The worries of the previous night did not affect the quality of Su Zui's sleep.
Early the next morning, Su Zui woke from his dreams in a daze.
Su Zui was not fully awake yet, and through his haze, he saw an exceptionally beautiful figure sitting by his bed.
She had long, flowing ice-and-snow-colored hair, every strand crystal clear, like immortal crystals fallen into the mortal world. Her brows resembled phoenix tails, her lips were red and her teeth white; she was so beautiful that it was impossible to tell whether she was male or female.
A layer of blue ice crystals covered the left side of her face. Far from detracting from her beauty, it lent her a touch of bewitching charm.
Su Zui could just make out that this peerless beauty was sitting on the edge of his bed, swinging her little feet as she touched up her makeup.
"Sister Guang Ling!"
Su Zui naturally recognized her. She was none other than Spirit Hall's Fifth Enshrined, Light Feather Douluo.
Hearing Su Zui's delighted voice, Guang Ling continued carefully tracing his eyebrows.
"Xiao Zui, you still look a little groggy. Why don't you sleep a little longer?"
Su Zui sprang out of bed, refreshed and full of vigor, showing off his sturdy physique.
"I'm fine, Sister Guang Ling. Let's hurry and set off! I can't wait to get my fourth Soul Ring."
Guang Ling sighed helplessly. "If I tell you to sleep, then sleep. I haven't finished my makeup yet."
Hearing Light Feather Douluo's words, Su Zui nearly tripped over his own feet and fell flat on his face.
He gave Light Feather Douluo a resentful look, his face full of unhappiness.
"Ah, I've placed my feelings in the wrong person after all!"
Su Zui's face was full of sorrow.
"I thought you were concerned about my health, Sister Guang Ling. Now it seems I was just flattering myself..."
Light Feather Douluo chuckled and pinched Su Zui's cheek. "Save those words for fooling your little girlfriend. You got yourself a girlfriend and didn't even think to bring her back for us to meet. You really have grown up; your wings have grown strong."
Su Zui sighed. He was not surprised that Light Feather Douluo knew about him and Ning Rongrong.
After all, for an organization as vast as Spirit Hall, obtaining such basic information was as easy as turning over its hand.
Hearing Light Feather Douluo's teasing, Su Zui put on a wounded expression.
"That's not true! I wanted to come back and visit too! But back then, Grandpa chased me all the way out of the house and didn't let me return for a full half year. I wandered alone and helpless in the forest and was hunted down a full fourteen times—fourteen times!"
"I'm no longer the child I was back then. After going through those moments of life and death, I've become cold and ruthless. Now that half a year has passed, I'm sure there's no place for me in Spirit Hall anymore!"
"Ah, I'm just a wanderer with no roots, adrift like duckweed. How would I dare return to Spirit Hall? If I really went back, the Great Enshrined would surely pick up that broken broom of his again and chase me out."
Seeing Su Zui's perfectly serious expression, Light Feather Douluo could no longer hold it in and burst out laughing.
Then Guang Ling's eyes darted around, and he looked at Su Zui with a sly expression.
"I recorded what you just said with a sound-recording Soul Tool. Xiao Zui, you wouldn't want your grandpa to hear it, would you..."
"Sister Guang Ling, say no more. Who do you want dead? Point me in the right direction, and I'll need only one strike of my sword!"
Su Zui looked utterly devoted, the very image of a sword-bearing guard.
Light Feather Douluo immediately shook with laughter, a sight enough to make anyone lose their senses.
When it came to charm and allure, even Hu Liena, who possessed the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Martial Soul, would have to step aside before Light Feather Douluo's brilliance.
Guang Ling patted Su Zui's head. "Then go kill Xue Ye. I'd like to be emperor for a few days."
Su Zui gave two awkward chuckles. "Sister, actually, I'm not cold and ruthless. I'm the number one warmhearted man on the Douluo continent. I can't go around fighting and killing."
Guang Ling rolled his eyes at Su Zui.
"All right, enough joking. Let's get down to business."
At that, Guang Ling's expression gradually grew serious.
"Xiao Zui, release your Soul Rings first."
Without the slightest hesitation, Su Zui circulated his Soul Power and released his Great Luo Sword Embryo Martial Soul.
Yellow, purple, black!
Three Soul Rings rose rhythmically from beneath Su Zui's feet.
Then Su Zui switched his Martial Soul to the Chaos Wine Gourd.
This time, only one Soul Ring, pitch-black as ink, rose.
The black of this Soul Ring was several times deeper than that of the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring attached to the Great Luo Sword Embryo, as though it would swallow up the surrounding light along with it.
This Soul Ring was at least fifty thousand years old!
Although Light Feather Douluo had long since learned that Su Zui had two Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, seeing them with his own eyes still left him shaken by Su Zui's Soul Ring configuration.
"A thousand-year Second Soul Ring, a ten-thousand-year third Soul Ring, and the First Soul Ring of your Second Martial Soul is already thirty thousand years old."
"Xiao Zui, Xiao Zui, I never thought that in my lifetime, I would get to witness a true golden age for Spirit Hall."
Even Light Feather Douluo's gaze grew somewhat distant at that moment.
Ever since Qian Xunji's death, Spirit Hall had gradually fallen into a slump. Who would have thought that, in just over a decade, Spirit Hall would once again usher in a golden age?
That was because Spirit Hall's current generation was simply too strong.
Su Zui and Qian Renxue—those two children were guaranteed to become Level 99 Peerless Douluo at the very least.
There were also Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan. With their talent, they could become Titled Douluo within thirty years.
Thirty years from now, Guang Ling and the others might still be alive, while Xiao Zui and Xue'er would surely already be Super Douluo, or even Peerless Douluo.
The world of the future was destined to belong to Spirit Hall.
Besides, if Xiao Zui really married Ning Rongrong, then the entire Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would also fall within Spirit Hall's sphere of influence.
When that time came, all of Spirit Hall would prosper as never before!
Before he knew it, Light Feather Douluo was already thinking of the distant future.
"Sister? Sister Guang Ling!"
Only when he heard Su Zui calling did Guang Ling finally wake from his fantasy.
Looking at the culprit who had interrupted his daydream, Light Feather Douluo rolled his eyes irritably.
"Xiao Zui, I was having a lovely dream just now. You little brat, all you know how to do is spoil things for me."
Seeing how unreasonable Light Feather Douluo was being, Su Zui tactfully kept his mouth shut.
Sure enough, after a while, Guang Ling put on a serious expression once more.
She extended two fingers and placed them on Su Zui's pulse.
"After absorbing two Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings in succession, not only were your meridians left untorn, but you even used the power of the Soul Beast's sacrifice to temper your body. Xiao Zui, could you be the heavens' own son?"
Light Feather Douluo looked at Su Zui with some envy.
"Although there's nothing wrong with your body, just to be safe, don't add any more Soul Rings to your Second Martial Soul before you become a Titled Douluo."
"Wait until you become a Titled Douluo and have a complete set of Soul Bones for your entire body before adding more Soul Rings to your Second Martial Soul."
"When that time comes, the increase in Soul Power from adding Soul Rings one after another might propel you straight into the realm of a Super Douluo!"