60: Chapter 60 A 50,000-Year-Old Soul Beast, Su Ling Fights with All His Might

Zhu Zhuqing was fourth in her Family, with an older sister and a third sister above her.

Her eldest sister, Zhu Zhuyun, was seven years older than Zhu Zhuqing, while Zhu Zhuxin was more than two years younger than Zhu Zhuyun and more than four years older than Zhu Zhuqing.

At this moment, the seventeen-going-on-eighteen-year-old Zhu Zhuxin had already cultivated to level 40 and was about to finish absorbing her fourth spirit ring to become a Spirit Ancestor.

A Spirit Ancestor under the age of eighteen could definitely not be considered low in talent.

Even for Zhu Zhuqing, without opportunities, it was estimated that at this age, she would only be on par with Zhu Zhuxin.

While Zhu Zhuxin was absorbing the spirit ring, Su Ling had no intention of leaving; he was clear about the purpose of this trip—first, he had to find those crystals.

Time passed bit by bit. After Su Ling guarded Zhu Zhuxin for six hours, she finally successfully absorbed the fourth spirit ring, and her Soul Power stepped into the level of a Spirit Ancestor.

The moment she woke up, Zhu Zhuxin walked towards Su Ling, and at this moment, Su Ling was also observing Zhu Zhuxin.

She was a little over 1.7 meters tall, and her overall attire was neat and crisp.

Her outfit was similar in style to Zhu Zhuqing's, her figure was equally hot, her face was beautiful, and her skin was as flawless as jade.

What was somewhat different from Zhu Zhuqing was that Zhu Zhuxin's hair was not as long; her short hair fell past her ears but still had some distance to go before reaching her shoulders.

While Su Ling was observing Zhu Zhuxin, Zhu Zhuxin was also observing Su Ling.

"Thank you for your help. I am Zhu Zhuxin of the Nether Civet Family. I will definitely repay this life-saving grace," Zhu Zhuxin said.

"Your name is Zhu Zhuxin?" Su Ling feigned surprise.

"Yes, do you know me?" Zhu Zhuxin asked in confusion.

After revealing her identity, Su Ling no longer needed to hide his own.

After all, he had learned from Zhu Zhuqing that her third sister, Zhu Zhuxin, was particularly intelligent and kind, not comparable to her eldest sister.

It was precisely because of this intelligence that Zhu Zhuxin was able to help Zhu Zhuqing avoid crises time and time again, both overtly and covertly.

"Wait a moment."

Su Ling placed his hand directly on his face, circulated his Soul Power, and removed the thousand illusion mask, revealing his true appearance.

After all, he was facing a goddess, and she was Zhu Zhuqing's sister; there was no need to hide.

Explaining the situation from the beginning might even be better, and it would also make it easier to increase her favorability.

[Ding... Zhu Zhuxin's favorability +2, obtained white treasure chest * 1]

See, with his handsome face revealed from beneath the mask, Zhu Zhuxin's favorability had actually increased by two points.

Whether in his past life or the present, it was an era of judging by appearance; a perfect, handsome face still had its advantages.

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Su Ling, from Shrek Academy. Since you are Zhuqing's sister, I have no need to disguise myself," Su Ling said directly.

"Ah, you... you are Su Ling?" Zhu Zhuxin looked at Su Ling with a face full of surprise.

"You know me?" Su Ling asked in confusion.

"Yes." Zhu Zhuxin nodded and said, "Yes, Zhuqing has written me several letters, but over seventy percent of the content is about you."

"Dai Mubai is indeed not a good thing; Zhuqing's choice of you was correct," Zhu Zhuxin said.

If it weren't for Su Ling, her situation today would have been dire.

Willing to Guard her for such a long time, Zhu Zhuxin naturally developed a good impression of Su Ling.

"I will call you Brother Su as well."

"Why didn't Zhuqing come back with you?" Zhu Zhuxin asked in confusion.

Su Ling said, "Then I will call you Zhu Xin."

"It is not the right time for Zhuqing to return. You also know our situation; if Zhuqing returns, not only will the Star Luo Empire not let her go, but your Nether Civet Family will likely not let her go either."

"In addition, Zhuqing told me this time that if possible, I should take you away too. She hopes you can reunite with her and participate in the Advanced Spirit Master Tournament together," Su Ling invited.

These words Zhuqing naturally hadn't said, but as long as Su Ling went back and told Zhuqing in advance, he believed Zhuqing would approve of everything Su Ling had done.

"Is that so? I also want to leave."

"I will go with you." Zhu Zhuxin almost didn't have to think; she didn't want to stay in the Nether Civet Family anymore either.

