Feng Xiaodi's 220,000-Year Ninth Ring! Zhu Zhuqing's God-Bestowed Soul Ring

The next day.

On the way to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in the Sunset Forest, Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing followed behind the group. Even going all out, they struggled to keep up with the speed of those in front.

Seeing this, Hu Lieni simply grabbed both women, one in each hand, and caught up with the main force.

Not long after, the group appeared before the thatched cottage inside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Ozka set down the Xiao Wei he had been carrying.

Zhu Zhuqing was also released by Hu Lieni and whispered, "Thank you."

"Don't mention it."

Hu Lieni didn't even look back, instead gazing at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well ahead, and said, "Elder Dugu, why is this place completely empty? I wanted to ask last time—it's truly a waste not to plant medicinal herbs in such a prime garden."

Dugu Xue: "..."

"Ahem~" Dugu Bo, standing to the side, gave a light cough to explain for Dugu Xue, "After the mature herbs were harvested, I hadn't yet purchased high-quality seeds, so it has been left fallow for a while."

"So that's how it is! Then, Elder Dugu, have the seeds been bought now?"

"They have."

"Then let's plant the herbs together."

Hearing this, Qian Pingchuan also spoke up, "Second Uncle, take Feng Xiaodi to the pool side to condense your soul ring. And Elder Dugu, you can take this opportunity to consume the Creation Pill and condense your Soul Core. The soul power within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well is dense, making it perfect for condensing a Soul Core here. The rest of us will plant the herbs together."

"Understood." Dugu Xue nodded and looked at Dugu Bo, who was naturally overjoyed.

"Many thanks to the Elder, many thanks to Your Highness." Feng Xiaodi expressed his gratitude with an excited face, then followed Dugu Xue and Dugu Bo toward the edge of the pool.

A moment later.

After the two had walked away, Xiong Jun sat down carelessly on a stone bench beside the thatched cottage and laughed, "Your Highness, you all go ahead and get busy. Old Xiong is clumsy and can't do that kind of work."

Qian Pingchuan shook his head helplessly, cradling the Blue Silver Emperor pot, and said speechlessly, "Let's go, don't mind Elder Xiong."

With the Third Prince leading the way, everyone got to work in the soil.

Yu Tianshu glanced sideways at Ozka and laughed, "Yo~ Ozka, carrying that little girl all the way here... tsk tsk tsk~~ good things are coming soon!"

Swish~

Ozka's face instantly turned shy, and he hurriedly retorted, "Y-y-y-you, don't talk nonsense!"

"Hehe~~ straighten your tongue before you talk to me. We're all men who stand to pee, and you're still shy? Hahaha~~"

Yu Tianshu was full of playful smiles, as if he had already forgotten about yesterday's events.

Ozka was embarrassed and annoyed, forcibly changing the subject, and asked curiously, "By the way, how is Yu Xiaotie of your family doing now? How come I heard he has several lovers?"

At the mention of Yu Xiaotie, everyone pricked up their ears!

Yu Tianshu snorted coldly, "Heh~ that trash wants lovers? Why doesn't he go to heaven? Damn it!"

"So? There aren't any? I knew it~ rumors aren't to be trusted!"

However, the corner of Yu Tianshu's mouth twitched, and he changed his tune, "Besides his wife, Yu Xiaotie does indeed have thirteen mistresses."

"Uh... didn't you just say there weren't any? How did you change your story in the blink of an eye?"

Yu Tianshu said impatiently, "Do you think that's a blessing? Heh~~ let's just put it this way: the elders in our family all regret finding such ugly women for that piece of trash! Not a single child born to him has even a baseline level of good looks."

Hearing this, Ozka couldn't help but shiver, subconsciously glancing at Xiao Wei, thinking: 'Xiao Wei is so beautiful!'

Xiao Wei caught Ozka's gaze, and her cheeks instantly flushed red; she was too shy to look up.

Qian Pingchuan suddenly asked, "Then has anyone in your family awakened the Golden Sacred Dragon martial soul? The older ones should be over ten years old by now, right?"

"Yes!"

Yu Tianshu perked up and said seriously, "Although they didn't awaken an External Martial Soul, there are indeed some whose awakened martial souls look exactly like Luo Sanpao!"

"That's quite good! Even if it's not an External Martial Soul, as long as it possesses the Golden Sacred Dragon bloodline, it's fine."

"Mm! After we return from here, I will personally cultivate these Golden Sacred Dragon cubs. After a few more generations, we will definitely be able to produce one or two with a pure Golden Sacred Dragon martial soul!"

As he spoke, Yu Tianshu cursed, "Damn it! I didn't know about the bloodline before, but now that we've figured out exactly what that trash's martial soul is... after we go back this time, we can send that piece of trash to his grave!!"

"Kill the father but keep the son?" Qian Pingchuan hesitated for a moment, frowning as he advised, "Won't that make his descendants resent your family?"

"It doesn't matter!" Yu Tianshu waved his hand dismissively and explained, "These children have been raised by the clan elders since they were young; they don't know their true parentage. Besides, the elders often bring up the sins of that trash, so even if they find out later, it won't matter."

"Fine." Qian Pingchuan didn't say anything more, took a look at the transplanted Blue Silver Emperor, and picked up a hoe to help plant the herbs.

Xiao Wu, listening to the entire conversation from the side, asked softly, "Isn't it against the law to kill people in your Immortal Court?"

"As for that, the sins committed by Yu Xiaotie were indeed spared from the death penalty because of my Imperial Father's decree back then: 'Those who surrender shall not be killed'! But the damage he caused to the Blue Lightning Family cannot be measured in words! For people like this, the laws of our Immortal Court allow for the reasonableness of certain clan rules. Of course, the Blue Lightning Family still has to go through legal procedures to decide Yu Xiaotie's fate."

