Chapter 202: Four Years Later
Tang Hao's luck was actually quite good this time.
After learning that his younger sister Tang Yuehua had made such a move, even relocating the entire Moon Pavilion into the Heaven Dou Royal Academy,
Tang Hao, who had originally planned to secretly infiltrate Heaven Dou City to question his sister face-to-face, immediately chose to retreat decisively.
The empty space where his right arm had once been still throbbed faintly to this day. That arm had been forcibly severed by that Ultimate Douluo named Zhao Yun!
From this series of abnormal developments, Tang Hao, this old fox, roughly pieced together the truth.
His sister had most likely completely betrayed the sect and secretly defected to that man named Lin Yuan.
Even taking a step back, if Yuehua had not defected to Lin Yuan, then she had at least aligned herself with the Heaven Dou Royal Family, seeking the protection of the Royal Academy.
And in Tang Hao's current view, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, with Zhao Yun overseeing it, was an absolute forbidden zone for him!
With his strength now fallen to the level of a Soul Douluo, if he dared to rashly intrude into such a dragon's den and tiger's lair, one misstep could mean that not only would he fail to bring his sister back for punishment, but he might also lose his life there entirely!
Thus, Tang Hao chose to endure.
After this sect-shaking rebellion incident that stunned the soul master world, the Clear Sky Sect, which had lost its Seventh Elder, also fell into an unusual silence, with no further movements.
It seemed that they, too, had learned some inside information or were wary of some unknown powerful force, choosing to temporarily swallow their anger.
…
Spring passed into autumn, and cold gave way to heat.
Time flowed like a fleeting white colt, vanishing in the blink of an eye.
In the span of a moment, four peaceful yet fulfilling years had passed just like that.
The once immature boys and girls who had first entered the Heaven Dou Royal Academy had now all grown into adults, stepping into the most splendid years of their lives.
Within the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, on a vast training ground covered in lush green grass, sunlight poured down, and a gentle breeze swept across.
By now, Lin Yuan's height had grown to 1.9 meters. He was tall and slender, and his already peerlessly handsome face had been carved by time, shedding its former youthful innocence.
Now, with sword-like brows and star-like eyes and well-defined features, every movement he made exuded an irresistible aura of authority and the charm of a mature man.
Standing beside him, Xiao Wu had also grown into a graceful young woman.
Her signature scorpion braid still hung behind her head, but her figure had developed into exquisite curves, and her long, straight legs were particularly eye-catching.
Her appearance was delicate and refined. With every frown and smile, she possessed both the charming innocence of a girl and the allure of a mature woman as she leaned closely against Lin Yuan.
On the other side, Ning Rongrong wore a form-fitting light green dress, her skin as fair as snow, her temperament noble and elegant.
Her slender waist and increasingly full curves further highlighted her peerless beauty.
During these four long years, Lin Yuan's soul power level had already undergone earth-shaking growth.
Now, he was only a single step away from the realm of a rank seventy Soul Saint!
Not only that, during these four years of arduous cultivation, aside from continuously improving his own strength,
He also expended energy for Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and his other closest female companions.
He had custom-made and forged a full set of one-word battle armor for each of them that perfectly matched their martial soul attributes.
Among them, after Ning Rongrong successfully obtained her One-Word Battle Armor and displayed its terrifying power during a visit back to her sect,
The Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi, was utterly astonished.
After learning that this miraculous armor, capable of allowing one to fight across levels, had actually been crafted by Lin Yuan himself, the sharp-minded Ning Fengzhi personally came to visit.
He tactfully proposed offering a high price in hopes that Lin Yuan could also craft such armor for the core elders of the sect, or even for himself.
However, this tempting proposal was decisively rejected by Lin Yuan.
After all, forging a complete set of One-Word Battle Armor required immense mental energy and effort.
Moreover, unlike the soul masters of the Douluo Dalu III era, Ning Rongrong and the others did not understand forging techniques or mecha maintenance at all.
Therefore, the battle armor they wore was assembled from ready-made components Lin Yuan had obtained through system rewards, combined with some parts he forged himself.
And if Lin Yuan wanted to custom-forge such armor for them, he had to be extremely familiar with their bodily data, martial soul attributes, and soul power circulation paths.
Only with such a complete understanding could he ensure that the final armor was perfectly compatible with their martial souls.
However, Lin Yuan was completely unfamiliar with Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin, these two old men.
Naturally, he could not blindly experiment to create armor that would perfectly match their martial souls.
Thus, Lin Yuan used his current insufficient forging skill as a reason and refused without hesitation.
Although Ning Fengzhi felt somewhat disappointed with this outcome, he believed that Lin Yuan's so-called "insufficient skill" was likely just an excuse to avoid revealing his core techniques.
But given that Lin Yuan not only possessed extraordinary talent but also had a peerless master capable of instantly killing a Titled Douluo behind him,
Ning Fengzhi did not dare to press the matter too far. Moreover, in all fairness, Lin Yuan treated his precious daughter Ning Rongrong extremely well.
As for their strength?
Over these four years, Xiao Wu and the others had all received various random rewards from the system from time to time, along with accumulated guaranteed rewards.
Most of them had now successfully broken through to rank fifty.
Among them, Dugu Yan's cultivation was especially terrifying. She was only one step away from reaching the realm of a rank sixty Soul Emperor.
Meanwhile, Zhu Zhuyun, with "Floating Cloud Glimpse Steps" and "Nine Yin Manual," had accumulated her strength steadily and explosively. She was now already a formidable early-stage Soul Emperor!
The overall speed of improvement of their group, if spread out, would be utterly shocking, unbelievably fast.
And during these four years, another noteworthy event occurred in the soul master world.
Due to Moon Pavilion's master, Tang Yuehua, publicly betraying the sect and no longer supplying the Clear Sky Sect with living resources, the Clear Sky Sect, which had been living off its reserves, finally reached the brink of exhaustion after struggling for two years.
For survival, two years ago, they had no choice but to bite the bullet and secretly send part of their sect members along with several elders down the mountain.
In a certain city of the Heaven Dou Empire, they established a high-level soul master academy named "Clear Sky."
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