"Your efficiency in finding disciples is quite impressive," Mu Ye remarked with a sigh.
Not only was the efficiency high, but the quality was also exceptionally good.
Wang Jinyang's Power Gemstone could already be confirmed to have a promising future after being transformed into a Blood Essence Martial Soul. Especially since the gemstone had the potential to communicate with the stars, once his martial soul underwent its second awakening, there was a chance for it to mutate in this special attribute.
In the past, due to the nature of the Body Sect's Body Martial Souls, their second awakenings were mostly fixed in direction, rarely allowing mutations in specific attributes.
However, with the Blood Essence Transformation Technique, these artificially created Body Martial Souls would make up for this shortcoming. During the second awakening of a Body Martial Soul, they could develop unique attributes, such as Wang Jinyang potentially gaining star-related attributes.
"Has Brother Wang Jinyang returned to Tianding City?" Xu Yuan looked around but didn't see any trace of Wang Jinyang.
Mu Ye replied, "He just completed his training here a few days ago. It seems something came up at the Tianding Starry Sky Soul Master Academy, and they took him away."
"There has been an anomaly in the passage at the Blood God Legion side. Some opportunities have arisen, so I plan to let Brother Wang Jinyang train there," Xu Yuan explained his reason for looking for Wang Jinyang.
"Anomaly?"
Xu Yuan recounted how he integrated his primitive dream space into the spatial passage and briefly described the current evolution of Yidi.
"This is your opportunity," Mu Ye sighed. "You truly encounter your own opportunities wherever you go."
"In that case, Yidi is directly linked to cosmic space and exhibits characteristics of a nascent plane. It is generating unique laws, yet unlike normal planes, it doesn't digest the raw stellar energy it absorbs, instead acting like a container of stellar energy."
This was very suitable for Wang Jinyang.
"Little Yang was called back because of an opportunity related to stellar energy. Could this be referring to your side?"
Xu Yuan wasn't surprised.
When he heard this, he understood the logic.
The Starry Sea Alliance had already sent researchers to the Blood God Legion, joining the research institute to study the stellar crystals. The Tianding Starry Sky Soul Master Academy definitely knew about this, and since Wang Jinyang had potential in star-related attributes, they planned to send him to grow within the Blood God Legion.
The Tianding Starry Sky Soul Master Academy itself was not suitable for a genius like Wang Jinyang to flourish.
That was a fact.
Shallow waters can't raise dragons.
Only competition and pressure can fully bring out one's talent.
As the principal, Li Zhilong certainly understood this, so to perfectly unlock Wang Jinyang's potential, they had to make a choice.
They hadn't sent Wang Jinyang to Shrek Academy, but Xu Yuan gave them information that Wang Jinyang could go to Shrek in the future under the guise of an exchange program.
However, the exchange program had not started yet, and even if announced now, it wouldn't suit Wang Jinyang at this stage. Instead, it would be better to wait a few years until Wang Jinyang advanced further before going to Shrek for competition.
The Blood God Legion was a good destination.
"Wuyue, your foundation is very solid, and your transformation of blood essence is perfect. I don't have much to teach you specifically; I can only help you explore the secret techniques you've mastered."
The two stayed in Tian Dou City for half a month.
During this time, Mu Ye taught Jiang Wuyue many skills of the Body Sect's various blood essence secret techniques.
"Well, I won't delay your time any longer. However, when you have time, Wuyue should practice the secret techniques diligently. The explosive effects of blood essence on you are stronger than those on ordinary Body Martial Souls. Once you transform into a Blood Essence Martial Soul, this effect will only become stronger, possibly rivaling my entire body as a Body Martial Soul."
With only three months, Mu Ye didn't want to waste too much of Jiang Wuyue's time.
"Thank you, Teacher," Jiang Wuyue said gratefully.
In these half months, his strength improved significantly, equivalent to increasing his soul power by five levels.
This was amplification.
Even when his soul power increased by five levels in the future, his actual strength would still surpass this stage by five levels.
Although the amplification effect would decrease as his soul power level increased, it was still substantial.
It wasn't that Xu Yuan hadn't taught him before; passing on the secret techniques was already his limit. Honestly, his understanding of many explosive techniques was not as profound as Jiang Wuyue's at this point.
