"Good!"
This time, Yue Guan didn't refuse. He followed Bibi Dong's arrangements without hesitation.
Absorbing a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone wasn't like absorbing a Thousand-Year Soul Bone; it couldn't be done without spending much time. It still took a while.
Even though Yue Guan was a Titled Douluo, it took him two days.
He only needed one day to successfully absorb the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone. The reason he didn't stop cultivating and get up until two days later
was that, propelled by the Hundred Thousand Year torso bone, his Soul Power had risen straight to the level of a Level 93 Titled Douluo.
And it wasn't as simple as just having reached Level 93.
By Yue Guan's estimate, after stabilizing the power within his body, he would be able to take another step forward in five or six months and raise his strength to Level 94.
There was no denying it: this Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone suited Yue Guan perfectly.
"This Hundred Thousand Year torso bone gave me two Soul Skills: Endless Life and Life Devour."
"Endless Life is a healing-type Soul Bone Skill. It can not only heal my own injuries, but also help others recover by lending them its power. Most importantly, with this Soul Bone, the secret technique I developed will no longer have any side effects when I use it."
"As for Life Devour, it's a defensive Soul Skill. It can block seventy percent of the force of an attack and devour ten percent of that force to restore my own Soul Power..."
The more Yue Guan said, the more excited he became.
Though he was only a Level 93 Titled Douluo now, he was confident he could take on any Titled Douluo below Level 95.
If he went all out, he could even fight a Level 95 Titled Douluo. And if he was willing to pay any price, he was confident he could kill one.
Of course, he had no idea what state he would be in afterward.
After all, the Titled Douluos of this era were no simple characters.
"Uncle Yue Guan, for now, stay at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and stabilize your cultivation. It would be best if you could take your strength another step further."
"Besides improving your cultivation, I'd also like you to break down Indestructible Diamond Body and create a cultivation method that other Soul Masters can practice."
"Once Uncle Gui Mei and I find a suitable Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, we'll contact you right away."
Bibi Dong thought for a moment, then laid out what Yue Guan should do next.
Bibi Dong had high hopes for Indestructible Diamond Body.
It was just that Yue Guan had advanced with the help of Immortal Herbs, and he still needed to study the crucial steps more closely.
Golden Crocodile Douluo had been researching the same subject, but he still hadn't managed to complete a true Indestructible Diamond Body.
She planned to have Yue Guan look into it first, then ask Golden Crocodile Douluo for his cultivation insights.
Ideally, he would be able to synthesize what he learned into a method that other Soul Masters could use to cultivate Indestructible Diamond Body.
This was tied to the Soul Rings he would obtain for his First Martial Soul.
Since he had this opportunity, he naturally wanted to make better choices when selecting his Spirit Bones.
So, in the early stages, he wouldn't merge with Spirit Bones lightly.
But that would make it very difficult for him to obtain Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings for his Seventh Soul Ring, or even his Eighth Soul Ring.
Even after undergoing Ice and Fire Gold Body Refining, he was still far from being able to achieve that.
Indestructible Diamond Body was one possible path.
"Xiao Dong, don't worry. I'll definitely figure out Indestructible Diamond Body."
Yue Guan knew that this was one of the few ways he could help Bibi Dong.
Naturally, he would give it everything he had.
"Uncle Gui Mei, for now, your task is to gather information about the Soul Beasts in the Far North."
"If we can't find a suitable Soul Beast for you in the Far North, we'll turn our attention to the sea."
Then Bibi Dong turned to Gui Mei.
Although Gui Mei hadn't said anything, he was still extremely envious when he saw Yue Guan obtain a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
Bibi Dong hesitated. If she wanted to help Gui Mei find a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast right now, it wouldn't be all that difficult with the resources of Spirit Hall.
In the original story, Bibi Dong had fallen out with the Worship Hall's worshippers.
If she'd been able to get those worshippers to support her wholeheartedly, hunting a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring wouldn't have been so difficult for her.
Although the worshippers of Spirit Hall didn't have Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings themselves, that didn't mean they knew nothing about Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
After all, what Titled Douluo wouldn't want a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring?
It was just that, with their strength back then, finding and hunting one wasn't easy. Even if they discovered one, killing it would still be difficult.
Some even made a point of revisiting the places where they'd searched for Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts after breaking through to the Titled Douluo realm, just to make sure they hadn't missed anything in their earlier searches.
Mighty Lion Douluo was a perfect example.
Back when he was searching for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, he'd identified several places where one might be hiding. He inspected two or three of them, but never found anything.
He didn't give up. He planned to continue searching the places where Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were suspected to dwell. Along the way, he encountered a Flame Lion King that was over ninety thousand years old. After killing it, he suffered considerable injuries. Considering how well its Soul Ring suited him and the circumstances he was in, he didn't hesitate to absorb it and became a Titled Douluo.
Afterward, he couldn't let it go.
Once his strength had advanced further, he returned to inspect the places he'd marked as targets. He wanted to know if things might have turned out better if he'd just kept going back then.
He really did find that Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
It was incredibly powerful. After fighting it, Mighty Lion Douluo finally withdrew.
But the incident had still left a thorn in his heart.
If he'd only held on a little longer, perhaps he would have obtained a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
As his strength grew and he got older, however, he gradually came to terms with it.
If he'd stubbornly pressed on back then, he might have ended up in a Soul Beast's belly.
After all, among those with Level 90 Soul Power, there was only one ruthless fighter in Spirit Hall who could hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast alone: Golden Crocodile Douluo.
Golden Crocodile Douluo spent a full two years hunting that Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
Only then did he manage to kill it on his own and obtain a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
Bibi Dong often chatted with them and cozied up to them precisely to find out about things like this.
Besides Mighty Lion Douluo, Golden Crocodile Douluo also knew of other Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. One of them was the Soul-Eater Spider Emperor in Death Canyon.
There were also reports of other Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts in different places.
Though decades had passed, those Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts might no longer be where they'd been.
But who could say for certain?
With Spirit Hall's backing, she could gather a great deal of information.
Finding a suitable Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for Gui Mei wouldn't be difficult.
The reason she hadn't taken action right away was that she was thinking about something else.
It was something that could make Gui Mei even stronger.
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