Just as Zhu Zhuqing entered Shrek Academy, Su Cheng had already left the Tian Dou Royal Academy.
In the past year, his cultivation had progressed rapidly.
Even though Su Cheng's martial soul bloodline had almost no room for improvement, the Nirvana Scripture mainly manifested its effect in transforming the essence of his martial soul. However, the technique itself had the function of improving cultivation efficiency.
Furthermore, although Su Cheng couldn't use the extremely powerful medicinal effects of the Immortal Herb due to its severe impact on the body, he could still use other herbs from the Ice and Fire Dual Attribute Eyes to concoct various auxiliary elixirs.
Coupled with the two-level increase in soul power from absorbing the fourth soul ring across the year boundary, he had already reached the rank 44 Soul Ancestor realm.
Deep in the thousands of miles of mountains on the edge of the Tian Dou Empire.
Watching the huge waterfall cascading from a cliff hundreds of meters high in the distance, a hint of a smile appeared in Su Cheng's eyes.
As early as during the first simulation, he had already identified this location, so it was easy to find it now.
This was the burial place of the Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone of the Blue Silver Emperor.
In fact, absorbing the Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone of the Blue Silver Emperor was not difficult.
Moreover, the earlier this soul bone was used, the better the effect. Not only did it greatly enhance the foundation of the body's qualities, but the wood attribute soul skills were also very suitable for Su Cheng.
But unfortunately, he couldn't be sure whether Tang Hao would be guarding the corpse here, so he didn't dare to take risks easily.
This place was definitely the enemy's reverse scale. Not to mention taking the soul bone from here, even if he was discovered near this place, he might not survive.
Moreover, his cultivation speed was too fast. Whether it was entering school or going to the Martial Soul Hall to test soul power, there would inevitably be situations where his body was probed. If he had the soul bone on him at that time, it would definitely be discovered.
The temptation of this thing was indescribable.
Only at this moment, with Tang San going to Shrek Academy, could he be sure that Tang Hao would definitely not be here, so he dared to come and take it.
As he got closer, the roaring sound became louder in his ears, gradually becoming deafening. The air also became more humid, a few degrees cooler than the outside temperature.
Finally, Su Cheng stopped by a pool of water.
The water in the pool was clear, tranquil, and deep. A waterfall about twenty meters wide hung like a jade belt across the mountain wall, splashing countless water droplets onto the pool.
Su Cheng looked up.
The cliff here wasn't high, but because of the erosion from the waterfall, it was extremely slippery, making it difficult to stand on.
The Eternal Sword appeared in his hand, and the soul ring under his feet lit up.
First Soul Skill: Bearing the Weight of Virtue.
As the soul skill was activated, the longsword in his hand instantly became heavier. At the same time, a warm sensation emanated from under his feet.
Although this earth attribute soul ring had a great status bonus, in Su Cheng's opinion, its passive attribute was what truly deserved attention.
Every time this soul skill was used, as long as Su Cheng stood on the ground, he could feel as if he were one with the earth, like a child of the earth.
Swinging the longsword in his hand, he leaped off a slightly protruding rock with little effort, and soon arrived at the center of the waterfall.
Reaching out and pressing on the rock behind the waterfall, the seemingly seamless rock instantly sunk in, revealing a doorway.
With a flash of his figure, Su Cheng had already entered.
The air inside the cave was extremely humid, about three meters high and two meters wide, extending continuously inward, shrouded in darkness.
However, in Su Cheng's eyes, which had been strengthened, everything was as bright as day.
Soon, he reached the innermost part of the cave, entering a stone chamber of only about ten square meters, with sunlight streaming in from the hole in the ceiling.
There were no furnishings in the stone chamber, but directly below the hole in the ceiling, there was a small dirt mound bulging up, with a blue-golden right leg bone of the Blue Silver Emperor sapling gently swaying.
Su Cheng didn't pay attention to the Blue Silver Emperor sapling and instead reached out and slapped the side of the nearby rock wall.
With a "ding" sound, a black lead box descended from above, landing in his hand.
Su Cheng opened it and glanced inside, and a gentle and powerful aura poured out, revealing a blue-golden right leg bone twinkling with starlight.
"Not bad, not bad."
Even with Su Cheng's current state of mind, he couldn't help but feel a wave of joy in his heart.
Although he had long known that the right leg bone of the Blue Silver Emperor was hidden here, he didn't have full confidence in obtaining this precious and extremely compatible Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone until he saw it with his own eyes.
After all, there had been many changes in the world of Douluo Continent.
The threads of fate had undergone a major shift due to the influence of the simulator.
Who knew if this would affect Tang Hao and cause him to choose to give this soul bone to Tang San ahead of time?
Only now did he secretly breathe a sigh of relief.
However, this was obviously not a good place to absorb the soul bone. The energy contained in the Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone was too vast, and it would take a lot of effort to fully utilize it.
With a flip of his palm, he resealed the lead box and then placed it into his storage soul device.
After everything was done, Su Cheng turned to look at the Blue Silver Emperor sapling.
"Huh?"
At this moment, he suddenly noticed something was amiss.
Originally, Su Cheng had intended to take away this Blue Silver Emperor sapling, hide it, or even destroy it directly.
After all, although it was not a soul beast with intelligence of over ten thousand years, if it were resurrected in the future, who knew if it would retain instinctual memories from the past.
He didn't want to leave behind any trouble.
But upon closer inspection, Su Cheng sensed a problem.
Although he hadn't used an externally attached soul bone to observe the Blue Silver Emperor sapling before, the peculiar fluctuations on the sapling seemed to be sensed by him through his enhanced vision and powerful intuition.
