Time flies.
One day, a powerful surge of Soul Power erupted from Lin Rong's body.
"Ten years and seven days old, and my Soul Power has broken through to level fifty. A few days slower than I expected."
Lin Rong was a bit displeased with the timing of his breakthrough to level fifty, but he quickly let it go.
"Never mind, it's only a few days late. I just didn't manage to break through on my tenth birthday. It's no big deal."
"Since my Soul Power has broken through to level fifty, it's time to head to the Star Dou Great Forest to acquire my fifth Spirit Ring."
Lin Rong acted quickly. He broke through on the evening of that day, and by the morning of the next, he had already left Heaven Dou City with his old butler in a carriage.
Meanwhile.
On the top floor of Moon Xuan, Tang Yuehua received news from her surveillance operatives. She learned that Lin Rong and his butler had departed Heaven Dou City and were suspected to be heading towards the Star Dou Great Forest.
"He broke through to level thirty? That fast?"
Tang Yuehua was quite surprised and couldn't help but compare Lin Rong to her nephew, Tang San.
As the sole heir to the hereditary Duke of the Heaven Dou Empire, most of the prominent figures in Heaven Dou City had attended Lin Rong's full moon banquet, and Tang Yuehua was no exception.
Therefore, Lin Rong's exact age was no secret among the nobles of Heaven Dou City.
"He's only ten years and seven days old, four months younger than Xiao San when he broke through to level thirty."
"Big Brother's idea is correct. With such terrifying talent, and having already offended him, we must nip it in the bud."
At the Tang Sect banquet, Tang San was no match for Lin Rong.
Back then, Tang San was a Great Spirit Master. In Tang Yuehua's opinion, Lin Rong must have also been a Great Spirit Master at that time.
And this time, Lin Rong's breakthrough was from Great Spirit Master to quasi-Soul Elder.
As for higher Soul Power cultivation, Tang Yuehua, limited by her own knowledge, hadn't considered it.
"No, I need to return to the sect immediately to inform Big Brother."
Tang Yuehua hastily stood up. Before leaving, she instructed her trusted subordinate:
"Steward Old, go to the Tang Sect and notify Titan. The time has come; it's time to act."
...
Half a month later.
Deep within the Star Dou Great Forest, in a swampy marsh.
A green twin lotus lay on the marshy ground.
Beside it, Lin Rong sat atop the Dragon Soul, absorbing a deep black Spirit Ring.
This ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring came from a Green Wood Twin Lotus with a cultivation of thirty-three thousand three hundred and eighty-one years.
The Spirit Skills granted by Spirit Rings to Spirit Masters were incredibly varied.
Among them, there was an ultimate Spirit Skill for Martial Soul equipment called Martial Soul Clone.
Upon using this skill, it could manifest another Martial Soul equipment identical to the Spirit Master's own Martial Soul equipment for use.
Furthermore, the Martial Soul Clone derived from this skill could also utilize Spirit Skills.
It was equivalent to a different kind of Twin Martial Souls, and they could be used simultaneously.
This Martial Soul Clone Spirit Skill appeared on ten-year Spirit Rings, where the manifested Martial Soul equipment only possessed thirty percent of the original Martial Soul's power.
For hundred-year Spirit Rings, it was fifty percent; for thousand-year Spirit Rings, seventy percent; and for ten-thousand-year Spirit Rings, one hundred percent.
If it were a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring, it would be two hundred percent.
Such an excellent Spirit Skill could only be produced by a very small number of Spirit Beasts.
For example, the Twin-Headed Snake and the Twin Lotus, among other rare Spirit Beasts.
The more compatible the target Spirit Beast's attributes were with the Martial Soul, the higher the probability of this Spirit Ring granting the "Martial Soul Clone" Spirit Skill.
And this Green Wood Twin Lotus was a water and wood dual-attribute Spirit Beast, perfectly compatible with the Nine Bend Vine Dragon.
Therefore, there was a very high probability that this Spirit Ring would grant Lin Rong a Martial Soul Clone Spirit Skill.
While Lin Rong was absorbing the Spirit Ring, On the other side, Tang Xiao and Titan finally arrived at the Star Dou Great Forest.
