Since formally accepting Dugu Yan as her first disciple, Yu Qing's days have been exceptionally fulfilling, as if she has been infused with new vitality.
Although she temporarily lost the joy of Yin-Yang Harmonization with A Rou ( she returned to Star Dou Great Forest to pick up Xiao Wu ), and was unable to have close interactions with the pregnant Duan Xin and Zi Ruyi, the sense of accomplishment from teaching apprentices was a completely different and delightful experience.
Watching Ling Xin and Ling Mou push their limits every day under his careful tutelage, their physique and strength visibly increasing rapidly, Yu Qing felt a sense of satisfaction and pride, like a proud father.
Yu Qing took a completely different approach with little Dugu Yan. Apart from the daily, unwavering gentle Medicinal Cuisine and Medicinal Bath to nourish her weak body and slowly remove toxins, he did not rush to teach her any Cultivate methods.
For a child of this age, Yu Qing believes that happy growth is the most important thing. He spends most of his time playing with her, telling her stories, and nurturing her Meridians with Power of Life, essentially taking on the role of a "super dad" ahead of time and enjoying this heartwarming daily life.
Time flies by, and seven or eight days pass in the blink of an eye.
Yu Qing also thoroughly understood and mastered the mysteries of the Yin-Yang Complementary Dual Soul Cores. Although his spirit power His rank remained stable at level 96 Peak without any improvement, but with the terrifying spirit power recovery speed, automatic compression and purification, and energy output power of the dual soul cores, he felt that his actual combat power had undergone a qualitative leap!
Even without activating the all-out " Star Burning Battle Method," he is confident that he can easily handle or even suppress opponents whose spirit power is two levels higher than his! This kind of foundation is far more important than simply increasing his rank.
And it was on this solid foundation that Yu Qing felt the time was ripe—his second Spirit, Black Star Sinking Abyss, was about to absorb its first Spirit Ring!
His consciousness sank into System Space, the one that had consumed a massive amount of yin and yang points, through the synthesizer Five hundred thousand years formed by fusion Thousand Jun Ant Emperor The spirit ring hovered silently, emitting a chilling orange-red light and terrifying energy fluctuations as vast as the sea.
Just sensing its presence sent chills down Yu Qing's spine. He was curious about what kind of earth-shattering changes this spirit ring, which transcended the limits of common sense, could bring to him.
Early that morning, as usual, Yu Qing supervised Ling Xin and Ling Mou's " Hell- style" Medicinal Bath, and after accompanying Dugu Yan to eat the carefully prepared Medicinal Cuisine, she took the little girl's hand and went to find Dugu Bo.
Upon seeing Yu Qing come to his door on her own initiative, Dugu Bo was somewhat surprised: "Oh, did the sun rise in the west today? Don't you need to keep your precious apprentice and wife company?"
Yu Qing smiled, handed Xiao Yan Yan to Dugu Bo, then his expression turned serious, and he said, " Old Poison, there's something I need to tell you. I'm planning to go into seclusion for a while, and it might be longer than the last time I condensed my soul core."
Upon hearing this, Dugu Bo frowned slightly: "Another seclusion? What's he up to this time? He's not going to pull off something terrifying again, is he?"
Yu Qing hesitated for a moment, then decided to be honest: "Actually... I am a twin spirit."
"What?!" Dugu Bo's eyes widened suddenly, his voice rising abruptly, almost startling little Yan Yan in his arms. "You...you're a twin spirit?!"
He looked Yu Qing up and down as if he were seeing her for the first time, his green eyes filled with disbelief. Twin spirits, ultimate life attributes, four hundred-thousand-year spirit rings, self-created dual soul cores … Any one of these would be earth-shattering for anyone else, yet they were all concentrated in one person?!
Yu Qing nodded matter-of-factly: "Yeah, is that so strange?"
Dugu Bo: "..."
He opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a word for a long time. For the first time, he realized so profoundly that the gap between people could sometimes be greater than that between a person and a dog! He felt like he had spent most of his life consumed by poisonous insects!
After finally calming down, Dugu Bo asked Dao in a hoarse voice, "You...you're going out to hunt the Spirit Beast to obtain the second Spirit's spirit ring?"
Yu Qing shook her head: "No need. I prepared the spirit ring a long time ago, but I just haven't met the absorption standard yet, so it's been delayed until now."
"You were prepared all along?" Dugu Bo was taken aback again. "What do you mean? Where did you get the Spirit Ring? What year is it?"
Yu Qing's tone remained calm, as if he were talking about a trivial matter: "Well, I figured it out myself. As for its age... probably over a hundred thousand years."
" Over 100,000 years?!" Dugu Bo felt his brain wasn't quite working properly today, his voice hoarse. "Does this world... really have Spirit Beasts over 100,000 years old?"
Yu Qing nodded and patiently explained to him: "Yes, I usually call them ' Vicious Beasts '. They are beings with cultivation levels exceeding two hundred thousand years, three hundred thousand years, or even longer, but they are mostly hidden in the deepest parts of forbidden zones of life and rarely appear in the world."
Dugu Bo was stunned, feeling as if his worldview had been reshaped once again; it all sounded somewhat unreal.
