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"All right, you can absorb the soul ring now. The two of us will stand guard for you."

Su Yu nodded and sat cross-legged on the ground.

He did not draw in the soul ring immediately. Instead, he first adjusted his condition, using meditation to regulate his breathing and everything else until they returned to normal.

In his meditative state, Su Yu could sense the soul ring before him.

He drew the soul ring toward his Martial Soul.

A stalk of Blue Silver Grass grew from behind Su Yu, and the soul ring encircled the two of them.

Vast soul power surged into his body, and Su Yu let out a muffled groan.

"Endure the impact of the soul power and refine it. Once you do, you'll have completed the initial absorption of the soul ring."

Su Yu endured the impact and used his own soul power to guide the soul power pouring from the ring through his body.

Perhaps because he had tempered himself with the Body Tempering Method, the meridians within his body seemed stronger. Su Yu quickly withstood the impact.

He even used that soul power to temper his meridians and every part of his body.

Su Yu sat cross-legged on the ground as the bones throughout his body crackled.

"He's absorbing the soul ring very quickly."

"Looks like Su Yu's physique is quite strong."

It was common knowledge that when absorbing a soul ring, the stronger one's physique, the higher the maximum age of the soul ring one could absorb.

For soul rings of the same age, the stronger one's physique, the faster and easier the absorption would be.

"Once the soul power is fully refined, it'll be time to absorb the soul ring itself."

After enduring and refining the soul power impact from the ring, the next step was to truly refine the source essence that belonged to the soul beast.

Within Su Yu's Spiritual World, a vine emitting hazy starlight appeared.

Blue Silver Grass burst forth from the ground and wrapped around the vine. The Grafting Technique seeped in and destroyed the vine from within.

"In my Spiritual World, all foreign things shall be suppressed!"

Before Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, Su Yu's Self-Suggestion Method was truly useful.

After shattering the phantom, the Blue Silver Grass gradually absorbed the source essence that scattered from it.

These things could not be absorbed carelessly, either.

Going with the flow was best, as it gave one the greatest chance of obtaining the most suitable soul skill. However, if one had specific needs and absorbed it in a particular way according to the guidance in one's heart, the resulting soul skill and soul ring effects would definitely differ.

That difference could be good, or it could be bad.

Su Yu went with the flow and did not act rashly. Yet as he absorbed it, he also sensed the differences within that source energy.

It should be absorbed like this.

Su Yu could sense the changes and growth of his Martial Soul.

Because of that, a thought stirred in his mind, and his method of absorption changed. He drew in much of a certain kind of source essence that had been dissipating.

"This seems to be the part related to Star Power."

"And this source essence strengthens vitality."

Su Yu devoted himself completely to absorbing the soul ring.

In the blink of an eye, three hours passed.

"Why is this kid taking so long to absorb a soul ring?"

"That's not right. The process was clearly progressing quickly before."

Zhao Lei and Zhang Yuan were beginning to doubt.

At that moment, a Soul Power Fluctuation spread from within the motionless Su Yu.

"He succeeded!"

Su Yu's Soul Power Fluctuation rose sharply.

The soul ring around him gradually shrank before finally gathering into his body.

"Thank you, big brothers."

Su Yu rose to his feet and thanked them.

After exchanging a few polite words, the three did not waste any time and left the area.

After obtaining his First Soul Ring, Su Yu did not choose to leave.

He remained in Moon Gazing City to cultivate.

In the blink of an eye, two and a half years passed.

After absorbing the soul ring of the Star Spirit Vine, Su Yu's soul power directly broke through to level twelve.

After becoming a soul master, Su Yu's Cultivation Speed slowed once again. On average, he could only break through one level every three months.

The threshold of Level Twenty was manageable.

After absorbing the Star Spirit Vine, the life source essence of his Blue Silver Grass was strengthened. Su Yu's breakthrough this time went very smoothly and took only half a year.

He did not choose to absorb that Nine Hundred Years Dragon Scale Vine.

After absorbing the Star Spirit Vine, Su Yu's Blue Silver Grass could absorb Star Power for cultivation. He used Star Power to circulate the Body Tempering Method, greatly strengthening his physique.

For two and a half years, including the three months after breaking through to Level Twenty, he had been improving his physique.

His purpose was to absorb a Thousand Year Soul Ring at Level Twenty!

During that time, Su Yu sold the soul tool dagger to Qian Tong.

After the life source essence of his Blue Silver Grass received its first strengthening, many of Su Yu's ideas became reality. With numerous Self-Created Soul Skills, the dagger's usefulness was greatly reduced, so Su Yu sold it.

The dagger was a Third-Level Soul Tool. Though relatively ordinary, it was still quite valuable. Even secondhand, it sold for one hundred and fifty Gold Soul Coins.

After two and a half years of expenses, he still had roughly one hundred Gold Soul Coins left.

His expenses were far higher than in the previous year because Su Yu had bought a large number of books to gain knowledge.

"I should go find Qian Tong. This Thousand Year Soul Ring may take quite some time to locate."

Absorbing Across Levels with a Thousand Year Soul Ring had strict requirements for its age. It could not be too high, and the soul beast itself could not be too weak.

Finding one would be a huge hassle.

Without Qian Tong, it would be difficult to find help.

"You want to absorb a Thousand Year Second Ring across levels?"

Qian Tong was quite surprised when he heard Su Yu's request.

But after thinking it over carefully, Su Yu's reasons were sufficient and highly convincing.

"Are you sure your physique can withstand a Thousand Year Soul Ring?"

"Don't worry. When I absorbed my First Soul Ring, I felt that my limit was well beyond Four Hundred Years."

Su Yu felt that he had been somewhat conservative with his First Soul Ring. Not to mention Six Hundred Years, he could at least have handled Five Hundred Years.

This time, after tempering his body with Star Power and strengthening his training in daily life, Su Yu was confident that he could withstand the soul power impact of a Thousand Year Soul Ring.

As for absorbing the source essence of the soul ring, Su Yu was even less worried. Having practiced it once before, he had also refined the Self-Suggestion Method over the past two and a half years.

As long as it was not a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, and as long as he could withstand its soul power impact, Su Yu dared to say that absorbing the source essence afterward would be effortless for him.

"All right. Since you think you can do it, I won't try to persuade you otherwise."

Qian Tong was also fired up inside. If Su Yu succeeded, he would be a soul master with a Thousand Year Second Ring.

Even with Blue Silver Grass as his Martial Soul, Su Yu's future limit would definitely not be low. Soul Saint would be the bare minimum.

He had a good chance of becoming a Soul Douluo.

There was even hope for becoming a Titled Douluo.

Anything was possible!

Qian Tong held no prejudice against the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul. After all, up to this point, Su Yu had cultivated it just like any other top-tier Martial Soul, and his Cultivation Speed had not fallen behind in the slightest.

"Do you have anything in mind for your Second Soul Ring?"

"Actually, it's the same requirement as last time. Its vitality must be vigorous, and it would be best if I could obtain a soul skill that enhances vitality."

A soul beast that primarily enhanced vitality, and was exceptional in that regard.

That was Su Yu's requirement.

And with the hidden additional condition that it had only just reached a thousand years, it would not be easy to find.

"It'll probably be difficult to find one in the Soul Hunting Forest. We'll need to go to a large soul beast gathering place like the Star Dou Great Forest to have any hope of finding a soul beast that meets the requirements."