Chapter 15: Obtaining the Soul Ring

Time passed day by day; in the blink of an eye, a year and a half had gone by.

On this night, Zhou Heng sat cross-legged on his bed, circulating the soul power within his body according to his meditation method, absorbing the spiritual energy from the air to increase his total soul power.

He had already reached level nineteen over ten days ago, and now he felt that the time for him to reach level twenty soul power was today.

Naturally, Zhou Heng wanted to strike while the iron was hot and push through to level twenty soul power.

As the total amount of soul power within his body's meridians continued to rise, Zhou Heng felt that his physical fitness had also improved slightly.

As time ticked away, the soul power within Zhou Heng's body suddenly trembled, and then, as if breaking through some kind of shackle, his soul power grew rapidly.

The growth did not last long; in just a dozen breaths or so, the soul power within Zhou Heng's body had increased by about two or three percent.

Zhou Heng felt that power which had appeared naturally after his level breakthrough, the one that restricted his soul power from continuing to rise.

An inexplicable feeling arose in Zhou Heng's heart, and he did not know how to describe it.

After thinking it over, Zhou Heng did not know what was wrong with him, so he simply stopped paying attention to this feeling, lay down, and began to sleep.

The next morning, after Zhou Heng finished washing up, he did not go to the Martial Arts Arena, but went straight to the Offering Hall to meet the Grand Pontiff, Qian Daoliu.

After arriving at the Offering Hall, Zhou Heng saw the Seven Consecrators sitting in the palace; at a glance, he knew they had already received news of his arrival and were waiting for him.

Zhou Heng stepped forward and bowed respectfully to the Seven Consecrators: "Disciple pays respects to the seven masters. When I was cultivating last night, my soul power had a breakthrough."

"Disciple intends to head to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain my Second Soul Ring to assist me in breaking through."

Upon hearing that Zhou Heng's soul power had broken through, a smile appeared on the faces of the Seven Consecrators as they watched Zhou Heng's next moves.

Qian Daoliu wore a smile and observed Zhou Heng carefully; after confirming that Zhou Heng had indeed broken through, he said with a smile: "You have already reached level twenty. Even if you continue to cultivate, you won't accumulate much more soul power. It is indeed time to obtain a soul ring."

"However, have you decided which soul ring to obtain?"

Qian Daoliu asked this casually, wanting to know if Zhou Heng had any ideas.

In fact, the seven of them had already thought about what kind of soul ring should be equipped for Zhou Heng.

After hearing Qian Daoliu's words, Zhou Heng lowered his head to think for a short while, then looked up and said: "I intend to find a Spirit Beast that possesses both Water Element and mental attributes. The Spirit Beasts I have chosen are the Dream Water Fish and the Drunken Yin Octopus."

Hearing Zhou Heng's answer, Qian Daoliu was stunned for a moment, then looked at Zhou Heng and asked: "I understand your choice of mental attributes, but why add the water attribute?"

Zhou Heng explained: "I have an idea for a Self-created Soul Skill that requires five attributes—gold, wood, water, fire, and earth—to complete."

Qian Daoliu looked at Zhou Heng in surprise; such a young child had already started conceiving a Self-created Soul Skill?

"Good," Qian Daoliu replied softly.

Qian Daoliu turned his head to look at the Qingluan Douluo: "Third brother, this time, why don't you take Little Heng to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain a suitable soul ring? What do you think?"

The Qingluan Douluo nodded and said: "Naturally, that is no problem. I will take Little Heng there now and strive to return as soon as possible."

After speaking, the Qingluan Douluo did not wait for the others' replies; his figure flashed, turning into a cyan afterimage, and he arrived at Zhou Heng's side.

He grabbed Zhou Heng's shoulder, flew up with him directly into the high sky, and after concealing their figures, they flew toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

High in the sky, Zhou Heng was carried by the Green Luan Douluo, listening to the whistling wind in his ears and looking at the endless clouds around him, his heart filled with excitement.

