"Alright, you can absorb the Soul Ring now. We will guard you."
Su Yu nodded and sat cross-legged on the ground.
He didn't immediately draw the Soul Ring, but first adjusted his state, using meditation to regulate his breathing to a normal condition.
In a meditative state, Su Yu could feel the circle of Soul Ring in front of him.
He directed the Soul Ring onto his Martial Soul.
A strand of Blue Silver Grass grew from behind Su Yu, and the Soul Ring encircled them from the outside.
Vast Soul Power surged into his body, causing Su Yu to grunt.
"Resist the impact of the Soul Power, refine these energies, even if it's just the initial absorption of the Soul Ring."
Su Yu endured the assault, using his own Soul Power to guide the influx of Soul Power from the Soul Ring through his body.
Perhaps due to using the Body Tempering Technique, his internal meridians seemed stronger, allowing Su Yu to swiftly withstand the impact.
He even used this Soul Power to temper his internal meridians, refining every part of his body.
Su Yu sat cross-legged on the ground as a cracking sound emitted from his entire skeletal structure.
"The speed of absorbing the Soul Ring is quite rapid."
"It seems Su Yu's physique is quite strong."
As is well known, during the absorption of a Soul Ring, the stronger the physique, the higher the limit of the year's Soul Ring that can be absorbed.
With Soul Rings of the same year, the higher the physique, the faster and easier the absorption.
"Once the Soul Power is refined, then it's the absorption of the Soul Ring."
Upon enduring the impact of the Soul Ring's internal Soul Power and completing the refinement, the next step is the true refinement of the source from the Soul Beast.
In Su Yu's spiritual realm, a vine emitting a faint starlight appeared.
The Blue Silver Grass rose from the ground and wrapped around the vine, integrating the Art of Lifespring Cuttings to destroy the vine internally.
"In my spiritual world, all foreign objects will be suppressed!"
Before the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, Su Yu's Self-Hypnosis Technique was indeed effective.
Defeating the phantom, the Blue Silver Grass absorbed the scattered origin bit by bit after dispersing it.
These things aren't absorbed casually.
Following the natural course is best, allowing one to obtain the most likely Soul Skill, but if one has specific needs, absorbing in a designated way guided by the heart, the Soul Skill and Soul Ring effect obtained will certainly differ.
This difference could be good or bad.
Su Yu let things flow naturally, not acting impulsively. Yet, during the absorption process, he was also sensing the differences in these origin energies.
"It should be absorbed like this."
Su Yu was able to perceive the changes and growth of his Martial Soul.
And precisely because of this, with a thought, the absorption method changed, and he drew a great deal of a certain scattered origin.
"This seems to be the portion concerning the Power of the Stars."
"And these origins are to strengthen the Life Force."
Su Yu devoted himself entirely to the absorption of the Soul Ring.
In the blink of an eye, three hours passed.
"Why is this kid taking so long to absorb the Soul Ring?"
"This isn't right, the progress was clearly fast before."
Zhao Lei and Zhang Yuan were a bit doubtful at this moment.
At this juncture, an unmoving Su Yu emitted a pulse of Soul Power from within.
"Success!"
Su Yu's Soul Power fluctuation increased significantly.
The Soul Ring encircling him gradually shrank, finally converging into his body.
"Thank you very much, brothers."
Su Yu stood up and expressed his gratitude.
The three exchanged some formalities and left the scene without wasting time.
...
Su Yu obtained the First Soul Ring, but didn't choose to leave.
He continued to remain in Wangyue City for cultivation.
In the blink of an eye, two and a half years had passed.
After absorbing the Soul Ring of the Star Spirit Vine, Su Yu's Soul Power directly broke through to Level 12.
Upon reaching Soul Master level, Su Yu's cultivation pace slowed further, averaging a breakthrough every three months.
The threshold of Level 20 was manageable.
After absorbing the Star Spirit Vine, the Life Origin of Su Yu's Blue Silver Grass was greatly enhanced, making this breakthrough very smooth, taking only half a year.
He didn't choose to absorb the nine-hundred-year Dragon Scale Vine.
After absorbing the Star Spirit Vine, Su Yu's Blue Silver Grass could absorb the Power of the Stars for cultivation. He used the Power of the Stars to operate the Body Tempering Technique, greatly enhancing his physique.
During the span of two and a half years, along with the three months post-breakthrough to Level 20, he focused entirely on boosting his physique.
The goal was to absorb a Millennium Soul Ring at Level 20!
In between, Su Yu sold the Soul-guiding Device dagger to Qian Tong.
With the first enhancement of the Blue Silver Grass's Life Origin, many of Su Yu's designs came to fruition, creating many personal Soul Skills, greatly reducing the dagger's relevance, leading Su Yu to sell it.
Although the dagger was a Third-level Soul-guiding Device and relatively common, it was still highly valuable, even as second-hand, fetching one hundred and fifty Golden Soul Coins.
After two and a half years of expenses, there was still about a hundred Golden Soul Coins left.
His expenses had been much higher than the previous year due to purchasing numerous books to acquire knowledge.
"Let's find Qian Tong. This time, searching for the Millennium Soul Ring might take quite some time."
Absorbing a Millennium Soul Ring above one's level has stringent year requirements; it cannot be too high, and the Soul Beast itself cannot be too inferior.
It's quite a hassle to find one.
Without Qian Tong's help, finding assistance would be challenging.
...
"You want to absorb the Millennium Second Ring beyond your level?"
Qian Tong was quite surprised upon hearing Su Yu's request.
However, upon careful consideration, Su Yu's reasoning was compelling and very persuasive.
"Are you sure your physique can support the Millennium Soul Ring?"
"Don't worry. When obtaining my First Soul Ring, I felt the limit was much more than just four hundred years."
Su Yu believed his choice for the First Soul Ring had been somewhat conservative, not to mention six hundred years; it was surely at least five hundred.
This time, after the Power of the Stars body tempering and regular intensified training, Su Yu was confident he could withstand the impact of the Millennium Soul Ring's Soul Power.
As for absorbing the Soul Ring origin, Su Yu was even less concerned, having had prior experience and having refined the Self-Hypnosis Technique over the two and a half years.
As long as it's not a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and he can withstand its Soul Power's impact, Su Yu was confident that absorbing the subsequent origin would be quite manageable for him.
"Alright, since you believe you can, I won't persuade you."
Qian Tong's heart was ablaze with excitement; if this succeeded, it would be a Soul Master with a Millennium Second Ring!
Even with Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, Su Yu's future potential was boundless, with Soul Saint as a basic expectation.
There is a considerable possibility for Soul Douluo.
And possibly, even a Titled Douluo could be within reach.
Anything is possible!
Qian Tong didn't have any bias despite Su Yu's Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, considering it had been cultivated just like other Top-Level Martial Souls up to now, with cultivation progress no less than others.
"Do you have any intentions for your Second Soul Ring?"
"It's roughly the same request as last time, abundant Life Force and preferably Soul Skills that enhance Life Force."
Soul Beasts primarily augmenting Life must also excel in this area.
This is Su Yu's demand.
With the additional invisible condition, just breaking through the millennium, it indeed won't be easy to find.
Finding one in the Soul Hunting Forest is quite difficult; only soul beast aggregations in large places like the Xingdou Great Forest offer hope of finding suitable Soul Beasts.