Shrek Academy is located in the southeast of the Heavenly Soul Empire, at the border with the Star Luo and Dou Ling countries. For the group to reach the Extreme North Sea, they must fly northwest, crossing the entire Heavenly Soul Empire diagonally.
A large portion of the northwest territory of the Heavenly Soul Empire is currently occupied by the Sun Moon Empire, which means they will inevitably have to pass through enemy-controlled areas.
With their current lineup, they naturally do not fear the Sun Moon Empire's armies or soul mentor legions, but they also do not want their whereabouts to be known, allowing the Sun Moon Empire to find an opportunity to exploit.
As soon as they entered the area controlled by the Sun Moon Empire, Xu Zihuang used his fourth soul skill to imprint Tianmeng Iceworm's simulation soul skill, concealing everyone's figures.
Xuanzi and Elder Gu were on either side of Xu Zihuang, while Du Busi trailed slightly behind by one position, appearing as if he was protecting Xu Zihuang in the middle.
Of course, this was unintentional.
Du Busi gazed at Xu Zihuang ahead of him, then glanced at Xuanzi, chuckling inwardly with a strange laugh.
"Xuanzi, do you really think this sect master doesn't know your little thoughts? What you said earlier just gave me the perfect excuse to hand over the Body Mystique to this little fellow, Yu Tianhuang, without arousing your suspicion. Once he cultivates our sect's Imperishable Golden Body to perfection, who on the continent will overlook his connection with our sect in the future?"
Thinking of this, Du Busi immediately increased his flying speed and inserted himself between Xu Zihuang and Xuanzi.
Du Busi's movement instantly drew the attention of Xu Zihuang and the other two. The three subconsciously turned to look and saw Du Busi reaching into his bosom to take out a small booklet.
The booklet was entirely pale gold in color, with four elegant small characters on the surface: "Body Mystique."
Seeing these four words, both Xuanzi and Elder Gu's pupils contracted, and they raised their heads in shock to look at Du Busi.
"Old Poison, you...?!"
Du Busi calmly handed the small booklet to Xu Zihuang. In his heart, he secretly gloated over having outmaneuvered Xuanzi and Shrek Academy, but on the surface, he maintained a calm and indifferent demeanor.
"Xuanzi is right. Whether it's our Body Sect or the Heavenly Soul Empire, we both owed this little fellow an enormous favor last time. This Body Mystique records many mysteries related to body martial souls and is the most core scripture of our Body Sect, passed down only to successive Body Douluo. This sect master has always repaid enmity with enmity and resentment with resentment. Before we reach the Extreme North Sea, I will lend it to you temporarily. During this time, I permit you to read and study its contents freely."
"Body martial souls are favored by heaven. All soul masters in our Body Sect possess innate advantages far beyond ordinary soul masters. Your own martial soul is also a body martial soul, so you should be able to sense the differences between body martial souls and ordinary martial souls. We have far greater talent than ordinary soul masters, making it easier for us to achieve enlightenment and to fuse soul power with spiritual power. Your Golden Eyes martial soul possesses both time and space attributes—at the same time—which is unique among all recorded body martial souls in our sect. Moreover, you were born with an innate Imperishable Golden Body. You only need to cross-reference it with our sect's acquired Imperishable Golden Body cultivation method, and you can reach perfection in an extremely short time. There's no need to refuse. Cultivating according to our sect's acquired Imperishable Golden Body method will also make it easier for you to withstand the energy impact of your eighth soul ring next."
Xu Zihuang did not politely refuse but solemnly accepted the Body Mystique and nodded seriously.
"Senior Du, thank you for your generous gift."
Du Busi waved his hand casually and then said indifferently to Xuanzi and Elder Gu, "This sect master has handed over the Body Mystique to him. Shouldn't you two also tell me about that method of preserving soul beast spirits? Last time, I saw him summon a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger to assist in battle."
Xuanzi and Elder Gu quickly reacted, realizing that what Du Busi referred to was the soul spirit fusion method. Now that Yu Tianhuang had received such a great benefit from Du Busi, they had no reason to conceal it and openly explained the matter to him.
"That was a contract method that Tianhuang coincidentally created. It seems that the contract method has gradually been perfected by Tianhuang." Xuanzi laughed heartily.
"It's just that we don't know yet whether this contract method can be promoted among ordinary soul masters, since Tianhuang's situation is quite special. Old Poison, if it goes smoothly, our Shrek Academy could cooperate with your Body Sect at the first opportunity."
