Several days later, Qing Tianfeng and Xu Yao came out of the room. Having refined all the whale glue, their physical condition had undergone tremendous changes.
For them now, absorbing a 15,000-year-old soul ring is a piece of cake.
Qing Mu, who was pondering how to perfect the combination technique "Wood World Descent" in the courtyard, smiled inexplicably when she saw the two of them come out.
However, the smile was fleeting, and Qingmu quickly returned to her normal appearance.
Qing Mu said to Qing Tianfeng and Xu Yao, "Recover your energy and then start absorbing the soul bones."
"Hmm~"
Qing Tianfeng and Xu Yao nodded. Although Qing Mu was their son, they couldn't help but subconsciously obey his words.
After spending half a day outside to recuperate, Qing Tianfeng and Xu Yao returned to the secret chamber and began their secluded cultivation to refine their soul bones.
After they went inside, Qing Mu's gaze was deep as he murmured, "Immortal herbs, whale glue, soul bones, and the subsequent pills—we've given you all the help we could. Whether you can break through to the title realm depends on your individual fortune!"
Qing Mu's path is different from that of a conventional Soul Master. He is unsure whether his future will be smooth sailing, reaching level 100 to become a god, condensing a divine position, and ascending to the God Realm, or whether he will be besieged and killed by the God Realm because he is an anomaly.
Therefore, he could not let Qing Tianfeng and Xu Yao place all their hopes on him, because if something unexpected happened, his parents would have no way to protect themselves.
Fortunately, during the first Douluo Continent game, the lifespan of Title Douluos had not yet been reduced. As long as the two of them could break through to the Title Douluo level, given their current situation, it wouldn't be difficult for them to gain several hundred years of lifespan, which would already be a good outcome.
Of course, it would be best if everything went smoothly for Qing Mu. As long as Qing Mu had the ability, he would definitely bring the two of them to the God Realm. These were just precautionary measures for Qing Mu.
Because the soul bone given by Qing Mu was of extremely high quality, it took Qing Tianfeng and Xu Yao a full half month to completely absorb it. After that, Qing Mu led the two of them on the road to hunt for their fifth soul ring.
Qing Mu naturally couldn't go to the Star Dou Great Forest now, so he chose the Sunset Forest, which was large enough and familiar to him, as his target for hunting souls.
The son leading his parents in hunting souls is somewhat contrary to the Heavenly Gang, but neither Qing Mu, Qing Tianfeng, nor Xu Yao felt there was anything wrong with it.
In the world of Soul Masters, strength is paramount. If someone is strong enough, even an old man has to address a young man as a senior. Only someone as shameless as Yu Xiaogang would call himself a master.
Fortunately, Yu Xiaogang had a strong background; otherwise, someone like him would have been beaten to death by those who disliked him long ago.
Led by Qingmu, the group went straight into the core area of Sunset Forest.
After consuming a large amount of whale glue and absorbing two top-grade soul bones, Qing Tianfeng and Xu Yao's physical attributes have far surpassed those of ordinary Soul Emperors.
With such physical attributes, it would be more than capable of absorbing spirit rings of 20,000 years or even longer, and such spirit beasts can only be found in the core area of Sunset Forest.
Soul Masters, especially high-level ones, often stay in the Soul Beast Forest for ten days to half a month when hunting souls. However, Qing Mu had a map of the soul beast distribution given to him by Dugu Bo, and he had also been leveling up in the Sunset Forest for quite some time, so he quickly found a suitable target.
That was a 25,000-year-old Vajra Frog King. Although it had just stepped into the threshold of a top-tier soul beast, it was very suitable for Qing Tianfeng, who had undergone a martial soul transformation.
"Venusaur, bring that Pokémon over here."
After identifying the target, Qingmu immediately gave the order to Venusaur.
"Da na!"
In an instant, many vines suddenly sprouted from Venusaur's body. These vines did not burrow underground, but shot directly towards the King Gorilla.
"Croak~"
This attack, which was completely undisguised, was naturally noticed by the King Kong Frog King. However, due to its speed, even though he knew he couldn't dodge it, his body suddenly gleamed with a metallic sheen.
This was clearly a defensive move; he was trying to withstand Venusaur's attack head-on.
However, this time the King Kong Frog King miscalculated, because Qing Mu's goal was not to attack him, but to capture him.
Numerous vines arrived beside King Kong, instantly wrapping around his body and quickly pulling him in front of Venusaur.
Then, yellow and purple powder appeared on Venusaur's body. After inhaling the two powders, Froggi's eyelids began to fall off as the rope snapped, like a guillotine that could not bear the weight.
These are the Sleep Powder and Poison Powder that Venusaur hasn't used for a long time. Although Sleep Powder and Poison Powder are less effective in high-level battles due to the increased speed of battles and the strength of opponents, they are still powerful against opponents of lower level than Venusaur.
After the King Kong Frog King was subdued, Qing Mu turned to Qing Tianfeng and said, "Dad, let's kill this soul beast. After absorbing it, your level should be able to increase to level fifty-six!"
Qing Tianfeng still had a lot of residual medicinal power from the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum in his body. In addition, he absorbed the soul bone of the 90,000-year-old Cave Demon Spider and the soul ring of the 25,000-year-old Vajra Frog King. It was not surprising that he rushed to level 56 in one go.
"Phew~ I got it."
Qing Tianfeng let out a long breath, then walked solemnly toward the controlled King Kong Frog King.
Even in its slumber, the aura emanating from this 25,000-year-old Vajra Frog King was still terrifying. Normally, it would take at least several Soul Emperors working together to hunt such a powerful soul beast, but now it was about to become his soul ring.
As Qing Tianfeng's right leg emitted a faint, dazzling light, countless spikes formed from earth and stone rose from the ground, piercing the Vajra Frog King, which was in a negative state and completely unprepared, almost instantly.
This is the soul skill contained in the right leg bone of the 90,000-year-old underground demon spider: Earth Manipulation, which allows it to control the earth to a certain extent and launch attacks against enemies.
Of course, it's also perfect for digging tunnels; you don't even need to move the soil, it just breaks open automatically.
Points of black light drifted out from the King Kong Frog King, condensing into a soul ring as black as ink.
Looking at the spirit ring, Qing Tianfeng didn't hesitate at all. He summoned his martial spirit, drew it to the top of his head, and began refining it.
It is indeed very difficult for a Soul Master to refine a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring when they are at the fourth Soul Ring level, because their spiritual power is not enough. However, refining a twenty-five-thousand-year Soul Ring at level fifty is not so difficult.
Especially for middle-aged people like Qing Tianfeng, who are over forty years old, his soul has already matured. Coupled with the tempering of his life over the past twenty years, his will is undoubtedly much more mature than that of those teenagers.
Five or six hours later, Qing Tianfeng successfully refined it without any major incidents, and his soul power, just as Qing Mu had predicted, surged directly to level fifty-six.