Lu Cheng was left stunned for a long time.

Her eyes welled up with tears. After all, she was an orphan in her previous life and had never experienced maternal love before. Now, she was really not used to it.

"What kind of pill is this...?"

Lu Cheng composed himself, opened the jade bottle, and his eyes gradually widened in astonishment.

As soon as he opened it, a faint medicinal fragrance wafted out. He poured the pill into his palm; it was smooth and round. In just a moment, Lu Cheng judged that this pill was definitely not cheap.

If you actually swallow it and absorb the medicinal power, you might be able to level up three or four times directly.

Could it be... the Mystic Water Pill?!

In the original novel, the bet that Xu Sanshi lost to Bei Bei in the dueling arena was something that, while not as valuable as the Xuanming Divine Pill, was still quite expensive.

Even if the Jiang family emptied their coffers, Jiang's mother probably wouldn't be able to come up with the money.

Could it be that Jiang Nannan also contributed a portion?!

That girl was already working part-time and saving money while at Shrek Academy, and...

"..."

Lu Cheng remained silent for a long time.

He examined the pale green pill with a complex expression.

This mother and daughter are really... adorably silly.

Instead of giving such an important resource to a "useless" person, he was given a genius like Jiang Nannan.

We must get them out of here and break free from the control of the Xuanming Sect.

Lu Cheng's gaze grew increasingly resolute.

Without further hesitation, he swallowed the pill and sat on the bed to begin refining it. The warm aura circulated throughout his body in a very short time as the pill entered his mouth. A few seconds later, the medicinal power began to spread, and a scorching flame slowly rose around him, but it did not burn the bed. Lu Cheng himself was enveloped in a large ball of flames, his eyes tightly closed.

And his cultivation level is also improving rapidly...

Level 4!

Level 6!

Level 8!

When Lu Cheng opened his eyes again after one night, he was pleasantly surprised to find that he had actually leveled up by five...

In the original story, after Huo Gua absorbed it, he leveled up two levels overnight. The Xuan Shui Dan is said to be able to increase one level of innate soul power, which is talent, not just soul power. Therefore, when Lu Cheng woke up overnight, he felt that his whole body smelled bad and his skin was covered with dirt.

As his physical abilities improved, his cultivation speed also increased slightly.

It's quite interesting. Although he was born with two levels of innate soul power, his talent and cultivation speed were at least at the tenth level of innate. Therefore, after absorbing the Xuan Shui Pill, Huo Gua's cultivation speed increased fourfold, but his improvement was negligible.

After all, it's already maxed out, with very little room for improvement.

But all things considered, this five-level increase in soul power is really awesome...

Lu Cheng clenched his fists, feeling the soul power that had increased tenfold, his eyes gleaming with excitement.

"Mom, I'm going to chop firewood outside the city..."

Lu Cheng ate a couple of mouthfuls of porridge haphazardly, then got up, eager to try it.

Soul tools are now common, but this is only true for the esteemed Soul Masters and Soul Masters. For the common people of the original continent, it is still a very primitive way of life. Cooking still requires chopping wood and starting a fire, which is also Lu Cheng's daily work.

Even at only eight years old, he was already 1.55 meters tall. With his mother in poor health and Jiang Nannan not around, the physical labor of chopping wood fell to him.

They left Xuanming City and headed towards the deep mountains outside the city.

He still remembered that in the original story, when Huo Gui was infiltrating Dragon City (a city in the northern part of the Heaven Dou Empire, bordering the far north, which had been captured by the Sun Moon Empire) in the later stages of the story, he found out that the Sun Moon Empire was promoting various convenient and beneficial soul tools, such as heating equipment, bathing equipment, etc.

In Lu Cheng's eyes, this should have been a good thing, and he even felt fortunate for the common people who had endured for thousands of years and were finally able to live a good life.

But in Huo Gua's eyes, they became the treacherous and cunning people of the Sun Moon Empire, corrupting the common people of the original continent.

Lu Cheng: "..."

What does it mean to be wary of the enemy's sugar-coated bullets?

Therefore, in the simulator, he would rather hand over the future to the Sun Moon Empire and complete the unification than let the old forces like Shrek Academy continue to ravage the people.

If these commoners knew that their hero Huo Yuhao risked his life to rush into the enemy camp and stop the Sun Moon Empire's attack at all costs, they would probably be moved to tears.

Ha ha……

Lu Cheng could only roll his eyes at this.

Who could possibly be moved? Probably only Huo Gua himself and a group of nobles from the original continental forces.

In the Starry Sky Forest.

The Xuanming Sect is located in the eastern part of the Tiandou Empire and borders the outermost edge of the Star Dou Great Forest. However, it is far from the core area, but there are also a considerable number of soul beasts inhabiting deeper within it.

Therefore, from time to time, several Soul Masters or mercenary groups will appear here to hunt Soul Beasts.

Lu Cheng walked past quickly with his head down.

Only after he could no longer detect anyone within a hundred meters using his Blood Eyes did he take a deep breath and excitedly summon the Sun-Shooting Bow.

Last night, we were in Xuanming City, their main base. If they noticed something was wrong, it would be troublesome.

This place is at least tens of kilometers away from Xuanming City. Those guys wouldn't go to such lengths for a piece of trash with only a level two innate soul power.

A familiar feeling...

Lu Cheng was filled with excitement. He raised the Sun-Shooting Bow, slightly bent two fingers of his right hand, and a fiery red arrow slowly condensed.

With the bowstring fully drawn, the arrow was aimed at an ancient tree about one meter in diameter and shot with a bang.

"Boom!"

A loud booming sound rang out.

The ancient tree snapped in half instantly, its upper half crashing down and knocking down a patch of bushes.

"Is this the damage of level eight...?"

Lu Cheng's eyes burned with passion.

As expected of the Sun-Shooting Bow, with its top-tier martial soul, the Sun-Flame, he felt that without using any soul skills, he could at least fight to a draw with a level 15 soul master.

Even if he were to hunt down the first spirit ring, he could easily handle it.