Soul Ring Condensation

"No need, no need."

Yu Chen hurriedly waved his hands and took half a step back.

He said politely, "I didn't really do anything. I just brought Ah Yin home. Besides, Ah Yin and I don't know each other very well."

Although the other party claimed to want to thank him, the gap between their strength was far too vast.

Standing before a Soul Beast over eighty thousand years old, he was only a two-ring Soul Grandmaster, utterly powerless to resist.

Yu Chen dared not get involved with him. Right now, all he wanted was to leave as quickly as possible.

"A benefactor who asks for nothing in return. Truly admirable."

The illusory figure of light spoke.

As he spoke, the light fully condensed into a human form.

He stood about two meters tall, his entire body composed of pale blue light. He looked like an elderly man with a kindly face.

"I am the Blue Silver King, guardian of the Blue Silver Forest. I have lived here for tens of thousands of years."

He paused, then continued, "Benefactor, the Blue Silver Grass you brought back is the sovereign of our Blue Silver Clan."

"Decades ago, the Blue Silver Emperor went away and vanished without a trace. We have been searching for her in secret ever since, but found no leads. You have done us a tremendous kindness. Whatever happens, you must not refuse our thanks."

His manner was sincere, and even his voice carried a faint tremor.

To the Blue Silver Clan, the Blue Silver Emperor was far more than merely a sovereign.

With the Blue Silver Emperor present, the Blue Silver Clan's fortune flourished, and Blue Silver Grass had a greater chance of breaking through its bottlenecks.

It was also less difficult for ordinary Blue Silver Grass to become Soul Beasts.

The Blue Silver King continued, his voice growing subdued. "Ten years ago, I suddenly sensed the Blue Silver Emperor's presence disappear. The Blue Silver Clan's fortune declined greatly as well. Fewer and fewer new Soul Beasts emerged, and the older generation found it increasingly difficult to break through their bottlenecks."

"I even thought the Blue Silver Emperor had perished!"

The Blue Silver King had used Telepathy to communicate with all the Blue Silver Grass on the continent in his search, but he had found no clues.

This was highly abnormal.

Wherever Blue Silver Grass grew, he could sense the Blue Silver Emperor's presence.

Only if someone had imprisoned the Blue Silver Emperor in an enclosed space without any Blue Silver Grass would he be completely unable to sense her.

Had he not been unable to travel far from the Blue Silver Forest before truly assuming human form, he would have gone out to search for her himself long ago.

Sure enough, when Yu Chen brought the Blue Silver Emperor back, she was already at death's door.

Her stems were withered and yellow, her leaves curled. One glance was enough to see how terribly she had suffered.

The Blue Silver King was furious, and the thought of what might have happened filled him with lingering fear.

If Yu Chen had found her a few days later, or if no one had found her at all, the Blue Silver Clan's fortune would have dispersed completely.

"Benefactor! Thank you so much for your help!"

The Blue Silver King's voice was excited, his tone earnest.

"I sense that your Soul Power is almost at rank thirty. I can use the energy of Blue Silver Grass to help you condense the Soul Ring best suited to you."

"Soul Ring Condensation?"

Yu Chen considered it for a moment.

He remembered that in the original story, Tang San's fifth Soul Ring had been condensed from the energy of Blue Silver Grass.

From the looks of it, the Blue Silver King truly wished to thank him.

Yu Chen then asked, "Senior, would the Soul Ring you condense for me have any particular attribute?"

According to Xiao Bai's assessment, a Water-type Soul Ring would be the best choice for his third Soul Ring.

"A particular attribute?"

The Blue Silver King thought for a moment. "Soul Rings I condense from Blue Silver Grass energy are usually wood-attributed. If you do not need the wood attribute, we can also provide an Attribute-less Soul Ring."

"Attribute-less? What kind of Soul Ring is that?"

Yu Chen asked curiously.

The Blue Silver King explained, "It means we provide only pure energy, without adding any attribute. Based on the characteristics of your Martial Soul, the Soul Ring will develop a relatively suitable attribute on its own."

"Not only that, but the Soul Ring's energy can also grow as your strength increases. In the future, it could reach ten thousand years, or even 100,000 Years."

"I see."

Yu Chen nodded, then asked, "Then what would the Soul Skill's effect be?"

"What the heart envisions, reality brings to fruition."

The Blue Silver King spoke.

"That powerful? I can get whatever I want?"

Yu Chen was instantly astonished.

If he wanted a divine artifact, could it actually give him one?

Forget it.

With his current strength, even if he possessed a divine artifact, he would not be able to unleash its power.

Yu Chen then looked at Xiao Bai and asked, "Xiao Bai, can you use this kind of energy to condense the Water-type Soul Ring you need?"

"Eeya!"

Xiao Bai shook her little head from side to side.

Although she was the Elemental God, her current body held only a sliver of her divine soul, and she lacked the ability to create elements out of nothing.

She could skillfully wield fire, wind, and earth, but creating a new element from nothing was utterly beyond her in her current state.

"In that case..."

Yu Chen thought for a moment. Then his Soul Power surged, and pale golden light gathered in his hands.

His arms thickened, his muscles swelled, and fine golden scales appeared across his skin. His fingers grew longer and thicker, and his nails became sharp claws.

His once-human hands transformed into a pair of dragon claws.

"Senior, please help me with Soul Ring Condensation for my Second Martial Soul instead."

As Yu Chen spoke, he raised his two dragon claws and waved them.

"Benefactor, you actually possess Twin Martial Souls!"

The Blue Silver King gazed at Yu Chen's dragon claws, his voice filled with surprise.

Although he had lived in seclusion in the forest for tens of thousands of years, he still knew what Twin Martial Souls meant.

As long as Yu Chen did not perish, every Soul Ring he added to his Second Martial Soul in the future could be over ten thousand years old.

Once he became a Titled Douluo, almost no one would be a match for him.

Even more remarkably, he could sense an oppressive aura emanating from Yu Chen's dragon claws.

This meant that the quality of Yu Chen's Martial Soul was exceptionally high, on par with the Blue Silver Emperor or even surpassing her.

"Benefactor, prepare yourself. The energy condensation is beginning."

As the Blue Silver King's voice faded, the entire Blue Silver Forest lit up.

Specks of blue light rose from every stalk of Blue Silver Grass, like millions of fireflies taking flight at once.

At first, those motes were tiny, drifting through the night sky in scattered flecks.

Then they grew more numerous, more densely packed.

They gathered together, first forming a slender blue stream that flowed slowly along the air currents above the forest.

Then more motes surged toward it.

The stream became a river, the river became a mighty torrent, and finally they gathered into a blue ocean.

Blue energy rushed toward Yu Chen from every direction, slowly seeping into his body.

Yu Chen felt warm energy envelop his entire body. Every pore relaxed, and he felt as though he were soaking in a pool of warm water.

Almost in the very next instant, his Soul Power broke through to rank thirty.

Energy continued flowing into his body.

Above his head, a Soul Ring rapidly took shape.

It began yellow, then turned purple, its color continuing to deepen and grow richer.

Even more remarkable was the change in Yu Chen's right leg.

A wisp of golden energy burst from his right leg. His leg muscles swelled, his bones grew thicker and sturdier, and a layer of fine golden scales covered his once-smooth skin. His foot broadened and thickened, its toes transforming into a dragon's foot tipped with sharp claws.

Finally, just like his hands, his right leg transformed completely into a dragon's leg.