A long time ago, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion had already been targeted.
"Since destiny has changed, then make sure the Three-Eyed Golden Lion comes to my place to cultivate for a period of time."
It's time to teach her how to master the Power of Destiny and avoid disasters.
"Yes!"
...
"Teacher, I feel that I can try to absorb a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring for my fifth soul ring."
Kong Deming looked as if he had seen a ghost, half-believing Su Yu's words.
Does this Dragon Valley really have such a great effect?
"Ordinary Soul Masters probably wouldn't have gained as much as I did.
Inside Dragon Valley, Soul Power and Martial Soul cannot be used.
And Soul Masters below the Soul King level usually have insufficient Spiritual Power and can only rely on physical combat.
I'm just slightly above standard.
The Dragon Cloud inside Dragon Valley needs to be condensed and supplemented with Primordial Energy.
And I estimate it has been a long time since anyone entered before me, so the Dragon Cloud Energy inside was full.
Attracted by my Ultimate Life, the energy I absorbed from each Dragon Cloud was quite substantial.
Moreover, the amount of Dragon Cloud I absorbed was far more than what Soul Masters coming afterward would be able to.
As for the Dragon Bone, it's probably a one-time opportunity that not everyone will obtain in the future."
In a nutshell, Dragon Valley's effect is good, but it's only available this one time.
For any Soul Master coming to Dragon Valley later to gain fortune, merely enhancing their physique and increasing the endurance limit of their Soul Rings by 5,000 years would be considered pretty lucky.
Kong Deming looked at Su Yu, feeling that this young fellow already hit the jackpot beyond belief.
"There are really not many Soul Beasts with a Life Attribute suitable for you within the Sun and Moon Empire.
There is no record of any Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beasts either.
Sigh."
Kong Deming was troubled.
He himself still lacked three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, and now his disciple was already on the verge of absorbing a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring for his fifth Soul Ring.
It's simply unbelievable.
According to Su Yu's conditions, it's estimated that it's more likely for the ninth Soul Ring to absorb a Fierce Beast Soul Ring.
After all, he only has one Martial Soul, and his physique is strong enough to try.
Kong Deming felt envious but more so proud.
This is his disciple, Kong Deming's disciple!
"Teacher, I can sense that within the Sun and Moon Empire there's a presence of a Blue Silver Emperor, which is at least a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast most suitable for me.
Please send someone to search for it."
Kong Deming had become immune to the various special senses Su Yu's Ultimate Life Blue Silver Grass possessed.
"Is there a specific range?"
This stumped Su Yu.
He honestly didn't remember more detailed information.
He could only shake his head, saying he felt that the Blue Silver Grass in the Sun and Moon Empire differed from those in the three kingdoms of Douluo Continent, as they had a conviction.
Kong Deming nodded and made a note of this matter.
When they reached the next city, he would find a way to send down the order.
"Teacher, do you still want to continue searching for your seventh Soul Ring?"
"Sigh, we've been out for more than five months, and the old Emperor has been urging me to return."
Kong Deming gave a wry smile.
The old Emperor didn't have much time left.
The ambitious Xu Tianran was even willing to harm his siblings.
The aged old Emperor was even afraid Xu Tianran would consider him living too long and harm him, prompting Kong Deming to be desperately urged back to the royal family.
Kong Deming found it ridiculous yet considered it likely.
Although he didn't care about power struggles, as long as those seated on the Sun and Moon Royal Family's throne had pure bloodline, the patricide issue was still something he cautiously regarded for the impact.
Especially when Xu Tianran was already a cripple; how would the bloodline continue after succeeding the throne?
That's also a problem.
Hope might always exist for the old Emperor, right?
It wouldn't be unheard of for old age to bring offspring.
The traces of the Fire Phoenix should still be sought, but it would be handed over to the empire's intelligence department.
...
Half a month later, Kong Deming and Su Yu returned to Mingdu.
During their journey, Su Yu digested the Battle Armor technology his teacher researched during his three months in Dragon Valley.
Kong Deming's research capability was equally frightening, and his hope of reaching the level of a Tenth-level Soul Guide wasn't unfounded.
He successfully refined Intermediate Battle Armor technology, only lacking the final compression technology of Mirror Hongchen.
For Advanced Battle Armor technology, he had also researched a significant portion; the biggest current difficulty was thoroughly integrating the Battle Armor with the Soul Master.
While studying the theory of Seventh-level Soul-guiding Devices, Su Yu understood the Intermediate Battle Armor technology quite well.
Although Advanced Battle Armor was his proposed direction and thought process, meant for Contra Soul Masters, equivalent to Eighth-level Soul-guiding Devices,
Su Yu grasped it quite swiftly.
"By the way, Teacher, I discovered some special runes inside Dragon Valley before."
"Oh?"
Su Yu brought out the Contract Array and Blood Contract Array.
Kong Deming's demeanor instantly became sharp.
Carefully examining the two arrays, ensuring they weren't things of Evil Soul Masters, he finally relaxed.
The Holy Spirit Sect indeed possessed arrays for blood sacrifices.
Su Yu claimed to have accidentally discovered the Contract Array and Blood Contract Array in Dragon Valley, worrying Kong Deming that Dragon Valley might have been visited by Evil Soul Masters.
Now, it seemed they were entirely different levels.
A Blood Contract merely required a small amount of blood as a medium to forge a contract.
"Teacher, I'd like to use these two arrays to enable Advanced Battle Armor to integrate into a Soul Master's capability."
Contracting Armor with Martial Soul, blending the Armor and Martial Soul into one entity.
Su Yu's idea surprised Kong Deming.
But only slightly.
What truly amazed Kong Deming was the idea of Spirit Forging.
"You mean, by extracting the Spiritual essence inside Rare Metals, you can convert Rare Metals into an existence similar to Soul Beasts, then find ways to contract Rare Metals, making them akin to Soul Rings?"
Kong Deming saw potential feasibility.
However, he needed to study further, starting by thoroughly understanding the Contract Array and Blood Contract Array for better experimentation.
Su Yu's Spiritualization Array also required careful research.
Su Yu wasn't in a hurry either.
With all projects already officially underway, the most important thing for him now was his own strength.
Whether Intermediate or Advanced Battle Armor, or even the yet-to-begin Super Battle Armor, even if Su Yu rapidly increased his Soul Power Level, he could potentially reap the benefits without effort.
What troubled him instead was the choice of Soul Rings.
Soul Spirits could be solved; at least three Soul Rings could be provided by a Blue Silver Emperor.
But that was somewhat too monotonous.
Su Yu wasn't greedy for any specific Soul Beast's Soul Skill; he craved the Soul Beast's own Life Attributes.
Absorbing them into Soul Spirits, the feedback in that regard was naturally greatest the first time.
Though, the Soul Spirit Technique was still worth referencing.
After all, the Soul Spirit Technique could exploit plenty of bugs and have a significant effect.
Su Yu had also mentioned such requests to Elder Yi.
Elder Yi expressed no issue but required additional research time.
Back in Mingdu, Su Yu went to Mingde Hall to discuss Intermediate Battle Armor technology with Xuan Ziweng.
Integrating compression technology, Xuan Ziweng summarized a complete Intermediate Battle Armor technique from his, and Kong Deming's core array designs.
Thus, Su Yu was indeed going to replace the Basic Battle Armor he had just recently donned with the Intermediate Battle Armor.