章節 119: Chapter 118: Visualization Method Complete!
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Su Yu was unaware of the speculations about his martial soul made by Beiming Yuan and Tianxing within the Zhenbei Marquis Manor.
At the time, he simply chose not to release his martial soul.
Possessing a hundred-thousand-year soul ring and soul power cultivated with extreme attributes naturally had this effect.
"Xiao Su, you were incredible just now," Zou Yun said, recalling the scene with excitement still coursing through his veins.
*Zhenbei City.*
The largest and most prosperous city in the Northern Region.
The goods Su Yu and his group were escorting would mostly be traded here, later distributed by local merchants to various towns across the Northern Region.
Once the goods were sold, Su Yu and the others planned to head to Frost Town.
"You've never been to Frost Town, have you?" Zou Yun asked.
Su Yu shook his head.
"We're going to Frost Town not for trading, but for training."
"Training?"
Su Yu was curious. Why visit Frost Town, which wasn't a stop for the caravan and whose supplies were already distributed by the Zhenbei Marquis Manor?
It turned out it was for training.
"Frost Town is the ideal environment for ice-attribute soul masters. It's practically a perfect simulated setting for their cultivation.
Even non-ice-attribute soul masters can train there. The cold stimulates their potential, significantly accelerating their cultivation speed for a short period.
To put it simply, staying there for just three to five months guarantees a level-up in soul power."
"Cough, cough!" Feng Kuang interrupted Zou Yun's enthusiastic comparison, translating it into terms Su Yu could understand. "You're at level 68 now. If this is your first time at Frost Town, you'll achieve the best results. You could potentially break through to Soul Saint within six months."
Zou Yun was stunned.
"Level 68?!"
What the...
Xiao Su's soul power level!
There's a big difference even among Soul Emperors. Zou Yun had initially assumed Su Yu was just an ordinary level-61 Soul Emperor.
After scaring off Lang Tian, Su Yu's standing in Zou Yun's mind had skyrocketed, but he never imagined Su Yu was already at level 68.
Reaching such a level at just fifteen required a monstrous cultivation speed.
Zou Yun, who had been thrilled about possibly leveling up in four months as a Soul Ancestor, now silently sighed.
"Is the improvement really that significant?"
Su Yu was curious but not particularly excited.
After all, the efficiency of training at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was the fastest method he currently had access to.
"Conveniently, the caravan needs three to four months to procure supplies here. We can finish training and return with them afterward," Zou Yun said.
"Boss Zou, that was before. This time we're buying more goods, and even six months might not be enough," one of the escort team members reminded him.
"True. Well then, Xiao Su, you can train in Frost Town for six months and break through to Soul Saint before heading back," Zou Yun suggested.
The next day, after arriving in Zhenbei City:
"Boss Zou, someone from the Zhenbei Marquis Manor is here!"
"Huh? Why would someone from the Marquis Manor come to see us?"
"Boss, did you forget about Brother Su?"
Zou Yun might still casually address Su Yu as "Xiao Su," but the rest of the team didn't dare to be so informal. To them, Su Yu was "Brother Su."
Age matters, but so does strength—whoever's stronger gets respect.
"Also, Boss, it's said that one of the three Soul Saints under the Marquis, Tianxing, is here in person."
Zou Yun's eyes widened, and he hurried out to greet the visitor, instructing someone to inform Su Yu.
"Lord Tianxing, it's an honor to meet you. Please excuse us for not welcoming you sooner."
While Zou Yun could be casual with Su Yu, his "adopted brother," he dared not act the same way toward the renowned Soul Saint Tianxing.
"No need for formalities. My visit is rather abrupt," Tianxing said. "The Marquis sent me to establish a connection with your group's remarkable talent."
Tianxing was led inside by Zou Yun, and Su Yu arrived shortly after.
"Greetings, Senior Tianxing," Su Yu said.
"There's no need for 'senior.' Compared to you, a young Soul Emperor of your caliber, I can hardly take such a title," Tianxing replied with a wry smile. "I've come today mainly at the Marquis' behest to deliver a small gift."
As he spoke, he retrieved an ornate box from his storage soul tool.
Su Yu didn't decline and accepted it directly.
Inside the ornate box was a century-old snow ginseng, capable of nourishing vitality and replenishing blood.
The gift wasn't overly extravagant but conveyed a thoughtful gesture.
If it had been some rare treasure, Su Yu might have started questioning the Marquis's intentions.
Upon returning to the Zhenbei Marquis Manor, Tianxing immediately reported the details of his visit.
"You said his name is Su Yu?" Beiming Yuan's brows furrowed deeply.
"Yes, Marquis," Tianxing replied. "It does seem like a coincidence, but that Su Yu possesses extraordinary vitality. Under my spiritual sense, his entire skeletal structure was glowing."