In his past life, in that world of technological development, he did not know how many people had fantasized about soaring freely in the sky.

However, no one had ever truly achieved it.

Now, with the Green Luan Douluo leading him, Zhou Heng was flying at high speed above the clouds, and he had the urge to shout out loud to express the excitement in his heart.

However, Zhou Heng restrained this urge and just kept looking at the surrounding environment, satisfying the curiosity in his heart.

Soon, the two arrived at the Star Dou Great Forest, which had the most types of Spirit Beasts in this world.

The Green Luan Douluo restrained his own pressure and landed secretly in a secluded spot within the Star Dou Great Forest.

Without causing much of a stir, the surrounding Spirit Beasts continued doing what they were doing.

The Green Luan Douluo released his perception to sense the surroundings, confirming that they were all hundred-year Spirit Beasts; for Zhou Heng, there were no Spirit Beasts present that could threaten him, so he could relax a little.

"Little Heng, the Dream Water Fish you chose mostly exist in the outer circle of the Star Dou Great Forest, and there are quite a few Drunken Yin Octopuses there as well. Let's go there," the Green Luan Douluo said to Zhou Huan.

"I will follow Third Master's arrangements entirely; I have no objections," Zhou Heng said with a smile.

Zhou Heng did not take the surrounding dangers to heart at all; with the Green Luan Douluo by his side, the surrounding Spirit Beasts could never threaten his safety under the Green Luan Douluo's nose.

The Green Luan Douluo took Zhou Heng and walked toward a pre-determined direction, where there was a fairly large river; the Dream Water Fish, being an aquatic Spirit Beast, might live there.

The two walked one after the other toward the river, and after walking for about a quarter of an hour, they arrived at the side of the river.

The Green Luan Douluo released his perception to search the river for the Dream Water Fish or Drunken Yin Octopus that Zhou Huan had chosen.

The two types of Spirit Beasts Zhou Heng chose both had good potential; according to the records of the Spirit Hall, the Dream Water Fish was a Spirit Beast that possessed mermaid bloodlines.

Mermaids were a type of sea Spirit Beast skilled in mental abilities; during the era of the second Douluo in his past life, Huo Yuhao's Soul Spirit included a hundred-thousand-year Mermaid Princess.

Like the mermaid clan, the Dream Water Fish were relatively skilled in mental abilities, but besides mental abilities, the Dream Water Fish also possessed the ability to control the water attribute.

As long as they were adult Dream Water Fish, they could basically easily reach the level of a ten-thousand-year Spirit Beast; they were a high-quality type of Spirit Beast.

As for the Drunken Yin Octopus, it was a substitute Zhou Heng chose in case he could not find a Dream Water Fish.

The Drunken Yin Octopus was a lower-ranked Spirit Beast of the Nightmare Evil Octopus; as long as it reached ten thousand years of cultivation, the Drunken Yin Octopus had a chance to evolve into a Nightmare Evil Octopus.

Like the Dream Water Fish, the Drunken Yin Octopus was a Spirit Beast skilled in mental and water attribute abilities; however, the Drunken Yin Octopus also carried poison and dark attributes, which caused this Spirit Beast's attributes to be insufficiently pure, so it could only be considered as barely meeting Zhou Heng's requirements.

The Green Luan Douluo carefully sensed the river, searching for the Spirit Beasts Zhou Heng requested, and it did not take long.

The Green Luan Douluo opened his eyes, a hint of joy showing in them.

"Little Heng, I have found more than ten Dream Water Fish. Have you decided on the age?" the Green Luan Douluo asked.

After thinking for a moment, Zhou Heng replied to the Green Luan Douluo: "The age of the Profound Thunder Purple Bamboo I captured for my First Soul Ring has already reached thirteen hundred years."

"For the Second Soul Ring's Spirit Beast, I intend to capture a Dream Water Fish with over thirty-five hundred years of cultivation."