Douluo: My Custom Achievement System

"And there's that thirty percent favorability too. If I meet the Blue Silver Emperor someday, I might actually have a chance."

His Martial Soul was Blue Silver Grass, so naturally, he longed to obtain the Blue Silver Emperor's Soul Ring.

Jiang Yi stood up from the grass, his face full of smiles. This time, he had truly seen the first light of success.

With this achievement, Jiang Yi no longer felt quite so pressed.

This time, he would wait until everything was ready before attempting his second breakthrough.

About two months later, Jiang Yi's injuries had completely healed, and he immediately informed Li Lingyu.

Inside the wooden cabin, Li Lingyu examined Jiang Yi, a look of surprise appearing on his face.

"You've actually recovered completely this quickly."

His recovery was more than a month faster than Li Lingyu had estimated.

"Little Yi, although you've fully recovered, don't try to break through so soon. I can't make all the necessary preparations here," Li Lingyu warned him sternly.

As his teacher, he knew Jiang Yi would never give up on breaking through, which was why he gave him that warning.

"Don't worry, Teacher. I know my limits. I'm not ready yet, so I won't rashly attempt a breakthrough."

"For the time being, let me help you with your research," Jiang Yi volunteered.

"All right. Stay with me from now on, and tell me immediately when you're going to break through. We'll go back to Spirit Mountain City first," Li Lingyu agreed with a nod.

With Jiang Yi at his side, he could keep an eye on him at all times, and Jiang Yi could indeed help with his research.

Over the following days, after absorbing Heaven and Earth Origin Energy during the day, Jiang Yi accompanied Li Lingyu into the Mysterious Water Forest.

To research the Mystic Water Pill's formula, they needed to start with the pill's ingredients, which had long been known to the public.

It was refined from the blood essence of dozens of water-attribute Soul Beasts, combined with dozens of water-attribute herbs.

Recently, Li Lingyu had been searching for the blood essence of various water-attribute Soul Beasts and herbs.

He tried mixing them according to their medicinal properties. Unsurprisingly, the process was far from smooth.

The Mysterious Nether Sect had taken several generations to perfect the formula through this kind of exhaustive research. How could it possibly yield results so easily?

The next day, Jiang Yi and Li Lingyu split up after entering the Mysterious Water Forest.

His task was to hunt the Ten-Year or Hundred-Year water-attribute Soul Beasts they needed in the outer region.

Beside a stream, the silver ring on Jiang Yi's hand flashed, and he put a freshly killed Black Nether Turtle inside.

"These Ten-Year Soul Beasts pose no threat to me at all. I need to fight Hundred-Year Soul Beasts for it to be worthwhile training."

Practicing his combat skills while helping Li Lingyu collect Soul Beasts was naturally ideal.

He searched in another direction, and soon a Hundred-Year Soul Beast came into view.

The Soul Beast was enormous, its body covered in interwoven black and blue fur. Its four legs were sturdy as pillars, and a pair of huge black-and-blue horns glowed atop its head.

"A Hundred-Year Mysterious Water Buffalo." Jiang Yi's eyes lit up as he looked at the Soul Beast ahead.

This kind of Soul Beast possessed immense strength and the water attribute. Its combat power was impressive among Hundred-Year Soul Beasts, making it an excellent opponent.

"Moo!"

The Mysterious Water Buffalo bellowed in Jiang Yi's direction. It had clearly discovered the human watching it in secret.

Seeing this, Jiang Yi stopped hiding and stepped out in front of the Mysterious Water Buffalo.

How did this Mysterious Water Buffalo find me? Jiang Yi wondered.

The human standing brazenly before it instantly roused the Mysterious Water Buffalo's fury.

"Moo!" It raised its head and roared, then pushed off fiercely with its strong hind legs, charging at Jiang Yi like a cannonball.

Faced with such a swift charge, Jiang Yi naturally wasn't foolish enough to meet the Mysterious Water Buffalo head-on.

