His consciousness had been fragmented for a full day and night.
The enormous consumption and extreme fatigue caused Shen Hanyu to fall directly into a deep sleep, and this sleep lasted a whole day.
Upon waking up, his body's condition had clearly improved a lot. Although there was still a trace of weariness, it was no longer a hindrance. He just needed to rest for a while longer.
The gurgling of his stomach broke the tranquility in the room. Shen Hanyu touched his flat belly and let out a helpless sigh. He went downstairs and ordered a meal for three from the hotel.
After the waiter laid out all the food covering the entire table, Shen Hanyu quickly shooed him out and then began devouring the food like a starving ghost reincarnated.
After sweeping through like a whirlwind, Shen Hanyu touched his half-full stomach in a daze, then helplessly ordered a meal for two more under the waiter's twitching expression.
Only after finishing all this did Shen Hanyu feel better; at least his body had strength now.
But this was understandable. As a battle soul master, he needed a tremendous amount of energy every day, so his appetite was naturally large. This was routine; there was nothing strange about it.
After dealing with that, Shen Hanyu stripped off the clothes he hadn't changed for half a month and quickly put on another white robe.
The dirty clothes were directly thrown into the trash bin. With these conditions, asking him to wash clothes himself was practically like taking his life.
If you have money, you should enjoy it. Everything else is nonsense.
After all, who knows when you might run out of money and no longer be able to enjoy it...
As the saying goes, the poor play with cars, the rich play with watches, and when I have no money, I play with tricks.
This saying is very true; almost ninety percent of people can't escape this law.
Glancing at the weather outside, the wind and snow were heavy, not suitable for going out. Shen Hanyu finally looked at the vast white world outside, then directly drew the curtains.
Sitting back on the bed, Shen Hanyu took out a left arm bone emitting an icy aura from his soul guidance device.
This left arm bone was extremely intact, radiating a majestic soul power aura. It came from a top-tier soul beast like the Mysterious Sea Glass Beast. Even though this soul bone was only just over ten thousand years old, it was still a rare and excellent soul bone.
After pondering for a while, Shen Hanyu still pressed this soul bone onto his left arm and began the absorption process.
Although the age of this soul bone was indeed a bit low, it made up for it in quality and grade. Moreover, it came from the same soul beast as his fourth soul ring, making it undoubtedly extremely suitable for him.
If this soul bone had been a right arm bone, Shen Hanyu probably wouldn't have absorbed it, because his right hand was his dominant hand for holding the spear. Fusing soul bones must be done cautiously. If there's a better choice, don't wrong yourself after all, this concerns future combat power.
If possible, he hoped his right arm bone and trunk bone could both be hundred-thousand-year soul bones. That way, his strength would be greatly amplified, and the power of using his spear would reach another level.
Of course, ideals are beautiful, but reality is cruel. At least with his current strength, exhausting a Mysterious Sea Glass Beast just over ten thousand years old was already somewhat strenuous, let alone a hundred-thousand-year soul beast. One claw from it could probably send him back to restart this round.
Because it was from the same source, the absorption process of this soul bone was very smooth and comfortable. It took about three hours for Shen Hanyu to fully absorb this soul bone, and his soul power directly reached level forty-four.
The soul ring he absorbed earlier had directly brought his cultivation to level forty-two, and this soul bone elevated him by two more levels. Such a promotion speed couldn't be described as anything but fast.
A four-ring Soul Ancestor who was less than a month away from turning twelve, with a top-tier weapon martial soul no less, and a soul ring configuration of yellow, purple, purple, black. This top-tier setup was unique under the heavens, with no other like it.
Shen Hanyu even had a feeling that within this month, he would level up once more to reach level forty-five. That way, by the time he was about fourteen, he estimated he would advance to Soul King.
Cultivation isn't a simple matter; there are many influencing factors. Childhood and youth are the golden ages for cultivating soul power. Wasting time in so-called soul master academies on those dispensable theories and common knowledge, Shen Hanyu felt it was somewhat meaningless.
Book knowledge ultimately can't compare to personal practice. A group of them discussing in a classroom or sparring on the playground for a year couldn't match one month of his tempering outside. This was a fact.
For example, a certain grandmaster who researched theories his whole life ended up as a useless soul master anyway.
There are no useless martial souls, only useless soul masters. This saying is correct, but it depends on the person. Someone like that grandmaster is clearly not included.
Shen Hanyu was too lazy to order food, so he simply finished off the remaining soul beast jerky. Then he took out the Cold Heaven Spear, placed it horizontally on his crossed legs, and began his nighttime meditation cultivation.
Once a soul master's cultivation reaches a certain level, they can use meditation to replace sleep. Although fatigue would still appear, very few were willing to waste precious cultivation time.
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The next morning.
Shen Hanyu got up early, ate a hot soul beast meat with three steamed buns for breakfast in the hotel's restaurant, paid the accommodation fees for these few days, and then headed straight to the south of the city, where Tianbing City's carriage station was located.
Almost all the city's carriage drivers would gather there to solicit or wait for passengers. He had already stayed in Tianbing City for over three months and naturally had to leave. Over these past few years, he had visited all the cities on the periphery of the Far North. Now, with his money almost spent, he prepared to return home for a trip to see his parents and that cute little sister who had probably awakened her martial soul by now.
Although he hadn't had family affection in his previous life, he did in this one, and it was complete.
This made him cherish this family bond very much. From then on, when he was out, he had a tether called home pulling at him, allowing him to calmly analyze and judge when doing certain things.
Shen Hanyu's father was named Shen Junhe, with the martial soul Cold Ice Crocodile, a soul beast widely distributed in the various lakes and rivers of the Far North, with outstanding attack and defense power. This allowed him to break through to the Soul Emperor level at just over forty years old.
As for Shen Hanyu's mother, named Qin Yi, her martial soul was an ordinary long spear, only slightly carrying a trace of water attribute. It couldn't even be considered a high-level martial soul at most, just an ordinary one. Now in her thirties, her cultivation probably barely touched the Soul Venerable threshold.
At least, why they gave birth to Shen Hanyu, this genius, and Shen Liuyu, this future genius, the reason was unknown. Perhaps it was all fated. Sometimes fate is just so delightful, arranging all good things together, but sometimes it's not all good.
In short, fate is hard to fathom. Sometimes you think you've jumped out of fate's grasp, but isn't that just another form of fate...