After Yuan Ling'er awakened her martial soul, Yuan Xunlu immediately applied for leave from the Barak Intermediate Soul Master Academy, saying he needed to hurry and hunt for a soul ring for the little one.
"Uh, so Ling'er has innate full soul power, right?"
The teacher in the academic affairs office who approved the leave looked incredulous.
Since becoming a teacher at their school, Yuan Xunlu often brought Yuan Ling'er to play, so the teachers were quite familiar with her; everyone liked this cute and pretty little girl.
"Haha, that's right." Looking at the teacher's surprised expression, Yuan Xunlu thought to himself that he had really put on a good show. He was so proud that he just wanted to release his martial soul and then raise his dragon tail to the sky.
This was even more worthy of pride than him being innate full soul power.
You see, what was innate full soul power to Yuan Xunlu, a transmigrator? There were even cheaters with innate level 90 soul power next door!
But his child had innate full soul power,
and even twin martial souls—
that was different!
This was called 'the greatest cheat within reasonable limits'!
"Congratulations!" the teacher congratulated Yuan Xunlu.
"Thank you, thank you." Yuan Xunlu nodded with a beaming smile, then bid farewell and left the school.
Outside the school, a carriage was already ready to depart. The little boy leaned against the carriage window and waved to Yuan Xunlu as soon as he came out, "Dad!"
"Coming, coming, let's go! Let's go find the first spirit ring!"
"The Star Dou Great Forest is one of the three most famous spirit beast habitats on the continent.
Its area is almost equal to the land area of the Barak Kingdom, spanning the borders of the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire. Two-fifths of its area is in the Heaven Dou Empire, and
the other three-fifths is in the Star Luo Empire. It is a vast primeval forest. The terrain inside the forest is complex, with wetlands, swamps, and so on. The spirit beasts there are also extremely terrifying. The closer you get to the center of the forest, the stronger the spirit beasts become." Yuan Ling'er recalled the knowledge she had read in books before and reviewed this knowledge about the Star Dou Great Forest with Yuan Xunlu. "It's rare that you still remember." Yuan Xunlu was a little happy. This was just like in his previous world, where his child would quietly remember stories of historical figures. Regardless of whether they would be on the exam, at least others would think his child was a good student, making him, as a parent, very proud! " However, you must remember that the waters of the Star Dou Great Forest are very deep, and there are some ferocious beasts inside. So, before you become strong enough, never enter the core Lake of Life." Yuan Xunlu thought of Di Tian and the others, although they were still absorbing the essence of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm and wouldn't come out for the time being. "Ferocious beasts? Soul beasts over 200,000 years old?" Yuan Ling'er remembered that her father had records about these 200,000-year-old soul beasts on his bookshelf. "Yes." Yuan Ling'er looked at her father with admiration, her eyes sparkling, and asked, "Then who is stronger, those ferocious beasts or Dad? For example... that guy named Di Tian." "Uh..." Yuan Xunlu didn't know how to answer. Ling'er was comparing the Beast God Di Tian to him in terms of combat power— how could they be compared? One possessed the bloodline of the Black Dragon King, the other the bloodline of the Holy Light Dragon; they could barely be considered 'evenly matched.' However, Di Tian, with his 880,000-year cultivation comparable to a demigod, suppressed him . Add to that the divine skill 'Dragon God Claw,' and even a Title Douluo who wasn't like Huo Qubing or Little Dragon Man wouldn't be able to withstand a single blow from Di Tian. "I didn't win," Yuan Xunlu said with an embarrassed smile. At this moment, although he wanted to show off his Title Douluo aura in front of his little one, he was afraid that his little one would actually think that Title Douluos were invincible and provoke Di Tian and the others. "Maybe I'm only slightly inferior to a few ferocious beasts," Yuan Xunlu added. "Ah~" Yuan Ling'er also understood Yuan Xunlu's subtext: he couldn't win. "There's nothing I can do. Title Douluos aren't the strongest. I really can't beat a ferocious beast like Di Tian." Yuan Xunlu felt he was losing face. "Not necessarily~" Hearing this, Yuan Xunlu was taken aback. "Eh? So confident?" Yuan Ling'er smiled, her eyes filled with certainty. A day passed quickly. Although Yuan Xunlu was a Title Douluo, he certainly couldn't fly directly to the Star Dou Great Forest with Yuan Ling'er, as that would be a huge drain on his soul power. Therefore, they could only travel by carriage, which naturally made their journey slower.
"Look! We've arrived at Soto City!" Yuan Ling'er exclaimed excitedly, pointing to the thick city walls.
The Barak Kingdom wasn't actually very large, only about three-quarters the size of the Fasno Province.
Within this small kingdom were two powerful figures:
one was Yuan Xunlu's current home—Barak City, the capital and political and economic center of the kingdom;
the other was Soto City, located in the center of the fertile Lima Plain, known as the granary of Barak.
As for why Yuan Xunlu and Yuan Ling'er were in Soto City
, it was simple:
its location.
The Star Dou Great Forest was located southeast of the Barak Kingdom, bordering it in a small part. Soto City itself was also in the southeast, not far from the Star Dou Great Forest, less than 500 kilometers away.
Therefore,
using Soto City as a transit point was perfectly acceptable.
"I'll book a hotel first,
then we'll stroll around the streets, have a meal, and
finally go back to the hotel to shower.
Tomorrow I'll take you directly to the Star Dou Great Forest,"
Yuan Xunlu said to the little one, having arranged the itinerary.
It was already dark when they entered Soto City through the west gate. After paying the carriage driver, Yuan Xunlu and Little One began strolling through the streets of Soto City.
Unlike the curfew system of Yuan Xunlu's previous life, although the social development level of Douluo Continent was only like that of medieval Europe, the commercial districts were still thriving at night, with bright lights and a peaceful atmosphere—
provided you ignore the slums for now.
"It's really different from Barak City," Yuan Ling'er said, riding on Yuan Xunlu's shoulders, her big eyes reflecting the everyday life of the city.
"Ah, that's true. And as the saying goes, even a seventh-rank official under the emperor's nose isn't a big deal here. There aren't many pretentious nobles. It would be very comfortable living here." Yuan Xunlu had been to Soto City more than once, and he naturally began to introduce Soto City to his little one.
Yuan Ling'er looked up at her father's head. "Since Soto City is a good place to live, why doesn't Daddy live there?"
"Too much trouble."
Yuan Xunlu didn't know how to explain to Yuan Ling'er that a scoundrel named Tang San would be coming to this place in the future.
Anyway,
after he discovered that his timeline was before Tang San's,
he actually tried many things to interfere,
but all of them were corrected by the powerful spacetime correction force.
So,
now he only wanted to stay away from the protagonist and
seek a peaceful life.
"Trouble... is indeed a lot." For some reason, a layer of mist welled up in Yuan Ling'er's eyes, then disappeared.
"Hmm?"
Yuan Xunlu didn't understand.
Yuan Ling'er hugged her father's head, saying helplessly,
"So what if there's a lot of trouble? I'm not afraid of trouble."
Yuan Xunlu seemed to sense that his little one was a bit off, but he couldn't figure out anything, so he just went along with what she said:
"Yeah, no matter how big the problem is, your dad will support you." Yuan Ling'er
giggled
and said,
"I believe in Dad,
because
I had a dream,
and in it,
Dad was always there to back me up." (End of Chapter)