All Soul Ring Ages Break One Thousand Years

Another month passed.

The people from Shrek Academy had settled down considerably that month.

Peach Blossom Spring Academy returned to its former harmony.

Wang Sheng went to bed early and rose early every day, guarding Peach Blossom Spring Academy's gates while practicing Tiger Form Fist.

Zhu Zhuqing followed Su Ran's guidance and trained bitterly in the Ten Palaces of Hell vessel.

Ning Rongrong consolidated the Second Layer Golden Bell. Her Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda grew sturdier and sturdier, and her Wing Chun Fist also became more and more practiced.

It was just that her thirst for knowledge grew more and more intense.

Every day, it was either, "Ah, Teacher, I can't lift my leg high enough for this Wing Chun high kick. Teacher, hurry and help hold up my thigh~"

Or, "Wuwuwu, Teacher, training this Seven Treasures Golden Bell Shield is really too hard. Is there a shortcut? Like dual cultivation or something~ I want to directly share Teacher's results."

How was she trying to inherit Su Ran's ultimate arts? She clearly wanted to accommodate Teacher Su Ran's countless descendants within herself.

Zhu Zhuqing said nothing and simply trained hard.

She really did not know just how handsome Teacher was for Senior Sister Rongrong to go to such lengths.

The two ultimate arts Zhu Zhuqing had learned were both extremely powerful, and they suited her Martial Soul very well.

With that Movement Technique Crossing the Yellow Springs, under Su Ran's guidance, in only half a month, she had touched upon the threshold and reached the level of moving without sound and speeding without wind.

But cultivating the Ten Palaces of Hell was much harder for her. Even after half a month, she still had not grasped the key to condensing the Ten Palaces of Hell and was utterly confused.

The Ten Palaces of Hell was even more difficult to cultivate than Ning Rongrong's Seven Treasures Golden Bell Shield.

The Seven Treasures Golden Bell Shield used the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda to cultivate, borrowing strength from each other to produce powerful defensive force.

As for the Ten Palaces of Hell, it was almost equivalent to cultivating a second Martial Soul. It was just that this second Martial Soul still relied on the first Martial Soul to be used and merely served the first Martial Soul. One could imagine how difficult it was.

Likewise, this was also what made the Ten Palaces of Hell terrifying.

To help Zhu Zhuqing condense the Ten Palaces of Hell vessel sooner, Su Ran even directly used the Nether Art and brought Zhu Zhuqing into his Ten Palaces of Hell to carry out Hellish Meditation.

Aside from that, Zhu Zhuqing also received the same treatment as Ning Rongrong in the body-tempering Beast Blood and health-nourishing Medicinal Bath prepared for her.

However, this also made Teacher Su Ran feel a bit more pressure.

Sure enough, taking disciples could not be done casually either. With every disciple he accepted, the responsibility on his shoulders grew heavier. He could not afford to raise them!

Finally, one month later, Zhu Zhuqing woke with a start from between endless darkness and sinking, raging flames and nether gloom.

Her martial soul, the Hell Spirit Cat, appeared behind her like a shadow from the underworld, and an unlit gray Ten-Layer Yama Palace emerged at her back.

The Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul could actually hide within it, constantly darting through the gray palace as if it had gained spirituality.

"I did it! I did it!"

"Teacher, I cultivated the Ten Palaces of Hell vessel!"

Zhu Zhuqing's cool face was uncharacteristically wild with joy. Her figure was extremely nimble, and instead of taking the courtyard path, she stepped across the lotus leaves and Jinli on the pond, running all the way to the pavilion where Su Ran was resting. Happily, she began sharing the news with Su Ran.

Su Ran smiled faintly. He had already seen the Ten-Layer Yama Palace Zhu Zhuqing had refined. It was very small, its might was not high, and even its form was unstable, but she had indeed refined an embryonic form. This was already extraordinarily difficult.

With roughly equal aptitude, Ning Rongrong had taken one month to condense the Second Layer Golden Bell, but Zhu Zhuqing had taken one month just to barely condense the embryonic form of the Ten-Layer Yama Palace. This showed just how difficult it was to cultivate.

At the same time:

Disciple Zhu Zhuqing condensed the embryonic form of the Ten Palaces of Hell. Reward: All Soul Ring Ages +200 years. Reward: Hell Dark Artifact—Ghost Shuttle (includes refining and usage methods).

