Douluo Continent: I teach and nurture students at Tianshui Academy!

Zhu Zhuqing slowly opened her beautiful eyes, a flash of dark golden light appeared, followed by a hint of joy.

She succeeded! She didn't let her teacher down!

"Xiao Qing, how are you feeling?"

Seeing her disciple awaken, Gu Shenge smiled and gently asked her how she felt. Although the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, as a top-tier soul beast, was not the most suitable cat-type soul beast for Zhu Zhuqing, the soul skills it provided were probably not bad.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Zhuqing quickly got up. Apart from feeling a little tired, she showed no other abnormalities.

After being enhanced by the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Soul Ring, the little wildcat became fuller and taller, perhaps because the Soul Ring enhancement was a full-body enhancement.

"Teacher, my soul power has broken through to level thirty-three."

Zhu Zhuqing's usually cold and pretty face broke into a smile, and her voice also revealed joy. Her strength had increased again, and she was more confident in breaking free from the constraints of her family and regaining her freedom!

Gu Shenge smiled and nodded, setting a small goal for Zhu Zhuqing.

"Yes, I'll try to break through to Soul Emperor within two years."

After saying that, he took out five soul bones from the system space.

They are the external arm bones of a two-thousand-year-old human-faced demon spider, the left and right palm bones of a three-thousand-year-old dark gold dinosaur bear, the right arm bone of a fifty-thousand-year-old dark gold dinosaur bear, and a soul bone of the left arm of a seventy-thousand-year-old void beast.

Compared to the first four soul bones, the Void Beast Soul Bone is the most precious.

The Void Beasts have long been extinct on the continent. Gu Shenge's soul bone was dropped by a Soul Douluo he killed; it was a family heirloom soul bone.

Zhu Zhuqing was stunned when she saw her teacher pull out so many soul bones at once, and she began to stammer.

"T-Teacher, what's wrong?"

"These soul bones were chosen for you by your teacher. You can absorb them when you return to the academy."

Gu Shenge was never stingy with those around him. What was extremely precious to others, a rare treasure, was nothing more than killing a few more ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts to him.

These soul bones won't help improve his cultivation level. Rather than letting them gather dust in the system space, he might as well use them to help those around him improve their cultivation level.

To be honest, even if a 100,000-year-old soul bone were placed in front of him, it wouldn't arouse his interest at all, considering that there were still two ferocious beast soul bones lying in the system space.

Zhu Zhuqing was his only disciple, and also a source of pride for him, so naturally he was willing to make sacrifices for her.

Give her all five soul bones!

The little wildcat's heart was filled with shock. With the addition of the Hurricane Azure Roc Soul Bone, her teacher had already given her six soul bones. This was an extraordinary gesture!

Zhu Zhuqing was also deeply moved. Her teacher was so kind to her; how could she ever repay her in the future?!

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(Regarding the protagonist's soul bone combination, the head soul bone is the Snow Empress's Crown + the Evil Eye Tyrant's Eye.)

Chapter 114: Venerable Youhuang: If I can't do this job, who wants to?

“Thank you, teacher!!”

Zhu Zhuqing accepted the five soul bones, her voice filled with gratitude, a far cry from her usual coldness. She was incredibly excited, an unnatural blush rising on her pretty face, her full and graceful body trembling slightly, unable to suppress the joy and emotion in her heart.

Including the previous soul bone, she now possesses six soul bones. Even a Title Douluo doesn't have that many soul bones. She, a Soul Master, is richer than a Title Douluo. If this gets out, the soul masters across the entire continent will probably envy her and even hunt her down!

Looking at the little wildcat who was blushing with excitement, Gu Shenge smiled without saying a word.

Since Zhu Zhuqing is his disciple, he will naturally dedicate himself to nurturing her.

"Put them all away and fuse them when you get back to school. Remember, don't tell outsiders that you have a soul bone."

Gu Shenge instructed the little wildcat that soul bones were extremely rare for other soul masters in the soul master world. If they knew that Zhu Zhuqing, a soul master, had so many soul bones, it would definitely drive them crazy.

Even with his protection as a peerless Douluo, he couldn't stop human greed. If things went wrong, the little wildcat would perish.

"Yes, Xiaoqing understands." Zhu Zhuqing nodded obediently.

The little wildcat was well aware of the pros and cons of soul bones, and she would not use them unless absolutely necessary.

Gu Shenge nodded and waved to take Zhu Zhuqing into the Bright Realm, letting her rest well. After all, she hadn't slept all night and had been highly focused on refining the soul bone for a long time, so she was also very tired.

He then opened the system interface, turned to the master-disciple page, and saw that Zhu Zhuqing had broken through to the Soul Venerable level, so as her teacher, he naturally received a reward as well.

One Yellow-level lottery draw.

In addition, there is the mentor-disciple mission [Choice] that was previously issued to Zhu Zhuqing.

Originally, Gu Shenge's mission requirement was to choose between a soul ring and an external soul bone, but Zhu Zhuqing chose the external soul bone.

Although she didn't obtain the Eight Spider Lances, she did acquire the Human-Faced Demon Spider's external arm bone, the left and right palm bones of the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear, and even absorbed the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear's soul ring. Shouldn't this be considered exceeding expectations?

Gu Shenge glanced at the master-disciple task, selected to submit, and the system would determine whether the task was completed and then issue the reward.

[Ding~ Judging...]

The system's familiar notification sounded in his mind; it was determining whether Zhu Zhuqing had completed the master-disciple mission.

Half a second later, a system notification sounded in Zhu Zhuqing's mind within the Bright Realm.

[Ding! Congratulations on completing the Master-Disciple Quest [Choice]. Reward: All Soul Rings' age increased by 1000 years, and your body repaired once.]