Ozka summarized, "It means our Immortal Court fully considers the balance between law and human sentiment; law enforcers have a certain degree of autonomous discretion when making rulings. Although Yu Xiaotie was pardoned by Emperor Qingtian, to the family, he is intolerable by both reason and emotion!"

"Oh~" Xiao Wu released the hoe with her right hand, patted her small chest, and let out a light breath, thinking: 'Good! Good! As long as I don't make any mistakes, they won't kill me!'

"By the way! Speaking of which, what did you do to Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong?" Ozka asked.

Yu Tianshu was silent for a moment, then recounted the ending of the two.

"A Human Swine? And one with her meridians crippled? Damn! 6!"

"Heh~ I learned it from you, I just cut off his four limbs as an extra."

Ozka gave a thumbs-up in admiration.

At this moment, Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing were not feeling very well, especially Xiao Wu, as Liu Erlong was her godmother.

"Huh? It's starting over there!"

Hu Lieni let out a soft exclamation, and everyone stopped what they were doing to look at Feng Xiaodi by the side of the pool.

They saw Feng Xiaodi sitting cross-legged in the void; under the Spirit Gathering Array, the flow of soul power between heaven and earth formed a massive tornado.

Following the direction of the tornado, all the soul power merged into Feng Xiaodi's body.

"Quite the commotion." Yu Tianshu sighed, observing carefully. His own seventh and eighth rings were both standard Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast rings, and he also wanted to condense a special soul ring exceeding 200,000 years for his ninth!

Now was the perfect opportunity to observe.

"Rise!"

Dugu Xue formed seals with his hands, pushing the Spirit Gathering Array to its limit, then used his own profound cultivation to mobilize the extreme ice and extreme fire energy attributes within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

As soon as the massive energy entered his body, Feng Xiaodi felt these two completely opposing energy attributes.

Guard the essence, the breath, and the spirit! Let the form and body embrace to become one! This is Holding the Origin and Guarding the One!

While maintaining his original intent, his vital energy, and his focus, Feng Xiaodi operated the internal cultivation method for condensing a Soul Core.

The soul power between heaven and earth and the energy from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well were refined bit by bit along the path of soul power circulation, assimilating with his martial soul to form a soul ring! These two distinct energies were also gradually altering the attributes of his Gale Two-Headed Wolf martial soul.

Time passed, second by second.

To the side, Dugu Xue spoke softly: "Dugu Bo, watch closely. Sense the circulation of soul power within him. All the soul power in his body is being absorbed and concentrated at his dantian; that is where his Soul Core resides! I have already taught you the method for condensing and circulating the Soul Core; the rest depends entirely on your own comprehension."

"Understood!" Dugu Bo's expression was solemn, learning with his whole heart and soul, unwilling to be distracted for even a second.

At this time, in the medicinal field.

Xiao Wu covered her mouth in shock, murmuring in disbelief: "The soul power fluctuations are too strong, aren't they? It feels even more intense than the commotion caused by our hundred-thousand-year soul beast sacrifices!"

Ozka smiled and explained: "That's because the soul ring Feng Xiaodi is condensing will exceed 200,000 years! Naturally, the commotion is greater than that of a 100,000-year soul beast sacrifice."

"200,000 years! Gulp~" Xiao Wu swallowed hard.

Not far away, Xiong Jun saw Xiao Wu looking like she had never seen the world before and shook his head speechlessly, thinking: What a disgrace to soul beasts!

Time slipped away quietly, and night fell.

The soul power fluctuations within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had subsided, and Feng Xiaodi woke from his meditation.

"Congratulations!"

"Hahaha~~ Congratulations to us both!" As Feng Xiaodi spoke, he couldn't wait to release all nine of his soul rings.

Purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black, red, red!

On the ninth red soul ring in particular, there were two intertwined crimson and ice-blue patterns! That was the mark of a soul ring exceeding 200,000 years in age!

"Awoo~"

Following this, the two wolf heads of the Gale Two-Headed Wolf martial soul simultaneously looked up and let out a long howl, the sound echoing throughout the valley.

"220,000-year age! Hahaha~~" Feng Xiaodi laughed happily.

Everyone offered their congratulations, but no one asked what the soul skill was. A soul skill is a soul master's secret; even among companions and friends, it is not appropriate to ask directly.

"Is this the Immortal Court? To think they can actually condense a soul ring on their own..." Zhu Zhuqing muttered to herself. The idea of killing soul beasts to obtain soul rings had been cast to the back of her mind, and she was now wondering just how difficult it was to self-condense a soul ring.

"Sister Nier, is it difficult to condense a soul ring yourself?" Zhu Zhuqing asked softly.

"Well, it does have some difficulty. Self-condensing a soul ring requires a systematic learning process; it cannot be done overnight."

"This..." Zhu Zhuqing hesitated for a moment, then said softly: "I will study hard! No matter how difficult it is, I will work at it!"

Zhu Zhuqing's character was beyond doubt; her experiences from a young age had long since forged a determined spirit within her.

Just as Zhu Zhuqing prepared herself to spend a long time learning to self-condense a soul ring before attempting to condense one, Dugu Xue handed her a God-Bestowed Soul Ring.

"This God-Bestowed Soul Ring is of no use to those of us in the Immortal Court. After you absorb and refine it, you will be able to condense a ten-thousand-year soul ring."

"Ah? A God-Bestowed Soul Ring?" Zhu Zhuqing blinked her eyes and asked: "What is a God-Bestowed Soul Ring?"