After thinking for a moment, Su Cheng began to pour his spiritual power into the External Soul Bone True Vision Eye on his forehead.
With golden light flickering at his brow, his field of vision underwent a earth-shattering change in an instant.
What appeared in Su Cheng's eyes was no longer the original objects in the stone chamber, but strands of different energy and information fluctuations, filling his eyes.
And among them, the most intense presence was where the Blue Silver Emperor grass sapling was located.
As he further infused spiritual power to focus his vision, the colorful world in his eyes suddenly turned black and white.
Only the Blue Silver Emperor sapling, which he was currently focusing on, revealed deeper changes.
But unlike the previous observation of the first soul ring by Su Cheng, what he saw now was not the indistinct phantom that was difficult to identify, but a real figure!
He was astonished to see a lively young woman curled up with her slender legs, arms wrapped around her knees, her delicate body curled up quietly floating there.
A blue-gold long skirt covered her whole body, with golden ribbons fluttering around the skirt, setting off her elegant and noble temperament, complementing her extraordinary beauty.
Although the woman's eyes were tightly closed at the moment, in a state close to death-like slumber, it was still difficult to conceal the dazzling beauty of her appearance.
"Is this the Blue Silver Emperor's soul body? Or something else?"
Su Cheng didn't observe for too long, quickly retracting his gaze.
His mental power was still not enough to sustain True Vision for too long, and this place was not absolutely safe either; he needed to conserve his strength.
After a moment of contemplation, Su Cheng abandoned his original idea of destroying all evidence.
He took out a wooden box from his soul tool and swiftly transplanted the Blue Silver Emperor into it.
In his view, the Blue Silver Emperor in front of him, along with its soul, was simply excellent material for observing soul beasts and soul rings.
As he was about to leave, he threw a bottle of highly corrosive potion into the stone chamber.
With a surge of soul power, the potion bottle shattered instantly, and the corrosive liquid quickly vaporized and dispersed.
It wouldn't take long for the scenery here to undergo earth-shattering changes.
No one would be able to tell what had happened here.
...
In Su Cheng's wooden house, within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes.
He took out the lead box used to contain the hundred-thousand-year soul bone from the soul tool.
At this moment, Dugu Bo was accompanying his granddaughter at the academy.
Since the detoxification of his body, he had rarely returned to this place.
Now this earthly paradise had almost become Su Cheng's sole base.
Su Cheng focused his mind and took out the blue-golden right leg bone, placing it on his right leg.
"Hum—"
With a slight hum, Su Cheng distinctly felt his right leg tremble involuntarily. Then, a cool breath quietly entered his leg from all directions.
The sparkling blue soul bone also disappeared, turning into countless streams of blue-golden energy spreading around his right leg.
A cool and comfortable feeling filled his whole body, the Martial Soul Eternal Sword emerged automatically, and the Five Elements Domain also spontaneously spread out.
At the same time, the soul power in Su Cheng's body was slowly increasing, becoming purer in the process.
"It truly deserves to be the top-tier soul bone of wood attribute."
With his eyes closed, Su Cheng entered a state of inner observation, quietly observing the changes in his body.
Then, the gentle fluctuations gradually spread, and his whole body began to undergo further transformation.
Unlike the significant enhancements brought about by attaching soul rings and taking medicine in the past, this time the sensation brought by the enhancement was not so straightforward.
Whether it was the flexibility of his meridians, the strength of his bones, or even the muscle fibers, there was no dramatic improvement but rather subtle adjustments.
But this change was definitely not weak; Su Cheng could feel that it was fundamentally enhancing his physical potential.
This made him extremely surprised.
Su Cheng had a very thorough understanding of the human body; strengthening the structure of meridians, bones, and flesh was not difficult, but changing the structure was almost impossible. It was like moving a hair to move the whole body, which was beyond the realm achievable by human effort alone.
The last time a similar enhancement appeared was due to the reward from the first simulated settlement.
Subsequently, the Nirvana Scripture within him suddenly began to operate spontaneously.
"What is this…?"
Su Cheng's eyes suddenly opened wide, as the soul power circulation route of the Nirvana Scripture began to show subtle changes bit by bit!
Before, the Nirvana Scripture was a cultivation technique he developed based on his research on the human body, Martial Soul, and bloodline, the ultimate achievement of his various knowledge accumulations.
But now, this change was more akin to an instinct.
All living creatures in the world have the instinct to evolve, driving themselves to become more perfect and better able to adapt to their environment.
However, this process often takes tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years to complete.
But at this moment, he seemed to be accelerating this process by a thousandfold or more.
Su Cheng could be sure that if he were to cultivate according to the thoroughly perfected Nirvana Scripture, it wouldn't take long for his Martial Soul strength to reach a level comparable to Qian Renxue.
"How is this possible?!"
The hundred-thousand-year soul bone was certainly very strong, but Su Cheng didn't believe that all hundred-thousand-year soul bones could produce similar effects.
Or is it because it was produced by a plant soul beast? Or because of the special significance represented by the Blue Silver Emperor itself, the only miracle among the countless Blue Silver Grasses? Or is it because of the natural harmony with my own Five Elements?
But now was obviously not the best time to ponder these things.
After a brief reflection, he temporarily set aside this matter and closed his eyes again.
The transformation process brought about by the hundred-thousand-year soul bone was not violent, quietly changing his body in a gentle and silent manner.
Three days later, Su Cheng finally completely absorbed and transformed the hundred-thousand-year soul bone.
As everything came to an end, he opened his eyes again.
"Blue Silver Emperor…"
Feeling his current body, his gaze involuntarily moved outside the house, looking at the Blue Silver Emperor seedling he had casually planted.