"what?"

Just as Zhu Zhuqing was about to rest, she heard a sudden system notification. A look of surprise appeared on her cold and beautiful face. Then she felt a surge of mysterious energy flowing through her body.

The mysterious energy cleansed Zhu Zhuqing's body, instantly repairing the hidden injuries left by the forced absorption of the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear Soul Ring, which made the slightly tired little wildcat feel relaxed.

At the same time, the age of her three spirit rings also increased by a thousand years, with the first two hundred-year spirit rings directly promoted to thousand-year spirit rings.

This unexpected move completely stunned Zhu Zhuqing.

She quickly activated her martial spirit and looked at the three purple spirit rings that appeared beneath her feet. Her pretty face was filled with astonishment; they had actually become thousand-year spirit rings!

Zhu Zhuqing was thrilled to receive such a great reward for completing just one master-disciple task, and she looked forward to Gu Shenge assigning her more master-disciple tasks in the future.

Outside, Gu Shenge also received a notification from the system.

[Ding! Congratulations, host disciple, for completing the master-disciple quest [Choice]. Reward: One Summoning Card.]

"Hmm? Another summoning card."

He was no stranger to the Summoning Cards. The last Summoning Card summoned Huo Yuhao's mother, Huo Yun'er. He wondered who this card would summon.

Gu Shenge put away the summoning card and did not linger in the Star Dou Great Forest. After glancing at the core area, she flew away from the forest and headed to the far north ice plains.

Lan Qingyan and Huo Yun'er need to hunt for their soul rings in the far north ice plains.

Shortly after he left, several figures dressed in black robes appeared; they were none other than members of the Demon Soul Sect.

The leader, embroidered with nine golden-patterned blood-red bats in a black robe, was none other than Venerable Youhuang, who had received orders to assassinate Gu Shenge and avenge Venerable Bingyun.

The black-robed girl beside her, whose true appearance was obscured, was the Demon Soul Saintess who had escaped from Gu Sheng's singing.

"Aunt Youhuang, why didn't you deal with that guy just now?"

The Demon Soul Saintess lowered her voice, afraid that Gu Shenge, who had already left, would hear her, her tone revealing doubt.

In the Soul Hunter Town, the trace of killing intent that Gu Shenge sensed was emitted by her.

Venerable Youhuang stared in the direction Gu Shengge had left, his eyes filled with apprehension and a hint of fear.

She was right about her senses; she had only ever felt that powerful aura from the sect leader. Although it wasn't as strong as the sect leader's, it was still something she couldn't contend with.

Unexpectedly, Haoyang Douluo is also a level 99 Peerless Douluo! And he even possesses twin martial souls!

How terrifying!

With her strength, she was far from being a match for Haoyang Douluo. Although the mission was important, it did not mean that she would lose her life for it.

"Let's go back."

Venerable Youhuang decisively stated that she couldn't do this job; whoever wanted to do it could do it, but she wouldn't. She, Youhuang, valued her life very much.

"But—" Seeing that Venerable Youhuang had given up the mission, the Demon Soul Saintess became anxious and wanted to persuade him.

However, Venerable Youhuang merely glanced at her coldly, a flash of dark blue flame passing by. Instantly, the Demon Soul Saintess felt as if her entire body was about to burst into flames, yet she also felt a chilling sensation. She quickly shut her mouth, daring not to utter another word.

As one of the few members of the Demon Soul Sect who cultivated to the title of Douluo through her own talent, the Ghost Soul Venerable was not limited by the Blood God Pearl, and she did not show the same respect to the Demon Soul Saintess, who was the sect leader's disciple, as other elders and venerables.

A mere Soul Emperor dared to question the decisions of a Title Douluo like her. If it weren't for the fact that she was the sect leader's disciple, Venerable Youhuang would have burned her to death with a ball of Netherworld Flame long ago.

A Soul Douluo used his Soul Skill to envelop them in the power of shadow, causing them to sink into the shadows and disappear into the Star Dou Great Forest.

As Venerable Youhuang abandoned his attack on Gu Shenge, he heard the system notification sound while flying.

[Ding~ The Demon Soul Cult has abandoned its attack on the host. The mission "[Thousand-Mile Chase!]" has been automatically cancelled.]

"uh-huh!"

Gu Shenge abruptly stopped, his face filled with astonishment. What had he just heard? The Demon Soul Sect had abandoned the assassination attempt, and the system had canceled the mission? Could this really be happening?!

He really didn't expect the system to be so user-friendly, even having an automatic task cancellation feature. This was quite a breath of fresh air in the world of systems.

He had read countless novels in his previous life, but he had never seen a novel with a system canceling a mission. It was ridiculous.

What a waste of a Xuan-level lottery draw! Why are the Demon Soul Cult members so cowardly?

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(Youhuang Venerable: I'm not stupid!)

Chapter 115: The True Ruler of the Far North - Ice Ancestor

Seeing that the Xuan-level lottery prize she had just won was gone, Gu Shenge was extremely depressed.

The Demon Soul Cult stopped hunting him down, and the mission was unilaterally canceled. It seems there are such tactical maneuvers.

After hovering in the air for a moment, Gu Shenge stopped worrying and spread her Sun God Wings, transforming into a golden divine light as she flew towards the far north.

"System, use the Yellow-level lottery."

During the flight, he took the opportunity to communicate with the system and used the Yellow-level lottery reward that Zhu Zhuqing received after breaking through to Soul Venerable.

[Ding~ Yellow-level lottery draw completed. Congratulations, host, you have obtained: "Nine Nether Profound Heaven Divine Art (Part 1)".]

"Hmm? The Nine Nether Profound Heaven Divine Art!"