Eastsea City, as the second-largest city in the Skysea Alliance, had an extremely developed transportation system of Soul Tools. Traveling from here to Aolai City took only a little over half an hour.
When Lin Ye and Tang Li hurried back to Aolai City, the sun had just set, and the orange-red afterglow had not yet faded, hanging high in the sky and making the horizon look as if it were on fire.
Good things happen to those with joyful hearts. Having achieved a breakthrough in Soul Power and a skyrocketing age for his Soul Spirit, Tang Li felt his spirit surging with excitement as he watched this scene.
At this moment, Lin Ye had already found the Soul Guidance Car he parked nearby and came over to pick up Tang Li.
Beep beep—
The pitch-black Soul Guidance Car with smooth lines stopped behind Tang Li, and the harsh horn sounded, pulling Tang Li back to reality.
"Little Tang Li, hurry up and get in the car. I'll send you home."
"Coming." Tang Li quickly got into Lin Ye's car and fastened his seatbelt. He could not wait to go back and give his family a surprise.
In a small place like Aolai City, the number of people who could afford Soul Guidance Cars was small to begin with, and cars that looked as high-end as Lin Ye's were even scarcer. He sped all the way, hardly encountering any traffic jams.
He dropped Tang Li off home in less than ten minutes. Tang Li originally intended to invite Lin Ye to stay for a meal before leaving, but Lin Ye stated that he needed to return to the Spirit Pagoda to re-register his information and it was inconvenient to stay, then drove away right after speaking.
Regarding this, Tang Li could only express his regret. Arriving at the door once more, Tang Li knocked on the peephole and intended to use facial recognition to open the door, but it showed a system recognition error.
At a glance, this was obviously the work of his old father, Tang Ziran. Tang Li let out a secret sigh, intending to find a chance to record it here again, but for now he had no choice but to honestly knock on the door.
Knock, knock, knock—
"They're here, they're here, Xiao Li is back!" As soon as Tang Li finished knocking, the door opened. Tang Wulin immediately pounced over and hugged him upon seeing that it was Tang Li.
"Xiao Li, you're finally back! I missed you to death!"
"I've only been gone for a single day, haven't I? Is it really that dramatic?"
Tang Li, who was being pestered by Tang Wulin, had no choice but to bring her inside together. In the living room, upon hearing Wulin say that Tang Li was back, Tang Ziran and his wife had already gone to the kitchen to dish out the food. Na'er, just like Wulin, smiled broadly as she pounced over and hung onto Tang Li.
"Brother Xiao Li, Na'er missed you a lot too! I missed you even after just a day!"
"All right, come and eat, everyone. Xiao Li must be hungry, right? Mom stewed your favorite ribs."
Mother Lang Yue's gentle voice came over, and only then did Tang Wulin and Na'er let go of Tang Li, the two of them each grabbing one of his hands and running toward the dining room.
"Xiao Li, what did you and Uncle Lin go to Eastsea City for?" Tang Wulin sat beside Tang Li and asked with curiosity.
At this moment, father Tang Ziran walked over holding his improved giant rice cooker. "Let's eat first. No talking during meals and silence while sleeping. Whatever you have to say, say it after eating."
You have to hand it to Tang Ziran for being a qualified Mecha Designer; his Soul Tool level was at least grade five, and the giant rice cooker he designed even possessed a tiny bit of spatial technology. Otherwise, judging by Tang Wulin and Na'er's appetites, their family would have to cook several pots of rice every single time.
Just as usual, every dish made by mother Lang Yue came in an extremely large portion; otherwise, it simply would not be enough to feed the two bottomless pits, and this way their family of three could also manage to eat a few bites of food.
Having not eaten for some time, Tang Li leaned back on his chair in satisfaction after a whirlwind of devouring, letting out a cozy burp.
Burp—
Seeing that Tang Li was already full, Tang Wulin and Na'er at the side also began to speed up, their chopsticks spinning so fast they left afterimages, their petite mouths seeming like bottomless pits.
