Worldwide Awakening: My Soul Kinds Are Lost-Chapter 512: The name of the graceful young man, Qinglian, after sixteen years_1

Chapter 512: Chapter 512: The name of the graceful young man, Qinglian, after sixteen years_1

Sixteen years had flown by in a flash. The entire Great Heng Empire was in chaos because Wang Linchi had covertly supported various rebel forces and anti-royal factions, resulting in a state of division between the Demon God System and the Court.

The Demon Gods were fine. They represented the Transcendental System and were not easily killed.

The Court, on the other hand, was in a terrible state, having lost direct control over local regions and been reduced to a puppet government.

However, the reign of the current Heng Emperor was becoming increasingly stable. Even if his authority didn’t extend beyond the Capital, he was protected by many Demon Gods because whatever they wanted, the Heng Emperor provided.

This was precisely why the Capital still experienced peace and prosperity, despite the widespread turmoil in the surrounding areas.

The Demon Gods had to ensure the Heng Emperor lived a long life. Otherwise, a new emperor with different ideas would pose a hindrance to them.

During these sixteen years, Li Sandog had grown quite tall. With abundant nutrition, he was now a towering, burly figure of 1.9 meters.

"So, you want to change your name and not be called Sandog anymore?" Wang Linchi paused his paper-making work and looked at Li Sandog.

"Calling me by my childhood name now that I’m grown... isn’t that a bit inappropriate?" Li Sandog said, feeling he was fighting for the right to his own name.

"Alright then, change it yourself. I don’t care," Wang Linchi replied. "In any case, you don’t plan to inherit the Dai Temple, so I don’t mind what you change your name to." He wasn’t bothered; he knew this day would come.

As Li Sandog grew older and smarter, he would subtly hint at his interest in things like Charms. Wang Linchi pretended not to notice. His own research was progressing quickly, but he was studying Li Sandog himself, not the Charms—those were just a byproduct.

Li Sandog was completely unaware that these so-called Charms were actually derivatives of his own bloodline constitution.

While Li Sandog didn’t know this specific connection, he did know he possessed a special bloodline constitution and had begun developing it very early on.

Each time, he would secretly practice, avoiding Wang Linchi, thinking Wang Linchi hadn’t noticed.

It was rather like burying one’s head in the sand.

This made Wang Linchi increasingly puzzled. Is this really that old monster, Nine Extremes, from the Ancient Era? How can he act like this?

However, Wang Linchi didn’t expose him, instead feigning ignorance.

"I’m not fit to be a Temple Master, and I don’t believe in gods!" Li Sandog declared emphatically. Although the Dongyue Tianqi Emperor of Life and Benevolence, worshipped in the Dai Temple, was different from the Demon Gods, he could never place his faith in such ethereal deities and thus strongly rejected the idea of such a role. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

"I never forced you to become one," Wang Linchi said, bringing the conversation back on track. "You’re the one who said you wanted to change your name."

Hearing this, Li Sandog breathed a sigh of relief. If Wang Linchi had truly insisted he become a Temple Master, he wouldn’t have accepted. He feared Wang Linchi might try to pressure him by citing past favors, putting him in a dilemma.

It was because he had consistently shown his aversion to gods to Wang Linchi over these years that this hadn’t happened. In previous simulations, where he hadn’t revealed this aversion, Wang Linchi had indeed asked him to stay and become the Temple Master on several occasions. Those outcomes were naturally very frustrating; his Heroic Spirit quality ended up ’obscure and unknown,’ and he was nearly tricked to death by the Temple Masters of other Demon God Temples.

"Do you have any good ideas?" Wang Linchi asked again.

"I plan to be called Li Qinglian," Li Sandog replied, clearly having prepared this.

Wang Linchi nodded. "Alright, I understand."

He’s notifying me, not asking for permission, Wang Linchi thought. It doesn’t matter if he calls himself Li Qinglian or even Li Bai; it’s not like I’m the one who’d be infringing on any copyrights.

"Huh? You agree?" Li Qinglian was somewhat surprised. Wang Linchi had agreed so easily? In the past, he had to pester him for a long time to get his consent.

It seems that due to the differences in time and experiences, Wang Xueshu’s attitude towards me also changes, Li Qinglian mused. In previous simulations, unable to bear his name any longer, he had asked Wang Linchi to change it—sometimes as early as two or three years old, other times as late as seven or eight. Wang Linchi always refused, citing the belief that a humble name helps a child thrive. Li Qinglian had to coax and pester for at least three to five months before he would finally agree.

