Chapter 94

After eating the dry rations, Gu Xuan returned to the Binghuo Liangyi Yan, and the eight swords on his back directly tore through the clothing on his back, shining brightly.

Each of the eight swords is 1.5 meters long; even without being unfurled, their diameter and wingspan reach nearly three meters.

Each sword resembles a transformed dragon, with dragon scales, head, claws, and tail clearly visible, exuding extraordinary dominance.

If anyone has seen the Cosmic Star Gods, Gu Xuan's current state is somewhat like the Solar Star God Apollo, except Apollo does not have swords behind him.

With a thought, Gu Xuan unfurled the eight dragon swords on his back; the point where the sword hilts connect to the spinal bone behind him is not a bone-to-bone joint but rather a circular depression, the hilts' ends are also circular, and they are not joined together but are drawn together by soul power, appearing connected if not examined closely.

But if one looks closely, one will see that only a faint blue soul power connects them in the middle.

When the eight dragon swords are unfurled, they resemble a great eagle spreading its wings; Gu Xuan's surface soul power surges, and sword wings formed of condensed soul power appear on the blades' edges. Lightly wielding the sword intent, his whole body soars directly into the sky.

The sword intent formed by the unfurled eight dragon swords is condensed soul power, but when all the sword intent is fully extended, the hilts are not directly attached to Gu Xuan's back; there is a gap of about twenty centimeters between them, with soul power pulling them together.

Watching Gu Xuan ascend and fly, Du Gu Yan and Ning Rongrong both wore faces full of envy, their worry completely gone.

In one week's time, Gu Xuan completely integrated this external soul bone into his body; not only did his soul power rise to rank forty, but his physical fitness also saw a tremendous improvement.

Based solely on his physical condition, Gu Xuan feels that absorbing a 35,000-year-ranked soul ring for his fourth soul ring is not impossible.

Gu Xuan's speed in the air is swift; although the Eight-Winged Dragon Sword does not grant a speed boost, its initial speed already makes his speed not inferior to that of same-rank agility-attack soul masters, and moreover, the Eight-Winged Dragon Sword's attack power is the dominant factor.

After perfectly merging with the Eight-Winged Dragon Sword, Gu Xuan also inherited the two top soul skills of the Sword Wing Magic Dragon: Flying Dragon Breaks Heaven Sword and Eight Directions Six Harmonies Sword Formation.

Besides these two powerful skills, Gu Xuan discovered that the Eight-Winged Dragon Sword offers much operational space; for example, the eight dragon swords can detach from his back, allowing him to control the swords to attack enemies.

However, with his current control ability, he can at most control two dragon swords for attack, and cannot simultaneously manipulate all eight.

Therefore, he now also needs to train divided attention control; previously it was unnecessary, but now it is essential.

When the eight dragon swords are all deployed, even without using any soul skill, they are sufficient for Gu Xuan to battle soul masters of the same rank, and even to fight above his rank.

After all, the Eight-Winged Dragon Sword has reached 93,000 years; even though Gu Xuan now cannot fully unleash its total power, it is absolutely not something ordinary people can withstand.

It is precisely because of the Eight-Winged Dragon Sword that Gu Xuan has gained some insight into the sword Dao; in the future, he also wishes to learn sword techniques from Chen Xin, to truly employ the Eight-Winged Dragon Sword, not just for show.

After soaring in the air for a circle, Gu Xuan slowly landed; Ning Rongrong and Du Gu Yan immediately surrounded him, Du Gu Yan being somewhat better, especially Ning Rongrong, who directly grabbed dear Gu Xuan brother's arm and asked him to take her flying for a circle.

If Du Gu Yan were not here, Gu Xuan might have taken her flying for a circle, but since Du Gu Yan is also here, Gu Xuan still tries to avoid intimate contact with Ning Rongrong.

He is an LSP, but not a brainless LSP; if he does these things in front of Du Gu Yan, in the future the initiative will no longer belong to Gu Xuan.

