Soto City.
Inside a general store.
A healing Soul Master wiped the sweat from his forehead and said,
"Dean Flander, Your Majesty's injuries are too severe. All I can treat are these minor physical wounds."
"As for the rest, I am powerless."
Upon hearing this, Tang San clenched his fists, gritting his teeth.
Yu Xiaogang sat in a wheelchair and asked,
"Aren't you a healing Soul Master? How can you only treat minor physical wounds? Is it because his Soul Power level is too high?"
Flander and the others nearby also looked at the healing Soul Master.
"This?"
The healing Soul Master shook his head helplessly and said,
"I can't explain it clearly. In short, Your Majesty is severely injured. If he didn't have the strength of a Title Douluo, I'm afraid he wouldn't have survived."
"Furthermore!"
"He has incurable hidden ailments and Soul Power backlash. It seems that besides Nine-Heart Begonia, other Martial Souls can only do so much."
Nine-Heart Begonia?
Damn.
These injuries were inflicted by Nine-Heart Begonia's man!
Tang Hao said,
"It's fine."
"I know the extent of my own injuries. Flander, please send this friend away first!"
Flander nodded slightly, gave a good amount of gold Soul coins, and then sent the person off.
Tang Hao looked at Yu Xiaogang and asked,
"Master, what are your plans next?"
Yu Xiaogang's expression darkened as he said,
"I'm going to the Spirit Hall to find Bibi Dong!"
Upon hearing this, Flander glanced at Yu Xiaogang and said,
"Let's go to Heaven Dou City first!"
"After all, that's the imperial capital of the Heaven Dou Empire. I imagine the Spirit Hall wouldn't dare to be too presumptuous, and it's also good to settle everyone down."
Just as Tang San was about to say something upon hearing this, Tang Hao stopped him with a look.
Seeing this, Tang San instantly understood that with so many people around, it wasn't suitable to reveal their purpose. The matter of the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud still couldn't be known by so many people.
Tang Hao nodded slightly and said,
"Alright! Then I'll trouble Dean Flander to take our father and son to Heaven Dou City together."
On the other side.
When Liam and his group arrived at the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest and dismounted their carriage to switch to riding the Phoenix-Tailed Crested Serpent, Zhu Zhuqing's little red face still hadn't subsided.
This made Hu Liena and the others very confused. While we were all catching up on sleep, what exactly did you two do?
At this moment.
Liam took Zhu Zhuqing and was the first to jump onto the back of the Phoenix-Tailed Crested Serpent. Ning Rongrong, Huo Wu, Hu Liena, Ye Lingling, Xiao Wu, and Dugu Yan sat on in order.
Zhu Zhuqing sat at the very front. Liam put his arm around her waist and asked,
"How many years do you want your third Soul Ring to be?"
Zhu Zhuqing heard Liam's words, recalled the excuse Hu Liena had given her, and said,
"My Soul Power is now forty-four. Before, I was level twenty-eight, but before absorbing the Immortal Herb, the God Inheritance rewarded me with ten levels of Soul Power, and the Immortal Herb raised it by another six levels."
Liam was speechless.
Alright, alright!
He didn't know what was going on with this script, but the dowry given was quite high. If nothing unexpected happened, Zhu Zhuqing could still gain twenty levels of Soul Power next!
"In that case, the age of the Soul Ring will have to be increased."
As Liam thought, his hand moved upwards, and just like in the carriage, he secretly started playing basketball again.
Play with legs for years.
Play basketball for a lifetime.
"Huh?"
Hu Liena suddenly spoke up,
"Liam, I see that it's getting late today. How about we find a place to rest for the night first, and then choose Zhuqing's Soul Ring tomorrow?"
Hearing this, Liam had the Phoenix-Tailed Crested Serpent find a place to stop ahead. He jumped down with the group and said,
"That works too. Then we'll rest here tonight and go look for Soul Beasts tomorrow!"
Hu Liena nodded slightly, looked at Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Lingling, and called out,
"Zhuqing, Ye Lingling, I have something to tell you. Come with me for a bit."
"Oh, oh!"
The two of them followed Hu Liena away with confused looks.
Liam was also confused, not knowing what this Little Fox wanted to do, but he didn't ask further. He just sat down next to Xiao Wu and asked,
"Little Bunny, how does it feel to be home?"
"Ah?"
Xiao Wu's heart tightened instantly upon hearing this.
Then she remembered that everyone present knew her identity, so she relaxed again, stretched, and said,
"It feels great!"
"If Soul Beasts didn't have to stay with humans after transforming, I'd want to live in the Great Forest forever."
"Heh!"
Ning Rongrong smiled and said,
"You should think carefully. There's no good food in the Star Dou Great Forest. You've seen the prosperity of the human world, can you still bear it?"
Xiao Wu's expression was somewhat complex upon hearing this, saying,
"But!"
"The human world is too complicated."
Dugu Yan and Huo Wu looked at Xiao Wu and seemed to understand something in their hearts. This bunny being a bit foolish probably has a reason!
After all, living in the Star Dou Great Forest, without contact with people, without learning, and without scheming, is indeed not conducive to growth.
Liam said lightly,
"The human world is indeed like that, but! In your original life, you only had your mother, Great Ming, and Er Ming. If there were other hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts, there would still be scheming."
In the woods.
After Hu Liena had taken Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Lingling some distance away, she began to talk about her new idea.
"Zhuqing, I've suddenly thought of a problem. Although the method of improvement I gave you yesterday wasn't wrong, there's now another option."
"This option is for you to get the remaining twenty levels of Soul Power tonight, and then hunt for Soul Rings with level sixty-four Soul Power."
When Zhu Zhuqing heard this, a hint of confusion appeared in her eyes as she said, "If I do that, can I reach the highest level of Soul Power?"
Hu Liena said,
"Normally, absolutely not, but! If you acquire your third, fourth, and fifth Soul Rings with sixty-four levels of Soul Power, this situation is not normal."
"Ye Lingling, what do you think?"
Ye Lingling understood why Hu Liena had called her over. After calculating in her mind, she began to speak,
"According to Sister Nana's previous plan, after absorbing your third and fourth Soul Rings, you should be able to reach level forty-eight."
"Then gain ten levels of Soul Power, fifty-eight levels, absorb another Soul Ring, roughly sixty levels, and finally absorb the last ten levels of Soul Power plus a Soul Ring, basically around seventy-two levels."
Hu Liena nodded.
Zhu Zhuqing then said,
"But if I directly increase to sixty-four levels, then the Soul Power provided by the third, fourth, and even fifth Soul Rings might not necessarily allow me, at sixty levels, to increase my level."
Ye Lingling said with a smile,
"My fifth, sixth, and seventh Soul Rings, and Dugu Yan's, were twenty-eight thousand years, over forty thousand years, and over sixty thousand years respectively, because our level was seventy when we absorbed the Soul Rings."
"According to normal circumstances, the previous few Soul Rings naturally wouldn't bring a level increase to you at sixty levels, but if the age of the Soul Rings you absorb is higher, then this is possible."
"With the increase in Soul Ring age, absorbing the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth Soul Rings is enough to get you to level seventy."
Hu Liena also looked happy and said,
"That's right!"
"This might not differ much from the originally calculated level, but! The age of the previous few Soul Rings is much higher."