Chapter 43: Terrifying Knight Scott Leaves, Returning to Tianshui Academy
"Hmm?"
The Shura God's expression changed slightly, but he quickly regained his composure, muttering to himself, "Three transformed beast souls have obtained the Killing God domain."
"This has never happened in the killing world I left behind."
"Soul beasts."
The Shura God slowly closed his eyes again. As a god king of such power, he didn't really care about this matter at all. Whether or not Ye Wen and his group had obtained the Killing God domain was irrelevant to him.
Because in the Shura God's eyes, Ye Wen and his companions were like ants. Would a god standing at the top of the world care about such insignificant creatures?
To him, this was a trivial matter. As long as the inheritance place still existed, everything would be fine, and he was simply waiting for the right successor.
Ye Wen and his companions, as transformed soul beasts, were not something he concerned himself with.
At this moment, after passing through the nearest city, Ye Wen and his group purchased a few carriages and had them headed back to Tianshui City.
Along the way, Terrifying Knight Scott, acting as the coachman, was riding along with Ye Wen and his companions.
Ye Wen was a bit curious about Scott and casually asked, "Hey, Scott, I heard from the Slaughter King that you're a Soul Douluo?"
"Yes, Master."
"Tell me about your soul power, martial soul, soul ring configuration, and so on," Ye Wen said, intending to learn more about Scott, since he would be following him for a long time.
"Of course, Master." Scott respectfully nodded before continuing, "My name is Scott. I am 42 years old, an 82nd-level eight-ringed strong attack system soul master, with a weapon martial soul, a high-quality Blood Shadow Sword. My soul ring configuration is: Yellow, Yellow, Purple, Purple, Black, Black, Black, Black."
"A regular top-tier soul ring configuration, 42 years old, 82nd-level Soul Douluo, Scott, your talent is quite impressive! How did you end up in the City of Slaughter?" Ye Wen asked, somewhat surprised and confused.
At this age and with this soul power, Scott was a genius and even had the potential to reach Title Douluo.
The youngest Title Douluo on the continent was Tang Hao, who was 44 years old.
The second youngest Soul Emperor on the continent was Qin Ming, a bit over 30 years old with a 62nd-level Soul Emperor and had broken through to the Soul Douluo level within the next ten years.
Even if there were younger ones not publicly known, these titles alone made these individuals considered the top geniuses of the continent.
Scott's talent was comparable to Qin Ming's!
Such a genius would surely be coveted by the Spirit Hall and the empires, or even recruited by major sects, so how had he ended up in the City of Slaughter?
"You must have committed some crime or offended someone, right?"
"Master, I once killed a noble from the Tiandou Empire and was then hunted down. With no way out, I had no choice but to go to the City of Slaughter," Scott explained.
Though his words were light, Ye Wen could feel the anger, grievance, and hatred in his eyes and emotions.
"A Tiandou Empire noble? Why did you kill them?"
"They insulted my wife and killed my son. I avenged them by killing them," Scott said, clenching his fists tightly.
"I understand. I'm sorry for bringing up painful memories."
"It's alright, Master. I've gotten used to it."
It was clear that Scott had been wronged—an honorable man forced into a corner.
In the past, when Ye Wen would look at the world of Douluo from the perspective of the protagonist, he would side with them. But as time passed, he began to realize that, compared to the two empires, the Spirit Hall was actually the more just side.
They suppressed the evil soul masters, took on the responsibility of maintaining social order, and helped every ordinary and even impoverished child have the chance to awaken their martial soul, become a soul master, and receive education at the soul master academies.
Without the Spirit Hall, the two empires would have fought long ago, leading to endless wars and suffering for the common people.
And without the Spirit Hall's existence, soul masters would probably have been monopolized by the empire's nobles, with no chance for the common people to rise unless they were exceptional.
Though many soul masters in the various branches of the Spirit Hall were ineffective and even oppressed the common people, the world was vast, and all kinds of birds could be found.
Did the empire not have these problems?
In fact, the empire was worse, with many officials and nobles exploiting the common people, bullying the weak, and even more so than the Spirit Hall. So, there were likely many good people like Scott who had been oppressed by the nobles.
In short, both sides were equally bad. From Ye Wen's perspective, the Spirit Hall uniting the continent might be the better option in the future.
"Scott, if you still have unfinished business or enemies to avenge, just tell me."
"Thank you for your concern, Master. For now, I can only follow you," Scott replied.
"Alright." Ye Wen nodded, and the two stopped their conversation.
After about ten days of travel, Ye Wen and his group finally arrived in Tianshui City.
Instead of going straight to the academy, Ye Wen purchased a five-story villa in Tianshui City for Scott and the other soul masters who had come from the City of Slaughter to live in.
After all, they were humans, and they needed money. Even if they were following him, they needed a salary. Fortunately, Ye Wen wasn't short on money.
"You'll live here from now on. If you need anything, I'll contact you. You're free to move around Tianshui City, as long as you don't cause trouble. Got it?" Ye Wen said.
"Got it, Master!"
"Also, Scott, from now on, your identity in front of outsiders will be that you're Xie Hu's distant cousin."
"Wait! Boss! Why is it my cousin and not Xiao Bai's cousin?" Xie Hu asked in confusion.
"Do you think Xiao Bai's cute appearance looks like she's Scott's niece?" Ye Wen replied.
"Uh..."
They were all soul beasts, and once they reached a bottleneck, they didn't need to hunt soul beasts to condense their soul rings. When they absorbed their soul rings, the teachers at Tianshui Academy would help, which would make it easier to discover.
By having Scott assume the role of a cousin, every time they absorbed soul rings, they could say he was the one who brought them, avoiding suspicion.
"Alright, let's head back to Tianshui Academy."
"Yes!"
The three of them tidied up and headed back to Tianshui Academy.
This time, Ye Wen's human form's soul power had broken through to level 18, while Xie Hu and Xiao Bai were at level 17, with soul power tightly following, not falling behind.
"Ye Wen, junior!"
"Xie Hu, junior!"
"Xiao Bai, junior!"
"You're back!"
"Ye Wen, junior! Come here! Come here, hugs and kisses!"
As they entered Tianshui Academy, the senior students were as enthusiastic as usual.
"No need for hugs and kisses, senior. I'm still young."
"Eh, why are you leaving so soon~"
Ye Wen quickly escaped and returned to the dormitory. Before he could lie down, someone knocked on his door.
Knock knock knock!
"Who is it?"
"It's me," came Shui Bing'er's voice from outside.
"Shui Bing'er?" Ye Wen immediately stood up and opened the door, only to see a beautiful girl in a deep blue skirt. "What's up? Why are you looking for me?"
"I... I actually..." Shui Bing'er's face turned slightly red.
(END CHAPTER)
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