Listening to Zhou Sichen’s explanation and reviewing that portion of his memories, even the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm found it incredible.
Although Zhou Sichen was only at rank thirty-seven, his spiritual power and physical resilience were already comparable to a Soul King.
Now that the silkworm had become the first soul ring of his second martial soul—focusing his Body Martial Soul on spiritual power—his spiritual power had received another massive boost.
However, because of his current realm, his three contracted beasts were only at the thousand-year level.
But they had all reached exactly 9,999 years!
They were just one step away from breaking the ten-thousand-year barrier.
Therefore, if Zhou Sichen released his soul rings, he would display three deep purple rings.
Within the spiritual sea, the silkworm suddenly suggested, “Since your physical fitness and spiritual power are now strong enough to withstand a ten-thousand-year ring, why don’t I use my essence energy to push all three of your rings past the ten-thousand-year mark?”
Since it had become Zhou Sichen’s intelligent soul ring, it naturally wouldn’t stingy on investments.
After all, for a genius like him, the faster he grew, the brighter their shared future would be.
Zhou Sichen had indeed considered this, but he shook his head.
“There’s no rush.
Three thousand-year rings are already shocking enough.
Besides, I have my own plans.
Doing everything by myself is no fun.”
The silkworm wasn’t stupid and instantly caught on.
“You want to use this to attract the attention of powerful figures so they invest in you?
Maximizing your benefits?
Damn, you really are the person Brother chose.
Your schemes are much deeper than mine.”
Praising him, the silkworm suddenly realized a potential flaw.
“But aren’t you afraid of playing with fire?
Humans are far more insidious than soul beasts!”
Zhou Sichen had thought about this too, but he already knew how to handle it.
Furthermore, he was going to Shrek Academy.
The Dragon God Douluo, Mu En, was running out of time, and the continent was in turmoil.
The appearance of a genius like him would absolutely draw major attention.
Zhou Sichen was a citizen of the Heavenly Soul Empire.
His background and history were spotless.
As long as he displayed sufficient character and capability, he could definitely reap tremendous benefits from Shrek Academy!
Therefore, accidents were highly unlikely.
The only wild card came from the heavens above!
But for some reason, just a moment ago, Zhou Sichen suddenly felt an intuition that he could let loose and do whatever he wanted!
Although he didn’t know where this feeling came from, it was definitely there.
And Zhou Sichen never intended to back down anyway.
Even if God King Tang truly wanted to leash him like a dog, he had his own methods.
He absolutely would not let himself be slaughtered!
Looking at the ten blazing golden orbs in his spiritual sea, Zhou Sichen smiled.
“Relax, I know what I’m doing.”
The silkworm could only choose to trust him now.
“Alright, I’ve given you the stuff anyway.
How you use it is your right.”
“Tianmeng.”
The silkworm rolled its golden eyes.
“Call me Brother Tianmeng!
How old are you?
I’m old enough to be your ancestor!”
Zhou Sichen ignored him and said directly, “We’ll need to cooperate a lot in the future.
I have some ideas for your slough, I wonder if you’d be willing?”
The silkworm was taken aback.
“What do you want to do?”
“Besides being a twin martial soul master, I am also a soul engineer.
A month ago, I just became a Class 4 soul engineer.
So I want to use a part of your slough to make a soul device.”
Hearing this, the silkworm stared at him blankly.
It was true that it had been used as a battery in the forest, but it had eavesdropped on the beasts chatting.
It knew that the soul engineer profession was closely tied to soul masters, rising to prominence four thousand years ago during the continental collision.
It was a profession capable of truly changing eras.
Combining powerful soul masters with soul devices would result in terrifying combat strength.
And soul devices were crafted by soul engineers.
But a person’s energy is limited.
How did Zhou Sichen, reaching rank thirty-seven at such a young age, have the spare energy to study soul devices?
And he was a freaking Class 4 soul engineer?!
Generally, a soul engineer’s class was tied to their soul master rank.
Rank ten was Class 1, rank twenty was Class 2, and so on.
It was extremely rare for a soul master to exceed their cultivation realm to become a higher-class soul engineer because it was nearly impossible in terms of experience and energy.
Even if they existed, they were as rare as phoenix feathers or unicorn horns.
Yet Tianmeng had just bumped into one?
At this moment, the silkworm didn’t know if it was lucky, because it felt that sometimes extreme luck was followed by massive misfortune!
Being a battery for ten thousand years gave it a profound understanding of that!
For Zhou Sichen, becoming a soul engineer did indeed split his focus.
To ensure neither path lagged behind, the effort he put in was immense.
This was also why he was only rank thirty-seven right now.
But in this era, soul engineers were the inevitable future, and some of his future plans required him to be an excellent one.
Over the years, his family had invested heavily to support his dual cultivation.
But the returns far exceeded the investment!
A twelve-year-old Class 4 soul engineer, rank thirty-seven Soul Elder, with three purple thousand-year soul rings—his overall strength was immeasurable!
And that wasn’t even counting his second martial soul, which he didn’t plan to expose just yet.
After discussing his future plans with the silkworm, the creature agreed with both hands raised.
Tianmeng realized it had truly struck gold.
After enduring immense hardship to find a suitable host, it didn’t need to worry about anything anymore because Zhou Sichen was far more ambitious than it was!
After chatting, the silkworm let out a weak yawn.
“I’ve compressed and sealed my power to the maximum extent, so I’m a bit weak right now.
Wait until I recover a bit before we continue with further upgrades.
For now, familiarize yourself with the skills I’ve granted your second martial soul.
I can’t hold on, Brother needs to sleep for a bit…”
With that, it turned into a little baby silkworm and fell into a deep sleep within Zhou Sichen’s spiritual sea.
Watching the sleeping Tianmeng, Zhou Sichen smiled and exited his spiritual sea.
The Ice Jade Scorpion carried him swiftly out of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Even at night, Ah Da’s cultivation was enough to deter the weak beasts in the outer region.
Entering Shrek Academy was part of his plan, as there were many good things there worth scheming for.
Zhou Sichen never considered himself a good person.
In this life, what was more important than oneself?
As long as it brought him improvement and benefits, he would spare no effort to fight for it!
As for the process and how others viewed him, those were their opinions and had no effect on him whatsoever.