Tang San, Your Mother Is About to Die

Ultimately, with Cao Xin's intervention, Lin Yuan hunted down a soul ring in the Rust Wasteland that satisfied him.

It came from a thirty-thousand-year mutated Red Iron Earth Dragon with ancestral bloodline, its strength already infinitely close to that of a Soul Saint.

He swallowed an Earth Dragon Golden Core.

Relying on the innate ability of the Jade Dragon-Slayer, he used his life force to forcibly absorb this soul ring, which exceeded his limit by three thousand years.

In Ju Zi's eyes, Lin Yuan had completely turned into a bloody mess.

The wounds on his body split open and healed, only to split open again—it was an utterly reckless operation.

She understood perfectly well why Lin Yuan was so strong; beyond his talent, he possessed this willpower that allowed him to defy death itself.

Cao Xin was not exactly calm either; every time this kid absorbed a soul ring, he made things so heart-stoppingly dangerous.

But seeing Lin Yuan's aura remain tightly suppressed and circulating without a ripple, Cao Xin revealed a smile of approval.

I, Cao Xin, might actually be able to cultivate a god.

Although it was a joint investment by multiple factions, Lin Yuan truly bore the shadow of Cao Xin.

The soul ring absorption complete, Lin Yuan opened his eyes and fell backward in exhaustion.

"Right now, the five primordial forces of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth that form the foundation of your soul core are ready. All that remains is for you to steadily accumulate strength before you can perform the first fusion and condensation."

The God of Destruction reached out to stabilize Lin Yuan's Lung Metal, while light orbs representing the five colors of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth hovered at the very top of Lin Yuan's Sea of Consciousness.

Even after absorbing a thirty-thousand-year soul ring, Lin Yuan's Soul Power remained at level thirty-one.

This was the accumulation Lin Yuan needed; condensing a soul core required at least Soul Saint-level Soul Power.

Moreover, the Soul Power had to be highly condensed and meet the standard, as the soul core was formed by the condensation of his own power.

If he used a Milk Bottle soul tool, the quality of his Soul Power would definitely not meet the requirements.

Therefore, apart from the energy and medicinal power used to nourish his own bloodline, any energy that provided for his Soul Power accumulation was stored away by Lin Yuan, to be compressed day after day.

Over these five years, the growth of Lin Yuan's Soul Power would slow down significantly, but this was necessary.

If he were only aiming for the first soul core, pushing himself to level thirty-nine would be enough.

When the time came, he could go into seclusion at the Earth Dragon Sect and rely on the Ten Thousand Year Cold Marrow to complete the condensation.

However, if he did that, the difficulty of the second soul core condensation would increase.

It was better to prepare for both the first and second ones before starting the condensation process.

"Teacher, how is my primordial force doing now?" Lin Yuan discovered a point of doubt.

Among the five light orbs, the one representing the wood attribute was much smaller than the others.

It was even smaller than the earth attribute, which was second to last, and only half the size of the largest fire and water attributes.

"You've noticed it too." The God of Destruction pointed to the wood attribute primordial force.

"Although the immortal medicinal pills are all made from herbal materials, they have had little effect on completing the wood attribute."

"The reason is that although these precious medicines are plants, they are already heaven-sent treasures, and their own wood attribute content is not that high."

"If Little Green's calculations are correct, even if you absorb all types of pills, it will not be enough to make up for the deficiency in the wood attribute."

"Ah, then what should I do? Should I attach a soul ring to my second martial soul? A hundred-thousand-year wood attribute soul ring?" Lin Yuan asked, holding up the Jade Dragon-Slayer.

"That is indeed one method." The Goddess of Life smiled.

"Actually, it is not just the wood attribute; the life attribute would also work." A joyful expression appeared on the God of Destruction's face as well.

Seeing the two of them in such high spirits, Lin Yuan immediately understood that they had already thought of a solution.

"Do you two have some special plan? I feel like you're up to no good." Lin Yuan narrowed his eyes and pointed at them with a comical expression.

"We've spent so much time together that you've become a worm in my stomach, kid. We intend to collect some interest from Tang San." The God of Destruction smirked.

"You cannot absorb a hundred-thousand-year soul ring under any circumstances right now, and the innate soul skill granted to you by the Gold of Life can only do so much."

The Goddess of Life smiled gently, though there was a hint of cunning in her expression.

"But that is only limited to ordinary hundred-thousand-year plant-type soul beasts. We happen to know of a hundred-thousand-year plant-type soul beast that is very suitable for you. And if nothing goes wrong, this soul beast also possesses a massive life attribute, which can make your wood attribute soul core, acting as a stabilizer, exceptionally powerful!" The God of Destruction's smile grew increasingly sinister.

"Master, Mistress, stop keeping me in suspense. Even if you asked me to guess, I wouldn't be able to." Lin Yuan frowned and gave a wry smile.

"Fine, no more suspense. Have you heard of Ah Yin? Tang San's mother, the hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Empress."

"This... are we playing for such high stakes?" Lin Yuan was startled.

The incident at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was good luck, but the God King Tang could not possibly have no precautions against this.

After all, she was his own mother, and the filial God King Tang valued these cheap parents more than anything else.

"As far as I know, Tang San has bound his mother to the Tree of Life on this Douluo Continent. If nothing goes wrong, Ah Yin should be at the roots of the Tree of Life right now," said the God of Destruction.

"And because she has to compete for dominance with the Life Core for a long time, this Blue Silver Grass is in a state of constant depletion. The difficulty of absorbing her will by no means reach the level of a fifty-thousand-year soul beast. You can rest assured and absorb her, Little Yuan," the Goddess of Life laughed.

"Won't that be discovered by Tang San?" Lin Yuan asked the question he most wanted to know.

Both of them shook their heads with a smile. "No."

"After all, this is a very private matter. If Tang San were to continuously descend his divine power, something would go wrong," the God of Destruction explained.

"Furthermore, based on what I know of Shrek, even that Silver Dragon couldn't breach this world's defenses."

Lin Yuan thought about it, and it was indeed a sound point.

If the Silver Dragon King were truly to disregard everything and set her mind on eradicating Shrek, Mu En would simply start shouting about honor, ancestors, and glory before diving headlong into the Ancient Tree of Life.

Then, with the Sea God's Light exploding again and again, he could easily stall until Da Ming, Er Ming, or even a deity stepped in.

"It just so happens that every generation of young disciples from the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect enrolls at Shrek for advanced studies, so there's a perfectly legitimate reason for me to infiltrate." Lin Yuan looked at his own martial soul.

His current martial soul bloodline was still a grade weaker than Wu Feng's, let alone Nan Qiuqiu's.

As long as he made up some story about having a Flying Dragon martial soul, the school authorities would see his soul ring configuration and, noting his weak bloodline, surely wouldn't pay him too much mind.

He wasn't sure about the other teachers, but that old geezer Xuan Zi certainly would.

As long as that drunkard dismissed his martial soul as weak and of little use, he wouldn't be watched too closely by the higher-ups.

Beyond that, Lin Yuan truly wanted to experience Shrek's Sea God Pavilion cultivation chambers.

He also intended to make contact with the Son of Providence, Huo Yuhao, and attempt to seize the opportunities that might come his way.