Chapter 230: The Journey of Travels

That evening, Ning Feiliu's farewell banquet was somewhat unexpected for him.

Because the girls seemed to have figured things out; they were no longer acting reluctant to let him go, but were instead celebrating as if they were genuinely happy for him.

Ning Feiliu didn't overthink it, happy for the peace and quiet.

After the farewell banquet ended, he rested for three days, during which the girls did not come to find him.

"It's probably because they're afraid they won't be able to bear the parting," Ning Feiliu chuckled and said.

He could now feel, more or less, that his charm was a bit too great; after all, he was now a bona fide tall, rich, and handsome man.

A man who is tall, handsome, wealthy, and even powerful will be popular with girls wherever he goes.

Of course, the reverse is true for women as well.

As long as you are good-looking and wealthy, you certainly won't lack men who like you.

Ning Feiliu knew to some extent that the female students of Tianshui Academy liked him.

Especially those female students other than Shui Bing'er and the others, who had never heard him say that he already had a sweetheart.

Therefore, they would previously secretly slip love letters to Ning Feiliu.

In fact, in this quite feudal era of the Douluo Continent, this act of pursuing one's teacher was truly a rebellious and immoral thing.

Perhaps in the world of Ning Feiliu's past life, there would be no feeling that there was anything wrong with this at all.

Some web novels even use this as a selling point for entertainment.

But in feudal eras similar to the current age of the Douluo Continent, pursuing one's teacher is actually an act of incest, and once exposed, it would almost certainly face controversy.

The current era of the Douluo Continent is the same, but it couldn't stop the fact that Ning Feiliu was very close in age to them, and he was truly too charming.

So, among them, there were still some very bold ones who chose to slip love letters to Ning Feiliu.

However, Ning Feiliu did not respond, that was all.

As for Shui Bing'er and the others, Ning Feiliu cared even less.

They were not that bold, and he had already told them about his feelings for Dugu Yan, so there shouldn't be any more misunderstandings.

And he also had to continue on his journey to become stronger; there would be a time to meet again in the future.

But the time spent apart can always make people forget those beautiful moments.

After all...

They never had any relationship other than friends and teacher-student; they hadn't even had any ambiguity or life-and-death partings, so how could they still be unable to forget him?

Even if the world of "love-brained" people is outrageous... there has to be a limit, right!...

Three days later, early in the morning.

Ning Feiliu replenished some necessary supplies, most importantly fresh water and food.

After all, for some time now, he had been preparing to enter Slaughter City.

And to enter Slaughter City, the most important thing, besides having the strength to cope with being unable to use Soul Rings and soul skills, is that one must be careful... not to get poisoned.

A type of Bloodthirsty Toxin exists widely in the air, drinking water, and food of Slaughter City.

Especially the common water source in Slaughter City—Bloody Mary, a drink made from human blood.

After drinking it, one will be affected and begin to subconsciously exhibit bloodthirsty and murderous behavior.

It is even highly likely that the means by which the King of Slaughter controlled and sacrificed the many spectators of Slaughter City to commit suicide at the end of the original plot to open the Hell Road was because they had accumulated too much toxin in their bodies, and thus were controlled by the King of Slaughter.

So Ning Feiliu had to take precautions and accumulate enough food and fresh water resources before entering Slaughter City.

At the same time, he had to prepare for both possibilities and make an antidote that could neutralize the poison.

Of course, he hadn't even decided whether he would actually enter Slaughter City to take risks.

His current preparations were just thoughts for now.

After replenishing his supplies, he officially set off.

"Set off! Next stop! Kede City!" After Ning Feiliu walked out of Tianshui City, he took a map out of his Soul Guidance Device.

Then, after he pinpointed the route, he began his journey.

Although the distance between cities on the Douluo Continent is a bit far, there are quite a few small towns and villages scattered along the way.

This also makes it convenient for travelers to have a place to stay on the road when they cannot reach their destination in time.

Of course, Ning Feiliu certainly didn't need a place to stay; he traveled at an extremely fast speed, and even summoned his martial soul to provide himself with Speed Amplification for the journey.

Tianshui City and Kede City were not far apart, and he was accelerating the whole way.

So, very quickly, Ning Feiliu arrived at the gates of Kede City in the afternoon.

The Douluo Continent does not have travel permits or customs clearance documents, so Ning Feiliu entered Kede City very quickly.

It's just that...

"You're so slow, Brother Feiliu~~" A somewhat familiar, lingering female voice came from the side of the road just as Ning Feiliu entered the city gate.

