Douluo: Traveling Through the Universe, Reversing Time and Space

Chapter 344 Breakthrough to Level 60 after Half a Year of Study
Shi Yu was also happy to make a deal with Jing Hongchen and shared some design ideas that he hadn't finished discussing before.
Jing Hongchen listened attentively. If outsiders knew that he, a level nine soul master, was listening so carefully to a level four soul master explaining the knowledge about soul tools, they would be absolutely astonished.
Shi Yu abruptly stopped halfway through her story, prompting Jing Hongchen to urge her on, "Continue!"

"We'll talk about the rest later," Shi Yu said with a smile, naturally not wanting to finish the story all at once.
Jing Hongchen was itching to speak, wishing she could force Shi Yu to say it directly.
But it's impossible to actually do that, with a powerful figure watching from the sidelines, someone everyone fears.
He could only suppress his curiosity and discuss with Shi Yu some ideas for improving the level nine soul-guided cannonball.
Shi Yu was unfamiliar with level nine soul-guided cannonballs and needed to study a lot of related materials, starting from the basics.
Many things sounded completely baffling to him, like a primary school student suddenly learning university-level knowledge; there were many things he couldn't understand at first.
On the way back, Shi Yu kept thinking about what he had learned today and trying to understand it.
This was not easy; it took him three days to fully master just one piece of knowledge.
The difficulties of learning actually sparked Shi Yu's interest. Instead of backing down, he faced the challenge head-on and developed a strong interest in the level nine soul-guided cannonball.
Half a year passed in the blink of an eye. During this time, Shi Yu spent most of his time researching the level nine soul-guided cannonballs that exploded instantly.
At first, he found it difficult to grasp the knowledge in this area, but as he became more involved, he mastered it faster and faster, to the point that even Jing Hongchen was surprised.
Half a year has passed, and Shi Yu has basically mastered the theoretical knowledge of level nine soul-guided cannon shells. Of course, that's all he has to do. He is still far from being able to actually make level nine soul-guided cannon shells.
He has no way of inscribing a level nine soul guidance array right now.
This grasp of theoretical knowledge also allowed him and Jing Hongchen to begin figuring out how to improve the existing level nine soul-guided cannonballs so that they could explode instantly.
In the morning, Shi Yu arrived at the Soul Tool Manufacturing Room as usual, and Jing Hongchen arrived shortly after.
"Good morning," Shi Yu greeted Jing Hongchen.
"Zao" Jing Hongchen also responded, as their relationship had grown much closer over the past six months.
He genuinely admired Shi Yu's talent for soul tools; his learning ability was so fast that almost no other soul tool master he had ever met could match it.
He had the intention of nurturing such a genius, and the past six months of getting to know him made him feel that the possibility of recruiting Shi Yu was still very high.
"Master Hongchen, I need to ask you for a few days off," Shi Yu said as he approached.
"Why?" Jing Hongchen asked.
Shi Yu smiled and said, "My soul power has broken through, and I need to go out and find a soul ring to attach to it in order to achieve this breakthrough."

His soul power increased very quickly, rising more than three levels in half a year.
After returning from his time travel, his soul power level was already over 56. After cultivating at the academy for more than a month, his soul power successfully broke through to level 57.
During his time as an exchange student at the Sun Moon Royal Academy, he did not neglect his soul power cultivation and maintained a normal rate of soul power improvement.
Six months later, his soul power level successfully increased by three levels, reaching level sixty.
He only needs to absorb one more spirit ring to become a six-ring Soul Emperor.
He planned to absorb the ten-thousand-year-level divinely bestowed soul ring for his sixth ring, but it wasn't appropriate to expose it; it would be better to find a secluded place to absorb it.
King Kong could watch from the sidelines, since he knew that he had previously undergone the inheritance trials of other deities, and this divinely bestowed soul ring was something that would make him aware of its existence.
As for others, it's best not to let them know, not even Elder Xuan and the others.
It's worth mentioning that Shi Yu did not use that spirit to add a spirit ring to his sixth spirit ring.
A spirit can provide multiple spirit rings, but just like a person trying to multitask, their attention will inevitably be distracted.
The spirit provides multiple spirit rings, but the power of a single spirit ring will be relatively reduced.
If possible, it's best to let this spirit focus on enhancing the power of its fifth spirit ring; it would be better to attach other spirit rings separately.
He calculated that even this extravagant approach would be enough to meet his needs for spirit rings, so he wasn't too worried about them.
"You're already level 60?" Jing Hongchen asked in surprise, carefully sensing Shi Yu's soul power fluctuations, and it seemed that he really had reached level 60.
You look to be only about fifteen years old.

Shi Yu nodded and explained, "Actually, I didn't improve solely through my own cultivation. I also took medicine, which helped me level up by ten or twenty levels."

Jing Hongchen is, after all, a citizen of the Sun Moon Empire, and his current stance is on Shrek Academy's side. Being too prominent will inevitably arouse the other party's suspicion.
Claiming that one's improvement was due to medication could alleviate the other party's apprehension, which would be beneficial and harmless to oneself.
Upon hearing this, Jing Hongchen's surprise lessened considerably; if it were truly due to his own cultivation, it would be far too exaggerated.
"Even with the help of medication, your rate of improvement is still somewhat exaggerated." Jing Hongchen compared his situation with that of his grandson and granddaughter, and realized that his once proud grandson and granddaughter seemed to be somewhat lacking.
Shi Yu smiled and said, "I should be able to attach the spirit rings and return within a week, right?"

He's currently studying under Jing Hongchen, who is essentially his teacher, so he should inform him before leaving.
This is also why he felt quite favorably toward Jing Hongchen; perhaps the other party wanted to recruit him and was quite dedicated to teaching him, which gave him a good impression.
“Since you’re going to acquire a spirit ring, I can’t very well disagree,” Jing Hongchen said.
"Thank you, Hall Master," Shi Yu said with a light laugh.
"What you need is a space-attribute spirit ring; spirit beasts with this attribute are quite rare, no matter where they are."

"Finding a soul beast with this attribute might be difficult; a week might not be enough," Jing Hongchen suggested.
Shi Yu pretended to be hesitant and said, "That's true, but there's nothing we can do. We have to find it no matter how difficult it is."

A slight smile appeared on Jing Hongchen's face.
Seeing his expression, Shi Yu's heart stirred, and he tentatively asked, "Does the Red Dust Hall Master know the whereabouts of spatial attribute soul beasts?"

Jing Hongchen chuckled: "Indeed, I know the whereabouts of one or two space-attribute soul beasts, one of which should be quite suitable as your sixth soul ring."

"Oh? Tell me more," Shi Yu said, showing some interest.
If you really find a suitable spirit beast spirit ring, then there's no need to miss it. You can save that ten-thousand-year-old divine spirit ring for later absorption.
Jing Hongchen smiled but remained silent as she looked at Shi Yu.
(End of this chapter)