Just as it was about to hit him, he pushed off hard and flipped out of the way, landing behind it.

Before the Mysterious Water Buffalo could turn around, Jiang Yi lashed out with a roundhouse kick, striking it squarely on the rump.

The kick sent the Mysterious Water Buffalo's massive body pitching forward.

Its head hit the ground, driving its pair of black-and-blue horns straight into the dirt.

"Moo!" The Mysterious Water Buffalo felt utterly humiliated and roared again.

It yanked its head free and, furious, turned its body to gore that damned human to death.

But no matter how it turned its head, it couldn't find a trace of Jiang Yi. He seemed to have vanished into thin air.

Just then, a dark figure dropped from the sky.

Chapter 31: Ten-Year Soul Beast Collector (Please keep reading!)

The dark figure dropped from the sky and slammed hard into the top of the Mysterious Water Buffalo's head.

"Moo!" A searing pain shot through its head, and the Mysterious Water Buffalo bellowed in agony.

Its massive body was smashed to the ground, and it struggled to rise.

But how could Jiang Yi, riding on its back, give it that chance?

Soul Power coated his fists as he hammered them down on the Mysterious Water Buffalo's head like rain.

"Moo! Moo! Moo!" Its cries of pain rose and fell.

Suddenly, a crack rang out, and the Mysterious Water Buffalo's pair of black-and-blue horns broke.

The breaking horns cut its screams short. It continued to struggle afterward, but its movements grew much weaker.

As time passed, its cries gradually died away, and the Mysterious Water Buffalo lost all signs of life.

"That Mysterious Water Buffalo's vitality was terrifyingly strong. If it hadn't charged in recklessly and given me such a good opportunity, it really wouldn't have been so easy to deal with him."

Jiang Yi shook out his aching arms.

At that moment, a Yellow Soul Ring rose from the Mysterious Water Buffalo's body.

Jiang Yi looked at the Soul Ring. This was the first Hundred-Year Soul Beast he had killed, and he felt a little excited.

After all, the Mysterious Water Buffalo was far from weak among Hundred-Year Soul Beasts. The fact that he had defeated it without using a skill was proof enough of his strength.

Jiang Yi looked away from the Soul Ring and toward the Mysterious Water Buffalo's corpse. His eyes lit up.

One of the Mysterious Water Buffalo's horns was glowing black and blue.

Could it be a Soul Bone? Jiang Yi couldn't help wondering.

He walked over to the Mysterious Water Buffalo's broken horn and reached out to examine it.

He only touched the broken horn lightly, yet it separated from the Mysterious Water Buffalo's head and fell into his hand.

The broken horn glowed in his hand, but it gave off no Soul Power fluctuations.

"If it's not a Soul Bone, what is it?" Jiang Yi was puzzled for a moment, unable to tell what it was.

"I'll take it back and show Teacher." He put the broken horn into his Storage Soul Tool and continued searching the surrounding area for water-attribute Soul Beasts he hadn't seen before.

At noon, Jiang Yi returned to camp. Li Lingyu came back not long afterward.

"How did it go? Were you hurt?" Li Lingyu asked with concern.

"I'm fine. There were mostly Ten-Year Soul Beasts in the outer region. I only ran into one Hundred-Year Soul Beast."

Jiang Yi took out the two Ten-Year Soul Beasts and one Hundred-Year Soul Beast he had found that day.

"I also got this when I killed the Hundred-Year Mysterious Water Buffalo. Teacher, do you know what it is?"

He handed the glowing broken horn to Li Lingyu and told him what had happened at noon that day.

"A Mysterious Water Buffalo? Can this Soul Beast undergo such a strange change?"

After hearing Jiang Yi's account, Li Lingyu grew interested and carefully examined the broken horn in his hand.

After feeling it over for a while, Li Lingyu gently picked a piece off the broken horn, crushed it into powder, and examined it.