"Eh, here, Brother Su, did you set up a Formation?" Zhu Zhuxin looked around and discovered a clue.

"Yes, Zhu Xin, how did you figure that out?" Su Ling said.

Zhu Zhuxin said, "There are some Materials in the Family; I took them out to study for a while when I had nothing to do."

Speaking of this, Zhu Zhuxin looked a bit disappointed and said, "Formations seem to have been lost in this World now. Not only are Materials hard to find, but it is also very difficult to find a complete set of Formation."

This remark from Zhu Zhuxin actually surprised Su Ling; he didn't expect that Zhu Zhuxin was actually someone who understood Formations.

Formations, just like spirit tool manufacturing, had been lost.

Now, all circulating spirit tools were almost all discovered from various ruins. For example, that belt of Tang San's, Twenty Four Moonlit Bridges, was brought out of the ruins by Yu Xiaogang.

It seems it was from that ruin in the Misty Forest.

After looking at the Formation for a while, Zhu Zhuxin said, "Brother Su, please put it away quickly; this Formation consumes a lot of energy."

"Zhu Xin, do you have this kind of energy crystal?" Su Ling said.

Zhu Zhuxin said, "This is called Blue Soul Jade Crystal; it provides energy for the Formation. I have only seen it in books, and our Family doesn't have it anywhere."

"So that's how it is. I came here this time just to get this."

"Zhu Xin, you have some knowledge of Formations; how about we go together?" Su Ling said.

"That sounds great, I couldn't ask for more," Zhu Zhuxin said with an excited face.

[Ding... Zhu Zhuxin's favorability +3, obtained white treasure chest * 2]

Before leaving, Zhu Zhuxin still collected the corpses of the Family Spirit Masters who died in battle for her. After all, they died for her, unlike the two Spirit Masters who fled.

One day later! Su Ling and Zhu Zhuxin entered the area of the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast together.

"Zhu Xin, stay closer to me; we are about to enter the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast area."

"Okay!" At this moment, Su Ling had already put on the thousand illusion mask again, changing his appearance and voice.

While walking, Su Ling was also checking the map given by Liu Erlong.

But the fog in the Misty Forest was too dense; visibility was less than fifty meters. Additionally, having to Guard against Spirit Beast and bringing Zhu Xin along, for an ordinary Spirit Master, the difficulty was exceptionally high.

Fortunately, Su Ling was not an ordinary Spirit Master; he possessed the dual Eye of True Sight, which could see through everything, and the fog could not obscure it.

With Su Ling there, he led Zhu Xin along the way, perfectly avoiding various Spirit Beast every time.

But the information given by Liu Erlong was too scarce. After all, at that time, they had experienced the same state as Su Ling, having a simple map and the characteristics of the location of the ruins.

"Brother Su, do you think it's possible that there is a large Formation in this Misty Forest, and being in the fog means we are inside the Formation?" Zhu Zhuxin said.

The further they went inside, the more Zhu Zhuxin felt this way.

"Zhu Xin, what you said is indeed possible; perhaps it is related to those ruins," Su Ling said.

After all, the Blue Soul Jade Crystal that provided energy for the Formation was found in the ruins.

"Brother Su, can I look at that map?" Zhu Zhuxin said.

"Sure, Zhu Xin, go ahead."

"Thank you, Brother Su."

Taking the simple drawing, Zhu Zhuxin glanced at it, then took out a yellowed ancient book from her spirit tool and began to flip through it.

From time to time, she would look left and right. After about an hour, Zhu Zhuxin said, "Brother Su, perhaps we can try going in that direction. That place has Blue Soul Jade Crystal. If my feeling is correct, there is a chance to find those ruins in that direction."

"Okay, I'll listen to you, Zhu Xin," Su Ling smiled.

He thought to himself that it was a real pity that there was no role for Zhu Zhuqing's third sister in the Douluo plot.

To be able to have such accomplishments just by relying on a set of Formation Materials obtained from the Family storage was very rare; she was definitely a Formation Genius!

Zhu Zhuqing hadn't mentioned it to him either; he thought it was probably due to the broken Legacy in this World.

Searching according to Zhu Zhuxin's direction, under Su Ling's lead, they were fast. In less than a day, they arrived at a canyon that was extremely similar to the description in the drawing given by Liu Erlong.

"Brother Su, this should be the place; the entrance to the ruins should be inside the canyon," Zhu Zhuxin said with an excited face. This time, it proved that her feelings and guesses were correct.

"Let's go, let's go in and take a look," Su Ling said.

