Bab 114: Heavy Burden
The establishment of the Body Sect shocked all the factions, big and small, across the Douluo Continent.
Their strength was truly remarkable: the Martial God Douluo and three thousand Body Spirit Masters.
Such combat power was astonishing!
From the very beginning, they were already at the level of the Upper Three Sects. There had never been a sect that, at the moment of its establishment, possessed such a scale.
This was one of the reasons why everyone was so shocked.
Upon careful consideration, it seemed reasonable that the Body Sect would have such strength from its inception.
On the day the Body Sect was founded, all the forces around Heaven Dou City sent congratulatory gifts.
Regardless of the value of the gifts or whether they were sincerely offered, giving a gift was an absolute necessity.
With such a powerful sect nearby, it was like a sword hanging overhead, ready to drop at any moment.
The most baffling thing was Salas, who came arrogantly, yet offered an extremely valuable gift! After presenting the gift, he left with a stiff expression on his face! He almost, just almost, couldn't hold back the smile on his lips!
Two months had passed since the founding of the Body Sect.
What surprised people was that the Body Sect showed no intention of expanding its territory. Instead, they withdrew deep into the mountains, away from the public eye, and no one knew what they were up to.
Professional spies risked their lives to investigate, and the news they brought back was both unexpected and yet expected.
The members of the Body Sect were all undergoing "hellish" training — true hellish training that even soul masters of the same level couldn't endure.
Training like this meant high consumption. Without adequate supplementation, not even Body Spirit Masters could withstand such an intense consumption.
Fortunately, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Heaven Dou Empire generously provided support...
Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi: "..."
With the financial backing of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Heaven Dou Empire, and with sufficient energy supplements and Zhongli's guidance, the cultivation of the Body Sect members progressed at a tremendous pace.
Once the Body Sect was on the right track, Zhongli also found his own rhythm.
Du Bafang, the acting Sect Master of the Body Sect, wasn't interested in whether he had the title or authority of Sect Master.
His initial purpose in creating the Body Sect seemed more like fulfilling a mission.
After Zhongli became the Sect Master, he still appointed Du Bafang as the acting Sect Master, meaning he would be in charge whenever the Sect Master was absent.
At first, Du Bafang was quite touched — until half a month later, he suddenly realized!
This wasn't about making him acting Sect Master; Zhongli just wanted to be a hands-off leader!
"Sigh..."
Du Bafang sighed helplessly and took over Zhongli's work.
Everything about how to cultivate with a Body Spirit, including how to achieve a second awakening, had been taught to him by Zhongli.
At first, Du Bafang thought that the Sect Master wanted him to learn more for his own benefit, since his Martial Spirit was his body itself.
He never expected that the Sect Master just wanted to be a hands-off leader!
"The second awakening of the Martial Spirit is indeed powerful, even terrifying."
Du Bafang had already completed his second Martial Spirit awakening with the help of a celestial herb called the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.
What Du Bafang didn't know was that, with just the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum alone, it would have been difficult for him to achieve a silver-level second awakening.
After all, his early years weren't great, and he had little potential left.
It was Zhongli, using some power of faith in secret, who restored Du Bafang's "battered and bruised" body.
Otherwise, even achieving a bronze-level second awakening would have been quite an accomplishment.
Zhong Li's idea was simple: besides himself, the Body Sect needed another "face" to represent it.
Du Bafang was a very suitable candidate.
The combination of the celestial herb, the power of faith, and the second awakening enabled Du Bafang to reach a soul power level of eighty, which is at the quasi-Soul Douluo level.
The responsibilities of the acting Sect Master were enormous, and the burden was heavy on his shoulders; breaking through was his primary task. Zhongli took Du Bafang to the Sunset Forest.
In the Sunset Forest, there might not be any hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, but there were still some eighty to ninety-thousand-year soul beasts.
With Zhongli's help, Du Bafang successfully obtained his eighth soul ring, just over ninety thousand years old.
Additionally, he acquired a soul bone!
A soul ring over ninety thousand years old—something that many Title Douluo do not have!
If Du Bafang hadn't been so weak in the early stages, and if his physical constitution was strong enough to absorb a hundred-thousand-year soul ring, the color of his eighth soul ring might have been different.
After absorbing the soul ring and the soul bone, the excess soul power from the celestial herb and the power of faith that Du Bafang had absorbed previously became evident. With a series of boosts, he quickly rose to level eighty-seven!
Zhong Li thought for a moment and ultimately granted him a hundred-thousand-year soul bone—the right arm bone of the Titan Giant Ape!
Du Bafang leaped to become a quasi-Title Douluo!
From Soul Sage to quasi-Title Douluo, he took only two months!
Not long ago, Du Bafang returned from hunting souls in the Death Forest.
His ninth soul ring was somewhat related to Bibi Dong because this soul ring was actually the ninth soul ring of Bibi Dong's first martial spirit in the original timeline!
A hundred-thousand-year Death Spider Emperor.
A hundred-thousand-year soul beast would inevitably drop a soul bone. Unlike Bibi Dong's luck, Du Bafang only got a left arm bone.
When Bibi Dong killed the hundred-thousand-year Death Spider Emperor, she obtained two soul bones: a left and a right arm bone, a truly unique fortune.
Originally, Du Bafang planned to hand over the soul bone, but Zhong Li shook his head and told Du Bafang to absorb it himself.
This acting Sect Master, like his descendants, had a poison attribute… Absorbing the Death Spider Emperor's soul ring was an extremely suitable match!
"Sect Master… what kind of being are you?"
When he killed the Death Spider Emperor, Du Bafang was there, witnessing firsthand how powerful Zhongli truly was!
After breaking through to become a Title Douluo, he finally understood the vast gap between himself and Zhongli!
When he was weak, seeing Zhongli was like seeing a great tree.
Now, as a Title Douluo, seeing Zhongli was like an ephemeral mayfly gazing at the sky!
The title of Body Douluo, which Zhongli held for nearly two months, was now passed on to Du Bafang.
"Sect Master, I will never fail to live up to the name of Body Douluo!"
Du Bafang gritted his teeth, as if he had made a resolute decision, and his faith in Zhongli grew even stronger.
Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
"What did you say?"
Ning Fengzhi looked bewildered at his subordinate, confusion filling his eyes.
The Body Sect had only been established for a little over two months, and their Sect Master, Zhongli, was already spending time listening to opera in brothels?
"Sect Master, the Martial God has been back in Heaven Dou City for almost half a month now."
"And it's almost no different from before."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present exchanged bewildered glances.
Seriously? You have such a powerful force, so many people to manage, and you still have the time to listen to opera in brothels?
"What's the current situation with the Body Sect?"
"Reporting to the Sect Master, basically every three days or so, disciples of the Body Sect go to the Sunset Forest to obtain soul rings."
"They have not engaged with any other forces; they are solely focused on bitter cultivation."
And by bitter cultivation, they mean genuine, intense cultivation!
Even someone like him, a Soul Sage-level expert, felt his scalp tingle at the sight!
Status Power Mingguan
-- Peringkat
Power 
-- Power
stone