First Soul skills [Thunder Hell Strangling]!
“Hoo…”
After a moment, Meng Chen’s eyelids fluttered slightly, and he slowly opened his eyes.
A flash of dark purple lightning flickered across his pupils.
His lips parted slightly as he exhaled a breath of slightly scorching stale air.
“Success.”
Meng Chen softly sighed in emotion, carefully sensing his own Soul Power, which had already broken through the level ten limit.
The Soul Power brought by the Thunder Flood Dragon Soul Ring, after he reached level eleven, raised his cultivation by another three ranks, reaching Rank 14!
Meng Chen summoned his Martial Soul once again, and the appearance of the Thunder Hell Vine had undergone considerable changes.
Its color had deepened, and the vine body was as thick as a python, with fine scale patterns appearing on it, greatly enhancing its toughness.
The power of thunder released by the Thunder Hell Vine was also much more intense and concentrated, with its strength increasing by more than double.
A purple Soul Ring floated around his body, flashing with a magnificent purple light.
As for the Soul skills bestowed by the first Soul Ring, it was named: [Thunder Hell Strangling], which was a Soul skills that combined crowd control and continuous damage.
After using the Soul skills, the Thunder Hell Vine’s speed, strength, and toughness were greatly enhanced, and its thunder attribute amplification was 100%.
With lightning speed, it would bind the enemy, contract and tighten, and release the power of thunder to continuously erode, scorch, and paralyze the enemy, disrupting the operation of the enemy’s Soul Power.
Meng Chen was quite satisfied with this Soul skills.
After all, it was only a first Soul skills; being able to possess so many effects was already quite good.
Meng Chen got up and stretched, suddenly feeling that his clothes were a bit tight.
He lowered his head to look; the clothes that originally fit him well had all become tight.
Under the remodeling of the Soul Ring’s energy, his body had grown a bit taller and also a bit sturdier.
Meng Chen felt somewhat helpless: “It seems I will need to prepare a few sets of larger clothes in the future.”
Although it was a bit tight, it didn’t affect his movement.
Meng Chen did not stay long in the Star Dou Great Forest.
Taking advantage of the night and under the guidance of Ye Xishui, he quickly withdrew.
However, when Meng Chen returned by the original route, he unexpectedly discovered that the carriage he had previously abandoned was still by the official road, and even that black horse was still guarding the side of the carriage.
When the black horse saw Meng Chen, it hurriedly ran towards him and blocked his path.
Meng Chen looked at it in astonishment: “Why are you still here?”
“Neighhh…” The black horse shook its head.
Although Meng Chen could not understand horse language, judging by the black horse’s appearance, it seemed unwilling to leave.
“So, you didn’t want to leave and specifically waited here for me?”
The black horse tilted its head; it also couldn’t understand human language.
But it felt that this child Meng Chen was not bad; not only had he released it, but he had also given it food.
It wanted to follow him.
Seeing this, Meng Chen reached out and patted the black horse’s head.
Since it wasn’t willing to leave and had waited for him for so long, he might as well keep it.
When the time came to return to Xiahe Village, leaving it in the village would suffice.
Meng Chen re-harnessed the black horse, patted it, and under Meng Chen’s guidance, the black horse pulled the carriage and once again stepped onto the official road…
Two days later.
In Xiahe Village, the carriage stopped at the entrance of the village.
Meng Chen jumped down from the carriage and walked towards the village chief’s house.
It happened to be noon, and the old village chief’s family was having lunch.
Seeing Meng Chen appear at the doorway, the old village chief was overjoyed and hurriedly greeted him.
“Little Chen, you’re back!
Have you eaten?”
Meng Chen: “I’ve eaten, Grandpa Village Chief.”
Following that, Meng Chen took out a small cloth bag from the bone dragon ring; it was precisely the one the old village chief had given him earlier.
Looking at the bone dragon ring, the old village chief’s aged face revealed surprise, recognizing it as a storage spirit tool.
Having lived for so many years and traveled far and wide in his youth, he still had this bit of insight.
“Grandpa Village Chief, here, this is a small token of my appreciation.”
Meng Chen handed the small cloth bag to the old village chief.
After taking it and opening it to look, the old village chief saw it was packed full of quite a few gold coins, at least over a hundred of them.
These gold coins were withdrawn by Meng Chen using the gold Martial Soul card given by Ye Cixin, withdrawing a total of one thousand coins.
The old village chief was startled.
“Little Chen, where did all these gold coins come from?
Take them back, Grandpa cannot accept this!”
As he spoke, the old village chief tried to shove the small cloth bag back to Meng Chen, but Meng Chen nimbly dodged.
“Grandpa Village Chief, please just accept it.
Consider it as me returning it to the village, and thank you for pooling together my living expenses before.”