"A skeletal martial soul?"
The entire skeleton as a martial soul—that would be incredible.
Just like Feng Kuang, whose martial soul was his blood, this was a top-tier innate martial soul.
Still, Beiming Yuan found it hard to believe. Two years ago, Su Yu, who won the championship in the Douluo Tournament as part of the Sun-Moon Royal Team, was only a Soul Ancestor.
No matter how fast someone cultivated, it shouldn't be possible to leap from that level to Soul Emperor in just two years.
An advancement rate of ten levels per year? That would be akin to cheating.
"Marquis, his soul power is extraordinarily powerful, at least at level 67 or higher," Tianxing noted.
Tianxing's martial soul, the Star Spirit, greatly enhanced his sensory abilities through the power of the stars.
That said, Tianxing hadn't actively probed Su Yu's soul power in depth.
Even without fully using spiritual power to scan, his sharp perception allowed him to glimpse much about Su Yu's condition.
Although Su Yu noticed this, he didn't mind. It was a natural talent, not an act of intentional disrespect. As long as the spiritual sense didn't scan his entire body or delve too deeply, it wasn't considered invasive.
After all, someone visiting your home to deliver a gift should at least be allowed to take a closer look at you, right?
"It seems likely he's planning to use the Body Sect's secret techniques to break through to Soul Saint," Beiming Yuan mused.
A Soul Saint in their early teens!
Although neither Beiming Yuan nor Tianxing knew Su Yu's exact age, their observations during the meeting led them to believe he was remarkably young.
"I've heard the heir to the Body Sect has already been determined—Long Aotian, a peerless talent who's even betrothed to the Heavenly Soul Royal Family. But to think they were hiding someone even more monstrous."
Beiming Yuan pondered the current political landscape.
If the Body Sect was this powerful, it would make the Heavenly Soul Empire's forces even stronger.
Were they building up strength to eventually challenge the Sun-Moon Empire?
For now, it would be wise to observe the situation further.
Tianxing's visit didn't disrupt the plans of the Kuangyun Escort Team.
On the third day after arriving in Zhenbei City, the team set off for Frost Town.
*The Extreme North.*
A land perpetually covered in snow.
The ground stretched out as a vast expanse of white, and the biting winds never ceased.
Temperatures of minus ten degrees Celsius were the norm, while nighttime could reach fatal lows, even for soul masters.
Most of the escort team members were only Soul Grandmasters, making travel through this harsh environment incredibly taxing.
Yet, they endured it willingly.
In such frigid conditions, their potential was pushed to the limit, and the efficiency of cultivating soul power reached unprecedented heights.
This was their path to advancement.
With pre-prepared soul tools for heating, the group avoided the risk of freezing to death. They would cease cultivation before their bodies became entirely numb, relying on the heaters for recovery. This cycle of extreme cold stimulation and recovery allowed their soul power to grow faster.
As the journey progressed, some members dropped out along the way, stopping in areas where they could no longer endure the cold.
Those who remained behind cultivated in these spots for a while before eventually returning to Zhenbei City.
At the Soul Elder level, soul power naturally provided a protective barrier. This enhancement to the soul master's physique allowed them to resist the brutal cold more effectively.
"Little Su, back when I broke through to Soul Elder, it was all thanks to Crazy Old Feng's idea of coming to Frost Town. At the time, I barely made it with the help of a heater. After a month of cultivation there, I finally broke through to level 40."
Zou Yun reminisced about his past struggles with a hint of emotion.
By chance, he had saved Feng Kuang back then, unaware of Feng Kuang's true identity.
When Zou Yun was stuck at the bottleneck of level 40, it was Feng Kuang who guided him to the Extreme North to challenge his limits—and it worked.
Since then, Zou Yun made an annual pilgrimage to the Northern Territory.
Spending three or four months to gain one level, he spent the remaining eight or nine months of the year to achieve another.
Now, he had reached level 45. The road of cultivation was undoubtedly arduous.
Su Yu, too, had his share of fortune. If not for a lucky encounter in which he killed an evil soul master and looted some money, he wouldn't have been able to absorb the 400-year-old Star Spirit Vine as his first soul ring. That ring maximized his martial soul's quality.
For top-tier martial souls, each step of cultivation was immensely challenging.
But for lower-tier martial souls, absorbing an optimal soul ring—like a 400-year-old ring that perfectly matched one's attributes—could change their fate entirely.
The Star Spirit Vine was considered a top-tier option.
In fact, Su Yu sometimes thought he had overreached by absorbing it back then.
The so-called 400-year threshold was based on averages. Not all martial souls and soul masters had the same baseline.
While Su Yu's physical body might have met the requirements at the time, his martial soul itself might not have been fully ready.
