Chapter 49: The Beginning of Compressing spirit power, Qian Renxue Intercepts Dugu Bo

After his cultivation broke through Level 10.

Next was to hunt for a spirit ring and break through to become a Spirit Master!

However, Ye Luo took a carriage and rushed to the Crown Princes Mansion in Heaven Dou Imperial City, preparing to seek Qian Renxue’s help to go to the Star Dou Great Forest to find a suitable plant-type Spirit Beast and absorb its spirit ring.

But upon arriving at the Crown Princes Mansion, Ye Luo learned that Qian Renxue was no longer there.

In the future, she might not return for a whole year.

This was because Qian Renxue had accepted a mission issued by Emperor Xue Ye to represent the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and lead the Royal Knights to inspect the borders of the Heaven Dou Empire to showcase the royal majesty.

Given the vast area of the Heaven Dou Empire, inspecting a full circle around its borders.

would take at least a year or more.

What?

Upon learning this news, Ye Luo was somewhat dumbfounded.

What should he do now?

Originally, Ye Luo wanted to write a letter and have someone deliver it to Qian Renxue, hoping that Qian Renxue could let the three head committees, Meng Shenji and the others, take him to the Star Dou Great Forest to find a suitable plant-type Spirit Beast.

But on second thought, Ye Luo felt that perhaps he could wait a bit longer.

Although he had now broken through Level 10 and reached the Bottleneck of the Spirit Scholar Realm.

However, according to Yu Xiaogang’s Ten Core Competencies of Martial Souls.

One of the points was: After a Spirit Master reaches the Bottleneck of a Realm, continuing to Cultivate can still accumulate spirit power, though it cannot be expressed outwardly yet; as soon as the spirit ring is absorbed, it can be expressed immediately.

Therefore, even if he didn’t absorb a spirit ring first and continued to Cultivate, it wouldn’t matter.

Because he had been persistently exercising his body and taking whale glue.

Ye Luo felt that his physical fitness should have improved a lot.

Coupled with practicing the Blue Silver Grass Meditation Method every day, connecting his own consciousness with the surrounding Blue Silver Grass into a single entity to swallow and exhale Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi together for Cultivation.

Ye Luo found that this also seemed to be of great help in enhancing his mental force.

Now, he felt that he might be able to try compressing the spirit power within his body.

As a transmigrator, apart from the Immortal Herbs in Douluo I, the opportunities Ye Luo knew of.

also included the whale glue in Douluo II and the concept of condensing spirit power into a spirit core.

Condensing a spirit core undoubtedly required compressing spirit power.

Of course, compressing spirit power now definitely wouldn’t allow him to compress all that much.

But no matter what one does, it has to be done step by step.

Regarding this, Ye Luo was not in a hurry either.

In the days that followed.

Every morning, Ye Luo still continued to go to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy to attend classes and listen attentively.

In the afternoon, he went to the library to read books and close the distance with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.

As for the evening, he would return to the Blue Silver Grass spirit simulation Cultivation ground to practice the Blue Silver Grass Meditation Method and attempt to compress his spirit power.

Behind the castle, in the center of that dense Blue Silver Grass simulation Cultivation ground.

After finishing his Cultivation, Ye Luo closed his eyes, sat cross-legged, and tried hard to control the spirit power within his body, continuously compressing it until he was exhausted and could compress it no further.

Every time he compressed his spirit power to his current limit.

Ye Luo could clearly feel that when the compressed spirit power circulated in his Meridians, it would give his Meridians a vague sense of swelling and aching pain.

Ye Luo understood that this meant the spirit power he currently compressed was already approaching the limit that his current physical fitness could bear.

Compressing spirit power.

required not only seeing whether one had the control ability to compress the spirit power.

but also possessing sufficiently strong physical fitness to withstand the burden placed on the body by the compressed spirit power.

After all, compressing spirit power, to a certain extent, meant that by compressing spirit power, the quality of one’s spirit power surpassed the current Cultivation Realm, reaching the quality of spirit power found in higher Cultivation Realms.

If one only possessed the spirit power quality of a higher Realm while physical fitness failed to meet the standard.

then naturally it would cause a load on the body.

…

Time flew by.

Soon, another half a year passed.

Setting out from Heaven Dou Imperial City and making a large circle around the borders from north to south.

Qian Renxue, riding in a carriage and leading the mighty Royal Knights along the border of Farnos Province, finally reached the border of the Balak Kingdom and headed all the way towards Sword City.

At this moment, deep within the Sunset Forest.

Within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

After a long period of bitter Cultivation, beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well—which radiated scorching heat on one side and biting cold on the other—Dugu Bo finally broke through his Bottleneck of many years and successfully reached the Realm of a Level 90 quasi-Titled Douluo.

“Haha! It’s done! This old man has finally done it!”

Dugu Bo abruptly opened those emerald-like eyes, his eerie face filled with excitement and thrill.

After so many years of effort.

He had finally broken through to become a Titled Douluo, becoming the very first Titled Douluo in the history of the Dugu Family!

Next, it was time to hunt for the ninth spirit ring and then go to Spirit City to register his title!

Wanting to give his granddaughter Dugu Yan a surprise.

Dugu Bo did not return home first to tell Dugu Yan the good news that he had finally broken through Level 90 and become a quasi-Titled Douluo.

