Douluo: Dragon King's Divine Elegy

Chapter 163 Bai Xiuxiu: You humans are really too evil!

For Mu Ye, he discovered that Nan Liujing was a pure innate secret method of cultivating a sacred body.

Because the next day, Nan Liujing successfully opened all eight extraordinary meridians.

It can be said that he created a record second only to the founder of the Body Sect.

Mu Ye was extremely excited and paused his cultivation process to help Nan Liujing figure out the benefits of opening up the Eight Extraordinary Meridians.

And half a month passed while they were pondering this.

During this time, Nan Liujing received a response from the Star Luo royal family. Emperor Dai Tianling agreed to his request to meet with the Holy Dragon Douluo alone after arriving in Star Luo City.

With the cooperation going smoothly, Nan Liujing took out another ten pieces of fusion-grade soul-forging metal, making a total of twenty pieces.

These twenty pieces, if used carefully, are enough to perfect two three-word battle armor masters. Moreover, after confirmation by Teacher Lin Yuhan and Chang Gongyan, an eighth-level holy craftsman of the Star Luo Empire, each piece of soul-forged metal is of top-grade quality, far better than what they obtained from the Douluo Continent Forging Association on this trip.

Suddenly, Nan Liujing became a guest of Sima Lanxiao.

Nan Liujing then took on a forging task of creating a piece of Soul Forging Metal every five days, and the feedback from Xingluo was definitely far greater than the value of the metal itself.

Clearly, a fifteen-and-a-half-year-old level eight Saint Craftsman is enough to drive the Star Luo Royal Family crazy, even disregarding Nan Liujing's identity and background, and they still want to befriend him.

In this atmosphere, the giant ship continued its voyage. After the initial excitement of entering the sea, people gradually calmed down.

If you need to cultivate yourself, then cultivate yourself; if you need to do something else, then do it.

Nan Liujing himself experienced firsthand the benefits of having his eight extraordinary meridians completely opened.

The moon is bright and the stars are few; it's another night.

Makino came to see him again: "How are you feeling?"

Nan Liujing spoke frankly: "When a Soul Master recovers their Soul Power, they will choose to introduce the Heaven and Earth Yuan Power that is compatible with their Martial Soul Attribute and then convert it. After the Eight Extraordinary Meridians were opened, I found that even if the Heaven and Earth Yuan Power was not compatible with my Martial Soul Attribute, the conversion rate was exactly the same. I could even absorb all the Heaven and Earth Yuan Power of all attributes at the same time without worrying about causing attribute conflicts to my body."

In the past, he could manipulate different elements, but he could never introduce them into his body for transformation. But now he can. In battle, this is almost unrestricted by the environment, unless the battle location is devoid of the power of heaven and earth.

Makino nodded and asked, "Is there anything else?"

Nan Liujing added, "If I'm not mistaken, after the Eight Meridians are opened, I will also gain a body that is immune to all poisons. At least many basic poisons will not be able to harm me. Furthermore, my self-healing ability will be greatly enhanced."

Mu Ye smiled: "That's right, you've really figured out all the benefits of opening up the eight extraordinary meridians, but the most important thing about opening up the eight extraordinary meridians is to prepare for the marrow cleansing that will follow."

Nan Liujing asked, "Senior, please speak freely."

Mu Ye said seriously, "Marrow cleansing sounds like refining the bone marrow of the whole body, but it is actually not that simple."

Once the eight meridians are opened, you can draw in various types of elemental energy from heaven and earth into your body, and then you can begin elemental refining.

The process requires at least five elements to modify your bone marrow. After completing this step, you will be able to regenerate severed limbs with the help of natural elements, which also lays the foundation for the final step of achieving the Golden Body realm.

"Limb regeneration?" Nan Liujing's expression changed slightly.

"At the Marrow Cleansing Realm, one can only regenerate the palms and soles of the hands and feet. If an arm or leg is severed, it cannot regenerate," Mu Ye said solemnly.
"In the history of the Body Sect, 30% of the people died while cultivating the first level of the Innate Secret Technique. The second level, Marrow Cleansing, would wash away about 80% of those who passed the first level."

