Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Council Hall.
Today, Sect Master Ning Bowen had originally summoned the remaining grand elders to hold their routine weekly meeting.
But just as the meeting was ending, Chen Junting suddenly arrived.
And the news he brought caused an enormous uproar.
"Little Chen, are you serious!?"
"Yes."
Chen Junting affirmed once again.
In an instant, everything seemed to quiet down, so much so that one could hear a pin drop. Everyone was looking at him in shock.
Self-condensing soul rings—it had truly been achieved!
After what seemed like a long time,
"Remarkable!"
A sigh of emotion came from Ning Bowen's mouth.
At this moment, the four grand elders also came before Chen Junting, observing those two soul rings of his that seemed to come from ferocious beasts.
Without exception, they all clicked their tongues in wonder.
Even though they had long known that Chen Junting's closed-door cultivation these days was for this purpose, when it truly appeared, it was still astonishing.
"How unexpected."
Wu Yan sighed with emotion: "Back then, how difficult it was for us to obtain a hundred-thousand-year soul ring, not to mention a ferocious beast soul ring. Unexpectedly, nowadays, besides spirit souls, you've also created the self-condensing soul ring method. Hundred-thousand-year soul rings are no longer an extravagant hope."
These words immediately drew agreement from the others.
At this moment, Ning Bowen said: "Little Chen, can you tell us about this self-condensing soul ring method? Also, can it be popularized?"
"Naturally, there's no reason not to."
After nodding, Chen Junting spoke without reservation about the four methods of self-condensing soul rings, and the process of how he obtained these two red soul rings comparable to ferocious beast soul rings.
After hearing this, the five people looked at each other.
In their mutual glances, they saw each other's interest. Especially knowing that it could be popularized, this thought rose to its peak.
"Little Chen, what do you plan to do next?"
"Naturally, popularize it. After all, the self-condensing soul ring method is not only beneficial to the soul beast race, but more importantly, it can benefit our descendants. Once popularized, it can be called a win-win situation. However..."
Chen Junting didn't hesitate, stating his thoughts in one breath. After a slight pause, he said: "I plan to first pass this method to Little Tian and the others to condense their soul rings, since this was agreed upon before."
Upon hearing this, Ning Bowen and the five others immediately agreed.
"Good! Then send someone to notify them. Afterward, gather at the sect's forbidden grounds. We'll go to the forbidden grounds to test the self-condensing soul ring method."
...
A moment later, Ning Tian's residence.
Ning Tian was cultivating in her simulated cultivation room.
However, at this moment, a sect disciple's voice came from outside the door, "Young Sect Master, Chief Chen has exited closed-door cultivation."
"He's finally out."
Ning Tian opened her eyes, anticipation showing in them.
Counting the time spent helping Wu Feng absorb her seventh soul ring, she and Brother Junting hadn't seen each other for about ten days. And most importantly, his exit meant the success of self-condensing soul rings.
As for failure...
In her eyes, this was impossible.
So after getting up and simply tidying herself, she walked out of the simulated cultivation room. After learning the gathering location from the sect disciple, she hurried over with slightly quick steps.
Before long, she arrived at the sect's forbidden grounds.
Although it was called forbidden grounds, it wasn't because this place was dangerous.
Rather, it was where many grand elders and elders concentrated for life-or-death closed-door cultivation, known as "break through or don't exit." For example, Ye Xuanji—he had been in closed-door cultivation in the forbidden grounds for several years to break through to rank 99 Limit Douluo. So in most cases, sect members were prohibited from setting foot here.
Even as the Young Sect Master, Ning Tian was no exception.
Obviously, today was an exception.
But this also indicated that this matter was of great importance.
Arriving at the forbidden grounds entrance, everyone had already gathered here.
Besides Sect Master Ning Bowen and the four grand elders remaining in the sect, the core disciples were only Gu Tianchen and Chen Junting, as if the others hadn't arrived yet.
And before them, a great door blocked the way.
Seeing Ning Tian's arrival, a smile appeared at the corner of Chen Junting's mouth.
"Little Tian, you're here."
"I'm here."
Ning Tian took Chen Junting's hand but didn't speak further. She just stayed obediently by his side, enjoying a moment of tranquility.
Seeing this, Ning Bowen smiled and said,
"Since everyone is here, let's go in."
Hmm?
Hearing this, Ning Tian scanned her surroundings.
