Chapter 197: Entering the Dragon Tomb

In other words, every time Shouhe evolves a Spirit Ring, it is equivalent to Shi Quan absorbing a Spirit Ring of the same rank.

After letting Shouhe return to his Consciousness Sea, Shi Quan tidied himself up, walked out of the room to have breakfast with his parents, and then bid farewell to the two elders. After changing his form and sending the Blue Silver King to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, he returned to the valley of the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy.

Upon returning to the valley and giving a brief explanation to the three women—Ye Lingling, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan—Shi Quan prepared to go into seclusion to evolve the remaining two Spirit Rings for his Earth Martial Soul. Once the seclusion ended, he would use the Teleportation Talisman to head to the Dragon Tomb.

After another day and night, the Spirit Rings of Shi Quan's Earth Martial Soul had increased from two to four. The energy within his body continued to accumulate, and Shi Quan felt that his Internal Energy was likely approaching level 56.

If Shouhe helped him evolve his Fifth Soul Ring directly, his soul power would have to surge by at least level 56 or more. Coupled with the sacrifice of the Blue Silver King and the accumulation of power from a Ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring, his strength might be able to break through to level 60 or higher in a short period of time.

In the original work, when Xiao Wu sacrificed herself for Tang San, his soul power increased directly from level 60 to level 65.

"Goodbye." Dugu Bo looked at the recovering gap and the empty dormitory, suddenly feeling that something was missing. After a slight sigh, he turned and left.

Suppressing the palpitations in his heart, Shi Quan took a long breath and rose to walk out of the room.

After looking at the Xuanyuan in Shi Quan's hand, Ye Lingling looked around and then asked, "Xiao Quan, you haven't explained the Dragon Tomb in detail yet. Why is it impossible to use soul power here, and it feels like this place isn't the same as our original world?"

It was just a pity that now was not the time.

In the space, the four of them only felt the world before their eyes go black. Everything around them seemed to be spinning, becoming blurry and indistinct, with a sensation of space constantly twisting.

"So that's how it is!" Dugu Yan nodded.

Shi Quan looked subconsciously and suddenly discovered that they had not appeared on the ground, but in mid-air. He and the three women were all falling downward like free-falling objects.

Shi Quan nodded, "I don't know much about this Dragon Tomb either; I only know that it is a small world within a spatial rift of the Douluo Continent."

Dugu Yan said with great interest. As for dragons, the attraction was naturally the greatest for her, because what she lacked most was the Dragon Tribe Bloodline. Moreover, she was also very interested in the dragon souls Shi Quan mentioned; if she encountered one, she would definitely have to find a way to absorb it and try it out.

"True Dragon Soul Bone?" Upon hearing this name, the three women couldn't help but feel their hearts flutter. They knew best how great the benefits of a soul bone were, especially since Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling had already experienced it personally.

"Then let's talk as we walk." Shi Quan nodded, "By the way, let me introduce two partners to you."

"Uh..." Shi Quan paused. This was rather troublesome to explain, as it would involve all sorts of miscellaneous theories about planets and the like, which were not only tedious but also difficult to understand. After thinking for a moment, Shi Quan continued, "This is indeed another world. You can just treat it as an appendage to our original world; it is a place where the sky is round and the earth is square."

"Although we cannot use soul power due to the suppression of the dragon souls, if the dragon souls can also be absorbed, doing so will improve our physical fitness and even cause our bloodlines to carry a trace of dragon-like aura. This has huge benefits for future cultivation, especially for reaching higher levels."

Disappearing along with it was the gap itself.

Ye Lingling frowned and asked, "The dragon souls can even suppress soul power, and we can't even use our soul power—can we really absorb them?"

"Uh..." Shi Quan rubbed his head awkwardly and said, "I don't know about that. Anyway, we've already arrived at the Dragon Tomb; if we look around more, we'll be able to find them."

Ye Lingling asked, "Then Xiao Quan, do you know where the Dragon Tomb is?"

"Go on, go on. With you gone, I, the old man, can enjoy some peace and quiet," Dugu Bo waved his hand.

"A small world?" The three women looked at Shi Quan in confusion.

Zhu Zhuqing then asked, "How was the harvest?"

It is also a powerful tracking skill; as long as an opponent touches the ground, they will be stained with the aura of the earth, and Shi Quan can use this to lock onto the opponent's location.

If it were a True Dragon Soul Bone, wouldn't that be several grades higher than the soul bones they already possessed?

After Xiaomeng's ethereal body circled around Shi Quan, it landed slowly on his right shoulder, while Shouhe's round, raccoon-dog figure landed on his left shoulder as soon as it emerged.

"Mm."

Shi Quan took the Teleportation Talisman from his Hundred Treasure Bag and injected Internal Energy into it. The runes on the talisman immediately emitted a strange fluctuation. Shi Quan thought of the destination in his mind, and the runes flickered as if searching for something. Soon, the Teleportation Talisman seemed to have locked onto a location.

It is also a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Beast; if his soul power really reached level 56 after absorbing the Fifth Soul Ring, going from 56 to 60 would be no problem at all.

As he walked, two different rays of light radiated from between Shi Quan's brows. A silver-green radiance and a sandy-yellow halo condensed into two figures.

