Martial Soul Transformation, Journey to the Far North [Please Vote and Follow]

With things laid out so plainly, Xu Tinglan no longer hesitated.

He took the jade bottle and tilted his head back, swallowing a third of its contents.

Then, as his adoptive father had instructed, he sat cross-legged and began circulating his family's inherited Mysterious Underworld Tide Technique.

Kong Deming sat cross-legged behind him, both palms pressed against the youth's back.

One palm blazed like the Haori hanging high in the sky, while the other was cool as the Silver Moon over an abyss. Two utterly different powers slowly entered the youth's body from his palms.

Kong Deming cleansed his marrow and tempered his meridians, maximizing the effects of the treasure liquid.

Time ticked away.

Two hours soon passed.

Xu Tinglan's eyelashes fluttered slightly. When he opened his eyes, his right eye was brilliant gold and his left bright silver, before the colors slowly faded and returned to normal.

A jade bottle sat on the metal table, its mouth sealed with Golden Pear Wood.

There were words written on the note.

[Come find me after you finish the remaining two doses.]

The silver-haired old man was still busy.

He was completely focused, his eyes sharp as an eagle's at that moment. The carving knife in his hand was steady yet nimble.

Xu Tinglan did not disturb the old man. He gave him a deep bow, then quietly withdrew.

He did not know why his adoptive father's ancestors had moved from the Heaven Dou Empire to the Sun Moon Empire, but as an adopted son, he had no need to know the reason.

Auxiliary Cultivation Room.

Xu Tinglan cultivated with full concentration, taking the treasure liquid as day and night alternated until not a single drop remained in the bottle.

He slowly opened his eyes and moved his body a little.

As his muscles and bones stretched, an unprecedented sense of strength surged through his limbs and body.

His meridians were several times tougher than before, and his Soul Power flowed through them freely and smoothly.

He clenched his fist.

He could clearly feel every inch of muscle and every wisp of Soul Power responding to his will.

The Soul Power within him rushed through his meridians like a tide, denser and more enduring than before.

His muscles and bones were sturdier as well, as though every inch of flesh and blood had been reforged.

Xu Tinglan was delighted to discover that even his martial soul showed faint signs of transformation.

After Martial Soul Possession,

Mysterious Turtle patterns emerged around his body. They were more ancient and profound than before, carrying an aged, weighty aura, as though they bore an ancient will.

They slowly flowed and shifted, rising and falling like breaths.

"As expected, the energy contained within heavenly treasures is enough to transform a martial soul, as long as its attributes suit the user!"

All sorts of scenes surfaced in his mind.

The Golden Hawksbill Soul Spirit had transformed Black Tortoise into Golden Black Tortoise, while Aromatic Silk Beauty had transformed the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda into the Nine Treasure Glazed Pagoda.

At their core, both were simply the replenishment of suitable energy!

Xu Tinglan estimated that his current physical strength was enough to absorb a thirteen-thousand-year soul ring.

One had to know that the normal limit for a fifth soul ring was only twelve thousand years.

He took out his Communication Soul Tool and sent a message to his adoptive father.

He told the old man that he had finished consuming the Yin Yang Treasure Liquid and asked whether he should go find him now.

A quarter of an hour later, a reply arrived.

[I'll be waiting for you at the entrance of Sun Moon Academy.]

Xu Tinglan clenched his fists, forcefully suppressing the excitement in his heart.

He knew that he would soon obtain his fourth soul ring, one at the ten-thousand-year level.

He truly wondered what powerful soul skill it would grant him.

And he was finally going out.

As he thought, he had already put on his Flight Soul Tool.

Four jets on his back fired.

He flew toward the academy gates.

At the academy gates,

a silver-haired old man hovered in the air, his hands clasped behind his back. People passed around him, yet it was as if none of them could see him.

Kong Deming sensed a familiar aura.

With a flash, he appeared beside the youth.

"Let's go."

