Seeing Ye Lingling's puzzled look, Long Chen smiled, shook his head, and advised:
"Lingling, this is thousand-year-old whale glue. It needs to be softened with a fierce fire before consumption. Take one pill a week. After taking it, you will feel a burning sensation all over your body. Don't worry, just activate your soul power and practice to slowly suppress it. After taking a few pills, you will gradually get used to it."
"I see. This way of eating is also unique."
"Also, don't tell anyone this is whale glue. If anyone asks, just say it's a tonic I prepared especially for you."
"Okay, I understand."
Long Chen didn't want more people to know that whale glue had health-enhancing effects, so he kept this secret for the time being.
Ye Lingling suddenly thought of something.
"By the way, Brother Chen, do you know about the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition?"
"I know, what's wrong?"
"After you break through level 30, come to our academy and you'll have the opportunity to become a member of the academy team and represent the academy in the Soul Master Competition. As far as I know, there aren't many talented young students in our academy. Sister Yanyan is one of them, and another is Yu Tianheng, a direct descendant of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex family."
Long Chen smiled.
"It's still early, let's talk about it later. By the way, is Dugu Yan treating you well?"
"Very good. However, we will be separated soon. Her soul power is about to break through level 25, and then she will become a Tianzhi-level student."
"The separation is only temporary. You will practice together again in the future."
Long Chen knew that according to the development of the timeline, Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng would be teammates.
In addition, Yu Tianheng will become the captain of the Tiandou Royal Academy's main team, and Dugu Yan will become the vice-captain.
However, it is still early and there may be variables in the future.
If he could join the Royal Academy team, Long Chen would have the opportunity to interact more with Dugu Yan, and would also have the opportunity to enter the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire.
Long Chen and Ye Lingling went to find Ye Tianming together. After having dinner at the academy, the two left.
Not long after returning, Long Chen started the second phase of special training, fighting soul beasts in the soul beast forest.
Ye Tianming will find a suitable soul beast for Long Chen.
Start with soul beasts of a few decades old with relatively low cultivation, and slowly upgrade to soul beasts of a hundred years old to become Long Chen's opponent.
Compared with the previous physical training, this is the real devil training and is more challenging.
In the fierce battles with soul beasts, Long Chen was injured again and again, and was exhausted every time.
Fortunately, with Ye Susu, a powerful healer, no matter how serious the injury is, he can be safe.
Long Chen's strength also improved by leaps and bounds in this challenging experience.
Not only did his body become tougher, but his speed also became faster, and he mastered more advanced fighting skills.
During this period, Long Chen defeated many soul beasts, of all kinds.
Although he injured many soul beasts, he never took the life of a soul beast.
Apart from training, he spent the rest of his time practicing and studying in Guang'an Hall.
Today, his medical skills have made great progress, and he has mastered many combinations of herbs and simple alchemy techniques.
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That day, Long Chen opened his eyes from his training and was suddenly shocked.
"Finally broke through level 30!"
Long Chen told Ye Tianming and Ye Susu the news.
Both husband and wife were very happy.
Ye Tianming sighed:
"Xiaochen, you're not even eleven years old yet, and your soul power has already broken through level thirty. This growth rate is truly astonishing."
Ye Susu also sighed:
"Yes. At this rate, Xiaochen will definitely achieve the status of a Titled Douluo in the future."
Both of them were proud of Long Chen's progress.
Long Chen said:
"Uncle, aunt, this time, I want to hunt a defensive spirit beast to make my third spirit ring. What do you think?"
The two smiled at each other.
"Xiaochen, your aunt and I were discussing this a few days ago, and your thoughts coincide with ours. Your martial spirit does have some weaknesses in defense, but given the special abilities of your martial spirit and your first two unusual spirit skills, after absorbing the third spirit ring, perhaps you can summon a defensive beast through the sound of the magic harp."
"Yeah, that's what I thought."
Long Chen's first two soul skills summoned Taotie and Nine-tailed Fox respectively, both of which were ancient beasts.
His Dark Night Magic Harp martial soul seems to contain some kind of magical and ancient power.
This gave him an idea: if the soul beast he hunted had similarities with the ancient strange beast, he could summon the corresponding strange beast through the sound of the magic piano.
No matter what type of soul master, they all need to have certain defensive capabilities.
Long Chen thought that if the third soul skill could summon a defensive beast, it would not only greatly enhance his own defensive capabilities, but also make this soul skill look less weird.
The next day, Long Chen and Ye Tianming set out from Tiandou City and headed for the Xingdou Great Forest.
There are many kinds of soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, making it easier to find a suitable soul beast.
This time, they are looking for a turtle or other hard-shelled soul beast that has cultivated for more than a thousand years.
Of course, turtle-type soul beasts with stronger defense are the first choice.
Turtle-like soul beasts love water and usually appear in places with water such as lakes, rivers, and swamps.
Ye Tianming and Long Chen walked slowly along the winding river.
The sunlight shines through the dense treetops, dappling onto the gurgling water, sparkling with golden light.
The two men remained highly alert, scanning their surroundings with sharp eyes.
Ye Tianming suddenly stopped.
He felt a strange fluctuation of soul power coming from not far away.
Long Chen and Ye Tianming looked at each other, slowed down their pace tacitly, and approached quietly.
On a wide river beach ahead, next to a huge bluestone, a huge creature was leisurely enjoying the afternoon sunshine.
It was a huge green turtle beast, with a thick back shell of deep dark green color, and the shell surface was covered with complex and mysterious patterns, as if it had accumulated thousands of years of vicissitudes.
The green turtle beast had strong and sturdy limbs, a huge head, eyes slightly closed, and the corners of its mouth occasionally twitched, as if it was chewing something in a dream.
It is precisely because of its indestructible tortoise shell defense that it dares to lie on the river bank and enjoy the sunbath without restraint.
Long Chen said softly:
"Uncle Ye, it seems that the cultivation of that green turtle beast is more than a thousand years old."
"Yeah. Its cultivation level is around three thousand years."
"Then use it as my third spirit ring."
Long Chen's tone was firm and full of confidence.
Theoretically, the maximum number of years a soul master can endure absorbing the third soul ring is 1,760 years.
However, Long Chen's martial soul is of good quality.
Moreover, he had consumed thousand-year-old whale glue, and the toughness of his body was beyond the reach of ordinary soul masters.
He believed that he could withstand the impact of the energy of the three thousand year soul ring.