Dugu Yan's Transformation! Heading to the Star Dou Forest!

But...

"Sigh~!"

Dugu Bo let out another sigh.

"Your Physical Quality has held you back. If it were stronger, perhaps your Third Soul Ring could have come directly from a Soul Beast over twenty thousand years old!"

If his Third Soul Ring absorbed a Soul Ring produced by a Soul Beast over twenty thousand years old, then by the time he reached his Sixth Soul Ring, he might be able to withstand a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring. Of course, Dugu Bo was merely fantasizing.

After all, Taichu's current Body Strength could only withstand a Soul Ring of just over ten thousand years.

At those words...

Taichu tugged at the corner of his mouth, feeling that Dugu Bo was daydreaming, but he did not say it aloud.

Still, Dugu Bo's remarks had revealed the age limit his Body Strength and Mental Power could withstand, allowing him to clearly understand what age of Soul Ring he could absorb for his Third Soul Ring.

"Then I'll trouble you, Grandfather, to find me a Void Ancient Snake that has reached ten thousand years!"

He made his request.

The Void Ancient Snake possessed both spatial and spiritual attributes. It could use its Mental Power to leave spatial markers in certain locations. When it activated the power of space, it could perform a Space Jump directly to those markers.

Hearing that...

The effect of this Soul Skill sounded somewhat like the Flying Raijin Jutsu.

But...

The reason he had chosen the Void Ancient Snake as his target was that, among the many Space-Type Soul Beasts, it was the only one that possessed both spatial and spiritual attributes. It could allow him to obtain Dojutsu Kamui while also taking his own Martial Soul into account.

After all, absorbing the Soul Ring of a purely spatial Soul Beast and absorbing the Soul Ring of a Soul Beast with both spatial and spiritual attributes...

Naturally, he chose the latter.

After all, his Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan was not the end point.

Even when his Martial Soul had only been the Mangekyō Sharingan, it had not stopped him from wanting to absorb Soul Rings from Soul Beasts with spiritual attributes, allowing his Mental Power to increase and his Martial Soul to evolve.

"Have you forgotten that your Martial Soul has spiritual attributes?"

Dugu Bo reminded him.

"Grandfather, I have my own plans for that."

Taichu said so aloud.

"Since you've already made your decision, we'll do as you say!"

After giving it some thought, Dugu Bo did not force him to hunt a different kind of Soul Beast. After all, Taichu had proven himself through Whale Rubber, two Thousand Year Soul Rings, and Level 30 Soul Power. In Dugu Bo's eyes, since Taichu had chosen the Void Ancient Snake, he surely had his own unique reasons.

However, after pondering for a moment, Dugu Bo grew somewhat troubled.

"When the time comes, I'll take you to the Star Dou Forest to Hunt Soul Beasts! There are very few of these top-tier Soul Beasts, and it's unclear whether they have even gone extinct. If we search in the Star Dou Forest, we may still have a chance of finding one."

"But you'll have to wait for a while. I plan to have Yanyan consume some Whale Rubber first. Once her Body Strength has improved, I'll take both of you there together!"

Dugu Bo said.

At those words...

Taichu's mouth twitched fiercely as well.

He had thought that, since Dugu Yan still needed to consume Whale Rubber, Dugu Bo would take him to hunt a Soul Beast first. He had not expected Dugu Bo to dote on his Granddaughter so much that he was prepared to delay things.

"Boy, you don't have any objections, do you?"

Dugu Bo swept his gaze over him and asked.

"Of course not!"

Taichu shook his head. He still needed Dugu Bo's influence to help him find a Void Ancient Snake with the bloodline of a top-tier Soul Beast. For him to search for it himself? That was impossible!

How long had it taken him to find his Second Soul Ring back then?

If he went alone now...

How much time would he need to find his Third Soul Ring?

He did not know.

But with Dugu Bo's help, it was certainly a different matter. Dugu Bo was a Titled Douluo, after all. If he merely spread word that anyone who found information about the Soul Beast could earn Dugu Bo's friendship...

The people bringing Soul Beast information to his door would probably trample the threshold of Dugu Manor to pieces.

"Yanyan, consume the Whale Rubber first and see how effective it is!"

Dugu Bo said.

Then he looked at Taichu.

"How do you consume this thing?"

"Burn it at high temperature until it turns into liquid!"

Taichu answered truthfully.

At those words, Dugu Yan's First Soul Ring lit up. Void Burning Fire descended upon the Whale Rubber. Under the blazing heat, the Whale Rubber slowly melted. When she saw that the timing was right, she swallowed the piece of Whale Rubber in one gulp.

Immediately after...

Her face instantly flushed red, steam rose from all over her body, and she felt unbearably hot.

"Sit down quickly and use the Meditation Method to refine the medicinal power of the Whale Rubber!"

Taichu said hurriedly.

Hearing that...

Dugu Yan hurriedly sat down cross-legged and began circulating the Meditation Method, quickly refining the Whale Rubber's medicinal power. Otherwise, the heat was becoming too much for her.

But in Taichu's eyes, Dugu Yan was truly breathtakingly beautiful.

To put it bluntly...

A large part of the reason he had called Dugu Bo Grandfather without hesitation was Dugu Yan's beauty.

Before consuming the Immortal Herb...

Dugu Yan's appearance had only rated around ninety-one or ninety-two points.

But after consuming the Immortal Herb...

Dugu Yan had undergone a perfect transformation from head to toe, changing tremendously. Her face in particular had shot straight from around ninety-one or ninety-two points to roughly ninety-eight or ninety-nine.

In his view, that was practically close to a perfect score!

So...

That was why he had agreed without hesitation.

After all, he could get a Titled Douluo as a backer for free while gaining a Fiancee whose looks were nearly perfect. What reason did he have to refuse such a good thing?!

Refining Whale Rubber required quite a bit of time.

Fortunately...

After Dugu Yan's Martial Soul had evolved, its grade was exceptionally high. In Addition To that, her Soul Power Level had reached Level 40, making her a Quasi-Soul Ancestor. The effects of her refining the Whale Rubber's medicinal power were obviously far better than his, and she was much faster than him.

But it still took quite some time.

And they...

Stayed in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for a full two months.

During that time...

Dugu Yan consumed three pieces of Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber and more than ten pieces of Thousand Year Whale Rubber. Her Physical Quality improved tremendously.

Now...

The matter of consuming Whale Rubber had finally come to an end.

Because throughout those two months, her constant consumption of Whale Rubber had allowed her to reach the limit of how much Whale Rubber she could take.

"Not bad, not bad. Yanyan, your Body Strength is enough to absorb a Soul Ring of around eight thousand five hundred years."

After examining her, Dugu Bo said happily.

At those words...

Taichu, standing nearby, did not find it surprising at all.

Soul Bone, Immortal Herb, Whale Rubber!

All three of these had been poured into Dugu Yan. Raising her limit by over three thousand years from the original five-thousand-year Fourth Ring was simply perfectly normal.

"Grandfather, let's set off quickly!"

After winking at Taichu, Dugu Yan turned to Dugu Bo and spoke.

She knew that her Little Brother Taichu had waited here for two months and had long since become impatient.

"Set off!"

With Dugu Bo's command...

Their group left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and headed toward the Star Dou Forest.