Instead, he headed straight for the Star Dou Great Forest.

In the inner perimeter of the Star Dou Great Forest, Dugu Bo successfully hunted a ninety-thousand-year-old Jade Crystal Poison Flood Dragon, absorbed its ninth spirit ring, and broke through to become a Titled Douluo.

After the Breakthrough.

Because the Star Dou Great Forest was relatively close to Spirit City.

Dugu Bo simply prepared to go to Spirit City, register his title, and then return to Heaven Dou Imperial City.

However, upon arriving in Spirit City, Dugu Bo prepared to register his title.

Because of the large-scale, terrifying lethality of Dugu Bo’s poison-type Spirit Abilities.

Bibi Dong actually wanted to recruit Dugu Bo, hoping that Dugu Bo would join Spirit Hall and obey her dispatch.

Regarding this, Dugu Bo chose to refuse.

He was not the kind of person who liked power; he preferred freedom a bit more!

However, Dugu Bo’s refusal made Bibi Dong’s expression gloomy and very displeased.

She was not like Qian Daoliu and Qian Xunji, people of broad mind who did not make heavy demands.

In Bibi Dong’s eyes, Dugu Bo’s refusal was slapping her in the face!

To force Dugu Bo to submit.

After registering Dugu Bo’s title.

Bibi Dong immediately summoned Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan, ordering him to hunt down Dugu Bo and use life-and-death threats to force Dugu Bo to join Spirit Hall and submit to her command!

“Yes!”

Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan was very helpless, but could only obey orders.

Faced with the pursuit of Chrysanthemum Douluo, a veteran Titled Douluo, Dugu Bo, who had just broken through to become a Titled Douluo, was naturally no match at all. He was hunted down in a sorry state, fleeing for his life.

“Dugu Bo, this seat will give you one more chance!”

“As long as you agree to join our Spirit Hall and submit to the Supreme Pontiff’s command, this seat will not kill you!”

“If you refuse, then this seat will have no choice but to send you to the Yellow Springs!”

Amidst the rolling mountain forests.

Chrysanthemum Douluo was surrounded by nine spirit rings—two yellow, two purple, and five black—with the true form of the qirong tongtian chrysanthemum floating emptily in his hand, shining with brilliant golden light. His feminine and handsome face was full of sneers as he threatened.

“Don’t even think about it!”

“Even if this old man dies, I will absolutely never submit to your Spirit Hall!”

Dugu Bo had always preferred soft approaches over hard ones, and could not help roaring angrily, using the Jade Phosphor Serpent true form to fight back while fleeing.

Meanwhile, not far away, on a broad road.

Qian Renxue was riding in a luxurious carriage, leading the mighty Royal Knights, having just left the border of the Balak Kingdom and entered the border of the Hagen-Dazs Kingdom, preparing to head towards Xilu City.

Inside the carriage.

Suddenly sensing terrifying fluctuations of spirit power erupting continuously not far away.

Qian Renxue’s heart stirred involuntarily as she lifted the curtain and looked towards the place where the spirit power fluctuations came from.

She saw that high above the forest not far away.

A massive Greenphosphor Serpent, surrounded by nine spirit rings and covered in injuries, was hissing angrily while unleashing various Spirit Abilities backward, winding through the air as it desperately fled.

Behind it, a feminine and handsome man with a huge, golden chrysanthemum floating emptily in his hand was closely pursuing and continuously launching Spirit Ability attacks.

“I’ve finally waited for this!”

Upon seeing Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and the Jade Phosphor Serpent true form surrounded by nine spirit rings, Qian Renxue couldn’t help but feel a sudden surge of joy, her heart filled with excitement and happiness.

Seeing Qian Renxue and the Royal Knights, Dugu Bo finally saw a glimmer of hope for survival and gritted his teeth as he fled toward them.

Because he truly couldn’t hold on any longer.

Dugu Bo released the Jade Phosphor Serpent true form, reverted to human form, and landed in a sorry state beside Qian Renxue’s carriage.

“Save… save me!”

Dugu Bo half-knelt on the ground, forcefully supporting his injuries as he shouted in a hoarse voice towards Qian Renxue’s carriage.

“Stop!”

At this moment, Qian Renxue called out to stop the Royal Knights, lifted the curtain of the carriage, and walked out.

“You are Xue Qinghe, the Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire?”

Recognizing Qian Renxue, Chrysanthemum Douluo didn’t know what to do for a moment. But after thinking about it, he still took a deep breath and shouted sternly.

“This Titled Douluo is a sinner who offended our Supreme Pontiff!”

“Step aside quickly, otherwise you will be an enemy of our Spirit Hall!”

“Hehe.”

Qian Renxue chuckled, looked at the injured Dugu Bo, then looked at the somewhat dazed Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan in the air, and said unhurriedly.

“This must be Elder Ju, right? How did this Excellency offend your Supreme Pontiff? There has to be some explanation, doesn’t there?”

“If not, then please forgive me for having to refuse.”

“This Excellency, our Heaven Dou Empire will protect him!”

“You!!”

Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan was very helpless, but looking at the Royal Knights who had assumed an offensive posture, he clenched his fists, a flash of apprehension passing through his eyes, and shouted angrily.

“You will regret this!”

Finished speaking, Chrysanthemum Douluo turned around, soared into the air abruptly, and quickly disappeared at the horizon.