Bloodthirsty Berserk Hurricane Right Leg Bone!

"Senior Dugu!"

"Now that the wolf bandits have been wiped out, the two of us wish to take our son home. Please forgive us if we have been discourteous!"

Xia Feng cupped his hands in salute. This was a high-ranking Soul Emperor, and he truly did not want to deal with someone like him.

"Wait!"

"Brother Xia, have you seen any Gale Demon Wolves around a thousand years old during your time here?"

"To be honest!"

"Shasha has just broken through to Soul Elder. Her martial soul is an Ironback Demon Wolf, and she happens to need a soul ring!"

"If the information is accurate, I will reward you handsomely!"

Dugu Bo had come out this time precisely to hunt a soul beast for Feng Yansha, so he spoke up to ask again.

"Gale Demon Wolves?"

"A hundred li east of here is the habitat of the Gale Demon Wolves. You'll find the soul beast you need there!"

Xia Feng told him truthfully, providing the information.

"Thank you!"

Dugu Bo nodded, then left with the other two. Only after the three had gone did Xia Feng and the others finally let out a long breath.

"The Dugu Family, foremost among Heaven Dou's five great families!"

"It is said that Dugu Bo is the head of the Dugu Family. With his Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison, people avoid him like the plague!"

"Now that I've met him, he truly is extraordinary!"

Xia Feng had already done his homework while in Heaven Dou City, and he knew Dugu Bo's identity well.

Aristocratic families and sects all belonged to the ruling class!

Xia Feng and Liu Yuer were merely commoners. They had no desire to get entangled with Dugu Bo.

"Let's head home!"

With a sweep of his hand, Xia Feng officially brought this month-long, life-and-death training expedition to an end.

Over the past month, Xia Mu had killed dozens of wolf bandits and saved quite a few people along the way.

Having walked through life and death, Xia Mu had also seen human nature for what it was.

Now, the Light-Hiding Sword in his hand had been blooded and sharpened. It was a sword made for killing, a sword that drank blood!

The wheels rumbled, kicking up clouds of dust!

After several days of travel, the three returned to the eternally springlike Vast Sea City. As soon as they got out of the carriage, the salty, damp air rushed toward them.

Vast Sea City, Xia Family!

After returning home, Xia Mu took the wolf bandit leader's corpse out from the Wishful Hundred-Treasure Satchel at his waist.

"Father, Mother!"

"There's something very wrong with this wolf bandit leader!"

"I'm afraid it's a mutated wolf bandit!"

As Xia Mu spoke, he took out a dagger and began dissecting the wolf bandit's corpse. Before long, he found something.

"This is... a ten-thousand-year soul bone?"

"And a top-grade forty-thousand-year soul bone at that?"

The two were shocked. They had never expected this training trip to bring such an unexpected windfall.

This was the Bloodthirsty Berserk Hurricane Right Leg Bone produced by a forty-thousand-year wolf bandit leader, a treasure worthy of the blood river.

"This soul bone is called the Bloodthirsty Berserk Hurricane Right Leg Bone. You both know exactly how old it is."

"Dad!"

"Do you want this soul bone?"

"This soul bone is quite a nice little treasure."

Xia Mu held out the freshly acquired soul bone to Xia Feng, not forgetting to tease him as he did so.

"A top-grade forty-thousand-year soul bone!"

Xia Feng stared at the soul bone as though he were dreaming.

"This soul bone's ability is Bloodthirsty Berserk. It can enhance a soul master's attributes and speed!"

"A soul bone skill like this might as well have been tailor-made for you, so don't you dare refuse it!"

Hearing this, Xia Feng fell silent for a moment.

"Old Xia!"

"Our son is giving it to you, so take it!"

"He didn't even care for a thirty-thousand-year soul bone. He probably doesn't think much of this forty-thousand-year one either!"

"This brat has lofty ambitions!"

Liu Yuer said calmly to Xia Feng.

"Fine!"

Xia Feng accepted the soul bone and closed his eyes to refine it.

"Rumble—"

After a while, Xia Feng successfully refined the forty-thousand-year right leg bone, and his soul power broke through as well.

"After refining this forty-thousand-year right leg bone, my soul power has increased by around four levels!"

