Senior, Is Your World Really That Good? Seeking Follow-up Reads!

The next day at dawn.

Dugu Bo had been so excited he hadn't slept a wink. As soon as the sun rose, he rushed to the door of Dugu Xue's room, but just as he prepared to speak, he realized he didn't know how to address him.

Senior?

Brother?

Benefactor?

Or should he just use his name? Would that be impolite?

After a moment of hesitation, Dugu Bo called out, "Um, are you awake?"

Creak~

Dugu Xue pushed the door open and asked, "It's so early, is something the matter?"

"It's like this, Yan'er has reached level fifty soul power, and I intended to take her to the Sunset Forest to hunt for a soul ring. I know of a Medusa that has just surpassed ten thousand years..."

"Wait a moment..."

Dugu Xue frowned and shook his head, saying, "Do not let Yan'er absorb a fifth soul ring for now. First, have her cultivate the martial arts and body-tempering techniques of the Immortal Court, and then this old man will teach her the method of self-condensing a soul ring! The soul skills obtained through self-condensing are far more suitable for Yan'er than those gained from hunting soul beasts! If we wait about half a year, I am confident I can help Yan'er make her fifth soul ring reach forty thousand years!"

"Self-condensing a soul ring? Forty thousand years! For the fifth ring!" Dugu Bo felt a surge of joy, thinking to himself: How could I have forgotten what Dugu Xue mentioned about self-condensing soul rings? I must have been too excited!

"Many thanks!"

Dugu Bo cupped his hands in a salute and then asked, "By the way, what intelligence do you need, and what materials are required for constructing the World-Crossing Gate? I shall have people gather them immediately! If special metals are needed, I will arrange for a team to head to Gengxin City at once; it is the headquarters of the Blacksmith Association and holds many rare metals."

Having received such immense benefits, Dugu Bo was eager to get to work.

"Very well, that would be a trouble for you. Here is the list; buy as much as you can find of everything mentioned! By the way, do you have enough funds? The quantity we require is quite large!"

Dugu Bo secretly calculated his net worth. He had at least ten million Gold Soul Coins; what couldn't he buy with that? Even a ten thousand year Soul Bone could be purchased.

However, when faced with the list of materials Dugu Xue handed over, combined with that instruction to buy as much as possible, his confidence suddenly wavered.

Life Gold, Deep Sea Sunken Silver, Gold Crystal, Crystal Steel, Multi-faceted Magic Crystal, Hell Red Flame Iron, Ten Thousand Year Cold Iron... He hadn't even heard of many of these, and the ones he had heard of were priced at astronomical levels!

Seeing Dugu Bo's conflicted expression, Dugu Xue smiled and said, "Leave the matter of Gold Soul Coins to this old man. You just need to have your people help me collect the materials and intelligence."

"Understood!"

With no other matters to attend to, Dugu Bo turned and left to instruct his butler to begin gathering intelligence.

A short while later.

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

Ozka laughed, "Isn't that simple? I've heard that Douluo World No. 1 lacks the methods for crafting Soul Tools! We only need to take out one or two offensive Soul Tools, and they will surely sell for a high price! Won't our initial funding be covered then?"

"Indeed." Dugu Xue nodded and added, "Then we can auction off the Dao Scripture and the Yijin Jing. These two techniques are public knowledge within the Immortal Court! Once we conquer Douluo Continent No. 1, Emperor Qingtian will inevitably make them public anyway. We might as well use them to exchange for some money now!"

Feng Xiaodi chimed in, "Let's do it! Besides, the factions capable of buying Soul Tools and cultivation techniques are definitely the wealthy ones—the major sects or the Heaven Dou Imperial Family. Aside from them, it would just be the noble tumors. We won't be scamming ordinary people!"

"Very well, it is decided!"

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Dugu Yan hadn't slept all night and was perched on the windowsill at dawn, accompanied by the miniature Soul Spirit Earth Dragon.

"Senior, is your world really as good as you say?"

"Of course! If I hadn't made a small mistake over a decade ago, I would have at least two hundred thousand years of cultivation by now!"

"Two hundred thousand years! Hiss~" Dugu Yan widened her eyes and exclaimed, "I've heard that the maximum age for a soul beast is only one hundred thousand years! I never imagined a soul beast could cultivate to 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 our soul beast clan! They have all broken through the million-year threshold!"

"Hiss~ Million-year soul beasts! That's too strong, isn't it?" Dugu Yan's eyes sparkled with stars, her face full of longing, before she curiously asked, "Senior, can you tell me what kind of person Emperor Qingtian is? I'm so curious!"

"Master, you should just call me Xiao Long; I'm not used to being called Senior. The contract we signed is a master-servant contract."

"Oh~ then I'll call you Senior, and you call me Master. We'll each stick to our own."

"Sigh~ fine." The Soul Spirit Earth Dragon conceded and slowly began, "If we are to talk about the legends of Emperor Qingtian, there are simply too many! From the moment he awakened his martial soul, he has been a legend..."

Twin Martial Souls, innate level thirty soul power, martial arts, formations, immortal cultivation, self-condensing soul rings, Soul Spirit contracts... there was just too much!

Dugu Yan's heart pounded as she listened.

"Senior, do the soul masters of the Immortal Court really cultivate that quickly? What is the cultivation level of Ozka and Feng Xiaodi?"

The Soul Spirit Earth Dragon shook its head and said, "Ten years ago, I was imprisoned for my mistake, so I don't know these two young soul masters. Besides, they have been suppressing their soul power aura... Wait! They are cultivating over there, there is a fluctuation of soul power! Master, shall we go take a look?"

"Ah?" Dugu Yan hesitated, "Isn't it bad to spy on their cultivation?"

"It's fine! In our Immortal Court, many cultivation techniques and soul skills are public! As long as we aren't breaking into private territory to steal secrets, watching is perfectly fine."

"Oh~ then what are we waiting for?"

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

"I have a Muscle Sausage, Divine Strength Sausage, Super Strength Sausage, Double Power Sausage, Golden Sausage!" Ozka's five soul rings flashed for an instant, and five sausages appeared in his hands, which he then stuffed into his mouth all at once.

Dugu Yan widened her eyes, covering her mouth in shock, "Purple, purple, black, black, black, black! A six-ringed Soul Emperor! Gulp~ This can't be possible, right?"

The Soul Spirit Earth Dragon immediately explained, "In our Immortal Court, we have various medicinal pills and body-tempering techniques. As long as one cultivates diligently, having the first ring exceed a thousand years is no problem! However, the gap between ordinary soul masters and genius soul masters becomes apparent at the second and third rings."

"How can you tell?"

"For this second ring, the limit for a genius soul master is generally between 6,000 and 8,000 years, while for an ordinary soul master, it is under 4,000 years! And for the third ring, the limit for a genius soul master usually exceeds ten thousand years, staying under sixteen thousand years, whereas an ordinary soul master's third ring remains purple."

"Gulp~ How amazing! Hiss~ Look! Feng Xiaotian... no! Feng Xiaodi actually has eight soul rings, and the eighth one is red!"

The Soul Spirit Earth Dragon nodded, "To have level 89 soul power at such a young age is not bad at all! In our Immortal Court, he would also be considered a top-tier genius!"