Although Xu Yuan was also a Body Martial Soul master, his Body Martial Soul was the brain, used for thinking, while his Tianyuan Five Elements Spear focused on spear techniques. His blood essence explosion was mainly integrated rather than explosive.
Though there were blood essence explosions that enhanced spear techniques, it was overall enhancement rather than explosive release.
Their cultivation directions were different, so Xu Yuan naturally couldn't teach indiscriminately.
Jiang Wuyue turned to Zhen Hua respectfully and said, "Thank you, Uncle, for taking care of me these past half months."
During these half months, he consumed numerous heavenly treasures to enhance his blood essence, combining it with the cultivation of blood essence secret techniques, completing his transformation.
In fact, all these heavenly treasures were funded by Zhen Hua.
Although the Body Sect had started businesses, they had only made a small profit and hadn't yet converted it into sect heritage, so the acquisition of heavenly treasures couldn't keep up.
"Take this soul tool." Zhen Hua took out a pair of claw gloves.
"This is…" Jiang Wuyue's eyes widened in surprise at the pair of claw gloves Zhen Hua took out.
"These claw gloves are made from Heavenly Forged metal. These two pieces of metal resonate with each other. After successfully forging them, they became my collectibles. In these past half months, I asked Mu Ye to design the formation arrays and found a soul engineer to craft these claw gloves for you."
Jiang Wuyue's power bursts were all in his pair of dragon claws, and these claw gloves were custom-made for him.
"Thank you, Uncle!" Jiang Wuyue received the claw gloves, overwhelmed with excitement.
A pair of soul tools made from Heavenly Forged metal, perfectly matching him, would elevate his strength to another level.
"Don't get too excited. These claw gloves are made from Heavenly Forged metal, different from regular soul tools. Their innate nature is achieved through internal soul-guided formation arrays, turning them into claw gloves. In reality, they are still two pieces of metal. Whether they can truly be nurtured into claw gloves depends on you."
The current soul-guided formation arrays were constraints, preliminary shaping. To truly turn the claw gloves into weapons fused with his pair of dragon claws required long-term nurturing and recognition from these two pieces of Heavenly Forged metal.
"Uncle, rest assured, I will not waste this pair of claw gloves."
Jiang Wuyue looked at the claw gloves in his hand, attempting to fuse them.
Vast blood essence erupted from his body, integrating into the claw gloves.
The claw gloves emitted a black glow. As the blood essence integrated, red veins gradually appeared on them.
Seeing this scene, Xu Yuan gave Zhen Hua a resentful look.
Uncle, why didn't we have these conditions before?
"You brat, isn't teaching you forging enough?" Zhen Hua glared at Xu Yuan, reminding him again, "Remember not to neglect your forging."
Jiang Wuyue had just joined the sect and was already a mature soul master. At this time, the sect naturally had to take some strong measures to retain him.
After Jiang Wuyue finished fusing his Tyrant Dragon Claw Blades, the two left Tian Dou City.
On the way, Jiang Wuyue was still observing his Tyrant Dragon Claw Blades. He manifested his right-hand martial soul, transforming it into dragon claws. A dark black glow covered his dragon claws, followed by red veins spreading across them.
"Nurture this pair of claw gloves well. Try to let them digest the internal array formations and fuse with your dragon claws. If you achieve Limit Douluo status, this pair of claw gloves may become a unique weapon. With sufficient opportunity, it might even evolve into a divine artifact."
Although he said this, Xu Yuan didn't completely believe that this pair of claw gloves would definitely become a divine artifact.
They merely had the qualifications.
There were examples of Heavenly Forged metal weapons evolving into divine artifacts, but very few. Only a handful could be considered exceptions.
Nevertheless, it must be said that Heavenly Forged metal indeed had the qualification to serve as the preliminary form of crafting divine artifacts.
"Rest assured, Brother, this pair of claw gloves fits my dragon claws very well. I am confident in perfectly integrating them with my dragon claws."
Shrek Academy.
Sea God Pavilion.
Xu Yuan and Jiang Wuyue descended.
Yun Ming was in front, his back facing them, seemingly in meditation.
After the two landed, he turned around, his eyes falling on Jiang Wuyue.