Ning Feiliu's eyes widened instantly, and then he looked over, and sure enough...

Shui Yue'er was holding a drink like fruit juice, looking at him with a smile.

Not only Shui Yue'er, but beside her were Shui Bing'er, Xue Wu, Shen Liu Yu, Gu Qingbo, Yu Hairou, and Qiu Ruoshui!

"How are you all..." Ning Feiliu asked in astonishment.

"It's like this... actually, Kede City is Ruoshui's hometown. Since she happened to be going home, we just followed along," Shen Liu Yu blinked her beautiful eyes and said with a mischievous smile.

Ning Feiliu frowned; he certainly wouldn't believe this reason.

Basically, all Soul Academies have a six-month academic term, which means that barring any accidents, one can only go home for vacation once every six months.

It would be one thing if a student had some business to go home for.

But as Shen Liu Yu said, accompanying other students home...

That is certainly quite impossible.

The most critical thing is that Ning Feiliu had just left Tianshui Academy, and they had followed him here.

Could this really be because they were accompanying Qiu Ruoshui home?

Ning Feiliu felt very helpless all of a sudden, sighed, and said, "Then when are you all going back?"

Suddenly, Shen Liu Yu didn't quite know how to put it.

After all, they wanted to travel across the Douluo Dalu with Ning Feiliu next; they certainly couldn't just go back like this.

Yet, by saying what she just did, it made it hard for her to find an excuse.

"Forget it, Feiliu... let's just be direct. We applied to the academy; we are going to travel across the Douluo Dalu with you from now on," Shui Bing'er confessed immediately, her beautiful eyes fixed on his as she spoke.

"Travel the Douluo Dalu with me?" Ning Feiliu frowned, then said, "No, my journey ahead... will be very dangerous."

He might eventually have to enter Slaughter City, though he hadn't made up his mind yet.

But the Keystone Rune: Dark Harvest in the mission rewards was simply too tempting for him.

He really intended to try his best to go for it.

What would happen to Shui Bing'er and the others then? They couldn't possibly go in with him. What if they saw Ning Feiliu entering Slaughter City and, not taking it seriously, went in together with him?

Therefore, Ning Feiliu expressed his refusal.

"Dangerous? Why is it dangerous? Didn't you say you were just going to travel to the remaining few big cities in the Bei Jing, Feiliu Ge?" Shui Yue'er asked, her beautiful eyes flashing with curiosity.

"This..." Ning Feiliu shook his head and said helplessly, "In the end, I have to go to an extremely perilous place, the kind where even Spirit Masters above the Soul King level might not be able to return alive, so I'm afraid you cannot accompany me."

However...

"Then we can just accompany you to travel through the few big cities in the Bei Jing!" Xue Wu said at this moment, "And you don't have to worry, we won't drag you down."

"That's right!" The girls' beautiful eyes lit up instantly, and they said, "We'll just follow you to travel through the places other than the dangerous one you mentioned, and some of these places in the Bei Jing are actually our hometowns."

"Feiliu, what do you think? Actually, we only applied for one year of external training this time..." Shui Bing'er looked at him and asked, "After a year, we will go back."

Ning Feiliu felt helpless, then gave in and said, "Alright then..."

A year's time wasn't even enough to count on traveling through the entire Bei Jing of the Douluo Dalu; last time, it took him over a year to travel through just one-third of the Bei Jing, so he was actually prepared to spend three years to complete this travel mission this time.

Why three years?

Because the final Slaughter City would definitely take about a year.

Completing one hundred consecutive victories in the Hell Slaughter Battle there—one hundred matches—would take at least one hundred days even at one match a day.

Of course, it certainly couldn't be that simple; Ning Feiliu remembered that in the original plot, Tang San took two years.

So he would be conservative and use one year to speed-run Slaughter City.

After all, with his cheat, he didn't think Tang San in Slaughter City could be stronger than him now just by relying on Hidden Weapons.

"Yay!!" The girls cheered happily.

Ning Feiliu felt even more helpless, but he had no other choice, and indeed, as long as they didn't enter Slaughter City, there was no danger in training with him like this.

Moreover, this was actually beneficial for Shui Bing'er and the others.

Just like that, Ning Feiliu's travel journey gained a group of beautiful young girls as companions.

This could also be considered adding a bit of fun.

Time passed very quickly.

Having Shui Bing'er and the others on the road only added fun for Ning Feiliu, without adding any variables or difficulties.

Not long after they set off on their journey together, the Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament began.

