53: Chapter 53 Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong Advance to Soul Master Level

Seven days later, inside the Sunset Forest, Zhu Zhuqing sat cross-legged.

Beside her was a four-thousand-three-hundred-year-old Spirit Beast, the Ghost Tiger.

Su Ling stood Guard by her side. Within this millennium Spirit Beast region, there was an Intermediate Defensive Array that Spirit Beasts under ten thousand years could not shake at all.

Occasionally, one or two Spirit Beasts would come outside the array, but after attacking several times to no avail, they could only leave.

Inside the array, there were only Su Ling and Zhu Zhuqing.

Originally, Su Ling had agreed to come to the Sunset Forest with Teacher Qin Ming and the others.

However, in that battle, Su Ling had injured Yu Tianheng with one punch, and although he had received Ye Lingling's healing, he had not fully recovered.

Absorbing a spirit ring was a dangerous matter, and a Spirit Master should ideally maintain their best condition.

Therefore, they decided to go back and recuperate for a few days before looking for spirit rings, so Su Ling brought Zhu Zhuqing here first.

I don't know how much time passed, but spirit rings appeared one by one, circling around Zhu Zhuqing. The appearance of the fourth spirit ring indicated that her spirit ring absorption had succeeded.

After a while, Zhu Zhuqing opened her eyes.

"Brother Su, I succeeded. My Soul Power has now reached level forty-one," Zhu Zhuqing said, standing up excitedly and taking a step toward Su Ling.

"Not bad, not bad! Zhuqing, there will be absolutely no problem with you becoming a Titled Douluo in the future; you already possess the bearing of a god." Su Ling stroked the hair at the back of Zhu Zhuqing's head, which felt very comfortable.

Zhu Zhuqing said: "This is all thanks to you, Brother Su. If I had relied on my own Cultivate speed, I estimate it would have taken at least five years to reach the Spirit Ancestor realm."

Su Ling said: "That also requires your own hard work, Zhuqing. It is still early, so if we hurry, we can make it back before dark. I don't want to keep staying in this Spirit Beast Forest."

In fact, they had already stayed in the Spirit Beast Forest for several nights over the past few days. It was actually quite safe, after all, they had the Intermediate Defensive Array.

Under these circumstances, the two of them slept right next to each other.

It was just that because Zhu Zhuqing was still too young, they did not take that final step.

"Mm! Brother Su, I will listen to you."

Afterward, Su Ling put away the Intermediate Defensive Array, and the two ran outward together.

"Zhuqing, I will teach you a movement technique called Carefree Travel. You are an agility-attack system Spirit Master, and this technique is very suitable for you," Su Ling said.

After thinking for a long time, Su Ling decided to pass this movement technique on to Zhu Zhuqing.

Besides Zhu Zhuqing, this movement technique was also of great use to Support Spirit Masters like Ning Rongrong and Jiang Zhu.

While walking, Su Ling also taught Zhu Zhuqing how to learn the Carefree Travel movement technique.

By the time they walked out of the Spirit Beast Forest, Zhu Zhuqing had basically understood all the content of Carefree Travel; the rest just required some time of practice to reach the entry level.

Upon returning to the academy, Su Ling had originally planned to go to the Extreme North to find an ice-attribute fifth spirit ring.

It just so happened that he had achieved a Breakthrough in the Sunset Forest, and he had found a fifth spirit ring along the way.

Overall, the effect of the fifth spirit ring far exceeded his expectations, so there was no need to go to the Extreme North.

Although there was a Heaven And Earth Treasure there—which was a map to a Heaven And Earth Treasure that Su Ling had opened from a black treasure chest—in Su Ling's view, making a special trip just for that was not worth it.

One month after returning to the academy, Su Ling, while Cultivate, also guided Ning Rongrong and Jiang Zhu in practicing the Carefree Travel movement technique.

Also within this month, Su Ling celebrated his twentieth birthday, and at the end of the month, Ning Rongrong successfully raised her Soul Power from level thirty-nine to level forty.