First Soul Skill: Branching Dream—illusion skill, 935 years → 1135 years.

Second Soul Skill: One Dream Peach Sword Order—a peach branch sword flying out as if from a dreamlike peach blossom spring, able to pierce souls and kill people, 1650 years → 1850 years.

Third Soul Skill: Scattered Red Flying Snow—Peach Blossom Branches formed a flurry of swords that swept and scattered wildly, 4620 years → 4820 years.

Fourth Soul Skill: Crimson Moon Peach Blossom—the Peach Immortal danced beneath the peach moon, the crimson peach moon descended and bloomed with a hum, causing a violent explosion, 12210 years → 12410 years.

Fifth Soul Skill: Blazing Thousand Peach Blossom Slash—released one hundred peach blossom slashes in an instant, with astonishing power, 24530 years → 24730 years.

Sixth Soul Skill: Nine Luminaries Peach Blossom Sword—combining the power of the nine luminaries: Sun Luminaries, Moon Luminaries, Fire Luminaries, Water Luminaries, Wood Luminaries, Gold Luminaries, Earth Luminaries, Rahu, and Ketu, giving birth to nine peach blossom swords with various powers and effects, 48730 years → 48930 years.

Seventh Soul Skill: Mortal World True Body, 85030 years → 85230 years.

Every bit of progress from his disciples could give Su Ran feedback.

This was much easier than exhausting himself to death cultivating desperately to grow stronger, and it could even increase his Soul Ring Age.

Now, Su Ran's Soul Ring Configuration had already been optimized to start at thousand-year level, completely shaking off the Yellow Novice Soul Ring.

From one yellow, two purple, and four black, it had become three purple and four black.

He had also obtained a Hell Dark Artifact, Ghost Shuttle? Weren't hidden weapons Tang San's exclusive thing? Interesting.

"Very good. Keep working hard. Condensing this Ten-Layer Yama Palace has elevated your nether attribute to a certain extent. If you can awaken the Ten-Layer Yama Palace, turning nether into hell and the human world into purgatory, perhaps you can become the Lord of Hell."

Su Ran spoke, and there was some appreciation for Zhu Zhuqing in his eyes as well.

She was actually a very good girl—if she did not do anything stupid.

"Your Soul Power seems to have reached Level 29 too, right? You shouldn't be far from Level 30."

Su Ran said this at that moment.

Only then did Zhu Zhuqing sense her own Soul Power, and to her surprise, as her cultivation of the Ten Palaces of Hell made progress, her Soul Power had also risen a little.

Adding in the past month, with Teacher Su Ran's Medicinal Baths combined with special training, she had actually raised her Soul Power by two levels, going from Level 27 to Level 29. She was about to break through to Level 30.

That speed was practically godlike!

"Rongrong should also break through to Level 30 in the next couple of days."

Su Ran took a breath and said calmly, "Stabilize the embryonic form of the Ten Palaces of Hell over these next two days, and get ready as well. We're going to make a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest."

Hearing Su Ran say this, Zhu Zhuqing immediately understood. Teacher was going to take them to hunt for their Third Soul Rings and help them break through to become Soul Elder powerhouses!

"Okay!"

That night.

Su Ran took a stroll to the entrance of the academy. Beneath the peach tree, that same tall, honest-looking young man was still practicing Tiger Form Fist, as he had done day after day for years.

Wang Sheng's aptitude was very poor. Perhaps compared to ordinary people, he was still passable, but compared to Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, he could practically be called trash.

Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong's aptitude was S, while Wang Sheng's aptitude was only D, and D- at that.

The reason he could beat Dai Mubai was entirely because he trusted Su Ran, and with sheer perseverance, he had pushed one thing to the extreme, practicing Tiger Form Fist to a superb level.

But even so, it could not hide the fact that his aptitude was dull.

At twelve years old, he had not even reached Level 10.

After following Su Ran and desperately learning body tempering for six years, he had finally completed a small comeback and raised his Soul Power by nineteen levels.

During this period, two girls had come to the academy. They were both extremely hardworking, and Wang Sheng saw it all. He did not dare slack off either. After two months, he had finally broken through from Level 28 to Level 29.

But if he wanted to break through to Level 30, it would probably still take some time.

"Wang Sheng, in the next few days, I'll take Rongrong and Zhuqing to hunt for their Third Soul Rings. You stay behind at the academy. We should only need a few days before we come back."

Su Ran explained this to Wang Sheng.