"Then...where are you going to absorb it?" he asked Dao subconsciously.
"The same old place, at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well spring," Yu Qing replied.
"Why are we going to that godforsaken place again?" Dugu Bo asked, puzzled.
"The extreme cold and heat there can neutralize the Spirit Ring's violent energy to some extent, increasing the success rate a bit," Yu Qing explained Dao.
After saying goodbye to Dugu Bo, who was still in a state of shock and disbelief, Yu Qing went back to explain the situation to Duan Xin and Zi Ruyi. Although the two women were worried, they had more trust and support for her, and simply whispered, "Husband, please be careful. We'll wait for you to successfully emerge from seclusion."
Arriving once again at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well spring, Yu Qing took a deep breath, his eyes becoming incredibly sharp and resolute. He leaped into the spring water where ice and fire intertwined, hovering in the area where extreme cold and extreme heat met.
Then, with a thought, he retrieved the five hundred thousand years from System Space. Thousand Jun Ant Emperor Spirit Ring!
Buzz—!
The moment the spirit ring appeared, an indescribable, terrifying pressure spread out! The orange-red light instantly illuminated the entire spring, even penetrating the water's surface and casting a strange color over the valley! Dugu Bo, who was guarding outside the valley, was even more horrified when he saw this light. He felt both novel and incredibly curious about where Yu Qing had obtained this spirit ring that surpassed all understanding!
"Come on!" Yu Qing whispered, guiding the orange-red spirit ring slowly onto her Black Star Sinking Abyss. Spirit.
The instant the Spirit ring made contact with the Spirit—
"boom!!!"
A vast energy, seemingly capable of crushing mountains and drying up rivers, surged wildly into Yu Qing's body like a raging torrent bursting its banks!
"Ugh—!"
Even with Yu Qing's physique, tempered to its limit by the Thousand Refinements Method, he instantly felt excruciating pain! It felt as if all the Meridians, blood vessels, muscles, and bones in his body were about to be burst and crushed by this tyrannical energy! Fine beads of blood seeped from his skin, instantly staining the surrounding spring water with a faint crimson hue.
The energy is enormous! It's incredibly violent!
Yu Qing frantically activated the Star Meditation Scripture, attempting to refine the tsunami-like energy, but still felt powerless. The Meridians were completely filled by the surging energy torrent, as if they were about to collapse completely at any moment.
Just then, the Yin-Yang Complementary Dual Soul Cores within his Dantian played a crucial role! The two soul cores spun wildly at an unprecedented speed, like two highly efficient energy conversion pumps, desperately devouring, converting, and compressing the surging energy, greatly relieving Yu Qing's pressure and allowing him to at least not worry about the depletion of his spirit power.
At the same time, the advantages of his chosen Life-based Dao path were fully demonstrated! A vast and pure Power of Life operated autonomously, frantically repairing the Meridians, blood vessels, and even internal organs shattered by the energy torrent. Destruction and repair were engaged in an extremely fierce and tenacious tug-of-war within this body!
This process was nothing short of a completely new and even more brutal physical tempering! Yu Qing's physique, which had already reached Bottleneck, began to slowly but steadily improve again in this cycle of destruction and rebirth!
One day, three days, seven days, ten days, fifteen days…
Yu Qing was immersed in the spring water like a fossil, enduring inhuman pain. Outside, Dugu Bo and the women were extremely anxious, yet dared not disturb her.
Finally, on the morning of the sixteenth day, the last trace of violent energy in the five- hundred-thousand-year spirit ring was completely refined and tamed by Yu Qing. The incomparably beautiful orange-red spirit ring was finally securely fitted onto the black star sinking abyss. Above the Spirit, it became its first spirit ring!
Yu Qing's spirit power Rank was also raised to level 97!
However, perhaps because he compressed and purified his spirit power to an extremely abnormal degree, and the foundation was incredibly solid, the vast energy contained in this five- hundred-thousand-year spirit ring only increased his spirit power by a little over half a level.
Yu Qing was not surprised by this. After adjusting his breathing and consolidating his surging power, he took out the 480,000-year-old Thousand Jun Ant Emperor's right arm bone, which shared the same origin as the Spirit Ring, and continued to absorb it.
Unfortunately, the Spirit Bone's energy is primarily focused on strengthening the Incarnation and granting Spirit Bone Skills; once absorbed, his spirit power... The rank has only increased by about one-tenth of a level, and there is still a considerable distance to go before reaching level 98.
"It seems I want to rely on absorbing the spirit ring." "Raising your Spirit Bone to level 99 quickly is much more difficult than Tang San and God of Emotion..." Yu Qing murmured to himself, feeling the still vast but limited spiritual power within him.
However, he quickly adjusted his mindset. He had the Dao Companion System, the Synthesizer, and a group of exceptionally talented Dao Companions and Discusses; his future was promising. Achieving Level 99 Limit Douluo was not an unattainable goal for him; it simply required more time and experience.
Moreover, his gains from this absorption went far beyond the increase in spirit power. The terrifying physical enhancement, along with the powerful skills granted by the five hundred thousand-year spirit rings and the Spirit Bone, have elevated his actual combat strength to a completely new level!
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