Wuhun Skeleton, in Douluo Skeleton Susanoo

 Chapter 48 The Third Soul Ring

"Thank you for your understanding, Your Highness. I refused to participate in the elite competition because I was worried that I would be investigated for my rapid cultivation. After all, even Teacher Qin Ming can find my information, not to mention other major sects and families."

After hearing what Xia Liang said, Qin Ming, who was sitting next to him, said with a guilty conscience, "Master Xia, I am very sorry for investigating you without your permission."

"To express your apology, you need to pay me for my mental damages and privacy." Xia Liang asked seriously. "Teacher Qin, a total of 30,000 gold soul coins, can you accept it?"

"Of course." Qin Ming took out a gold card from somewhere and handed it over. The word "three" happened to appear on the card.

The gold card is a gold soul coin stored-value card with ten thousand as the calculation unit. The three words "gold" mean that the deposit in it is more than thirty thousand gold soul coins.

Xia Liang took the gold card handed over by Qin Ming and quickly put it into the silver bracelet on his left hand. As a civilian soul master, he did not dare to gamble big money in the soul fighting arena, so he could only look for opportunities to benefit from the rich.

Be as greedy as you can, save up more money and buy a lot of food from food-type soul masters. It will definitely come in handy when you get the fairy grass.

After watching the transaction between the two, the three education committee members and Prince Xuexing were stunned, except for Crown Prince Xue Qinghe who smiled with interest. It's good that Master Xia is greedy for money. People who are greedy for money are the easiest to control.

"Master Xia, we are all very curious, how can you have such an amazing cultivation speed?" Xue Qinghe suddenly asked.

Those present, including Prince Xuexing, the three members of the Education Committee and Qin Ming, were all concentrating their attention, as if they all wanted to hear some surprising answers.

Xia Liang did not disappoint them and indeed gave a surprising answer.

"Work hard?" Prince Xuexing said with a strange look on his face.

The others looked at Xia Liang with surprise and questioning eyes.

"That's right, it's hard work." Xia Liang said seriously, "As a commoner spirit master, without the training of a big family, can you think of any other way to achieve such an amazing cultivation speed besides hard work?"

"Three members of the Education Committee and Your Highness, you should know that two years ago, I entered the academy as a chef in order to obtain the academy's mimicry training resources so that I could improve my soul power faster."

"In fact, before coming to Tiandou Royal Academy, I trained in the mercenary group for three years. During those three years, everything I experienced was similar to what I experienced in Tiandou Royal Academy. I relied on continuous efforts and used the channels I could access to obtain various resources to assist in my training. This is the reason why my training speed is amazing."

"Of course, the main reason is the absorption of high-age spirit rings. My first spirit ring is five hundred years old, and the second spirit ring is nine hundred years old. Thanks to the absorption of two high-age spirit rings, I was able to jump three levels of spirit power twice when I broke through the bottleneck. This has greatly shortened the gap between me and the genius."

"As for why I can absorb such a high-age spirit ring, it all depends on the special nature of the Skeleton Martial Spirit."

At this point, Xia Liang laughed at himself, "I'm not satisfied with you all. Before I got my first spirit ring, my appearance was normal like yours, and I even had the conditions to be narcissistic. After I got my first spirit ring, because of the influence of the skeleton martial spirit on my body, I became this thin and lifeless appearance."

"My body looks very strong now, but it is actually supported by a skeleton. The fundamental reason for this physical condition is that my flesh and blood cannot keep up with the growth rate of the skeleton. In other words, the strength of my entire body skeleton is many times stronger than that of my flesh."

"As the saying goes, fortune and misfortune go hand in hand. The Skeleton Martial Spirit has brought me some physical and appearance inconveniences, but it has also greatly enhanced the endurance of my meridians and bones. When I absorb the spirit ring, it is my entire skeleton that bears more of the impact of the spirit ring's energy, rather than my flesh."

