Setting Out, Star Dou Great Forest

Not long after, Ye An finally slowly opened his eyes.

The tempering seemed... complete.

His skin had become tougher, his muscles firmer, and even his bones carried a strange sensation of having been forged into something denser.

And...

Ye An subconsciously touched his heart. It was still beating heavily, and his blood and vitality continued to surge through his limbs and bones, but... the sensations brought by his heartbeat and blood no longer felt scorching.

It was as though... he had grown accustomed to it.

"Xiao An, how do you feel? Your heart seems to have produced a massive amount of blood and vitality. Has it had any negative effects on your body?"

Du Busi's voice suddenly came from behind him. Only then did Ye An come back to his senses and slowly retreat to the cave entrance.

Faced with Du Busi's question, Ye An sensed his own condition and honestly shook his head.

He did not feel any discomfort. On the contrary... this feeling of abundant blood and vitality was simply wonderful!

According to his guess, his Heart Martial Soul had likely replaced his original heart when his Martial Soul awakened. The state of his heart continuously supplying blood and vitality like a furnace while tempering his body had now become his normal state—or rather, his passive ability.

If he had not attempted to obtain a thousand-year first Soul Ring and come to Hurricane Cave to temper his body, he might not have activated this special passive ability.

Seeing Ye An shake his head, Du Busi frowned. However, he did not ask further questions and merely pressed his large hand against Ye An's back.

In that instant, Du Busi's eyes flew wide open.

The abundance of blood and vitality within Ye An's body had already far surpassed that of an ordinary Soul Master. Moreover... Ye An's physical condition had improved by far more than just a little compared to before!

With such physical qualities... he truly could try challenging a thousand-year first Soul Ring.

Du Busi concealed the shock in his eyes and withdrew his hand. With some emotion, he said, "I originally thought you had achieved this because your Heart Martial Soul underwent a Second Awakening, but just now, I did not see the phenomenon that would accompany a Martial Soul's Second Awakening."

"Just now, I carefully examined your body and found that your Martial Soul had not undergone a Second Awakening. Instead, it seemed more like the result of your Martial Soul's innate talent. And there is even better news... after being tempered a few more times in Hurricane Cave, your physical condition will be enough to challenge a thousand-year first Soul Ring."

Upon hearing this, delight immediately appeared in Ye An's eyes.

After half a month of settling in, during which Ye An had gone to Hurricane Cave several times to temper his body, Du Busi finally agreed to take Ye An to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for a Soul Ring.

Another piece of good news was that, after several medicinal baths and the intense pressure of Hurricane Cave, Zhang Lexuan's soul power had also broken through, reaching rank thirty.

Du Busi simply decided to take both Ye An and Zhang Lexuan along. To avoid a special situation where they encountered a hundred-thousand-year soul beast and he could not look after them both alone, Du Busi had specifically brought along the Body Sect's second-strongest expert, the Golden Body Douluo, Jin Peng.

A rank ninety-eight Super Douluo and a rank ninety-six Super Douluo—unless they encountered one of those on the Fierce Beast Ranking, this lineup was basically incapable of having any mishaps.

After all, Du Busi and Jin Peng were not Xuan Zi, right?

Within the Heavenly Soul Empire, inside the carriage headed for the Star Dou Great Forest, Du Busi and Jin Peng sat on one side, while Ye An and Zhang Lexuan sat on the other.

Under the gazes of the two Super Douluo, Zhang Lexuan was not overly nervous. She continued holding Ye An's hand openly while carefully listening to Du Busi's explanation of Soul Ring knowledge.

"Xiao An, most experts of our Body Sect follow the assault-type path. Only Martial Souls such as the Brain or eyes develop toward the control and support paths. But your White Bone Martial Soul is different. In my view, you can balance the control and assault paths, possessing both close-combat and long-range capabilities."

"As for soul beasts suitable for you, while their varieties are much fewer, if we search carefully, we can still find some."

"As for Xiao Xuan, although I do not know much about the Moon Martial Soul, I have carefully studied it during this time and summarized a development path based on the Wangyue Viscount Family's previous members."

Du Busi paused slightly and turned to Zhang Lexuan, who was listening attentively. "The Moon Martial Soul has tremendous potential. Especially in your case, with Innate Full Soul Power, following the assault-type path is the best choice, and there are quite a few suitable kinds of soul beasts as well."

"Both of your physical conditions have improved greatly. Therefore, Xiao An's primary goal this time is to find a suitable thousand-year soul beast, around fifteen hundred years old. As for Xiao Xuan's third Soul Ring, it must be over three thousand years old."

Listening to Du Busi's explanation, neither Ye An nor Zhang Lexuan had any objections. They carefully committed it to memory.

Du Busi's explanation was reasonable and completely without fault.

After all, in the field of Body Martial Souls, Du Busi could absolutely be considered the greatest expert. As for Zhang Lexuan, whose Martial Soul was not a Body Martial Soul... Du Busi had even consulted a great deal of material and conducted careful research before reaching his conclusion.

At the very least, he was far better than that master from the animated version.

A ten-year Solitary Bamboo used its own bones as a pole vault, then leaped straight into the God Realm. Does that ring a bell?

As for the Golden Body Douluo Jin Peng, seated beside Du Busi, his face was filled with astonishment—before today, he had not even known that Du Busi had found two peerless geniuses outside!

Zhang Lexuan having Innate Full Soul Power and breaking through to rank thirty before the age of twelve was one thing, but Ye An possessed Twin Body Martial Souls, and one of those Body Martial Souls was even a Heart Martial Soul!

And attempting to obtain a thousand-year Soul Ring as his first Soul Ring... that was simply too shocking.

No wonder Du Busi had asked him to come along as well.

Such geniuses truly could not be allowed any accident or mistake.

Jin Peng could not help letting out a long breath as he suppressed the trace of excitement in his heart.

These two geniuses could at least allow the Body Sect to flourish for several hundred more years. How could he possibly not be excited?

Compared with the Dou Ling Empire and the Star Luo Empire, the Heavenly Soul Empire was somewhat farther from the Star Dou Great Forest. Even so, the group soon arrived at the Outer Area of the Star Dou Great Forest.

However, Du Busi had no intention of lingering in the Outer Area. Instead, he planned to head directly into the Mixed Area of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Ordinary Soul Masters could find their first few Soul Rings in the Outer Area. But neither Ye An nor Zhang Lexuan was an ordinary Soul Master, so the Mixed Area, which contained more varieties of soul beasts and was comparatively more dangerous, was their true destination.