In Douluo, there is a way to die.

Chapter 144 Now the kitten has become a big cat

As the night passed, the Shrek Academy group, who had found another place to stay, gradually woke up. Although they had already paid for their accommodation at the previous hotel, Zhao Wuji dared not go back to return the money under Yin Luo's gaze. The Title Douluo had said he didn't want to see them. They had barely escaped with their lives, and going back would be tantamount to courting death.

The group of seven left the town and began to speed up their journey toward the Star Dou Great Forest. Apart from Zhao Wuji, who was leading the way, and Ning Rongrong, who remained silent, the other five were not in good condition.

Tang San rubbed his neck. He had even missed the time to cultivate the Purple Demon Eye this morning. In order to prevent these children from waking up in the middle of the night and running back to their deaths, Zhao Wuji used a lot of force to knock them unconscious, ensuring that they could get a good night's sleep.

The group remained silent throughout the journey. Even Oscar, who should have been the most excited about acquiring his third spirit ring, kept quiet to avoid offending anyone.

In the distance, the unique fragrance of the primeval forest wafted towards us, refreshing and invigorating, giving us an indescribable sense of comfort. The relaxation and comfort brought by the fresh air finally relieved the pressure that had lingered on everyone from the previous night.

"Teacher Zhao," Tang San, who had relaxed a bit, finally couldn't help but break the silence, "Do you know the identities of the girls who attacked me and Xiao Wu, and Boss Dai, that day?"

Upon hearing this, Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun subconsciously looked at Zhao Wuji. On the Douluo Continent, the title "Your Majesty" is not only used to address nobles of a certain status, but also as a respectful title for Title Douluos. However, Title Douluos are the smallest minority among Soul Masters on the continent. Out of at least 500 million people on the entire continent, the total number of Title Douluos may not even exceed fifty.

Therefore, they were somewhat presumptuous. At first, they thought she was just a young nobleman who had inherited her family title, and they even thought that Zhao Wuji could personally put on a show of "not being afraid of power" and "not daring to cause trouble is mediocre". No one expected that the silver-haired loli who looked even younger than them was actually a titled Douluo!
Xiao Wu followed closely behind Tang San, trying her best to hide her presence. Her expression remained rather unpleasant, and no one in the group noticed the hidden fear and relief in her eyes—she believed that Yin Luo hadn't noticed her identity. Otherwise, she, a conspicuously obvious "100,000-year-old transformed soul beast," wouldn't be alive now. Even if no one could absorb her 100,000-year soul ring, the 100,000-year soul bone produced had no absorption threshold, and that was the number one treasure on the Soul Master's Dream Ranking in this era!
Oscar, too, started to ponder the logic of "a mediocre person is one who doesn't dare to cause trouble" because of what happened last night... What if he offended a Title Douluo next time? He's a food-type Soul Master, he wouldn't be able to run away!
He glanced at Ning Rongrong furtively. Unlike his oblivious companions, Ning Rongrong, as a food-type soul master with no combat power and a naturally slower cultivation speed than other types, knew that reading between the lines was essential to improving her survival skills. He suspected that the fact that no one had died yesterday was entirely due to Ning Rongrong's identity, which made the other party wary.

A hint of hesitation flashed across Zhao Wuji's face. Of course he knew the other person. It had only been about half a month since he was beaten up. Just thinking about it made his whole body feel like it was still groaning. He still didn't understand what methods the other party had used to make him and Flander suffer so much.

The reason for his hesitation was that he wasn't exactly a cultured person. He only knew that Yin Luo was a Title Douluo with the "Blue Silver Emperor" martial soul. This was all Flander had told him that day. He knew nothing else. Because of his reputation, he didn't have a good relationship with other soul masters in the soul master world. Considering his reputation, he was even less likely to spread the story of being beaten up. This meant that even if the students asked him now, he couldn't give them a clear answer.

...I should have asked Flander a few more questions. Didn't he get beaten up too?

Zhao Wuji felt a pang of regret; he hadn't yet managed to give a normal lesson to his students.

“That is the royal guest advisor behind the current Crown Prince Xue Qinghe of Tiandou, the Blue Silver Douluo Yinluo, a level 94 control-type titled Douluo,” Ning Rongrong, who had been silent for three days, finally spoke. “Just like my father chose to take His Highness the Crown Prince as his disciple, she is also one of the investors of the Tiandou royal family.”

