Time flies like flowing water, two years later.
In a modest-sized courtyard in the west of Tiandou City, a young man wearing a white robe, with purple-blue long hair cascading down, and a handsome and dashing face, was lazily lying on a reclining chair, attended by two maids of exceptional beauty.
One maid cut seasonal fruits into pieces and fed them one by one into Shen Hanyu's mouth with her jade-like fingers, and Shen Hanyu accepted them all without refusal, devouring every piece.
The other maid gently fanned a bamboo fan, bringing a cool breeze to Shen Hanyu.
As for why he was living such a comfortable and decadent life, one had to talk about his experiences over these two years.
After arriving in Tiandou City and finding that the plot was still early, he bought a small courtyard in the west of the city, purchased two maids from a nearby auction house, and began living a leisurely and carefree life. Perhaps because his days were too comfortable, his soul power improvement speed had also slowed down.
In these two years, almost nothing major happened to him. Tiandou City had good security, leaving no room for him to take action. The city was filled with nobles and their descendants, with no particularly outstanding geniuses.
Shen Hanyu had originally planned to make a trip to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, but later thought better of it and decided to go after breaking through to the Soul King.
After all, he was confident he could persuade Dugu Bo and successfully establish a friendship with this old guy.
For those with powerful backgrounds from the start, directly conquering the other party with force was fine, but for someone like him with a half-grassroots start, he could only rely on wits...
Moreover, he had no malice or bad impressions toward Dugu Bo. Although the other was vicious by nature, cold and ruthless, once they became friends, he was completely trustworthy.
The other's heavy emphasis on loyalty and repaying kindness was quite endearing.
The most important point was that he currently couldn't beat Dugu Bo...
Saying more would only bring tears...
Although he had been diligently cultivating for nearly two years and had reached level 49, facing a Titled Douluo who played with poison to perfection, Shen Hanyu truly had no confidence at all.
Although his cultivation speed was quite cheat-like, he wasn't like those transmigrators with systems, where Soul Kings could fight Titled Douluo and Titled Douluo could fight God Kings—those freaks were just too scary...
The leisurely afternoon quickly passed. Shen Hanyu yawned, pinched the maid named Xiao Yue who was feeding him fruits, causing her to blush shyly. Only then did Shen Hanyu laugh heartily and head out the door. He had a feeling that, at the earliest tonight, or at the latest within these three days, he would break through to Soul King, becoming the youngest Soul King in history!
A thirteen-year-old Soul King was about to be born!
......
Two days later.
Shen Hanyu's figure appeared in the Sunset Forest. Two years had passed, and his height had grown a bit more, now at least over 1.8 meters. Any taller would be too much, and 1.7 meters seemed a bit short—1.8 meters was just right...
Due to large-scale hunting in the Sunset Forest, high-level soul beasts were rarely seen; mostly ordinary soul beasts with cultivation years generally not exceeding 50,000 years.
Shen Hanyu didn't know the exact direction and could only rely on intuition to proceed forward. After all, the Sunset Forest wasn't large, and with patience, he would eventually find it.
Along the way, besides casually killing a few thousand-year-old soul beasts that provoked him, Shen Hanyu encountered almost no powerful soul beasts.
While crossing a small stream, a huge black-purple spider web descended from the sky. Shen Hanyu reacted quickly, twirling his Cold Heaven Spear in a spear flower and directly tearing through the tough web.
Shen Hanyu frowned and looked upward, finding no abnormality, as if nothing had happened. But a weird stench in the air clearly told him that something was definitely watching him.
His spirit power swept the surroundings, and Shen Hanyu's frown suddenly relaxed. Then, his long spear turned into a stream of light and fiercely stabbed into the ground nearby. With purple blood gushing out, a piercing roar came from underground. Then, a massive figure burst out of the soil, and the Cold Heaven Spear stuck in its back was shaken off, returning to Shen Hanyu's hand.
"Oh? A ten-thousand-year Crypt Demon Spider? Finally, something decent."
Shen Hanyu curled his lip, then the blade of the Cold Heaven Spear emitted a cold aura and fiercely stabbed toward the Crypt Demon Spider.
The Crypt Demon Spider and the Human-Faced Demon Spider were both kings among spider-type soul beasts. Not only were they powerful themselves, but their toxins were extremely troublesome. Moreover, both types had extremely high intelligence, excelling in concealment and sneak attacks. They were soul beast clans without martial ethics.
The Cold Heaven Spear drew a graceful arc in the air. The slender spear body was as elegant as cold jade, and the crystal-clear blade was incredibly sharp, emanating a cold killing intent.
The ten-thousand-year Crypt Demon Spider's body wasn't particularly large—compared to the Human-Faced Demon Spider, it was extremely small—but it excelled in agility. Relying on its top-tier vision from multiple eyes and flexible judgment from its brain, it actually dodged the Cold Heaven Spear's multiple attacks for a time.
Shen Hanyu was in no hurry. That earlier strike had used quite a bit of force, and the Cold Heaven Spear's cold killing intent had already entered the Crypt Demon Spider's internal organs. If they kept fighting like this, the one to die would only be the opponent. Even if it were at full strength, he could handle it with some effort.
Sure enough, as time passed, the Crypt Demon Spider's originally ferocious killing intent had mostly vanished, its superb speed had slowed down, and it looked utterly depleted.
Shen Hanyu sneered, and his second soul ring lit up.
"Second soul skill! Ice Flame!"
The soul skill born from the 2,700-year cultivation Ice Flame Dragon! Once used, power and attack increased by 100%, while the Cold Heaven Spear was imbued with flames from the Ice Flame Dragon, a super-low-temperature special flame with extreme adhesion. The soul skill could last for two and a half minutes, and if not removed by special means, the flames would continuously burn by absorbing soul power from the host.
With one thrust, the ten-thousand-year Crypt Demon Spider perished!
As blue flames slowly burned, Shen Hanyu was about to move when he suddenly froze.
He quickly pried open the Crypt Demon Spider's brain, and a skull bone emitting a black-purple glow appeared!
"Damn! Why a skull bone of all things! And with your attributes, who the hell am I supposed to give this to?"
Shen Hanyu didn't know whether to call himself lucky or unlucky. Including the right leg bone in his soul guide that he had forgotten to give to his little sister, he now had two ten-thousand-year top-tier soul bones on him...
But this skull bone came from the Crypt Demon Spider, and the attached skill was likely one of the Crypt Demon Spider's two innate skills: concealment or spider web cage...
These two skills were quite suitable for control-type soul masters, but for an assault-type soul master to absorb them would be somewhat useless...
After thinking it over, Shen Hanyu looked at the intact skull bone in front of him and made a decision that went against his ancestors: let it gather dust in the soul guide...
If the worst came to worst, Dugu Bo could sell his granddaughter to him, and this soul bone could then be given to Dugu Yan.
Of course, if Dugu Bo could offer a suitable price, Shen Hanyu naturally wouldn't let this soul bone rot in his hands.
As for giving it away for free? Impossible, absolutely impossible!
As for immortal herbs, ahem, Dugu Bo didn't know their uses anyway. He could just leave a couple for the grandfather and granddaughter pair later; otherwise, it would be a bit unjustifiable...
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