While Jiang Xuan and Tang San faced off, Ning Rongrong was enthusiastically picking flowers a hundred meters away.
On a whim, she wanted to weave several pretty flower crowns and give them to Jiang Xuan, as well as the elders who cared for her.
However, that meant she needed quite a few flowers, and as she picked them, Ning Rongrong unconsciously wandered farther and farther away.
Chen Xin's attention had mainly been on Jiang Xuan just now, so he had neglected Ning Rongrong somewhat. Had Jiang Xuan not mentioned it, he would not have noticed that a thousand-year soul beast was silently approaching her.
Fortunately, they discovered it in time. Relying on the powerful Soul Power within him, Chen Xin flashed to Ning Rongrong's side and shielded her behind him, his sharp eyes fixed on the bushes ahead.
It was actually a thousand-year Blazing Hound!
What a coincidence...
Recalling Jiang Xuan's request, Chen Xin deliberately restrained the Soul Power he released, suppressing the Blazing Hound until it could not move, yet without taking its life.
When Jiang Xuan finally caught up, Chen Xin spoke directly.
"Jiang Xuan, what do you think of this soul beast? Does it meet your requirements?"
Hearing that, Jiang Xuan carefully examined the Blazing Hound for a moment. Then, his Eight Trigrams Furnace martial soul emitted a hum of approval.
Since even his martial soul deemed the Blazing Hound suitable as his second Soul Ring, Jiang Xuan naturally had no further objections. He immediately summoned the Eight Trigrams Furnace, enlarged it, and smashed it fiercely down upon the helpless Blazing Hound, causing it to yield a Soul Ring.
"Jiang Xuan, be careful. Don't force yourself. If anything goes wrong later, don't panic. I will step in and protect you."
Although Chen Xin still felt that a soul master with Soul Power Level 20 absorbing a thousand-year Soul Ring was utterly absurd, Jiang Xuan was someone he had watched grow up. At such a critical moment, he chose to support and trust him.
"Don't worry, Grandpa Sword. I wouldn't do anything I wasn't confident about!"
Hearing their conversation, Ning Rongrong finally recovered from her fright.
However, she was not as worried as Chen Xin.
Because in her eyes, Brother Jiang Xuan was capable of anything!
"Go, Brother Jiang Xuan! Rongrong believes you can do it!"
"Haha! Of course!"
With Chen Xin standing guard beside him, Jiang Xuan was naturally able to absorb the Soul Ring without distraction.
Following the usual process, he mobilized his Soul Power and drew the Soul Ring into his body. The immense Soul Power brought by the thousand-year Soul Ring instantly spread throughout his entire body.
Had it been an ordinary Level 20 soul master, their body might have already been burst apart by this overwhelming Soul Power.
But for Jiang Xuan, this immense Soul Power was just right.
Just like when he absorbed his first Soul Ring, an hour later, he had completely refined the second Soul Ring. He successfully obtained his second soul skill, while his Soul Power Level naturally broke through to Level 22.
Seeing Jiang Xuan succeed, Chen Xin finally set aside his worries and praised him sincerely.
"Good boy! You absorbed a thousand-year Soul Ring with only two rings. This old man was right about you!"
Ning Rongrong also stepped forward at the right moment, placing the flower crown she had woven while Jiang Xuan absorbed the Soul Ring onto his head. She then asked curiously,
"Brother Jiang Xuan, what is your second soul skill?"
"Nothing special. It merely enhanced my control over flames somewhat."
His answer was indeed correct, though he had concealed one crucial piece of information.
The ability granted by his second soul skill allowed him to better control the innate Six-Ding Divine Flame within the Eight Trigrams Furnace.
Perhaps some people still did not know what the Six-Ding Divine Flame actually was.
Put simply, this was the innate Six-Ding Divine Flame that Taishang Laojun used when refining Sun Wukong for forty-nine days and nights!
Although the nature of this flame was creation and refinement, its penetrating power and endurance were extraordinarily strong!
After the Eight Trigrams Furnace was overturned by Sun Wukong, merely a single furnace brick falling into the mortal world, carrying the Six-Ding Divine Flame upon it, created Flaming Mountain—a blaze that had burned continuously for hundreds of years without losing even the slightest bit of its power.
Even the Samadhi True Fire that caused Sun Wukong so much suffering at Red Boy's hands was, in essence, merely a lesser flame derived from the Six-Ding Divine Flame.
If Jiang Xuan could completely master the Six-Ding Divine Flame and use it against his enemies...
Tsk, tsk, tsk. Flames that could not be extinguished without an innate spiritual treasure of the same level—if Jiang Xuan wished it, it would not be impossible for him to eventually burn the entire Douluo Continent, even the God Realm, into ashes.
However, controlling flames was not Jiang Xuan's most important task right now.
It was the system panel that had been on standby in his spiritual sea of consciousness for three years!
[Congratulations, host. You have successfully obtained your second Soul Ring. A special function has been unlocked.] [The beginner's gift pack for unlocking this function for the first time has been issued. Please check it.]
"A beginner's gift pack too?"
Jiang Xuan was immediately delighted. He hurriedly opened the system's built-in storage space and confirmed the use of the gift pack.
[Congratulations, host. You have obtained Taishang Laojun's Alchemy Dao Inheritance (partial).] [Congratulations, host. You have successfully activated your sealed second martial soul, the Banana Sun Fan.]
This fan was a matching magical treasure for the Eight Trigrams Furnace. It could drive the Six-Ding Divine Flame more efficiently, and its supreme might could also be used in battle against enemies.
With a light wave, it could raise towering Divine Fire, scatter countless magical treasures, and extinguish innumerable living beings.
After reading the system panel's notifications, Jiang Xuan's breathing stopped for several seconds.
Taishang Laojun's Alchemy Dao Inheritance!
A second martial soul of the same quality as the Eight Trigrams Furnace!
At that moment, only two words could describe Jiang Xuan's mood.
Taking off!
Twin Martial Souls were one thing, but both were top-tier innate spiritual treasures from the Primordial World. Before him now, who on the Douluo Continent dared claim invincibility? Who dared claim they could not be defeated?
If he could use Lao Jun's Alchemy Dao Inheritance to refine a Nine-Turn Golden Elixir...
Wouldn't he be able to break through this world's power limit in an instant and suppress all the heavens?
With that thought, Jiang Xuan eagerly began examining the portion of the inheritance he had obtained.
Fine, he had gotten excited too soon.
This portion of the inheritance did not contain the method for refining the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir.
However, that did not affect Jiang Xuan's state of mind.
After all, with his current strength, even if he possessed the method for refining the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir, he likely would not be able to successfully refine one anytime soon.
So, he should not aim too high just yet. Better to proceed steadily, one step at a time...
After calming himself, Jiang Xuan began examining the system's newly unlocked function.
[Merit-Based Sainthood] [Lao Jun spent his life doing good deeds and accumulated countless merits...] [Host, please use the acquired Lao Jun inheritance to refine pills and give the finished products to others free of charge. For every pill successfully given away, the host may obtain a random number of Merit Points.] [Merit Points can be consumed to increase the age of the host's Soul Rings and Soul Bones, or directly raise the host's Soul Power Level...]
Holy shit!
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