Douluo: The Eight-Element God, Childhood Friend Ma Xiaotao!
Chapter 19

Methods to Increase Soul Ring Years

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Seeing this, Mu Guiyun closed his eyes, his consciousness returning once more to the White Emperor Star.

At this moment, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was still fast asleep, completely unaware of Mu Guiyun's arrival.

Mu Guiyun was speechless. Was he treating this place like a hotel?

"Tian Meng, wake up! I need your help!"

"Mmm~ is it time to eat?"

Startled awake, Tian Meng opened his eyes to see Mu Guiyun looking at him with a helpless expression.

Tian Meng let out a yawn before asking, "You're here. What do you need from Brother?"

Mu Guiyun didn't beat around the bush and stated his purpose directly: "Do you have any way to increase the age of a soul ring?"

Increase the age of a soul ring?

As a million-year soul beast, Tian Meng naturally had ways to do so, but he still offered a warning: "Given your current physical constitution, you can only raise a soul ring to about seven thousand years; it won't make much of a difference."

"How about this: when your body is strong enough to withstand the ten-thousand-year level, Brother will raise your soul ring to ten thousand years!"

"Many thanks."

Hearing this, Mu Guiyun thanked Tian Meng.

In the original story, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm could help Huo Yuhao increase his soul ring age, so there was no reason he couldn't do the same for him.

Even if he couldn't use soul skills, increasing the age of his soul rings would still bolster his physical strength.

"Don't be so polite. We are now tied together—if you prosper, I prosper; if you suffer, I suffer. Seeing your determination to grow stronger makes Brother happy!"

Tian Meng waved his little claws, his expression turning solemn as he said, "By the way, Brother has been studying this space for the past few days and has indeed discovered some issues."

Mu Guiyun looked surprised; he had assumed the big bug had just been sleeping the whole time.

Ignoring Mu Guiyun's strange look, Tian Meng continued in a deep voice, "Although the function of this space is somewhat similar to a Spirit Consciousness Sea, it is ultimately just a substitute."

"You must find a way to open your own Spirit Consciousness Sea as soon as possible. Only there can I continuously increase your mental strength."

Tian Meng had tried every method he knew, but Mu Guiyun's Spirit Consciousness Sea remained stubbornly solid, not allowing even a sliver of mental energy to penetrate it.

Thinking of this, Tian Meng complained, "In this godforsaken place, I can't even initiate contact with you, let alone see the outside world."

"Alright, I understand."

Mu Guiyun nodded, having gleaned a key piece of information from Tian Meng's words.

The White Emperor Star space was actually capable of blocking Tian Meng's perception!

Hmm, if he ever wanted to do anything embarrassing in the future, he could just kick Tian Meng out of his Spirit Consciousness Sea and back into the White Emperor Star.

Mu Guiyun thought to himself with a wicked grin.

At that moment, Tian Meng shuddered.

"If you have nothing else to do, come in and visit more often. After all, I can't reach you otherwise."

With that, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm pulled a small blanket from who knows where and issued an eviction notice: "That's it, Brother is going back to sleep. Goodnight!"

Mu Guiyun: ...

After leaving the White Emperor Star space, Mu Guiyun reached out and pulled out the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear right arm bone.

Although the storage capacity of this soul bone was still relatively intact, he had no intention of absorbing it. Instead, a whimsical idea sprouted in his mind.

His good senior sister, Xian Lin'er, possessed a unique mutated flying dragon martial soul—the Green Flame Dragon—which was a branch of the Golden Dragon bloodline. She also had her own companion weapon, the Green Flame Dragon Spear.

Not only that, but Xian Lin'er had also integrated a ten-thousand-year dragon-type soul bone into the Green Flame Dragon Spear, transforming it into an eighth-level melee Soul Tool. When paired with her Green Flame Dragon martial soul, her combat power rivaled that of a ninth-level master!

In the original story, relying on her level 95 cultivation, Xian Lin'er could not only shatter the Scorpion Tiger Douluo's beast soul secret technique with three strikes, but she also nearly poked a Titled Douluo-level evil soul master to death with just two.

The Valkyrie of the skies was truly worthy of her reputation.

Since Xian Lin'er could integrate a soul bone into her companion weapon, could he, with his Art of Metal Control, combine a soul bone with rare metals?

As far as Mu Guiyun knew, there were many top-tier Soul Tools in the Sun Moon Empire that incorporated soul bones.

Action followed thought; Mu Guiyun stood up and left.

"I'm done washing, you can go now!"

Ma Xiaotao had just left the bathroom, fresh and clean, only to find that Mu Guiyun had already vanished without a trace.

Huh, where did he go?

Ma Xiaotao blinked, but didn't dwell on it, turning instead toward the secret chamber used for cultivation.

The freezing effect from Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had, by a stroke of luck, temporarily suppressed her evil fire. With no evil fire to hold her back, she decided to cultivate with everything she had!

As she thought of this, the image of Zhang Lexuan inexplicably appeared in her mind.

"That hateful woman! Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river—don't bully a young girl for being poor!"

Not long after leaving Yan Shaozhe's house, Mu Guiyun stopped in front of a villa; it was the residence of Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo on Sea God Island.

Naturally pulling out a key, Mu Guiyun pushed the door open and walked inside.

The two of them had yet to return. Although the Spirit Tool Department didn't have as many trivial matters as the Spirit Department, as Soul Engineers, the two of them preferred to spend most of their time in the laboratory.

Seeing this, Mu Guiyun simply walked into the bathroom.

Having slept in the open and braved the elements in the Star Dou Great Forest for so long, Mu Guiyun felt like he was going to die from being so dirty.

After a thorough wash, Mu Guiyun had just stepped out of the bathroom when a sound came from the door, and he saw Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo walk in one after the other.

Seeing this, Mu Guiyun smiled and greeted them, "Senior Sister, Senior Brother, long time no see!"

"Oh, Guiyun is here?"

Qian Duoduo looked up and immediately laughed with a simple, honest expression, "I heard you kid took down a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest. Not bad!"

"Not at all, not at all. It was just a bit of clever trickery."

Mu Guiyun waved his hand modestly, then immediately turned his gaze toward Xian Lin'er.

Xian Lin'er, who had been overjoyed at Mu Guiyun's arrival, saw his gaze and her previously beaming, pretty face instantly tightened. She said sarcastically, "Yo, isn't this our Shrek's number one little genius?"

"Why aren't you staying at that vixen Cai Mei'er's place? What are you doing running over here?"

Hearing this, Mu Guiyun felt no resentment; instead, he chuckled, "I just got back from the Star Dou Great Forest, and I wanted to come see you, Senior Sister!"

Mu Guiyun understood Xian Lin'er's personality all too well. Not only was she obsessed with saving face, but she was also incredibly tsundere. Paired with the youthful appearance she had regained after reaching the Title Douluo level, she was a quintessential bratty loli.

"Hmph, at least you have a conscience!"

Xian Lin'er haughtily tilted her jade-like neck before heading toward the kitchen, "Today, this Dean will cook personally. You two should count yourselves lucky!"

Upon hearing this, Qian Duoduo and Mu Qingci instantly sensed danger approaching.

Xian Lin'er cooking personally? This was a disaster!

If they ate her food in the morning, they would have to call Elder Zhuang for emergency rescue by the afternoon.

Thinking of this, Mu Guiyun and Qian Duoduo exchanged a quiet glance, immediately reaching a consensus.

Having clearly suffered quite a bit of persecution, Qian Duoduo spoke up first, "Lin'er, why don't you let me handle it? You've been working hard all day, you should get some more rest."

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