Chapter 138: The So-Called Limit

Fortunately, although Ye Lingling is a girl, her bath only lasted for half an hour.

After all, she was covered in mud and grime, so washing for only half an hour counts as being quite efficient for her.

Before Ning Feiliu's older sister in his previous life got married, if she didn't occupy the bathroom for over half an hour every time she bathed, it was considered fast.

As for men, generally, as long as they aren't playing on their phones, they finish washing their hair, bathing, and drying off in ten minutes, and then they run out.

Hearing the sound of water stop, the images in Ning Feiliu's mind seemed to finally stop as well.

He slowly let out a breath of relief.

"Thank you." Just then, Ye Lingling walked in, drying her hair and having changed into a new set of clothes, and said.

Seeing her damp, beautiful hair, she appeared a bit more fragile and a bit less cold than usual.

Ning Feiliu's gaze dodged for a moment; he turned around as if nothing were wrong, continued fiddling with his instruments, and said, "Oh, you're welcome."

Ye Lingling didn't think there was anything unusual; she wiped her hair with a towel and said, "I am thanking you for that Mysterious Water Pill you gave me."

"Uh, it wasn't that valuable. You should have broken through by now, right?" Ning Feiliu asked earnestly.

"Yes, I have already broken through to the Soul Elder realm," Ye Lingling said softly.

As for the matter of the Mysterious Water Pill not being valuable, as Ning Feiliu had said...

According to Ning Feiliu's claim, the production cost of the Mysterious Water Pill might indeed not be high.

But in this world, the value of all things is not determined by their production cost.

Like the so-called diamonds from his previous life—a pile of carbon-element stones that could be dug up in any quantity—their intrinsic price was at most a few hundred or even just a few dozen yuan.

But because the capitalists holding the diamond mines restricted mining and engaged in love-based marketing, they hyped up diamond rings to millions or even tens of millions.

However, the Mysterious Water Pill hasn't fallen to the point of being compared to diamonds; at the very least, the Mysterious Water Pill is truly useful.

It is just that it is a rare commodity; currently, only Ning Feiliu and Dugu Bo have it. Because of its unique market status—having a price but no market—it has been hyped to an exceptionally high price.

Yet this kind of value is still quite precious.

Putting it that way, Ning Feiliu might as well have taken that Mysterious Water Pill to an auction; earning another million Gold Soul Coins wouldn't have been a problem.

Why give it to Ye Lingling?

So Ye Lingling also understood this, and was very grateful to Ning Feiliu.

"That requires a Soul Ring..." Ning Feiliu said, "When do you plan to go and obtain your third Soul Ring?"

"I can apply to the academy to obtain a Soul Ring, but it will likely take at least three days to arrange for a teacher to accompany me to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain it," Ye Lingling said immediately. "Or I could have a retainer from my family accompany me the day after tomorrow to obtain the Soul Ring..."

One of the great benefits of a Spirit Master joining an academy is that when they need a Soul Ring to raise their realm, they can apply for an academy teacher to accompany them to obtain it.

For commoner Spirit Masters, this is certainly a great benefit; after all, having a teacher accompany them is much better than entering a Soul Beast forest alone to obtain a Soul Ring.

Not only can the teacher step in to protect them at the first sign of danger, but they can also use their knowledge to help the student choose a Soul Beast.

However, most academy teachers do not possess Yu Xiaogang's so-called limit absorption theory to choose the so-called "best age Soul Ring."

Many teachers cannot even accurately judge the age of a Soul Beast; they only roughly know that the Soul Beast is around a few hundred years old.

Therefore, for the sake of the student's safety in absorbing the Soul Ring, these academy teachers will choose a Soul Beast of a lower age.

This is for safety, after all; risking one's life just to absorb a Soul Ring... it's really not worth it.

However, besides being able to accurately judge the age of a Soul Beast, Gangzi's other theories, including that limit absorption theory, can be called an absolute shockwave.

After all, in the original plot, the so-called limit absorption theory he derived was likely just from flipping through the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect's library, and then, relying on his relationship with Bibi Dong, flipping through the Spirit Hall's Library, taking the highest recorded Soul Ring absorption age for a realm as the highest "limit" for Spirit Masters of that realm to absorb.

In other words, he just noted down data recorded by others, made a summary, and treated it as his own theory.

This kind of operation, where one treats data as a golden rule, is truly laughable.

One can only say it is fortunate that it was Tang San, who had the Mysterious Heaven Skill and was also a possessor of twin top-tier martial souls; otherwise, with the physique of an ordinary Spirit Master, he would likely have exploded and died upon absorbing his first Soul Ring.

It is no wonder Yu Xiaogang said that both ordinary Spirit Masters and those of the Spirit Hall scoffed at his theory, with no one believing it or daring to follow his theory to absorb Soul Rings.

Of course, if one truly followed his theory and forcibly absorbed a so-called limit-age Soul Ring regardless of physical fitness, a Spirit Master with even slightly inferior physique would definitely be done for. Tang San was very lucky to have become his first guinea pig in the original plot.

The so-called limit absorption of a Soul Ring must certainly depend on the Spirit Master's own martial soul and current physical fitness.

You tell me, if an ordinary Spirit Master whose martial soul is truly ordinary Blue Silver Grass goes to absorb a nearly four-hundred-year-old Soul Ring as their first Soul Ring, and Yu Tianheng goes to absorb a nearly four-hundred-year-old Soul Ring as his first, can they be the same?

Not to mention anything else, if Huo Yuhao during the Peerless Tang Sect era hadn't met Tianmeng Iceworm and had absorbed a two- or three-hundred-year-old Soul Ring as his first, the only result would have been death.

Ning Feiliu has deep personal experience with this, because of his Exploding Ring ability; it can be said that even though he is still a Soul Elder, he can already absorb Soul Rings over eight thousand years old.

According to his plan, his fourth Soul Ring will certainly be able to absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.

Because there is no negative effect like Exploding Ring where the power of the original Soul Ring conflicts, his current body has absolutely no problem bearing the power of a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.

As for the mental shock of a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast...

Not to mention that Ning Feiliu himself was an adult in his previous life, and after merging with the soul of the original host in this life, his spirit power was already vast.

Just by the enhancement of the Spirit Sea through the Moonlight Breathing Method, he is now sufficient to withstand the so-called mental shock of a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast.

However, as for Ye Lingling... she is, after all, an Auxiliary System Spirit Master, and her physical fitness is a bit worse; one could slightly lower the requirements based on Gangzi's limit Soul Ring theory.

"That is too slow. How about this: I'll call Sister Yan, and we will set off tomorrow to the Sunset Forest to help you obtain your Soul Ring," Ning Feiliu said with a light laugh. "I am really looking forward to you continuing to participate in the duo Spirit Fighting Battle with me as soon as you obtain your Soul Ring. You know I can't find anyone to fight me in the solo Spirit Fighting Battle right now."

Ye Lingling pondered for a moment, didn't feel there was anything wrong with it, and nodded, "Okay."

(End of chapter)