Chapter 6: A New Mission

Chapter 6: A New Mission

Where there's demand, there's a market. As the largest virgin soul beast forest on the Douluo Continent, the Star Dou Great Forest naturally attracted countless soul masters seeking soul rings.

To meet the needs of these soul masters, small towns gradually emerged around the Star Dou Great Forest, each consisting of shops and inns specializing in selling items urgently needed by soul masters.

After arriving at this unnamed small town, Milo and Xiao Yu casually found a decent inn and settled down.

Xiao Yu took a refreshing bath, washing away the dust of the past few days, and then lay on the big bed with a contented expression.

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for single-handedly killing a hundred-year soul beast and absorbing its soul ring. The black-level mission is completed, and the host is rewarded with one black-level character summoning card and 100 diamonds."

At this moment, the system's notification sound slowly rang out.

"System, you really react slowly. It's been half a day since I absorbed the soul ring, and you're just now reacting," Xiao Yu quipped, then immediately decided to use the newly obtained black character card. At his current level of strength, the more powerful allies he had around him, the better.

"Ding! The black character selection is complete. Congratulations to the host for obtaining the Underworld Fighter, Tianbao Starlight Fire, martial soul, the Benü Bird. Pre-innate soul power level: 9, current soul power level: 85."

"Indeed, it's the Underworld System," Xiao Yu quipped again, but he was very satisfied with the selection result. This Tianbao Starlight Fire was a fighter of the Underworld from the LC era, with formidable strength, often compared to the three giants of the Underworld. It was considered an archenemy of the Golden Saint Fighter Tong Hu of the Libra Constellation.

With a Soul Douluo-level and a Soul Saint-level powerhouse protecting him, Xiao Yu breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he didn't provoke top forces like the Spirit Hall or the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, which possessed Titled Douluo-level powerhouses, he could basically walk sideways on the continent.

"Ding! Detection of the host's breakthrough to level ten and arrival at the Soul Master realm. A new mission is now issued as follows:"

"Task One: Enroll in a junior Soul Master academy. The task level corresponds to the enrolled academy, with specific corresponding relationships as follows:"

In an instant, Xiao Yu saw the full map of the Douluo Continent in his mind, with each small point representing a junior Soul Master academy.

Xiao Yu reached out and tapped on one of the highlighted circles, and immediately the detailed information of the academy popped up, including its name, size, address, the cultivation level of the dean, the average level of the teachers, and the level associated with the task.

It took about twenty minutes for Xiao Yu to browse through all these junior Soul Master academies and basically grasp all the information about them.

Among them, the task level corresponding to the Soul Master academies was highest at the black level. There were three academies in total: the Spirit Hall Junior Academy, the Tian Dou Royal Junior Soul Master Academy, and the Star Luo Royal Junior Soul Master Academy.

With Xiao Yu's qualifications, enrolling in these academies was not difficult. However, just by looking at the names of these three academies, one could guess which force they belonged to. After witnessing Xiao Yu's potential, these major forces would be crazy to let him go.

Even if they didn't force Xiao Yu to join, studying in a Soul Master academy for six years would inevitably involve using the academy's resources, which was akin to owing a favor. And the hardest thing to repay in this world is a favor.

Below these three academies, there are more than a dozen Soul Master academies that can rank up to the Purple Grade. Out of curiosity, Xiao Yu checked the ranking of the Nuoding Academy. It has a dean with the rank of Soul Ancestor, and the Nuoding Academy also offers Yellow Grade rewards.

However, Tang San is only one year old now. By the time he and Xiao Wu enroll, Xiao Yu will almost be graduating. It's almost impossible for them to even interact. As for trying to snatch Xiao Wu or stifle Tang San while he's still in the cradle, the risk is just too high. Don't forget, they have someone wielding a hammer watching over them.

"Let's just find a suitable one from these dozen or so Purple Grade Soul Master academies."

Xiao Yu slowly moved the map that appeared before him out of thin air, browsing through each academy that met the criteria.

For most Soul Masters, being able to join a powerful sect-affiliated academy is undoubtedly excellent. Therefore, many academies backed by forces have straightforward names to attract students. Xiao Yu can basically guess the power behind them just by looking at the names.

After eliminating several obviously unsuitable academies, Xiao Yu's gaze fell on one named the Mingjing Junior Soul Master Academy.

The dean of this academy is a fifty-seventh level Soul King, and the average cultivation level of the teachers is also around Soul Ancestor. The academy is located in the Kaiser Province next to the Sylvia Kingdom, far from the Spirit City, Heaven Dou City, and Star Luo City, making it the perfect choice for Xiao Yu.

After closing the pop-up academy map interface, Xiao Yu saw that there were several additional tasks listed below joining the Junior Soul Master Academy:

"Task Two: Become the chief disciple within one year, the task level corresponds to the task level of the academy upon enrollment."

"Task Three: Become the academy chief disciple within three years, the task level is reduced by one level compared to the academy's corresponding task level. If the enrollment level of the academy is White Grade, this task is invalid."

"Task Four: Successfully graduate from the Junior Soul Master Academy, the task level corresponds to the task level of the academy upon enrollment."

"Task Five, Red Grade Task: Breakthrough to the Soul Ancestor level within one year."

"Task Six, Black Grade Task: Breakthrough to the Soul Ancestor level within three years."

"Task Seven, Purple Grade Task: Breakthrough to the Soul Ancestor level before graduating from the Soul Master Academy."

"Becoming the chief disciple mainly tests combat ability, while graduating seems more like a welfare gift. With my current talent, unless the academy is mistaken, it's impossible for me not to graduate once I enroll."

Xiao Yu muttered to himself, "The next three tasks are to urge my cultivation. The lowest Purple Grade requires breaking through level thirty before graduation. I remember Tang San and Xiao Wu graduated from the Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy at level twenty-nine, and shortly after arriving at Shrek, they both broke through level thirty. So, it's almost like the system's minimum requirement for me is to keep up with these two."

Why is it called a minimum requirement? Xiao Yu estimates it's because Tang San, who graduated from the Nuoding Academy, hasn't eaten Immortal Grass yet, so his cultivation speed hasn't reached its peak. Plus, he still needs to forge and earn money in the academy, which has taken up quite a bit of his time.

As for Xiao Wu, as a Soul Beast reincarnation, she should have been the fastest in cultivation among the Seven Monsters of Shrek. This can be seen from the fact that the other six people all broke through Soul Ancestor by using Immortal Grass during the Soul Master Competition, while Xiao Wu, because she didn't use a similar flower like the others, initially lagged behind but eventually broke through level forty and reached the same level as the others when she participated in the finals in Spirit City.

So, in summary, Xiao Wu didn't manage to break through level thirty upon graduating from the Junior Soul Master Academy mostly because this rogue rabbit often spends time eating, drinking, having fun, and causing trouble.

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