Senior, Is Your World Really That Wonderful? A Trial Run-Please Follow!

The next morning.

Dugu Bo had been so excited that he hadn't slept all night. The instant dawn broke, he hurried to Dugu Xue's room. He was just about to speak, but then he didn't know what to call him.

Senior?

Big brother?

Benefactor?

Or should he just use his name? Wouldn't that be a little impolite?

Dugu Bo thought it over, then called out, "Um, are you awake?"

Creak~

Dugu Xue opened the door and asked, "Why are you up so early? Is something the matter?"

"It's like this: Yan'er's Soul Power has reached level fifty, and I want to take her to Sunset Forest to hunt for a Soul Ring. I know there's a Medusa that's just passed the ten-thousand-year mark..."

"Hold on..."

Dugu Xue frowned and shook his head. "For now, don't let Yan'er absorb her fifth Soul Ring. First, have her cultivate the Immortal Court's Martial Path and body-tempering techniques. Then I'll teach her how to condense a Soul Ring herself! The Soul Skill gained through self-condensing a Soul Ring will suit Yan'er far better than one obtained by hunting a Soul Beast! Just give it about half a year, and I'm confident I can help her reach a forty-thousand-year fifth Soul Ring!"

"Self-condensing a Soul Ring? Forty thousand years! A fifth ring!" Dugu Bo's heart leaped with joy. How could I have forgotten that Dugu Xue mentioned self-condensing Soul Rings? I got too excited!

"Thank you!"

Dugu Bo cupped his hands, then asked, "By the way, what intelligence do you need? What materials are required to build the World-Crossing Gate? I'll have people start gathering them right away! If you need special metals, I'll immediately send people to Gengxin City. That's where the Blacksmith Association's headquarters is, and they have plenty of special metals."

After receiving such enormous benefits, Dugu Bo was eager to get to work!

"Then I'll trouble you. Here's the list. Buy as much as you can of everything on it! By the way, do you have enough money? We need a huge quantity!"

Dugu Bo silently calculated his fortune. He had at least ten million Gold Soul Coins. What couldn't he buy with that? Even a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone was within reach.

But when Dugu Xue handed him the materials list, and told him to buy as much as possible, Dugu Bo suddenly wasn't so sure.

Life Gold, Deep Sea Sunken Silver, Gold Crystal, crystal steel, Multi-faceted Magic Crystal, Hell Red Flame Iron, Ten Thousand Year Cold Iron... He'd never even heard of many of them, and the few he had heard of were all worth a fortune!

Seeing Dugu Bo hesitate, torn, Dugu Xue smiled. "Leave the Gold Soul Coins to me. Just have your people gather the materials and intelligence."

"Understood!"

Dugu Bo had nothing else to attend to, so he turned and went to tell his steward to gather intelligence.

A moment later.

Dugu Xue, Ozka, and Feng Xiaodi met to discuss how to raise Gold Soul Coins.

Ozka grinned. "Isn't this easy? I found out that the No. 1 Douluo World doesn't have the means to craft Soul Tools! If we bring out one or two offensive Soul Tools, we can definitely sell them for a fortune! That'll give us our initial funds."

"Mm." Dugu Xue nodded, then added, "After that, we can auction off the Dao Scripture and Yijin Jing. Both manuals are publicly available in the Immortal Court! Once we conquer the No. 1 Douluo Continent, Emperor Qingtian will make them public here too. We might as well use them to make some money now."

Feng Xiaodi agreed. "Let's do it! Any force that can afford Soul Tools and cultivation manuals is bound to be rich. It'll definitely be one of the great sects or the Heaven Dou Imperial Family. Aside from them, there are the noble parasites. We're not going to fleece ordinary people!"

"Then it's settled!"

Meanwhile, elsewhere.

Dugu Yan hadn't slept all night. Early in the morning, she was leaning on the windowsill, with the miniature Soul Spirit Earth Dragon beside her.

"Senior, is your world really that wonderful?"

"Of course! If I hadn't made a little mistake more than ten years ago, I'd have at least two hundred thousand years of cultivation by now!"

"Two hundred thousand years! Gasp~" Dugu Yan's eyes widened. "I've heard that the maximum lifespan of a Soul Beast is only a hundred thousand years! I never imagined a Soul Beast could cultivate for two hundred thousand years!"

The Soul Spirit Earth Dragon said proudly, "In our Immortal Court, His Majesty Emperor Qingtian has six Empresses, and five of them are from the Soul Beast Clan! They've all surpassed the million-year mark!"

"Gasp~ A million-year Soul Beast! That's incredible!" Dugu Yan's eyes sparkled, her face full of longing. Then she asked curiously, "Senior, can you tell me what Emperor Qingtian is like? I'm so curious!"

"Master, just call me Xiao Long. I'm not used to you calling me Senior. We signed a master-servant contract."

"Oh~ Then I'll call you Senior, and you can call me Master. We can each use whatever we like."

"Ah~ Fine." The Soul Spirit Earth Dragon gave in and slowly began, "There are far too many legends about Emperor Qingtian! He was already a legend from the moment he awakened his Martial Soul..."

Twin Martial Souls, innate level thirty, Martial Path, formations, immortal cultivation, self-condensed Soul Rings, Soul Spirit Contracts... There were far too many!

Dugu Yan's heart pounded as she listened.

"Senior, do Soul Masters in the Immortal Court really cultivate that quickly? What level are Ozka and Feng Xiaodi?"

The Soul Spirit Earth Dragon shook his head. "Ten years ago, I got into trouble and was locked up. Those two are young Soul Masters, so I don't know them. Besides, they're keeping their Soul Power auras concealed... Huh? Wait! They're cultivating over there, and I can sense fluctuations in their Soul Power! Master, want to go take a look?"

"Ah?" Dugu Yan hesitated. "Wouldn't it be wrong to spy on them while they cultivate?"

"It's fine! In our Immortal Court, many cultivation techniques and Soul Skills are public knowledge! As long as you don't trespass on private property to steal someone's teachings, watching is perfectly all right."

"Oh~ Then what are we waiting for?"

Following the Soul Spirit Earth Dragon to the training field, she saw Ozka and Feng Xiaodi sparring.

"This daddy's got a Muscle Sausage, Divine Strength Sausage, Super Strength Sausage, Double Power Sausage, and Golden Sausage!" The five Soul Rings beneath Ozka's feet flashed briefly. Five sausages appeared in his hands, and he stuffed them all into his mouth.

Dugu Yan's eyes widened. She covered her mouth and cried out, "Purple, purple, black, black, black, black! A Six-Ring Soul Emperor! Gulp~ That can't be possible, can it?"

The Soul Spirit Earth Dragon immediately explained, "In our Immortal Court, there are all kinds of pills and body-tempering techniques. As long as you work hard and cultivate diligently, your first Soul Ring can easily exceed a thousand years! But the gap between ordinary and talented Soul Masters becomes apparent in the second and third Soul Rings."

"How can you tell?"

"For the second ring, the limit for a talented Soul Master is usually between six and eight thousand years. Ordinary Soul Masters are below four thousand. As for the third ring, a talented Soul Master's limit usually exceeds ten thousand years, but stays below sixteen thousand. Ordinary Soul Masters still have a purple third ring."

"Gulp~ That's incredible! Gasp~ Look! Feng Xiaotian... No, Feng Xiaodi has eight Soul Rings! His eighth Soul Ring is red!"

The Soul Spirit Earth Dragon nodded. "At such a young age, he already has the Soul Power fluctuations of level eighty-nine. Not bad, not bad! Even in our Immortal Court, he'd be one of the greatest talents!"