Chapter 165

The wind blowing from the ocean carried a bit of humid salty taste. The morning sunlight had not yet dispersed the pure clouds and mist. Shu Yan sat cross-legged on a giant rock. He had been sitting quietly here for three days, as if he had turned into a stone statue. No matter what happened in the outside world, he had never made any movement.

The soul power in his body reached a critical point again, just one step away from stepping into the level 77 realm. Breaking through to Soul Douluo was a matter of less than a year.

His current cultivation speed and progress far exceeded his initial expectations.

What was his initial expectation? Breaking through to the Soul Sage realm before adulthood, and breaking through to the Titled Douluo realm before the age of twenty-one. But judging from the current speed, by the time he was sixteen, he could officially become a Soul Douluo. This speed was at least five times faster than he expected before. Coupled with the frequent major events during this period, it also indirectly interfered with his previous arrangements.

But these obviously didn't matter anymore. By the time he became a Titled Douluo, there would be no rivals below the Limit Douluo realm. By the time he became a Super Douluo, Shu Yan could become the number one soul master in the world without any obstacles. This was his confidence.

However, before envisioning these things, Shu Yan still had a big hurdle to cross.

Because he condensed the first soul core in advance, when breaking through to Titled Douluo, he must successfully condense the second soul core to step into the Titled Douluo realm.

And with his accumulation and vision, it was naturally impossible for him to condense the second soul core with the slightly inferior "same-position resonance method." The conditions required for the Yin-Yang Complementary Second Soul Core were too harsh. How was Shu Yan's accumulation now?

If you let it go, it is naturally extremely terrifying. But if you compare his accumulation with the Snow Empress and even Di Tian? That would naturally fall into an absolute disadvantage.

Both of these two paid a great price and time to condense the Yin-Yang Complementary Second Soul Core. He naturally didn't think he could complete the condensation of the Yin-Yang Complementary Second Soul Core so easily.

Therefore, before his soul power reached the peak of Soul Douluo, he needed to strengthen himself as much as possible, so that he could strive for success in one go, thereby creating an opportunity for condensing the third soul core later.

The majestic soul power turned into circles of ice-blue ripples, dispersing the nearby clouds and mist. Standing on the giant rock, one could overlook the deep blue ocean not far away, where there was also a golden beach, and the scenery looked very beautiful.

Xu Jiujiu flew up with the help of a flight soul tool. She felt the aura of Shu Yan's breakthrough. Shu Yan hadn't been by her side for three days. Facing the overly enthusiastic hospitality of Shu Yan's group of elders, she, as a princess of a country, couldn't handle it.

In these days, the gifts she received were almost enough to fill a small storage soul tool. The key was that none of these gifts were ordinary goods. They were treasures that low-to-medium-level soul masters dreamed of in the outside world. But placed here, there were so many that she didn't know how to handle them, so she simply distributed a part to Ling Luochen and Dugu Yan.

Shu Yan held Xu Jiujiu's hand gently. The two sat on a protrusion on the edge of the cliff, watching the clouds and mist in front of them slowly dissipate under the sunlight. After a while, Shu Yan said: "Have any major events happened in the last two days?"

Xu Jiujiu tilted her head and thought for a while, then said:

"Medical Immortal Grandma took action to dispel the depression in Uncle Su's heart. His heart knot was already solved because of your finding, and after getting the help of Medical Immortal Grandma, signs of breakthrough appeared. Now he has entered a state of seclusion. He asked me to tell you to remember to go to the ancestral hall to recognize your ancestors under the arrangement of the clan elders."

"In addition, there have been some unusual energy fluctuations on Auntie's side. Cracks have appeared on the shell of the big cocoon, and it should be broken soon."

Shu Yan nodded, not feeling surprised. "In just a few days, too many things have happened..."

Shu Yan said with some emotion.

Xu Jiujiu leaned on Shu Yan's shoulder. Her golden high heels were shining with dazzling golden light under the sunlight. She gently shook her snow-white slender legs, looking somewhat lazy and intellectual.

"Don't think so much, at least everything that happened is a good thing, isn't it?"

Shu Yan nodded noncommittally, then suddenly remembered something and asked: "How is the fusion degree between the Star Luo Spirit Pearl and you?"

Xu Jiujiu felt it carefully, then said: "It has fused nearly 50%. I followed your arrangement, A-Yan, and didn't choose to refine it in one go, but let it slowly integrate into my origin, and supplemented it with the life energy of Life Gold. After I fuse it all, my soul power can break through to the Soul Emperor realm."

"By the way, in the process of slowly fusing with the Star Luo Spirit Pearl, my Star Crown martial soul was baptized by huge star power, washing away most of the original defects and drawbacks. I have a premonition that after I obtain the sixth soul core, my martial soul will usher in another evolution."

Shu Yan nodded. Xu Jiujiu's current soul power level is level 58, not far from the Soul Emperor realm. With the soul power remaining from the Star Luo Spirit Pearl and the sacrifice of the Qiluo Tulip, Xu Jiujiu will probably be able to break through to the Soul Emperor realm in less than three months. By then, she will have to find a suitable 100,000-year soul beast for Xu Jiujiu.

Yes, Xu Jiujiu's current physical strength is enough to support her in absorbing a 100,000-year soul ring at the Soul Emperor realm. Perhaps her spirit is slightly worse, but this problem can be easily solved. Shu Yan is already very familiar with things like implicit cheating.

The two continued to sit here for a while. During this period, Xu Jiujiu took the initiative to ask for a deep kiss with a sense of attachment, which made Shu Yan inexplicably a bit angry, but thinking about where he was now, he temporarily dismissed this idea and prepared to save it for the evening to properly clean up Xu Jiujiu, this little goblin who likes to provoke fire.

The sunlight at noon gradually became hot. This is a coastal area, and there is no way around it.

But unexpectedly, once entering the area where the valley is located, the temperature dropped sharply again. There seems to be a strange ice attribute metal vein under this valley, which controls the ice attribute spiritual energy and temperature here to a perfect level.

In fact, it is no wonder that some members of this big family have no intention of coming out at all. Who doesn't like such a stable and comfortable life?

The key is that while life is comfortable and safe, their descendants can get proper and perfect teaching. Children born here, whether male or female, will basically have ice attribute martial souls and even decent innate soul power. Coupled with the fact that they will be taken by elders to fight with sea soul beasts in the shallow sea area since childhood, their growth is extremely good, and they basically won't grow crooked.

As soon as Shu Yan and Xu Jiujiu entered the village, he was pulled away by an old man with white beard and hair. This old man claimed to be his seventh grandfather. Although he was not a biological brother of Shu Yan's late grandfather, he was of the same generation and was also Shu Yan's grandfather-level existence.

Looking at a group of old men who were smiling unkindly, Shu Yan was also at a loss. He was surrounded by a group of people to go to the ancestral hall to worship the ancestors, and then solemnly wrote his name on the genealogy. Of course, he left the name Su Yan. Shu Yan had nothing to say about this and let them go.

In the end, a group of old men announced his identity in front of everyone in the entire village, and announced that all the young talents under the age of twenty-five in the entire village could come to challenge Shu Yan. Looking at the fighting eyes of many young people in the crowd below, Shu Yan held his forehead, and for a time, he really didn't know whether to be happy or laugh bitterly...

(End of chapter)