"Aren't Yuhao and Guyi coming?"
"They're not coming."
Chen Junting shook his head, giving an explanation, "Ye Guyi has always been in the Sun-Moon Empire and never obtained a spirit soul, so she wants to obtain a suitable spirit soul for her seventh soul ring."
"As for Yuhao, he actually arrived first. But after hearing about it, he chose to give up..." Speaking of this, Chen Junting couldn't help but recall what he had told Yuhao about the four methods of self-condensing soul rings.
However, Huo Yuhao's conclusion was: among the four methods of self-condensing soul rings, three paths were unsuitable for him.
From the bloodline tracing method perspective, most of his ancestors had the White Tiger martial soul, unsuitable for Spirit Eyes. And the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion was given by Ice Empress—it didn't come from his bloodline at all, making tracing even more difficult;
From the heaven and earth memory method perspective, even Body martial souls had only risen in prominence in the last thousand years. Historically, there were few or no powerful eye-type martial souls. Even illusion-type soul skills were similarly rare. As for Ultimace Ice martial souls, the situation was much the same—difficult to obtain.
From the pattern inheritance perspective, currently there were zero patterns that could be used on Spirit Eyes. As for the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, besides Brother Junting's Snow Empress soul ring, where else could they be obtained?
As for why not use the Snow Empress soul ring's patterns... in one sentence, Huo Yuhao couldn't withstand the pressure of the Snow Empress soul ring's patterns yet.
Of course, if the patterns were broken apart, it could work, but Huo Yuhao himself wasn't inclined to do this. He preferred to obtain the complete version when he could perfectly withstand its pressure.
In summary, currently only the first method was usable.
However, compared to using the soul beast bloodline method to obtain self-condensed soul rings, he preferred contracting with soul beasts. And in combat, he could also use spirit souls to compensate for the shortcomings of his twin martial souls not being usable simultaneously, and the Spirit Eyes martial soul's insufficient combat power.
Although Chen Junting thought Huo Yuhao's last sentence was modest, he still agreed with his viewpoint. Everyone had their own choices; there was no need to impose one's own views on others.
"So that's how it is."
After hearing the explanation, Ning Tian nodded in understanding.
And at this moment, the forbidden grounds' great door also rumbled open.
A light blue barrier appeared before everyone's eyes. Similarly, this barrier also blocked everyone's vision.
"Let's go."
At this moment, Ning Bowen spoke, then together with the four grand elders, led Chen Junting and the other two into the light blue barrier.
The moment they stepped into the light blue barrier, a strange fluctuation emanated from the barrier and swept over them. This was the means of confirming the identity of those entering the forbidden grounds.
If identity confirmation failed, this barrier would become incredibly hard, comparable to a ninth-level defensive soul tool.
Of course, after the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect obtained ninth-level soul engineers, they upgraded this barrier from being comparable to ninth-level defensive soul tool strength to true ninth-level strength.
After they entered the forbidden grounds, they saw numerous pagodas standing within. At this moment, they seemed to have arrived in a forest of pagodas.
"This is the sect's forbidden grounds. Each pagoda represents a closed-door cultivation location. Similarly, those choosing closed-door cultivation also select locations based on their cultivation level. Like Uncle Ye..."
Ning Bowen pointed at the central-most pagoda. Everyone followed his finger and looked into the distance, feeling an aura that made their hearts palpitate.
"He's in closed-door cultivation there."
Chen Junting gazed at the central-most pagoda, unable to help but feel a trace of worry rise in his heart. Because his master's chosen dual soul core method was the Yin-Yang complementary dual soul cores. Even with numerous preparations, consulting Niu Tian and Tai Tan of the Clear Sky Fort, and even the second soul core coming from consumed immortal herbs, he still had no certainty.
But at this moment, Electrolux's voice suddenly rang out,
"Relax."
"Teacher."
Chen Junting moved his mind, "How is Master doing?"
"His condition is very good."
With one sentence, Electrolux calmed the worry in Chen Junting's heart. The following sentence made him feel even more delighted, "In this old man's perception, his aura has already stabilized. Presumably, he will break through in just half a month more."
"Excellent!"
Hearing this, Chen Junting suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. Since Teacher Electrolux said so, then there was definitely no problem.
Then, he shifted his attention back, and followed Uncle Ning and the others into a closed-door cultivation pagoda. The following matters of self-condensing soul rings would unfold here.
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