Blue Silver Duke

"Hold on."

After uttering those two words, Ling Yi put down his teacup, got up, and walked towards his bedroom, leaving everyone in the courtyard staring blankly at his retreating figure.

About three minutes later, the door opened again, and Ling Yi walked out of the bedroom.

"Did you leave something behind?" Li Zhishu asked curiously as Ling Yi approached.

"No~" Ling Yi shook his head, poured himself some tea, sat down, and replied.

Li Zhishu looked puzzled and asked, "Then what were you doing just now...?"

As she spoke, she pointed to the bedroom that Ling Yi had just entered.

"Absorbing Soul Ring, huh?" Ling Yi picked up his teacup, blew on it, and said calmly.

"It's over!" by everyone

This time, even Ah Yin's lips twitched slightly.

After all, even for her, even without hunting for Soul Ring, condensing Soul Ring still takes time. Neither the condensation process nor the subsequent absorption can be completed in just three minutes.

"Brother Yi, in such a short time, you probably didn't even have time to fasten your belt before you took a piss, right?"

Long Yin couldn't help himself either, forgetting that Ah Yin was there, and started complaining.

Upon hearing this, Ling Yi rolled his eyes at Long Yin, said nothing, and simply stretched out his right hand, palm up, in front of him.

The next second, a bright blue Soul Power shone in Ling Yi's palm, and a sapphire-like plant quickly grew out, turning into a blue shrub half a person's height in the blink of an eye, floating in the air in front of Ling Yi.

At the same time, four Soul Ring appeared beneath Ling Yi's feet, each with a different rhythm and rotation.

Yellow, yellow, purple, purple!

All eyes were drawn to the fourth, outermost ring of Soul Ring.

Purple, the kind of purple that's almost black!

You could even say it's black, that wouldn't be wrong.

"Light Blue Silver Grass".

Duration: 9,999 years!

Soul Skill: Holy Light Illumination.

Once activated, it can release holy light with characteristics such as divinity, righteousness, masculinity, and purification, dispelling all negative statuses that do not exceed the upper limit of the Soul Skill's effect.

"Holy crap!!!"

Looking at the purplish-black Soul Ring beneath Ling Yi's feet, a color several shades deeper than his Fourth Soul Ring, Li Zhishu couldn't help but swear.

It should be noted that his Soul Ring is the "Crimson Flame Blue Silver Grass" which is 7,700 years old, already exceeding the 5,000-year absorption limit of the Fourth Soul Ring for ordinary Soul Master.

Judging from the color of Ling Yi's Soul Ring and the aura it exudes, it is obvious that it is much stronger than his.

In addition, the occasional flashes of black light made it clear to Li Zhishu, even without Ling Yi's explanation, that the lifespan of this Soul Ring was only a hair's breadth away from ten thousand years.

However, Li Zhishu was unaware that if Ling Yi chosen to play it safe, he could have directly absorbed the Soul Ring of a ten-thousand-year-old Soul Beast.

After all, Ling Yi was confident that his physical strength and mental strength were no weaker than those of an ordinary Soul King.

However, before obtaining the "Blue Silver Domain" and developing the disguise characteristic of "All Things in Creation", Ling Yi naturally wouldn't do anything that would challenge the understanding of the natives of the Douluo Continent.

The fourth ring of the Ten Thousand Years is not advisable if the protagonist is not involved and there is no Titled Douluo backing him.

Of course, there is another very important reason, which is that Ling Yi does not have a ten-thousand-year-old "Blue Silver Grass" on hand.

As for the option of hunting Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in the Soul Beast Forest, unless you go to Gengxin City and ask the Tie Futu for help, or have Lou Gao arrange four or five Soul Emperor wearing "Azure Wood Battle Armor", safety cannot be guaranteed.

That's not as simple as dragging out a ten- Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for a one-on-one fight. It's about going deep into the core area of a Soul Beast gathering place and hunting in a place full of dangers, where other passing Soul Beast may jump out at any time to launch a sneak attack.

"Stop complaining." Ling Yi put away his Martial Soul and Soul Ring, glanced at the excited Long Yin and the others, and said to Li Zhishu, "Absorbing Soul Ring is one thing, refining it completely is another. But I'm different from you guys. Refining the energy within Soul Ring doesn't stop me from coming out to have tea and chat with you... By the way..."

Ling Yi turned to look at Ah Yin beside him, flipped his hand and took out a brown seed, about the size of a pigeon egg, with white-gold patterns, and handed it to her, saying, "Ah Yin, take a look and see if there are any changes in the aura of this seed left behind after the 'Light Blue Silver Grass's' rebirth—"

Ah Yin stretched out her fair and delicate hand, took the seed, held it in her palm, and examined it closely.

After a while, Ah Yin finally raised her head, shook her head at Ling Yi, and said, "Brother Yi, nothing has changed. Apart from the fact that the dormant spiritual fluctuations are more concealed, everything else is the same as before."

Ling Yi nodded knowingly. "It's alright, let's see after it regrows."

Unlike Ling Yi's Soul Power, which, thanks to the "Blood Essence Fruit" containing half of the Fallen Soul King's essence, allowed him to catch up with the cultivation speed of a prodigy like Ah Yin, the "Blue Silver Grass" cultivated by Ling Yi mostly experienced a sharp decline in growth rate after reaching more than two thousand years.

No, that's not quite right.

In fact, the age of these "Blue Silver Grass" plants does not increase much slower than before.

However, compared to the span of thousands of years, the rate at which energy accumulates within the plant is naturally far slower than the rate at which Ling Yi's Soul Power increases.

Not to mention, a thousand years later, as Ling Yi had initially predicted, three thousand years, five thousand years, seven thousand years, and nine thousand years are all solid barriers no weaker than nine hundred and ninety-nine years to a thousand years. Some "Blue Silver Grass" were directly stuck at the bottleneck and could not make any progress.

Even more remarkably, every thousand years there is a limit that blocks over ninety percent of the "Blue Silver Grass" that Ling Yi is cultivating.

Currently, there are only sixteen "Blue Silver Grass" plants in Ling Yi's bedroom that are over five thousand years old.

The four original "Blue Silver Grass" plants are 5,500 years old, 7,400 years old, 7,999 years old, and 9,999 years old, respectively.

The others are: two "Iron Birch Blue Silver Grass", one "Female Ivy Blue Silver Grass", three "Agarwood Blue Silver Grass", two "Watery Blue Silver Grass", two "Bright Blue Silver Grass", one "Red Flame Blue Silver Grass", and one "Purple Lightning Blue Silver Grass".

In addition, in the secret chamber beneath Ling Yi's bedroom, in the second thin coffin made of "Gold of Vitality," the "Bloodthirsty Blue Silver Grass" parasitizing the body of the Fallen Soul King has reached an age of 9,999 years.

It might sound a bit Versailles-like, but Ling Yi was indeed troubled because he had too few high-age "Blue Silver Grass" in his possession.

Furthermore, even with the royal aura/ Soul Beast aura extracted from Ah Yin, the 100,000-year-old "Blue Silver Emperor," it was impossible to break through the 10,000-year limit. It only opened up some of the bottlenecks of "Blue Silver Grass" at the 1,000-year level, and accelerated the energy accumulation speed.

Therefore, Ling Yi's Martial Soul is also naturally stuck in a bottleneck at this time.

Nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine years, the peak of the Noble Rank "Blue Silver Grass".

Still writing~ I'll go to bed early tonight, the next chapter will be tomorrow at noon.