Yet this time, at sixteen, Wang Linchi agreed directly, without any discussion at all.

"There’s nothing to disagree with," Wang Linchi said calmly. "You’re sixteen now. Next, I’ll teach you some skills, and then you can go out and make a living on your own."

Li Qinglian was taken aback. He hadn’t expected Wang Linchi’s transition to be so abrupt. Previously, he would start learning skills at sixteen and venture out at eighteen.

But this time is different, Li Qinglian thought. If I wait until I’m eighteen, many things will be too late. This time, I must leave at sixteen. I’ve developed my God-eating Spirit Body to its limit. I only need to slay one Demon God to activate my Divine Grains, which are the most Primitive Charms. However, besides me, no one else can use Divine Grains. Of course, Charms and Divine Grains aren’t the same; they later diverged onto completely different paths.

"I want to go out and make a living right now," Li Qinglian stated directly, without beating around the bush or softening his words.

"You don’t know anything," Wang Linchi retorted. "Wouldn’t going out now be suicide? Not to mention, it’s chaotic and dangerous outside. You could easily be captured by the Temple Masters of a Demon God Temple and used as a human sacrifice."

"I’ve already learned everything," Li Qinglian replied, having his own way of dealing with this. "Over these years, while you were working, I memorized it all."

This wasn’t a lie. He had learned all the skills Wang Linchi taught in previous simulations. Although the learning process had been difficult, his repeated simulations ensured he eventually mastered everything.

"Oh? Really?" Wang Linchi wasn’t entirely disbelieving. Judging by Li Qinglian’s previous displays, he did seem to possess such Talent. He had demonstrated abilities like those of an Unpredicted Prophet and innate intelligence. Therefore, it wasn’t impossible for him to learn just by watching.

Wang Linchi himself could do such things. Over the years, he had dabbled in many crafts, though none were particularly advanced, so it was normal for the boy to have learned them.

"Of course. Test me on anything you like," Li Qinglian said confidently.

Wang Linchi nodded and said directly, "Then roast a chicken."

Li Qinglian was rendered somewhat speechless. He hadn’t expected Wang Linchi to suggest such a thing. Roast a chicken? Why not roast a whole cow while you’re at it?

"I’m serious," Wang Linchi stated, his expression completely earnest.

Li Qinglian was about to retort but quickly understood. Wang Linchi intended to test his wilderness survival skills, to see if he could make it on his own in the wild.

"No problem. Just wait for your meal," Li Qinglian promised.

This is a piece of cake for me, he thought. My previous incarnation as the Unparalleled Heroic Spirit, the Heavenly Talisman Daoist, was the son of a hunter. Back then, during the Warlord era, conditions were even more chaotic than now, and I still survived. This current situation is nothing in comparison. I know what Wang Linchi is testing: the ability to find food and procure essentials like salt and pure water with my own two hands. I’ve mastered all of that. Setting aside the experiences of the Heavenly Talisman Daoist, I learned all these skills from Wang Linchi in previous simulations. I can definitely do it.

This Unpredicted Prophet ability is truly useful, Wang Linchi mused with admiration. I don’t even have to say what I’m thinking, and he already knows, even deriving relevant knowledge from it. Unfortunately, he hadn’t found the root of this precognitive ability, so he couldn’t research it.

Take wilderness survival, for instance. Wang Linchi had never taught him that, yet Li Qinglian was self-taught and proficient. His confidence wasn’t baseless.

By now, Li Qinglian was becoming rather reckless in displaying his unique abilities, seemingly convinced that Wang Linchi wouldn’t pursue the matter. Well, Wang Linchi indeed wasn’t going to press him on these things. If he wanted to know something, he could research it himself. No need to trouble Li Qinglian.

Wang Linchi dared to let Li Qinglian venture out because he had his own considerations. Through years of research, he had created something he called the ’Nine Extremes Locator.’

It could accurately locate the current generation’s Nine Extremes. As for the next generation, it could only provide a vague location. But that was enough. As long as Wang Linchi knew the general area, he could pinpoint the individual by their unique aura.

His research on the current Nine Extremes was almost complete. It wasn’t that there were no gains, but they fell short of his expectations.

He would observe further to see if anything changed after this one achieved fame and success. If the gains were still insufficient, Wang Linchi could only place his hope on the next generation of Nine Extremes to offer more surprises.