Xiao Wu, You're Not Human!

Time quietly slipped through the fingers, and unknowingly, another three years had passed.

In these three years, Xiao Yan had come to understand about seventy to eighty percent of this world known as the Douluo Continent.

Even though Nuoding City was just a small, remote city, money could make the devil work for you.

As for the general knowledge of the continent, Xiao Yan had learned it all.

When he gained a more comprehensive understanding of the world, Xiao Yan stood there in a daze for several minutes.

He hadn't expected it—truly hadn't expected it.

A simple and crude meditation cultivation method turned out to be the universally practiced soul master cultivation technique in Douluo Continent for thousands of years!

He had originally thought that Da Shi Yu Xiao Gang had already reached the peak of stupidity, but upon further observation, it seemed that the people of Douluo Continent weren't very bright in general.

Cultivation was like walking a path.

On the path to becoming stronger, everyone had different talents. Under normal walking conditions, those with outstanding talent would walk faster, while those less gifted would move slower.

A cultivation method was a tool that helped one accelerate along this path.

To put it crudely: an average cultivation method was like riding a bicycle, while a higher-tier one was like sitting in a car.

People in the Douluo Continent lived in a world where bloodline and talent determined their potential. The universally used meditation cultivation method over thousands of years only further emphasized the importance of bloodline and talent.

After all, when everyone used the same tools, naturally those with greater innate gifts would become stronger.

And in a world that worshipped bloodlines to this extent, strong talent basically equated to strong bloodline!

Apart from this, Xiao Yan also learned that soul skills were the primary, and often the only, offensive means for more than 99% of soul masters in Douluo Continent.

A soul master's strength was essentially made up of two things: soul power level, which acted like internal energy, and their soul ring configuration, which represented their martial techniques.

After learning all this, Xiao Yan couldn't help but admire the natural advantages of Douluo Continent's soul masters.

Because they could hunt soul beasts and absorb soul rings, soul masters didn't need to train excessively to make significant leaps in soul power, thus easily breaking through level limits.

Not only that, but during this process, they could also gain a soul skill tailored just for them.

Upon reflecting on all this, Xiao Yan finally understood why the Douluo Continent had remained unchanged for thousands of years.

Cultivating comfortably in the city, waiting for the right time to go into the forest and hunt soul beasts for massive power boosts…

Who would go to the trouble of revolutionizing the training system or painstakingly creating new and profound martial arts?

Though he also learned of the special existence of soul bones, since they only had a minuscule drop chance after killing thousands of soul beasts, Xiao Yan didn't factor them into the soul master's general development model.

Having figured out the basics of this world, Xiao Yan trained even more diligently during these three years.

After all, anything he possessed—even just a single technique—if taken out and revealed in Douluo Continent, could shake the world.

Stars twinkled in the sky, and a cool breeze gently brushed over the land. The soft, bright moonlight poured down like a veil, casting a light mist over the world.

On a quiet little road, two figures strolled leisurely—one male and one female.

The girl had a long scorpion braid, lively and energetic. The boy wore a black robe, with crystal blue long hair draping behind his shoulders. His temperament was graceful, and his youthful face bore a maturity beyond his years.

Xiao Wu said with great satisfaction, "That hotpot tonight tasted amazing..."

Xiao Yan nodded slightly. Today, the academy was on holiday, and his Xuan Tian Body Tempering Technique had reached a breakthrough after training with weighted clothing. After three years, he had finally leveled up successfully, so he spent the day relaxing with Xiao Wu in Nuoding City.

The Xuan Tian Body Tempering Technique evolved from the Mysterious Jade Hand. Once activated, the entire body would become as resilient as cold jade, immune to all poisons. However, the body wouldn't visibly shine like jade.

Over the past three years, he had developed an even stronger version of the Xuan Tian Body Tempering Technique.

Although the old version was much stronger than the Mysterious Jade Hand, it still had a flaw—it required manual activation.

Triggering the Xuan Tian Body Tempering Technique to envelop the entire body took about five to ten breaths.

But in battles between experts, life and death could be decided in milliseconds.

This was a fatal flaw.

Now, he had finally patched that weakness—and even gained some additional, special effects.

Xiao Yan even gave this martial technique a new name: Dragon Elephant Mysterious Armor Technique!

The Dragon Elephant Mysterious Armor Technique was ten times more powerful than the Xuan Tian Body Tempering Technique.

First of all, this technique used inner energy to nourish the body, making it as tough and resistant as a mysterious armor—not a buff-type skill like Xuan Tian Body Tempering or Mysterious Jade Hand.

The difference was fundamental.

Secondly, cultivating this technique continually enhanced one's strength, eventually allowing the body to possess power on par with dragons and elephants.

Like cultivating inner energy, the Dragon Elephant Mysterious Armor Technique had no limits—there was always more to master.

Given enough time, a single punch could shake even towering mountains.

Back at the village blacksmith shop, Xiao Wu stretched and said, "That hotpot was tasty, but it still doesn't compare to spicy rabbit heads! Xiao Yan, you better make a lot of spicy rabbit heads tomorrow. Last time we had a holiday, I didn't get enough!"

Xiao Yan closed the door without replying. Instead, he stared at Xiao Wu with a serious look.

Feeling uneasy under his intense gaze, Xiao Wu nervously asked, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

Sitting down inside the room, Xiao Yan said very calmly, "Xiao Wu, you're not actually human."

"What?" Xiao Wu was startled by the sudden statement and quickly defended herself: "Xiao Yan, are you feverish or something? How could I not be human?"

Xiao Yan smiled slightly and suddenly asked, "Do you remember when we first met? The moment you told me your name, I felt something was off. 'Xiao Wu'… who in the world has the surname 'Xiao'? That's a rare one..."

Xiao Wu laughed awkwardly: "Xiao Yan, you're overthinking. The surname 'Xiao' might be rare, but it's not like it doesn't exist."

"True," Xiao Yan nodded in agreement. "That's what I thought at first. But you have a Rabbit Martial Soul, and yet you possess innate full soul power. That made me question your identity again.

Maybe you didn't realize it, but your careless words exposed your full soul power right from the beginning."

Xiao Wu thought carefully and finally remembered—when she heard that Xiao Yan had innate full soul power, she had reflexively said 'you too have innate full soul power'. She hadn't expected that such a simple sentence would be caught by him.

(End of Chapter)