The Effect of Rising Untainted from the Mud

Afterward, Ye Chen began examining the changes in himself after advancing to a Three-Ring Soul Grandmaster.

The first thing he checked was the amount of Gold Soul Coins his cheat's own son dutifully paid him each time.

He discovered that when he had been a Two Ring Great Soul Master, he had only received four Gold Soul Coins each time. After advancing, that had become six. Over the course of a year, that would be enough for him to save more than 189 million glittering little darlings.

Attribute Panel

Host: Ye Chen

Soul Power: Level 33

Martial Soul: Black Jade Divine Bamboo Staff

Soul Rings: Purple, Purple, Purple

First Soul Skill: Binding

Second Soul Skill: Chaos

Third Soul Skill: God Restriction

Soul Bone: Creation Green Lotus (External Soul Bone)

Looking at his Attribute Panel, Ye Chen nodded in satisfaction.

A 3,000-year Azure Lotus Flower Soul Ring, along with an External Soul Bone of the same age, had directly brought his Soul Power to Level 33 the moment he advanced to Soul Grandmaster.

His Third Soul Skill, God Restriction, was similar to the Azure Lotus Flower's Innate Soul Skill. It likewise sealed the opponent's Spiritual Power.

Perhaps this Soul Skill would not be very useful in the early stages, but once the importance of Spiritual Power became increasingly apparent later on, its effects would be tremendous.

Moreover, this Soul Skill completely countered Soul Masters who specialized in mental control or mental attacks.

Seeing that there was still one and a half small targets' worth of Gold Soul Coins in his System Shop, Ye Chen directly bought seven Purple Thousand-Year Soul Bone Age Upgrade Cards and nine Black 10,000 Year Soul Bone Age Upgrade Cards.

For now, raising the External Soul Bone, Creation Green Lotus, to the 100,000-year level would be enough. Ye Chen planned to keep the remaining Gold Soul Coins in reserve, and after advancing to Soul Elder, he also wanted to upgrade all his Soul Rings to the black ten-thousand-year level.

As the seven Purple Thousand-Year Soul Bone Age Upgrade Cards were used, the age of the Creation Green Lotus rose to the ten-thousand-year level amid a flash of azure radiance, bringing a slight increase to Ye Chen's Soul Power as well.

The Soul Bone Skill, Rising Untainted from the Mud, also increased from its previous immunity to 20% of physical, energy, and Spiritual Power damage to 30%.

Not bad, it really increased!

Just as Ye Chen had expected, after the Creation Green Lotus's age increased, the percentage of damage it could negate increased as well.

Without hesitation, Ye Chen fused the remaining nine Black 10,000 Year Soul Bone Age Upgrade Cards into the Creation Green Lotus too.

In an instant, the azure radiance became even more dazzling. As the Creation Green Lotus advanced to the 100,000-year level, Ye Chen felt a vast surge of Soul Power welling forth.

After all, even if a 100,000 Year Soul Bone were given to a Level 91 Titled Douluo to absorb, it could raise their Soul Power by one level, right? On Ye Chen, the increase would naturally be enormous.

However, compared to a Titled Douluo, Ye Chen's absorption efficiency was much lower. Otherwise, the immense amount of Soul Power required for a Titled Douluo to advance one level would have been enough to burst a tiny Three-Ring Soul Grandmaster like him apart.

As the External Soul Bone, Creation Green Lotus, reached the 100,000-year level, the immunity effect of Rising Untainted from the Mud also rose to 50%.

From now on, any damage dealt to Ye Chen by an enemy would be halved. The effect was practically heaven-defying, truly worthy of a 100,000 Year Soul Bone.

Ye Chen even began imagining that if the Creation Green Lotus one day advanced to the million-year level, wouldn't the effect of Rising Untainted from the Mud become even more heaven-defying?

"!!! Still a little short?"

Sensing that he was still just a little short of Level 40, Quasi Soul Elder, Ye Chen felt somewhat depressed.

Still, this was already quite good. The energy contained within a Soul Bone was far lower than that of a Soul Ring of the same age. When Ye Chen had been at Level 30 and added a 3,000-year Soul Ring, he had only advanced to around Level 32 Soul Grandmaster.

In other words, the 100,000-year Creation Green Lotus External Soul Bone had directly raised Ye Chen's Soul Power by nearly eight levels. Ye Chen estimated that he would have needed close to two years of cultivation to gain that much Soul Power.

But being just one step short of being able to add his Fourth Soul Ring was nothing to Ye Chen.

After all, with the 100,000-year external head Soul Bone, his physical constitution and Spiritual Power had greatly improved. Ye Chen could once again spend money to raise the ages of his three Soul Rings, thereby driving up his Soul Power level!

With his current endurance, bearing four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings would definitely not be a problem.

In fact, even without the boost brought by the Creation Green Lotus, Ye Chen would have been able to bear four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings once he advanced to Four-Ring Soul Elder. After all, his many years of cultivating the Creation Body Tempering Art had not been for nothing.

Since he was going to upgrade his Soul Rings anyway, Ye Chen also bought Soul Ring Age Upgrade Cards for Xiao Wu.

Other than her Fourth Soul Ring, Xiao Wu's current Soul Ring Configuration was about the same as Ye Chen's. Her First and Second Soul Rings had both surpassed the thousand-year mark after the previous upgrade, while her Third Soul Ring was also just over 3,000 years old.

For the two of them to upgrade their Soul Ring Configuration to all black, they would need a full half small target's worth of Gold Soul Coins. Thus, Ye Chen set his sights on the Purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring Age Upgrade Cards.

The reason he bought the purple thousand-year ones instead of the black ten-thousand-year ones was mainly because these Soul Ring Age Upgrade Cards could not be split for use. If he bought the Black 10,000 Year ones, his Small Treasury would not have enough funds.

After Ye Chen bought fifty Purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring Age Upgrade Cards, the balance in the System Shop had practically been cleared out.

However, Ye Chen's savings were now accumulating very quickly. In a single day, he could save over 300,000 Gold Soul Coins. In just a little over half a year, he would be able to restore his "financial status" to the healthy state of one small target.

And once he obtained his Fourth Soul Ring, that rate would become even faster.

"Xiao Wu, half of these are for you."

Ye Chen split the thick stack of Soul Ring Age Upgrade Cards in his hand in half and gave one half to Xiao Wu.

"Purple? Could these be the ones that can raise a Soul Ring by a thousand years?"

Xiao Wu had used this kind of card before in Soul Hunting Forest, so she naturally knew what it was for. It was just that the one she had used last time had been a yellow hundred-year card. Now it had become a purple thousand-year one?

"Yeah. They're actually all the same. It's just that this kind of treasure can't be split for use, so it can't raise the ages of two Soul Rings at once."

"Eh? There are twenty-five? Does that mean I can raise my first three soul rings to the Ten Thousand Year level?"

After counting the cards in her hand, Xiao Wu's eyes immediately widened.

She was only a Four-Ring Soul Elder, yet she could possess four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings—something unheard of!

On Douluo Continent, let alone a Four-Ring Soul Elder, even among Titled Douluo, only a scant few could achieve having the first four soul rings of their martial soul reach the black Ten Thousand Year level.

As far as Ye Chen knew, only Qian Daoliu, Bo Saixi, and Bibi Dong's Soul Devouring Spider Emperor martial soul currently had their first four soul rings all reach the Ten Thousand Year level.