In the blink of an eye, three days had passed.
Su Yu received a message from Qian Tong, stopped developing the Blue Silver Domain, and headed towards the Hall of Myriad Households.
"Brother Su, this is the Purple Moon Orchid."
Purple Moon Orchid, which absorbs the Essence of Sun and Moon, is a superb herb that can be taken directly to improve one's physique.
However, the years required for it to improve the physique are somewhat extensive. Only after a thousand-year breakthrough does the Purple Moon Orchid begin to condense the Purple Moon Origin, possessing the effect of Strengthening the Foundation and Nourishing the Essence.
And this Purple Moon Orchid is only eleven hundred years in cultivation, with the Purple Moon Origin extremely scarce, greatly reducing its value for consumption.
However, after absorption as a Soul Ring, it can significantly stabilize the Martial Soul Origin.
Especially since Su Yu is now just at the second Soul Ring, a millennium Purple Moon Orchid Soul Ring is enough to further his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
Perhaps even trigger a transformation.
The Purple Moon Orchid was extremely weakened, and with a dagger in hand, Su Yu ended its life.
A faint purple Soul Ring slowly rose from its corpse.
The faint purple glow was so captivating.
A Millennium Soul Ring!
Su Yu took a deep breath, sat cross-legged, and drew the Soul Ring onto himself.
The Body Tempering Technique was initiated.
Having experienced absorbing a Soul Ring once, personally experiencing the process, Su Yu also had a plan for the absorption process.
He activated the Meditation Technique and the Body Tempering Technique.
Although it was daytime, he could still draw on the Power of the Stars.
The Power of the Stars entered his body, and after nearly half was refined by the Martial Soul, it circulated within.
At this moment, the Soul Power within the Soul Ring was pouring into Su Yu's body.
The quality of the Power of the Stars was very high, and with Su Yu's control, combined with his Soul Power, it quickly subdued this wave of Soul Power and guided it to circulate within Su Yu's body.
His own Soul Power could advance no further, so he leveraged the half-refined external energy.
This was Su Yu's strategy.
When a Soul Master reaches Level 10, further cultivating Soul Power results in no change in quantity, instead being stored somewhere unknown and undetectable, only revealed when a Soul Ring is absorbed.
Or, continue cultivating Soul Power, refining Primordial Energy into one's own Soul Power to compress it, forming higher quality Soul Power.
However, this process is cumbersome, and the transformed Soul Power is likely to waste more than 90%.
So, after breaking through to an exact Level 10, absorbing external energy for power enhancement offers a very low cost-benefit ratio.
But for energy that hasn't been entirely refined, it's a different story.
Su Yu, having half-refined the Power of the Stars, wasn't yet using it to compress Soul Power, nor was it fully refined and hidden elsewhere.
This Power of the Stars could still be controlled by Su Yu.
Equivalent to him having mastered additional power.
Thus more easily suppressing the impact of Soul Power.
The impact from the Soul Power within the Soul Ring was better resisted by Su Yu's existing Soul Power and the Power of the Stars, reducing the pressure on his meridians.
This was Su Yu's confidence in absorbing a Millennium Soul Ring.
"It seems Brother Su is well prepared."
Su Yu merely grunted twice and then fell silent, the Soul Power within the Soul Ring continuing to pour into his body, steadily refined by him.
"A Millennium Second Ring! I bet right!"
Qian Tong was very excited, as this investment of his was very successful.
Yet he couldn't let out his inner excitement because the absorption of the Soul Ring had a major challenge, which was the subsequent absorption of the Soul Ring Origin.
In the blink of an eye, time flew by.
Three hours had passed since Su Yu began absorbing the Soul Ring.
Night fell.
The Power of the Stars grew denser.
Su Yu's own Soul Power, the Power of the Stars, and the Soul Power of the Soul Ring.
The three forces circulated within his body.
As they circulated, the Soul Power of the Soul Ring was gradually refined by Su Yu.
Having passed the initial crisis of the Soul Power's impact from the Soul Ring, Su Yu instead controlled the Soul Power of the Soul Ring to assist in refining the Power of the Stars.
A large amount of the Power of the Stars entered his body, refined by Su Yu with far superior Soul Power.
The process of absorbing a Soul Ring is when the Martial Soul is most active. Though refining a Soul Ring takes only a few hours, it can directly raise a level, demonstrating the efficiency.
Thus, Su Yu aimed to make the best use of this process.
He believed that after absorbing the Soul Ring, his Soul Power would be greatly enhanced.
Level 23 is a guaranteed minimum.
After all, the inherent Soul Power of a Millennium Soul Ring is vast, and by leveraging the Power of the Stars, Su Yu virtually had no wastage in absorbing and refining it.
Moreover, these Soul Powers assisted in refining the Power of the Stars.
Furthermore, Su Yu had lingered at the Level 20 threshold for three months, accumulating considerable Soul Power.
With all these factors combined, Su Yu was guaranteed to reach Level 23; on this basis, there was significant hope to reach Level 24.
To aim for Level 24.
Su Yu also could afford to slow down the refining process of the Soul Power in the Soul Ring.
To refine more of the Power of the Stars, Su Yu naturally wanted to slow down the absorption process.
The whole process's duration depended on the Soul Ring externally.
A Soul Ring, once generated, would dissipate within a few hours. However, if connected with a Soul Master and the absorption process initiated, this time could be greatly extended.
This made Qian Tong, who was safeguarding Su Yu, nervous.
"It's been three days and nights, and Brother Su hasn't started refining the Soul Ring Origin?"
If he didn't start refining soon, the power of the Soul Ring Origin would begin to dissipate.
Amid Qian Tong's anxiety, Su Yu finally showed movement.
The purple Soul Ring radiated light, gradually merging into Su Yu's body.
The process of refining the Origin was extremely smooth.
After three hours.
Su Yu slowly opened his eyes, from his body, a powerful wave of Soul Power surged forth, soaring rapidly upwards.
It took a long time before stabilizing.
"Brother Su, you finally finished absorbing."
Su Yu's aura completely stabilized, and only then did Qian Tong speak. Though his words were complaints, the excitement in his tone was palpable.
"Do you want to test your Soul Power?"
Su Yu nodded.
He took the soul-guiding device for testing Soul Power and input his Soul Power into it.
"Level 24!"
Qian Tong exclaimed, unable to remain seated.
He was originally a very composed person, as conducting business required that, but at this moment he couldn't hold it in.
It wasn't his fault; after all, Su Yu's situation was truly shocking.
Absorbing a single Soul Ring, he had broken through four levels at once!
"Everything was within expectations."
Only Su Yu remained relatively calm.
He had taken a full three days and nights, wasn't breaking through to Level 24 the natural result?
"Brother Su, are you leaving now?"
Qian Tong seemed to have thought of something and asked.
After absorbing the Millennium Second Ring, was it time for Su Yu to depart?
"No, I plan to continue cultivating for a while, waiting for my Soul Power to reach Level 30 before leaving for the Sun and Moon Empire."
Su Yu said.
Qian Tong's eyes flashed with determination.
Brother Su is indeed rational; my persuasion was effective.
It's not that Qian Tong has anything against Shrek, but he truly believes the Sun and Moon Empire is more suitable for Su Yu.
Of course, there are private motives as well.
Qian Tong sees that it's almost inevitable for the Sun and Moon Empire to unify the continent, within fifty years if not a hundred.
And by then, where would his path lie?