Douluo Dalu: The Frozen Throne

Chapter 170 Parents’ Choice, Ninth-level Soul Instructor, Acquaintances and Rage
Have a pleasant and smooth journey.

The warm and humid air from the south hit him in the face. Xingluo was almost equally warm all year round. The abundant rainfall brought the country fertile land far exceeding that of the other two empires, and also made the Xingluo Empire far ahead in agricultural development. More importantly, except for the coastal areas that often encountered storms and even attacks by sea soul beasts, there were almost no natural disasters in other areas of the Xingluo Empire.

This was not the first time that Su Mingxuan and Ruan Qinyu came to the Xingluo Empire. The same was true for Su Tong. They were used to life on the northern coast and suddenly came to the southern land. It didn't matter whether they could adapt or not, as long as they could live comfortably and happily.

After returning to Xingluo City, Medical Immortal Douluo returned to the Royal Worship Hall. Shu Yan brought his parents and sister to meet Xu Jiawei.

Xu Jiawei was particularly happy about this. After all, the stronger Shu Yan's family was, the stronger the Xing Luo Empire would be, right?

There are four Super Douluo and nine Titled Douluo. This kind of force is probably no more than the so-called Haotian Sect. With Shu Yan here, the Su family's position is clear. Even though they are in the Douluo Empire, they are undoubtedly loyal to Xingluo. This is undoubtedly a terrifying force lurking in the dark. Once it moves to the surface, it will be enough to shock the entire continent.

The banquet was a great success and all the guests enjoyed themselves. At the end, Xu Jiawei even invited Su Mingxuan to join the Xingluo Royal Worship Hall as a priest. Su Mingxuan naturally had nothing to refuse and agreed after thinking for a moment.

The strongest person in the Xingluo Empire now is the ninety-sixth-level Shattered Star Douluo. Yes, Shattered Star Douluo received a top-level treasure from Shu Yan. After absorbing it, he went into seclusion for three months, and then he broke through to the ninety-sixth level in one fell swoop.

Although Medical Immortal Douluo is also level ninety-six, she is a healing spirit master and her combat power is not that strong, it can even be said to be almost zero.

As for the others, they are basically some Titled Douluo, the strongest among them are Xuanji Douluo and Mad Crocodile Douluo, both at level ninety-four.

Mad Crocodile Douluo is the Marquis of Xingluo and a brother of the previous Xingluo Emperor. By the way, his daughter is the Countess Inya, who has a close relationship with Xu Jiawei, a legendary woman who almost became the Queen of Xingluo. Her fame once spread throughout the Xingluo Empire, and until now, she is still the idol of many people in the entire Xingluo Empire.

It is worth mentioning that during this period of time, Han Lin, who was originally at the eighth-level half-soul master realm, successfully broke through to the ninth-level soul master realm and became the first ninth-level soul master in the original Douluo Three Kingdoms.

As for how he broke through, it was actually very simple. Last time, Shu Yan asked the Ice and Snow Emperors to keep the ninth-level soul engineer from the Sun and Moon Empire, and asked the Snow Emperor to control him, and then sent him to Xingluo City. After that, he "diligently" used his remaining energy to help Han Lin, who lacked experience and guidance, successfully break through the biggest barrier in his life and enter the coveted ninth-level soul engineer realm.

Just a week ago, he successfully made the first ninth-level soul guide in his life, which he named "Quenching Star Tower". Although the core formation and craftsmanship of this ninth-level soul guide are still somewhat different from those of the ninth-level soul guide produced by Mingde Hall, from the perspective of function, this soul guide has indeed surpassed the top eighth-level and a half soul guides and entered the realm of ninth-level soul guides.

Unexpectedly, Su Mingxuan was very interested in this. Surprisingly, he was also an eighth-level half-soul mentor, and he was a dual cultivator of soul master and soul mentor back then. However, he started his soul mentor career under the guidance of a soul mentor from the original Douluo Three Kingdoms, so his soul mentor level has always been far behind that of soul master.

But in the past ten years, he had been unable to break through the ninety-five-level barrier, so he temporarily gave up his obsession with breakthrough and instead relied on his strong strength to delve into the field of soul mentors. After more than ten years of exploration, he was able to improve from the original sixth-level soul mentor level to the current eighth and a half level.

Most of the high-level soul guides that Su Tong had before were made by him. After losing a son, he really didn't want to lose a daughter. Therefore, he prepared dozens of various soul guides for Su Tong. Whether they are useful or not is not the point, but it is always good to carry them with you.

Now that he saw the possibility of breaking through to the ninth-level soul engineer, Su Mingxuan naturally would not let it go. Once he successfully advanced to the ninth-level soul engineer, with his powerful ice-attributed martial soul and soul power of up to level ninety-five, he would be able to face some level ninety-seven Super Douluos head-on. Facing a level ninety-eight Super Douluo like Xuanzi, although he would still be a little embarrassed, it would be at least dozens of times better than the original situation.

Ruan Qinyu was also a bit restless. She had been bedridden for more than ten years. Besides wanting to be with her son, she also urgently wanted to find something to do in her spare time. Finally, she decided to go to Xingluo National College as a teacher under the recommendation of Xu Jiujiu.

Her current soul power level is only at the Soul Emperor level, which is enough to become a class teacher at Xingluo National College. However, because she was introduced by Xu Jiujiu himself, and Xu Jiujiu was too respectful and enthusiastic towards her, the dean of Xingluo National College, a veteran who had been in the upper echelons of Xingluo for decades, was very keen to realize that Ruan Qinyu's identity was definitely extraordinary. In the end, he arranged a position for her to be responsible for teaching theoretical knowledge. There were not many classes a day, but it was relaxing and extremely free.