So Gu Xuan naturally refused Ning Rongrong's request and instead asked, "How is it? How does cultivating here feel?"

Ning Rongrong pouted her little mouth, then replied, "Not bad; the spiritual energy of heaven and earth here is abundant, which also helps my cultivation considerably."

Du Gu Yan's beautiful eyes flickered as she said, "Rongrong has been working hard; she is still three months away from turning twelve, yet she is already rank thirty-seven, almost catching up to your older brother."

Gu Xuan smiled slightly, rubbed Ning Rongrong's little head, and praised, "This girl only puts in effort in front of people; in places you can't see, she knows how to have fun better than you."

Ning Rongrong, unhappy upon hearing that, pursed her little mouth and replied, "No way, sister-in-law, don't listen to his nonsense; he's just jealous that my little sister is about to catch up to him."

Then Ning Rongrong leaned close to Du Gu Yan and whispered, "Sister-in-law, let me tell you: earlier, when Gu Xuan brother went to the Tiandou Royal Academy, he promised Rongrong that if I could catch up to him, he would give me a gift."

"I think he just isn't prepared yet; now that he sees I'm about to catch up, he's starting to make excuses…"

Du Gu Yan, listening to Ning Rongrong's chatter, couldn't help but cover her mouth and smile lightly; Ning Rongrong's current indescribable cuteness makes Gu Xuan, seeing her like this, unable to resist wanting to protect her.

It's just a pity that Du Gu Yan is here; he hasn't even properly protected his partner, so how dare he go and properly protect the sister!

After explaining his external soul bone and gains to the two women, he also needs to begin preparing for his fourth soul ring; before that, he needs to take the Wangchuan Autumn Water Dew, and since it has been over five months since he took the Eight-cornered Profound Ice Grass and Flaming Apricot Delicate Herb, the medicinal effects have been mostly absorbed, so taking the Wangchuan Autumn Water Dew now poses no problem.

After playing with Du Gu Yan and Ning Rongrong for a while, Gu Xuan went to pick the Wangchuan Autumn Water Dew, came to the side of the Binghuo Liangyi Yan, took it, and began to fully refine the medicinal power of this immortal-grade herb.

Wangchuan Autumn Water Dew does not enhance soul power; its sole function is to boost mental power. Gu Xuan is currently rank forty, and his mental power is already approaching Soul King level; after refining this stalk of Wangchuan Autumn Water Dew, he is estimated to at least reach Soul Emperor level, since his innate mental power is not lacking.

The medicinal effect of this immortal-grade herb is gentle, and Gu Xuan experienced no difficulty in absorbing and refining it.

After three hours, Gu Xuan slowly opened his eyes; a flash of sharp light passed through his two pupils, one red and one blue. As expected, after refining the Wangchuan Autumn Water Dew, his mental power is now roughly equivalent to that of a rank sixty-three Soul Emperor.

At this level of mental power, absorbing a 25,000-year-ranked fourth soul ring is no problem for him, and he could even attempt a 30,000-year-ranked third soul ring.

Furthermore, the boost to his mental power from Wangchuan Autumn Water Dew will continue to take effect; in the future, his mental power cultivation will progress more than usual, which can be considered a long-term benefit.

With that settled, Gu Xuan also needs to start planning his fourth soul ring; his choice for the fourth soul ring has long been clear: the same soul beast that produced Gu Rong's eighth soul ring, namely a spatial demon dragon of over twenty-eight thousand years.

This is one of the offspring of the spatial demon dragon that Gu Rong originally hunted for his eighth soul ring; over a year ago, Gu Rong went to the Star Dou Great Forest to search for it, and this spatial demon dragon is still alive, and its strength has also improved.

Originally, Gu Rong had reserved this spatial demon dragon for Gu Xuan as his sixth soul ring, but now Gu Xuan feels it can be used for his fourth soul ring.

ps: typos will be corrected later.

(End of chapter)