The Star Dou Great Forest was extremely vast. Tang Xiao could only infer the general area where Lin Rong had entered the Star Dou Great Forest from the carriages stopped in a nearby town.
As for Lin Rong's exact location, Tang Xiao could only guess:
"Level thirty requires a thousand-year Spirit Ring, so they can't be anywhere deeper than the outer regions of the Star Dou Great Forest. They couldn't have gone into the inner regions."
"But even the outer regions are huge. If I go in now, I'll likely not find them."
"Never mind then. Since that's the case, I won't go in searching. I'll just wait here for them to come out."
Thus, Tang Xiao found a place to hide himself. He didn't explain any of his reasoning to Titan, which left Titan feeling very resentful.
However, his fists were no match for theirs, so Titan could only suppress his violent temper and find a place to hide without a word.
An hour later.
The swampy wetland deep within the Star Dou Great Forest.
Lin Rong had just finished absorbing his first ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring.
Immediately after absorbing the Spirit Ring, Lin Rong checked the Spirit Ability granted by his fifth Spirit Ring, and his face lit up with a satisfied smile.
This Green Wood Twin Lotus Spirit Ring had granted him the Spirit Ability of Martial Soul Clone.
However, Lin Rong's Martial Soul was the Nine Bend Vine Dragon, so this Spirit Ability should be named "Dragon Soul Clone."
Its effect was: to split off another Nine Bend Vine Dragon Martial Soul, which would possess one hundred percent of the original Martial Soul's power and could use all Spirit Abilities except for the fifth Spirit Ability.
"Excellent, the fifth Spirit Ability is just as I predicted."
Lin Rong put away the Spirit Ring beneath his feet. Two Spirit Bones held in the Nine Bend Vine Dragon's claws floated before him.
"I didn't expect my luck to be this good; the Green Wood Twin Lotus actually dropped two Spirit Bones. Such a rare probability, only Bibi Dong encountered it once in the original story."
"However, Bibi Dong's two Spirit Bones were dropped by the hundred-thousand-year Death Spider Emperor. Hundred-thousand-year Spirit Rings are guaranteed to drop at least one Spirit Bone."
"As for ten-thousand-year Spirit Beasts, even those at ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine years, don't necessarily drop Spirit Bones."
"This Green Wood Twin Lotus was only a thirty-three-thousand-year-old Spirit Beast. The probability of it dropping two Spirit Bones simultaneously is much lower than that of a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast dropping two Spirit Bones."
The two Spirit Bones floating before Lin Rong were a left leg bone and a right leg bone.
Regarding Spirit Bones, Lin Rong already had a left leg bone dropped by the Thunderclap Nether Vine, and his right leg bone was already reserved, the one from the hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor.
Therefore, even if Lin Rong didn't mind the mere thirty-thousand-year age of this right leg bone, he wouldn't absorb it.
At the same time, Lin Rong would not give these two Spirit Bones to Grandpa Yu.
He didn't aim to equip Grandpa Yu with six hundred-thousand-year Spirit Bones for his entire body, but at the very least, each Spirit Bone should not be below fifty thousand years. Only then would it be worthy of Grandpa Yu's loyalty and effort.
As for who to give these two Spirit Bones to, Lin Rong pondered:
"Who should I give them to?"
"Logically speaking, these two Spirit Bones are most compatible with possessors of Plant System Martial Souls."
"But currently, among my subordinates, although there are many Spirit Masters with Plant System Martial Souls, not a single one is qualified to deserve these two Spirit Bones."
"Perhaps, I can use these two Spirit Bones to win over the Zhi family and the Du family, further strengthening the relationship between our three families."
"Or, after I subdue Guang Yue in the future, I can use these two Spirit Bones to paint a rosy picture, making Guang Yue more proactive in his duties."
Lin Rong weighed the pros and cons, put away the two Spirit Bones, and decided to deal with them later.
Then, he turned to the old butler behind him and said:
"Grandpa Yu, prepare for battle. There will be a surprise waiting for us at the entrance of the Star Dou Great Forest."
"We've planned for so long, it's time to reveal our fangs and put on a show of 'killing the chicken to warn the monkey' for certain people."
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