Three Thousand Year Green Turtle Beast

Seeing Ye Lingling's confused expression, Long Chen smiled and shook his head, admonishing her:

"Lingling, this is Thousand-Year Whale Gel. It needs to be softened with intense fire before consumption. Take one capsule per week. After taking it, you'll feel a burning sensation throughout your body. Don't worry, just circulate your spirit energy to cultivate and suppress it slowly. After a few capsules, you'll gradually get used to it."

"I see, this method of consumption is quite unique."

"Also, don't tell anyone this is whale gel. If anyone asks, just say it's a tonic I specially prepared for you."

"Okay, I understand."

Long Chen didn't want more people to know about the body-strengthening effects of whale gel, so he decided to keep it a secret for now.

Ye Lingling suddenly thought of something.

"By the way, Brother Chen, do you know about the All-Continent Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Competition?"

"I know, what's up?"

"After you break through level thirty, come to our academy, and you might have a chance to become a member of the academy's team and represent the academy in the Soul Master Competition. From what I understand, our academy doesn't have many talented young students. Yanyan Jie is one, and another is Yu Tianheng, a direct descendant of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan."

Long Chen smiled.

"That's still a long way off. We'll talk about it then. By the way, how is Dugu Yan treating you?"

"She's treating me well. However, we'll be parting ways soon. Her spirit power is about to break through level twenty-five, and she'll become a Tianzhi Rank student then."

"The separation is only temporary. You'll cultivate together again in the future."

Long Chen knew that according to the timeline, Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, and Yu Tianheng would become teammates.

Furthermore, Yu Tianheng would become the captain of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy main team, and Dugu Yan would become the sub-captain.

However, it was still early, and there might be variables in the future.

If he could join the Royal Academy team, Long Chen would have the opportunity to interact more with Dugu Yan, and thus have a chance to enter the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Long Chen and Ye Lingling went to find Ye Tianming together. After eating at the academy, the two of them left.

Not long after returning, Long Chen began the second phase of his special training, fighting spirit beasts in the Soul Beast Forest.

Ye Tianming would help Long Chen find suitable spirit beasts.

They started with spirit beasts of lower cultivation, from decades old, and gradually progressed to hundred-year-old spirit beasts to serve as Long Chen's opponents.

Compared to the previous physical stamina training, this was true devil training, and it was more challenging.

In the fierce battles with spirit beasts, Long Chen was injured again and again, exhausted every time.

Fortunately, with Ye Susu, a powerful healer, there, even the most serious injuries could be healed safely.

Long Chen's strength also advanced by leaps and bounds through such challenging training.

Not only did his body become tougher and faster, but he also mastered more superb combat techniques.

During this period, Long Chen defeated many soul beasts, all sorts of them.

Although he injured quite a few soul beasts, he never took the life of any of them.

Besides training, he spent all his other time cultivating and studying at Guang'an Hall.

Now, his medical skills had improved greatly, and he had mastered the combination of many herbs and simple alchemy techniques.

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On this day, Long Chen opened his eyes from his cultivation, and his heart suddenly jolted.

"I've finally broken through level thirty!"

Long Chen shared this news with Ye Tianming and Ye Susu.

The couple were both very happy.

Ye Tianming sighed with emotion:

"Xiao Chen, you're not even eleven yet, and your soul power has already broken through level thirty. This growth rate is truly astonishing."

Ye Susu also sighed with emotion:

"Indeed. If he continues at this pace, Xiao Chen's future will surely lead him to achieve the status of a Title Douluo."

Both of them felt proud of Long Chen's progress.

Long Chen said:

"Uncle, Auntie, this time, I want to hunt a defensive soul beast for my third soul ring. What do you think?"

The two looked at each other and smiled.

"Xiao Chen, your Auntie and I were just discussing this a few days ago. Your thoughts align with ours. Your martial soul does have a deficiency in defense. However, given your martial soul's special abilities and your two unusual soul skills, after absorbing the third soul ring, perhaps you can summon a defensive fierce beast through the Demon Qin Sound."

"Yes, that's what I was thinking too."

Long Chen's first two soul skills had summoned the gluttonous beast and the Nine-Tailed Fox respectively, both ancient exotic beasts.

His Dark Night Demonic Lute Martial Soul seemed to contain some kind of magical and ancient power.

This gave him an idea: if the soul beast he hunted had similarities to ancient exotic beasts, he could summon corresponding exotic beasts through the Demon Qin Sound.

No matter what type of soul master, they needed to possess a certain level of defensive ability.

Long Chen pondered, if his third soul skill could summon a defensive exotic beast, it would not only greatly enhance his own defense but also make the skill seem less peculiar.

The next day, Long Chen and Ye Tianming set off from Heaven Dou City for the Star Dou Great Forest.

The Star Dou Great Forest housed a wide variety of soul beasts, making it easier to find a suitable one.

This time, they were looking for a turtle-type or other hard-shelled soul beast with a cultivation of over a thousand years.

Of course, a turtle-type soul beast with stronger defense would be the top choice.

Turtle-type soul beasts preferred water and were generally found in places with water, such as lakes, rivers, and swamps.

Ye Tianming and Long Chen slowly proceeded along the winding river.

Sunlight filtered through the dense canopy, dappling the babbling water's surface and reflecting specks of golden light.

The two maintained a high level of vigilance, their sharp gazes scanning their surroundings.

Ye Tianming suddenly stopped.

He sensed an unusual soul power fluctuation coming from not far away.

Long Chen exchanged a look with Ye Tianming, and they tacitly slowed their pace, approaching silently.

On a wide riverbank ahead, beside a massive green stone, a colossus was leisurely enjoying the afternoon sun.

It was a large Green Turtle Beast. Its thick back shell was a deep ink green, covered in complex and mysterious veins, as if it had accumulated thousands of years of vicissitudes.

The Green Turtle Beast's limbs were thick and powerful, its head massive. Its eyes were half-closed, and its mouth twitched occasionally, as if chewing something in its sleep.

It was precisely because of its indestructible turtle shell defense that it dared to bask in the sun on the riverbank without restraint.

Long Chen said softly:

"Uncle Ye, that Green Turtle Beast's cultivation seems to be more than a thousand years."

"Mm. Its cultivation is around three thousand years."

"Then I'll use it for my third soul ring."

Long Chen's tone was firm and full of confidence.

Theoretically, the highest year limit a soul master could withstand when absorbing a third soul ring was one thousand seven hundred and sixty years.

However, Long Chen's martial soul quality was good.

Moreover, he had consumed whale rubber of thousand-year quality, and his body's toughness was incomparable to ordinary soul masters.

He believed he could withstand the impact of a three-thousand-year soul ring's energy.