"Xuanzi, who knows how many years it will take for that to happen? Stop trying to feed me empty promises here."
Although Du Busi felt somewhat tempted, he also knew that such a thing could not be accomplished overnight. He rolled his eyes irritably, showing Xuanzi no face at all.
Elder Gu smiled as he watched Du Busi and Xuanzi bicker, not interjecting. He knew far more about the soul spirit fusion method than Xuanzi did; of course, this was thanks to Ning Tian, who was always by Yu Tianhuang's side.
At the very least, with Yu Tianhuang's assistance in helping soul masters form contracts with soul beasts, the success rate would be somewhat guaranteed. However, these details were not suitable to be revealed from his mouth.
In the future, Yu Tianhuang might have various connections with both Shrek Academy and the Body Sect, but the relationship between Yu Tianhuang and their Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was the one that could never be severed.
After Ning Tian and Yu Tianhuang had produced offspring through bloodline continuation, their Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had already won far too much.
On the other side, Xu Zihuang was fully immersed in the profound mysteries of the Body Mystique.
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Deep in the Extreme North Sea, on the seabed.
A palace-like complex sat quietly here. All these buildings were constructed from coral and various rare minerals from the sea, emitting a blue glow that illuminated the pitch-black depths of the ocean floor.
One could clearly see elegant mermaids swimming gracefully about.
These mermaids were almost all female. Their upper bodies were no different from humans, only covered at key areas with two shells, while their lower bodies were streamlined fish tails of great beauty. Compared to humans, their figures were even more slender, and their appearances were extremely captivating. Bursts of clear, delicate laughter echoed through the seawater, carrying an invisible magic that tugged at one's mind.
It was hard to imagine that such a paradise existed in the depths of the Extreme North Sea.
Among them, the largest coral palace stood thirty meters tall and hundreds of meters wide. Even in the human world, palaces of such scale were rare. Within the palace, faint but dense soul power fluctuations emanated.
At this moment, three stunningly beautiful mermaids were in the center of the palace, their heads lowered in reverence.
The leading mermaid, who appeared as a mature beauty, was about three meters long. Unlike the other mermaids outside the palace, she wore a golden crown on her forehead, and the scales on her lower fish tail were dazzling gold, clearly marking her noble status.
To her left stood a mermaid of similar size and appearance, bearing seven or eight points of resemblance to the crowned one, but her crown was silver. Her fish tail was covered in deep blue scales, and a head of water-blue long hair floated behind her.
The last mermaid girl looked almost identical to the leading golden-crowned one, as if carved from the same mold. She too wore a golden crown, and her golden fish tail supported her slightly petite frame.
These three mermaids were none other than the Sea Princess and her two daughters, Li Jing and Li Ya.
The crowns on their heads were the symbol of the royal bloodline of the mermaid clan. The Sea Princess's youngest daughter, Li Ya, was the inheritor of the mermaid clan's golden bloodline, and her spiritual level surpassed even that of her elder sister Li Jing.
Before the Sea Princess and her two daughters floated an illusory figure.
He had long, blue hair like a cascading waterfall that reached his feet. His luxurious blue robe seemed to ripple with water waves. Although he tried hard to display majesty, deep in his profound blue eyes lurked a cold, smug sneer.
However, the Sea Princess and her daughters kept their heads lowered and did not notice.
The figure's lips moved slightly, and a voice that was deliberately gentle yet solemn entered the ears of the Sea Princess and her two daughters. Then he slowly raised the golden trident in his hand. In that instant, the vast, boundless sea completely turned golden. Every soul beast in this icy sea felt its mind purified and bowed in worship toward the direction of the palace.
The golden light flickered, and the figure gradually faded along with the golden hue in the seawater.
If it had been before, the Sea Princess would certainly have followed the instructions of that Sea God. But after learning those things not long ago, she felt some hesitation. Moreover, according to the Sea God's instructions, she would have to abandon her original body and fuse with that human. Yet she had only recently broken through the bottleneck of her six-hundred-thousand-year cultivation.
Li Jing could not help but ask her mother, "Mother, do you really intend to follow Sea God-sama's instructions? But Aunt Bai's matter..."
Hearing Li Jing mention this, sorrow welled up in Li Ya's eyes, giving her a pitiful appearance. The Sea Princess's expression turned stern, and she silenced her daughter with a look.
