Three Thousand-Year Spirit Rings

Dugu Yan stood right beside Dugu Bo at this moment.

She was actually quite curious as to why Prince Xuexing had invited her grandfather all the way from the Sunset Forest.

As for the genius youth Prince Xuexing had mentioned, she remained skeptical.

In her view, if there was anyone in this world who could truly be called a genius, it would have to be the person she had met back in Soto City!

Even with her deep affection for Yu Tianheng and the rose-tinted glasses of a lover, she still felt that Yu Tianheng fell far short of Ye Xuan.

She never imagined that the youth Prince Xuexing spoke of would turn out to be Ye Xuan.

The anxiety in her heart suddenly rose to her throat.

She knew that Prince Xuexing had not invited her grandfather over to make friends.

But to make an enemy of Ye Xuan?

Wasn't that pushing her grandfather into a pit of fire?

Her mind was in turmoil, and she did not know how to speak to her grandfather.

To bring it up directly on the spot would be inappropriate, and calling her grandfather aside to speak privately would be equally awkward.

While she was lost in worry, Dugu Bo had already walked toward Ye Xuan.

Dugu Bo arrived before Ye Xuan, narrowed his eyes, and said, "Young Master Ye is so young yet has already become a guest advisor to His Highness the Crown Prince; your future is truly boundless!"

"Poison Douluo is too kind. I am merely lucky to have gained the Crown Prince's appreciation and earned a meal," Ye Xuan said calmly.

"Those appreciated by the Crown Prince are never ordinary. I wonder, which sect or school does Young Master Ye hail from? Or perhaps, which academy did you study at?" Dugu Bo asked.

"I belong to no sect or school, nor have I studied at any academy," Ye Xuan replied.

"Poison Douluo, Young Master Ye is my honored guest. Is it not a bit inappropriate for you to be asking such questions?" Qian Renxue said, looking somewhat displeased.

"Forgive me, Your Highness. I simply could not help myself upon meeting a genius like Young Master Ye," Dugu Bo chuckled dryly.

On the surface, he still intended to give the Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire a modicum of respect.

"Everyone, please take your seats! This is my banquet today, and I hope you all drink and eat to your heart's content. Afterward, feel free to discuss and spar with one another. As long as no one is hurt, I am happy to see it. I wonder what Your Highness thinks?"

After Prince Xuexing finished speaking, he looked at Qian Renxue.

This was his way of laying his intentions out in the open.

As long as Qian Renxue agreed, he would certainly arrange for someone to spar with Ye Xuan later.

Asking Qian Renxue at this moment made his intent clear: he was waiting to see if she would take the bait.

"Since my uncle has said so, how could I refuse?" Qian Renxue said with a smile.

They had already discussed this before arriving.

No matter what moves Prince Xuexing made, they would simply accept them.

Because if Ye Xuan could crush Prince Xuexing's arrogance today, the Prince would have to lower his head in front of Qian Renxue from now on.

After all, if the Title Douluo he invited could not shake Qian Renxue's guest advisor, what capital would he have left to continue fighting against her?

"Your Highness is truly straightforward. Everyone, please!"

Prince Xuexing was overjoyed and immediately invited everyone to be seated.

Soon after, the servants of the estate brought out the wine and food.

Once the dishes were served, Ye Xuan and his party did not stand on ceremony.

They drank their fill and feasted heartily.

After three rounds of drinks, everyone was satiated.

Just then, a middle-aged man stepped out, cupped his hands toward Ye Xuan, and said, "Young Master Ye, since you are a guest advisor to the Crown Prince, you must possess extraordinary strength. I would like to ask for some pointers. Would you be willing? Of course, I know you are young; whatever your soul power level may be, I will only use a corresponding amount of strength."

This man was a teacher at the Tiandou Royal Academy, and his strength was quite respectable—a level 65 Soul Emperor.

As soon as he spoke, everyone present turned their eyes toward Ye Xuan.

Dugu Yan, meanwhile, felt a sense of relief.

With this Soul Emperor leading the charge, once Grandfather sees him suffer an easy defeat, he should be able to gauge Ye Xuan's true strength. That way, he shouldn't end up making an enemy of him for Prince Xuexing's sake.

Just as Dugu Yan was thinking this, Ye Xuan's next words nearly made her jaw drop.

Ye Xuan simply said, "Since you have said so, please suppress your soul power to level 40. I am merely a level 40 Soul Ancestor."

"What?"

"A level 40 Soul Ancestor?"

It wasn't just Dugu Yan; everyone who heard this was shocked.

Based on the information Prince Xuexing had gathered, Ye Xuan was at least a Soul Emperor.

Otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to easily defeat the two bodyguards beside Xue Beng.

He had also shared this intelligence with the Royal Academy teacher and Dugu Bo.

The reason he had this teacher ask for a spar first was precisely to further confirm Ye Xuan's specific level of strength.

He never expected that Ye Xuan was actually only a Soul Venerable, not even having broken through to the Soul Ancestor rank yet.

Meanwhile, Dugu Yan, Yu Tianheng, and the others who knew of Ye Xuan's true strength felt that he was simply trying to toy with people.

How could he possibly be level 40?

How could someone with the strength of level 40 defeat two Titled Douluos?

This is bad, this person is quite devious. I hope I have a chance to explain this clearly to Grandfather later, Dugu Yan thought to herself.

At this moment, the instructor was also clearly stunned.

Watching him stand there in a daze, Ye Xuan couldn't help but smile. "What is it? Is there some sort of inconvenience, sir?"

"Young Master Ye is joking, of course not. It's just that I didn't expect Young Master Ye's strength to be so formidable; there isn't much I need to suppress," he said with a dry laugh.

Indeed.

A fifteen-year-old Soul Venerable—if he were to obtain another soul ring, he would break through to the Soul Ancestor rank.

This level of strength was absolutely impressive.

However, it was different from the information he had received initially.

But since he had already spoken, even if he suspected there might be something fishy going on, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and proceed.

He summoned his martial soul, which was a tool-type martial soul: a long spear.

"I am Wu Zhang, martial soul Cloud-Piercing Spear, level 65, Power Attack System Soul Emperor. Please, enlighten me!"

As he spoke, he suppressed his soul power and limited himself to using only four soul skills.

Yellow, yellow, purple, and purple soul rings circled his body.

"Ye Xuan, martial soul Hundred Beauties Scroll, level 40, Summoning System Soul Venerable."

After Ye Xuan finished speaking, three soul rings began to emerge from his body.

Purple, purple, purple.

The three purple soul rings caused everyone present to cast sidelong glances.

The people here, including Meng Shenji and the others, were quite well-versed in the study of soul masters absorbing soul rings. After all, they were educators at the academy and paid more attention to such knowledge than ordinary soul masters.

For the first soul ring to be purple—a thousand-year soul ring—was highly unreasonable.

For the first and second soul rings to both be purple, and for the third to also be a thousand-year one, this also seemed quite illogical.

In their view, if a person were truly monstrous enough to absorb a thousand-year soul ring as their first, then it would only be reasonable for their third soul ring to have reached the ten-thousand-year level.

Yet, the Ye Xuan before them possessed a set of soul rings that they found impossible to comprehend.