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Heaven Dou Imperial Academy.
The Heaven Dou Emperor Team Training Grounds.
Xiao Lin had obtained the detailed status reports of the Heaven Dou Emperor Team members from Teacher Qin Ming. At this moment, he was constructing Martial Soul Data Panel profiles for the few who had recently obtained their new soul rings (written in the author's notes).
Thanks to the assistance of the immortal herbs, the overall strength of the current Heaven Dou Emperor Team was already superior to that of the Spirit Hall Team (at least from what Xiao Lin remembered).
Xiao Lin wasn't entirely clear on the exact strength of Hu Liena's team.
He only vaguely recalled that their team seemed to have three Soul King. In contrast, the current Heaven Dou Emperor Team already possessed five to six quasi-Soul King level experts: Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan.
Yu Tianheng had already returned home to obtain his soul ring, while Dugu Yan was only a tiny fraction away. As for the remaining members—Ye Lingling and the Shi brothers—they would easily reach the Soul King level within two years.
Osler and Yu Feng were slightly behind, but they could still come close to the Soul King realm.
On the other hand, the progress of Xiao Lin's group was slightly slower. After all, a portion of their soul power had to be redirected toward nurturing the growth of their blood and qi vitality (Xiao Wu had also mastered the absolute basics of blood and qi vitality).
A short while later.
Qin Ming received the Martial Soul Data Panel profiles that Xiao Lin had personally filled out. As his eyes scanned the Martial Soul Data Panel within the profiles, they instantly lit up.
"Good, good, excellent! This time, our Heaven Dou Imperial Academy's Heaven Dou Emperor Team will undoubtedly seize the championship and shake the entire world!"
Qin Ming laughed uproariously.
Then, turning his gaze toward Xiao Lin, he asked with a slight touch of awkwardness, "Uh... by the way, Xiao Lin, do you guys happen to have any free time?"
"I don't really have any free time. As for Little San and the others, they probably don't either."
Xiao Lin shook his head.
He was preparing to seek out Dugu Bo and head to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to cultivate, aiming to evolve his Right Leg Bone to the one-hundred-thousand-year standard. Since he could grow stronger without any side effects, he certainly wasn't going to drag his feet.
Furthermore, based on Xiao Lin's understanding of Tang San, Tang San would definitely continue his research on soul tool hidden weapons while ensuring his cultivation didn't slacken.
As for Tang Ni and Xiao Wu—one was a monstrous woman who cultivated like a lunatic, and the other still possessed a massive amount of residual medicinal efficacy from the King of Immortal Herbs that required constant cultivation to absorb.
Both of them likely had no free time to spare.
"Well, all right then. It looks like this matter can only be left to Osler and the others. It's just that we are short on hands," Qin Ming said, frowning slightly upon hearing his response.
"Well, all right then" usually meant things were far from all right.
Xiao Lin directly asked, "What's wrong, Teacher Qin Ming?"
"It's just that I finished talking with my former Dean, and we agreed to hold an exchange match between their students and ours. But right now, except for Yu Feng and Osler, everyone else has gone home. We don't have enough people."
Qin Ming explained briefly, and Xiao Lin instantly understood.
So the people from Shrek are coming here? But did they come during this specific timeframe in the original timeline? Xiao Lin couldn't quite remember.
However, Qin Ming was right. Ye Lingling and the Shi brothers had all returned to their respective clans. From what Xiao Lin knew, they had all gone back to fetch treasures to trade for the immortal herbs.
The same went for Ye Lingling; she refused to accept such a precious treasure as an immortal herb completely free of guilt, even though she had already agreed to provide Xiao Lin with unlimited healing for five years.
"Wait, that's not right!"
Xiao Lin suddenly noticed a discrepancy.
Did Shrek even have that many people left right now?
"Osler and Yu Feng alone should be more than enough to defeat the people from Shrek, right?"
Hearing Xiao Lin's doubt, Qin Ming naturally believed in the strength of Osler and Yu Feng as well.
It was just that they had originally agreed on a four-versus-four match. If two of them fought four and still won, wouldn't that completely strip his Shrek juniors of their dignity? If he had known it would turn out like this, Qin Ming wouldn't have sent the letter of invitation in the first place.
Faced with his alma mater Shrek and Dean Flender, Qin Ming still felt rather embarrassed. As for Dugu Yan, who actually was free, Qin Ming didn't dare let her out for a casual spar.
"Are you guys truly unable to squeeze out even a little bit of time? If I just let Yu Feng and Osler defeat a four-man Shrek team, I'll feel too ashamed," Qin Ming pressed further.
"Teacher Qin Ming, I definitely don't have time, and Little San and the others definitely don't either."
Xiao Lin could actually understand Qin Ming.
