182 Training Regime

"They... hunt down humans?" Sheng Feilong was shocked by Song Weihan's words, while Song Weihan himself as well as She Meixiao had serious expressions on their faces. She Meixiao nodded her head, confirming Sheng Feilong's question. "If we go there, we'll be attacked by the Soul Beasts. We'll be able to easily deal with them, but that isn't the problem."

Sheng Feilong looked at her with a frown, not sure what she meant, but before he could ask, Song Weihan chimed in with an explanation. "Normal 10.000-years-old Soul Beasts or even young 100.000-years-old Soul Beasts would be unable to harm us Titled Douluo. However, the fight would only lure stronger beasts to our position."

"Then, there is no way for us to go there?" Sheng Feilong frowned, but Song Weihan shook his head in response to his question. "No, there is a way. The threat of the powerful 100.000-years-old Soul Beast being attracted to us mean that She Meixiao and I can't go there; I've never said anything about you going there."

She Meixiao remained calm and nodded her head, while Sheng Feilong was taken aback. Sheng Lingtian was in a similar situation and looked at Song Weihan in shock. "You want to sent him inside the Great Star Dou Forest alone?"

Again, Song Weihan nodded his head. "Feilong is already a Soul Emperor. With his current strength, and taking his Radiant Emperor's Phantasmagoric Eyes Spirit Essence into account, he can easily match middle ranked 10.000-years-old Soul Beasts. Moreover, I've never said anything about him going alone..."

His gaze trailed to Huang Jialong and Yuanen Yehui who both stood by the side, remaining quiet for most of the time. Yuanen Yehui looked somewhat surprised, while Huang Jialong remained calm, but strongly nodded his head after glancing at She Meixiao.

Sheng Lingtian also looked at them, then back at Song Weihan when She Meixiao spoke up. "Jialong is also already a middle ranked Soul Emperor. With his Spirit Essence, his fighting capabilities are actually above Feilong's if the latter doesn't use the Netherworld Putrefaction Demon."

A confident smile hung on She Meixiao's face, while Huang Jialong calmly nodded his head once again. Sheng Lingtian seemed surprised and deeply looked at Huang Jialong. She Meixiao continued a moment later, still with a smile on her face. "As for Yehui, she's the one who knows the terrain best. While she might not have been inside that part of the forest, she generally knows what to look out for, right?"

She looked at Yuanen Yehui, who showed a serious, but confident expression. "I've been inside the forest quite often when I was younger. Moreover, the Spirit Ascension Platform is modelled after the forest; I think I know it quite well."

Yuanen Yehui looked at Sheng Lingtian with the same serious expression before continuing. I'm also a Soul King; I'm confident in being able to defend myself and help Feilong and Brother Huang." Sheng Lingtian still didn't seem convinced, though, and voiced his thoughts. "Then, I should go with them. I'm also a Soul Emperor."

"You would only slow them down." She Meixiao said while shaking her head, but didn't say anything else, leaving it for Song Weihan to dissolve the situation. "Brother Lingtian, the three of them are used to operating together. Adding a new member to the team would lead to complications. Moreover, with all due respect, even though you're a Soul Emperor, your strength is just slightly above average."

Sheng Lingtian remained silent for a long while, while the others just waited for him to make a decision. Sheng Feilong felt bad for his father and understood his worry, but Song Weihan was right; He was used to working with Yuanen Yehui and Huang Jialong, while none of them had ever fought together with Sheng Lingtian.

Moreover, with Sheng Feilong and Huang Jialong being Battle Armour Masters and Yuanen Yehui having her own half completed, they were already stronger than Sheng Lingtian. Song Weihan seemed to think the same, but still tried to calm Sheng Lingtian down. "Don't worry; I don't plan on sending them there just yet."

Sheng Feilong, Yuanen Yehui and Huang Jialong looked at him, all of them slightly confused as he was the one who pressed the matter from the beginning. "Master, what do you mean? You were the one asking about it first..."

"I know. But the mountain most likely being inside the Great Star Dou Forest changes things. I believe in your strength, but it's better to be prepared." Song Weihan said with a smile. He glanced at She Meixiao, who also didn't quite understand what he meant, then smiled more mysteriously. "...You didn't think I'd be slacking off while you were having fun on the other side of the planet, right?"