"During cultivation, practitioners need to consume a large amount of rare and precious materials of the corresponding attributes. Otherwise, if the elemental affinity and life energy in the bloodline are insufficient during the elemental cleansing, and the cleansing stops halfway, ordinary people simply cannot withstand it. The result is either death or crippling. Even I almost died back then. I was only able to survive because my teacher gave me a ten-thousand-year-old life fruit."

"It does sound very difficult." Nan Liujing's expression was solemn.

“You’re a bit different from others, so there’s no need to worry too much,” Mu Ye said enviously.

"Is it because of the power of my bloodline?" Nan Liujing asked.

“It’s not just the power of your bloodline, but also your life soul core,” Mu Ye said quietly. “The most suitable person for cultivating innate secret techniques is not actually a physical soul master, but someone whose bloodline has extremely strong life energy. Only then can one become a physical soul master.”

"Alright, let's not delay any longer. Next, I'll take you to try the water element marrow cleansing."

"it is good."

The two of them sneaked away from the giant ship again and came to a very quiet sea area.

Mu Ye quickly taught Nan Liujing the incantation and operating method of the second level of the innate secret technique.

With a splash, Nan Liujing jumped into the water, using his soul power to propel his body and quickly dive underwater.

"Jie Jie Jie."

Mu Ye had Xiao Hong secretly follow Nan Liujing, while he himself hovered in the air, grinning mischievously. "When you cleanse your marrow on the sea, you'll encounter soul beasts. Water element, once refined, is a great tonic for soul beasts. There are quite a few sea soul beasts nearby; you'll be in for a rough time."

Sure enough, just ten minutes later, as eddies and ripples began to appear underwater, a large number of grayish-white figures gradually swam towards them from the darkness in the distance, right under Makino's gaze.

Makino frowned: "The Demon Soul Great White Shark. Fortunately, the strongest one is only at the ten-thousand-year level, which is enough for this kid to handle."

Silver fins tore through the water curtain, and enormous soul beasts swam in from afar, their ferocious eyes locked onto the bright blue water element vortex ahead.

The water elements that have gathered together have almost reached a viscous state.

Such situations are quite rare at sea, after all, being able to improve one's cultivation level by several years with just one bite is extremely attractive to any sea spirit beast.

Beneath the surface of the sea, the dim water shimmered with the shadows of over a hundred demonic great white sharks. Many sea spirit beasts that had also arrived were so frightened that they immediately fled in panic, not daring to fight them at all, and not even daring to covet the leftovers.

Compared to the shrinking of other sea spirit beast clans, the Demon Soul Great White Shark King, Little White, relying on the prestige of being the Sea God's mount, has led the clan's development to be incredibly fierce. Its clan beasts are spread throughout the major oceans, and its group strength is the greatest among the sea spirit beasts.

Hundreds of meters underwater, Nan Liujing was enveloped in a bright blue light. Water elements split into hundreds and thousands of strands, slowly flowing into his back. Faint golden light patterns could be seen emerging, which was quite strange.

"Just when things were getting on track, trouble struck."

Opening his eyes, Nan Liujing released his spiritual power, which instantly enveloped a thousand-meter-wide sea area.

In their senses, an astonishingly fierce aura belonging to the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan continuously surged forth.

"Just drive them away, there's no need to try to kill them, otherwise the more sea spirit beasts you kill, the more you'll attract."

As soon as he finished speaking, two demonic entities separated from Nan Liujing's body, one on the left and one on the right, protecting him.

"Roar."

The deafening roar, amplified by soul power, reverberated across thousands of meters of sea—an attack command unique to the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan.

In an instant, dozens of thousand-year-old demon soul great white sharks and about ten ten-thousand-year-old demon soul great white sharks formed a circular attack formation and charged towards Nan Liujing's location.

