Early the next morning,
Sunlight shone down on Qian Daoliu.
[Congratulations, Host. Your Bound Object, Bibi Dong, has successfully increased her soul power level to seventy. Cultivation Reward obtained: seven Lucky Draws.]
Hearing the system notification, Qian Daoliu smiled.
Apparently, the number of Lucky Draws corresponded to her cultivation level.
As expected of my disciple. Once Yu Xiaogang's "side quest" was eliminated, her cultivation really did sail along smoothly.
[Congratulations, host, on successfully triggering the quest: "Obtain a Soul Ring."] [Quest details]: Your Bound Object, Bibi Dong, has now advanced to Soul Saint and needs to obtain a Soul Ring to cultivate more effectively. Travel to the Star Dou Great Forest and obtain a fifty-thousand-year Demon-Faced Pearl Emperor (location provided by the system). [Quest reward]: Number of Bound Objects +1. The age of all the host's Soul Rings increases by five thousand years.
Qian Daoliu had barely given it any thought before the system issued another quest.
The Demon-Faced Pearl Emperor in the Star Dou Great Forest... could it be the one Tang San got?
The Demon-Faced Pearl Emperor in this quest should be the one Tang San used for the fifth Soul Ring of his Clear Sky Hammer.
Its effects on the Clear Sky Hammer seemed to be an extremely powerful "High-Frequency Vibration Wave" and the ability to ignore 50% of physical defense.
I wonder what effects it will have when added to Dong'er's Death Spider Emperor.
With Dong'er's current physique, absorbing a fifty-thousand-year Seventh Soul Ring should be no problem.
One more Bound Object—perfect. The rewards from Bibi Dong alone are starting to fall short. Another five thousand years added to my Soul Rings, too. Not bad. Eventually, they'll reach a Hundred-Thousand-Year age.
He now had two quests waiting.
The other was the "journey north" Jiang Mo had been yearning for.
First, I'll go to the Star Dou Great Forest and help my precious disciple hunt down a Soul Ring. Then we'll head north.
That's settled.
"Dong'er, once your second teacher finishes, we'll go to the Star Dou Great Forest first and help you obtain a Soul Ring."
Qian Daoliu spoke to Bibi Dong through voice transmission.
Bibi Dong nodded obediently, then left the Angel Temple.
"The rest of the itinerary is settled. Now we just need Golden Crocodile to wake up."
Outside the great hall,
"Good morning, teachers."
As soon as Bibi Dong stepped out of the hall, she saw Azure Luan, Lion, Guang Ling, Qian Jun, Jiang Mo, and Chen Jianjun sitting on the steps.
They were sitting there after taking another Muscle-Tendon and Marrow-Cleansing Pill; purging the impurities from their bodies had only taken a little longer than it had for Golden Crocodile.
"Oh, it's our little disciple."
Guang Ling turned, saw Bibi Dong, and greeted her with a good morning as well,
But he saw through her soul power level at a glance, then said excitedly,
"Not bad! Our little disciple reached level seventy so quickly. Come on, I'll take you to get a Soul Ring."
"What! A Soul Saint? How old is she?"
Chen Jianjun was stunned by Guang Ling's words. Although he had already seen Bibi Dong's cultivation earlier, she had not yet reached Soul Saint then. Breaking through to Soul Saint was another matter entirely.
"Your Eminence, I'm twenty this year."
Bibi Dong was still somewhat reserved around Chen Jianjun, whom Qian Daoliu had only recently recruited.
"Twenty? So young."
Chen Jianjun was shocked by Bibi Dong once again.
Becoming a Soul Saint at twenty-that must already be the youngest record on the continent.
Perhaps even the records for Soul Douluo and Titled Douluo will be rewritten by this young lady someday.
The current record for the youngest Titled Douluo seems to belong to that fellow from the Clear Sky Sect.
How old was he again?
Under fifty, I think.
Chen Jianjun sank into thought.
If Qian Daoliu knew what Chen Jianjun was thinking, he would certainly have scoffed.
