Yu Xiao Gang Arrives

After Ning Fengzhi gave them another round of explanations,

they learned that the Ice Attribute Dragon Soul Bone came from a 30,000-year-old Frost Giant Dragon. It had been obtained by a Sect Guardian Elder from two thousand years ago, and the Soul Bone had been left behind after his death.

As for the Ten Thousand Year Burning Heaven Tiger Soul Bone, Sword Douluo Chen Xin had obtained it while out adventuring. Needless to say, that Soul Bone was surely steeped in blood.

After finishing his explanation, Ning Fengzhi handed the two Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones to Su Ming. Su Ming took them and passed them to Dugu Bo to put away.

Then Su Ming took his leave of Ning Fengzhi.

"Then, Father-in-law, Grandpa Bone, we'll take our leave."

Watching the four of them fly toward Heaven Dou City on a cloud, Bone Douluo Gu Rong turned to Ning Fengzhi.

"Fengzhi, do you think there's any way Su Ming could have obtained just one Immortal Herb?"

"Uncle Gu, now that Su Ming is engaged to Rongrong, I don't know how many he obtained. We can only have Rongrong whisper in his ear later and see if she can get him to bring out a few more. They don't all need to advance to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda; advancing to the Eight Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda would still be quite good."

The other four had flown halfway to Heaven Dou City when Su Ming told Dugu Bo to change course and head for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Half an hour later, they arrived at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. The moment Wang Sheng reached the place, he was stunned by the scenery before him.

Once they had arrived, Su Ming reminded Dugu Bo, "Old Poison, don't let Sister Yan Yan absorb that Soul Bone just yet."

After giving that instruction, Su Ming went straight to a Blood Dragon Ginseng. This particular Blood Dragon Ginseng was a full 50,000 years old.

He also picked a Nine Grade Dragon Ganoderma and a True Dragon Grass.

Su Ming then went to the Yang Spring and took the Creation Furnace out of his Soul Tool.

He told the other three he would need about an hour to concoct the pills and that they shouldn't disturb him while he worked.

With that, Su Ming began concocting pills on his own.

Seeing this, Dugu Yan went to the Ice Spring and began cultivating. Wang Sheng, whose Martial Soul had a Fire Attribute, cultivated not far from Su Ming. Dugu Bo's Soul Power was also close to reaching level 95, so he sat cross-legged and began cultivating too.

Su Ming immediately tossed the three medicinal ingredients into the furnace, then controlled the Creation Furnace to extract their essences and combine them into two pills, one large and one small.

Time flew by. An hour later, Su Ming had finished making the pills.

The other three stopped cultivating and came over. When Dugu Yan arrived, Su Ming handed her the two pills in his hand.

"These are True Dragon Pills I made from three dragon-type medicinal ingredients. If a Soul Beast eats one, it can purify its dragon bloodline. If a dragon-type Soul Master eats one, their Martial Soul can evolve."

"One is large and one is small. Eat the larger one, then refine the Frost Giant Dragon Right Arm Bone. Your Martial Soul should become almost a true dragon, a top-tier Martial Soul."

"As for the smaller one, you can give it to your boyfriend, Yu Tianheng."

"All right, go eat it."

Dugu Yan accepted the pills and thanked Su Ming. Then she took the pills and the Soul Bone Dugu Bo handed her and prepared to absorb them beside the Ice Spring.

"Little Monster, this is the other Ten Thousand Year Burning Heaven Tiger Soul Bone. Why aren't you planning to absorb it yourself? You're giving it to this kid?"

As he spoke, Dugu Bo glanced at Wang Sheng beside Su Ming.

"Right. I'm giving it to Wang Sheng to absorb. This Soul Bone's age is too low; I'm not interested in it. Besides, it doesn't suit my Martial Soul."

"Once he absorbs it, he can make a name for himself at the All Continent Soul Master Elite Tournament two years from now. After that, plenty of Soul Masters will come looking to trade for things that can evolve their Martial Souls. Who knows what good stuff they'll offer in exchange?"

"So I'll let him absorb it."

After saying that, Su Ming took the Soul Bone from Dugu Bo. Then he took one of the two pills Wang Sheng had previously eaten alongside the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum from his Storage Soul Tool and handed it to him as well.

"Eat the pill first, then refine the Soul Bone."

Wang Sheng accepted the Soul Bone and pill, deeply moved.

"All right, don't get all emotional. Hurry up and absorb them. Do your best to shine at the next All Continent Soul Master Elite Tournament, just like I said. That way, I can get my investment back."

Holding the Soul Bone and pill, Wang Sheng sat cross-legged beside the Yang Spring and began refining the pill.

Three hours later, both of them had finished refining their pills. Two more hours passed, and they had both finished refining their Soul Bones. Their Martial Souls had evolved.

Dugu Yan: Martial Soul, Jade Phosphorus Ice Dragon.

Wang Sheng: Martial Soul, Blazing Burning Heaven Tiger.

After absorbing the pills and Soul Bones, Wang Sheng's level rose from 35 to 40.

Su Ming also suggested a suitable Soul Beast: the Magma Earth-Splitting Tiger. With Wang Sheng's current physique, one aged eight or nine thousand years would be no problem.

Fortunately, this kind of Soul Beast could be found in Sunset Forest. With Dugu Bo's help, they successfully captured an 8,000-year-old Magma Earth-Splitting Tiger, and Wang Sheng successfully absorbed it, bringing his Soul Power to level 42.

Afterward, Su Ming spoke with Old Monster. Then he took Dugu Yan and Wang Sheng back to Heaven Dou City.

After they returned to Heaven Dou City, they went their separate ways. Two days later, Ning Rongrong returned after hunting for a Soul Ring.

Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Su Ming, Wang Sheng, and Ning Rongrong made up a seven-member Soul Master team and began training.

Their first stop was naturally the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena. Led by Flender, Liu Erlong, and Zhao Wuji, the seven went to the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena for the first time to compete in the seven-on-seven team Soul Fighting Tournament.

Since three of the seven were Soul Ancestors, their first opponents had four Soul Ancestors, all much older than Su Ming and the others. So Su Ming went in and instantly knocked two of their Soul Ancestors off the stage. Outnumbered, the opponents were soon defeated, seven against five.

After the match, the teachers forbade Su Ming from using his full strength, so the others could contribute and practice working together.

After the Shrek Seven Devils had won for a week straight, the audience began calling their team the Shrek Seven Devils.

Su Ming could only say that the name Shrek Seven Devils would indeed become famous in the future—only this time, he would be the one making it famous with the others. Tang San would have nothing to do with it.

Over the next month, the seven members of the Shrek Seven Devils made good progress. They learned to coordinate and tried out all kinds of strategies suggested by their teachers. The results were impressive; the seven worked together with far greater ease in team battles.

By then, they had spent a month competing at the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena. With two years remaining until the next Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament, Flender and Liu Erlong discussed it and decided to travel through the Great Soul Arenas in the major cities of the Heaven Dou Empire, competing wherever they went.

But just as everyone was about to set off, the unexpected happened. Yu Xiao Gang brought Tang San to meet Flender and Liu Erlong.

They ran into Yu Xiao Gang and Tang San at the entrance, and the trip was canceled on the spot. Then the academy's students saw Flender and Liu Erlong take Tang San and Yu Xiao Gang into the academy.

No one knew whether Yu Xiao Gang had talked Flender around, or whether it had something to do with Liu Erlong.

In any case, early the next morning, Flender came to see Su Ming in person.

"About that Yu Xiao Gang—didn't you already guess how Martial Soul Evolution works? According to that theory, doesn't that make him a fraud? So why are you still..."