Jiang Zhu also increased her favorability by one point, reaching 96 points, and similarly added a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Just like before, it could be integrated into her own body to strengthen herself.

Although it was only an increase of one point in favorability, Su Ling's luck was extremely good, and he actually managed to obtain a red treasure chest.

Now, it was displayed on the System that his red treasure chests had accumulated to 4, and he also had 8 black treasure chests.

"Brother Su, can you also accompany me to find my fourth spirit ring?"

Ning Rongrong found Su Ling the first moment her Soul Power reached level forty.

Su Ling naturally did not refuse, so he took Ning Rongrong to the Sunset Forest again.

It took about seven or eight days to find her a fourth spirit ring over four thousand years old, allowing her to successfully reach level forty-one.

At this time, there was still about eleven months left until the Advanced Spirit Master Tournament.

At this moment, Su Ling was level fifty-three, Zhu Zhuqing was level forty-two, and Ning Rongrong was level forty-one.

Zhu Zhuqing had taken a high-level Soul Power pill, so she had improved again in one month.

Furthermore, there was Jiang Zhu, who had already risen to level thirty-nine.

Oscar and Ma Hongjun had also improved over this past month or so, and both of their Soul Power had reached level thirty-seven.

As for Jing Ling and Huang Yuan, Su Ling still gave them some Intermediate Soul Power pills.

Therefore, these two had also successfully risen to level thirty-four this month.

If they finished eating the Soul Power pills Su Ling gave them, reaching level thirty-six within three months would not be a problem.

In the original work, these two only had level thirty-five strength when the Advanced Spirit Master Tournament started. With Su Ling's help, it was not impossible for them to rise to level thirty-seven or even thirty-eight in this Advanced Spirit Master Tournament.

Just by helping them raise their Soul Power by a few levels, they were already deeply grateful to Su Ling. Whenever they met Su Ling, they would call him "Boss" with every breath, showing a clear intention to follow him for the rest of their lives.

Then there was Tai Long. Su Ling was still very cautious about this guy.

After all, the Strength Clan were Tang Hao's lackeys and also Tang San's loyal lackeys; helping him was very likely aiding the enemy.

However, for just a few Intermediate Soul Power pills, it wasn't a big deal, so Su Ling still gave him some.

It should be able to help him reach level forty before the Advanced Spirit Master Tournament, but that was all. If he abandoned Tang San in the future and followed him, he would definitely give him better Opportunities.

Su Ling saw things very clearly when it came to settling grudges and debts.

Besides this, two more women joined the team, both of whom were members of the advanced class.

One was named Luo Sha; her Spirit was the Green Vine, she was seventeen years old, and a level thirty-one control system Spirit Elder. In the original work, if Tang San hadn't come, this Luo Sha would have been the only control system Spirit Elder in Lanba Academy.

However, Tang San came, their positions overlapped, and coupled with her low Soul Power, she had no Opportunity to appear.

She was also pretty. Su Ling had asked the System, and the System finally gave a response this time: her goddess composite value was only 88 points.

The reason she got together with Oscar was mainly because this Luo Sha had a hobby: she liked to eat grilled sausages, and after a few interactions, they hit it off.

With the help of Intermediate Soul Power pills, she had now risen to level thirty-three.

The other one was named Xu Yanyan, sixteen years old, Spirit was Fire Flamingo, Soul Power level thirty-one, an attack system Spirit Elder.

Originally, she had not agreed to Ma Hongjun at first, but after seeing that Ma Hongjun's Spirit had absolutely no problems, she agreed, somewhat valuing Ma Hongjun's potential.

Sixteen years old and level thirty-one in the Douluo Dalu I era could not really be considered too bad; didn't Meng Yiran also have a 90 favorability rating?

If Oscar's Luo Sha had been even one year younger, she might have hit 90, but this Xu Yanyan was slightly lacking in looks.

Her figure was very explosive, but her looks could only be considered above average.

How should I put it? She had a certain level of beauty and a good figure, but neither reached the level of being stunning, so the goddess composite value given by the System was 87 points.