Ever since Tang San practiced the Mysterious Heaven Skill back in the day, later generations used their wisdom to deduce such cultivation techniques bit by bit; thus, for ten thousand years, the paths for Soul Masters to increase their Soul Power have become more numerous, and the speed has become faster and faster.
In the past, a Titled Douluo was already a genius among geniuses, and only those with Rank 9 Innate Soul Power were qualified to touch that realm, but now, there are piles of experts with Rank 7 or 8 Innate Soul Power breaking through to become Titled Douluo.
Knock, knock, knock...
A series of light knocks on the door woke Lu Cheng from his immersive Cultivation, and Mother Jiang's voice came from outside: "Xiao Cheng, are you asleep?"
"I'm not asleep; I'm cultivating."
Lu Cheng opened the door to see Mother Jiang's kind face; although she was nearly forty years old, Mother Jiang still looked charming, and one could still vaguely see the beauty of her youth. It was no wonder she could give birth to Jiang Nannan; her foundation was truly good.
Lu Cheng was somewhat taken aback, because usually, Mother Jiang would not easily come to disturb him after nightfall.
"This... is an elixir that Mom asked someone from the Xuanming Sect to find; it is said that it can increase Soul Power."
Mother Jiang's eyes were gentle as she handed over a jade bottle and stuffed it into Lu Cheng's palm.
"Don't overwork yourself; get some rest early."
After saying this, she turned and left.
Leaving Lu Cheng stunned for a long time.
His eyes were a little moist; after all, he was an orphan in his past life and had never experienced maternal love, so he was really not used to it now.
"What kind of elixir is this...?"
Lu Cheng composed himself and opened the jade bottle, but his eyes gradually widened in surprise.
As soon as he opened it, a faint medicinal fragrance wafted out. He poured the pill into his palm; it was round, smooth, and lustrous. In just a moment, Lu Cheng determined that this elixir was definitely very expensive.
If he truly swallowed it and absorbed its medicinal power, it was possible that his soul power would soar by three or four ranks directly.
Could it be... a mysterious water pill?!
It was the bet that Xu Sanshi lost to Bei Bei in the duel arena in the original story. Although this thing could not compare to a Divine Pill of the Xuanming Sect, its price was definitely not cheap.
Not to mention emptying the Jiang family's savings; even if they emptied their family assets, Mother Jiang probably wouldn't be able to afford it.
Could it be that Jiang Nannan also contributed a portion?!
That girl was already working while studying at Shrek Academy, scrimping and saving, and yet...
Lu Cheng was speechless for a long time.
He looked at the pale green elixir with a complex expression.
This mother and daughter were really... foolishly adorable.
They gave up such an important resource to a "trash" like him, rather than to a genius like Jiang Nannan.
He must take them away and escape the control of the Xuanming Sect.
Lu Cheng's eyes became increasingly firm.
No longer hesitating, he swallowed the pill and sat on the bed to start refining it. A warm aura followed the pill into his mouth and circulated through his whole body in a very short time. A few seconds later, the medicinal power began to disperse, and scorching flames slowly rose around his body, but they did not burn the bed. Lu Cheng was wrapped in a large flame, his eyes tightly closed.
And his soul power was rising rapidly...
Rank 4!
Rank 6!
Rank 8!
A night passed, and when Lu Cheng opened his eyes again, he was pleasantly surprised to find that he had actually increased by five ranks...
In the original story, after Huo Yuhao absorbed it, he increased by two ranks in one night. This thing, the mysterious water pill, was said to be able to increase Innate Soul Power by one rank—that is, talent, not just Soul Power—so when he woke up after the night, Lu Cheng felt his whole body stinking, with filth covering his skin.
While his physical fitness became stronger, his cultivation speed also became a tiny bit faster.
