However, there's one thing Yu Xiaogang might not know: a 100,000-year-old soul beast is guaranteed to drop a soul bone. And if luck is exceptionally high, it's even possible to obtain more than one soul bone.
For example, Bibi Dong, when she killed the 100,000-year-old soul beast—the Death Spider King—not only obtained a 100,000-year-old soul ring, but also the Death Spider King's left and right arm bones. Her luck was unparalleled.
"Ahem, well, Teacher Xu, I understand these martial soul theories. Please talk about some other knowledge!"
Wang Teng didn't want to listen to Yu Xiaogang's "Ten Core Competencies of Martial Souls." Much of the content was nonsense, or simply pointless.
Having read the original novel, Wang Teng knew what kind of person Yu Xiaogang was—a complete scumbag. He broke up with Bibi Dong and immediately went after Liu Erlong. Well, according to fanon Bibi Dong told him to get lost to save his life, so I can understand quickly finding new love.
But, with Liu Erlong, just when they were about to marry, he ran away as soon as he found out she was his cousin! What a scumbag!
If it weren't for the fact that he later gained a disciple with such extraordinary abilities, his life would have been just like that.
Of course, Wang Teng would never admit to being jealous of Yu Xiaogang. Although Yu Xiaogang was a scumbag, who could blame him when Bibi Dong was head over heels in love with him?
Perhaps... maybe Bibi Dong just liked that kind of thing? Probably, maybe, possibly! Who can say for sure?
...
A week later, in the dungeon - the depths of Loran, as the boss - the Minotaur Soldier fell, the 'experience' gained directly raised Wang Teng's soul power level to level 10.
"Is this what it feels like to level up your soul power? Seems pretty good!"
After silently experiencing it for a while, Wang Teng finished collecting his spoils and returned to the outside world.
Now that his soul power level had reached level 10, he could prepare to obtain his first soul ring.
'Just thinking about it makes me a little excited!'
As a blank-level soul warrior, Wang Teng longed for cool soul skills. Although the first soul skill of his first martial soul: the Mystic Light Cross was most likely an auxiliary soul skill? But that didn't matter. Once he reached the second tier, he would immediately replace his short crossbow.
Although using a short crossbow as a weapon was effective for ambushes, its limited range and lack of a dedicated sight meant that even after more than a week of practice, Wang Teng's archery skills remained unchanged.
Having made up his mind, Wang Teng planned to immediately change weapons after advancing to the second-tier Soul Master. Arriving at the banquet hall, Wang Teng prepared to eat.
"Eh? Teng'er, your Soul Power level has reached level 10?"
Clearly, Wang Chengkun, a Soul Douluo-level expert, immediately noticed Wang Teng's Soul Power level.
"Yes, Father, I just advanced this morning."
"Haha, my son Wang Teng, you truly have the potential to be a titled master! I didn't expect you to advance so quickly. It seems you're not far from the legendary innate full Soul Power!" '
...Can we not talk about this anymore?' Wang Teng silently complained.
"Teng'er has advanced to a Quasi-Soul Master? Truly worthy of being my son!" Li Chan chimed in from the side.
"Brother, I want to become a Soul Master too!" Wang Chong, standing beside him, set himself a small goal: to become a Soul Master as well!
"Don't worry, Chong, once you awaken your Martial Soul, your brother will carry you to new heights!"
There was no doubt about this. Even without innate Soul Power, Wang Teng was confident he could help his younger brother take off when Wang Chong awakened his Martial Soul next year. After all, there was no talent problem that Immortal Herbs couldn't solve!
Wang Teng had long coveted the Immortal Herb gift package from that illiterate Dugu Bo in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well of Sunset Forest, but his strength was insufficient.
Once he was strong enough, Wang Teng would definitely not be polite; he just didn't know if that day would come.
Speaking of which, his parents' Martial Souls weren't top-tier, only of high-grade quality. Although their innate Soul Power had reached level 8, without external help, they would basically never reach the Title Douluo realm in their lifetime.
Wang Teng also needed to find a way to make up for this deficiency. As the saying goes, "When one person attains enlightenment, even their chickens and dogs ascend to heaven," let alone family members?
"Teng'er, I'm on vacation right now, I'll take you to Sunset Forest to get your first spirit ring later."
"Okay."
Wang Teng was really looking forward to his first spirit ring. His first spirit, the Mystic Light Cross, had the Paladin's class template, so his spirit skills were probably fixed, but it would be best to add a spirit ring from a light-attribute spirit beast.
After all, Wang Teng wasn't sure if he would have any treasures that could help his spirit evolve in the future, so adding a spirit ring from a light-attribute spirit beast was definitely the right thing to do!
...
After breakfast, and having stocked up on supplies in his storage spirit tool, Wang Chengkun took Wang Teng in a carriage and set off for Sunset Forest near Heaven Dou City.
Wang Chengkun knew that Wang Teng would be able to break through in the next few days, so he had already made arrangements.
Light-attribute spirit beasts were relatively rare, especially since Wang Teng needed one that was over four hundred years old. Artificially raised spirit beast forests might not even have them, so they headed straight for Sunset Forest.
After all, Sunset Forest wasn't far from Heaven Dou City, only a few hundred miles away. Moreover, Sunset Forest, as one of the three major gathering places for spirit beasts within the Heaven Dou Empire, boasts a considerable variety of spirit beasts.
Although Sunset Forest doesn't have as many high-level spirit beasts as Star Dou Great Forest, it still has a large number of spirit beasts under ten thousand years old.
As a power-attack type Spirit Douluo, Wang Chengkun is practically unbeatable in Sunset Forest. So far, no 100,000-year-old spirit beasts have been discovered in Sunset Forest, and even spirit beasts over fifty thousand years old are rare.
Star Dou Great Forest is different. If a high-level spirit beast were to suddenly appear, even if he could escape, having Wang Teng as a burden would be disastrous.
Many spirit masters die in spirit beast forests every year, even with a high-level spirit master leading the way; bad luck might lead to encountering a passing high-level spirit beast, and that would be the end of them.
Of course, if one reaches the Title Douluo level, as long as they don't stubbornly seek out a 100,000-year-old spirit beast to fight to the death, they are basically safe.
After all, even in the Star Dou Great Forest, known as a paradise for soul beasts, soul beasts over 100,000 years old are absolutely at the top of the food chain, their numbers being shockingly rare.
Otherwise, Bibi Dong's second spirit, the Soul Devouring Spider Queen, wouldn't have been constantly lacking 100,000-year spirit rings in the original novel. It wasn't that she couldn't defeat 100,000-year-old soul beasts, but rather that she simply couldn't find them.
Moreover, in the Douluo Continent, almost all Title Douluos don't possess 100,000-year-old spirit rings. Leaving aside the scarcity of 100,000-year-old soul beasts, their strength alone is not to be underestimated.
Once a soul beast reaches the age of 100,000, and it is not a support type, its strength will definitely surpass that of an ordinary Title Douluo.