A Soul Master's Appearance

After Martial Soul Possession, Meng Shenji, who possessed the strength of a Soul Douluo, naturally had no need to use even a soul skill against a mere Soul Beast that was not yet a thousand years old. He only used his own powerful Soul Power to bind that Soul Beast from afar.

Then he clenched from a distance!

With a teeth-aching creak, the two-meter-tall Adamantine Mantis almost instantly shrank by a large circle. Its carapace had been crushed directly by the powerful pressure of Soul Power, leaving it with only a single breath on the spot.

A Soul Douluo powerhouse was terrifying indeed!

Li Chang'an put on a shocked and admiring expression. It greatly satisfied Meng Shenji's vanity. He lightly stroked his long beard and said with a smile, "This Soul Beast's age is just right, and its traits also suit your Martial Soul very well. Hurry up and finish it off."

"All right."

Li Chang'an nodded and casually summoned his Azure Scale Sword. Carrying the sword like that, he walked up beside the dying Adamantine Mantis, aimed at its vital point, and stabbed down viciously!

"Hiss!"

It was like stabbing through thick iron plating. The process of driving the sword in was exceptionally difficult. Li Chang'an could clearly feel just how hard the carapace, flesh, and hide of the Adamantine Mantis beneath his sword were. And this was while it had already been almost crushed by Soul Power. From that, one could imagine how abnormal the defensive power of that carapace was in its normal state.

He gritted his teeth, circulated his Soul Power, and the longsword in his hand burst with cyan radiance as he pressed down hard.

With a hiss.

The entire jade-green blade stabbed into the Adamantine Mantis's body, and only then did this hideous-looking Soul Beast breathe its last. A yellow ring of light slowly floated up from its body.

Seeing this, Li Chang'an let out a breath and pulled out his sword in passing. Then he sat cross-legged on the spot, laid the precious sword across his knees, and drew with his Soul Power, guiding that Soul Ring to begin merging into his body...

Meng Shenji watched quietly, paying close attention to his condition at all times. Even though he felt there was no problem and that this absorption was practically certain, with no chance of an accident, he still could not help feeling nervous. After all, the child before him was the future pillar of the empire. He was extremely important, and no accident could be allowed to happen.

The entire process of absorbing the Soul Ring went very smoothly.

Li Chang'an could clearly feel that the Soul Ring's power was not only merging into his body, but also strengthening his Martial Soul... raising his foundation and talent!

The Adamantine Mantis was indeed a Soul Beast whose traits matched his Martial Soul extremely well.

About two hours later.

He slowly opened his eyes. Two yellow Soul Rings had already appeared around his body. The first ring was close to five hundred years, while the second ring was close to eight hundred years. In the Soul Master World, this was recognized as the most standard optimal Soul Ring configuration.

"Chang'an, you're awake. How do you feel?" Meng Shenji hurried forward to ask, afraid that something might have gone wrong with him.

Over the past half a year, he had truly put some sincerity into Li Chang'an, who was extremely talented and also diligent and eager to learn. He had begun to treat him a little like a grandson.

"Grandpa Meng, I'm fine."

A smile appeared on Li Chang'an's face. He shook his head and said, "And I feel surprisingly good right now! My Soul Power has even reached rank twenty-two."

"Rank twenty-two? It seems your foundation really is very deep." Hearing him say this, Meng Shenji let out a sigh of relief, and at the same time could not help sighing with emotion.

Every time a Soul Master reached the limit of ten ranks, if they did not add a Soul Ring, they could not break through. But if they continued cultivating, that Soul Power could be accumulated. Once they added a Soul Ring, it would erupt all at once.

Generally speaking, a Second Soul Ring of around eight hundred years should only raise one's Soul Power by one rank, which would make his Soul Power reach rank twenty-one. But now Li Chang'an had reached rank twenty-two. Clearly, it had little to do with the Soul Ring. Meng Shenji guessed that he had already accumulated profound Soul Power himself, and now that he had obtained a Soul Ring in one go, it had been released.

This undoubtedly further proved just how diligently Li Chang'an cultivated on ordinary days, for him to have the foundation to raise his Soul Power by an extra rank.

"Right, what is your Second Soul Skill?" Meng Shenji only remembered to ask after he finished sighing with emotion.

"My Second Soul Skill is Sword Radiance!"

As Li Chang'an spoke, he stood up. While holding the Azure Scale Sword in his hand, his second Soul Ring lit up!

A faint layer of Golden Light instantly covered the jade-green sword blade.

Then he casually waved it, chopping directly at the leg of the Adamantine Mantis beside him. It was immediately cut in half like tofu.

It formed a stark contrast with the state earlier, when he had to exhaust all his strength just to stab in.

"After adding Sword Radiance, the sharpness of my Martial Soul's body has greatly increased, allowing it to cut through objects better," Li Chang'an explained. After adding Sword Radiance, using the Azure Scale Sword to chop this Adamantine Mantis no longer met obstruction like before at all. It was simply as easy as cutting tofu.

"At the same time, it isn't only the Martial Soul's body. Even the released Sword Qi is also enhanced by Sword Radiance." As he spoke, he raised his sword and swung.

A cyan Sword Qi wrapped in Golden Light flew out, piercing straight through a moss-covered boulder in the distance.

Before this, his Sword Qi could at most pierce a small half of the way in. Now, however, it could easily penetrate the boulder. From this, one could see how great Sword Radiance's enhancement to Sword Qi was.

After watching his demonstration, Meng Shenji nodded repeatedly. As a dignified Soul Douluo, his experience was not something those low-level Soul Masters could compare with. Because of that, he could understand even more clearly just how powerful Li Chang'an's two soul skills truly were.

This kind of penetrating power and destructive power was probably not the slightest bit weaker than a top-tier Sword Soul like the Seven Kill Sword.

This time, the Heaven Dou Empire had truly obtained a treasure.

The soul hunt was complete.

There was naturally nothing much to say about the trip back.

After returning to his small courtyard dormitory.

Li Chang'an stood in front of the full-length mirror and sized up himself in the mirror. He found that after absorbing the Second Soul Ring, his body had suddenly shot up by another large stretch. Now, judging from appearance alone, he no longer looked at all like a six-year-old child.

When Soul Masters absorbed Soul Rings, the Soul Ring's energy would have a certain strengthening and growth-promoting effect on the body. Because of this, in the Soul Master World, it was impossible to judge a person's true age simply by their appearance.

After absorbing two Soul Rings in succession, Li Chang'an, who was not yet seven this year and was only six, looked, from his appearance alone, like someone people would believe was seventeen or eighteen. He had grown too quickly.

However, there was no need to worry that he would suffer premature aging because he grew too quickly.

The energy of a Soul Ring only had the effect of promoting the human body's growth. The specific effect varied from person to person. Once an individual's body grew to a certain degree, around twenty years old, absorbing more Soul Rings would no longer change their appearance.

Because under normal circumstances, the human body was basically fully developed at twenty and would no longer grow. Naturally, it would not change because of the energy of a Soul Ring.

After that, a Soul Master's appearance would only change naturally with increasing age, gradually bringing true age and appearance closer together. In other words, if Li Chang'an absorbed Soul Rings and made his body's appearance reach around twenty years old, then at that point, his appearance would no longer change, as if frozen in age. It would only continue changing once his true age reached twenty.

Of course, some high-level Soul Masters could also intentionally control their appearance so that it did not age. That was another matter.

So there was no need to worry that after absorbing a few Soul Rings, a teenage youth would have the appearance of a middle-aged uncle. That was something impossible.

Otherwise, if absorbing Soul Rings made people age rapidly, who would dare absorb Soul Rings?

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