Besides that, he also needed some time and space to consider the relationship between him and Xiao Wu.
He wasn't a fool. Over the past few months, Xiao Wu's visible trust and dependence on him might also contain some romantic feelings.
Lin Yang had never avoided feelings—just like when he faced the Butterfly sisters. However, considering Xiao Wu's loneliness in the human world, he felt the two of them needed to spend some time apart. Only then could they truly see their own hearts clearly.
If they truly had feelings for each other, Lin Yang wouldn't run away. If not, being close friends was also fine.
All of the above were plans Lin Yang had made for the future under the premise that Xiao Wu hadn't mastered Transparency yet. It was better to prepare for a rainy day.
If she did master Transparency, then things would be different.
The nurturing route… could also be quite interesting!
After returning to the small courtyard, Lin Yang greeted Ah Yin, then went back to his room to rearrange the furniture and daily necessities.
Seeing that Xiao Wu was still cultivating, he didn't disturb her. He simply took out the board crystal.
Earlier in the shop, he hadn't had time to examine it closely. Now, looking at it carefully, sure enough—inside this seemingly turbid crystal full of impurities were countless tiny golden threads. They looked messy and disordered, but they were the true essence inside the board crystal: Firing Gold.
Taking out a hammer, Lin Yang smashed down on the board crystal with full force.
Bang!
With a loud crash, the head-sized board crystal instantly shattered into powder. Countless fine golden particles were scattered everywhere by the powerful impact.
The huge noise woke Xiao Wu from her meditation. She stormed out of her room angrily.
"What are you doing again?"
Lin Yang quickly waved his hand. "I'll explain in a moment. First, help me collect these golden particles."
Xiao Wu curiously picked up one golden particle to examine it, then pinched it. She found it extremely elastic yet impossible to crush.
"What is this?"
"Don't talk for now. Hurry and help me find them."
"Oh!"
The two spent quite a while collecting all the golden particles. Although there were many, each one was small. After gathering everything, they only amounted to a small handful.
"Now can you tell me?" Xiao Wu fiddled with a few golden particles in her palm, looking full of curiosity.
"Watch carefully."
Lin Yang picked up one golden particle and injected soul power into it. In an instant, the originally spherical golden particle slowly unfolded into a hair-thin golden thread. Although very fine, it was quite long—fully three inches. So Xiao Wu could easily see the entire thread.
"Wow," Xiao Wu exclaimed. "So amazing. But what can this thing do?"
Lin Yang smiled, then flicked the golden thread outward.
He didn't know hidden weapon techniques, but shooting out this golden thread was still possible. A nearly imperceptible golden light flashed and vanished. Before Xiao Wu could react, a cabinet not far away suddenly emitted cracking and twisting sounds. Then, right before their eyes, it exploded with a head-sized hole.
"This… this is…"
Xiao Wu stared dumbfounded at the golden particle in her hand. She hadn't expected such a tiny thing to have such terrifying power.
"These golden particles are actually the Firing Gold inside the crystal," Lin Yang explained. "Firing Gold is extremely tough and amazingly elastic. As long as you inject soul power, the Firing Gold will return to this thread-like state. When you withdraw the soul power, it will curl up again.
"If this thing is shot into a human body, the only way to remove it is by cutting out the flesh."
Seeming to imagine the scene, Xiao Wu shivered. "That's too terrifying."
"Not bad," Lin Yang nodded. "It really is a powerful killing tool. A moment of carelessness and you'll suffer greatly."
This thing was most suitable for ambushing people.
Just as Lin Yang was about to put away the Firing Gold particles, Xiao Wu suddenly said, "Can you give me a few?"
Lin Yang raised an eyebrow. He didn't ask why and simply gave her three. Giving her too many might cause trouble. Three wasn't a lot, but it was enough to serve as a small trump card.
Just as Xiao Wu was about to take them, Lin Yang solemnly pressed down on her hand and said in a deep voice, "Xiao Wu, you've seen how vicious this thing is. I want you to promise me that you won't use it to bully the weak."
Xiao Wu rolled her eyes and grumbled, "What kind of person do you think I am?"
Lin Yang didn't let go. He solemnly repeated, "Remember?"
"I remember. Don't worry, I won't use these things casually," Xiao Wu nodded.
Although she was playful, she had always taken Lin Yang's instructions to heart.
"That's good. I trust you!"
Looking into Lin Yang's pitch-black eyes that contained not a trace of impurity, Xiao Wu unconsciously averted her gaze. A faint blush appeared on her cheeks.
Suddenly, she stood up, put the three pieces of Firing Gold into her storage ring, pointed at the cabinet that had been blown open, and said, "I… I'm going back to cultivate. You… clean this up yourself."
With that, she fled back to her room.
Lin Yang looked at the cabinet that had been split open from the middle and couldn't help smiling helplessly. He patted his own hand.
Serves you right for being impulsive. Now you have to replace it yourself.
Lin Yang made another trip to the market to buy a new cabinet. Only then was the matter settled.
What happened today was just a small interlude in an ordinary day. Life continued.
Because the two hadn't appeared in the Great Soul Arena for some time, the popularity of "Blade Demon" and "Charm Rabbit" gradually faded. Everyone began paying attention to the birth of new legends again.
This was the Great Soul Arena—new things were never in short supply.
One month later, the little rabbit, who had turned into a "training fanatic," was the first to break through, successfully reaching level 20.
Moreover, because of consuming whale glue, Xiao Wu's physique could now withstand a thousand-year soul ring. However, Lin Yang still had her set her second soul ring at the 999-year limit.
In this era of the Douluo Continent, it wasn't like tens of thousands of years later, where overpowered soul ring configurations were everywhere and 100,000-year soul rings were as common as dogs. A thousand-year second soul ring would cause a subversive impact—perhaps even more widespread than the impact of Tang San's fourth ten-thousand-year soul ring. Many people would think: if the second soul ring can be a thousand years, can the first also be a thousand years, or even higher?
Pushing Xiao Wu into the spotlight just for one over-limit soul ring would clearly be unwise.
Therefore, a 999-year soul ring was just right. Since it was still yellow anyway, it could be explained however they wanted.
As for Lin Yang choosing an over-limit soul ring, he had no other choice. Due to the special nature of the Demon God Body martial soul, he could not actively attach soul rings to the martial soul. He could only draw energy from absorbed soul rings or soul bones and condense soul rings himself.
It was equivalent to using one soul ring to support two martial souls. If he absorbed normal-year-limit soul rings while also considering soul power level, the Demon God Body martial soul would likely end up with all hundred-year soul rings—and the lowest tier at that. Not only would the second martial soul become useless, but the potential of the Demon God Body would also fail to be realized.
Later, trying to raise the soul ring year limits again would require absorbing who knows how many soul bones just to make up for the loss.
After comprehensive consideration, absorbing over-limit soul rings became the optimal choice at present.
Sun Wheel Blade: So all the pressure is on me, huh?
After obtaining his second soul ring, he had not joined any soul master academy, partly for this reason as well.
However, since absorbing over-limit soul rings had already become reality, Lin Yang could only grit his teeth and continue down this path.
Fortunately, he had twin martial souls, and only the little rabbit knew about the over-limit soul rings. Next, as long as he found a way to hide the soul ring colors properly, there would basically be no problem.
And Lin Yang's method was very simple: When absorbing the third soul ring, he would try his best to raise the year limit of the Demon God Body's first soul ring. That way, with the help of the "Blindfold" soul skill, he could deceive everyone.
Blindfold: The main carry still has to rely on me!