"By the way, Xiao Wu, what's the year of your eighth spirit ring?"
To keep Xiao Wu from digging into that issue, Chu Chengzhou deployed the great art of changing the subject.
As expected, changing the subject worked very well, at least when the target was Xiao Wu.
As soon as he spoke, pride flashed across Xiao Wu's face. A pink glow of spirit power flared as the Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul possessed her. Yellow, yellow, purple, black, black, black, black, red: eight spirit rings bloomed.
Her eighth spirit ring was not just a hundred-thousand-year ring. Within the bright red ring were two golden lines.
Seeing that bright red ring with two golden lines, Chu Chengzhou raised an eyebrow.
Looks like his earlier guess was right. The upper limit of a god-bestowed spirit ring is not just a hundred thousand years. It should be a million years or nine hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine years.
"Brother~, a bit over two hundred thousand years for my eighth spirit ring. How about it? Impressive, right?"
Head held high, Xiao Wu asked proudly.
"Mm. My Xiao Wu is the best. Even I don't have a ring that high."
Chu Chengzhou nodded in full agreement.
"Not bad, not bad. Xiao Chu, you're right. Sister Xiao Wu is the best. You should know, your Sister Xiao Wu is level 87 Soul Douluo now. So what about you, Xiao Chu?"
Perhaps because her spirit power rank had surged and she now had an extraordinary two-hundred-thousand-year eighth ring, Xiao Wu's confidence overflowed and she started getting cheeky again.
"Uh~, I think you'd better not ask."
Chu Chengzhou offered a kind reminder.
Seagod's Light counted as a cultivation cheat. The problem was that he was blatantly cheating, and not lightly.
"Don't ask? Xiao Chu~, don't tell me you've been slacking lately? No progress, so you're embarrassed to say it?"
Xiao Wu's delicate brows knit, then she spoke with playful interest.
Given Xiao Chu's show-off problem, if his spirit power rank had risen sharply, even if he didn't shout it to the skies, he definitely wouldn't hide it. The only explanation was that over the past half year a certain little scumbag had been lazy.
"Quite a bit has happened recently. I haven't spent much time cultivating spirit power, but my rank isn't low."
To avoid hitting his girl's confidence, Chu Chengzhou didn't say it straight.
He wasn't outright lying. In the half year since leaving Seagod Island, he really hadn't put much energy into spirit power cultivation.
The reason he rose in just half a year from a seven-ring Soul Saint to a rank 99 Peerless Douluo was all due to spirit bones, whale brain, and the Nine Breaths of Ingestion.
Unfortunately, he found that learning a transcendent-class ultimate technique wasn't easy. In three months, even though he didn't hold anything back, Qian Renxue and Tang Yuehua still couldn't learn the "man-eating" Nine Breaths of Ingestion. They had only gotten into the golden-grade Nine Breaths of Ingestion at the entry level.
"Really?"
Xiao Wu blinked skeptically.
But she didn't press. Back then her rank had already been higher than Chu Chengzhou's. In her view, even if he had worked hard, his current rank would definitely not match hers cultivated under Seagod's Light.
Then Xiao Wu glanced at the three younger sisters still cultivating on the steps of Seagod Mountain, and pulled Chu Chengzhou into the nearby wooden hut used for rest.
Half a year without tasting meat, Sister Xiao Wu was hungry too.
Of course, given that this was Seagod Island and they hadn't actually done it yet, Sister Xiao Wu didn't sneak a bite in reality, but went into an illusion.
Before long, night fell.
Just as Chu Chengzhou was enjoying himself in the illusion, he sensed footsteps outside the hut.
He sent out his spiritual power and saw his three girls coming down from Seagod Mountain.
He thought a moment, then split his mind and pulled the Big Kitty and Little Witch into separate illusions as well.
"Uh~, this is…"
In an illusion of birdsong and flowers, Ning Rongrong had just regained consciousness when she saw Chu Chengzhou and ran up for a hug.
Halfway there, Ning Rongrong stopped, turned with displeasure, and said, "You scumbag only came to see us after so long. I'm mad!"
Ning Rongrong: I'm mad. Come coax me.
Smiling, Chu Chengzhou stepped forward and hugged Ning Rongrong. He said softly, "Rongrong, I'm here, aren't I?"
After a few sweet words at their long-awaited reunion, Chu Chengzhou soothed Ning Rongrong. Kissing deeply, clothes fell away, and they began to make love.
In another illusion, Chu Chengzhou was already enjoying the Big Kittys broad embrace.
Outside, time rewound a little.
"Huh? What's with you two?"
Outside the hut, seeing Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing suddenly go dazed where they stood, Hu Liena was puzzled.
While Hu Liena was still confused, two arms reached from behind, wrapped around her waist, and pulled her into an embrace.
"Nana, I'm here~"
Hearing the familiar voice and feeling the familiar aura, Hu Liena trembled, then turned and kissed the lover she had missed.
After a long while, their lips parted. Head lowered, Hu Liena murmured, "I'm hungry~"
Chu Chengzhou: "."
Fine. A sister who has truly tasted meat has a hunger no maiden can match.
Fortunately his physique was good and he recovered fast, or he'd be emptied out sooner or later.
Indeed, leveling on idle to gain a body-tempering ultimate technique was the wisest decision of his life.
After that, Chu Chengzhou picked up Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, whose consciousnesses were in illusions, one in each arm, and brought Hu Liena back into the hut.
Soon, a spirit power barrier isolating inside and out rose within the hut.
At the mountaintop Seagod Hall, sensing a spirit power barrier suddenly rise at the hut at the foot of the mountain, Bo Saixi's face darkened.
Outrageous. To dare do such filthy things in the sacred Seagod forbidden ground. Unforgivable.
She thought it, but Bo Saixi did not step in to stop it.
Young people~ After half a year apart, she could understand. Besides, as an old maiden, she wasn't suited to break it up.
"Pah~!"
She spat inwardly and cast out those messy thoughts.
"Huh?"
Suddenly, a soft sound came from Bo Saixi.
Judging by the level of that spirit power barrier alone, the young man was remarkable.
Bo Saixi had thought that after their trials, Xiao Wu and the rest would surely surpass Chu Chengzhou. Now it seemed she had taken it for granted.
Also, being able to make Lord Seagod's successor and the other three girlfriends who received top-tier trials coexist peacefully already showed the young man's uncommon ability.
"Scumbag!"
Cursing inwardly, Bo Saixi withdrew her gaze. The majestic Seagod Hall fell silent again.