After all, aside from a certain degree of foolish loyalty, Qin Ming was probably the most normal person from Shrek, so it was natural for him to think this way. Even so, Xiao Lin wouldn't agree to anything on behalf of Little San and the others, especially when there was no benefit involved.
Furthermore, when it came to those perverts from Shrek, Xiao Lin couldn't even be bothered to pay them any mind. However, within Shrek, Zhu Zhuqing was actually quite decent. It was a pity that such a diligent and hardworking girl was going to be ruined by Shrek.
Huh?
A faint smile played across Xiao Lin's lips.
He seemed to have come up with a wicked idea.
"Teacher Qin Ming, I think we can handle it this way."
Following that, Xiao Lin slightly modified the rules of the exchange match.
The new rule allowed the Heaven Dou Emperor Team to draft one member from Shrek, effectively turning the match into a three-versus-three.
Based on Xiao Lin's understanding of Teacher Qin Ming's personality, Qin Ming would definitely select Zhu Zhuqing, who was currently the weakest in strength among the Shrek students.
At the same time, Shrek would likely refuse to let a powerful food-system soul master like Oscar go over to the Heaven Dou Emperor Team's side. This way, Teacher Qin Ming wouldn't be put in too difficult of a position after the exchange match.
Meanwhile, the remaining trio from Shrek would be utterly thrashed by Yu Feng and Osler. Just the thought of it made Xiao Lin feel a bit gleeful.
Xiao Lin just didn't know what kind of impression Zhu Zhuqing currently had of the Shrek Seven Devils. If her impression was poor, Xiao Lin wouldn't mind lending a hand to save Zhu Zhuqing, helping her escape the tiger's den.
After listening to Xiao Lin's suggestion, Qin Ming pondered for a moment, and his eyes lit up.
"This is actually a great idea. As expected of you."
Having secured a solution, Qin Ming was about to take the Martial Soul Data Panel profiles to the Board of Directors when he suddenly seemed to remember something.
Stepping closer to Xiao Lin, Qin Ming whispered, "This is a ten-thousand-year soul bone gifted to you guys by the three Directors. Think it over and decide who should absorb it."
"A ten-thousand-year soul bone? Such a precious item?"
Xiao Lin looked utterly bewildered.
The value of a ten-thousand-year soul bone was immense enough to make Titled Douluo powerhouses fight and kill for it. If the three Directors absorbed this soul bone themselves, they might even have a chance to break through and become Titled Douluo.
"This is the Wind Chasing Left Arm Bone. It doesn't suit the three Directors, so they insisted that I place it into your hands." Qin Ming grabbed Xiao Lin's hand, forcing him to take it.
In the end, even after Qin Ming had departed, Xiao Lin remained standing there in a daze, holding the Wind Chasing Left Arm Bone.
A soul bone that doesn't suit them?
In general, standard soul bone skills didn't interfere with one's martial soul.
At most, a soul bone of the same attribute as the martial soul would receive an amplification, while conflicting attributes would be deemed unsuitable. Xiao Lin really didn't see how this so-called Wind Chasing soul bone could be "unsuitable" for them.
Whatever, he would just accept this soul bone for now.
Since the three Directors thought so highly of him, he would conduct some real research using this soul bone. Once his research yielded solid results, he would return it to them. Regarding soul bones, he had already made a minor discovery.
This discovery was that soul bones could actually be upgraded. Aside from Xiao Lin's own conjectures, this discovery was backed by the shared experiences and insights of the two Great Dragon Kings.
The two Dragon Kings had once told Xiao Lin that soul bones were originally formed from Soul Cores. Upon receiving this definitive information, Xiao Lin became basically certain that soul bones could evolve.
Furthermore, the method for evolution was to restore the soul bone back into a "Soul Core," allowing it to grow alongside the soul master. To Xiao Lin, managing the growth of a Soul Core was easy enough, given that he had the assistance of the two Dragon Kings.
The true difficulty lay in cracking the hidden code of the soul bone—finding the original rotation direction, the speed, and the rotational frequency of the soul bone (Soul Core).
Even if he managed to crack the code, he would still need to peel back the outer layers of the soul bone to fully expose the Soul Core inside.
This was precisely the direction of Xiao Lin's current research.
Martial Soul Panel
Profile Member: Yu Feng
Martial Soul: Wind Chime Bird
Destructive Power: A (His fourth soul skill brings immense destructive power.)
Speed: A (One of the fastest agility-attack system soul masters within his rank.)
Range: B+
Durability: A (Stamina enhanced after absorbing Yellow Essence.)
Precision: B
Growth Potential: A-
Special Energy: A (The Yellow Wind of his fourth soul skill possesses powerful cutting capabilities and speed.)
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