Hmph! A Soul Saint at twenty? What's there to be satisfied about?
That brat Tang San attained two divine positions at twenty-five.
Knowing that, wouldn't you be a complete waste, Chen Jianjun? One foot in the grave, and you're still stuck at Level 97. If Qian Daoliu hadn't changed, you'd already be in your grave by now, only breaking through at death's door.
"Um, fifth teacher, Teacher said we're going to the Star Dou Great Forest. It sounded like he'd already decided which Soul Ring I should absorb."
Bibi Dong hurried to explain, afraid that if she spoke too slowly, the teachers before her would whisk her out of Spirit City.
"So our eldest brother has already made arrangements."
Guang Ling felt a little disappointed. He had thought there was finally something to do. Jiang Mo, beside him, felt the same.
"Why don't you two just ask our eldest brother what kind of Soul Beast he needs?"
Lion frowned at their disappointed expressions.
"Um, Teacher also said to wait until my second teacher wakes up."
Bibi Dong repeated everything Qian Daoliu had just told her.
"It seems our eldest brother wants to help Dong'er obtain a Soul Ring before setting off north."
Azure Luan spoke after hearing her explanation.
"Then let's wait for our eldest and second brothers."
"All right!"
Everyone responded to Azure Luan.
Inside the great hall,
Qian Daoliu watched as the nine "little suns" around Golden Crocodile stabilized, though they did not produce Nine Suns Soaring as his had.
In a single night, Golden Crocodile had only managed to cultivate the Nine-Yang Divine Skill to the introductory stage.
Golden Crocodile's eyelashes stirred, and he opened his eyes. His aura had grown stronger, but unfortunately, he had not broken through.
"All right. Now that you're awake, everyone's waiting for us."
Patting Golden Crocodile on the shoulder, Qian Daoliu headed out of the hall.
Outside the great hall,
Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile appeared before everyone, walking side by side.
"Second brother, what were you cultivating? You really kept us waiting."
Jiang Mo came over and gave Golden Crocodile a playful punch in the chest.
"Nothing much. Our eldest brother just shared some 'insights' with us yesterday."
Golden Crocodile winked at Jiang Mo and Guang Ling.
Then he circulated the Nine-Yang Divine Skill, instantly manifesting Nine Suns' First Appearance, shocking Guang Ling, Jiang Mo, and Chen Jianjun.
Those three were the only ones who had not seen it before.
"E-eldest brother, you really taught this to our second brother?"
Jiang Mo's voice trembled slightly.
He could distinctly sense Golden Crocodile's surging vitality. What sort of "insights" could do that?
"Third brother, from the way you look, you seem to know about this already."
Guang Ling noticed that Azure Luan, Lion, and Qian Jun did not seem surprised.
"Ah, it's nothing. You and Jiang Mo just had to pick the moment our eldest brother woke up to go to Spirit City."
Lion laughed.
"The rest of us received our eldest brother's 'insights' yesterday, but we haven't successfully cultivated them yet."
Qian Jun patted Jiang Mo on the shoulder, holding back his laughter.
They had all tried cultivating it on their own the previous night, but without Qian Daoliu guiding them, progress was far too slow. They had simply decided to take their time.
"Brother, you're my own flesh and blood! I want to learn this too. You have to teach me."
Upon hearing that only the two of them had missed out, Jiang Mo immediately grabbed Qian Jun's hand and pleaded.
"Hahaha!"
Everyone burst into laughter.
"All right."
Qian Daoliu spoke, and everyone fell silent.
"It's time we went out and got some fresh air."
Jiang Mo's eyes lit up at those words.
"Eldest brother, you mean..."
"Yes. We're heading north, to the Icebound Mountains, to find the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan."
"Yu Xiaogang first stole knowledge from our Spirit Hall's Library Pavilion, then leaked Spirit Hall's secrets. We must demand an explanation."
"Otherwise, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan will think Spirit Hall is easy to bully."
As Qian Daoliu spoke, his aura surged. The more he said, the angrier he became.
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