thefictionvixens Chapter 24 of the First Person
Chapter 24 of the First Person
Reaching out, Zhenhua took the titanium crystal and handed it to Qian Gu Chenran. Qian Gu Chenran took the metallic life form and began to play with it.
Titanium Crystal struggled free in dissatisfaction, and Zhenhua put it into his soul tool, then looked at the eager Qian Gu Chenran and said, "Want to try?"
"Ok!"
"Excellent! You truly are worthy of being my disciple, Zhenhua!"
Zhenhua wasn't afraid of Qian Gu Chenran failing or wasting the titanium crystal; he was only afraid that Qian Gu Chenran wouldn't dare to try. At Qian Gu Chenran's age, he had plenty of time to learn through trial and error. Zhenhua, as his master, only needed to provide assistance during this process.
Qian Gu Chen Ran took out the Xuan Yang Hammer, and the Tai Xu Flame continuously burned the titanium crystal. When the time was up, Qian Gu Chen Ran concentrated his attention and began to strike the titanium crystal with both hammers.
Zhenhua stared in shock at this scene. He had only demonstrated it to Qiangu Chenran this once. Even if he had been forging it since birth... it would still be terrifying!
As the hammer blows fell repeatedly, the chaotic gold threads inside the titanium crystal began to shift their positions throughout the process.
He opened his Eyes of the Void, watching the fleeting brilliance of the titanium crystal watch, then put down his hammers and closed his eyes to ponder!
Zhenhua, standing nearby, couldn't help but feel delighted when he saw that flash of inspiration. Six years old! Six years old!
If Qian Gu Chen Ran hadn't been there, he would have put down his bundle and laughed heartily. As the continent's foremost master craftsman, he was also aware of the concept of luck.
This is destiny! Destiny is on him!
Qian Gu Chenran looked at the titanium crystal he had forged and frowned. He realized he hadn't forged it enough times. Otherwise, this titanium crystal could have been even better!
Seeing Qian Gu Chenran frowning, Zhenhua stepped forward and put his arm around his shoulder. "Chenran, are you still not satisfied? When I was your age, I was still swinging a hammer! And you're still not satisfied!"
He led Qian Gu Chen Ran towards his private little kitchen. "Chen Ran, let's have a good nourishing meal!"
The master and apprentice looked at the table full of delicious food prepared by Mu Ye and their appetites were whetted. Qian Gu Chen Ran also put the titanium crystal out of his mind and decided to eat first.
Knowing only half of what was going on, Aruheng looked at Qiangu Chenran curiously, "Junior brother, what kind of soul skill did that soul bone give you!"
The others present also looked at Qian Gu Chen Ran with curiosity, wondering what kind of soul skill would be presented by combining the soul bone of the Mirror Beast with Qian Gu Chen Ran's Tai Xu Body!
Qian Gu Chen Ran chuckled. "Senior brother, have all your spirit rings reached their optimal age for advancement?"
Aruheng shook his head. "No!"
"Then I'll take you to the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform tomorrow to practice, and you'll see!"
Chapter 47 The Outer Body of the Great Void and the Mirror of the Great Void
The next day
Heavenly Dou City Spirit Tower
Today, Aruheng finally witnessed the strength of his junior brother. As soon as the three of them arrived at the Spirit Transmission Tower in Tiandou City, the tower master Xu Xiulong personally received them.
In a room specially prepared for the three of them, they entered the intermediate spirit transmission tower.
Upon entering the intermediate spirit ascension platform, Qian Gu Chen Ran immediately summoned his top henchman, the golden-haired lion mastiff.
Aruheng's breath caught in his throat as he looked at the golden-haired lion-dog that had suddenly appeared beside him. This spirit, though only a thousand years old, was incredibly strong, ridiculously strong. Even he himself would only have a 30/70 chance against it.
"Junior brother, what kind of spirit do you have?!"
"A golden-haired lion mastiff!"
"what is that?"
Looking into Aruheng's pure eyes, Qiangu Chenran smiled and said, "Senior brother, when you're ready to absorb your next soul spirit, come find me! I'll get you a top-grade soul spirit!"
Aruheng looked at Qiangu Chenran with gratitude. This junior brother is really something! "So, junior brother, we can just sit on your golden-haired lion-dog back!"
Qian Gu Chenran nodded. "With the Tibetan Mastiff's strength, few soul beasts can rival it at the level of the intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform. Besides, our main goal today is to test my soul skills. We can come and go as we please at the Spirit Ascension Platform from now on!"
Na'er and Aruheng exchanged a glance. "The boss is so generous!"
As the three humans and one beast walked, they encountered a group of fiery demonic lions. Seeing the lions drinking water, Qian Gu Chenran recalled his golden-haired lion mastiff to prevent its aura from scaring away the pride.
