In the blink of an eye, half a month passed.
Ye Xiao and Ye Guyi had eaten every last bit of the food they had stored in the cave.
"We're out of food. We need to go out."
"Also, your body should have adapted to your Martial Soul by now, so we can go hunt for a Soul Ring."
Ye Guyi yawned. She had really been indulging herself these past few days.
Every day, all she did was eat, sleep, and play with Ye Xiao.
The space was so cramped that she had not even practiced the latest version of the Angel Sword Technique.
"Sister Guyi, my future self was a genius!!!"
Across from Ye Guyi, Ye Xiao sat cross-legged on the little bed and suddenly opened his eyes!
A gleam flashed in his eyes!
"Sister Guyi, Sister Guyi, do you know why my future self came up with a cultivation method for the indestructible sword body?"
Ye Xiao jumped for joy.
"Why?"
Ye Guyi played along offhandedly, then her cheeks instantly flushed.
She had once again thought of the cultivation-by-proxy method mentioned on the sky screen.
"Because of the sword!"
Ye Xiao could not help marveling at his future self's wisdom.
"Sister Guyi, do you know?"
"On the Douluo Continent, the most important thing in a Soul Master's cultivation system is undoubtedly Soul Power!"
"My cultivation method uses Sword Qi to replace Soul Power, which means my cultivation foundation changes from Soul Power to Sword Qi!"
"And my comprehension is almost entirely focused on the sword. In other areas, it can only be called ordinary..."
"Sister Guyi, do you understand me?"
Ye Xiao blinked expectantly at Ye Guyi.
"Uh..."
Ye Guyi fell silent.
"I mean, the indestructible sword body is the core of my cultivation."
"It can help me turn all sorts of cultivation methods and combat techniques related to cultivation into things related to the Sword Dao!"
Ye Xiao spoke in admiration, once again marveling at the world-shocking wisdom of his self on the sky screen.
His self on the sky screen had shown him a smooth road to the heavens!
"You've already created it?"
Ye Guyi suddenly sucked in a sharp breath!
"Nope~"
"I've spent these past few days researching a way to conceal my presence."
"And I don't even know what Sword Qi is, so how could I come up with an indestructible sword body?"
"I'm guessing that to create an indestructible sword body, I'd at least have to cultivate some sword technique to a certain level first."
Ye Xiao slowly shook his head.
It was a pity. If only the sky screen could show future Xiao imparting the Dao.
He could just step on his right foot with his left and spiral straight into the heavens!
The reason Ye Xiao could not create anything impressive now was that his horizons were too narrow. He had comprehension to spare, but he did not even understand some of the world's most basic rules. How was he supposed to create a method?
And the Angel Sword Technique from before had been nothing more than pure skill.
But if the sky screen showed future Xiao teaching his methods, that would be different!
With his comprehension, he could take it all in at once!
"Don't rush~"
"You can't eat your way into being fat in one sitting. Just focus on doing what you can now~"
Ye Guyi gently comforted him, even stepping forward to pat Ye Xiao on the head.
"I'm just afraid time won't wait for me..."
Ye Xiao let out a long sigh and sprang to his feet.
"Sister Guyi, let's go hunt for a Soul Ring first, then. Should we disguise ourselves?"
Ye Xiao shook his head and stopped thinking about troublesome things.
"You haven't figured out a concealment method, little brother?"
Ye Guyi nodded, asking curiously as she tied Ye Xiao's hair into a ponytail.
"Just like I said before, my comprehension only applies to the Sword Dao."
"I can't figure out a method to conceal Soul Power, but once I replace it with Sword Qi, I should be able to work out a Sword Qi concealment method easily."
Ye Xiao was helpless too.
Since that was how things stood, he decided to give up on it for now and further deduce the Angel Sword Technique after obtaining a Soul Ring.
If he could deduce the nature of Sword Qi, then every problem would unravel as easily as a split bamboo stalk.
A short while later, in the Soul Hunting Forest near Mingdu.
It was a relatively small Soul Beast habitat, but it was enough for Ye Xiao.
Besides, with their cultivation, going to the Evil Demon Forest or the Jingyang Mountain Range would be courting death.
Of course, the Soul Beast habitat best suited to Ye Xiao was the Far North, but it was too far away!
Inside the forest, two figures, one tall and one small, searched for a suitable Soul Beast.
The taller one wore a white robe and had short golden hair and a stern expression, looking every bit a dashing young gentleman.
The smaller one wore a little white dress and had her hair tied in a ponytail. Her soft features looked rather cute.
No one who saw them would have connected the pair to Ye Guyi and Ye Xiao on the sky screen!
"Little sister, what kind of Soul Ring do you want?"
Ye Guyi asked casually, her voice now androgynous.
"Anything is fine. I probably won't lack means of fighting in the future, so an enhancement-type Soul Skill would be the most useful to me."
"But no one can say for sure whether a Soul Beast will drop an enhancement Soul Skill, so we can only leave it to fate~"
Ye Xiao spoke softly.
This was not the first time the two had disguised themselves as the opposite sex. They had dressed like this almost every time they went into the city to buy things.
"Then let's try to pick a Soul Beast with a powerful bloodline."
"Even if the Soul Skill is useless, at least the boost it gives your Martial Soul will be greater than one from a Soul Beast with an ordinary bloodline."
"Besides, the sky screen revealed that you'll have the ability to increase the age of your Soul Rings in the future, so we don't really need to be too particular about their age."
Ye Guyi spoke slowly, doing her best to make plans for Ye Xiao's future.
"Anything works. We'll only use them for the next few years anyway. Once the punishment arrives in twelve years, our Soul Rings will disappear when our levels are reset to zero."
Ye Xiao spoke indifferently.
He knew full well what gave him his greatest confidence. Rather than waste time on Soul Rings, he might as well hurry up and create Sword Qi or find a way to impart the Dao!
"So you're just waiting to live another life, huh!"
Ye Guyi looked at Ye Xiao speechlessly.
But on second thought, that was true.
In twelve years, leaving the insect trial aside, Ye Xiao would be the undisputed number one under heaven!
As long as he could lie low until then, he would have succeeded!
"Hehe~"
"I'm just saying Soul Rings aren't that important to me, so we don't need to worry too much about them."
Ye Xiao blinked playfully. When he was little, he had also rambled to Ye Guyi about all sorts of nonsense, like extreme sublimation.
So he was not surprised that Ye Guyi would say something like that.
"Shh~"
Ye Guyi's expression immediately turned wary, and she hurriedly covered Ye Xiao's mouth.
In her line of sight was a snow-white creature that looked like an antelope.
The antelope had a pair of large horns, which toppled a great tree with nothing more than a gentle nudge.
Then the antelope bleated and began eating the leaves on the tree.
"A Silverleaf Azure Antelope. The horns on its head have a sharpness attribute."
"Judging by the size of its horns, it's about three hundred years old. It's well suited to your Sword Martial Soul."
Ye Guyi let go of Ye Xiao. She was pleasantly surprised, but kept her voice very low.
"Mm-hmm, anything works~"