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"Dad, what did you just say?"
Xiao Huo knew that Su Wen was only fourteen years old and had always assumed he was, at most, a Spirit Elder—one who had only recently broken through.
However, Xiao Zhan's words now shattered her perception.
He wasn't a Spirit Elder who had recently broken through, but a Spirit Ancestor who had.
Wait, that wasn't right either.
According to Su Wen, it was possible he would break through to Spirit King in no time at all.
What on earth was going on!
Xiao Huo felt her brain was in a muddle.
"What is your current spirit power rank?" Xiao Zhan asked with a serious expression.
"Level forty-nine. I estimate I can break through to level fifty within a few months. Uncle Zhan, you don't need to worry."
Xiao Zhan: ...
He was truly speechless.
Having just obtained his fourth spirit ring, did he really have hope of obtaining a fifth within a year?
He could previously understand Su Wen's cultivation speed to some extent, but now it seemed completely incomprehensible.
However, he was sharp-witted and quickly associated this with the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, guessing that Su Wen must have consumed a similar precious herb.
But even so, it was still quite exaggerated.
"I'm not worried, and you shouldn't be either. You must lay a solid foundation; do not let your foundation become unstable just to raise your spirit power." Xiao Zhan could only squeeze out this sentence.
Even though he knew the likelihood of that happening was low.
After all, Su Wen's theoretical level would never allow him to make such an irrational choice.
"Even so, surely you don't need two Titled Douluos to take action?" Xiao Zhan asked.
"Uncle Zhan, I intend for my fifth spirit ring to be a space-attribute ring of at least thirty thousand years," Su Wen said modestly.
Upon hearing Su Wen's requirement, Xiao Zhan's confusion was instantly resolved.
Thirty thousand years, space-attribute.
Not a spirit ring from a beast that mastered space skills; Su Wen's wording was space-attribute!
"How is it? Are there any clues yet?"
This type of spirit beast was a rare species across the entire continent, the kind where only a few existed. If Su Wen wanted such a ring, he first needed intelligence.
"The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan is already helping me collect info. Also, on the Spirit Hall's side, I might need you to help me search a bit, Uncle Zhan. Uncle Ning should also be asking the Crown Prince."
Xiao Zhan's mouth twitched, finding Su Wen's "configuration" ridiculous.
Good grief, one could say that three of the most well-informed major forces on the continent were now serving Su Wen.
Although there was no organization specifically dedicated to intelligence on the continent, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan's industries were spread across the land, making them the most well-informed; Spirit Hall was the same, and the Crown Prince, as the next Emperor of the Heaven Dou Imperial family, held the most extensive sources of information.
"Then I'll wait until you break through and search for rings with you." Xiao Zhan quickly abandoned his plan to invite Huo Tianyang to hunt for his ring.
Instead of hunting with Huo Tianyang, it was better to give him a "surprise" beating after obtaining the ring.
Su Wen nodded and returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after Xiao Zhan's successful breakthrough.
"I have mastered Ring Detonation. Now I need to experience the sensation of it more often to better study Ring Replacement."
"However, Ring Detonation ultimately has side effects. I must also prepare healing methods."
Su Wen had secretly tried to replicate Ye Lingling's Nine Heart Begonia spirit but failed, knowing it might be because the continent could only have two Nine Heart Begonia Spirit Masters at once.
However, he had other healing spirits in his possession. Additionally, among the spirit bones he chose from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, there was a seven-thousand-year Light Flower Right Arm Bone, which contained the spirit skill 'Healing Light' with excellent restorative effects.
Su Wen wouldn't fuse with it, but he could use his replication skill to engrave the spirit skill within.
In the previous half-month, he had already completed this step.
Although it wasn't a permanent engraving yet, he had replicated it and could maintain it by consuming spirit power.
"If only I could replicate a hundred-thousand-year spirit bone," Su Wen thought.
However, the two types of healing spirits he had preserved—each with four spirit skills—plus the Healing Light of the Light Flower Right Arm Bone, were sufficient as medical means.
He wouldn't say they could be perfectly stacked for healing, but they provided comprehensive and rapid recovery.
Thus, for the next half-month, Su Wen continuously experienced the process of Ring Detonation at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
The immense power brought by Ring Detonation shocked him.
His various spirit rings already exceeded the age limits of ordinary Spirit Masters, yet Su Wen's transformations hadn't been able to perfectly utilize this. Instead, Ring Detonation seemed to be a perfect fit for a Spirit Master with such "over-standard" rings.
"In the Ring Detonation state, my strength can reach the peak of a Spirit King at most!"
Saying he could fight a Spirit Emperor wouldn't be a problem, but Su Wen chose to be cautious, lest he become arrogant and actually go provoke a Spirit Emperor.
Initially, the power of Ring Detonation would dissipate over time. While Su Wen used various healing skills to treat his injuries, he also had to absorb and refine heaven and earth origin energy on his own to recover the detonated rings, compressing and depositing spirit power back into the rings.
Later, having become familiar with the process, Su Wen could minimize the loss of power when not mobilizing it. He even eventually managed to restrain the erupted power after a detonation, recovering the detonated rings to a certain extent.
Recyclable Ring Detonation.
"The Clear Sky Sect is using Ring Detonation the wrong way." After half a month of high-frequency experience, Su Wen felt that the greatest significance of Ring Detonation was not the explosive power.
"The significance of Ring Detonation lies in integrating the spirit rings step-by-step into a part of oneself."
Through his super perception, he could feel that the origin of the spirit ring still existed independently within the origin of his spirit. However, after the energy of the ring itself was detonated and refilled/compressed by his own spirit power, the spirit ring effectively became an alternative spirit power storage device for the Spirit Master.
In this process, the origin of the spirit ring would gradually come under the Spirit Master's control along with the control over the ring itself.
One could say that in this half-month, many of Su Wen's researches that had reached a bottleneck now had new directions.
For example, the further development of his first spirit skill.
Or the issue of the spirit's own amplification that he had been agonizing over.
These could all be realized through the study of the origin.
"Of course, most importantly, my Ring Replacement Method finally has a lead."
Su Wen had detonated his four spirit rings back and forth, successfully capturing the location of their origins.
The spirit ring origin was the fundamental anchor for stabilizing the spirit, occupying the spirit ring slot of the spirit.
"Little Wen, one piece of good news and one piece of bad news." Dugu Bo interrupted Su Wen's musings, bringing two updates.
"What's the good news?" Su Wen preferred to hear the good first.
"There's a clue for a space-attribute spirit beast within your required age range," Dugu Bo smiled.
"Is it info provided by the Crown Prince?" Su Wen suddenly asked.
Dugu Bo looked at Su Wen with a face full of surprise.
"Yes, it's news from the Crown Prince's side." He lamented, "I must say, Xue Qinghe is very capable. He has a very thorough control over the Heaven Dou Empire, and the forces under him are extremely strong."
One could see it from this investigation into the space-attribute spirit beast.
He actually managed to find a clue before the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan and the Spirit Hall!
(End of Chapter)