The Void Body Martial Soul possessed him, and two blue beams of light flew out from his body! The Flame Demon Lion on guard duty was about to roar and warn his clansmen that an enemy was attacking.
The two blue lights transformed into the form of Eternal Dust. The left clone made a grasping motion with its left hand, and silver energy fluctuations instantly enveloped the flaming lion pack. The right clone aimed its palm at the lion pack, and under the lock of mental power, the Evil Eye Annihilated them one by one, exploding their heads.
Looking at the flame lion pack that was instantly killed, Aruheng looked at Qian Guchenran with a blank expression. Na'er blinked her big purple eyes again and again, "Boss, you opened it."
Qian Gu Chen Ran gave Na'er a flick on the forehead. "This is one of the two soul skills that the Mirror Beast's outer soul bone gave me: the Void Outer Body. It projects a clone with 70% of my strength and all my soul skills using soul power."
what?
Na'er looked at Qian Gu Chenran in shock, "You know your soul skills, Time's Impermanence, Evil Eye Annihilation, Undying Battle Body, and Unyielding Battle Qi!"
Qian Gu Chenran nodded. "Of course!"
"Dirty! So filthy!"
Looking at Aruheng, who was staring wide-eyed and seemed to know nothing, Na'er introduced him to the four disgusting soul skills, Eternal Dust.
Absolute control, absolute true damage, absolute immunity to control, absolute immunity to damage.
In the end, Aruheng looked at Qian Guchenran with a look of disbelief, "Junior brother, those four soul skills of yours are so cunning!"
Qian Gu Chen Ran glared angrily at the two of them, "What do you know? This is all thanks to my hard work and sweat!"
Na'er and Aruheng: Hehe!
After their playful banter, the three continued their exploration. Halfway there, a series of dark green spikes shot towards them from behind.
Qian Gu Chen Ran raised his fist, sending all the spikes flying to either side of the three. Looking at the dark green boar with its two large tusks, Na'er disdainfully hid behind Qian Gu Chen Ran. "Tsk! This boar is so ugly! Boss, kill it!"
Qian Gu Chen Ran and A Ru Heng exchanged a glance, and two purple soul rings with exquisite patterns appeared behind Qian Gu Chen Ran!
"Come on! Junior brother, let him see our Body Sect's thrilling combination skill!" Although Qian Gu Chen Ran's soul skill is sinister, that's only true for the enemy. After getting used to the several waves of soul beasts they just encountered, Aruheng has already fallen in love with Qian Gu Chen Ran's Timeless Difficulty skill!
He only needed to use his amplification soul skill to charge up from the side. Under the shroud of the Timeless Impermanence, the opposing soul beast was almost motionless. He only needed to raise his fist and charge forward to finish it off.
The Poisonous Porcupine, seeing Aruheng charging towards it with a grinning face, wanted to turn and run. But under the shadow of the Timeless Impermanence, it could only watch helplessly as it was smashed to pieces by those iron fists!
Having absorbed the spiritual power of the Poisonous Porcupine, Qian Gu Chenran opened his Void Eyes. Led by him, the group headed towards the gathering place of soul beasts he had sensed!
Outside the Ascension Platform, watching Qian Gu Chen Ran's near-perfect performance, Xu Xiu Long became even more determined to emulate the Qian Gu Clan.
He was too eager to advance, and even though he had become the tower master of the Spirit Transmission Tower in Tiandou City, it didn't stop him from currying favor with powerful figures!
The Spirit Pagoda is now under the control of the Qian Gu Clan, and the Leng family has consistently supported their actions over the years! Other families, such as the Zhang family, also follow the Qian Gu Clan's lead!
Qian Gu Chenran has been staying at the Blacksmith Association since arriving in Tian Dou City, and Zhen Hua even bought him the external soul bone of a Mirror Beast! What does this mean? A future master blacksmith! These days, you can't afford to offend a blacksmith!
"Roar!"
A thousand-year-old Ice and Fire Demon Tiger angrily spewed a fireball at Qian Gu Chen Ran. Qian Gu Chen Ran stretched out one hand and activated the second soul skill of the Mirror Beast's external soul bone, the Mirror of the Void!
The red ball suddenly disappeared when it was a meter away from Qian Guchenran. Before the Ice and Fire Demon Tiger could flap its wings and fly into the sky to attack again, a fireball several times larger appeared solidly behind it!
Roar! The Icefire Demon Tiger let out a shrill scream. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Qian Gu Chen Ran directly entered the Void Flame and enveloped his entire body, instantly teleporting to the side of the Icefire Demon Tiger.
Tai Xu's outer body activated two clones, which transformed into two beams of blue light that wrapped around his left hand. Time is hard to pass, Evil Eye Annihilation x3.
Boom! Under the annihilation of the triple evil eye, the Ice and Fire Demon Tiger was instantly reduced to ashes! Seeing Qian Gu Chen Ran's smooth and fluid combo, Na'er couldn't help but shrink back!
