Douluo: Unparalleled General, Starting by Deceptive Thousand-Snow-Peak 144

Chapter 144: Ancient Thunder King Family Academy

“First soul skill, increase experience!” The Dun Jia Heavenly Book (a fictional book) turned a page. A circle with a diameter of about twenty meters formed, centered on Nan Feihuang. “Alright, everyone, sit down immediately and cultivate your soul power using your cultivation techniques.”

“Yes!” Dian Wei and Xun Yu sat down immediately. One was absolutely obedient to Nan Feihuang’s commands, while the other already knew the effect of Nan Feihuang’s first soul skill.

Lü Lingqi also obediently followed Nan Feihuang’s instructions. Only Nan Feiling was filled with doubt, but she trusted her brother wouldn’t trick her, so she also sat down and began meditating.

As soon as she entered a meditative state, she was surprised to find that her cultivation speed had increased by about thirty percent.

After seizing the opportunity and meditating for a full hour, everyone could clearly feel an increase in their soul power.

Nan Feiling exclaimed joyfully, “Brother, your second martial soul’s first soul skill actually accelerates group cultivation.”

“Yes, it accelerates by thirty percent. How is it, third sister? Not bad, right?” Nan Feihuang said with a smile.

If it weren’t for this kind of soul skill, Nan Tianchen and Lan Xue would probably have something to say about him.

After all, potential is one thing; not developing that potential means Nan Feihuang and the others remain weak. This soul skill allows their group to quickly transform their potential into strength.

Anyway, dual martial souls will have at least eighteen soul skills once they reach the Title Douluo realm, so there’s no fear of running out of soul skills. Having this kind of skill take up one slot is acceptable to Nan Tianchen.

Nan Feiling nodded excitedly, “Of course it’s great! From now on, I’ll cultivate with you, brother. That way, we can become Title Douluos as quickly as possible!”

Nan Feiling was this happy at the moment. If she knew that Nan Feihuang’s first soul ring was actually a ten thousand year soul ring, and that the “increase experience” effect could evolve from thirty percent to fifty percent, or even one hundred percent in the future, she wouldn’t know how much more excited she’d be!

With this soul skill, the time required for talented individuals in Ancient Thunder King Country to grow would be greatly reduced.

Nan Feihuang remembered that there were about seven years left until the continent was completely thrown into chaos by the Soul Hunting Operation and the Tian Dou infiltration plan.

With the “increase experience” boost, Nan Feihuang and the others would effectively cultivate for nine years, and that’s just the minimum standard. After all, this soul skill can evolve. Nan Feihuang was confident that once he reached level fifty, he could unlock the soul ring’s lifespan to over thirty thousand years. At that time, “increase experience” would become “significantly increase experience,” and the actual acceleration effect could exceed ten years.

With so much extra time, Nan Feihuang was confident in his own growth.

Unfortunately, this skill wasn’t easily applicable to everyone; he didn’t want information leaks to draw the ire of others.

Moreover, there was still an internal traitor, Xu Rong, within the country.

Nan Feihuang had considered resolving this issue first; even if he didn’t kill him, at least he needed to be controlled. However, after discussing it with Xun Yu, he temporarily abandoned the idea.

Without Xu Rong, the Martial Soul Temple could still send someone else – Zhang Rong, Li Rong, or whoever.

Furthermore, a traitor who thinks they’re safe is actually very useful. Nan Feihuang could use him to send the information he wanted to the Martial Soul Temple.

Nan Feihuang had already discussed this with Nan Tianchen and Lan Xue, informing them of Xun Yu’s analysis. When the two recalled the situation at the time, it was indeed very suspicious.

Xu Rong himself was one piece of evidence. Although the national strength of Ancient Thunder King Country wasn’t exceptionally strong, it had been steadily rising over the years. However, their martial souls, which fed on national fortune, had actually weakened, suggesting a potential decline in loyalty.

Nan Tianchen agreed with Nan Feihuang’s plan: to remain calm and act when necessary.

The next day, after a night’s rest, everyone left the palace in high spirits and headed towards the Ancient Thunder King Family Academy.

Unlike the Sky Dou Royal Academy, the Ancient Thunder King Family Academy wasn’t located in the mountains but within the royal city. Therefore, its area was much smaller, about one-third the size of the Sky Dou Academy.

In terms of facilities and luxury, it was far inferior to the Sky Dou Royal Academy.

But this is actually what a normal noble academy should be like: primarily focused on learning, with a small student population. This size is sufficient. The Sky Dou Royal Academy is excessively luxurious, with many unnecessary features.

The group went straight to the registrar’s office. With Nan Feiling, a diligent student, leading the way, they had no worries about getting lost.

Opening the door to the registrar’s office, an elderly man was sitting at his desk. Seeing them enter, he smiled and looked at Nan Feihuang. “Your Highness the Crown Prince, you’ve finally arrived.”

“Elder Zhang, hello!” Nan Feihuang greeted him.

Elder Zhang, a food-attribute Soul Sage, was actually the director of the Ancient Thunder King Family Academy’s registrar’s office.

As a royal academy, the primary administrator should be King Nan Tianchen, but he doesn’t have the time to manage the academy.

Just as Emperor Xue Ye entrusted the management of the Sky Dou Royal Academy to Prince Xue Xing, Elder Zhang was the actual head of this academy.

“Elder Zhang, we’re here for the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament. As you know, we have royal Soul Masters teaching us theoretical knowledge, which is sufficient. Therefore, we won’t come to class often in the future. We’re only here today to meet our future teammates and get to know each other,” Nan Feihuang explained.

He didn’t like theoretical knowledge, not that it was useless, but Xun Yu excelled in theory, so there was no need for everyone to be well-rounded.

The others should focus on increasing their combat strength.

What they needed most now was cultivation time.

“I understand. Please wait a moment, Your Highness. I’ll send someone to call them over.”

The basic rules of the Soul Master tournament require at least seven students per team.

Generally, academies prepare eight to twelve students, to have substitutes in case their main team encounters problems.

Although the Ancient Thunder King Family Academy wasn’t strong, in fact it was quite weak, often failing to even pass the preliminary rounds in previous years; even if they did, they would be at the bottom in the qualifying rounds and eliminated in the first round of the finals.

But no matter how weak, it was still a noble academy, so finding a few reasonably high-level students was still achievable.

“Elder Zhang, you called for us?”

Soon, four people appeared at the doorway: three men and one woman, all around twenty years old.

They were the students Elder Zhang had cultivated for this year’s tournament.

Nan Feihuang recognized the leader. Standing up from his seat, he smiled, “Brother Jia Kui, long time no see.”

Jia Kui was the youngest son of Jia Chong, the head of the Barbarian Strength Sect. He was a late-in-life child, and therefore, greatly loved.

While not close friends, Nan Feihuang and Jia Kui knew each other; they had a nodding acquaintance.

When Nan Feihuang first heard the name, he felt a little sentimental. In the Three Kingdoms period, Jia Kui was the son of Jia Chong. Here, it was the other way around.

(Chapter end)

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