Chapter 48 Brain Spirit Owner: Romantina Zhou Qing and Tang San, who had taken a leave, returned to Dormitory 7 to pack two sets of clothes, then walked out of the door of Dormitory 7, preparing to go to the Notting Guild to post a mission to see if there was any spirit master team willing to take on their mission. As soon as he walked out of the door, Xiao Wu came towards him, feeling a little depressed: "Do you really have to get the spirit ring?" "You seem to sympathize with soul beasts?" Zhou Qing asked back. "No! No! Don't talk nonsense! I just... just... there are also very cute species among soul beasts, for example, the soft-bone rabbit." Xiao Wu waved her hands hurriedly, speaking incoherently. "It has nothing to do with being cute or not. Without the soul ring of a soul beast, a soul master's cultivation cannot be improved." Zhou Qing's eyes were calm as he said, "If humans don't have strength, they will be attacked by soul beasts. Their powerful strength will cause great harm to humans. Except for a small number of soul beasts that can be domesticated by humans after ten years, most soul beasts, even herbivorous soul beasts, after ten years, have more threatening power than ordinary tigers and wolves." "so--" "If you want to sympathize with the soul beasts, you also have to consider whether we humans will become food for the soul beasts if we become weak." After saying that, Zhou Qing followed Tang San around Xiao Wu and walked towards the gate of Notting College.

"This Xiao Wu, she really doesn't look like someone who came from a small village, she's a little too naive." Tang San said in a low voice, "Could she really be a lady from a wealthy family?" "It's just that I still can't figure out who I am." Through the brief close contact with Xiao Wu yesterday, Zhou Qing also recognized that Xiao Wu's physical body after transformation should be almost the same as that of a human being, and not some kind of illusion. It can be said that, except for the fact that soul rings and soul bones can explode after death before reaching the Soul Saint realm, there is no strict difference between them and humans. From this perspective, all soul beasts that choose to transform into humans and cultivate again, no matter what the reason, have already separated from their original race, and the performance of the self-condensed soul ring in the early stage is probably to gradually strip away everything that belongs to the soul beast. "Can't tell who you are?" Tang San didn't understand the meaning of Zhou Qing's words. He just thought Xiao Wu was too sentimental. "Children like us who mature early are rare." "and many more!" Xiao Wu followed, "I'm going too." "What are you going to do?" "I said that if I want to become an adventurer, I should go to the Notting Guild to register as an adventurer." Xiao Wu had her own reasons, but she wanted more to follow Zhou Qing and Tang San to hunt soul beasts, because she instinctively realized that she would have to get used to this kind of thing in the future. The person who could kill her mother must be very powerful. She wanted revenge and she also needed strength. The first six soul rings could be condensed by herself, but the seventh soul ring needed to be obtained by hunting soul beasts. If he was not used to hunting soul beasts, even if he found the real culprit, he would probably not be able to take revenge. In the original novel, Xiao Wu spent most of her time immersed in Tang San's protection, and because she was so lively, she kept this thought deep in her heart. But now, she no longer slept in the same bed with Tang San, nor was she treated as a sister by Tang San. She had to complete the work-study tasks assigned by the college by herself. At this moment, the thought of revenge in Xiao Wu's heart still slightly prevailed, and even suppressed her beating heart... She just didn't know how long it would last. "Then let's go together." Zhou Qing agreed. The three of them left Notting College, asked passers-by about the location of the Notting Guild, and then headed north of Notting City. The Notting Guild is located on the edge of Notting City, close to the city wall. It is mainly used to facilitate the shift changes of soul masters who have taken on temporary tasks such as patrolling and inspection. The venue of Nottingham Guild is not big, similar to a bar in the previous life.