"I'm now a level thirty-seven Soul Elder!"

"And I have a feeling that within a year, I'll break through to level forty and become a four-ringed Soul Ancestor!"

Xia Feng's aptitude was now comparable to that of the finest prodigies. He could increase his soul power by around three levels a year.

"A four-ringed Soul Ancestor before thirty, with theoretically optimal soul ring configuration... honestly, that cultivation speed isn't slow at all."

Xia Mu remarked faintly from the side.

"Indeed!"

"Going by theory alone, with only my innate soul power, I likely would never have had any hope of becoming a Soul Ancestor or Soul King in this life. I could only have remained stuck among Soul Grandmasters and Soul Elders!"

"But who could have expected this?"

"Not only did my body martial soul undergo a second awakening, but I also cultivated to level thirty-seven. I even have hope of breaking through to four-ringed Soul Ancestor before thirty!"

"The ways of the world are unpredictable. Fate truly toys with people!"

Looking back on the past, Xia Feng felt that everything had changed too much.

"Our top priority is to raise our soul power as quickly as possible. Otherwise, I can't put my mind at ease!"

A common man was innocent, but possessing a treasure invited disaster!

Liu Yuer possessed a ten-thousand-year soul bone, so it was no wonder she was so anxious to strengthen herself.

"Indeed!"

Xia Feng nodded in agreement.

Time was like the rings carved into a tree's heart. Without anyone noticing, winters came and summers went, and another year swiftly passed.

After a year of diligent cultivation, Xia Mu's soul power reached level twenty-seven. Three levels of soul power had come from his hard work over the past year, while another level had come from the Attribute Stacking attribute entry.

Aside from Xia Mu, Liu Yuer's soul power had also reached level forty-five, an increase of three levels.

Of course, Xia Feng had improved the most!

Xia Feng's body martial soul had undergone a second awakening, greatly improving his cultivation aptitude. On top of that, he had fused with a forty-thousand-year soul bone, causing his cultivation speed to become absurdly fast.

There was a common understanding in the world of soul masters!

The years from sixteen to forty were the most precious period in a soul master's life, known as the golden age of cultivation.

During this period, a soul master's strength would surge, and their cultivation could advance rapidly.

Neither Xia Feng nor Liu Yuer was over thirty, so both were in the golden age of soul master cultivation.

Thus, over this past year, both had gained enormously, especially since neither of their aptitudes was poor.

After a year of cultivation, Xia Feng's soul power had reached level forty. He was now preparing to hunt a soul beast!

"Dad!"

"What soul beast are you planning to hunt?"

Xia Mu looked at Xia Feng. His father's third ring came from a three-thousand-year Iron-Bone Demon Ape. By the standards of optimal soul ring configuration, he had no chance of obtaining a ten-thousand-year fourth ring.

"My target is the Earth Demon Bull!"

"This time, I want to hunt a nine-thousand-year Earth Demon Bull and thoroughly surpass your mother!"

Liu Yuer's fourth ring came from an eight-thousand-year Azure Jade Sword Orchid. As the head of the household and the owner of a body martial soul, Xia Feng naturally did not want to lose face!

"Dad, you've finally found your backbone!"

Xia Mu gave him a thumbs-up. Given Liu Yuer's foundation and reserves, absorbing a ten-thousand-year soul ring was practically guaranteed.

Once Liu Yuer broke through to the Soul King realm, she could try challenging a soul ring around twenty thousand years old!

"Nine thousand years!"

"Isn't that decision too risky?"

Liu Yuer ignored Xia Mu's antics. Instead, her brows furrowed as she worried about Xia Feng.

"A ten-thousand-year soul ring creates a spiritual shock during absorption. If one's spiritual power is insufficient, it can easily backlash against the user."

"So generally speaking, a soul master can only withstand the impact of that spiritual shock after cultivating to Soul King!"

"You and Dad are different!"

"He possesses a body martial soul and has undergone a second awakening, while you have your sword heart protecting you!"

"As long as the two of you break through to Soul King, I won't say more, but absorbing twenty-thousand-year soul rings will be more than manageable!"

Xia Mu was practically ready to pound his chest and guarantee it.