Soul Land 2: Body Sect

Chapter 28: Meditation Ends

Xue Linglong gently caressed the bracelet on her wrist and sighed softly.

"It's a pity this Ten-Thousand-Year Xuan Ice Cave isn't in my Extreme North. The temperature here is insufficient to regenerate the Ten-Thousand-Year Xuan Ice Essence."

"Otherwise, by leaving just one piece of the Ten-Thousand-Year Xuan Ice Essence as a foundation, this place would eventually produce more. But with the current temperature, in another ten thousand years, this cave will probably disappear from the world."

Xue Linglong's eyes were full of melancholy. It was a great regret for such a natural wonder to disappear, but she was powerless to change it.

She turned back to look at Du Qianjue as if she wanted to engrave his image deeply into her mind. Xue Linglong walked up to him and placed a gentle kiss on his cheek.

"Wait for my return."

With a flash of light, the cave, now devoid of Ten-Thousand-Year Xuan Ice Essence, was left with Du Qianjue, still in deep meditation.

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In the outside world, three months had passed since Du Qianjue and Xue Linglong entered the Ten-Thousand-Year Xuan Ice Cave.

Initially, for the first month, Nan Shui Shui thought they would leave soon. But after the second month, with Du Busi still calmly sitting by the well, Nan Shui Shui began to panic.

"Could you please leave soon, great master? Our De Longmen can't handle having such a big Buddha like you here!"

Nan Shui Shui felt like crying but had no tears.

By the third month, Nan Shui Shui had completely given up. She had decided to just let things be.

One day, as usual, Du Busi sat by the well meditating. Since breaking through to the Extreme Douluo level with his Yin-Yang complementary soul core, he felt that his path ahead was clear again, unlike when he was stuck at level ninety-eight for a century.

After breaking through, Du Busi found that continuing to cultivate actually increased his soul power, albeit slowly. But any increase was better than none!

He thought he could reach godhood by continuing his cultivation.

Du Busi was very optimistic about his future.

However, if Du Qianjue were here, he would likely pour cold water on his enthusiasm.

"Uncle, after level ninety-nine is the quasi-god stage. Above that is the demigod stage! Do you think you can reach godhood on your own? Have you considered Tang San watching over you from the heavens?"

Du Busi was unaware of this and was full of fighting spirit.

"Who's there?" Du Busi suddenly opened his eyes, his sharp gaze sweeping to his side, but he quickly retracted his aura.

"Snow Empress? Why did you come up first?"

"My tribulation is approaching. I need to return to the Extreme North," Xue Linglong answered, showing Du Busi respect as he was her man's family.

Though Xue Linglong didn't see Du Busi as an elder, she remained polite.

"Where's Qianjue?" Du Busi blinked.

"He's still down there, in deep meditation. I didn't disturb him." Speaking of Du Qianjue, a gentle look appeared in Xue Linglong's eyes.

Seeing Snow Empress in such a tender mood, Du Busi blinked even faster, even rubbing his eyes.

Yes, this really is the ruler of the Extreme North, the Snow Empress!

Xue Linglong clenched her fist, almost ready to fight Du Busi again.

"I need to leave now. After my tribulation, I'll go directly to your sect. If you haven't returned, I'll come here again." Xue Linglong took a deep breath, unclenched her fist, and disappeared in a flash of light.

Du Busi's mouth twitched slightly.

"How did this kid manage to tame the ruler of the Extreme North so well? She's so respectful to him. I thought she'd fight me."

He knew his taunting methods learned from Du Qianjue were annoying. He even planned to go to Shrek Academy to mock that annoying Chicken Leg Douluo.

So besides cultivating, Du Busi spent his time figuring out how to taunt people.

After all, he was an Extreme Douluo with a Yin-Yang complementary soul core! No one dared to speak loudly to him!

But the members of De Longmen were too low-level for him to mock without lowering his status.

When Snow Empress emerged, his default expression was a taunting smirk.

"Tsk."

"Am I getting a bit off track?" Du Busi pondered deeply.

Without finding an answer, he let the thought go.

No problem, I'm an Extreme Douluo; no one dares speak loudly to me.

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In the Ten-Thousand-Year Xuan Ice Cave, Du Qianjue had hit a mental block.

He wanted to get stronger, even more so without any risk!

Unfortunately, he didn't have a system to achieve such an unrealistic and fantastical goal.

So, after three months, he still hadn't found an answer.

Should he follow his initial intention of collecting all elements, using their mutual interactions to create a perfect cycle, and ultimately merge them into his being?

Or should he let things flow naturally, taking whatever he could, and at the ultimate limit, use his body as a furnace, discarding all elements to nurture himself?

And how should he view his soul skills?

"This is too difficult; I can't solve it!"

In his spiritual world, Du Qianjue couldn't help but chuckle bitterly.

He couldn't even ask Du Busi and Xue Linglong for advice, as they were focused on a single path. To them, his questions would seem rebellious, like biting off more than he could chew.

These issues had been masked by Du Qianjue's unparalleled talent. If not for Xue Linglong's reminder to not rush into acquiring his fifth soul ring and take some time to settle, Du Qianjue might have ignored how his path had strayed.

"No, it must be perfect! No matter how difficult it is to collect all elements and evolve them to the extreme, I must follow through!"

Du Qianjue's resolve grew stronger.

"Even the heavens favor me. Without defying the heavens, I can easily change this world and my fate. Why should I hesitate?"

"The Chaos Dragon King martial soul is the best answer, isn't it? Using water and fire to recreate chaos and yin-yang, then collecting all elements to merge into my being – this has always been my goal, hasn't it?"

As for soul skills, Du Qianjue had come to terms with them.

Would anyone worry about having too many skills in a game? Just use them!

As long as he didn't focus all his efforts on soul skills and worked on developing his own, Du Qianjue's path wouldn't be derailed.

With everything sorted out, Du Qianjue's deep meditation ended.

He had been in deep meditation for nine months.

Thanks to the dense ice attribute world energy in the Ten-Thousand-Year Xuan Ice Cave, his Ice Dragon King right arm bone automatically absorbed ice elements to replenish his body. The Ten-Thousand-Year Xuan Ice Essence absorbed by Bing Di and others also fed back to him.

So, Du Qianjue, who hadn't eaten or drunk anything for nine months, didn't feel weak.

In fact, he felt better than ever!

(End of Chapter)

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