Three days later.
Su Ming received a communication from Zhen Hua.
"Xiao Ming, just how did you develop this Spirit Fusion method?"
Zhen Hua's tone was very serious, but it wasn't an interrogation; it was more like an incredulous question. He didn't expect an answer, merely expressing his shock.
"What's wrong? Teacher Zhen Hua, you can't learn it either?"
"No, I've learned it."
Zhen Hua's answer took Su Ming by surprise.
What the heck?
"The key is actually destruction, but without abandoning that sliver of vitality during the destruction. This aligns with the concept of Heaven Refinement. Your teacher has been performing Heaven Refinement for so many years and has learned some techniques involving elemental heavenly tribulation lightning."
Su Ming fell silent.
Seriously, bro, are you cheating?
Using Heaven Refinement techniques to learn my little Spirit Fusion method developed by a mere forging grandmaster?
"You kid, back when you developed the Spirit Infusion method, you could call it a coincidence. But adding this Spirit Fusion method to it, it can't be described as a coincidence anymore. Your understanding of spirituality is already sufficient. Once your Spirit Power meets the standard, you can directly attempt Soul Refinement." As Zhen Hua said these words, he himself felt lightheaded, finding it unreal.
"You said before that basically no one else can learn this Spirit Fusion method. I think so too. Probably at least seventy percent of the Sacred Blacksmiths on the continent won't be able to learn it. Even those who can learn this technique will need to feel their way for a few years."
"I will hold a press conference tomorrow, as you suggested. I will first disseminate your Spirit Fusion method to the forging world, and then reveal the information about you wanting to perfect this method."
Listening to the words coming from the spirit communication device, Su Ming felt a sense of relief.
In this era, anything related to the field of forging could be handed over to Zhen Hua.
This teacher was truly fantastic.
[Douluo 2]
"Xiao Ming, we have leads on a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast for you."
After Su Ming broke through to the 50th rank, he remained at the Ice Fire Two Eyes.
Calculating the time, it had been a full month.
During this month, he studied the power of ice and fire here, doing his best to act as if he had accidentally developed the life embryo technology.
He succeeded.
Electrolux didn't question it too much.
Afterwards, he cultivated here while waiting for news about the hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast.
Are there many hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beasts?
Many, and also not many.
In the Douluo 1 era, the land was wild. High-age Spirit Beasts seeking seclusion could exist in various Spirit Beast habitats—those close to a hundred thousand years, accumulating foundation; those that had broken through a hundred thousand years; and even Fierce Beasts.
However, after ten thousand years of development in the Spirit Master world, Spirit Beast habitats have been compressed again and again and explored over and over. High-age Spirit Beasts living in seclusion have become very rare.
Most high-age Spirit Beasts are recorded by forces like Shrek Academy and the Body Sect.
Looking at the data, the number of hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beasts is smaller than that of Fierce Beasts!
However, hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beasts are continuously emerging, at least maintaining a balance during this Douluo 2 period. For every batch hunted, a batch of ninety-thousand-year-plus Spirit Beasts would break through and replenish their numbers.
Because it's a hurdle.
Spirit Beasts close to a hundred thousand years old do their best to suppress their cultivation growth. Even if they have the ability to actively cultivate, making one year's growth equal a hundred or a thousand years of cultivation, they would suppress themselves, only relying on natural growth to slowly increase their cultivation.
The longer the time, the more chance they have of encountering heaven-defying treasures that can change their fate.
Because the hundred-thousand-year heavenly tribulation is difficult to pass, and after the tribulation, they face a choice. Transforming into human form means one lifetime as a Spirit Master, and they must hide. Not transforming means only a thousand years before facing the Fierce Beast heavenly tribulation.
Pass the heavenly tribulation, step onto the path of a Fierce Beast, and face a heavenly tribulation every hundred thousand years of cultivation thereafter, struggling for survival before this heavenly might that purely aims to destroy their path.