"Good foundation." Yun Ming immediately discerned many details about Jiang Wuyue and evaluated him.
"Teacher, this is Jiang Wuyue, with the Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul." Xu Yuan briefly introduced, "Wuyue, this is my teacher."
"Respectful greetings to Your Majesty Atlas Douluo." Jiang Wuyue bowed respectfully, his heart racing.
This was the strongest person on the continent.
Universally acknowledged!
For any soul master, the title of the strongest person on the continent held immense significance.
If capable, which soul master wouldn't chase this title?
If strong enough, who would willingly give up this title?
This Atlas Douluo had held the position of the strongest person on the continent for decades.
Yun Ming remained calm. He pointed to one side of Sea God Island.
"You arrived just in time. Quickly take away those nine Dragon Kings."
Xu Yuan revealed an embarrassed expression.
Were the nine Dragon Kings making that much noise?
He didn't know what happened between Yun Ming and the nine Dragon Kings or what the nine Dragon Kings did that made Yun Ming unable to tolerate them.
"Let's go, Wuyue. First, let's fuse your spirit."
Xu Yuan led Jiang Wuyue to the entrance of the spatial passage to the Dragon Valley small world.
Jiang Wuyue was quite familiar with spatial passages. Seeing the spatial passage in front of him, he prepared to step in.
"Wait, hold on." Xu Yuan stopped Jiang Wuyue and released his 'Seal' character rune.
"After entering, don't try to use soul power. Use blood essence instead."
The suppression in the Dragon Valley was still present. Soul Masters above the rank of Soul King using soul power would be forcibly expelled, so someone like Jiang Wuyue needed to seal their soul power to enter.
However, unlike before, there was no need for Tang Sect's cumbersome technology. One rune from Xu Yuan was enough.
Of course, this also required Jiang Wuyue's cooperation, refraining from forcibly using soul power.
Jiang Wuyue had no objections.
Isn't it just not using soul power?
He was used to that.
"Let's go."
Xu Yuan and Jiang Wuyue entered the passage together.
The Seal Character Rune sealed Jiang Wuyue's soul power, allowing both of them to enter smoothly.
As for Xu Yuan, he only needed to control the surrounding space with the Forbidden Seven Techniques. Similarly, Yun Ming could also enter the Dragon Valley this way.
The space shifted, and upon arriving in the Dragon Valley, Xu Yuan soon saw nine dragon souls flying towards them from the distant sky.
"Are these the nine Dragon Kings?"
Xu Yuan was quite surprised. Looking at the appearance of the nine dragon souls, he hesitated to recognize them at first.
Even though they had already transformed into spirit forms before, the dragon souls of the nine Dragon Kings still had many deficiencies.
However, now these nine dragon souls looked nearly complete, as if they had undergone some special changes.
"Did you nine recover all your memories?"
The Mountain Dragon King's dragon soul shook its head. As it shook, the entire mountainous terrain of the Dragon Valley seemed to tremble slightly. "No, we recovered, but we didn't find other residual souls to repair ourselves."
Recovery, not repair.
One was piecing together missing parts from the original body during its dispersal process, while the other was gradually restoring a new body from the remnants.
Everything was still based on recovery, so their memories couldn't return to their pre-death state.
However, the nine dragon souls mutually compensated, forming a nearly complete memory akin to an undamaged dragon soul.
"Is this the soul master with the Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul?"
The Mountain Dragon King's dragon soul circled Jiang Wuyue, nodding approvingly.
Xu Yuan had informed Yun Ming earlier, securing permission from the nine Dragon Kings before bringing Jiang Wuyue to search for the Tyrant Dragon Soul.
Thus, the nine Dragon Kings were aware of Jiang Wuyue's existence.
Not only the Mountain Dragon King but also the other eight Dragon Kings observed Jiang Wuyue for a long time without significant objections.
"Not bad. You've cultivated blood essence, walking the righteous path. This is the power that our dragon race, especially the Tyrant Dragon, needs to master." The Mountain Dragon King expressed satisfaction.
Although Long Yue also had abundant blood essence, he hadn't joined the Body Sect. Relying on his robust physique, he generated vast blood essence but hadn't condensed it into a unified force.
After witnessing Xu Yuan's blood essence power, he began exploring the direction of condensing blood essence.