Speaking of which, it was quite interesting; although he had Rank 2 Innate Soul Power, his talent and cultivation speed were at least Rank 10 Innate. Therefore, after absorbing the mysterious water pill, Huo Yuhao's cultivation speed increased fourfold, but his own improvement was negligible.
After all, it was already maxed out, with little room for improvement.
But at the end of the day, this five-rank increase in Soul Power was really satisfying...
Lu Cheng clenched his fists, feeling the Soul Power that was more than ten times more abundant, and his eyes flashed with excitement.
"Mom, I'm going outside the city to chop wood..."
Lu Cheng hurriedly ate a few mouthfuls of porridge and then stood up, eager to go.
Nowadays, spirit tools are prevalent, but that is for the noble soul masters and soul engineers. For the bottom-level commoners of the Douluo Continent, it is still a very primitive lifestyle; cooking still requires chopping wood and lighting fires, which is also Lu Cheng's daily work.
Even though he was only eight years old, his height had reached 1.55 meters. Mother Jiang was frail, and Jiang Nannan was away, so manual labor like chopping wood fell on him.
He walked out of Xuanming City and headed toward the deep mountains outside the city.
He still remembered in the original story, in the late stage, when Huo Yuhao infiltrated Long City (a city in the north of the Heaven Dou Empire, bordering the Extreme North, containing the Heavenly Dragon Gate and Earthly Dragon Gate), which had been captured by the Sun Moon Empire, he gathered information... the Sun Moon Empire was promoting various convenient spirit tools for the people, such as heating equipment, bathing equipment, and so on.
In Lu Cheng's eyes, this should have been a good thing, and he even felt happy for the commoners; they had endured for thousands of years and finally lived a good life.
But in Huo Yuhao's eyes, it became the insidious and cunning people of the Sun Moon Empire corrupting the commoners of the Douluo Continent.
Lu Cheng: "..."
What is meant by being wary of the enemy's sugar-coated bullets?
Therefore, in the simulator, he would rather hand over the future to the Sun Moon Empire to complete the unification than let the old forces like Shrek Academy continue to ravage the common people.
If these commoners knew that their hero, Huo Yuhao, risked danger to rush into the enemy camp, sparing no effort to stop the Sun Moon Empire's attack, they would probably be moved to tears.
Heh...
Lu Cheng could only roll his eyes at this.
Who could it move? Probably only Huo Yuhao himself and a crowd of nobles from the Douluo Continent's forces.
In the Star Dou Great Forest.
The Xuanming Sect was located in the eastern part of the Heaven Dou Empire and also bordered the outermost edge of the Star Dou Great Forest, though it was far from the core area; however, deeper in, there were also quite a few Spirit Beasts appearing.
Therefore, Soul Masters or mercenary groups coming to hunt Spirit Beasts would occasionally appear here.
Lu Cheng kept his head down and walked past quickly.
It was not until he used his blood pupils to detect that there was no one within a hundred meters that he took a deep breath and, quite excitedly, summoned the Sun-Shooting Bow.
Last night, he was in Xuanming City, their headquarters; if anyone had noticed something wrong, it would have been troublesome.
And this place was at least tens of kilometers away from Xuanming City; those guys wouldn't go to such great lengths for a "trash" like him with Rank 2 Innate Soul Power.
A familiar feeling...
Lu Cheng was full of excitement as he raised the sun-shooting bow. He curled his two fingers on his right hand, and a fiery red arrow slowly condensed.
He pulled the bowstring to its full extent and shot the arrow at an ancient tree with a diameter of about one meter.
Boom-
With a thunderous sound.
The ancient tree snapped at the waist instantly; the upper half crashed down, smashing a patch of bushes.
"Is this the damage of Rank 8..."
Lu Cheng's eyes were burning.
As expected of the top-tier Martial Soul Sun-Shooting Bow, he felt that even without using a Soul Skill, he could at least fight a Rank 15 Spirit Grandmaster to a draw.
And even if he were to hunt for his first Soul Ring, he would be able to handle it easily.
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