About half a year ago, the little princess of the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan, Bai Xiuxiu, had come to the Extreme North Sea.
Both the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan and the mermaid clan had been conquered by the charisma of the first-generation Sea God and were his most loyal believers. The Demon Soul, Great White Shark King Xiao Bai, and the Sea Princess were as close as sisters.
That time, Bai Xiuxiu had brought them an extremely shocking piece of news: the former mount of the first-generation Sea God, the Demon Soul Great White Shark King Xiao Bai, had fallen!
The mermaid clan possessed a special innate ability: by using bloodline as a guide, they could see memory images of those close to them from before their death. Bai Xiuxiu had come seeking the Sea Princess's help to find the murderer who killed her mother.
It was through this innate ability of the Sea Princess that they witnessed the scene of the Demon Soul Great White Shark King being severely wounded by a human soul master and then brutally killed by the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, the Demon Emperor. The human soul master had a brilliant golden Sea God Trident symbol on his brow, the mark of the Sea God inheritor.
When the current Sea God inherited the Sea God position ten thousand years ago, he had received much care from the first-generation Sea God. Yet now he showed no regard for past favors, allowing his successor to severely wound the first-generation Sea God's mount.
The difference in character between the two was instantly apparent. And now this Sea God even wanted their mermaid clan's queen to become a soul ring and soul bone for his successor. Perhaps in his eyes, the soul beasts were merely resources for human soul masters to increase their strength.
Was such a deity truly worthy of faith?
This question arose simultaneously in the hearts of the Sea Princess and her two daughters. Once the seed of doubt was planted, it quietly took root and grew. Humans and soul beasts were inherently opposed; not everyone could possess the broad-mindedness of the first-generation Sea God, who transcended racial boundaries.
Li Ya's personality was relatively softer, and she did not show much outwardly, but Li Jing's heart had already developed strong doubts toward that Sea God.
"Mother, do you really believe that after becoming that human's soul ring, you can still retain your consciousness? How is that possible?! Even if it were true, you do not need to do this! If you attach yourself to that human soul master, will Li Ya and I ever be able to see you again?"
At this point, tears already flowed from this mermaid princess's eyes. As her tears fell, they emitted a faint glow and quickly turned into perfectly round, flawless white pearls that floated around her body.
Every tear shed by a mermaid turns into a pearl; this is another special trait of the mermaid clan. The tears contain pure spiritual energy. An ordinary person who obtains one can awaken spiritual wisdom and enjoy a long life of a hundred years due to spiritual nourishment. For human soul masters, they are supreme treasures for elevating spiritual power levels.
Correspondingly, each pearl represents a portion of the mermaid's spiritual origin. However, as long as these pearls dissipate into the seawater, they will naturally return to her body. The lost vitality, though, can never be recovered.
The Sea Princess guided Li Jing's tears to merge into the seawater, gently stroking her cheek with eyes full of love and heartache.
"Child, don't cry. Tears will cause your vitality to drain away."
The Sea Princess sighed softly. How could she not know this? Yet their mermaid clan lived in the ocean, defying the Sea God's command required immense courage. It was precisely after learning of the current Sea God's character through the matter of the Demon Soul Great White Shark King that she worried her actions might bring retaliation upon the entire mermaid clan.
At that moment, on a huge, deep-blue water mirror not far behind the Sea Princess and her two daughters, four figures suddenly appeared, hovering high above the Extreme North Sea. These four had already reached deep into the Extreme North Sea, not far from the palace where they were located. Yet they had not sensed anything beforehand.
Upon seeing the black-haired, purple-eyed youth at the front, the Sea Princess and her two daughters all widened their eyes. The one who had severely wounded the Demon Soul Great White Shark King back then was this human soul master, the current inheritor of that Sea God.
What shocked them even more was the three elders behind the youth. Though the three elders showed no aura, they made the Sea Princess feel as if facing a great enemy, her pupils contracting sharply.
"Limit Douluo?!"
At this, Li Ya's expression also changed, while Li Jing's face was filled with fury.
"Mother, these filthy, despicable humans must have come for you!"
The Sea Princess's expression fluctuated. Even with her temperament, an invisible anger was rising in her heart. That Sea God had given her no choice at all, he spoke of hoping she would voluntarily fuse with his inheritor, but if she refused, he would most likely kill her outright and forcibly seize her soul ring and soul bone.
The fact that this youth had brought three Limit Douluo with him was the best proof.
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