Zhou Qing pushed the door open and what came into his sight was a lively scene similar to that of a pub. In addition to the walkway leading to the quest reception area, both sides were lined with wooden dining tables. Adventurers of all kinds were eating, drinking, or playing finger-guessing games, making the place very lively. However, judging from the fluctuations of soul power that inadvertently emanated from these people, it seemed that none of them had reached level 20. "It's so lively." Xiao Wu's voice became smaller. Faced with so many adults, she couldn't help but show some of the rabbit's instincts: a little timid. Zhou Qing felt that this lively scene was somewhat familiar, and a trace of nostalgia appeared in his eyes, but it was fleeting. He walked to the bar, looked up, and stared at the receptionist wearing a white coat with black patterns, and said: "Hello, beautiful sister, we want to issue a task to hunt soul beasts and obtain soul rings. What procedures do we need to go through?" "Little boy, has your soul power reached level ten?" asked the receptionist. "That's right, we both came from a small village, and we were born with full spirit power. This is our spirit certificate." Zhou Qing handed the spirit certificate to the receptionist, and Tang San did the same. When the soul masters at the surrounding tables heard the words "innate full soul power", they all looked sideways. Many soul masters were a little tempted, but still planned to see the situation first. “It really is, it’s the martial soul…” The receptionist felt a little sorry when she saw the “Blue Silver Grass” and “Heart”, but she did not directly reveal the two’s martial souls for fear of being laughed at by other soul masters in the guild. "Martial Soul is not a problem. I am also a master of martial soul cultivation theory, self-proclaimed, and have already planned the choice of the first soul ring for both of us." Zhou Qing smiled, "Beautiful big sister, can you tell us how to issue a task? Our savings, a total of thirty-six gold soul coins, are accumulated by my family." After saying that, Zhou Qing took out a small cloth bag from his pocket and poured out thirty-six gold soul coins. The receptionist picked up one, looked at the date on it, and said, "This is a gold soul coin from more than 200 years ago. It seems that it was indeed accumulated by your family for generations." Then, the receptionist took out a form and asked, "What kind of soul beasts do you two want to hunt? Do you have any ideas? Different soul beasts have different hunting difficulties and different mission fees. Of course, I only give you the corresponding fees for reference. You can decide how much to pay." "His first soul ring choice is wolf grass, which is between three hundred and four hundred years old." Zhou Qing thought without hesitation, "I looked through the latest information of Notting Academy. In the Soul Hunting Forest near Notting City, there is an area where wolf grass soul beasts grow. Because there are not many plant soul masters in Notting City in the past two hundred years, the plant soul beasts in that wolf grass still exist." Originally, Zhou Qing had already found plant soul beasts that were more suitable for Tang San in the library, such as the Lightning Struck Wood, the Thousand Root Banyan, etc., but he looked through the types of soul beasts in the Soul Hunting Forest near Notting City. Oh hoo! No! At their age, it is impossible for them to run to the soul beast forest outside the Notting Soul Hunting Forest, not to mention the Star Dou Great Forest, or other soul beast habitats that have not been fully explored by humans. Therefore, we can only settle for the second best and choose wolf's hair grass. Tang San thought that wolf's hair grass was good. After all, its ability to accumulate life force, protect the heart meridian, and enhance the power of other spirit rings and spirit skills in the future were all very practical. Especially protecting the heart meridian is something Tang San attaches great importance to. It can be said that even now, compared to his martial soul, Tang San still values ​​the practice of Xuan Tian Gong more. With the ability to protect the heart meridian, he can also impact other meridians except the Ren and Du meridians in advance, so as to complete the great circulation of soul power as soon as possible, thereby improving the speed of soul power cultivation. "A hundred-year soul beast. The price is a bit higher, but the advantage is that plant soul beasts like wolf hair grass have no attack ability. The only danger is to be careful of other soul beasts in the Soul Hunting Forest. Under normal circumstances, fifty gold soul coins are enough." The receptionist smiled and said, "To be honest, the price of hunting a hundred-year-old soul beast is usually more than a hundred gold soul coins." "We only have thirty-six gold soul coins, so ten will do?" Zhou Qing asked. "It's possible, but maybe no one will take this task."

