Douluo Dalu: This Soul Master is to Weird

"About ten thousand years or so!"

Facing the gaze of Shui Yanyu and Shui Bing'er, Mu Yang said calmly.

A spirit ring over ten thousand years old—this was a decision Mu Yang made after careful consideration for his Ice and Fire Immortal Jade Ginseng Martial Soul's third spirit ring.

Half a month ago, Mu Yang wouldn't have considered a ten-thousand-year spirit ring for his third ring.

It wasn't that a ten-thousand-year spirit ring was bad; it was simply too conspicuous.

Originally, even a ten-thousand-year fourth spirit ring already seemed high-profile. But because of the whale glue, in a world where many spirit masters had spirit rings that exceeded standard limits, having a ten-thousand-year fourth spirit ring wasn't a big deal.

After all, with so many extraordinary beings, it was normal for a few prodigies to stand out.

Moreover, theoretically speaking, by consuming whale glue to enhance his physical attributes and refining a head spirit bone to boost his spiritual power, a ten-thousand-year fourth spirit ring wasn't entirely out of reach.

With the Blaze Academy's reputation, he could openly claim to possess a head spirit bone without much issue.

However, if a ten-thousand-year fourth spirit ring seemed high-profile but not enough to draw too much attention, flaunting a ten-thousand-year third spirit ring would be pure arrogance. It would practically scream, "I have rare treasures on me; come and rob me!"

Anyone with some knowledge would think so. A mere level-30 spirit master with spiritual power comparable to a level-50 spirit master? That would imply he had a head spirit bone of exceptional age—perhaps even a legendary hundred-thousand-year head spirit bone.

And if his physical strength only came from whale glue, it wouldn't suffice for a level-30 spirit master to match a level-50 spirit master. It would also imply he had at least one high-grade torso or limb spirit bone.

A treasure-laden weakling would be a prime target, no matter how strong his backing was, unless he had a protector as invincible as the strongest of the Spirit Hall.

Therefore, Mu Yang had initially decided to play it safe and opt for an 8,000-to-9,000-year-old third spirit ring.

After all, spirit ring ages could be improved later. Setting aside the possibility of creating some special method to enhance spirit ring ages, rewards from participating in divine trials could also boost spirit ring ages.

Additionally, since the third spirit ability was set to clear abnormal statuses, the spirit ring's age wouldn't drastically affect the ability's effectiveness.

But half a month ago, after an unexpected epiphany, Mu Yang's perspective changed.

Spirit masters have various ways of judging a spirit beast's approximate age—its strength, spirit power aura, size, and appearance.

However, when it comes to estimating another spirit master's spirit ring age, unless an expert could infer from the ability's strength, the only reliable method was through the spirit ring's color.

Fortunately, Mu Yang was a food system spirit master. Since the food he created wouldn't be casually consumed by outsiders, no one could deduce his spirit ring's approximate age through his spirit ability.

This meant that as long as he could disguise the color of his spirit rings, no one would know that his spirit ring ages exceeded the limits.

In the original story, Tang San used the camouflage ability of his Blue Silver Domain to alter or hide his spirit ring colors. With his talent for deduction, Mu Yang naturally believed he could create his own secret technique to disguise his spirit ring colors.

Moreover, this secret technique wasn't just a theoretical idea—it had already been successfully developed a few days prior.

A ten-thousand-year third spirit ring too high-profile? Mu Yang could flaunt it secretly while keeping a low profile outwardly!

"A ten-thousand-year third spirit ring? Xiao Yang, are you confident?"

Shui Yanyu frowned as she asked.

Even with Shui Bing'er's ten-thousand-year fourth spirit ring as a precedent, Shui Yanyu understood that Mu Yang's physical and spiritual attributes far exceeded his peers. But attempting to absorb a ten-thousand-year spirit ring at level 30 seemed excessively ambitious.

"Auntie, don't worry, there's no problem."

Mu Yang spoke confidently.

In terms of spiritual power, he had no issues.

After consuming the Autumn Dew Tear, once he added a ten-thousand-year spirit ring and advanced to Spirit Elder, his Lunar Refining Spirit Art should reach the second stage's full moon level. His spiritual power would rival that of an ordinary level-60 spirit master.

Physically, relying solely on Sun Body Refining Art, whose effects were linked to spirit power level, his level-30 strength alone wasn't enough to endure the strain of absorbing a ten-thousand-year spirit ring.

But with the whale glue, the Eight-Petal Immortal Ice Crystal, and Blazing Apricot Delicate, combined with the water-and-fire-resistant body granted by the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, his physical strength now rivaled that of a level-50 spirit master.

With his physical and spiritual attributes meeting the requirements, his low spirit power level wouldn't hinder him from absorbing a ten-thousand-year spirit ring.