He then tried various ways of handling the powder, but nothing changed.

"Strange."

Still unwilling to give up, Li Lingyu casually drew a piece of wood over and lit a fire. He then wrapped the powder in wind and let the flames roast it.

When it met the fire, the powder really did change.

A strange, delicate fragrance wafted from the powder.

"This!" Li Lingyu's eyes widened the instant he smelled it.

He had smelled it before. Although it had been a long time ago, he hadn't forgotten the scent.

"Teacher, you've smelled this fragrance before, haven't you?"

Li Lingyu's sudden reaction meant he must have encountered the scent before.

"That's right. At Shi... I smelled it a long time ago. This thing smells almost exactly like a Mystic Water Pill!"

"This should be one of the Mystic Water Pill's ingredients."

Li Lingyu looked at the horn in his hand, somewhat excited.

Without a sample, he had spent more than two months researching without identifying a single ingredient. He hadn't expected Jiang Yi to discover one by chance.

"Unfortunately, it still isn't much use." The excitement in Li Lingyu's heart gradually subsided.

There were more than twenty, perhaps even more than thirty ingredients. Finding one didn't make finding the rest any less difficult than climbing to the heavens.

Watching the changes in Li Lingyu's expression, Jiang Yi understood what he was thinking and felt somewhat helpless too.

"Teacher, do you really want to work out the Mystic Water Pill's formula on your own?"

"At first, I did. Later, I gave up on the idea." Li Lingyu made no secret of his thoughts.

Jiang Yi breathed a sigh of relief, then asked in some puzzlement, "In that case, why are you still staying here?"

"Can't I research some other pill instead of the Mystic Water Pill?" Li Lingyu countered with a faint smile.

"The Mystic Water Pill has been on the continent for so many years, yet even after all this time, no one has deciphered its formula."

"I don't believe I can decipher it, but that doesn't mean I can't develop a different pill. So I intend to give it a try."

"Besides, you needed time to recuperate, so I planned to stay here for a while."

"As I told you before, if you intend to attempt a second breakthrough, just tell me. We can leave here."

Now that Li Lingyu had said all that, Jiang Yi understood what his teacher had in mind.

He said nothing more. Since Li Lingyu wanted to research a new pill, he would let him take his time.

As it happened, he also needed time to temper all his internal organs.

Over the next few days, Jiang Yi helped Li Lingyu search for Soul Beasts in the morning and spent the time after noon immersed in tempering his organs.

Five days later, early in the morning, Jiang Yi went to the Mysterious Water Forest as usual to search for water-attribute Soul Beasts he hadn't obtained.

Ahead, a water-blue longhorn beetle rested quietly on a tree.

A dense patch of Blue Silver Grass lay underfoot, and a gentle breeze rustled the leaves. Everything was quiet and peaceful.

Suddenly, the Blue Silver Grass underfoot glowed blue. A slender, resilient blade shot into the air and bound the longhorn beetle's legs.

Startled, the beetle tried to flee. It had barely taken flight when it suddenly lost its balance and plunged into the Blue Silver Grass.

The surrounding Blue Silver Grass immediately swarmed over it, wrapping it up like a zongzi in an instant.

"Got it." A delighted voice rang out, and Jiang Yi slowly stepped out from behind.

He had seen this Water Longhorn Beetle once before, but he had been too careless to catch it.

Jiang Yi walked up to the Water Longhorn Beetle, now wrapped up like a zongzi, and killed it. He intended to take it back for Li Lingyu to test medicine on.

Just after he killed the Water Longhorn Beetle, the icy voice rang out in his mind once more.

"Host detected successfully hunting ten Ten-Year Soul Beasts independently. One achievement obtained."

"Achievement name: Ten-Year Soul Beast Collector (Your Soul Master career's hunting record has been filled with low-level Soul Beasts.)"

"Achievement reward: Whenever you successfully fuse with any Soul Ring, its age increases by 10 years from its original age."