Hunting a Thousand Year Soul Beast! Target—Thousand Year First Soul Ring!

In the blink of an eye.

Several months had passed.

Nothing major had happened during that time.

However.

"Brother Yuntao, I bought quite a few good ingredients today. There are braised pork ribs you like for dinner tonight. Do you like that?"

"Of course I do. As long as you made it, Sisi, I like everything."

Not far away, Sisi had just returned from buying groceries. Carrying her vegetables, she waved at Su Yuntao and said with a smile. Yet that simple sentence and gesture left Su Yuntao utterly infatuated.

This scene had happened more than once over the past few months.

"Ah...!"

Taichu did not even know what to say when he saw it. He could smell the stench of love from far away.

Originally.

He had thought Sisi was merely stringing Su Yuntao along, which was why their relationship had progressed so slowly.

But after Su Yuntao lost a leg this time, Sisi's determination became clear. She had never meant to string him along; she was simply too reserved. And with Su Yuntao being such a simp, their progress had naturally been painfully slow.

But things were better now.

His uncle had lost a leg this time, but he had gained love.

Even.

Whenever he spoke with his uncle.

Su Yuntao had clearly stated that if he had known losing a leg would lead to such a result, he would have wanted to lose one sooner and win the beauty's hand earlier.

At that.

The expression on Taichu's face was simply beyond words.

He only felt that.

His uncle had gone farther and farther down the path of being a simp, reaching a whole new level.

But.

As long as the outcome was good, that was all that mattered.

Though the stench of love was unbearable to witness, he endured it for his uncle's future.

"Xiao Chu, I also bought the dishes you like. I'll cook them for you in a while."

Sisi had not forgotten him either.

"Okay, Sister Sisi."

Taichu truly did not want to say anything. Eating with the two of them? How was that a meal? It was clearly being force-fed dog food!

Afterward.

Sisi carried her basket of vegetables into the kitchen.

"Uncle, it looks like your good news is coming soon!"

Taichu glanced at Su Yuntao, whose smile had bloomed like a chrysanthemum.

"Of course. If you can learn your uncle's skills at wooing girls, I guarantee you'll win a beauty's heart in the future too. Then, even if I die, I'll be able to answer to Father, as well as your mother and father."

Su Yuntao said smugly.

Hearing that.

Taichu had nothing to say.

Learn from you?

What was he supposed to learn from him? How to be a simp?!

If Uncle had not simped for the right person this time, then as a simp, he would only deserve to rank behind actual dogs!

"Uncle, I've completely finished taking the second portion of Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber. It's about time for me to obtain my Soul Ring."

Taichu said seriously.

He had waited for this day for a long time. If not for raising the age limit of the Soul Ring he could absorb, why would he have kept delaying? From awakening his Martial Soul until now, he had put it off for a full half year.

"You brat finally came to your senses. I told you long ago that your Physical Quality had already reached the level of a Soul Grandmaster. Absorbing a seven- or eight-hundred-year Soul Ring would be more than manageable, but you refused to listen and insisted on absorbing a Thousand Year Soul Ring. Though you can absorb a higher-age Soul Ring, you have Innate Full Soul Power. You've wasted too much time here."

Su Yuntao nagged.

If someone with Innate Full Soul Power directly absorbed a Century Soul Ring, they could at least reach level eleven. If its age was higher, they could even reach level twelve.

With another half year of cultivation added on, his nephew's Soul Power should have reached at least level fourteen, perhaps even level fifteen. That was why he always felt Taichu had wasted too much time in pursuit of a higher-age Soul Ring.

There was no need for it at all.

Hearing this.

Taichu ignored Su Yuntao. After all, his uncle simply did not understand what he was thinking.

Was he doing this merely for a Thousand Year Soul Ring?

No!

He was doing it so that when he absorbed his Third Soul Ring, he could directly Absorb Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.

Absorbing a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring required enduring Soul Shock. If someone without sufficient Mental Power absorbed a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, the price would be certain death.

But.

He was different.

The Mangekyō Sharingan had strengthened his Mental Power. Not To Mention, he had yet to absorb even a single Soul Ring. Once he absorbed two Thousand Year Soul Rings, both his Physical Quality and Mental Power would improve again.

It was precisely because of this that he believed he might be able to Absorb Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring when obtaining his Third Soul Ring.

"What Soul Beast are you planning to use for your Soul Ring?"

Su Yuntao asked curiously.

"Phantom Domain Spirit Fox!"

He answered decisively.

However.

Su Yuntao, sitting across from him, wore a completely baffled expression.

Seeing that.

"It's a Mental Type Soul Beast found in the Soul Beast Forest of the Border Mountains in the neighboring Balak Kingdom. It is exceptionally skilled at using genjutsu. This kind of Soul Beast is highly compatible with my Martial Soul. If I absorb its Soul Ring, it should grant me a good Mental Soul Skill."

Taichu gave a brief explanation.

He had already thoroughly read the records in the Branch Hall and knew Soul Beasts inside out. Months ago, he had decided that he would obtain his First Soul Ring from this kind of Soul Beast.

"Oh, oh, oh, I remember now. The Phantom Domain Spirit Fox!"

Su Yuntao put on an enlightened expression, but Taichu knew that his uncle was merely pretending to understand. Still, there was no need to expose him.

"Since you're going to Hunt Soul Beast, how about I accompany you personally?"

He suggested.

"No. I've already made arrangements with Grandpa Ma. He'll take me to Hunt Soul Beast when the time comes."

Taichu shook his head as he spoke.

"You brat, do you think that just because your uncle lost a leg, I can't even defeat a Soul Beast anymore?"

Su Yuntao felt looked down upon by his nephew.

"My target is at least a Thousand Year Phantom Domain Spirit Fox. Uncle, in your current state, you really can't help me."

Taichu shook his head and said bluntly.

"A Thousand Year one?!!!"

Su Yuntao's eyes widened, and he hurriedly began persuading him.

"Kid, don't do anything foolish. Although your Physical Quality has reached the level of a Soul Grandmaster, absorbing a Thousand Year Soul Ring as your First Soul Ring is still far too much of a stretch. Lower your target a little. An eight-hundred-year Soul Ring should be about right."

He did not want his nephew to explode and die while absorbing a Soul Ring.

If that happened.

How would he face his father, his sister, and his brother-in-law after he died?

"Uncle, don't worry. Some time ago, I asked Grandpa Ma to test my Physical Quality. Absorbing an eleven-hundred-year Soul Ring won't be a problem. Anything higher won't work."

"I'll know my limits."

Taichu's gaze was resolute as he looked at Su Yuntao with utmost seriousness.

Su Yuntao could see the determination in his nephew's eyes. In the end, he could only sigh.

"Since you've already made up your mind, I won't stop you. But I have one request: you must come back alive!"

He earnestly cautioned him.

"Uncle, I'm going to become a Titled Douluo in the future. How could I possibly die on the way to absorbing my First Soul Ring?"

Taichu said with a smile.

That night, the three of them enjoyed a delicious dinner.

The next day.

Taichu set off with Ma Xiunuo for the Soul Beast Forest in the Border Mountains.