"This is Xiaomeng, and this is Shouhe," Shi Quan pointed to the two soul spirits and introduced them to the three women one by one.

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"The Dragon Tomb?"

"The harvest was quite large," Shi Quan said with a smile. The three soul skills Shouhe brought him were all extremely powerful, and his Earth Domain had also awakened a very special ability: Earth Sensing. It could sense the veins of the earth and remember the aura of the earth; as long as he didn't go too far away, he could rely on Earth Sensing to sense the location of the Douluo Continent.

"As for why we cannot use our martial souls and soul power, it is because of the suppression of the dragon souls in this world, which causes the body to be unable to connect with one's own soul power."

"Mm." Shi Quan nodded, then looked at Dugu Bo, "Grandpa Dugu, we're leaving now."

"It's another external spirit bone inside my body," Shi Quan raised the Xuanyuan in his hand and introduced it, "It's called the Dragon Spine. This is a special form of it, which I named Xuanyuan."

The three women curiously leaned in to look at Xiaomeng and Shouhe.

The three women nodded as if they understood, all looking as if they didn't quite grasp it but felt it was impressive. Anyway, knowing that this place was very special was enough.

"Hold on tight to me." Shi Quan pulled the three women into his arms.

"Goodbye, Grandpa Dugu!" After bidding farewell to Dugu Bo, the light from the Teleportation Talisman immediately enveloped Shi Quan. The next second, the figures of the four people were engulfed by the light, plunged into the gap, and disappeared.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's set off directly!"

A full quarter of an hour passed before the distorted world around them changed. Suddenly, the darkness vanished, and when the light appeared again, the four of them felt their feet lighten.

Regarding the concept of a soul spirit, the three women still had blank expressions. Shi Quan had to spend quite a lot of effort explaining it clearly to them.

The three women leaned tightly against Shi Quan's chest; his chest was broad and powerful.

"Don't worry, with me here, although there is no soul power, the dragon souls themselves are not very strong, so they are not difficult to deal with. Moreover, our main purpose for this trip is not the dragon souls, but the Dragon Tomb within the Dragon Tomb."

"Xiao Quan, what is this?" Zhu Zhuqing looked at the Xuanyuan in Shi Quan's hand in surprise.

All the runes suddenly lit up, and the surrounding space seemed to solidify, but the next moment it shattered like a mirror. Under the illumination of the Teleportation Talisman, a huge gap appeared right in the middle of them.

"Xiao Quan, I can't use my martial soul!"

The expressions of the three women changed abruptly, and a bit of panic appeared in their demeanor. They all discovered that there seemed to be a special energy in this space suppressing them; the soul power within their bodies had gone completely silent, suppressed to the point where they couldn't exert even a bit of it, making it impossible to mobilize, to the extent that they couldn't even use their martial souls.

"It's okay, I'm here." A golden light erupted from behind Shi Quan. The golden light flew out like a sharp sword, carrying an unparalleled aura, and landed in front of Shi Quan; it was the Dragon Spine Xuanyuan.

"Hold on." Shi Quan hurriedly put the Teleportation Talisman back into his Hundred Treasure Bag.

"Since we can't use soul power, why did we come to the Dragon Tomb?" Dugu Yan asked in confusion.

"It's also luck," Shi Quan smiled lightly.

Zhu Zhuqing, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan were also stunned by the strange scene before them.

"Mm." Shi Quan nodded, "This small world is said to have been opened up by the God of the Dragon Tribe in the beginning. It buries the corpses of many dragons. In addition to being guarded by powerful dragon souls, the Dragon Tomb also contains a large number of dragon corpses. Those who can be buried in the Dragon Tomb do not have low purity of Dragon Tribe Bloodline. The True Dragon Soul Bone inside is the main purpose of our trip."

Dugu Yan looked at the Dragon Spine in Shi Quan's hand with envy, "Xiao Quan, you actually have two external spirit bones!"

Dugu Bo looked at the pitch-black gap before him, and a look of shock could not help but appear in his eyes.

It was currently noon, and the three women and Dugu Bo were all in the Dormitory; seeing Shi Quan's figure, Dugu Yan asked first: "Xiao Quan, has your seclusion ended?"

This saved Shi Quan the trouble of finding the direction.

Shi Quan was also unable to use soul power, but his Mental Power was not within the restricted range; Shi Quan had already been studying the Sword Controlling Method before, and with the appearance of the Spirit God Art, he had already reached the realm of controlling a sword, but he had never used it before just to hide the existence of Dragon Spine.

Shi Quan looked down and saw that the ground was already very close; Dragon Spine Xuanyuan flashed by, instantly arriving under Shi Quan's feet, and with a glide, after dissipating all the downward force, he landed while controlling the sword like an immortal, then with a flash of golden light, Xuanyuan immediately returned to Shi Quan's hand.

While explaining clearly what a Soul Spirit was, the three women only then learned that Shi Quan actually possessed three powerful martial souls, and currently, each martial soul was extremely powerful.

While the three women were shocked, they were also curious about how these two special Soul Spirits came to be; Shi Quan could not directly say they were rewards from the system, so he could only say they were obtained by a stroke of luck.