Along the way, Ning Feiliu heard countless citizens of the Heaven Dou Empire discussing this matter, and he also heard the name Dugu Yan.

It was just that it sounded like Dugu Yan ultimately failed to break through to level fifty before the Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

Because if she had broken through to level fifty, Dugu Yan leading the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Team would definitely have been able to defeat the Spirit Hall Team that lacked the Spirit Hall Golden Generation.

It was a pity that he heard the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Team had narrowly lost in the end.

Ning Feiliu felt a bit regretful, but five years later... Dugu Yan would still have a chance to win the championship.

This was ultimately just a small interlude in the journey; he and Shui Bing'er and the others continued their travels, and soon a year was about to pass.

Over the past year, Shui Bing'er and the others had helped Ning Feiliu with many things.

For example, "chivalrous acts" on the road and performing many good deeds.

These things were easier to handle with more people, and the progress of Ning Feiliu's three missions also surged.

This was also a way to complete the missions by exploiting bugs; his cheat had always had loopholes, and because it wasn't a system, it wouldn't fix these loopholes.

Ning Feiliu was quite happy, and even ten months after traveling across the Douluo Dalu with Shui Bing'er and the others, his mission for Mordekaiser was completed just like that.

【Help one hundred wandering spirits fulfill their dying wishes to obtain Mordekaiser's Undead Forbidden Arts and Ochen Language Proficiency.】

As the small text appearing before him shattered once again, a massive amount of knowledge flooded into Ning Feiliu's mind.

"Undead... Forbidden Arts." He was a bit dazed, the forbidden knowledge surfacing in his mind, and then he subconsciously blurted out a phrase that no one could understand, "Karthus..."

"What? Feiliu, what were you saying just now?"

Just then, a voice came, interrupting Ning Feiliu's deep thoughts.

Ning Feiliu looked and saw Shui Bing'er looking at him with a hint of shyness in her beautiful eyes.

He smiled, waved his hand, and said, "No... nothing..."

Then he came back to his senses; just now... what he said was Ochen Language, and the meaning of that phrase was... "Submit to me."

Suddenly, Ning Feiliu felt the temperature around him drop slightly.

He felt something approaching, and after thinking for a moment, he whispered in that strange language again, "Clarity... Spirit Communication (Ochen Language)."

This was a low-level spell among Mordekaiser's Undead Forbidden Arts, called the Spirit Communication Spell.

Its function was to allow one to see the existence of wandering spirits and Spirit Souls.

Ning Feiliu saw a layer of mist suddenly appear before his eyes, and then he saw, right in front of him, behind Shui Bing'er.

Two dazed, transparent Spirit Souls had appeared!

It is just that these two undead are two wild boars.

It seems they were hunted and slaughtered here as food.

And unlike the human Spirit Souls Ning Feiliu had seen before, they appear somewhat thin, looking as if they are about to dissipate into nothingness at any moment.

In fact, he has seen many human Spirit Souls that were also like this, appearing as if they were about to dissipate.

The stronger an undead was in life, the stronger its Spirit Soul is, and the harder it is for it to dissipate.

However... the previous undead were all human undead, and this is the first time Ning Feiliu has seen the undead of livestock.

This is naturally the credit of Mordekaiser's Undead Forbidden Arts.

Yet at this moment, they are facing Ning Feiliu and have unexpectedly assumed a kneeling posture, appearing to have submitted to Ning Feiliu.

"Feiliu?" Just then, Shui Bing'er's voice came again.

It made Ning Feiliu snap back to his senses once more.

"What's wrong?" Shui Bing'er's eyes became quite worried at this moment.

Even the girls who were still setting up camp and doing other camp duties looked over at this moment.

"It's nothing..." Ning Feiliu gave a dumbfounded smile and said, "Rest assured, what could possibly happen to me..."

"Alright, the moonlight is quite nice tonight, you should hurry up and cultivate. Bing'er, I remember that after you received my Moonlight Breathing Method, you reached level 39 soul power very early on; see if you can break through to Soul Ancestor during this period."

It was also half a year after he embarked on the journey with Shui Bing'er and the others that he chose to impart the Moonlight Breathing Method to them.

Ning Feiliu was never someone who hoarded his own treasures, and besides, the Moonlight Breathing Method had long since become a technique that everyone in his group knew how to use.

He had no need to keep anything back.

And after Shui Bing'er and the others obtained the Moonlight Breathing Method, their cultivation progress was also advancing by leaps and bounds; Shui Yue'er directly increased her soul power by one level in two and a half months, and in eight months, she broke through to level 39 soul power.

(End of chapter)