After filling her stomach at the speed of light, Tang Wulin immediately dragged Tang Li to the living room, evidently having a lot to say to Tang Li.
Seeing this, Na'er also accelerated her pace.
In the living room, Tang Li plumped down onto the sofa with Tang Wulin sitting beside him, asking with curiosity:
"Xiao Li, what did you and Uncle go do? It took you so long to come back."
"Uncle Lin's cultivation broke through to level sixty, and he went to Eastsea City to fuse with a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Spirit, so he happened to bring me along to the Spirit Ascension Platform to raise my Soul Ring age on the way."
"A Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Spirit! Xiao Li, did you see Uncle Lin's Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Spirit? They say that among the millions of Soul Masters in the entire Federation, only one in ten thousand can possess a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Spirit!"
"What even is the Spirit Ascension Platform? It can even raise the Soul Ring age—this must cost a lot of money, right?"
"Xiao Li, what is your Big Eyed's age now?"
"Xiao Li, say something!"
Tang Wulin's questions were too numerous, making Tang Li feel a bit sleepy. Seeing this, Tang Wulin immediately grabbed his shoulders and violently shook his body.
"Stop, stop, stop! My brain is about to be shaken into a smoothie, can't you let me catch my breath? It's not like I'm not going to tell you. Being so crude, who would dare to marry you in the future?"
Upon hearing this, Tang Wulin immediately let go of her hands. She unconsciously ignored Tang Li's latter words, blinking her big eyes while waiting for Tang Li to give her an answer.
At this time, Na'er also ran over. Her height hadn't grown at all over this past year and was still the same as before, so she directly sat on Tang Li's lap, striking Tang Wulin's signature act-cute expression.
Tang Li: o_O
Fine, fine, I'll talk, okay? Tang Li took a deep breath and began to explain:
"Let's talk about the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Spirit first. With the current technology of the Spirit Pagoda, there is still no way to artificially create a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Spirit, so Soul Spirits above ten thousand years are all modified from Soul Beasts. Having refined their transverse throat bones, they already possess a certain degree of intelligence.
Although they cannot transform into human forms like Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, they can still manage to customize tactics and set traps just like humans. And Uncle Lin's Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast is an insect named the Dark Star Demonic Insect, which is a mutated Soul Beast possessing an extremely rare star attribute. As for the Soul Skills, well, I won't talk about that; this is Uncle Lin's secret, you can go ask him yourselves."
Having finished speaking about the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Spirit, Tang Li then explained the situation of the Spirit Ascension Platform to Wulin and Na'er. Upon hearing that the Soul Beasts killed inside the Spirit Ascension Platform would provide spiritual energy equal to one-tenth of their own age to raise the Soul Spirit's age, both Wulin and Na'er wore expressions of shock.
"Doesn't that mean you can turn all your Soul Rings into hundred-thousand-year ones? This is way too awesome! As expected of the Spirit Pagoda."
"It's not that simple. The Spirit Ascension Platform isn't a place you can just go whenever you want; it costs a lot of money. Besides, how difficult is it to kill a total of millions of years worth of Soul Beasts? Even if one had this capability, the Spirit Pagoda might not necessarily be willing to provide this opportunity."
Tang Li shook his head, refuting Tang Wulin's statement.
"Then what about your Big Eyed? How much age did it increase? Five hundred years or a thousand years?"
Faced with Tang Wulin's question, the corners of Tang Li's mouth lifted slightly, and he feigned modesty as he said: "Not much, not much, Big Eyed only increased its age by over four thousand years, and now it's right at five thousand."
"Right, my cultivation has also broken through. I am already a Two-Ring Great Soul Master now."
With that, Tang Li summoned his two purple Soul Rings. Looking at those purple Soul Rings symbolizing a thousand years rising from beneath Tang Li, Tang Wulin was directly stunned for a moment, and only after quite a while did she speak up: "Xiao Li, you really are a pervert!"
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