Luckily, I'm on the boss's side! With this barrage of attacks, who would dare to resist!
After absorbing several more waves of spiritual energy, Na'er felt her stomach start to rumble, so she pulled Qian Gu Chenran back to the Blacksmith Association!
While enjoying the elaborate meal prepared by Mu Ye, Qian Gu Chen Ran suddenly looked curiously at Zhen Hua and Mu Ye, who were also eating, and asked, "Master, do you know about the Silver Moon Douluo?"
"Silver Moon Douluo? Cai Yue'er?" Mu Ye frowned when he heard this title. Why did his precious disciple mention such an unlucky thing!
Upon hearing Cai Yue'er's name, Qian Gu Chen Ran also looked disgusted. "Who said that idiot? I'm talking about Kong Deming, the Silver Moon Douluo from ten thousand years ago!"
"That one! Chen Ran, why did you mention him!" Zhen Hua looked at Qian Gu Chen Ran curiously, after all, this was a figure from ten thousand years ago!
Qian Gu Chenran put down his chopsticks and said, "In the records of our Qian Gu clan, I saw that the Silver Moon Douluo defeated Xuan Zi, the then Sea God Pavilion Master of Shrek Academy, with his level 10 soul tool. I am very interested in that kind of soul tool!"
Upon hearing about soul tools, Mu Ye became excited. "I did research this back in the day. If you're really interested in this, you can visit the Kong family sometime. They should be very welcoming!"
Na'er looked at Mu Ye in disbelief. "Uncle Ye, they weren't also harmed by Shrek Academy, were they?"
Chapter 48 The Kong Family and Four Years Later
"A menace? Ha, they'd love to tear Cai Yue'er to pieces and feed her to the pigs!"
Mu Ye sneered, "Back then, Cai Yue'er's first stop on her journey across the continent was the Kong family in Diming Capital. Relying on her Shrek academy background, she went to the Kong family and challenged Kong Mingyu, the Kong family's number one genius at the time, right in front of them! Under the name of Silver Moon Douluo!"
Speaking of Kong Mingyu, your master met him before! That man's talent in both cultivation and soul tools is no less than your master's; he was a peerless genius at the time!
He should have easily won his battle against Cai Yue'er, but the Shrek Seven Devils shamelessly bullied him, using their superior strength to intimidate him. The Kong family could only swallow their anger and suffer in silence!
"My disciple, remember this: if you ever encounter anyone from Shrek Academy, especially that Cai Yue'er, just go to your elders! Trying to reason with them is like casting pearls before swine!"
Zhenhua nodded in agreement. "In terms of forging, try not to let them forge! Those people are used to being bandits; they'd be doing this for nothing!"
Qian Gu Chen Ran's face twisted in disbelief. How abstract had Shrek become? Not a single one of the many forces was giving him a friendly look.
"Master, what does this have to do with the soul tool I mentioned?"
Mu Ye raised an eyebrow. "After that incident, Kong Mingyu went into seclusion somewhere, but before he left, his master had a conversation with him about soul tools."
According to him, for some reason, their ancestor, the Silver Moon Douluo, did not leave behind the method for making that special soul tool!
Qian Gu Chenran nodded. "I understand! I heard that the emperor back then was a bastard!"
Mu Ye smiled. "Yes, just as you said, disciple. Kong Deming didn't pass on the method to his descendants for their sake! But he left behind a sentence before he died!"
Na'er, who had been happily eating and drinking nearby, also looked up. Listening to the story while eating made the food taste at least half as good. "Uncle Ye, stop keeping us in suspense. What message did he leave behind?"
"Martial Soul! The key lies within the Martial Soul!"
Zhenhua then took over the conversation, "We discussed it later! As you know, battle armor is essentially for wearing with a martial soul! So we believe that the soul tool may have been integrated into its own martial soul!"
Hmm! That's not quite right! It might be like battle armor, capable of resonating with the spirit and thus amplifying the spirit master's power..."
Watching Qian Gu Chen Ran talking so intently with Zhen Hua and Mu Ye, Cao Mi Chong Na Er, whose head was spinning from listening, chose to bury her head in her rice!
I don't understand! I really don't understand!
Back in the room Zhenhua had arranged for him, Qian Gu Chenran stared at the ceiling, planning his schedule for the next few years.
With the main body's secret technique secured, the soul tool showing some promise, and his uncle no longer causing trouble, all that remains are the Abyss Plane, the Golden Ancient Tree, and the Plane Spirit.
Tsk! Just thinking about the Golden Tree, Qian Gu Chenran rubbed his temples. Troublesome! Troublesome! We need to put some pressure on Shrek Academy! Hmm! The Sea Alliance Tournament from the original story would be perfect!
Upon realizing this, Qian Gu Chenran immediately got up and began to meditate, for now was the perfect time for cultivation!