From then on, Su Yu absorbed soul rings that surpassed his level, each carefully chosen to align with his life-force attributes. This deliberate process transformed his once-ordinary Blue Silver Grass into an ultimate martial soul.
His path was not one others could replicate.
As Elder Yi had explained, Su Yu's martial soul possessed unique mutative factors that made advancement easier.
Moreover, his soul's innate potential had removed many natural restrictions, opening up possibilities others could only dream of.
Still, Su Yu firmly believed his theory was sound.
For top-tier martial souls, it was possible to wait for celestial herbs or rare opportunities to make breakthroughs. But for those with lower-tier martial souls, fully exploring their innate attributes was the best way forward.
It was the optimal path.
"Zou, your martial soul is a mutated phoenix with ice attributes. I think you should consider absorbing a top-tier ice-attribute soul beast for your fifth soul ring," Su Yu suggested thoughtfully.
A top-tier soul beast—this was the best way to enhance one's martial soul potential.
With Feng Kuang's help, Zou Yun had the qualification to consider such a thing, which is why Su Yu made the suggestion.
His theory was well-founded, but it came with a prerequisite: the difficulty of acquisition.
It was the optimal solution when conditions allowed—not the most universally applicable one.
If one didn't absorb a soul ring beyond their level, their progress might be slower, but it would still yield results.
Zou Yun nodded, acknowledging Su Yu's suggestion. He wasn't yet a Soul King, so it was too soon to think about such advanced matters.
Feng Kuang, however, took Su Yu's suggestion to heart.
A top-tier ice-attribute soul ring from a thousand-year-old beast… With his current strength, it should be manageable.
After five days of travel, the guard team finally arrived at Frost Town.
Many had fallen behind along the way, with soul masters and Great Soul Masters stopping mid-journey.
While the heating tools allowed them to barely reach Frost Town, the environment wasn't conducive to their cultivation.
The highest-ranked soul masters, two brothers at levels 36 and 37, arrived with Zou Yun, Feng Kuang, and Su Yu in Frost Town.
They rented a small courtyard, where the two Soul Masters entered the house and began cultivating.
They were already at their limit; without the heating tools, they might freeze to death.
Zou Yun, however, had developed some resistance over the years. With Soul Master-level power, he could barely function without the heating tools.
As for Feng Kuang and Su Yu, they seemed unaffected by the cold at all.
"Little Su, you're not cold at all, are you? Does this place help with your cultivation?" Zou Yun looked at Su Yu, who was dressed in a thin layer of clothing, with no sign of soul power fluctuation. He was amazed.
Su Yu had indeed felt the change during the five days of travel.
After taking the Fire and Ice Gel and Ice Crystals from the Ice Fire Yin Yang Eye, he had tempered his body, making it invulnerable to both fire and ice.
So, even the low temperatures of Frost Town barely affected him.
But the environment here was perfect for cultivation.
The ice-attribute essence in the air stimulated the flow of soul power, which naturally enhanced the cultivation process.
Moreover, it seemed that the designers of Frost Town had considered this when choosing the location—the ice-attribute essence was exceptionally dense here.
Even those with high resistance to cold found the cultivation efficiency here quite impressive.
"This place does help with my cultivation," Su Yu confirmed.
Zou Yun breathed a sigh of relief.
If it didn't work for Su Yu, then coming to this place would have been a mistake.
"Zou, you go ahead and cultivate."
Zou Yun didn't waste time. Although he could resist the cold, Frost Town wasn't a place he could stay for long.
Four months was his limit. After that, the cold would begin to harm his body, making his efforts counterproductive.
Su Yu also entered his cultivation state.
"My martial soul already resists the cold, but the ordinary Blue Silver Grass does not."
If the low temperatures weren't enough of a stimulus, he would create an artificial environment to achieve it.
This town, with its ice-attribute soul masters, was the perfect environment for him to simulate the conditions he needed for cultivation.
Long ago, Su Yu had used a similar simulated environment to develop his martial soul activation technique.
Now, in the icy snowstorm, he planned to refine this technique, improving his understanding of it.
"Blue Silver Grass, unafraid of the cold."
No matter how freezing it is, I will grow strong.
Around Su Yu, the frozen earth cracked as Blue Silver Grass sprouted from beneath the ice, revitalized and growing.
Su Yu understood this concept, incorporating it into his martial soul activation technique.
His martial soul remained unaffected, so he decided to encourage the growth of ordinary Blue Silver Grass to awaken his martial soul's will.
Through the technique of martial soul activation, he built a virtual, simulated environment, using his understanding of this concept to enhance his cultivation.
If simulated cultivation was about unlocking the best possible state of a martial soul, then Su Yu was now using this concept to elevate that state.
Visualization—success!
After several days of intensive cultivation, Su Yu had made substantial progress.
(End of Chapter)
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