A blinding white light appeared on the seabed, and hundreds of demonic great white sharks collectively spewed out a beam of white light from their mouths, almost turning the pitch-black seawater into daylight.

The two demonic figures swung their arms, their coiled dragon staffs ignoring the resistance of the water and transforming into chains, which then began to spin around the main character, Nan Liujing.

As the blazing white light bullets struck, the chains transformed into dark vortexes, resembling impenetrable high walls. Every wisp of seawater within was invaded by dark elements, making it seem like a black hole capable of devouring all soul power attacks.

A burst of white light erupted from the seabed, then quickly dimmed, soon attracting Mu Ye's attention. However, Xiao Hong did not issue a rescue order, so he could only calm down and observe.

"Shhhhh-"

After neutralizing the demonic light, the chains stretched out like a twisted python, their surface flowing with dark soul light, spreading across the vast sea like black mist.

The already dark seawater was now like an abyss, completely swallowing all the light that fell upon it.

After hundreds of demonic soul great white sharks recklessly charged into the area, their previously powerful senses were instantly lost. The feeling of having their eyes suddenly blocked during a rapid dash caused panic among the beast horde. The hundreds of demonic soul great white sharks charged around the sea like headless flies. The weaker demonic soul great white sharks were hit, their bodies torn open with huge gashes. Although not fatal, the stench of blood drove their kin into a frenzy. Even if they couldn't pinpoint their location, the sight of blood constantly tempted their bloodthirsty instincts.

In an instant, the seabed was turned into a pot of hot porridge.

The intelligent Great White Shark, a ten-thousand-year-old demon soul, attempted to reorganize its team, but it was all in vain. Its spiritual power could only spread to a radius of ten meters at most.

Whenever a demonic great white shark accidentally gets close to Nan Liujing, the demonic entity immediately swings the Panlong Staff and smashes it on the forehead.

Enraged by the pain, the Demon Soul Great White Shark could only retreat.

Time passed slowly, and Nan Liujing's heart, located at the center of the demon's protection, began to beat steadily, each beat sending a large amount of life energy to his bloodline.

Thick, sticky bone marrow impurities kept oozing from his back.

Immediately afterwards, pure water elements combined with the power of blood were injected into it, continuously combining with the bone marrow, making it increasingly pure, and the bone marrow even showed a strange brilliant blue color.

A few minutes later, Nan Liujing, feeling a sense of lightness, suddenly opened his eyes.

The demonic form transformed into two beams of light and returned to his body.

Freed from the control of the demonic entity, the seawater, which had been shrouded in black mist, gradually became clear, and with the faint moonlight, some things could be vaguely seen.

"I didn't expect that quite a few people would still die."

Using his mental perception, Nan Liujing could easily tell that the number of Demon Soul Great White Sharks had decreased by at least a dozen.

"Roar."

As the black mist dissipated, the demonic soul great white shark horde regained its senses, but the gathered pure water element was gone, leaving only the floating corpses of its own kind.

Driven by their bloodlust, countless demonic great white sharks scrambled to snatch the corpses of their kin. With a gaping maw, they tore off a piece of flesh and blood, and after swallowing it, their pure white shark bodies shimmered with a soft light.

"Roar."

Seeing its clan beasts descend into a frenzy of devouring their own kind, the Ten-Thousand-Year Demon Soul Great White Shark let out a furious roar.

Under the suppression of its bloodline, the thousand-year-old demonic soul great white shark, driven by its bloodthirsty instincts, regained its senses.

"Ah."

Sensing dozens of ferocious beast eyes staring intently at him, Nan Liujing smiled slightly.

He casually reached out with his right hand, and a deep burst of lightning erupted from his palm. Spiderweb-like deep blue cracks suddenly appeared in the dark seawater, and the violent power of lightning instantly infected the sea area within a radius of a thousand meters.

The deliberately controlled electric current flowed through the water, causing the seemingly indestructible skin of the Demon Soul Great White Sharks to rapidly char and crack like fragile pieces of paper. The excruciating pain, enough to tear at the nerves, instantly brought these sea predators back to their senses, and a hint of fear appeared in their ferocious eyes.