The receptionist slid ten gold soul coins in front of Zhou Qing and told him that two of them were the reward from the guild, and the remaining eight were the reward for the soul master who took on this task. "What about you?" The receptionist was very patient. After finishing recording, she asked Zhou Qing again. "For me, the first soul ring would be the Moo Spring Ox. This kind of soul beast exists in the Soul Hunting Forest near Notting City, and it only needs to be three or four hundred years old." Zhou Qing said. "Moo Spring Ox, that kind of soul beast is gentle, but it is still a cow after all. It has thick skin and flesh, great strength, and its horns are quite lethal. It usually costs 200 gold soul coins, but you only have 26 gold soul coins..." "How about twenty-five? We want to keep the remaining one in case of emergency." Zhou Qing negotiated. "That's fine. If it's twenty-five, five of them are the guild's reward, and the remaining twenty are the rewards for the soul master who accepts the task." The receptionist continued to record and returned a gold soul coin to Zhou Qing. [Does the guild charge a 20% handling fee? ] Zhou Qing understood it clearly. Afterwards, the receptionist posted the task paper on the nearby task board wall. "Thank you sister." Zhou Qing thanked her, "May I know your name, sister?" "My name is Alice, you can just call me Miss Alice." Alice smiled sweetly. "I want to register as an adventurer." Xiao Wu suddenly spoke up and gave proof of her martial spirit. “You also have innate full soul power?” Alice picked up Xiao Wu’s certificate, surprised, but then shook her head, “But only soul masters can register. Although you have innate full soul power, but without a soul ring, you can’t…” Before she could finish her words, Xiao Wu was possessed by her martial spirit, and a pair of rabbit ears grew on her head, and a furry white ball emerged from behind her waist. More importantly, next to her, there was a yellow spirit ring floating, and judging by the depth of the color, it was definitely around four hundred years old. All of a sudden. The entire guild fell silent. Even though they were all soul masters, and many of them even had higher soul power levels than Xiao Wu, they all had white soul rings, with only a few possessing hundred-year soul rings. They didn't expect that a little girl also possessed a hundred-year spirit ring! Many people subconsciously believed that there must be a powerful force behind Xiao Wu. After all, in their common sense, only people from a powerful force could hunt a hundred-year-old soul beast for such a young girl. Some people even believed that Zhou Qing and Tang San were born into a powerful force, and that their coming to the small city of Nottingham was probably just a favor from their elders so that they could recall the good old days, but in fact there must be some powerful people watching them in secret. For a time, many adventurers wanted to make friends. "Is this okay now?" Xiao Wu asked with a smile. "No...no more." Alice finally realized what was happening and immediately registered Xiao Wu as an adventurer. "However, you still have to pay the fee: one gold soul coin." "So expensive?" Xiao Wu, who already knew the conversion rate between Copper Soul Coins, Silver Soul Coins, and Gold Soul Coins, frowned. After all, she only had one Copper Soul Coin left, which she had borrowed from Zhou Qing. "The main thing is that adventurers have special identity cards." Alice returned the martial spirit certificate to Xiao Wu and took out a brown adventure card. "This card can record the number of soul coins. It is universal in all major banks in Douluo Continent. With this adventure card, most adventurers don't need to apply for other savings soul cards." [This Douluo Continent...some places are really advanced. 】 Zhou Qing secretly complained.

Tang San touched Zhou Qing's shoulder, pointed at the adventure card, and asked in a low voice: "This should also be a soul guide, right?" "Yes." The person who answered was Alice, "This is a kind of soul guide. Compared with other soul guides, this kind of soul card and adventure card is already very cheap." "Zhou Qing, don't you have another gold soul coin? Lend it to me." Xiao Wu stretched out her hand, "I will definitely pay you back when I have money in the future." "Give." Zhou Qing was not stingy and gave the gold soul coin to Xiao Wu, saying, "Now that you have become a soul master, you can go to the Spirit Hall to register and get a gold soul coin every month." "so good?" Xiao Wu's eyes lit up, but she did not return the gold soul coin in her hand to Zhou Qing. She just said, "I'll return it to you next month." "Okay, here's your adventure card." Alice put the adventure card into the socket of a soul guide device similar to a cash register on the table, injected soul power on it, and asked Xiao Wu to aim at the device similar to a camera lens in front of the soul guide. Then the adventure card was "activated" and Xiao Wu's portrait appeared on it. "It's really magical." Xiao Wu took the adventure card, looked at her own avatar on it, and muttered to herself. Tang San was itching to know the internal structure of