Soul Ring Absorption Years Are Not Fixed

Xia Yan explained:

"The age limit of a Soul Ring a Soul Master can absorb is not fixed; in reality, there is no definitive limit."

Dai Mubai and the others were not surprised. Xia Yan had mentioned this before. As for whether it was true or false, they could not be certain, because it was too shocking—it practically completely negated the conclusions the Soul Master world had reached over many years.

Ma Hongjun nodded very seriously:

"Brother Yan previously said that the so-called Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul are actually not accurate..."

He hadn't seen it with his own eyes, but based on his understanding of Xia Yan's character, he absolutely believed him.

"Fake?"

Tang San immediately retorted: "My teacher could never be wrong!"

Ma Hongjun and the others were all stunned. Teacher?

What did he mean by teacher?

Xia Yan had no choice but to explain:

"His teacher is Yu Xiaogang, the one who proposed the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul."

Ma Hongjun immediately gave an awkward laugh: "Hey, that's really... I didn't know he was your teacher..."

Zhu Zhuqing didn't care about these small interludes and continued to ask:

"What exactly should I do?"

Xia Yan said: "Eat as much food containing high soul power as possible. There is a teacher in the academy named Shao Xin who is away on temporary business these past two days. His Martial Soul is a Sugar Bean, which is rich in nutrients and soul power; you can eat more of those. As for training, any reasonable training method that doesn't damage your body is fine."

Zhu Zhuqing nodded solemnly:

"I understand."

Tang San, however, was extremely furious. To dare to insult his teacher right in front of him!

His teacher had studied Martial Soul theory for thirty years, longer than you have been alive. What qualifications do you have to say he is wrong!

Zhu Zhuqing asked Xia Yan again:

"Then, is the Soul Ring you absorbed also beyond the age limit?"

At this, not only she, but even Tang San and Xiao Wu looked over.

Xia Yan nodded:

"Yes, my third Soul Ring was two thousand five hundred years old, quite a bit higher than the one thousand seven hundred years generally recognized by people."

In reality, it was three thousand years.

But saying three thousand years was too exaggerated; currently, it was impossible for anyone to reach that. His physique was linked to the soul beasts he had contracted; the stronger the soul beasts, the stronger his physique.

And right now, the Datura Snake and the others were all soul beasts at the two-to-three-thousand-year level.

The benefits they brought were exceptionally high.

No matter how much an ordinary person trained, they could never be the same.

Zhu Zhuqing covered her mouth in disbelief: "Two thousand five hundred years?!"

"Can... can I see that Soul Ring?"

Xia Yan summoned his third Soul Ring. In the forest under the moonlight, it emitted a pure purple glow.

It made everyone unable to help but look over.

Zhu Zhuqing stared intently. This Soul Ring was indeed more intense than an ordinary third Soul Ring; it even looked like the radiance that only a fourth Soul Ring should have!

And when Tang San saw Xia Yan's Soul Ring, His subconscious reaction was disbelief. It was too fake; how could it possibly succeed?!

But the strength Xia Yan displayed was too great; he couldn't help but believe it...

No, impossible. The teacher could not be wrong!

He clenched his fists: There must be another reason! The teacher could not be wrong!

Oh! I understand!

He must have other ways to become stronger but is deliberately hiding them, using this unfalsifiable reason to deceive everyone!

Despicable Xia Yan, I was almost fooled by you!

Tang San stared at Xia Yan in secret, Extremely furious that he would dare to sow discord between him and his teacher!

He also felt extremely ashamed in his heart.

Just a moment ago, he had actually believed that what Xia Yan said was true. For a fleeting second, he had doubted his own teacher.

Zhu Zhuqing asked again:

"Then what kind of training do you do on a daily basis, and what do you eat?"

Xia Yan did not hide anything:

"Spirit beast meat, spirit fruits, Sugar Bean, and so on. As for the training, just call it ordinary training, but there is one point..."

Zhu Zhuqing's beautiful eyes narrowed instantly:

"What is it?"