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Not even an hour later, The group of six stood inside Song Weihan's research centre. Sheng Feilong, Huang Jialong and Yuanen Yehui were staring past Song Weihan with sluggish expressions, She Meixiao being just as dumbfounded as them.

She took a deep breath and turned to Song Weihan. "...How on earth did I not know of this beforehand..?" Her voice was brimming with excitement, though equally stern sounding as Song Weihan just smiled back at her. "I was a bit bored, while Ye Wanxing was quite ambitious..."

"You built a high functioning Spirit Ascension Platform inside the Daedalus headquarters because you were bored?!" She Meixiao spoke loudly, the irritation she felt clear in her voice, while the other's still stared at the familiar machinery in front of them.

Again, Song Weihan just smiled while answering with a shrug. "It's still in the experimental phase, so we didn't get to run high performance tests yet, but sending a just a few people in isn't a problem. Moreover, I modified it a bit; You know of the original Spirit Ascension Platform's Guardians, right?"

She Meixiao nodded, while his words finally pulled Sheng Feilong and the others back to focus at him. Then, Song Weihan continued without a care in the world. "Well, usually they're created as perfect copies using Soul Bones of the beasts they represent. With Daedalus possessing only a relatively small stock of those, I thought it would be more appropriate to use something else..."

"You mean..." Sheng Feilong's eyes widened in realization, a glint of excitement flickering within them. Song Weihan nodded his head with a smug expressions. "That's right. I used Artificial Soul Bones instead. Though we weren't able to complete many of them yet, the ones that are inside are working perfectly fine."

He turned to Sheng Feilong and the others with a smile, then shrugged shortly. "Anyways, I haven't brought you here to brag about our work. What I want you to do is familiarize yourselves further with the forest. This Spirit Ascension Platform isn't linked to the Spirit Pagoda's, thus you'll be the only ones inside. Use this opportunity to get stronger as well."

Sheng Feilong and the others nodded their heads strongly, a glint of excitement clear in their eyes, while Song Weihan looked at Sheng Feilong. "That's especially true fr you, Feilong. With your current physical strength and Spirit Power, you can easily control a full set of 10.000-years-old Soul Rings and Spirit Souls..

"We'll be doing tests later to see just how powerful your physical bodies and Spirit Power are and I'll devise a training plan for each of you. Within six months, I want all of you to reach these training plan's goals; That means you'll be spending most of your time each day inside the Spirit Ascension Platform." Song Weihan's voice was stern, leaving Sheng Feilong, Huang Jialong and Yuanen Yehui no room to refute him.

Of course, they didn't want to either way, especially not Huang Jialong and Yuanen Yehui. They had only ever heard of the Spirit Douluo Song Weihan's genius and immense knowledge of technology. With him creating plans for them to get stronger and allowing them to freely use the Spirit Ascension Platform ,what more could they ask for?

However, it was still too early for them to rejoice. First, Song Weihan ran them though a number of physical tests, as well as measuring their Spirit Powers in a number of different ways, making sure he had every piece of information of them. At the end of the day, he had a cruel sparring session with each of the three, basically beating them up in every way possible to see how much they could endure and how well they used their strength.

All three of them had passed out by the time Song Weihan was done with each of them, leaving it to She Meixiao and Sheng Lingtian to bring them to their rooms, while he himself directly indulged in creating the training plans for them and calculating how high they could safely raise their Soul Rings' and Spirit Souls' quality.

The very next day, Sheng Feilong, Huang Jialong and Yuanen Yehui were called in by Song Weihan and he gave them a quick run down of each of their strengths, then handing them a piece of paper each that told them their goals for the next six months.

Sheng Feilong flinched when he read what Song Weihan set as the goal for him, then stared at the latter with a disbelieving expression, while Song Weihan only smiled at him.

"Ancient Hypnotic Toad – 4.426-years-old --- Goal: 14.866-years-old.

Purple Forest Witch – 12.700-years-old --- Goal: 27.152-years-old."