Chapter 13

So, where was Xu Nian'an at this time?

Douling Royal Soul Hunting Ground.

"Young Sect Master, is this feasible?"

"A twelve-hundred-year-old Ink Turtle, this is the best third soul ring for others."

In a dark green swamp, Fifth Elder Xu Jianzong stepped on a turtle-type soul beast covered in green hair, which was constantly raising its head and roaring.

Roar!

"Shut up, beast!"

With Xu Jianzong's roar, powerful soul power erupted, and the already poor ground of the swamp directly collapsed.

Eight soul rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black—flashed, and the turtle shell on the green-haired turtle directly shattered.

Seeing Fifth Elder Xu Jianzong being so violent, Xu Nian'an's mouth twitched.

But there was no big problem; now Xu Nian'an was in a hurry to enter Shrek Academy, and the soul ring wasn't that important to him.

At least that was what he thought, because increasing the goddess's favorability could obtain an increase in soul ring age.

Taking a step forward, Xu Nian'an was about to kill this Ink Turtle to obtain its soul ring.

But with this step, a cold prompt suddenly sounded in Xu Nian'an's mind.

【Ding, congratulations to the host, Goddess Jiang Nan Nan's favorability toward you increased by one!】

【Goddess Jiang Nan Nan favorability reached sixty.... reward,... second soul ring six thousand year tolerance limit!】

As the cold system prompt fell in his mind, Xu Nian'an only felt his body go numb, and his height was forcibly pulled up by a few centimeters.

The skin under his clothes instantly turned scorching hot and red.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

His heart beat like a drum, and his blood was flowing rapidly.

But in the blink of an eye, Xu Nian'an was soaked in sweat all over.

Xu Nian'an couldn't describe what kind of feeling this was; comfortable? It didn't quite seem like it; uncomfortable? It wasn't very uncomfortable either.

"Young Sect Master?"

"Young Sect Master, are you okay?"

Seeing Xu Nian'an's sudden condition, Xu Jianzong couldn't sit still.

Kicking the Ink Turtle into the ground, he hurriedly stepped forward to support Xu Nian'an.

The current Xu Nian'an couldn't be compared to the Xu Nian'an of a few days ago.

Awakened his own bloodline, Ice Black Tortoise, and the first soul ring was directly strengthened to a millennium.

It could be said that he had firmly sat in the position of Young Sect Master in the Xuanming Sect.

If nothing unexpected happened, he would definitely be the future Sect Master of the Xuanming Sect.

If something happened to him in his hands, how would he face the thousands of people in the Xuanming Sect?

After a long time, Xu Nian'an looked up.

His eyes were red, and sweat flowed down like a small stream.

"This soul beast is too ugly, it's not worthy of me; I think we need to go north to the Extreme North."

Hearing Xu Nian'an speak normally, Xu Jianzong breathed a sigh of relief, but his brows instantly frowned again.

"I'm afraid I can't make the decision on this matter alone; wait for me to call someone to ask the Sect Master."

Outside the Douling Royal Soul Hunting Ground

Xu Nian'an rested here for half an hour, finally calming the side effects of his sudden physical strengthening.

Actually, it wasn't that Xu Nian'an was picky.

Before, he hadn't thought about it, only thinking about hunting a soul ring to break through to a Great Soul Master and enter Shrek Academy; anyway, the soul ring age could be increased by the goddess's favorability.

It was just that Xu Nian'an didn't expect that at this moment, Jiang Nan Nan's favorability reached sixty.

His second soul ring age was also increased to six thousand years.

What concept was six thousand years? Perhaps Xu Nian'an wouldn't care that much about two or three thousand years, but after soul beasts reached five thousand years, they were equivalent to entering the late millennium stage, gradually progressing toward ten-thousand-year soul beasts.

Simply put, millennium soul rings before five thousand years and soul rings after five thousand years were not on the same level at all.

Although not as outrageous as the difference between millennium and ten-thousand-year soul rings, they could definitely crush soul rings before five thousand years.

"Distance truly creates beauty; it seems women don't necessarily need to be pampered all the time; it's okay to leave them alone appropriately."