Xia Yan said: "Training after your spirit power is exhausted improves you faster than when your spirit power is full. To absorb more of the world's essence, your body will continuously convert more spirit power from your depleted meridians to alleviate fatigue, which better strengthens and tempers those meridians."

It was as if a new world had opened up for Zhu Zhuqing; she blinked her beautiful eyes:

"So that's how it is..."

As for Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and the others nearby, they had heard Xia Yan say this long ago, and he practiced it himself as well.

Tang San, however, had no interest at all, Because that was not what his teacher had said.

Once Zhu Zhuqing fell into deep thought, the atmosphere lapsed into silence once again.

Ma Hongjun looked left and right; no one was speaking, and Tang San even had a sullen look on his face.

Wanting to liven up the mood, he leaned toward Dai Mubai with a mischievous grin:

"Boss Dai, do you want to go..."

But he never expected Dai Mubai to react as if he had touched something filthy, his face full of disgust:

"Fatty, don't talk nonsense. I'm not going, and I certainly wouldn't go."

As he spoke, his eyes darted around nervously.

Ma Hongjun was stunned, thinking he had misheard: "Boss, what's wrong with you?"

"Isn't that your favorite place to go?"

"I hadn't even finished my sentence and you already knew what I was going to say, yet you claim you aren't going?"

We went together just seven or eight days ago!

Dai Mubai's face darkened with frustration: "Stop spouting nonsense! I've never been there!"

At the same time, he couldn't help but glance at Zhu Zhuqing, But Zhu Zhuqing showed no reaction, She didn't care at all whether he went or not, And he felt annoyed in his heart.

Ma Hongjun scratched his head in confusion, his chubby hands soft and pudgy.

"Boss, didn't we go the night before the night before last? What's the matter, did those two sisters upset you?"

"Oh, just pick someone else..."

Dai Mubai could take it no longer and immediately glared at him:

"Shut up! You dead fatty!"

"I have never been there!"

Ma Hongjun had no idea what was wrong with Dai Mubai, No, what does Boss Dai mean by this? Usually, you're the one who goes the most enthusiastically, so why say this now?

He looked at Dai Mubai in bewilderment, only to see Dai Mubai's eyes darting around, acting completely inexplicable.

Ma Hongjun really couldn't figure out the situation, So he had no choice but to look at Oscar:

"Little Ao, are you going?"

"Let's go together."

Oscar closed his eyes, speechless, and turned his head away, not wanting to look at him.

He had already sensed something was wrong and prayed not to be called out, but he was targeted anyway:

"Fatty, don't talk nonsense. When have I ever been to a place like that?"

Ma Hongjun looked as if he had heard something earth-shattering; he couldn't believe his ears:

"Didn't you say last time that the experience I recommended was pretty good?!"

"No, what is wrong with you guys today?"

Oscar also had a dark look on his face, eyeing him with disgust.

"Go, go, go, go where?!"

"If you want to go, go yourself. I've never been there."

Ma Hongjun took a step back, his eyes wide, as if looking at monsters:

"Who are you people?!"

"You aren't Boss and Little Ao. Who on earth are you?!"

Dai Mubai's face darkened, and he felt like strangling Ma Hongjun:

"Shut up!"

He suppressed his anger:

"I said I haven't been there, so I haven't been there!"

He glanced secretly at Zhu Zhuqing, but she didn't care about anything he did, only focusing intently on how to become stronger. This was the first time she had heard such a theory, but since it came from Xia Yan, she would never doubt it.

Dai Mubai's face grew even darker.

Ma Hongjun looked toward Oscar, but Oscar turned his face away as well, so he said helplessly:

"Fine then, if you guys aren't going, I'll go by myself."

By the time everyone returned to Shrek, it was already late at night, Ma Hongjun seized the time, while Dai Mubai and Oscar returned to their dormitory without a word and quickly extinguished the lights, under the moonlight, three dark shadows unexpectedly converged outside the village, all of them stunned, before setting off together.