Seeing this, Mu Guiyun immediately closed his eyes, and his consciousness returned to White Emperor Star.
At that moment, Tian Meng was still fast asleep, completely unaware that Mu Guiyun had arrived.
Mu Guiyun was at a loss for words. Had Tian Meng mistaken this place for a hotel?
"Tian Meng, wake up! I need to talk to you!"
"Mm~ Is it time to eat?"
Just woken up, Tian Meng opened his eyes and saw Mu Guiyun looking at him with a helpless expression.
Tian Meng yawned before asking, "You're here. What do you need me for?"
Mu Guiyun didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the point. "Do you have a way to increase the age of a Soul Ring?"
Increase a Soul Ring's age?
As a million-year Soul Beast, Tian Meng naturally had a way to increase a Soul Ring's age, but he still reminded Mu Guiyun, "With your current physical strength, your Soul Ring can only be increased to around seven thousand years at most. It won't make much difference."
"How about this? Once your body is strong enough to withstand a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, I'll raise its age to ten thousand years!"
"Thanks."
Hearing this, Mu Guiyun thanked Tian Meng.
In the original story, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had been able to help Lao Huo increase his Soul Ring's age, so there was no reason he couldn't do the same for Mu Guiyun.
Although Mu Guiyun couldn't use Soul Skills, increasing the age of his Soul Ring would still strengthen his body.
"Don't mention it! The two of us are in this together now—when one of us prospers, the other prospers, and when one suffers, the other suffers. Seeing how determined you are to get stronger makes me happy too!"
Tian Meng waved his little paws, then his expression turned serious. "By the way, I've been studying this space for the past few days, and I've indeed discovered some problems."
Mu Guiyun's eyes widened in surprise. He'd thought the big bug had been sleeping the whole time.
Ignoring Mu Guiyun's odd look, Tian Meng continued in a low voice, "Although this space functions somewhat like a Spirit Consciousness Sea, it's ultimately just a substitute."
"You need to find a way to open up your own Spirit Consciousness Sea as soon as possible. Only there can I strengthen your spiritual power constantly."
Tian Meng had tried every method he could think of, but Mu Guiyun's Spirit Consciousness Sea remained tightly shut. He couldn't get even the slightest trace of spiritual power through.
Thinking of this, Tian Meng immediately complained, "In this damned place, I can't even contact you, let alone see what's happening outside."
"Okay, I understand."
Mu Guiyun nodded. Tian Meng's words had given him an important piece of information.
White Emperor Star, the space inside him, could actually block Tian Meng's perception!
Hmm. If he ever wanted to do anything embarrassing, he could kick Tian Meng out of his Spirit Consciousness Sea and back into White Emperor Star.
Mu Guiyun thought this with a vicious grin.
Just then, Tian Meng shivered.
"If you don't have anything else to do, come visit more often. After all, I can't contact you."
After saying that, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm somehow produced a little blanket and promptly dismissed him. "That's it. I'm going back to sleep. Good night!"
Mu Guiyun: ...
After leaving White Emperor Star, Mu Guiyun produced the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's right arm bone.
Although the Spirit Bone was still in relatively good condition, he had no intention of absorbing it. Instead, a wildly fanciful idea had occurred to him.
His good senior sister, Xian Lin'er, had a one-of-a-kind mutated Flying Dragon-type Martial Soul: the Green Flame Dragon. It was a branch of the Golden Dragon Bloodline, and she also possessed her own unique accompanying weapon, the Green Flame Dragon Spear.
Not only that, Xian Lin'er had fused an additional ten-thousand-year dragon-type Spirit Bone into the Green Flame Dragon Spear, turning it into an eighth-grade close-combat Soul Tool. Paired with her Green Flame Dragon Martial Soul, its power could rival that of a ninth-grade Soul Tool!
In the original story, with her rank-95 cultivation, Xian Lin'er had not only shattered Scorpion Tiger Douluo's beast-spirit secret technique with three thrusts, but had nearly skewered an Evil Soul Master at the Titled Douluo level to death with just two.
The Flying Valkyrie truly lived up to her name.
Since Xian Lin'er could fuse a Spirit Bone into her accompanying weapon, then with his Art of Metal Control, could he combine Spirit Bones with rare metals too?
As far as Mu Guiyun knew, there were quite a few top-grade Soul Tools in the Sun Moon Empire that incorporated Spirit Bones.
With that thought, Mu Guiyun stood and headed out.
"I'm done washing. You can go!"
Freshly washed, Ma Xiaotao had just left the bathroom when she realized Mu Guiyun had already vanished without a trace.
Huh? Where'd he go?
Ma Xiaotao blinked, but didn't think much of it. She turned and headed toward the cultivation room.
By a twist of fate, the Ice Seal Tian Meng had placed on her had temporarily suppressed Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire. Without that burden, she decided to cultivate hard!
As she thought about it, Zhang Lexuan's figure suddenly appeared in Ma Xiaotao's mind.
"Damn you, you wicked woman! Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west—don't bully a poor young girl!"
Not long after leaving Yan Shaozhe's home, Mu Guiyun stopped in front of a villa. It was Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo's residence on Sea God Island.
He naturally took out his key and went straight inside.
The two hadn't returned yet. The Spirit Tool Department didn't have as many trivial matters as the Spirit Department, but as Soul Engineers, the two of them spent most of their time in the laboratory.
Seeing this, Mu Guiyun simply went into the bathroom.
After living rough in the Star Dou Great Forest for so long, Mu Guiyun felt filthy.
Once he'd washed up properly, he had just stepped out of the bathroom when he heard the front door. Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo walked in one after the other.
Mu Guiyun greeted them with a smile. "Senior sister, senior brother! Long time no see!"
"Oh, Guiyun's here?"
Qian Duoduo looked up and gave a hearty laugh. "I heard you took down a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest. Not bad!"
"Not at all. I just used a little trick."
Mu Guiyun waved his hand modestly, then turned to look at Xian Lin'er.
Xian Lin'er had been delighted by Mu Guiyun's arrival, but the moment she met his gaze, her smiling face stiffened. She spoke in a mocking tone. "Well, well, isn't this Shrek's number-one little genius?"
"Why aren't you staying at that vixen Cai Mei'er's place? What brings you to ours?"
Hearing this, Mu Guiyun didn't take offense. Instead, he chuckled. "I just got back from the Star Dou Great Forest. I thought I'd come visit you, senior sister!"
Mu Guiyun understood Xian Lin'er's personality perfectly. She was proud and stubborn, not to mention tsundere. And since reaching the Titled Douluo level had restored her youthful appearance, she was the very picture of a bratty little loli.
"Hmph, at least you have a little conscience!"
Xian Lin'er lifted her elegant chin proudly, then headed for the kitchen. "The dean herself is cooking today. You two should count yourselves lucky!"
At those words, Qian Duoduo and Mu Qingci immediately sensed danger.
Xian Lin'er was cooking? How could they let that happen?!
They'd only eaten her cooking that morning, and by afternoon they'd have to call Elder Zhuang in for emergency rescue.
Thinking of this, Mu Guiyun and Qian Duoduo exchanged a discreet glance and instantly came to an agreement.
Qian Duoduo, who had clearly suffered plenty before, spoke first. "Lin'er, why don't you let me cook instead? You've worked hard all day. You should get some rest."