Douluo Continent: This Soul Master is Too Bizarre and Unpredictable

Chapter 88 A Warm Face Met a Cold Backside

At this moment, Shui Yanyu felt quite helpless.

Upon discovering that Qian Renxue had not left, Shui Yanyu knew that something seemed amiss.

Sure enough, not long after, the two titled Douluo who had followed Qian Renxue arrived, and the three of them walked towards this side.

This wouldn't have been a big deal. Even if there was no affection between them, let alone the fact that she saved Qian Renxue's life, it wouldn't have been a big deal if they encountered two Title Douluos from the Spirit Hall in the Star Dou Great Forest.

After all, you have no grudges against them, and you're not a murderous evil spirit master, so it's not like you'd be killed just because you glanced at them.

However, the timing was wrong. At this moment, Mu Yang was still refining the soul ring of that mutated scaled beast, which was far beyond its age limit. It was not appropriate for Qian Renxue and the other two from the Spirit Hall to see it.

Left with no other choice, Shui Yanyu had to bite the bullet and come over to see if she could get rid of Qian Renxue and the other two.

Upon seeing Shui Yanyu's figure ahead, Qian Renxue quickly stepped forward and said, "Dean Shui, thank you for your help earlier. I was able to escape danger. I wonder when Dean Shui will be finished with her work? If you have time, I would like to host a banquet to express my gratitude."

"Greetings, Your Majesties!"

Shui Yanyu bowed to She Long and Ci Xue, then forced a slightly awkward smile and looked at Qian Renxue, saying, "Thank you for your kindness, but there are still junior students in the academy who need to hunt souls, so I really can't leave."

"I wonder what level the junior dean is and what kind of spirit ring he needs. I will have two Douluo go and find it."

Qian Renxue said very generously.

Shui Yanyu only brought two juniors with her, one of whom was refining a soul ring, so at most one more soul ring would be needed.

With She Long and Ci Xue handling things, it won't be long before they're done. Then they can leave the Star Dou Great Forest together, and she'll host a banquet to celebrate. That won't take much longer.

"Hehe~, there's no need to trouble the two Douluos with the matter of Soul Hunting."

Faced with Qian Renxue's enthusiastic expression, Shui Yanyu's eyelids twitched, and she refused again.

Suddenly, She Long, who was standing behind Qian Renxue and using his spiritual power to investigate, narrowed his snake-like eyes, but quickly returned to normal and gave Shui Yanyu a deep look.

After another round of idle chatter, Qian Renxue's smile gradually became unnatural.

Having disguised herself as Xue Qinghe for many years and been mentored by the cunning old fox Ning Fengzhi, Qian Renxue was quite capable in terms of intellect, skill, and political maneuvering before her love-struck mind took over. From Shui Yanyu's words and expressions, she discerned a single message: "Why aren't you leaving yet?"

Well, my enthusiasm has been met with indifference!

"Dean Shui, in that case, I shall take my leave now. Please feel free to visit Wuhun City in the future."

Putting aside her displeasure, Qian Renxue put on a sincere smile and said to Shui Yanyu.

"Definitely, definitely."

Shui Yanyu smiled and nodded.

Afterwards, Qian Renxue took her leave with She Long and Ci Xue.

Watching Qian Renxue and the other two walk away, Shui Yanyu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

However, Shui Yanyu soon became somewhat worried again.

Although Qian Renxue and the other two did not see Mu Yang refining the mutated scaled beast soul ring with their own eyes, the titled Douluo's mental power was strong, and it was possible that he had already detected Mu Yang's situation without her noticing.

"If I had known this would happen, I shouldn't have made a move in the first place."

Shui Yanyu secretly regretted it.

While the favors from Qian Renxue, the young master of the Spirit Hall, and the undeniable bond with "Sky Invincible" are certainly valuable, they seem insignificant compared to Mu Yang's future safety.

After all, once Mu Yang's twin martial souls are fully developed, his strength will definitely not be weaker than "Invincible Sky," and may even be stronger.

At this moment, Shui Yanyu could only secretly pray that Qian Renxue and the other two had not noticed, or that if they had, they would not harm Mu Yang out of consideration for their relationship today.

Walking through the forest, Qian Renxue's expression was not very good.

Who is Qian Renxue?

She is the granddaughter of "Invincible Sky", the young master of the Spirit Hall, and the current successor of the Angel Clan.

Even if they came to the Heavenly Dou Empire to infiltrate and carry out a plan, they were still the eldest prince or even the crown prince of the empire. Such a situation of "offering a warm face but getting a cold backside" is truly unprecedented, except for Bibi Dong.

"Uncle She Long, Uncle Ci Xue, do you think Dean Shui dislikes the Spirit Hall, which is why he's so resistant to me?"

Stopping in her tracks, Qian Renxue turned to She Long and Ci Xue and asked.

Upon hearing this, recalling the blue-haired boy he had previously observed absorbing and refining a soul ring in the nearby forest through his mental power, She Long organized his thoughts and said, "Young Master, I was just about to tell you about this. Perhaps Dean Shui wasn't actually against you; it was just that the timing wasn't right."

"Hmm? How so?"

Qian Renxue frowned slightly and asked.

"Young Master, what do you think is the maximum number of years a Soul Master can withstand for their third and fourth Soul Rings?"

She Long countered with a question.

After a moment's thought, Qian Renxue said, "Without a soul bone, in the past, the most one could get would be a third soul ring around 1,500 years old and a fourth soul ring around 5,000 years old."

However, now that the true potential of whale glue has been discovered, it's rumored that the third spirit ring can last for five or six thousand years, and the fourth spirit ring for nine thousand years? If one is a spirit-type spirit master, perhaps a ten-thousand-year fourth spirit ring is also possible.