this soul guide. But Alice said, "Sorry, this kind of soul guide is not for sale to the public." Zhou Qing asked: "What is the operation of storing soul coins?" Alice answered patiently, "If you want to deposit money, you can do it in any guild or bank. Give the money to the person in charge to count it, then insert the soul card into this soul coin machine. There are number buttons on it. Enter the corresponding soul coin number, then inject soul power, press confirm, and the soul card and adventure card will record the corresponding currency number." “Withdrawing money works the same way.” "So, this kind of soul coin machine will not be sold to the public. Even the royal family cannot directly control this kind of soul coin machine. In the history of the Tiandou Empire, soul coins have depreciated. At a certain period, the exchange rate between silver soul coins and gold soul coins once reached 100:1, which even affected the trade system of the entire Douluo Continent." "For this reason, the Spirit Hall intervened and cooperated with the two empires to slowly adjust the exchange rate between Silver Soul Coins and Gold Soul Coins to 10:1. From then on, private organizations and forces could no longer directly control this Soul Coin Machine. It had to be jointly recognized by the Heaven Dou Empire, the Xing Luo Empire, and the Spirit Hall. Only those who were not inclined to any one party and had a very high sense of morality could be in charge of this Soul Coin Machine." Zhou Qing suddenly realized: "So that's it——" Inflation has also occurred in Douluo Continent! In this real world, even if there are extraordinary powers, if there are major problems with the basic economic system, it cannot be solved by just having strong fists... "Can I take the mission now?" Xiao Wu asked Alice after becoming an official adventurer. "can." Alice pointed at the task board and smiled: "The tasks are posted there, respected soul master, you can choose them yourself." “Could this guy…?” Tang San had a hunch that Xiao Wu would choose Zhou Qing and himself for the mission of "hunting soul beasts". as predicted! Xiao Wu reached out to their task papers and turned around to make a face at them: "Twenty-eight gold soul coins, I will accept them without hesitation." Isn’t it just helping Zhou Qing and Tang San hunt soul beasts? simple! Wolf hair grass? She had eaten it before.

Mooing Spring Ox? I have never seen it. Although Xiao Wu is the incarnation of a hundred thousand year old soul beast, soul beasts like Moo Spring Ox are extremely rare in the Star Dou Great Forest. This is mainly due to geographical factors. Moo Spring Oxen mainly live in open grasslands and fields, and are also found in woods with sparse trees. However, in dense primitive jungles like the Star Dou Great Forest, the survival of Moo Spring Oxen is a problem. After all, Moo Spring Oxen are herbivorous social animals. Too dense a jungle would obstruct their vision, and their huge size would also prevent them from escaping in the dense bushes when they encounter predators. just. When Xiao Wu's hand pressed on Zhou Qing and Tang San's task paper, her other hand also pressed on it. She was a blonde girl who was over meters tall, wearing white armor and carrying a black wooden staff with a "?"-shaped top on her back. "Hey, I saw it first!" Xiao Wu raised her head, her eyes passed over the plump chest armor, stared at the other's green eyes, and shouted loudly. "My hand was on top first!" The girl was not willing to be outdone and looked down at Xiao Wu. The two of them stared at each other, neither of them giving in. However, Zhou Qing noticed that when the girl went to accept the mission, other adventurers who wanted to take on their mission stopped and even returned to their original seats. "Miss Alice, who is she?" Zhou Qing asked, "How strong is it?" "Her." Alice's eyes looked a little strange. "The daughter of the deputy mayor of Notting City, named Romantina, just graduated last year, but it is said that her soul power has not yet reached level ten, and she is still a soul warrior..." "But you can't underestimate her because of this. The soul power level is not the only factor that determines the strength of a soul master. She defeated a level 20... auxiliary soul master with her black cane, and beat the opponent so hard that he ran away. Moreover, she often exercises her muscles, and her physical fitness is comparable to that of a great soul master!" "Speaking of which, her martial soul is similar to yours, and is also a part of the body. The martial soul is the brain." brain?! This is a top-level martial soul! Zhou Qing heard about this from Su Yuntao when he was awakening his martial soul, but he didn't expect to meet her actually. But why does Romantina look like she's not very smart? Seeing Romantina and Xiao Wu staring at each other, trying to see whose eyes were bigger, Zhou Qing suddenly felt that having a brain martial spirit did not necessarily mean that her brain was smart. It might just be that the part that controls the motor nerves is more developed. This chapter has been revised. As expected, the part below the neck cannot be described.   (End of this chapter)