A guest elder of the Heaven Dou royal family… Dai Mubai’s pupils contracted, then he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he had released his White Tiger Martial Soul earlier. So what if he was a guest elder of the Heaven Dou royal family? So what if he was a Title Douluo? As long as the news of his crippling hadn’t spread, he still had a chance to compete for the position of Crown Prince of the Star Luo royal family. Although he knew he was unlikely to win that position, there was no doubt that this identity was still useful. Being able to save his life in a crisis was proof of that. If he didn’t want to trigger a war between the two countries, then the Blue Silver Douluo wouldn’t dare to attack him!

Ma Hongjun's face was still bloodless. He was not as at ease as Dai Mubai. He just wanted to slap himself a few times. He had been restraining himself for so many days, so why did he lose control of his temper yesterday?
Especially after hearing Tang San's words, he recalled the scene more than half a month ago when Flander and Zhao Wuji were carried back to the academy with pale faces by the people of the Spirit Hall. If he was not mistaken, when the two of them were trying to get revenge for Dai Mubai that day, they probably ran into that Blue Silver Douluo and got a beating.

A look that was worse than crying appeared on his face. How did things turn out this way?
Upon hearing this, the others also looked at Ning Rongrong, waiting for her to continue.

Ning Rongrong's complexion finally improved a bit. These past few days, she had been ostracized by this "monster" group. Although Yinluo had told her yesterday to think about it when she got back, she was just a carefree little princess who had lived in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School in the past. She was only twelve years old this year. In any case, the targeting launched by her peers made her extremely uncomfortable.

Feeling needed again made Ning Rongrong feel a little better. She shared what she knew: "I don't really know much about this Blue Silver Queen. I only know that her martial soul is the Blue Silver Emperor, known as the 'Emperor of Blue Silver Grass.' She must have some special abilities to be able to cultivate to the title of Title Douluo."

"What about the spirit ring colors?" Xiao Wu was clearly still bothered by Yin Luo's eight black and one red spirit ring configuration. Resentment resurfaced in her eyes. How could she swallow this anger after so many of her kin had been harmed by her?

Tang San frowned as he looked over. He always remembered his teacher's teachings: the maximum absorption age for the first spirit ring was 423 years, the second spirit ring was 764 years, the third spirit ring was 1740 years... He believed that his teacher, who was the "number one theorist in the spirit master world," would never be wrong. However, the age of the spirit rings on that silver-haired loli was beyond people's common sense.

“I don’t know about that,” Ning Rongrong shook her head. “Actually, if Teacher Zhao hadn’t called her ‘Blue Silver Douluo,’ I wouldn’t have known that she was the Blue Silver Douluo. Yesterday was the first time I saw her in person. My father has never mentioned this Douluo at home. Perhaps this Douluo has never shown her strength to the world before.”

"'King of Blue Silver Grass'... So that's what 'Blue Silver Emperor' means. It means a Title Douluo cultivated from the Blue Silver Grass martial soul?" Zhao Wuji finally realized, and then looked at Tang San, "Tang San, your martial soul is also Blue Silver Grass. Is it possible that because your Blue Silver Grass is also 'Blue Silver Emperor', you have the talent of innate full soul power and have cultivated to that level?"

With just a flick of his finger, he could injure him and Flander like that. If Tang San's martial soul were similar... With Tang San's talent, he would definitely become a Title Douluo. Such a person was a student he had taught, and just thinking about it excited him.

The difference in spirit ring configuration is indeed an insurmountable gap... I wonder if the difference in spirit ring age actually affects the spirit. "I don't know," Tang San replied, but although he said that, he clearly didn't think so in his heart.

...Without a doubt, his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul was a completely useless Martial Soul. If he guessed correctly, the girl with long blue-green hair that day should be a blood relative of that Blue Silver Douluo, which is why she suppressed his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul with her bloodline. That's why his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul lost control that day and submitted to her.