"Just now, there was a blue-haired boy over there with a second soul ring that was a thousand years old and a third soul ring that was ten thousand years old. He was refining his soul rings to advance. Judging from the color, his fourth soul ring was at least twenty-five thousand years old."

"If you were that young master, I wouldn't allow outsiders to approach either. In fact, if any Soul Masters were to appear nearby, I would kill them all to ensure the news doesn't leak out."

She Long said with a serious expression.

"What? A third spirit ring that's ten thousand years old, and a fourth spirit ring that's at least twenty-five thousand years old? She Long, are you seeing things?"

As soon as She Long finished speaking, Ci Xue, who was standing next to him, widened his eyes in disbelief.

So, the age of this Douluo's fifth spirit ring is actually lower than that of a junior's third spirit ring? You must be joking!

A look of deep disbelief flashed in her beautiful light purple eyes. Qian Renxue couldn't help but say, "To attach a third soul ring that is ten thousand years old, you need at least a head soul bone of extremely high age to enhance your spiritual power. Otherwise, you definitely won't be able to pass the soul shock test."

A level 30 Soul Master's physical attributes can rival those of a level 50 Soul Master. Whale glue alone is definitely not enough. Even ten-thousand-year-old whale glue cannot achieve this level. At least a torso or limbs Soul Bone of considerable age is required.

Tianshui Academy only accepts female students. Uncle She Long, the blue-haired boy you mentioned must be a junior member of Dean Shui's family. Is the Shui family of Tianshui City really that powerful?

"Whether the Shui family of Tianshui City is powerful or not is unknown, but that blue-haired boy's martial soul is a food-type martial soul, so perhaps he isn't from the Shui family of Tianshui City?"

She Long stroked his chin and said.

Qian Renxue raised an eyebrow slightly: "A food-type Soul Master?"

Goodness gracious! This food-type Soul Master is something else!

As the young master of the Spirit Hall, Qian Renxue's vision is beyond that of ordinary spirit masters. She understands that spirit masters of the three major categories of support, healing, and food can theoretically possess considerable combat power.

Well, the prerequisite is that one must be extravagant enough, not just a poor nobody.

Like her nominal teacher, Ning Fengzhi, although he was only a seven-ring support-type Soul Saint, he had refined a lot of Soul Bones because of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's extravagance.

With his age-old soul bone skills and his own attribute-enhancing soul skills, if it really came down to a fight, an ordinary seven-ring soul saint might not be able to defeat Ning Fengzhi.

Of course, Ning Fengzhi is used to a life of luxury and always brings one of the Sword Bone Douluos with him when he goes out, so it's practically impossible for him to have to personally roll up his sleeves and get into a fight.

Suddenly, Ci Xue grasped a key point and asked, "She Long, are you sure it's the second soul ring of a thousand years?"

"They already have an outrageous ten-thousand-year third spirit ring, so what's so strange about a thousand-year second spirit ring?"

She Long was stunned for a moment, then said with some confusion.

"Generally speaking, even if a family is wealthy enough, they wouldn't bestow a top-grade soul bone upon their descendants too early."

In the case of the young master, it is a special case. If it were not for the needs of the plan, the Grand Elder would not have bestowed the soul bone so early.

The true function of whale glue was discovered by the Blazing Academy, but less than three years have passed since they announced this news. Before that, without relying on soul bones to improve one's attributes, it was impossible to attach a second soul ring of a thousand years.

After a pause, Ci Xue added, "Well, I hope my guess is wrong."

What guess?

The second ring is 20 levels higher than the fourth ring, and the boy took less than three years to cross those 20 levels of soul power.

"That's interesting! But if you have enough talent for cultivation, it's not impossible to increase your soul power by ten levels in three years."

As for the remaining ten levels of soul power, with the addition of a soul ring exceeding the age limit, the soul power level after advancement will definitely not be as simple as level 21 and 31. Furthermore, considering the soul power increase from refining high-age soul bones, it is theoretically feasible.

Qian Renxue didn't think of the blue-haired boy as a freak like Ci Xue did. After all, who knew how many other soul bones the boy had refined besides the head soul bone?

If it's just a top-grade soul bone, then it can be said that the person has very strong talent.

If one refines more than one top-grade soul bone, and their soul power increases dramatically after refining them, then calling them a genius soul master would be an understatement!

If her grandfather had spared no expense and disregarded the consequences to cultivate her, it wouldn't have been impossible for the Spirit Hall to produce a four-ring Soul Master who had only recently awakened his Spirit.

With an innate level 20 soul power, equipping a set of high-age soul bones, excluding the head soul bone which generally does not directly increase soul power level after refining, the four limb and torso soul bones will increase soul power by an average of three levels, which is an additional 15 levels of soul power.

The remaining 5 levels of soul power needed to reach the level 40 Quasi-Soul Master can be provided by the first, second, and third soul rings, whose age far exceeds the limit of the optimal ratio.

However, despite saying that, Qian Renxue understood that the blue-haired boy must be a rare genius soul master on the continent.

Otherwise, even if the family behind them is very powerful, they might still spend a lot of money to cultivate a junior whose talent is not outstanding.

"Okay, Uncle Shelong, when you get back, have someone investigate that boy's background. By the way, use your own people."

After a moment's thought, Qian Renxue said to She Long.

"Yes, young master!"

She Long responded.

The "people" that Qian Renxue referred to were not simply those belonging to the Spirit Hall, but rather the loyal Angel Clan members transferred by Qian Daoliu to facilitate Qian Renxue's actions within the Heaven Dou Empire. They did not obey the orders of the Papal Palace.

(End of this chapter)