Major Events of the Kun Years

Time flew, and two and a half years passed in the blink of an eye. As expected, Qian Renxue successfully broke through to level sixty.

Ever since that day, when she had sorted out one yellow and one white piece of intelligence, Qian Renxue's luck seemed to have hit rock bottom.

Over the next two and a half years, the system had not provided a single piece of intelligence above black grade!

In more than nine hundred days, there had only been ten pieces of intelligence worth Qian Renxue's attention!

Purple Intelligence: Past: Hu Yanli of Elephant Armor Academy absorbed a head soul bone.

Yellow Intelligence: Future: Dai Mubai, the third prince of Star Luo, secretly crossed into the Heaven Dou Empire.

Purple Intelligence: Past: Feng Xiaotian of Godwind Academy resolved to study Self-Created Soul Skills.

Yellow Intelligence: Future: Tang San successfully hunted a four-hundred-year Datura Snake and became a One-Ring Soul Master.

Purple Intelligence: Past: Huo Wu of Blazing Fire Academy successfully mastered the technique of Ring Fusion.

Yellow Intelligence: Future: In Kun Years, one of Dai Mubai's schoolmates suffered a backlash from evil fire and began frequenting brothels.

Purple Intelligence: Past: Shui Bing'er of Skywater Academy discovered that she and one of her classmates had the potential to cultivate a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Yellow Intelligence: Future: Four years later, one of Dai Mubai's schoolmates would be mistaken for the wrong gender and become a tragic joke.

Yellow Intelligence: Past: Tang San successfully hunted an eight-hundred-year Ghost Vine and became a two-ring Soul Grandmaster.

Purple Intelligence: Future: Half a year later, Yu Tianxin of Thunder Academy, with the cultivation of a Soul Elder, would face Su Yu in the Great Soul Arena and be defeated by Su Yu despite having the higher level.

Through the system, Qian Renxue had learned that Tang San had chosen to add Soul Rings to his Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul.

However, the Soul Rings he had added left Qian Renxue somewhat baffled.

A Datura Snake and a Ghost Vine?

What kind of nonsense was that?

As far as Qian Renxue knew, the shapeshifting spirit beast by Tang Hao's side back then had been a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor.

According to Spirit Hall's records, the Blue Silver Emperor was renowned for its tenacious vitality.

Therefore, Qian Renxue could not understand why Tang San had added those two Soul Rings to Blue Silver Grass.

Surely he had not added them to the Clear Sky Hammer?

Tang San was just a child and did not understand such things. Could Tang Hao have gone mad as well?

Adding poison-attribute Soul Rings and plant-type Soul Rings to the Clear Sky Hammer? Then she would have to pop champagne in advance!

As for Dai Mubai and his schoolmates...

Qian Renxue merely found it amusing and did not pay much attention to them.

Instead, the geniuses of the Five Element Academies greatly interested Qian Renxue.

Elephant Armor Academy was supported by the Elephant Armor Sect and could be considered an affiliate of Spirit Hall.

Hu Yanli was the grandson of the current Elephant Armor Sect Master and the future pillar of the Elephant Armor Sect. It was hardly strange for his elders to grant him a head soul bone.

Feng Xiaotian of Godwind Academy had awakened a mutated Martial Soul—the Two-Headed Gale Demon Wolf. With Innate Full Soul Power, he was an exceptionally rare genius.

However, he was tied too closely to Godwind Academy and could never be recruited by another force.

As for his resolve to study Self-Created Soul Skills...

In Qian Renxue's eyes, that behavior was exceedingly foolish.

A Soul Master only had a few golden years for cultivation, yet he was wasting his precious youth researching Self-Created Soul Skills...

Would it not be easier to comprehend Self-Created Soul Skills once he was older and his cultivation was higher?

Huo Wu of Blazing Fire Academy... Qian Renxue remembered that she seemed to be Feng Xiaotian's beloved?

Ring Fusion could merge multiple Soul Rings into one, greatly strengthening a particular Soul Skill.

However, this technique demanded immense talent. Quite a few awakeners of the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda could master it.

As for Shui Bing'er, she possessed the top-tier beast Martial Soul—the Ice Phoenix—and was already a genius comparable to Feng Xiaotian.

Now, she had even developed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with someone else... Her prospects were immeasurable, and she would be worth recruiting in the future!

Finally, there was Thunder Academy. Like Elephant Armor Academy, it too was supported by a sect.

Standing behind it was none other than one of the Upper Three Sects—the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan!

Yu Tianxin was the grandson of Yu Luomian, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's second-in-command. Together with his younger male cousin, Yu Tianxin, he was known as one of the Blue Lightning Twin Stars!

"Losing to an Innate God-Level Martial Soul is hardly unexpected..."

"Brother Xue?"

Qian Renxue hurriedly snapped back to her senses and looked intently at Su Yu before her. A faint, nearly imperceptible panic entered her voice. "Little Yu? Why are you here?"

Su Yu froze for a moment, then said, "Have you forgotten? Today, we're supposed to go to the Star Dou Forest to hunt my Second Soul Ring."

"Ah, right. That's correct. Let's set off now."

The carriage wheels rumbled along as Snake Lance flicked the reins and drove the carriage out of Heaven Dou City.

Inside the carriage, Qian Renxue and Su Yu sat facing each other.

The royal carriage was equipped with shock-absorbing Soul Tools, so neither of them felt much bumping.

Yet as time passed, the dull journey still left them mentally and physically exhausted.

Looking at the person before him, Su Yu could not help thinking that if Qian Renxue revealed her true appearance, this tedious journey might become far more interesting.

Days passed as the sun rose and the moon set.

The surrounding air had grown much more humid.

Near the border town outside the Star Dou Forest, Snake Lance asked, "Your Highness, shall we rest here for a while?" "We'll rest for the night, then set out to hunt spirit beasts."

The four disembarked from the carriage and stored it inside a Storage Soul Tool capable of holding living creatures.

Qian Renxue looked at Su Yu and cautioned, "Little Yu, you'll be absorbing a thousand-year Soul Ring this time. Although Whale Rubber has strengthened your body, you still need to make every possible preparation."

"Rest well tonight. Don't let poor rest and a bad condition cause the absorption to fail."

Faced with Qian Renxue's reminder, Su Yu nodded in agreement.

As they walked through the town, the streets were lined with all kinds of shops catering to Soul Masters.

Qian Renxue pointed at the tallest inn in the distance and said, "That one."

The four walked along the road, but Qian Renxue did not draw much attention.

Though Xue Qinghe was the crown prince, not many people recognized his appearance.

Su Yu, on the other hand, attracted quite a few gazes.

After this period of growth, his face had shed its childishness and begun to reveal the handsome features of a youth.

Standing beside the noble and imposing crown prince, his bearing was not diminished in the slightest.

Every movement exuded majesty, yet he did not give others a lofty or unapproachable impression.

Under the crowd's watchful eyes, the four entered the inn.

The night passed without incident.

At dawn, everyone gathered downstairs and headed toward the outskirts of town.

Among the four, Su Yu was naturally the most excited, as he was about to obtain his Second Soul Ring and become a Soul Grandmaster.

As they drew closer and closer to the Star Dou Forest, gusts of fresh wind carrying moist air blew toward them, leaving them refreshed.

The Star Dou Forest was one of the Pan-Continent's three great wild spirit beast gathering grounds, and the largest among them.

Within that boundless sea of green lurked countless spirit beasts of every kind, like an inexhaustible treasure mine.

So long as they had enough patience, any Soul Master seeking a breakthrough could obtain a suitable Soul Ring here.