Chapter 6: Return
"A million years? Qianjue, are you joking with me?" Du Busi felt more shocked today than in his entire life combined.
Historically, the maximum age for soul rings was a hundred thousand years, and not everyone was qualified to absorb even a hundred-thousand-year soul ring. If one's strength wasn't sufficient, even if a hundred-thousand-year soul ring was right in front of them, they wouldn't dare absorb it. If they tried, their body would likely explode.
Yet Du Qianjue was telling him that his first soul ring was a million-year soul ring?
"Do I need to joke with you?" Du Qianjue spread his hands.
Du Busi looked Du Qianjue up and down and slowly nodded.
It seemed there was no need to joke.
"So, does that mean you also have a million-year soul bone?" Du Busi 's eyes lit up. This was a million-year soul ring and soul bone, unprecedented in Douluo Continent's history!
"I don't have a soul bone. The silkworm baby had nearly all its essence drained before sacrificing itself to me. It was controlled by the hundred-thousand-year soul beasts in the depths of the Star Dou Forest until it broke through to a million years and escaped," Du Qianjue said, a bit disappointed. He would have loved to have a million-year head soul bone from the Skydream Iceworm to ease any concerns about his mental power until he became a god.
"No soul bone, huh? That's a pity," Du Busi said regretfully.
"But it did give me a martial soul," Du Qianjue added.
"Oh, a mar... what? A martial soul?!" Du Busi's eyes widened again, waiting for Du Qianjue to explain.
"It's an ice silkworm with ice and mental attributes. The mental attribute has already enhanced my body martial soul as I planned, and the ice attribute has given me an ice martial soul without a soul," Du Qianjue explained. "This soulless martial soul will take shape when I absorb my first ice-attribute soul ring."
"So, my second martial soul will be a beast martial soul. If you can convince the third-ranked fierce beast, the Ice Empress Snow Empress, to sacrifice herself to me, my second martial soul will be the Snow Empress."
"Are you so eager to become the leader of the Ontology Sect? You want me to convince the Snow Empress to sacrifice herself to you? Are you trying to get me killed?" Du Busi's face darkened as he slapped Du Qianjue on the back of the head.
Du Qianjue rubbed the back of his head and laughed. He was joking about asking Du Busi to convince the Snow Empress. Without the Ice Empress on his side, he had no confidence in persuading the Snow Empress himself.
However, Du Qianjue did have plans for his second martial soul, but they would take time to attempt. If successful, he would truly have the foundation to challenge Tang San.
The two didn't stay long. The commotion they caused was too big, and it was better to leave quickly. Du Busi took Du Qianjue into the air, turned around, and flew towards the Ontology Sect.
On the way, Du Qianjue told Du Busi about his first soul ring. According to the Skydream Iceworm, Du Qianjue's body could handle a soul ring around nine hundred years old, so the power of his first soul ring was also around nine hundred years. This limit would increase as his body improved.
The soul ring also provided four soul skills, but due to the differences between his martial soul and Huo Yuhao's, Du Qianjue's four soul skills were somewhat different.
Du Qianjue's four soul skills were: Mental Simulation, Mental Interference, Mental Hypnosis, and Soul Shock.
Mental Interference and Soul Shock were the same. Mental Simulation was originally Huo Yuhao's second soul ring skill and a specialty of the Iceworm clan, allowing the user to simulate other forms, mimic auras, and change the soul ring's color.
Mental Hypnosis was a unique soul skill for Du Qianjue, causing mental shock to soul masters with equal or greater mental power. The effect was similar to Soul Shock but less aggressive, resembling Mental Chaos. If the target's mental power was weaker, it would put them to sleep, allowing Du Qianjue to control their body mentally. If the mental power gap was large enough, he could read their memories and alter their perceptions.
The greater the mental power difference, the longer the hypnosis, the deeper the memory access, and the more thorough the perception changes.
Normal memories could be accessed easily, but heavily guarded secrets required mental pressure to uncover.
It had significant limitations but was still a powerful skill.
Although he didn't have the god-tier scouting abilities of Mental Detection and Mental Sharing, he had Mental Hypnosis and Mental Simulation, which were equally valuable.
It was hard to compare gains and losses, but it was still very good. When Du Qianjue saw the Mental Hypnosis skill, many inappropriate thoughts for his age crossed his mind.
Hypnosis, after all...
Of course, Du Qianjue didn't mention the memory-reading and perception-changing effects when explaining this skill to Du Busi. He only mentioned controlling the target's body. Even so, Du Busi praised it as worthy of a million-year soul skill.
Back at the Ontology Sect, Du Busi went to handle sect affairs. As the sect leader, he wasn't usually busy, but he needed to stay in the sect to prevent unexpected events.
Du Qianjue returned to his courtyard and began intense cultivation.
Half a year passed, and Du Qianjue was now six and a half. During this time, he spent nearly two months stabilizing his rapidly increased soul power. Even though the six levels gained were already solid, he still focused intensely on consolidation.
His future goal was to merge his power and break through the hundred-level barrier to become a god. While the Douluo Continent didn't emphasize foundations or insights much, requiring only non-hollow soul power for continuous cultivation, Du Qianjue aimed for more.
His cultivation speed was already fast enough, and the next four months showed his progress clearly.
One level per month!
This incredible speed made even Du Busi uneasy, fearing Du Qianjue might waste his unparalleled talent. After Du Qianjue reached level twenty, Du Busi checked him thoroughly multiple times to confirm he was progressing steadily.
With the Skydream Iceworm, the best energy source on Douluo, in his body, it was impossible for him to slow down!
(End of Chapter)
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