Swish swish swish~

After Xu Nian'an's muttering fell, several breaking-air sounds suddenly rang out one after another.

Leading them was a middle-aged man who rarely didn't wear a black robe or a green long robe.

He had a strand of white hair on his head, a resolute face, sword eyebrows, and a square face; seeing this person, a name instantly appeared in Xu Nian'an's mind.

Xu Jianyang, Fourth Elder of the Xuanming Sect, whose strength had already entered the Titled Douluo realm; he usually practiced in seclusion, held no power, and didn't participate in any disputes.

He seemed like a person who didn't fight with the world, but he carried a sea of blood and deep hatred; his parents, and even his young wife, all died at the hands of evil soul masters.

This also prompted him to practice desperately when other elders were fighting for power, and to practice desperately when other elders were wantonly collecting wealth....

So much so that few of the younger generation knew the title of the White-Clothed Elder; this seemingly inconspicuous person had strength equal to or even far exceeding the Second Elder.

"Fourth brother!"

Seeing Xu Jianyang leading the team, Xu Jianzong was slightly surprised and hurriedly stepped forward.

Looking at the two, Xu Nian'an felt it was slightly ridiculous.

Xu Jianzong looked to be in his fifties, while Xu Jianyang looked only in his thirties or forties; an older-looking person calling a younger-looking person brother....

It looked a bit inappropriate, but this was also very normal; after breaking through to Titled Douluo, there were many changes, such as living longer than others, eternal youth, not being easy to age, etc.

"Xu Nian'an, greets the Fourth Elder."

Xu Jianyang brought seven people on this trip, all of whom were Soul Saints of the Xuanming Sect; a Titled Douluo led the team, a Soul Douluo sat in command, plus a Soul Saint squad.

For his son's trip to the Extreme North, Xu Zong could be said to be cautious to the extreme, fearing any accidents.

"Since everyone is ready, let's go north."

Xu Jianyang lifted Xu Nian'an with one hand and flew rapidly toward the north.

Before long, Xu Jianzong caught up and asked curiously.

"Fourth brother, have you broken through to level ninety-five this time?"

Hearing this, Xu Jianyang looked worried.

"The Extreme North is not like the Star Dou Great Forest; although it is divided into inner and outer circles, even the outer circle often has powerful soul beasts appearing. For your safety, the Sect Master specifically called me out of seclusion."

After speaking, Xu Jianyang thought for a while, looked at Xu Jianzong on the side, and said.

"Have there been any reports of evil soul masters in the two great empires recently?"

The two great empires here refer to the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Douling Empire.

Hearing Xu Jianyang's words, Xu Nian'an frowned.

This Fourth Elder's thinking was a bit dangerous.

Although he had broken through to Titled Douluo, this title was simply not enough in front of the Holy Spirit Cult, oh no, it should be that the entire Xuanming Sect was simply not enough in front of them.

Basically, they could be crushed to death with one slap.

.... A few days later.

Extreme North, outer circle.

"Black ball! What kind of ghost place is this? It's truly cold."

Listening to the complaints coming from his ears, Xu Nian'an didn't know why, but he felt it wasn't cold anymore.

"Young Sect Master, aren't you cold?"

Seeing Xu Jianzong leaning over with a grin, constantly paying attention to his physical condition, Xu Nian'an shook his head, just about to explain, when Xu Jianyang's voice sounded.

"Nian'an's bloodline awakened, and his martial soul evolved into Ice Black Tortoise, possessing an extreme ice attribute."

"Arriving at the Extreme North is no different from returning home. If you really have nothing to do, find a suitable soul beast for Nian'an early."

Hearing Xu Jianyang's words, Xu Nian'an was stunned.

Right... right, was he stupid? He was holding a mortal body to resist the cold wind in the morning, when he clearly had an extreme ice attribute.

If not, if not, he still had the Vermilion Bird martial soul; Extreme Fire was definitely there, right?

No wonder Xu Nian'an had been walking in the Extreme North for a whole morning and was about to reach noon without feeling cold; it turned out to be because of this.

"Alert, there is a situation!"

Arriving in front of a forest frozen by ice, Xu Jianyang signaled to stop; there was a situation.