The Second Ring of a Thousand Years

At this moment, an untimely voice suddenly rang out.

"What are you two doing!"

A middle-aged female teacher appeared from the bushes nearby.

Seeing the indecent posture of Li Luo and Xiao Wu, she shrieked in condemnation.

"At such a young age, you are actually..."

"Get lost!"

Seeing her good time interrupted by someone discovering them, Xiao Wu unleashed a flying kick, sending the teacher tumbling back into the bushes.

Although the meddlesome person had been knocked unconscious, Xiao Wu's fun had been ruined.

Now that Li Luo was on guard, he would not let Xiao Wu's sneak attack succeed again.

How is this little rabbit so bold? I'm only seven years old, is she really that desperate to have an old rabbit eat tender grass? Li Luo grumbled inwardly.

It would be a lie to say Li Luo had no interest in Xiao Wu, but that would have to wait until she grew up into a tall, mature beauty at twenty!

If he dared to harbor such thoughts now, he would surely face acute iron poisoning followed by a ten-thousand-volt full-body massage.

With Li Luo now on high alert, Xiao Wu had no chance to ambush him again and could only obediently follow him back to Dorm Seven.

Two and a half months later, Tang San also reached level twenty, so Li Luo took him to see the Notting Dean once more.

Seeing that Li Luo and Tang San had already become Soul Grand Masters while only in their third year, the Notting Dean grinned from ear to ear.

Li Luo told the Notting Dean that he wanted to obtain a thousand-year soul ring as Tang San's second soul ring. The Notting Dean initially disagreed, as he had never seen a soul master capable of obtaining a thousand-year ring as their second.

He did not want Tang San to take such a risk, but after Li Luo's persuasion and Tang San's insistence, the Dean suppressed his own Soul Power Level to that of a Soul Grand Master and sparred with Tang San. Finding that Tang San could actually trade blows with him on equal footing, he finally agreed to let Tang San absorb a thousand-year second ring.

However, the nearby Soul Hunting Forest had very few thousand-year soul beasts, and since the second ring Li Luo planned for Tang San was a thousand-year Azure Vine, they had to head to the Star Dou Great Forest.

As a high-tier plant soul beast, the soul ring extracted from an Azure Vine would not only provide a parasitic soul skill but also significantly enhance the toughness of the Blue Silver King, increasing the bloodline concentration of Tang San's martial soul.

The three of them took a carriage to the Star Dou Great Forest. The Star Dou Great Forest was far more dangerous than the artificially stocked Soul Hunting Forest, and the Notting Dean was merely an ordinary Soul Ancestor. In the hunting parties that frequented the Star Dou Great Forest, Soul Ancestors were everywhere, and Soul Kings were as common as dogs.

Furthermore, everything inside the Star Dou Great Forest was unknown; even on the outskirts, it was not impossible to encounter ten-thousand-year soul beasts, or even a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Xiao Wu had originally clamored to come along for Tang San's soul ring, but Li Luo feared that her presence might attract the Titan Giant Ape and cause unnecessary trouble, so he simply gave her ten Gold Soul Coins and told her to spend them however she liked.

Under the temptation of money, Xiao Wu finally relented, stopped pestering them, and went off to eat, drink, and play in Nuoding City with her ten Gold Soul Coins.

The three of them arrived at an inn on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, opened two rooms, ordered a fine meal, and rested for the night.

The Notting Dean took one room, while Li Luo and Tang San shared the other.

Early the next morning, the three of them entered the Star Dou Great Forest to search for Tang San's soul ring.

In the woods, the Notting Dean took the initiative to ask Li Luo what kind of soul ring he intended to find for Tang San, with the intention of testing Li Luo's knowledge.

"Xiao Luo, do you have any ideas about what kind of soul beast we should hunt for Xiao San's second soul ring?"

"Dean, the soul ring I've planned for Xiao San is the Azure Vine, a plant-type soul beast."

The three did not venture deep into the Star Dou Great Forest, searching only in the outer perimeter.

But the Star Dou Great Forest was fraught with danger, and they had to be extremely cautious while exploring; thus, the three spent a busy day without finding a suitable Azure Vine.

The Star Dou Great Forest at night was far too dangerous for a trio consisting of one Soul Ancestor, one Soul Grand Master, and one quasi-Soul Grand Master.

Therefore, before dark, the three returned to the inn, planning to continue their search the next day.

However, without a powerful soul master to guard them, exploring the Star Dou Great Forest was no easy task. For two full days, the trio's search for the Azure Vine made little progress.

They could only return to the inn before sunset as they had the day before, resting to continue the search the following day.

On the afternoon of the third day, or rather, the middle of the second and a half day, the trio's efforts finally paid off when they found a soul beast that met Tang San's requirements: a 1,300-year-old Azure Vine.

The Azure Vine had immense vitality and high natural toughness, along with decent offensive capabilities. The Notting Dean's strength was significantly restricted by the need to avoid killing the vine outright.

But in the end, they managed to beat the Azure Vine into a crippled state without incident, allowing Tang San to kill it and absorb its soul ring.

"Alright, Xiao San, go and sever its roots. Only after the roots of the Azure Vine are severed will it truly die and release its soul ring."

Following the Notting Dean's instructions, Tang San picked up a sharp dagger and, with a swift motion, severed the roots of the Azure Vine.

A purple soul ring slowly emerged from the corpse of the Azure Vine.

Tang San sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and circulated his Innate Skill to mobilize the soul power within his body, drawing the thousand-year purple ring onto himself.

It was not difficult for Tang San to absorb a thousand-year soul ring; in fact, he could have done it successfully this time even without Li Luo's assistance.

But since a thousand-year soul ring contained a considerable amount of energy, it took Tang San a full five hours—two double-hours—to successfully absorb the ring and integrate it into his body.

During this time, they were not without disturbances from other soul beasts; a two-thousand-year Datura Snake tried to ambush Tang San, hoping to swallow him while he was absorbing the ring.

However, Li Luo easily detected it, and the Notting Dean stepped in to injure the Datura Snake and drive it away. He didn't kill it outright for fear that the scent of blood would attract even more soul beasts.

Of course, there were other scattered soul beasts that came to harass them, but they were all driven off by Li Luo and the Notting Dean.

After the thousand-year soul ring entered his body, Tang San slowly opened his eyes and stood up.

His martial soul manifested on its own, and the Blue Silver King on Tang San's right hand became even tougher and thicker.

"Xiao San, you've absorbed a thousand-year Azure Vine; what soul skill did you obtain?"

The Notting Dean was even more curious about Tang San's soul ring than Li Luo. He did not know that Li Luo's first soul ring had already evolved into a thousand-year ring. Having lived for fifty years, this was his first time seeing a thousand-year second ring.

Thus, he stepped forward first to ask what soul skill Tang San had gained.

Hearing the Notting Dean's question, Tang San instinctively looked at Li Luo, as if asking, "Should I demonstrate my newly acquired soul skill to the Notting Dean?" As Li Luo's contract beast, Tang San cared deeply—no, he was one hundred percent loyal to Li Luo's opinion.