But even if he managed to condense it, what then?
Without the Body Sect's blood essence secret techniques, even if he condensed blood essence on his own, he couldn't cultivate or utilize it systematically.
Jiang Wuyue was different. Having cultivated blood essence and recently trained by Mu Ye, he earned the Mountain Dragon King's approval.
"Not bad, not bad. I hope you won't disappoint him."
As he spoke, the Mountain Dragon King and the other eight dragon souls led the two deeper into the Dragon Valley.
Still the Dragon Graveyard, heading towards the depths, Xu Yuan walked along the familiar path and roughly guessed which Tyrant Dragon Spirit the nine Dragon Kings had prepared for Jiang Wuyue.
Jiang Wuyue's gaze swept over the surroundings, marveling at the massive dragon bones scattered around, unable to imagine how many giant dragons had died here.
Advancing forward, they soon reached the outer valley where the Dragon God's dragon soul resided.
"This..."
Upon arriving at the outer valley, Jiang Wuyue's attention was immediately drawn to a dragon skeleton.
At first glance, he could identify it as a Tyrant Dragon skeleton.
Moreover, the lineage of this Tyrant Dragon was absolutely terrifying.
Just standing in front of this skeleton, he already felt his bloodline trembling.
"This Tyrant Dragon was also an ancestral-level dragon in life, one of the first generation of Tyrant Dragones empowered by the Dragon God. However, unlike other Tyrant Dragones empowered at the same time, he didn't reproduce but remained part of the Dragon God's guard team."
Consequently, even after death, this ancestral Tyrant Dragon guarded the valley where the Dragon God's dragon soul resided.
"The dragon soul was severely damaged and almost completely dispersed, but under the influence of the Dragon God's dragon soul power, it lingered around this valley. Recently, the Dragon God's dragon soul was absorbed, and his dragon soul is gradually dissipating. We cannot reassemble his spirit body." The Light Dragon King explained.
Xu Yuan wasn't in a hurry.
Although it was stated that they couldn't reassemble, the fact that the nine Dragon Kings brought them here obviously indicated a turning point.
"Jiang Wuyue's martial soul is the Tyrant Dragon, and his bloodline is quite pure. Using his bloodline as a catalyst, we can gather this ancestral Tyrant Dragon's dragon soul energy, fuse it with the remaining soul bones he left behind, and with our assistance, there's hope of forming a spirit belonging to this ancestral Tyrant Dragon. Though it won't possess any memories of the ancestral Tyrant Dragon, it will be a new individual born from its power, with bloodline forces comparable to its own."
Hearing the nine Dragon Kings' explanation, Xu Yuan was quite moved.
Indeed, these nine Dragon Kings were all deities in life. Their research and application of spirits had reached this level.
Even the Spirit Transmission Tower couldn't achieve this kind of spirit creation. This was a bloodline spirit, likely beyond the reach of pure soul-guided technology.
Listening on the side, Jiang Wuyue felt somewhat dizzy.
Such boundless wealth...
"In that case, esteemed predecessors, let's begin."
Xu Yuan urged.
The nine Dragon Kings exchanged glances, and without hesitation, gave Jiang Wuyue some instructions, preparing to start gathering the surrounding dragon soul energy.
"In fact, this ancestral Tyrant Dragon's dragon soul was nourished by the Dragon God's dragon soul energy. It should undergo changes. The gathered ancestral Tyrant Dragon might advance further, reflecting on you, offering a chance to evolve your bloodline once."
Pure Tyrant Dragon bloodline evolving again.
What the nine Dragon Kings referred to wasn't evolving to the ancestral Tyrant Dragon bloodline, but advancing further on this basis.
Dragon King!
However, it was only a possibility. The nine Dragon Kings mentioned it briefly without elaborating, clearly indicating that the chance wasn't large. Relatively speaking, it was more of a qualification; if sufficient opportunities arose in the future, it might be realized.
"Dragon soul, gather!"
Except for the Mountain Dragon King, the other eight dragon souls dispersed to eight positions. The Mountain Dragon King, as the leader, hovered directly above Jiang Wuyue, organizing the ancestral Tyrant Dragon's dragon soul energy and guiding it into Jiang Wuyue's body.
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