The moment he spoke, Xu Tinglan was shocked to find himself already high in the sky.

His body was wrapped within wings of silver light.

After pondering for a moment, the old man said,

"Your martial soul possesses the Black Tortoise Bloodline. If we are to choose a suitable soul ring, I believe we should either go to the deep sea or the Far North."

"Where does your family usually select Soul Beasts?"

Most of the Soul Beasts chosen by the Mysterious Underworld Sect came from Eastsea City in the Dou Ling Empire. It was close to the sea, and many turtle-type Soul Beasts lived there.

A small number were also found in the Far North.

Xu Tinglan answered without hesitation.

"The Far North."

"According to my family's records, there is an Unfrozen Sea in the deepest part of the Far North, where the Cangbei Sea Spirit Turtle lives. It is very suitable for my martial soul."

"But the Far North is very dangerous."

"Throughout our clan's history, only one ancestor ever obtained that Soul Beast by a stroke of luck."

Kong Deming stroked his long beard with a faint smile on his face.

"Dangerous?"

"Wherever I, Silver Moon Douluo, am, there will be no danger."

As soon as he finished speaking, the two of them headed toward the Far North.

Their flying speed was astonishingly fast.

The old man activated the Ninth-Grade Soul Tool, Silver Moon Sky, on his back. The clouds overhead were continuously overtaken and left far behind.

The scenery below constantly changed as well.

This was only because he had deliberately slowed down to accommodate the youth. Otherwise, they could have gone even faster.

Even so,

it took them less than a day to reach the Far North.

Kong Deming looked at the snow-covered land and said in a deep voice,

"If I remember correctly, the Far North has three great kings. I do not fear the Snow Empress, but if all three kings attack together, even I can only avoid their edge for the moment."

Xu Tinglan pondered inwardly.

His adoptive father truly possessed the strength of a Limit Douluo.

Ferocious Beasts were at least comparable to Super Douluos. Even the weakest of the three kings, the Titan Snow Demon King, possessed two hundred and ninety thousand years of cultivation.

He raised his hand.

"Um."

"The Far North's three great kings are actually four Ferocious Beasts."

The old man rubbed his chin.

"Which four?"

Xu Tinglan explained,

"They are the Snow Empress, who is a Heavenly Snow Woman; the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion, Ice Empress; the Titan Snow Demon King; and Xiaobai, the Ice Bear King."

"Among them, the Titan Snow Demon King and the Ice Bear King are evenly matched in strength."

Kong Deming frowned slightly.

He had not expected that the Far North concealed another king-level Ferocious Beast.

He excelled in defense and evasion, and without a linked Soul Tool formation at hand, his offensive methods were truly lacking.

He could not possibly waste a Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shell here.

Besides, he had not brought one with him in the first place.

The old man spoke.

"For your safety, we should be a little more cautious."

The old man and youth headed north.

The biting cold wind howled. This place was desolate and uninhabited. Although Ice Bear Soul Beasts occasionally appeared, under Kong Deming's guidance, they did not clash with any of them.

In the old man's words,

Soul Beasts were exceedingly precious resources and could not be slaughtered indiscriminately.

Besides, if they caused the Soul Beasts of the Far North to go berserk, the innocent civilians in the north of the Heaven Dou Empire would surely suffer as a result.

Xu Tinglan deeply agreed.

They had only come to obtain a soul ring, not to slaughter Soul Beasts indiscriminately.

The old man's silver hair fluttered in the wind as a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"This place is desolate and uninhabited. How could there be someone here? Could this person also be here to obtain a soul ring?"

"Something is wrong. He is clearly a Title Douluo."

"This is rather strange."

Hearing this, Xu Tinglan also raised his head and looked toward the northwest.

However, he could not see any trace of anyone.

That person wore snow-white clothes and walked through the snow. Perhaps from excitement, his body trembled faintly without pause.

He recalled a direction from his memories and silently walked deeper into the Far North.