Chapter 16: Travel

"Huh - let's stop here for today. There's nothing left in the academy that can help me become stronger. Blindly practicing hard can only make me a Soul King in six years at most. I still need to go out more and try my luck." Li Luochen made up his mind to venture out.

Li Luochen first went to find his grandfather, Li Yusong. Despite his hair turning gray and a lot of white hair, Li Yusong looked younger and more energetic.

"Grandpa, I plan to travel around the continent. My cultivation is almost done now, so it would be nice to go out and see the continent."

Li Yusong looked at his only grandson with deep emotion. His grandson was once muddle-headed but had become a better person after experiencing hardship. After awakening his martial spirit, he soared to great heights.

Now, the family martial spirit, the dragon-patterned stick, had begun to evolve in Li Luochen's hands. Li Luochen's dragon-patterned stick was stronger than Li Yusong's and was a top-notch existence among high-level martial spirits.

It was possible for it to evolve into the top level of martial spirit. If that happened, Li Luochen would definitely become a Titled Douluo in the future.

"Okay, go ahead. Just be careful. Xiaochen, you've been smart since you were young. You should know how to avoid being eaten by the strong. Grandpa will wait for you to come back safely at home."

Li Yusong looked at his grandson with a smile. Though he was reluctant to let him go, he knew that ever since Li Luochen awakened his martial spirit, his grandson was no ordinary person and would definitely go out to explore the world.

After bidding farewell to his grandfather, Li Luochen went to find Flanders, his principal. Ever since Li Luochen showed his talent, Flanders had been very supportive, providing help with soul hunting, sparring, medicinal baths, whale glue, and cultivation resources.

Li Luochen had the best cultivation resources among all the Shrek students in history. Except for not enjoying the mimicry cultivation, he had no bad resources in other aspects of cultivation.

Li Luochen felt that Flanders' spending on him might be better than that of the main battle team of Tiandou Royal Academy. Fortunately, Li Luochen worked hard and earned Flanders a lot of face.

Flanders was the first benefactor of Li Luochen since he came to this world. Flanders certainly had shortcomings, but his character was solid. He was tactful in dealing with people and things and was very powerful. He was likely to break through to the Soul Douluo level in about three years.

Why is the Barak Kingdom so powerful? Because they have two Soul Douluos protecting them. Even if the Titled Douluos don't appear, the Soul Douluos are the top ones.

At that time, Titled Douluos were rare. There were only four Titled Douluos in the Spirit Hall. The three major sects all had Titled Douluos, the Xingluo Empire had a royal priest who was a Titled Douluo, and the Tiandou Empire had the priest Dugu Bo. Besides them, there were no more. These were the only active Titled Douluos at present.

If Flanders became a Soul Douluo, his status would greatly improve, and both empires and even the Spirit Hall would try to win him over.

Li Luochen arrived outside Flanders' office. At this time, eight-year-old Oscar and six-year-old Ma Hongjun were practicing against each other, moving left and right.

Oscar was a food-type soul master. His combat power was not strong, but he had the heart of a fighting soul master. Li Luochen knew that Oscar's talent was strong, second only to the talents of the three gods. If he didn't give up, he would probably be better than the unawakened Tang San.

Oscar always dreamed of becoming a combat soul master and wanted to fight, but reality dealt him a heavy blow. As a food system soul master, he had to hide behind combat soul masters all his life. This frustrated him and made him lose focus on his cultivation.

Li Luochen reminded him, "The auxiliary system will never have combat power unless it has soul bones, but the food system may be different from the ordinary auxiliary system. 

Oscar, you have an innate food-related talent with full soul power, which may not necessarily mean you cannot gain combat power. As far as I know, there are two soul beasts: one is the Silver-English Beast, which has the ability to copy, allowing you to replicate others' attacks. The other is the Mirror Beast, which can copy the abilities of others. These two soul beasts may give you combat power, but it's best if these two soul beasts are your fifth and sixth soul rings.

The ten thousand-year spirit ring is a qualitative change. Your first four rings should still focus on assistance. This way, you can have both combat and auxiliary capabilities. You can be said to be an all-rounder. Of course, you need to train with Hongjun from now on to build up the foundation of a combat spirit master first."

Li Luochen's arrangement for Oscar was not opposed by the Shrek teachers. Li Luochen's martial spirit knowledge had surpassed theirs, and there was no harm in teaching Oscar and Ma Hongjun.

Oscar's first soul ring was beyond the limit for five hundred years. Flanders once gave Oscar a hundred-year-old whale glue to improve his physique so he could absorb soul rings beyond the limit.

Why not use thousand-year whale glue? Oscar's cultivation was not enough, and as a food type, thousand-year whale glue was difficult to digest and would cause lust. However, Oscar would change a lot even with hundred-year whale glue.

Oscar's second soul ring could absorb at least an eight-hundred-year-old soul ring. The benefits of exceeding the limit of soul ring absorption to his body were enormous.

Ma Hongjun's soul power was now level 12, and his first soul ring was close to its limit. He could not take whale glue at the moment. Whale glue has a certain aphrodisiac effect. If he ate it now, it would cause problems.

As for Ma Hongjun, Li Luochen didn't want him to become a brothel phoenix. If you're full of energy, find a deserted place and use up all your soul power. Exercise until you have no strength left and see if you're still energetic.

When Ma Hongjun fell down, Oscar carried him back up. This was also a kind of exercise for Oscar, a weight-bearing exercise.

Absorbing the soul beast of the Phoenix bloodline had many benefits for Ma Hongjun. The Phoenix bloodline stabilized, and at least before the third ring, he wouldn't explode and die.

His energy was a bit too strong, but it wasn't a big problem. He just needed to consume it. Li Luochen had high hopes for Ma Hongjun.

A top-grade beast martial spirit with top fire attribute, once it stabilized and reached the ultimate fire, it would become a super martial spirit. Such talent could not become the bottom of the Shrek Seven Devils.

The Shrek Seven Devils still needed to be established. The rise of Tang San was a trend, manipulated by gods behind the scenes. Tang San was destined to be the son of destiny who would definitely become a god.

The general situation couldn't be changed, but the minor situation could be. It wasn't impossible to intercept some key opportunities for him. Even if he found other opportunities, they might not be as good as the ones he truly deserved.

Moreover, even if the Shrek Seven Devils were formed, they wouldn't be controlled by Yu Xiaogang. At least Oscar and Ma Hongjun were under Li Luochen's influence.

Li Luochen didn't believe that Tang San, who was misled by the great spirit master Yu Xiaogang into cultivating the poisonous blue silver grass in a new way, could be as good as Ma Hongjun, whom he personally trained.