Gui Yuan nodded.
His teacher's concerns were indeed valid.
In the Far North Ice Plains, the Ice Empress's strength ranks only second.
The first one is the Snow Empress, a goddess of Heavenly Snow Woman and Snow Empress with nearly 700,000 years of cultivation!
It is said that even if Di Tian were to compete with Snow Empress Snow Empress in the Far North, Di Tian would not be able to gain the upper hand.
Gui Yuan thought this was somewhat of an exaggeration.
If Di Tian were to unleash his full power in the Far North and use the Dragon God Claw, even if Snow Empress could take advantage of the environment of the Far North, she probably wouldn't be a match for Di Tian.
But this also shows that Snow Empress's strength is indeed very formidable.
He wondered to himself: if his teacher, Qian Daoliu, Golden Crocodile were to encounter Snow Empress, would the three Level 99 Peerless Douluo be stronger, or would Snow Empress's individual combat power be greater?
However, this is a problem he doesn't need to worry about for the time being.
What he needs to do now is to break through level 60 as soon as possible.
Nuoding City of the Heaven Dou Empire.
The blacksmith's furnace was burning brightly, and the clanging sounds of hammering echoed through the streets in the early morning.
An eleven-year-old boy was swinging a hammer, rhythmically striking a red-hot iron block on an anvil.
He was rather thin, but his arms were strong and powerful, and each hammer blow was delivered with precise control.
This person was none other than Tang San.
For the past five years, he has come to the blacksmith shop every morning to forge iron, earning a considerable amount of money and creating many Tang Sect Hidden Weapons.
He wiped the sweat from his brow, put down the hammer, neatly arranged the forged ironware, bid farewell to the blacksmiths in the shop, and headed towards the Nuoding Academy.
As he passed a noodle stall on the street corner, he bought two servings of freshly steamed meat buns, wrapped them in oil paper, and tucked them into his pocket.
When he returned to the Nuoding Academy, Xiao Wu was sitting on the stone steps outside the dormitory waiting for him.
She was wearing a pink short skirt, with two long braids hanging down her shoulders. When she saw Tang San return, she immediately jumped up.
" Little San, what took you so long to get back? I'm starving!"
Tang San took out a steaming hot meat bun from his pocket and handed it over. "I just finished work and bought these buns. Eat them while they're hot."
Xiao Wu took the bun, took a big bite, and mumbled indistinctly, "Mmm... this one is still the best."
" Little San, you work so hard forging iron every day, you might as well spend more time cultivating yourself."
"Blacksmithing is also a form of training," Tang San said, sitting down on the stone steps. "It can improve body control and the precision of your strength."
Xiao Wu pouted. "You're always right."
Xiao Wu is now at level 25, just like Tang San.
Her current state clearly shows that she has forgotten the purpose of her transformation from the Star Dou Great Forest.
With her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast background, even though Nuoding Academy's resources are pitifully scarce, her cultivation speed should be above Tang San's. However, her current level is the same as Tang San's.
To outsiders, their cultivation level is already incredibly fast, but it doesn't do justice to his talent.
Xiao Wu probably never imagined that at this moment, in the Star Dou Great Forest, her two adopted brothers, the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python, had already perished at the hands of the Spirit Hall.
After finishing a Xiao Wu suddenly asked, " Little San, we only have one more year to graduate from the Nuoding Academy. Are you sure you want to listen to Grandmaster and go to that Shrek Academy?"
"Over the years, we've received enrollment invitations from some pretty good intermediate-level Soul Master Academy, all of which were recommended by their deans."
Tang San shook his head. "Since it's an academy recommended by our teacher, it must have its unique features. As his disciple, I can't go against his wishes. I believe our teacher wouldn't harm us."
Xiao Wu said "Oh," and then laughed, "Anyway, I'll go wherever you go. The quality of the academy doesn't really matter to us."
She said that, but she had a different plan in mind.
She couldn't be happier, after all, she was Soul Beast that had taken human form after 100,000 years.
What if you go to a good intermediate or even advanced Soul Master Academy and encounter Soul Douluo or even Titled Douluo powerhouse?
It's alright against Soul Douluo powerhouses; unless they deliberately use their Soul Power to probe her body, there's a high chance they won't discover her true form, unless the other party's Spiritual Power level is very high.
As for the Titled Douluo, needless to say, even without close observation, one could see through her identity at a glance.
However, as far as she knew, there were only a handful of Titled Douluo within the Heaven Dou Empire, and the Heaven Dou Imperial Family did not have any Titled Douluo of its own.
The chances of Titled Douluo emerging from the academies below are naturally extremely small, unless one is incredibly unlucky and happens to encounter one.
Xiao Wu didn't think her luck could be that bad.
But what she didn't know was that Tang Hao had already discovered her identity on her very first day at the Nuoding Academy.
Sunset Forest.
In a valley, a black-haired girl sat cross-legged on the ground, surrounded by a purple Soul Ring.
At this moment, she is absorbing her Fourth Soul Ring.
An elderly man with black hair stood guard to one side.
The old man and the young girl were Dugu Bo and his granddaughter Dugu Yan.
Dugu Bo watched Dugu Yan absorbing her Fourth Soul Ring, his gaze unconsciously drifting towards the direction of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, his heart filled with mixed emotions.
Since taking the two bottles of antidote pills given to him by Yue Guan, not only have the backlash poison from his and Dugu Yan's Martial Soul been cured, but his own cultivation level has also continued to break through to the current level of Level 94.
After he used the environment of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to break through to Level 90, he was stuck at level 91 for a full ten years.
In the three years following his detoxification, he actually broke through to level three.
This was something he never dared to imagine before.
If that were all, he would think it was because after the poison from the backlash of his Martial Soul was removed, he no longer needed to suppress the toxins in his body, and his talent was released, which is why his cultivation speed was so fast.
However, after his granddaughter, Dugu Yan, took the elixir, not only was the poison removed, but her Soul Power also increased by several levels, and her cultivation speed became much faster.
At the age of eighteen, he has already broken through to level forty.
Previously, this would have been unthinkable.
Don't underestimate Dugu Yan just because she's only level 40 at eighteen; she can't compare to Hu Liena and the others.
But this was not only due to the difference in resources and Innate Soul Power, but also because Dugu Bo had always been reluctant to let Dugu Yan cultivate too quickly.
After all, as her level increases, more toxins will accumulate in her body.
Now that the poison has been neutralized, she can finally cultivate with peace of mind.
Her Innate Soul Power is different from the previous level seven; it is equivalent to level ten, and Innate Soul Power cultivation speed is much faster than before.
Dugu Yan slowly opened her eyes, and the fourth Soul Ring steadily merged into her body.
She stood up, smiling, and said, "Grandpa, I've finished absorbing the power and gained a single-target, powerful attack Soul Skill."
A rare smile appeared on Dugu Bo's face, "Alright, alright, let's go back and rest first. You must be tired these past few days."