The hundred-thousand-year heavenly tribulation is manageable; it has a transformative effect and isn't certain death. The tribulation contains vitality; after passing it, a qualitative change occurs.
The heavenly tribulation exists purely to destroy Spirit Beasts.
Those who can pass the heavenly tribulation are super bloodlines among Spirit Beasts, standing at the peak of their domain.
Look at the Blue Silver Emperor struggling to survive, barely nearing two hundred thousand years, with no confidence to pass the two hundred thousand year heavenly tribulation.
Similar to the state from ninety thousand to a hundred thousand years, all Fierce Beasts suppress their innate talent for active cultivation, hoping to accumulate more foundation to deal with future heavenly tribulations. Without absolute confidence, they would definitely choose to live out the full final hundred thousand years completely, rather than recklessly pushing to the brink of the heavenly tribulation, believing their fate is in their own hands.
"Among the hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beasts previously recorded by the sect, two are suitable for you. Also, your grandfather sent word that there are three hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beasts suitable for you within the Sun Moon Empire's borders."
Du Busi brought good news to Su Ming.
"So many?"
"In the Nanming Mountains, there is a Fire Phoenix with a hundred thousand years of cultivation. In the Star Dou Great Forest, there is a hundred-thousand-year Emerald Swan; we have tracked her movements. Within the Sun Moon Empire's borders, a hundred-thousand-year Three-legged Crimson Gold Bird has appeared in the Jingyang Mountain Range, there is a hundred-thousand-year Moon Shadow Divine Deer in the Evil Demon Forest, and there is a hundred-thousand-year Thunder Eagle Beast in the Thunderbolt Valley."
Listening to Du Busi list the five hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beasts, Su Ming was momentarily speechless.
"Teacher, these are the hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beasts suitable for me?"
"'Suitable' might be a stretch; let's just say they don't conflict with your Martial Soul. That's how it is with hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beasts." Du Busi spread his hands.
Spirit Masters who can truly absorb hundred-thousand-year Spirit Rings generally have their own Martial Souls already stable and mature, so they only draw suitable characteristics from the hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast.
"Among these five hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beasts, I feel the most suitable is probably that Emerald Swan."
Su Ming's words made Du Busi fall silent.
"The Emerald Swan is not to be hunted. We only have track of her movements."
"Then it has to be the Moon Shadow Divine Deer. She possesses a life attribute, right?"
"That won't work either. Your teacher just offended the Evil Emperor; we can't hunt Spirit Beasts in the Evil Demon Forest."
Fire Phoenix?
Three-legged Crimson Gold Bird?
Thunder Eagle Beast?
These three are all single-attribute Spirit Beasts, and all are attributes Su Ming has already mastered. Their improvement for Su Ming would be very limited.
Even the thunder attribute, Su Ming has mastered it; he just doesn't use it often.
Seeing Su Ming's troubled expression, Du Busi sighed.
"I'll have the sect search further. The Star Dou Great Forest should have more hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beasts, and so should the Extreme North."
Su Ming was silent for a moment, then reminded Du Busi: "Teacher, please expand the search range within the Sun Moon Empire as well. The life attribute is actually the best for me."
He had basically set his goal now.
Originally, he had wanted to use a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring as a buffer for his fifth ring, but it seemed he couldn't wait now.
Go directly for the two hundred thousand year Blue Silver Emperor!
The biggest challenge for him was how to absorb the Blue Silver Emperor's Spirit Ring.
After all, it was a two hundred thousand year Spirit Ring.
If he could absorb it directly, Su Ming wouldn't have had the thought of using an ordinary hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring as a buffer.
"Talk-no-jutsu is absolutely necessary."
"It's just that the Blue Silver Emperor must have been targeted by Tang San long ago."
"If I want to obtain the Blue Silver Emperor, I can only rely on Destruction...'s wife, the God of Life."
Give me a push. If one person masters both Destruction and Life, wouldn't you two be free as well?
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