"Oh dear, you spouted a whole bunch of high-sounding principles, you almost burned my PUA skills."
Jun Yi had arrived at an open space and was slowly recovering his strength by gathering his Soul Power again.
"Brother, you mean CPU, right? PUA originally refers to 'pickup artist,' which originally referred to the behavior of men who have undergone systematic learning, practice, and continuous improvement of their emotional intelligence. Later, it came to refer to people who are good at attracting and captivating the opposite sex, and their related behaviors. CPU, on the other hand, is more related to one's own brain."
The system's gentle and soft voice reached Jun Yi's ears, correcting his mistake.
"Uh, that's a joke, I said it wrong on purpose," Jun Yi replied casually.
"Oh, I thought you had misremembered, brother. I didn't realize it was my mistake. I'm sorry, brother."
"It's alright, it's alright."
Jun Yi shook his head. How could he blame a gentle little sister who kept calling him "brother"? No, how could such a sister make a mistake? The one who's wrong is him Jun Yi!
"I don't know if Liu Erlong will change her mind after hearing what I said, but I've already said what I wanted to say, so it's up to her whether she changes or not."
Jun Yi originally didn't want to say much to Liu Erlong. After all, the ending in the original novel was actually quite good. Although Yu Xiaogang was weak, had poor character, loved to show off, was fame-seeking, and wavered between two women in his affections, dared not face his own heart, and constantly used women's feelings to benefit himself and his disciples, apart from being selfish and self-serving, he didn't seem to have any flaws?
In the end, Liu Erlong still chose to spend the rest of her life with Yu Xiaogang, which was actually a pretty good ending. It was much better than the other woman who deeply loved Yu Xiaogang, who was directly stabbed to death by his dearest disciple.
Jun Yi said so much because he believed that Liu Erlong's obsession with Yu Xiaogang stemmed from her inability to escape her current situation, her lack of hope, and her loss of dreams. If she had given up this obsession, perhaps she could have lived a more fulfilling life instead of ending up like the Waiting-for-Husband Stone, singing mournful songs every night on the back mountain of the academy.
"Brother, I just calculated it for you. At your current Soul Power recovery rate, it will probably only take two hours to fully recover!" The system notification sounded again.
"Has it taken that long?" Jun Yi, somewhat surprised.
"Yes, brother, your Soul Power recovery speed has far exceeded that of Soul Ancestor. But because you have a lot of Soul Power stored up to that of a Soul Emperor, two hours is not much at all. So keep it up, brother!" the system explained to Jun Yi.
"That's true. After all, I'm already a level 43 Soul Ancestor, and I have Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring. My Soul Power reserves are indeed plentiful. Let's take it slow. I'm not in a hurry," Jun Yi replied.
Just after Jun Yi absorbed the remnant soul power of the Ice Dragon King, Jun Yi Soul Power had already reached level 40. After leaving the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, he absorbed the Soul Ring provided by the system, and his Soul Power directly increased by 3 levels, reaching level 43 Soul Ancestor. His First Soul Ring also broke through ten thousand years and turned black. Thus, all of Jun Yi's Soul Ring are now ten thousand years old and have reached the point of being completely black. Jun Yi's Fourth Soul Ring has even reached 84,396 years.
"When I fight others later, I can directly reveal my Soul Ring, and they'll have to be all black Soul Ring to look cool."
Jun Yi Jun Yi pondered, "The reason I didn't release my Soul Ring when fighting others before wasn't because I wanted to hide their Soul Ring, but because I felt that my First Soul Ring being purple was unsightly and would disrupt the overall formation. That's why Jun Yi didn't summon my Soul Ring during battle. But once my First Soul Ring reached ten thousand years, I decided that I would release my Soul Ring whenever I fought from now on."
As for why he didn't release it just now, it's because Jun Yi's Soul Power was in a state of depletion at the time. He didn't even have the soul Soul Power to summon his Soul Ring. He had just used Conqueror's Haki to scare away the wolf pack, and he didn't release his Soul Power.
Thus, Jun Yi sat cross-legged, slowly recovering his Soul Power. At the same time, Jun Yi also released the aura of the Ice Dragon King, directly driving away all the Soul Beast around him, so that he could recover his Soul Power in peace.
Two hours had passed in the blink of an eye, and Jun Yi had completely recovered his Soul Power and stood up. "Phew, I've finally recovered." Jun Yi let out a long breath and a smile appeared on his lips.
"But I've already released my Ice Dragon King aura, why is there no reaction? This isn't what I expected. According to the normal plot, shouldn't the Silver Dragon King awaken after sensing the Ice Dragon King's aura, then send Di Tian to capture me, torture me severely for how I possess the Ice Dragon King's aura, and then I use the system to display the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon within my soul, astonishing everyone and forcing the Silver Dragon King to submit, then abdicate in my favor, allowing me to lead the Soul Beast Clan to take revenge on the Divine Realm, blah blah blah. Why is there no reaction?" Jun Yi complained inwardly.
"Brother, this is a great idea. You can write it down and publish it as a novel." The system's voice reached Jun Yi's ears.
"Forget it, I'm afraid of eunuchs," Jun Yi replied, then prepared to head to the core of the Star Dou Great Forest. "I guess it's sleeping too soundly to feel anything?"
With that, Jun Yi headed towards the core of the Star Dou Great Forest. He couldn't wait to find the Silver Dragon King Hu Liena to discuss the future plans for the soul beasts!
Before long, Jun Yi arrived unimpeded in the inner circle of the Star Dou Great Forest. Suddenly, he stopped, his brows furrowed, and he muttered to himself, "Something's not right. Why have all the Soul Beast around here disappeared? Were they intimidated by the aura of the Ice Dragon King I released? Or were they all killed? Why can't I sense any Soul Beast aura at all?"
As Jun Yi continued to speculate, he made his way toward the heart of the Star Dou Great Forest. Soon, a huge lake came into view, crystal clear with rippling green waves.
"Is this the Lake of Life? Silver Dragon King, I'm here! Where are you? Come out right now and let me see what you look like!"
Jun Yi shouted in his heart, and then he suddenly felt that everything around him had become very strange. At this moment Jun Yi was already on high alert. After all, there were Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape in the Core Circle. Although these two Soul Beast were really ordinary, they were at least at the level of 100,000 years old. Jun Yi was not arrogant enough to be able to fight them one-on-one.
Jun Yi stood not far from the Lake of Life for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, but still couldn't sense the aura of any Soul Beast.
"Could they be hiding at the bottom of the lake?"
Jun Yi gazed silently at the clear yet bottomless Lake of Life before him, wondering whether he should jump in and take a look...
(End of this chapter)