Unless, of course, he recklessly tried to absorb the ring of a ten-thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear.

Even a typical level-50 assault system beast spirit master who blindly believed in maximum limits would likely fail to absorb a ten-thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's ring and end up dead.

Of course, spirit beasts like the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear weren't easy prey. With its devastating claws, even Titled Douluos like Dugu Bo and She Long would avoid it unless absolutely necessary.

Ten days later, in the afternoon, within the inner regions of Sunset Forest:

"Xiao Yang, there's a Ten-Thousand-Year Repelling Bamboo below. What do you think?"

On a cliff, Shui Yanyu glanced at a bamboo grove in the valley below before turning to Mu Yang.

Stroking his chin, Mu Yang nodded slightly. "That'll do!"

In the valley below, a grove of bamboos with green, silver, and golden hues stood tall.

The most prominent was a single bamboo in the center, its entire body a faint purple-gold hue. It stood over 20 meters tall, with a diameter nearly a foot wide—a Ten-Thousand-Year Repelling Bamboo.

Spirit masters familiar with Repelling Bamboo could easily judge its approximate age by appearance.

Excluding young shoots, Repelling Bamboo was green under 100 years, silver between 100 and 1,000 years, gold between 1,000 and 10,000 years, and purple-gold once it reached 10,000 years.

Additionally, its color deepened with age unless a qualitative change occurred.

As for a hundred-thousand-year Repelling Bamboo? Sorry, this species' bloodline wasn't strong enough. Even fifty-thousand-year-old Repelling Bamboo was rare. There were no records of a hundred-thousand-year-old one in the history of the spirit master world.

The name "Repelling Bamboo" came from its innate skill, "Repel Evil," which could dispel all abnormal statuses.

Moreover, Repelling Bamboo rarely exceeded 1,000 years, let alone 10,000. Most golden-colored bamboos were the kings of their groves.

The purple-gold bamboo in this valley was an exceptionally rare specimen.

"Ice Sparrow, possess!"

With a low shout, Shui Yanyu's soul power flashed, and her Ice Sparrow martial soul possessed her. A pair of ice-blue wings appeared on her back as eight soul rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black—lit up.

"Binger, stay here for a moment."

Turning to Shui Bing'er, Shui Yanyu gave a quick instruction, then took Mu Yang and flew down the cliff.

Before long, the two of them entered the Repelling Golden Bamboo Grove in the mountain valley.

Under the strong soul power pressure released by Shui Yanyu, the numerous Repelling Golden Bamboos of various ages within the grove behaved obediently. Faced with the unexpected guests, they showed no signs of resistance.

Well, to be precise, under the immense pressure, the many Repelling Golden Bamboos had already lost their ability to resist.

"Auntie, let me handle it!"

Looking at the ten-thousand-year Evil-Repelling Golden Bamboo not far ahead, Mu Yang spoke to Shui Yanyu.

Though he was only a Rank 30 quasi-Soul Elder, dealing with a ten-thousand-year-old average soul beast was truly something he could easily accomplish.

Unless the opponent had exceptionally strong spiritual power or happened to be a ten-thousand-year-old spiritual-type soul beast.

"You'll handle it?"

Shui Yanyu was momentarily stunned, her expression showing surprise as she glanced at Mu Yang.

Although the Repelling Golden Bamboo wasn't considered a powerful species, it still had over ten thousand years of cultivation, equating to at least the strength of a five-ring Soul King.

"Yes!"

Mu Yang nodded.

Soul rings from soul beasts have absorption limits. After Shui Yanyu subdues the ten-thousand-year Evil-Repelling Golden Bamboo and leaves it severely injured, he would still need to deliver the finishing blow himself. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to absorb the soul ring.

For Mu Yang's current strongest methods, a full-strength ten-thousand-year Repelling Golden Bamboo and one on the brink of death were not significantly different.

'True Illusion!'

With a focused expression, Mu Yang activated a spiritual secret art.

After creating the Iceflame Secret Art, Mu Yang had spent the better part of the last year leveraging his innate talents and a touch of ingenuity to develop another profound technique—Divine Illusion Secret Art.

True Illusion was one of the two moves included in the Divine Illusion Secret Art, a spiritual secret art that combined control and attack.

Its specific effect was to pull the consciousness of a target whose spiritual power was weaker than his own into a true illusion entirely governed by his will.

Maintaining the true illusion required a continuous consumption of spiritual power. Within the illusion, any attacks on the target could be either illusory or real. However, real attacks required additional spiritual power consumption, with the attack type being purely spiritual.

If the target were to die in the true illusion, their soul would dissipate, resulting in death in reality

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