"Okay!" The two stepped inside together, but they hadn't walked a few steps when suddenly a giant python crawled out from the canyon.

The giant python's body was estimated to be nearly as thick as a water bucket, and its length exceeded fifty meters.

"It's over, this is a Red Flame Python, it seems to be fifty thousand years old," Zhu Zhuxin's expression was not good.

If it were an ordinary Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, they might still be able to escape in this Misty Forest, but this was a fifty-thousand-year Spirit Beast.

"Zhu Xin, protect yourself, leave this to me. Also, don't run too far when fleeing, otherwise I won't be able to find you," Su Ling said.

"Ah... I should run?" Zhu Zhuxin felt very surprised.

"Why aren't you getting out of the way yet?"

While speaking, the Red Flame Python spat out a beam of fire from its mouth towards Su Ling's direction.

Zhu Zhuxin couldn't dodge in time. Su Ling used Carefree Metamorphosis, taking the Zhu Zhuxin beside him to narrowly avoid the beam of fire.

With a loud boom, Su Ling successfully sent Zhu Zhuxin more than ten meters away.

"Protect yourself, I'll deal with it."

After Su Ling finished speaking, he released his Spirit. At this moment, he had to release his full strength.

[Ding... Zhu Zhuxin's favorability +5, obtained white treasure chest * 2, purple treasure chest * 1]

At this moment, Su Ling had no time to worry about the System notifications; several arrows shot out directly towards the head of this Red Flame Python.

"Last time, Zhuqing wrote in a letter that Brother Su was a very powerful Spirit Ancestor, but this is a fifty-thousand-year Red Flame Python! Even a Spirit King or Spirit Emperor would find it very difficult to defeat it."

"What should I do?" Zhu Zhuxin tried hard to think. In her opinion, no matter how powerful a Spirit Ancestor Su Ling was, it was impossible to defeat a fifty-thousand-year Spirit Beast.

"Right, the Formation, perhaps there is a way to enter the ruins." Zhu Zhuxin already had an idea, but the entrance to the ruins was right where the two were fighting.

To get there, one had to cross over this Red Flame Python.

But just as she was about to move, Su Ling's roar came.

"Are you trying to get yourself killed? Get back immediately."

The next second, Zhu Zhuxin saw Su Ling's spirit ring clearly, and she couldn't help but rub her eyes, thinking she had seen it wrong.

Yellow, Yellow, Purple, Black, Black—is there such a spirit ring combination?

Was Brother Su already a Spirit King?

Looking over again, Su Ling's Spirit Ability was released, and it seemed to have already suppressed this Red Flame Python.

"So, so powerful! No wonder Zhuqing could fall for you."

Zhu Zhuxin was obedient now, hiding quietly in the back.

At this moment, a pair of wings were released behind Su Ling, and he flew in the air, constantly dodging the Red Flame Python's attacks.

While dodging, Su Ling's arrows never stopped.

Only the sound of swishing arrows could be heard in the canyon. At first, Su Ling's few arrows couldn't pierce the armor, until he used the rotating arrows.

The current rotation speed was more than twice as fast as it was during his Spirit Ancestor period.

Plus, with the cooperation of Su Ling's current Soul Power, it had extremely strong destructive power.

One arrow after another shot into the Red Flame Python's body, and blood flowed everywhere, filling the entire canyon with a bloody scent.

The Red Flame Python might have been afraid, so it turned around and ran towards the location of the ruins, wanting to escape inside.

And how could Su Ling let it escape? He put away the Spirit in his hand, and Su Ling flashed to the tail of the Red Flame Python.

He pulled up its tail with both hands, and actually forcibly stopped the Red Flame Python.

The Red Flame Python roared, but it was held by Su Ling and couldn't move forward at all.

At this moment, the Golden Dragon Armor on Su Ling's body was released, once again increasing his strength and defense.

Scorching flames suddenly erupted from the Red Flame Python's body, but these flames had little effect on Su Ling; the Golden Dragon Armor alone could completely defend against them.

The Red Flame Python seemed to want to twist its body to turn back and bite Su Ling.

"Get up!" Su Ling shouted, exerting his full strength to throw the Red Flame Python away.

Then Su Ling took out the hundred-forged steel knife given by the System, leaped up, and faced its seven inches directly.

With a forceful slash, the Red Flame Python's body was instantly cut into two and fell down.

"Brother Su, is this really a Spirit King?"

"Even some Spirit Saint wouldn't be as good," Zhu Zhuxin said with a surprised face.

[Ding... Zhu Zhuxin's favorability +5, obtained white treasure chest * 3, yellow treasure chest * 1]