...Besides, his teacher once said that the Blue Silver Grass martial soul is inherently weak and should not be able to generate much innate soul power. However, he had full innate soul power. Therefore, his teacher guessed that he must have another extremely powerful martial soul that gave him the talent of full innate soul power. This is one of the "Ten Core Competencies of Martial Souls" published by his teacher - "The amount of innate soul power is directly proportional to the quality of the martial soul". His teacher used this method to impress him, making him kneel down and kowtow on the spot, becoming his disciple. A teacher for a day is a father for life!

...How advanced the teacher's ideas were! It was thanks to him that I was allowed to absorb the soul rings of animal soul beasts that this weak Blue Silver Grass martial soul was able to fight against other martial souls. Otherwise, what could it have done with just these fragile grass leaves?
Tang San still believed that his teacher's theory was absolutely correct. Even if his innate soul power was not brought about by that dark and heavy little hammer, it should have been cultivated by the Xuan Tian Gong himself. In any case, it had absolutely nothing to do with his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.

Saying he didn't know was just his way of covering up his second martial soul, leading others to think in the direction of "Blue Silver Emperor" to prevent them from realizing that he possessed two martial souls.

...As for the real "Blue Silver Emperor" Yinluo?
A fierce glint flashed in Tang San's eyes. He would not let any of those who harmed Xiao Wu go. He was an unprecedented "monster". Once he also possessed the cultivation of a Title Douluo, combined with the Tang Sect's ultimate techniques, taking their lives would only be a matter of time!

A gentleman's revenge is never too late!
Xiao Wu remained silent, quietly following closely beside Tang San. As the group ventured deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest, she seemed to relax more than the others, even becoming more bouncy and skipping, clearly less tense than before. Zhao Wuji frowned at this, but since Xiao Wu was always within his reach, he didn't say anything more.

Where no one could see, Xiao Wu made a decision in secret and opened her mouth to utter a silent call.

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The white hair faded, revealing the previously concealed blue-green color. Yinlan opened her eyes, waking from her meditation. Her pair of crimson pupils gradually dimmed, returning to a calm, deep black.

Over the years, as her cultivation level has improved, she has become increasingly adept at using the "power of creation." Naturally, when developing Zhu Zhuqing's bloodline potential, she should do it all at once, rather than developing it slowly like she did with Qian Renxue in the past.

Besides, when she helped Qian Renxue develop her potential, she was still a Soul Master, while Qian Renxue was a Quasi-Soul King. Now she is a Soul Saint, while Zhu Zhuqing is only a Quasi-Soul Venerable. The most crucial point is that Qian Renxue has a God-level Martial Soul, while Zhu Zhuqing has a Netherworld Cat, and whether she can be considered a high-level Martial Soul is questionable.

But now, that question mark should be crossed out.

In front of Yin Lan, Zhu Zhuqing, whose appearance had changed drastically, also woke up at the same time. She subconsciously stretched, but a roar of some kind of creature awakening came from her body, which made her open her eyes in confusion.

As Yin Lan stretched her body, she pushed open the bedroom door and walked out. Zhu Zhuqing, who followed closely behind her, immediately attracted the attention of the guards outside.

"Wow, what a big change!" Bai Chenxiang rubbed her eyes, her face full of astonishment.

“…Now the kitten has become a big cat.” Dugu Yan, who was sitting on the sofa, was also a little stunned, and then she began to comment. Ye Lingling, who was sitting next to her, did not say anything, but she also agreed.

"?" Zhu Zhuqing's face showed confusion until Yinluo controlled a vine and tied a huge floor mirror in front of her.

In the mirror, the girl who was originally weak and alone now appeared much taller, making her clothes seem a bit ill-fitting. The ends of her once jet-black hair were now dyed with pure white highlights, and her heterochromatic eyes, one red and one blue, were filled with astonishment.

She instinctively covered her mouth, and the girl in the mirror followed suit, covering her mouth as well. She finally realized that she was no longer the same person she used to be.

"Hehe, little cat... no, big cat, from now on you'll be a power-attack type Soul Master," Yin Lan casually put her arm around her neck, puffing out her chest with a sense of accomplishment. "Your training plan will have to be changed from now on, and I guess you'll have to put in some effort to adapt."

Zhu Zhuqing, a level 30 Quasi-Soul Master of the Power Attack type, Martial Soul: Netherworld White Tiger!
(End of this chapter)