Pinching the small cloth bag, the old village chief said anxiously: “Little Chen, this is too much; Grandpa cannot accept it.”
“You should accept it.
Also, I’ve broken through to become a Soul Master!”
Fearing that the old village chief would insist on returning the small cloth bag to him, Meng Chen dropped those words and scampered off in a flash.
The old village chief had difficulty moving.
With turbid eyes, he gazed at Meng Chen’s disappearing figure, gripping the small cloth bag in his hand even tighter, his eyes filled with gratification and a myriad of emotions.
“It’s good to become a Soul Master, it’s good to become a Soul Master.
Someone in our Xiahe Village has finally made something of themselves.
Good…
Good…”
After leaving the village chief’s house, Meng Chen found Uncle Dalin and told him that he had gotten a carriage, but since he had to go to school, he hoped Uncle Dalin could help take care of the horse.
Uncle Dalin agreed readily without hesitation.
Meng Chen wasn’t asking Uncle Dalin to take care of it for free either, giving him two gold coins a year, which included the black horse’s lodging and food expenses.
Uncle Dalin shook his head repeatedly: “Little Chen, this is too much.
Staying at Notting Academy for a semester only costs two silver coins.
It’s just a horse, how could it possibly use two gold coins?!”
“It’s just two gold coins, Uncle Dalin, please just accept them.” Meng Chen forcefully shoved the two gold coins into Uncle Dalin’s hands.
In the years before he awakened the memories of his past life, the village chief and Uncle Dalin’s family had taken good care of him.
Now that he had the ability, whenever he could help Uncle Dalin’s family out a little, he would do so.
Uncle Dalin couldn’t win against Meng Chen and ultimately accepted the two gold coins.
Meng Chen: “Uncle Dalin, please trouble you to send me back to Notting Academy, and then drive the carriage back.”
“Alright, Uncle will send you back right now.”
Uncle Dalin nodded and followed Meng Chen to the village entrance.
Seeing Meng Chen arrive, Dahei called out to him twice.
After patting it, Meng Chen pointed towards Uncle Dalin.
“Dahei, I’m going to school.
From now on, you will live in Xiahe Village, and Uncle Dalin will take care of you.”
Dahei seemed to understand yet not understand.
Uncle Dalin also stroked Dahei, a trace of delight appearing in his eyes: “What a fine horse.”
Meng Chen got into the carriage, and Uncle Dalin drove Dahei back to Notting City and arrived at Notting Academy.
“Goodbye, Uncle Dalin, Dahei.”
Jumping down from the carriage, Meng Chen waved his hand to bid farewell to Dahei and Uncle Dalin, then turned and walked into the academy.
Not long after, another carriage stopped at the academy entrance, and two figures, one large and one small, walked down supporting each other.
Impressively, it was Yu Xiaogang and Tang San; they had also returned from hunting a Soul Ring.
However, Yu Xiaogang’s stiff face had no trace of color, looking deathly pale as if he were about to die.
Looking at Tang San supporting him, Yu Xiaogang felt both gratified and joyous.
He had originally thought that helping Tang San acquire a Soul Ring would be an effortless matter, and he had even thought of the target Soul Beast.
A ten-year Solitary Bamboo, characterized by its toughness, lacking in attack power but decent in defense, which was quite suitable for Blue Silver Grass.
But what he hadn’t expected was that a Datura Snake suddenly ambushed them midway.
Fortunately, his skills were superior, severely injuring the Datura Snake and giving Tang San the opportunity to kill it.
Tang San didn’t let him down either, absorbing that Datura Snake’s Soul Ring and becoming a Soul Master.
Yu Xiaogang thought of Meng Chen again and coldly snorted in his heart.
Without him, Grandmaster, whose theories were invincible, helping to hunt for a Soul Ring, that arrogant kid would probably only be able to obtain a ten-year Soul Ring.
What did he have to compare with Tang San!
“Little San, when you encounter that Meng Chen tomorrow, it will be the time for you to shine.” Yu Xiaogang instructed Tang San feebly.
He wanted to let Meng Chen know the gap between having a famous teacher’s guidance and having no teacher’s guidance.
Hearing this, Tang San nodded, his eyes revealing intense anticipation.
Anticipating seeing the miserable state of Meng Chen being soundly thrashed by him, and anticipating Xiao Wu returning to his side once again.
Tang San thought to himself: “Meng Chen, I have already obtained a century-old Soul Ring, and the source of the Soul Ring is even a Datura Snake of over four hundred years, breaking the convention of plant Martial Souls.”
“Aren’t you just relying on being a mutated Martial Soul with Innate full Soul Power to be arrogant, domineering, and disrespectful to your elders?
Then I will let you see just how huge the gap between us really is under Grandmaster’s guidance!”