"Grandpa Yu, send someone to tell that couple to settle down for now. I'll instruct them on what to do if anything comes up."
The old butler accepted the order and left.
Since the Peerless Dragon Snake had pledged allegiance, Lin Rong should technically go and meet them.
However, he had no intention of meeting Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang.
If it were before the old butler broke through to Titled Douluo, Lin Rong would have met the couple immediately, treating them with courtesy to show his regard.
But times had changed.
He now had two Titled Douluo under his command: the old butler and Dugu Bo.
As for Meng Shu, a Soul Douluo, and Chao Tianxiang, a Soul Emperor, their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the Dragon Snake Combination, only possessed combat power that had merely brushed against the threshold of a Titled Douluo.
A Martial Soul Fusion Skill that couldn't last long, even if it could contend with a Titled Douluo for a short period, was ultimately incomparable to a genuine Titled Douluo.
Although the couple's strength still had room for improvement, their current power was not enough for Lin Rong to take them seriously.
Therefore, Lin Rong naturally saw no need to make a special trip to meet them.
However, if Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang were replaced by Guang Yue and Ghostly, the situation would be entirely different.
If he successfully subdued Chrysanthemum and Ghost in the future, Lin Rong would certainly go and meet them personally to show his regard for these two Titled Douluo.
Not to mention that both Guang Yue and Ghostly were Level 95 Titled Douluo; either one of them individually possessed strength far exceeding that of the current Peerless Dragon Snake.
Moreover, Guang Yue and Ghostly's Martial Soul Fusion Skill was the "Two Extremes Forbidden Domain," a domain-controlling divine skill.
In terms of both rarity and practicality, the "Two Extremes Forbidden Domain" surpassed the "Dragon Snake Combination."
In the original work, the most powerful display of the Two Extremes Forbidden Domain was during the hunt for Xiao Wu.
At that time, Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to simultaneously immobilize the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Great Ape for a considerable period.
If it weren't for Xiao Wu's sacrifice, which caused the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Great Ape to erupt with all their might and break free from the Two Extremes Forbidden Domain's restraint prematurely.
Otherwise, the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Great Ape would have been trapped for even longer by the Two Extremes Forbidden Domain.
However, just as the Two Extremes Forbidden Domain had moments of strong performance, it also had moments of weak performance.
Bibi Dong, the empress of the Spirit Hall Empire, led six Titled Douluo, including Chrysanthemum and Ghost, to hunt the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Great Ape.
Chrysanthemum and Ghost used the Two Extremes Forbidden Domain to immobilize the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Great Ape, while Bibi Dong and the other four Titled Douluo attacked.
Even under these circumstances, they still failed to kill the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Great Ape within the immobilization time of the Two Extremes Forbidden Domain.
The other four Titled Douluo were acceptable, as they didn't even have names and were merely there to make up the numbers.
But Bibi Dong was a Level 99 Soul Emperor. The Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Great Ape were also immobilized by the Two Extremes Forbidden Domain.
The result was that even with these advantages, they couldn't kill them and even gave them an opportunity to escape.
Bibi Dong, though unable to exert her full strength due to the Rakshasa God trial.
However, while her strength was partially restricted, her soul skills were not.
Her second Martial Soul, the Spider Queen, had its sixth soul skill, "Eternal Wound," a divine skill that could ignore physical defense and 50% of energy defense.
Simultaneously, targets hit by Eternal Wound would suffer a "bleeding" negative effect, with wounds spreading endlessly and being unhealable.
As long as the Two Extremes Forbidden Domain could immobilize the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Great Ape for as long as it did last time, they would not have been able to escape Bibi Dong's attacks.
Here, for various reasons, the Two Extremes Forbidden Domain was weakened to an unrecognizable degree.
Moreover, the chase and escape between the two sides actually lasted for half a month, giving Tang San enough time to arrive.
Tang San's trident, empowered by the Sea God's Light, instantly killed Ghostly, causing Chrysanthemum Douluo's status in Spirit Hall to plummet after losing his Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
In the end, even the exhausted Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Great Ape "willingly" sacrificed themselves to Tang San.
Upon recalling this plot from the original work, Lin Rong couldn't help but shake his head, thinking:
"The Two Extremes Forbidden Domain was weakened so miserably."
"But with me here, such bizarre situations will not happen again."
"The Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and Chrysanthemum Douluo's Martial Souls share the same origin, and the Water Lily Jade Bone is also a Yin-attribute Immortal Grade Medicinal Herb, with a certain compatibility with Ghostly Douluo's Martial Soul."
"If I subdue them in the future and let them absorb these two Immortal Grade Medicinal Herbs, their Soul Power will at least break through to Level 96, and Chrysanthemum Douluo might even have a chance to break through to Level 97."
"This way, the power of the Two Extremes Forbidden Domain will be far stronger than in the original work, becoming a potent trump card in my hand."
...
The next day.
The second round of the All-Continent Advanced Spirit Master Elite Tournament concluded as scheduled.
Lin Clan Estate.
Deep within the Banyan Forest.
Lin Rong sat quietly beneath a banyan tree, his eyes closed as he contemplated the next stage of the Marrow Cleansing Scripture.
It had been one year and eight months since he broke through to the Perfect Wisdom and Self-Awareness realm.
Over the past year, Lin Rong had not slacked in his cultivation of the Marrow Cleansing Scripture, but he had yet to touch upon the "Manifesting and Benefiting All Beings" realm.
The Marrow Cleansing Scripture's essentials state that within the four major realms, achieving "Manifestation and Concealment to Aid All Beings" and "Flick of the Finger to Transcend the Beginningless" are incredibly difficult.
Only after a cultivator's comprehension of the mind reaches a certain level do they have a chance to touch the bottlenecks of these two realms, and only by touching these bottlenecks do they qualify for breaking through them.
Even the most gifted individuals require time, the baptism of years, and accumulation to achieve comprehension at the mental level.
Lin Rong's age, combined from his past and present lives, does not even reach thirty.
Precisely because of this, his current mental comprehension is insufficient, which is why he cannot reach the bottleneck of the "Manifestation and Concealment to Aid All Beings" realm.
Recalling it now.
His cultivation of the Marrow Cleansing Scripture had always been smooth.
While still in his mother's womb, Lin Rong used his innate fetal breath to cultivate the Marrow Cleansing Scripture to the point nearing a breakthrough to "Mind Empty, Body Transforms Itself."
After birth, at the age of seven years and five months, he successfully broke through the Marrow Cleansing Scripture to the "Mind Empty, Body Transforms Itself" realm.
Four months later, not yet eight years old, he absorbed the Immortal Grade Medicinal Herb Water Lily Jade Bone, and with its medicinal properties, he broke through the Marrow Cleansing Scripture to the next major realm, "Perfect Wisdom and Self-Awareness."
Lin Rong could be said to have taken shortcuts for both of these realms.
Although his realms broke through too quickly, there was no issue of unstable foundations.
However, due to the rapid breakthroughs, his mental comprehension lagged far behind the average level for equivalent realms as recorded in the Marrow Cleansing Scripture's essentials.
In the current situation, it is indeed time for him to settle down, carefully comprehend the myriad things in the world, and thereby improve his mental comprehension.
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