Chapter Eighty-Eight: What Sort of Monster Has Escaped from Which Family? (3)

“Is this... a second martial spirit?”

The master cried out at once, then quickly shook his head with a helpless sigh.

Although Lin An possessed twin martial spirits, he was far too old.

He had already passed the best age to become a soul master; even if he began cultivating now, his future achievements would be limited.

“You should have innate soul power at its maximum, shouldn’t you?” the master asked next.

“That’s right. I came to you this time because I heard you are the person on the continent with the deepest understanding of martial spirits, and because my current situation is something I believe will also interest you,” Lin An continued.

“Oh? Let’s hear it.”

At first, the master had thought that what Lin An meant to intrigue him was his rare pair of martial spirits, but looking at him now, that did not seem to be the case.

Lin An pondered for a moment, organizing his thoughts, and only then spoke.

“Actually, I can be considered a fairly gifted genius. But because of some special circumstances, I now need to start over. I need to fuse soul rings again. By my estimation, I should be able to merge at least three, perhaps even more, at once, and directly become a great soul master!”

“Oh? I’ve never heard of such a situation before. But according to my research, that kind of thing is basically impossible.”

The master fell silent for a moment before speaking.

Clearly, he was seriously considering what Lin An had told him.

“Then you were already a soul master before?”

“No. I only awakened my martial spirit yesterday,” Lin An said with a shake of his head.

“That’s impossible. Show me your martial spirit again!” the master said.

The dragon-elephant and true dragon martial spirits instantly appeared behind Lin An. Though they had only just awakened, the master could still feel an immense pressure from them.

Both were beast martial spirits, and both were extremely powerful ones.

For an ordinary person to obtain even one would be a blessing beyond measure, yet now both had appeared on the same person.

He had already begun to suspect that Lin An might not merely possess innate soul power at its maximum. If his soul power had truly reached level twenty directly, then it might even have surpassed that, reaching an unprecedented level thirty on the Douluo Continent.

According to his research, among twin martial spirits there was always one weaker one, but Lin An’s two martial spirits both gave him a similar feeling. For them to have surpassed level twenty did not seem strange at all.

“What exactly do you need me to do?”

By now, the master had indeed become interested.

“Help me choose the most suitable soul rings. I also need to understand some things about soul rings, soul beasts, and soul masters,” Lin An said.

This was a real world, and advancing in it was no easy matter. It was not like in the Dou Qi world, where one could simply break through once one’s realm was reached and the timing was right.

Here, every ten levels brought a bottleneck. Only by fusing a soul ring could one continue advancing, and even a titled Douluo had to follow this rule.

“That can be arranged. It’s just that I’ve never seen your martial spirits before, nor even heard of them. Do you understand your own martial spirits?”

The master asked a little awkwardly. He believed that on the Douluo Continent, any soul beast or martial spirit he did not know of was basically impossible to exist, yet now two martial spirits he had never even heard of had suddenly appeared.

That left him feeling somewhat embarrassed.

“That’s not a problem...”

With that, Lin An began explaining the dragon-elephant martial spirit and the true dragon martial spirit.

The deeper the master listened, the more shocked he became. He had never imagined there could be martial spirits so powerful and terrifying in this world, and he even began to doubt whether these two spirits should exist on the Douluo Continent at all.

“This Notting Junior Soul Master Academy may not be large, but because of me, the books you want to read can basically all be found here. I’ll give you a token later. Whatever you want to know, many books can provide the answer.”

After speaking, the master handed Lin An a wooden token. After all, Lin An was an outsider, neither teacher nor student, so some proof of identity was naturally required.

Lin An accepted the token. “For now, I’ll be staying in Notting City. I want to obtain my own soul ring as soon as possible. How about we leave three days from now?”

Three days would be enough for him to learn some of the secrets of the Douluo Continent.

“If it’s only the first soul ring, then taking you to the Soul Hunting Forest myself would be enough. But clearly, your situation isn’t something that can be solved with just one soul ring. The soul beasts you’ll need to hunt will be very powerful. Relying on me alone, I’m afraid I wouldn’t be able to help you obtain a second soul ring.”

The master said worriedly. Lin An’s situation was unusual; he could very well obtain his first soul ring and then continue on to the second.

“Don’t worry. My strength is very great.”

“More than that, I’m not alone.”

As he spoke, two different flames of distinct colors appeared out of thin air in Lin An’s hands. Feeling the terrifying heat radiating from the strange flames, the master instantly understood that Lin An was far from as simple as he appeared.

At the same time, the Golden Winged Lion King flew out from the Hall of the Underworld.

“I was about to suffocate myself to death. I say, Master, with your strength, if you want to do something, why not just go and do it? Why go to all this trouble and take such a roundabout way to do useless things?”

Xiao Zi could not quite understand Lin An’s thinking. Back in the Jia Ma Empire, no matter whom he faced, he had always been fearless. Why had he suddenly become so cautious after arriving in a strange place?

“Do you even know what it means to endure hardship before enjoying sweetness?” Lin An shot the Golden Winged Lion King a glare.

Perhaps because it was a magical beast, the Golden Winged Lion King had not been affected much.

By now, it might be more fitting to call it the Golden Crystal Winged Lion King. Its appearance had long since changed, its entire body surging with golden light, giving off an air of unmatched valor.

The master stared at the soul beast before him, one he had never seen in his life, already dumbstruck.

Especially considering the fluctuations emanating from it, he felt it might not be weaker than a Soul Elder-level expert.

After a long while, the master wiped the sweat from his forehead. “If that’s the case, then going to the Soul Hunting Forest should not be much of a problem!”

“Also, could you keep your soul beast a little more low-key? If people see it, it might cause a panic.”

After all, this was a small place. If such a terrifying soul beast were seen, it would likely frighten many people.

Without Lin An needing to remind it, Xiao Zi’s body quickly shrank. Before long, it had become only about the size of an ordinary pet dog. Gone was its former might; instead, it now gave off a rather adorable impression.

Soon, Lin An took the token and went off to attend to his affairs.

Watching Lin An’s departing figure, the master murmured softly, “What kind of monstrous genius has run out from somewhere?”