"Roar."

With a low roar from the Demon Soul Great White Shark, whose cultivation level was the highest at 20,000 years, the entire group of Demon Soul Great White Sharks frantically swung their tail fins, stirring up chaotic currents in the dark, hundred-meter-deep sea, and vanished without a trace in the blink of an eye.

"Boring."

With a thought, Nan Liujing unleashed a surge of lightning energy that transformed into battle armor. With a flap of his wings, he broke through the water and emerged from the water.

As soon as they returned to the surface of the sea, before they could even speak, they saw Makino hurriedly fiddling with something on various parts of the sea.

"Senior, what are you doing?" Nan Liujing couldn't help but ask.

"Collecting fish, what else can we do?" Makino's voice drifted from afar.

“Pick up…” Nan Liujing was taken aback and turned his head to look. He saw hundreds and thousands of various kinds of sea fish floating on the dark sea, not the kind of soul beasts.

The electric current is not fatal to spirit beasts, but it is highly lethal to ordinary sea fish.

Miscalculated...

"What are you standing there for? Those dead demonic great white sharks might have soul bones, are you just going to leave them like this?" Mu Ye's voice drifted over again.

Nan Liujing then realized what was happening and quickly licked the box.

Of the dozen or so demonic great white shark corpses, half had their bodies torn apart by their own kind.

After removing the edible, essential parts, Nan Liujing explored the rest of the Demon Soul Great White Shark's body.

The drop rate is too low; I haven't gotten any Soul Bones.

The only saving grace is that there are still three relatively intact Demon Soul Great White Sharks, which can be used to create Soul Spirits once we arrive in Star Luo City.

"Hey, we can't let these natural spirit rings go to waste."

Mu Ye flew to Nan Liujing's side, casually took out a uniquely shaped soul tool, and with a ray of light, the dozen or so purple natural soul rings were absorbed into it.

"You actually have a soul tool that can store natural soul rings?" Nan Liujing was surprised.

"Occasionally I also come to the sea to search for treasures. When I encounter some stubborn sea spirit beasts, it would be a waste not to take their spirit rings with me. So I simply carry a few spirit rings with me to store them."

Mu Ye smiled and said, "Alright, once we get to land, I'll find you a suitable place to refine elements."

"it is good."

...

"call--"

Beneath the surging waters, a group of demonic great white sharks hurriedly flee.

More than an hour had passed since they left the area of ​​sea that had terrified them.

Stop.

A melodious voice rang out, and beside the coral radiating a soft glow, a demonic great white shark, over fifteen meters long, swam out. Its body was slender and smooth, like polished jade.

The great white shark, a demonic soul that had led its clan for twenty thousand years, respectfully transmitted its voice: "Young Clan Leader."

"What have you been doing?" the young clan leader asked suspiciously.

"Young clan leader, humans! Those damned humans have come to this sea area and even plotted to kill many of our clan beasts!" the Demon Soul Great White Shark leader transmitted through gritted teeth.

"Humans?" The young clan leader's body trembled. "Are you sure?"

"Confirmed." The leader of the Demon Soul Great White Shark said angrily, "That human deliberately created pure water elemental energy that can be absorbed by our soul beasts, with the aim of luring us over to hunt and kill. We fell into the trap and more than a dozen of our clan beasts died."

"hateful!"

Princess Great White Shark of the Demon Soul swept her tail fin, instantly creating a huge wave. She said indignantly, "Mother and the Sea Princess are still performing the Sea God's invocation ritual and can't help. I'll go find other ferocious beasts to help. You all spread out and find that human's whereabouts as soon as possible."

"As ordered."

Nearly a hundred demonic great white sharks dispersed.

"You humans are so wicked, so wicked!" Princess Demon Soul Great White Shark swung her tail fin and swam towards the deeper waters, angrily saying, "If Lord Sea God were still here, how dare you force us like this? This time, we must teach you a lesson."

(End of this chapter)