"My strong bones are able to withstand the test, which is the secret of my ability to absorb high-age spirit rings. I am telling you this secret today because of trust and honesty. I hope you will not disclose it to others."

After listening to this story, everyone was analyzing its credibility.

Only Meng Shenji, the education committee member, reacted and assured, "Of course, the secret of martial spirits is a top secret to any spirit master. Master Xia, we have already felt your honesty and trust."

"Here, the three of us old fellows are willing to swear with our own martial spirits that we will never reveal the secret of your martial spirit to outsiders, even if it means we are torn to pieces."

Prince Xuexing and Qin Ming came back to their senses from their thoughts. They nodded in response to Meng Shenji's words, indicating that they would not reveal it to outsiders.

"Master Xia, you are a talent that Tiandou Royal Academy has hidden away and cultivated. As the crown prince, I will definitely need your assistance and support in the future." Xue Qinghe looked at Xia Liang and said, "I also swear in the name of the crown prince that I will not reveal any of your secrets. This is undoubtedly cutting off my own arm, so please rest assured."

"But there is one thing I don't understand. How do you know that the first soul ring can absorb for five hundred years? I remember that in the knowledge of mainland soul masters, the limit of the first soul ring is only about four hundred years at most."

"I'm not afraid of you laughing at me if I tell you this."

Xia Liang shook his head bitterly, "When I was acquiring my first soul ring, I misjudged the cultivation level of a soul beast. I thought it was four hundred years old. After absorbing it, I found out that it was actually a soul beast with five hundred years of cultivation. Fortunately, after two years of physical training, and with the strengthening of my bones by the Skeleton Martial Soul, I was able to escape danger and successfully absorb it."

"After that, in order to avoid this situation, I worked hard to learn all kinds of soul beast knowledge. With professional soul beast knowledge, by chance, I joined a mercenary group. I carefully observed the physical changes of each employer when they absorbed soul rings of different ages. Finally, I had a bold idea, that is, the second soul ring tried to absorb the thousand-year soul ring. But thinking about the first soul ring that almost killed me, I didn't dare to take the risk."

"As a second choice, I chose to absorb a nine-hundred-year-old spirit ring. In fact, it was because I happened to find a spirit beast that I liked, and I had no choice but to take the risk. Fortunately, everything is worth it. I am thirteen years old now, but I look like twenty. Not only in appearance, but even my body frame is at the strength of a twenty-year-old, so the spirit rings I can absorb are naturally much older."

At this point, Xia Liang looked at Meng Shenji who was sitting next to Xue Qinghe, and said seriously, "Chief Education Committee member, you promised to help me get the third soul ring of the best quality, right?"

"I've already thought about it. The third soul ring can be obtained from a bone dragon with 5,000 years of cultivation. With the current endurance of my bones, I will definitely be able to absorb it successfully."

Hearing this, not only Meng Shenji, but everyone including Xue Qinghe couldn't help but gasp.

About three minutes passed.

Everyone started a discussion about the third soul ring of five thousand years. Finally, Xia Liang made it clear that if the academy didn't help, he would go find outsiders for help.

After learning about the age of the first and second soul rings, as well as the benefits of the skeleton martial spirit for absorbing high-age soul rings, Meng Shenji and others have already regarded Xia Liang as a rare genius in the academy. How could they let him ask outsiders for help and attract more attention?

If such an extraordinary genius can grow in a stable environment, with the talent accumulated by one high-age soul ring after another, it is entirely possible for him to cultivate to the realm of Titled Douluo.

By then, Tiandou Royal Academy can say that it has cultivated a Titled Douluo with only innate fifth-level soul power, and will be worthy of the name of the first royal academy.

And the Tiandou Empire can also have a powerful Titled Douluo as a guest official.

Therefore, we must not let outsiders know in advance about Master Xia's extraordinary talent in martial souls and spirit rings, especially the people from the Spirit Hall and the seven major sects.

After weighing the pros and cons, the three education committees, Prince Xuexing and Xue Qinghe all agreed.