No One Can Sway My Thoughts

At his words, Tuoba Yan froze for a moment and murmured, "Hu Liena?"

Tuoba Xi nodded. "Hu Liena's parents were once my subordinates. Several years ago, they followed the previous Pontiff on a soul-hunting expedition and died alongside your parents. She and her brother became orphans and have been raised by our Spirit Hall ever since. She's in her fifth year now, and she's quite pretty. I heard she obtained her second soul ring not long ago."

"I don't agree."

"Do you dislike her because of her age? She is a few years older than you. I've considered that as well. If you get engaged, you can marry early. She's a soul master, and with your Horse Talisman, I believe she won't age so easily!"

Thinking of the changes in his own body brought about by Tuoba Yan's Horse Talisman, Tuoba Xi smiled happily.

With every aspect of his body restored to a relatively perfect state, he felt that his cultivation speed had recently increased. He was confident that he could break through to the Title Douluo realm within fifteen years!

However, Tuoba Yan raised his voice and declared once again, "I said, I. Do. Not. Agree!"

"Hu Liena has Innate Soul Power at rank nine. She will definitely become a Title Douluo in the future. If you marry her, our Tuoba Clan will have two Title Douluo in the future. In terms of the number of Title Douluos, our strength will rival the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. There are only a handful of families in the soul master world with Title Douluos. This is extremely important for our clan."

Tuoba Yan stared at Tuoba Xi with a look of disdain.

Tuoba Xi paid no mind to his grandson's gaze and continued analyzing. "A child's martial spirit is inherited from their parents. To a great extent, it determines the child's talent. Perhaps your child with her might awaken the Saint Martial Spirit. If I go arrange the match, it will certainly succeed. Grandfather promises you that aside from Hu Liena, I will allow and support you in taking concubines!"

Bearing children was a person's responsibility and obligation.

Many families in the soul master world had no choice but to turn themselves into breeding tools in order to produce descendants with outstanding talent.

Ning Feng Zhi of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was not an isolated case.

Tuoba Yan said nothing, allowing Tuoba Xi to speak freely.

After voicing everything in his heart, Tuoba Xi asked, "Yan'er, what do you think?"

Tuoba Yan answered firmly, "No one can sway my thoughts. Are you finished? If you are, then you may leave. I need to begin cultivating!"

Tuoba Xi frowned deeply. "After saying so much, how could you not take in a single word? Sigh, forget it, forget it. I heard that the Pontiff has recently considered taking a disciple. That girl is very likely to be accepted as the Pontiff's disciple. She still has a year before graduation. Whenever you come to your senses, tell me. Once this chance is gone, it's gone!"

After Tuoba Xi left, Hu Liena's life surfaced in Tuoba Yan's mind.

Spirit Hall had four fools, and Hu Liena was one of them.

To a certain extent, the deaths of many Spirit Hall elders, as well as Spirit Hall's destruction, were inseparable from Hu Liena.

Tuoba Yan had never met Hu Liena. Yet for some reason, he felt deeply resistant toward her and could not bring himself to like her.

"Marry her?" Tuoba Yan laughed, mockery curling at the corner of his lips. "Absolutely impossible!"

Tuoba Yan let out a heavy breath, calmed himself, and looked down at the soul bone floating above his palm.

Soul bones also came in different grades.

For soul bones from the same body part, the more complete they were, the greater their energy fluctuations and the better their quality.

The Exploding Blazing Flame Right Arm Bone awarded by Grand Elder Qian Dao Liu had a cultivation age of thirty thousand years and came from a Red Flame Beast. It only included the forearm, not the upper arm.

Although the soul bone's effects were extraordinary, it was ultimately incomplete.

Once a soul bone surpassed sixty thousand years, it would become complete.

That was why Tuoba Yan had strongly insisted that any soul bones he absorbed in the future had to be at least sixty thousand years old.

What a coincidence.

The soul bone floating above Tuoba Yan's palm had also come from a Red Flame Beast. It included not only the forearm, but also the upper arm.

The soul bone was astonishingly complete, without the slightest flaw. The energy contained within it seemed ready to burst forth.

Tuoba Yan pressed it against his right arm.

Buzz.

A faint hum sounded. His right arm began to tremble lightly.

Then, the soul bone, harder than ordinary bone, vanished. It transformed into a red current of air that quietly seeped into his right arm through his pores.

Warm. Comfortable. Without the slightest obstruction or pain.

It felt completely different from absorbing a soul ring. Tuoba Yan guessed that since the Saint was known as the Demon of Fire and ruled over flames, that was why he encountered neither resistance nor burning pain while absorbing the soul bone.

The process of absorbing the soul bone was extremely fast.

Crackling sounds rang out from his bones.

Tuoba Yan examined his body internally and saw that his meridians had turned crimson. The soul bone's energy flowed through them as though they were on fire.

Under the effect of the soul bone's energy, the space through which Soul Power flowed inside his meridians expanded exponentially.

A small stream was becoming a mighty river. His meridians were growing broader and tougher.

A breakthrough came with a pop. A faint cracking sound rang out.

There was still none of the pain he had imagined. As Tuoba Yan examined his body internally, he clearly felt that many blocked channels in his right arm had been opened.

"A soul bone can open meridians too?!"

The books had never said that absorbing a soul bone could open the meridians in the corresponding body part.

Yet Tuoba Yan truly felt that all the meridians in his entire right arm had become connected.

In an instant, a force belonging to the flesh awakened.

Tuoba Yan fell asleep, and when he woke, it was already the next morning.

"Yan'er, time to get up and cultivate your spiritual power!"

Soul Power, the physical body, and spiritual power—none could be neglected in cultivation.

Soul Power was improved through meditation.

The physical body was improved through training.

As for improving spiritual power, there were almost no shortcuts.

Alchemy on the Douluo Continent was still in its infancy. Even nobles did not have many medicinal herbs available for their children to improve their spiritual power.

Especially when the properties of medicinal herbs were unclear, taking medicine recklessly could endanger one's life in serious cases.

Some soul masters even believed that relying on medicinal herbs to increase one's strength was taking shortcuts, that it could harm the body, and thus resisted using medicinal herbs to improve their strength.

The soul masters' usual method for improving spiritual power could be summed up in just two words: getting beaten!