Douluo: AFK to Become a God

After returning to the small town outside the Soul Hunting Forest, night had already fallen.

The two did not continue their journey back overnight. They stayed in the town for the night and returned to Notting City the next morning by carriage.

The distance of four hundred miles wasn't long, but it wasn't short either.

In the previous life, it would have taken just a few hours by car, but on the Douluo Continent, with underdeveloped transportation, they spent the entire day and the morning traveling by carriage before returning to Notting City.

"We're back!" 

As soon as they entered the courtyard, Chu Chengzhou shouted inside.

"Xiao Chu, you've finally advanced to a Soul Master?" 

Soon, hearing the noise, Xiao Wu rushed out of the living room to greet them.

The word "finally" was used very appropriately, but Chu Chengzhou didn't like it.

"I can't be bothered with you."

He rolled his eyes at Xiao Wu and entered the living room without a word.

It wasn't that he was being rude, but he was feeling a little down.

Yes, he had become a one-ring Soul Master, but compared to Xiao Wu, he still felt inferior.

Xiao Wu's cultivation talent was equivalent to innate full soul power, so her cultivation speed had always been fast. Plus, she had learned the purple-level meditation method last year, which made her upgrading speed even faster.

Two years ago, when Xiao Wu first came to Notting Academy, she was only a 12th-level Soul Master. By the time the semester ended, she was just a 15th-level Soul Master.

But now, Xiao Wu had already become a second-ring Great Soul Master not long ago.

As for Xiao Wu's second soul ring? 

This little rabbit was also quite the liar, saying that her distant relative had come to Notting City and took her to get her second soul ring.

But Chu Chengzhou knew that Xiao Wu had secretly gone out to condense it herself. He just didn't expose her.

Moreover, since Xiao Wu had also practiced the yellow-level Body Refining skill, her second soul ring, although not reaching the purple thousand-year level, was still above 900 years, with a deep yellow hue tinged with a hint of purple.

"Hey, Xiao Chu—no, Brother, don't go! We're both Soul Masters, let's spar a bit!"

Seeing that Chu Chengzhou wasn't paying attention to her, Xiao Wu quickly chased after him.

Earlier, Chu Chengzhou thought that his Body Refining was progressing well and planned to accumulate some practical combat experience by sparring with Xiao Wu. To make it fair, he even forbade Xiao Wu from using her soul skills.

Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. Even without using soul skills, Xiao Wu could still easily defeat him. Although he had started practicing Body Refining earlier than her, Xiao Wu had the advantage of a higher soul power level. Her first soul ring, which was over a hundred years old, also greatly enhanced her physical fitness. Moreover, Xiao Wu had rich combat experience and superb skills, making him an easy target for a one-sided beating.

After experiencing one-sided beatings, Chu Chengzhou immediately abandoned the idea of sparring.

After all, if it was just a one-sided beating, what kind of combat experience could he accumulate? He'd probably just learn how to endure the pain!

Chu Chengzhou canceled his sparring plan, but Xiao Wu wasn't having it. She still wanted to bully her "brother" openly!

However, since he was technically her brother, Xiao Wu didn't dare to beat him up directly. She could only coax Chu Chengzhou to spar with her every now and then.

"Go away, you little mischievous rabbit. Go somewhere cool and stay there."

Chu Chengzhou said with a disgusted look on his face. 

Spar? Who wants to spar with you!

"Huh? Who are you calling a mischievous rabbit?"

Immediately, Xiao Wu became furious.

As the head of the rabbit tribe, Xiao Wu naturally knew about her distant relatives.

The Pipi Rabbit was known to be the most mischievous among the rabbit-type soul beasts on the continent, often playing pranks on weaker soul beasts in the forest.

"I'm not a rabbit. If you're not a Pipi Rabbit, then who is?"

"Chu Chengzhou, I think you're asking for a beating!"

Enraged, Xiao Wu pounced on Chu Chengzhou.

Watching the two of them play around, Su Nan, who had entered the living room, shook his head speechlessly.

In the bedroom, Chu Chengzhou opened his attribute panel, preparing to adjust his auto-training plan.

Currently, one of his two auto-training slots was taken up by the recently added yellow-level Body Refining skill, and the other by the purple-level Meditation skill, which had just crossed the 40% progress mark.

Now that he had obtained his first soul ring, Chu Chengzhou naturally planned to increase its age.

It didn't need to be too high, just upgrading it to a purple thousand-year soul ring for now.

The auto-training efficiency for soul rings was 10 years of age per day. With his 652-year first soul ring, after a little more than a month of auto-training, it would be upgraded to a thousand-year soul ring.

But there was a problem: could a one-ring Soul Master really have a purple thousand-year soul ring?

Soul Masters who had never seen such a thing would call it impossible, while those with some knowledge but limited funds would probably drool over the idea.

According to the best soul ring match, a one-ring Soul Master could only have a soul ring of about 400 years. But here he was, with a purple thousand-year first soul ring—this was equivalent to refining a soul bone!

Soul bones were valuable items. Even the most ordinary hundred-year or thousand-year soul bones were worth millions of gold soul coins. This was like a walking million gold soul coins, and without any resistance to boot!

If Chu Chengzhou had a powerful grandfather who could rival the Pope of the Spirit Hall, a thousand-year first soul ring wouldn't be a big deal. Even if others were envious, they wouldn't dare make any moves.

But unfortunately, his strongest backing was his grandfather, who was only a four-ring Soul King. He had no power or influence and was not qualified to possess a thousand-year first soul ring.

Of course, he did have two other "backers"—Xiao Wu's younger brothers, Da Ming and Er Ming.

These two were incredibly powerful, and even a Title Douluo would not be a match for them. However, the problem was that they were ten-thousand-year soul beasts, and their support was not something Chu Chengzhou could use.

So, Chu Chengzhou had two choices: either not use the auto-training for the soul ring and wait until he had the strength to protect himself, or come up with a self-created soul skill that could change the color of his soul ring.

If he didn't have the auto-training feature, he wouldn't even think about it. After all, creating a self-created soul skill was a distant goal, and it might take him a lifetime to achieve.

But with the auto-training, it seemed possible?

Soul rings were dependent on the martial soul and were part of a Soul Master's power.

If he could learn to control his power to a certain degree—or even perfectly—couldn't he change the color of his soul ring or use his soul skills without revealing the soul ring?

Moreover, learning to control his own power was something every strong person had to master, and it wouldn't conflict with his future growth.

Of course, if he couldn't create such a self-created soul skill, he would have to lay low for now. His first soul ring would remain at the 900-year mark for the time being.

As long as the soul ring didn't have a purple hue or turn into a purple thousand-year soul ring, there shouldn't be any major issues.