Su Tong stayed in the princess's mansion. When the Ice Emperor was guiding Ling Luochen in his training, he would take her along. Especially since her martial soul was the Ice and Snow Girl, the Ice Emperor already had a good impression of her and was naturally very happy to do so.

Shu Yan was busy trying to figure out the domestic situation. All day long he either discussed matters with Xu Jiawei or stayed with the girls in the princess's mansion. His life soon settled down, but on this day, Shu Yan met two acquaintances, which was rare.

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As the largest auction house in Xingluo City, the lowest level of people who can appear here are wealthy businessmen with assets exceeding 10 million gold soul coins. However, even such wealthy businessmen can only be regarded as the lowest level guests in the Xingluo Auction House. After all, anyone with a little bit of brains can figure out something from the name of this auction house. Yes, this auction house is completely under the jurisdiction of the Xu family royal family.

The items that can appear in the Starlight Auction House are all rare treasures that are rarely seen by the outside world. In order to officially obtain an auction quota, not only do you need to verify your assets, but you also need to let the auction house's senior management conduct an assessment before the items can be officially auctioned. The Starlight Auction House is graded from one to five, one of which is the highest standard. Only the first-level auction will be held in the main auction hall. Today, Shu Yan happened to come and encountered a second-level auction.

The second-level auction is considered a relatively rare auction in the Starlight Auction House. It will not appear more than ten times a year. The lowest-quality items that can appear in this auction are similar to top-level seventh-level soul guides or top-level ten thousand-year soul bones. Things that are more precious are not something that ordinary guests can dream of. Those great nobles or powerful people will never allow such treasures to fall into the hands of others.

After walking through a passage that was so magnificent that it was jaw-dropping, they turned a corner and three pairs of eyes met each other. For a moment, all three of them were stunned.

After not seeing each other for about a year, Tian Ling's long golden hair, which originally fell to her waist, has now fallen to her hips. Her already charming and plump figure has become even hotter. Even though she is wearing a loose golden dress, she is still extremely eye-catching.

Luo Qinghan, who was sitting in a wheelchair, was still breathtakingly beautiful, with her long black hair hanging down. She seemed to have more vitality than the last time Shu Yan saw her, and her whole aura had also changed a little.

"Boss! You're back!"

Tian Ling was stunned at first, then a hint of excitement and joy appeared on her face. In the Starlight Auction House, guests needed to wear special masks to avoid unnecessary trouble. But because they left the auction hall early, the masks had been taken off, and their faces were naturally exposed. However, Shu Yan didn't care about it at all. The emperor was on his side, and if anyone dared to cause trouble for him, he would be afraid that the earthworms in that house would be split in two that night.

Shu Yan smiled, looked at the two girls' beautiful faces, and then asked:

"Long time no see. I didn't expect to see you here. But the auction shouldn't be over yet. Why did you come out so early?"

Tian Ling twisted her waist and moved closer to Shu Yan. A rich fragrance came to her face, with a magical power that bewitched the mind.

The plump and hot body suddenly hugged one of Shu Yan's arms, and the soft touch made Shu Yan gasp at Tian Ling's size.

My goodness, with this scale, in the future, not to mention feeding one, I'm afraid it won't be a problem to feed three or four...

Tian Ling pouted her tender red lips, and then said with some grievance:

"Every item in the secondary auction is priced sky-high. Even if I sell Qinghan, I'm afraid I can't even get a fraction of that. People just brought Qinghan here to have a look around, and they didn't expect to get any treasures..."

Shu Yan pinched Tian Ling's soft cheek without any hesitation, then he looked at Luo Qinghan and said softly:

"You have improved your soul power by five levels in more than a year, and your mental strength has also made a significant leap. Have you absorbed the head soul bone?"

Luo Qinghan was not surprised, but nodded slightly, and then said:
"My father prepared a thousand-year-old illusion butterfly skull for me, and I absorbed it half a year ago."

Shu Yan frowned when he heard this. Although the soul beast Phantom Butterfly sounds like a spiritual type, it is actually an agile attack type. It can only rely on its own unique wing pattern to hypnotize the opponent to complete the attack. Its status in the soul beast world is slightly higher than that of the Soft Bone Rabbit, but it is still at the bottom of the food chain. The quality of the soul bones it produces can be imagined.

Thinking of this, Shu Yan frowned even more tightly. Among the people from the Southern Region, he was most optimistic about Luo Qinghan and Qiangu Yueyin. Among them, Qiangu Yueyin was the direct granddaughter of Master Qian, and her talent was definitely the best among the best. It was certain that she would steadily practice and break through to the Super Douluo in the future.

Luo Qinghan is a rare soul master with both spirit and wind attributes. Even though he has lost the advantage of wind attribute due to his disabled legs and cannot walk, his mutated Qingluan martial soul has already entered the realm of super martial souls, and his spirit attribute is even stronger. If he can get proper medical treatment in the future or even a top-quality spirit attribute skull, he may even be able to go higher than Qiangu Yueyin.

And now that Luo Qinghan had absorbed such a piece of head soul bone of average or even inferior quality, Shu Yan really suspected that her head had been hit by a hammer, and a rare trace of anger surged in his heart.

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(End of this chapter)