Chapter 48: Another Cycle Begins
A month passed in the blink of an eye.
Mo Bai exhaled, finally returning to the time state similar to when he was at Notting Academy.
The Heart Separation Control was researched from scratch, and it took far longer than he had imagined, even with Xiao Wu researching desperately as if her 'love-struck brain' had flared up.
The current progress has only reached the level of Three-Fold Heart Separation.
It was enough for the time being, allowing him time to do his own things.
For this past month, he had been almost entirely in a state of immersion; he rarely went out and even Cultivated very little, but the results were good.
Thanks to the believer mechanism of rewarding those who recruit others, the number of believers had surged from the original 10,000 to 40,000 in a short period.
This pace was... slow, compared to what he had imagined!
Ordinary people make up the vast majority of the population on the Douluo Continent, at least in the hundreds of millions, so this speed is definitely slow.
But upon careful reflection, it is understandable; most of the current believers have not yet reached the Soul Master Realm, they only possess a degree of Soul Power, and the highest among them are merely a few Soul Elders.
Possessing precious treasures, no one is a fool; they know that only with strength does one have the capital for development.
Otherwise, how could they convince others? How could they protect themselves?
In that case, the growth rate of believers is actually not slow.
Mo Bai nodded in approval; this matter could not be rushed.
Besides the believers, those around him also progressed: Shadow One achieved a Breakthrough to Spirit Ancestor, Xiao Wu practiced the Heart Separation Control, enabling her to use her mind for two things at once, which doubled her Cultivation efficiency, and Ah Yin's Soul Power also increased by one Rank.
Having moved to a place where the Blue Silver Grass was more lush, she was in a recovery period; before returning to her original cultivation level, Ah Yin's Soul Power growth rate was faster than anyone else's.
Furthermore, there was one other thing that happened this month.
——Dai Mubai had visited three times.
At that time, he had not yet mastered the Heart Separation Control and did not have time to interact with Dai Mubai, but he had instructed the Shadow Department to investigate Dai Mubai's purpose.
The result was the same as he had expected: undoubtedly sordid.
Subsequently, he directly rejected all of Dai Mubai's visits, not worrying in the slightest about falling out with Dai Mubai, because his control did not require interaction, only eye contact.
The existence of Shrek was merely a pawn for him to deceive Tang San; the degree of manifestation had not reached a level requiring him to expend much effort.
Even if higher, it would not be higher than Xiao Wu; that was enough.
And it was not just Dai Mubai.
The entire Suotuo City was under his surveillance.
The Pupil Department and the Shadow Department cooperated with each other; in the distance, members of the Pupil Department used Clairvoyance to observe, while closer by, members of the Shadow Department lurked in the darkness to monitor.
Basically, no movement could escape his notice.
The itinerary of Shrek and the others was clearly recorded; if he wanted to manipulate things later, it would just be a matter of taking a trip.
Additionally...
Mo Bai touched the white silk ribbon wrapped around his eyes.
He had already adapted to the Martial Soul Awakening, but his current eyes—golden concentric circles with pink light inside—were truly too eye-catching; anyone who saw them would immediately become vigilant.
Rather than that, it was more practical to keep the silk ribbon on to cover them. Not only did it make his image appear more mysterious and gentle, but it also served the purpose of playing the pig to eat the tiger, which might have great use in the future.
It did not have much impact on his daily life, and instead, he could use it to shut off his vision to focus more on utilizing his Spiritual Power, killing many birds with one stone.
Thinking of this, a slight smile curled at the corners of Mo Bai's mouth.
Afterwards, he settled his mind and began to operate the ontological martial soul Meditation Technique that Xiao Wu had recently developed, to test the Cultivation speed of his Martial Soul, which was beyond Innate full soul power and had undergone a second Awakening.
...
Outside the courtyard, having been rejected once again, Dai Mubai took a deep breath, suppressing the irritation rising in his heart. He cast a backward glance at the luxurious residence and couldn't help but curse inwardly,
"Damn blind man!"
Back when the carriage stopped, the scene of a blind young master being helped down from the carriage was seen by many passersby, and it could be known clearly by spending a little money.
He had originally spent money to find out about it in preparation for building a good relationship, but now he couldn't even meet the person!
He was clearly a blind man; what a waste of heaven's gifts!
Dai Mubai snorted coldly and strode away.
In the shadow of a corner, a pair of indifferent eyes stared at his departing back, and the figure turned into a shadow and followed.
The aura of a Spirit Ancestor was quietly released.
On the other side.
A bishop of a certain Spirit Hall branch looked at a report about a cult submitted by his subordinates and pondered for a while.
Some time ago, his superiors had mentioned to him that the Supreme Pontiff's Disciple, Hu Liena, had broken through to a 40th Rank Spirit Ancestor at 16 and received the Spirit Hall badge; she had just come of age.
Her Cultivation talent had been recognized, but to become the Spirit Hall Holy Maiden, talent in Cultivation alone was not enough; political achievements were also needed.
But what kind of major task could a Spirit Ancestor of Rank 40+ accomplish? Catching some Evil Soul Masters? It wasn't the right time yet.
The Supreme Pontiff probably wouldn't feel at ease letting her handle overly dangerous tasks alone; after all, this concerned not only Hu Liena's reputation but also the Supreme Pontiff's prestige.
Dealing with this kind of emerging, small-scale cult seemed just right, and a cult born in a small city would have at most a hundred people; with the strength of a Spirit Ancestor, leading a team to handle it would be absolutely no problem.
Their doctrines were contradictory, which was in itself a key focus of Spirit Hall.
The effect and attention brought by handling this type of matter would not be much weaker than capturing some low-level Evil Soul Masters.
It was a very suitable political achievement.
The branch bishop nodded, stamped the document, and passed it up one level.
...
The next day, in Suotuo City.
News spread that the famous playboy, Young Master Dai, had been beaten up and thrown into a sewer, which many people treated as after-meal gossip and felt quite relieved by.
Relying on the prestige of the Shrek Four-Eyed Owl, Flender, this Young Master Dai usually lorded over others in the city quite often.
Now, someone had finally found him an eyesore.
"What? Do you want me to punish you for this?"
Mo Bai helplessly sensed Shadow One, who was silent before him. Seeing her not reply, he added, "Even if you had killed Dai Mubai, I would not punish you, so rest assured.
I trust you more than you imagine."
Upon hearing this, Shadow One raised her head, her eyes staring straight at Mo Bai's face. After a moment of silence, she lowered her eyelids, returned to her original cold appearance, submerged back into the shadows, and continued to uphold her duties.
Even though her strength now was not much higher than Mo Bai's, or was only higher in Rank, and there were many others with higher strength than her, such as Shadow Two... she was used to it.
Mo Bai didn't care much; it was a plain and unremarkable small matter, not worth him expending effort on. He calmed his mind again and devoted himself to Cultivation.
Meanwhile, at Shrek Academy.
In a wooden house, the food system Soul Master Shao Xin, who possessed the Sugar Bean Martial Soul, came out with his sleeve covering his nose, retching for a while, and said with lingering fear on his chubby face:
"That was truly ruthless, the city's wastewater... this soaking has really permeated, and it probably won't go away for ten days or half a month."
"Is there any danger to life?" asked Flender, a middle-aged man wearing glasses who looked shrewd, frowning.
"Uh... there is no danger to life, but psychologically, I probably won't be able to recover for a while; at the very least, I already have a trauma."
After saying this, Shao Xin stuffed a handful of sugar beans into Flender's hand, "I leave the follow-up to you; in any case, I don't want to smell it a second time. Goodbye."
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