Du Busi had prepared a whole piece of thousand-year whale rubber for Su Yu.
The piece of thousand-year whale rubber was divided into three months' worth of portions.
Those portions were further divided among three meals a day.
Various rare medicinal herbs were added to maximize its body-nourishing properties while minimizing its effects on physical development.
With the whale rubber's assistance, Su Yu's body-tempering efficiency rose again.
The red and blue substances worked together, supplemented by whale rubber and his far-above-average proficiency in the Vital Energy Secret Method. In just three short months, Su Yu underwent a transformation as profound as shedding his old body and replacing his bones.
Du Busi tested Su Yu's physical strength several times, progressing from astonishment to shock, and finally to numb acceptance.
"Sect Master, can we go soul hunting now?" Su Yu asked, brimming with anticipation.
Du Busi nodded.
"Your rate of improvement this month has dropped considerably compared to the first two months. Continuing like this would only waste time. There's no need."
"You can now withstand the soul power impact of a soul ring at least two thousand years old. According to my examinations, your limit is actually close to three thousand years. But to be safe, we'll attempt no more than twenty-five hundred years."
Naturally, Su Yu had no objections.
Not only would his first soul ring break the thousand-year threshold, it could even exceed two thousand years.
With that, his target for his second soul ring was already quite clear.
Perhaps he could aim for ten thousand years.
Of course, it was only a possibility, but that was already terrifying enough.
Du Busi could not help asking, "Little Su, do you really not feel anything? Any sense that your body has been overdrawn?"
"You're only six. No matter how well suited you are to the Vital Energy Secret Method or how effective the whale rubber is, the results shouldn't be this outrageous."
Su Yu said, "Sect Master, haven't you already checked? None of my body's potential has been overdrawn."
Du Busi rubbed his head. He truly could not make heads or tails of it.
Still, as long as Su Yu's potential had not been overdrawn, a high body-tempering efficiency was a good thing.
"Soul hunting! I'll take you soul hunting myself!"
Du Busi's words rang out with firm conviction.
Soon, the two left Heaven Dou City and headed straight for the Star Dou Great Forest.
A rank ninety-eight Super Douluo was an invincible presence on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
What kind of soul beast did they want? Just look for it!
They had no need to take detours along the way. They could go in whatever direction they pleased.
They could even comb through the area inch by inch.
Their soul hunting could hardly have been more efficient.
In just three days, Su Yu found a suitable target.
"This Golden Giant Ape is a good choice. His cultivation is suitable too-over two thousand years."
Satisfaction shone unmistakably in Su Yu's eyes.
Completely immobilized by Du Busi's soul power, the Golden Giant Ape roared in fury.
He hated the feeling of being treated like prey.
Especially now, when the powerhouse restraining him kept feeling all over his body.
"I've examined him. To be more specific, his cultivation can be pinpointed at twenty-six hundred years."
Su Yu looked at Du Busi.
Before they came, he had just said their limit was twenty-five hundred years.
Now that they had found a soul beast who was a perfect match, he exceeded that limit by a hundred years.
Du Busi also looked embarrassed.
"It's only a hundred years over. That's still acceptable."
Su Yu nodded as well, feeling there was no problem.
After all, he had already located ten clusters of red substance and ten clusters of blue substance within the inner landscape.
He had committed their locations firmly to memory.
If he could enter the inner landscape while absorbing the soul ring, he could use those two mysterious substances to aid the process.
Then, even if he truly exceeded what his body could withstand, he would still have room to turn things around.
Su Yu took out a sharp soul tool dagger and slit the Golden Giant Ape's throat.
As a rich purple glow bloomed, Su Yu immediately sat down cross-legged.
He did not use his soul power to draw the soul ring toward himself.
Instead, he first attempted to enter the inner landscape.
Over these three months of cultivation, his greatest improvement had been mastering the essence of this entry step.
In just a few seconds, he sank his consciousness into the inner landscape.
He swiftly approached a known location of red substance.
Outside, Du Busi watched Su Yu enter that mysterious state, his eyes narrowing slightly.
He had paid attention to it ever since noticing that Su Yu practiced the secret method far more efficiently than ordinary people.
Even Du Busi felt somewhat envious of this special state.
His knowledge of Su Yu's mysterious state was also why he could accept the boy's current achievements.
He did not know the specific details.
He only knew that this profoundly mysterious sensation was even more extraordinary than Deep Meditation.
A trace of envy could not help flashing through his eyes.
"Little Su can enter a special state even more efficient than Deep Meditation anytime, anywhere. It really does inspire awe and envy."
Du Busi watched as Su Yu entered that special state, then released his soul power and drew the Thousand-Year Soul Ring onto himself, his gaze turning grave.
As the purple soul ring released soul power that surged continuously into Su Yu's meridians, Du Busi's heart rose into his throat.
Throughout history, no soul master had ever attempted to absorb a twenty-six-hundred-year soul ring as their first soul ring.
Never mind twenty-six hundred years-there were not even records of anyone using a Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
Du Busi's worry was only natural.
Even with preparations in place for an emergency, this was a history-breaking feat!
As Su Yu steadily withstood the Thousand-Year Soul Ring's soul power impact, Du Busi visibly relaxed.
He smiled. "Through practicing the Vital Energy Secret Method, Little Su has long since adapted to the erosion and impact of external energy on his meridians. In theory, his tolerance for a soul ring's soul power impact is even higher than the figures from his physical tests. There's no need to worry."
He had completely forgotten how worried he had been moments earlier.
Su Yu felt no pressure either.
That was mainly because his control over soul power was so precise.
Quite apart from what his meridians could withstand, he could even use his own soul power to intercept the soul ring's soul power precisely, envelop it, and then release it slowly, allowing his meridians to adapt to that portion of soul power and gradually refine it.
He had practiced the Vital Energy Secret Method until it was almost instinctive.
Of course, he did not actually do that.
Mainly, it would take effect too slowly, and he feared it might also dilute the improvements the soul ring brought him.
A soul ring was an external power that, under the special mechanisms of the soul master system, came completely under a soul master's control.
This was an incredibly wondrous process.
It was also absurdly extraordinary.
Recklessly altering the steps involved, turning what should have been a fierce impact into a gentle one, could very well backfire.
The only thing Su Yu did was continuously absorb the red and blue substances he had already marked within the inner landscape.
He used these mysterious substances from the human body's hidden treasury to assist the soul ring in transforming him, making the entire process more thorough.
Time passed.
A full five hours later.
The purple soul ring around Su Yu's body had completely contracted into him.
When something reached its extreme, it reversed course. Once the soul ring had fully contracted into his body, it rapidly emerged again, expanding until it settled outside him, stabilizing and pulsing up and down in midair.
Su Yu opened his eyes at that very moment.
A gleam of brilliant golden light flashed deep within them.
He did not rise, for most of his consciousness was still within the inner landscape.
At that moment, he was utterly stunned.
Because within that gray, silent inner landscape, he had seen a dazzling golden light!
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