72: Fellow Daoist, please enter my Ghostly Rain.

"Wasn't the teacher a Spirit King?"

Zhang Jingyang looked at Teacher Shi Nian in confusion.

Shi Nian didn't speak, only quietly watching the backs of Su Wen and the others as they left.

As a Mental Energy Spirit Master, he knew clearly that the woman was definitely not a Spirit King.

But a Spirit Elder with one yellow, one purple, and one black ring.

His heart could not calm down for a long time.

This kind of spirit ring configuration was too terrifying.

What was even more bizarre was that the woman seemed to be attached to that youth.

Their auras were interconnected.

"Jingyang, you go back to the academy first. Teacher has some private matters to attend to."

... "Yan Yan, your spirit rings..."

The Dugu Family.

Ye Lingling looked at the configuration of one yellow and two purple spirit rings on Dugu Yan, her small hand covering her lips in surprise.

"Hehe, impressive, right? I'm already Level 35 now!"

Dugu Yan retracted her spirit rings, her eyes filled with pride. On the way here, she had achieved another Breakthrough.

According to Bibi Dong, this cultivation speed would last until Level 38, as the power of the Spirit Bone remaining in her Meridians began to take effect.

"Th-Thirty-five!"

Ye Lingling's small mouth hung open in surprise; even through her veil, one could see it had almost formed an 'O' shape.

She remembered that over half a year ago, Yan Yan's Soul Power was only Level 18.

After a trip to Spirit Hall, she had risen seventeen levels!

Even taking drugs wouldn't be this intense!

Seeing her friend's reaction, Dugu Yan felt a surge of satisfaction.

Seeing the time was ripe, she spoke to Ye Lingling in an extremely tempting voice: "Lingling, do you want to join Spirit Hall too? Then you could also have a thousand year second ring..."

"A thousand year second ring is very different from a hundred-year spirit ring. Besides the difference in Spirit Abilities, it also expanded my Meridians. I can feel that my Meridians have expanded quite a bit, opening up a lot of potential for the future."

Dugu Yan knew Su Wen's goal, so she straightforwardly threw out the greatest temptation.

"C-Can I also have a thousand year second ring?"

Ye Lingling hadn't even recovered from her shock when she heard this. Her head felt dizzy, and she was equally excited.

As a Spirit Master, everyone wants to become stronger, let alone possessing special spirit rings.

"Of course. As your sister, would I lie to you?"

Dugu Yan patted her already developing chest and guaranteed.

Ye Lingling swallowed hard.

She was tempted.

However...

She turned her gaze toward Su Wen.

As the Supreme Pontiff's Disciple, the final word lay with him.

"Yan Yan's words are my words!"

Su Wen could tell from Ye Lingling's expression that she was already moved.

He seemed to have slightly underestimated the temptation of a thousand year second ring.

The people of Spirit Hall were all very calm, not because they weren't tempted, but because they didn't dare to be.

"Mhm!" Seeing Su Wen say this, Ye Lingling pursed her lips. "I need to go back and tell my mother. She doesn't want our Ye Family to get involved in the competition between major Schools, but I also want to Cultivate to become a Titled Douluo. I want to use the advantages of a Titled Douluo to find a way to fix the flaws of the Nine Heart Begonia."

Dugu Yan looked at Su Wen, and seeing him nod, she stepped forward and held Ye Lingling's hands: "Lingling, actually, we came here this time specifically to help you..."

As Dugu Yan spoke, under Ye Lingling's puzzled gaze, she leaned into her ear and told her about the Immortal Plant, including the flaws in the Dugu Family's Spirit.

"This, this..."

Ye Lingling's eyes widened. Yan Yan's Family Spirit actually had flaws too.

No wonder her body was emerald green, and even her fingernails were pale green.

"Can the flaws of my Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul be solved too?"

Ye Lingling trembled all over and looked at Su Wen nervously.

The flaws of the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul could be said to have tortured generation after generation of the Ye Family.

Every generation of the Ye Family, when Awakening their Spirit, almost stepped over the bodies of their own relatives to obtain their own Spirit.

Ye Lingling was no exception.

"I can't say for certain, but there is a chance. Even if it doesn't work, I can guarantee you'll become a Titled Douluo. Furthermore, I can ensure that every one of your spirit rings is absorbed beyond its age limit."

Su Wen didn't give the most definite answer. After all, if the Immortal Plant couldn't solve it, only the descent of a god would suffice.

After Ye Lingling left, Dugu Yan looked excited. Ye Lingling had agreed to go back and persuade her mother first.

The next morning, Bai Yinger prepared the carriage early.

Su Wen and Dugu Yan prepared to personally meet the current head of the Ye Family, Ye Qingxian.

The carriage swayed as it moved along the street. Dugu Yan looked out the window, her mood not very good.

Dugu Bo still hadn't returned.

"Su Wen, the streets are so quiet today. There's not a single person."

"Hm?"

"How did we end up outside the city?"

Dugu Yan noticed the carriage had left the city, and her willow-like brows arched slightly.

"Sister Eagle, what's going on?"

Su Wen also sensed something was wrong.

He pulled back the carriage curtain. Bai Yinger's expression was somewhat stiff, her eyes slightly dull as she drove the carriage.

"Sister Eagle?"

Su Wen grabbed her shoulders and shook her gently a few times.

"Hehe, she won't wake up. She has already fallen into the dreamscape I wove."

"From the moment you came out, you all fell into my World."

A faint chill quietly surged from all directions.

A man appeared ahead, a cruel smile on his lips and a cold light flickering in his hawk-like eyes.

"Kid, where is that woman? Hand her over!"

"Who are you?"

Su Wen raised an eyebrow slightly, realizing that the current situation was the other party's doing.

He thought of someone: Shi Nian from Canghui Academy.

Spirit: Residual Dream.

Especially skilled in illusion techniques.

"Yeah, who are you? Don't you know we're from Spirit Hall?"

"My grandfather is Dugu Bo!"

Dugu Yan looked at the other party indignantly.

"Don't make me ask a second time. Hand over that woman, and I might let you go."

A hint of wariness flashed in Shi Nian's eyes, but it was mostly greed.

Letting them go was a lie.

Both were from Spirit Hall and had a Titled Douluo behind them. If he let them go, he would surely be hunted down.

He hadn't wanted to provoke them, but the other party's spirit ring configuration was too enticing.

The bold feast while the timid starve.

If he mastered that exaggerated spirit ring configuration, his descendants might have a chance to become Titled Douluo.

"Hehe, so you're here for the method of absorbing spirit rings beyond their age limit."

"Shi Nian, do you know the consequences of doing this?"

Su Wen narrowed his eyes; he could already sense that Bai Yinger was faking it.

Shi Nian was likely not yet a Spirit Saint, while Bai Yinger was a Level 68 Battle Soul Master. Even if she truly fell into an illusion, she could break free; it was just a matter of time.

"You know me?"

Shi Nian panicked slightly.

This kid actually knew him.

But he sensed no other auras around.

He breathed a heavy sigh of relief again.

So what if he knew him?

As long as he killed him, no one would know about today's events.

"More than just knowing you, I can also tell you that you will pay the price for today's actions."

"Third Soul Skill!"

"Soul Returning Rain!"

"Shi Nian, enter my Ghastly Rain and let's talk!"

Under Shi Nian's confused, angry, and shocked gaze, a configuration of three spirit rings—one yellow, one purple, and one black—that surpassed ordinary limits rose from beneath Su Wen's feet.