"A thousand-year-old soul ring, are you confident?"
Shi Yu's lack of a direct answer made Zhang Lexuan frown slightly, knowing that he definitely wouldn't let the matter go easily.
She didn't say much about it, but instead confirmed the matter of absorbing the spirit ring with Shi Yu.
"I have the physical support of a soul bone, so I'm quite confident," Shi Yu said. It wasn't exactly a secret that he had a soul bone in the outer courtyard.
At that time, many people saw that he had a soul bone, and many people talked about it. The news spread like wildfire, and it became almost common knowledge.
There was no need to hide it anymore, and he trusted Zhang Lexuan's character; she wouldn't covet his soul bone.
Hearing Shi Yu mention that he possessed a soul bone, Zhang Lexuan was slightly surprised. She didn't really like gossip and didn't know much about Shi Yu.
"In that case, why don't you try absorbing it?" Zhang Lexuan said.
"Okay," Shi Yu nodded, sat up, released his martial spirit, and began absorbing the spirit rings.
"I hope nothing bad happens," Jiang Nannan thought with some worry.
The absorption of the spirit ring began, and the energy poured into his body in a rather domineering manner, causing Shi Yu to experience a swelling sensation in his body once again.
The swelling was uncomfortable, but it didn't develop into a tearing sensation, which meant he could still withstand the energy of the thousand-year-old soul ring.
Zhang Lexuan kept glancing at Shi Yu and then keeping an eye on Xu Sanshi's situation.
Although I dislike Xu Sanshi's past actions, I can't let him get into trouble here.
Xu Sanshi was the first to finish absorbing the spirit ring. He successfully absorbed the spirit ring and broke through to become a level 41 Spirit Master.
After absorbing their fourth spirit ring, both Bei Bei and Jiang Nannan's spirit power reached level 41.
Unless one absorbs eight or nine thousand years, or even ten thousand years, it is very difficult to increase the soul power level of the fourth soul ring by two or more levels.
The higher a Soul Master's level, the more difficult it is to increase their Soul Power, and the level increase from absorbing Soul Rings will be relatively small.
The first soul ring can increase soul power by three or four levels by absorbing soul beasts that are four or five hundred years old, but the fourth soul ring can only increase it by one level by absorbing soul beasts that are four or five thousand years old.
After absorbing the spirit ring, Xu Sanshi couldn't hide his joy; he had gained an extremely powerful spirit skill.
"Beibei, I've obtained the Void Turtle's innate skill!" Xu Sanshi whispered to his good friend Beibei, sharing his joy.
Bei Bei was also surprised, not expecting Xu Sanshi's fourth soul skill to be so special.
They stayed here, as Zhang Lexuan had requested, not wanting Xu Sanshi to come and cause further complications.
Xu Sanshi was furious. He would never stoop to taking advantage of the other party's vulnerability while they were absorbing their spirit rings; they looked down on him.
Shi Yu's absorption of the spirit rings went relatively smoothly and was gradually coming to an end.
"I wonder if I'll time travel again this time." As the event neared its end, Shi Yu became increasingly nervous.
His inner suspicions were about to be confirmed; he was looking forward to the journey, but also somewhat afraid of it.
After all, time travel is full of variables. The last time it happened was in the Star Dou Great Forest, which was fraught with danger.
It's unclear whether it will appear in the Star Dou Great Forest or somewhere else this time.
He was somewhat worried that he might end up in some extremely dangerous place, and if he couldn't survive for seven days before returning to this timeline, things would be terrible.
A place of great danger does not necessarily refer to the Lake of Life in the Starry Sky Forest; it could be any other perilous location.
In Shi Yu's view, any place where an existence could easily annihilate him could be called a place of great misfortune.
The uncertainty of time travel made Shi Yu quite uneasy. For a moment, she didn't know whether she was more looking forward to time travel or not. She thought that being safe and sound was actually quite good.
A burst of energy erupted, and the moment the soul ring absorption was completed, the energy became too strong to control.
Shi Yu quickly brought it under control, and two spirit rings, one yellow and one purple, appeared one after the other, indicating that Shi Yu's absorption of the spirit rings was completely completed.
"That's great!" Jiang Nannan breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Shi Yu complete the absorption of the spirit ring, her face beaming with a beautiful smile.
Zhang Lexuan nodded slightly, showing her approval of Shi Yu. His martial soul was special, and he was able to absorb a thousand-year soul ring while still on his second soul ring, indicating a promising future.
Shi Yu slowly opened his eyes and saw Zhang Lexuan and Jiang Nannan in front of him.
"You didn't time travel?" Shi Yu was a little disappointed. It seemed that time travel was special and only happened once.
A smile appeared on his face. It was better that he hadn't time-traveled; there were fewer variables and dangers.
I was about to get up when I suddenly felt that I couldn't move.
Has time travel still occurred?
Jiang Nannan's smile froze, and Zhang Lexuan, whose expression was calm, also remained motionless.
Further afield, Xu Sanshi, still somewhat displeased that Shi Yu had successfully absorbed the spirit ring, still wore a displeased expression.
Bebe next to him also had a frozen expression, still in the act of drinking water, but the water bottle was tilted downwards and the water inside had stopped flowing.
In that instant, the entire Star Dou Great Forest and even the entire world came to a standstill.
Shi Yu was conscious, but his body was unable to move. The space around him distorted, forming a spatial passage, and he fell into it.
The dizzying sensation returned as Shi Yu spun and flew through the time tunnel, his gaze sweeping over many scenes.
He tried hard to see clearly, but there were too many images, and he was spinning around, making it difficult to capture a clear picture.
The rotation speed has slowed down, and there's light ahead. Are we approaching the exit?
Shi Yu's previous experience with time travel gave him some insight, and he prepared to fly to avoid falling to the ground, which would still be very painful.
He rushed out of the exit, face down, and was falling downwards.
It really was like that… Shi Yu was prepared, and quickly used his spatial abilities to fly, stopping soon after and slowly descending until he landed steadily.
Where is this alley...? Shi Yu looked around. There were cement walls two or three meters high, and the space was not large, barely enough for three people to walk side by side.
It's quite long, about ten meters or so. Occasionally, people walk by outside the alley, dressed rather lightly, seemingly in short sleeves and shorts.
Did they have short-sleeved shirts and shorts 10,000 years ago?
Shi Yu muttered to himself, "The short-sleeved shirts and shorts of the Douluo Continent era are quite modern, but most of the clothing is still characteristic of this world."
Let's head out of the alley. First, we should find someone to find out which city this was from ten thousand years ago, so we can make any further plans.
Having experienced time travel once, he became much calmer and made some plans.
Now that we've managed to travel back ten thousand years, wouldn't it be a waste not to take advantage of this rare opportunity to seize some chances?
Before she even left the alley, Yu suddenly froze. A car had just passed by on the street ahead.
"I'm not seeing things, am I?" Shi Yu even doubted his own eyes. What had he just seen? A car?
Where would cars have come from in the Douluo Continent ten thousand years ago?
He realized he might not have actually traveled to the Douluo Continent ten thousand years ago... and his heart began to race.
The modern-looking shorts, t-shirts, and cars—does this mean I've returned to my original world?
Shi Yu ran out of the alley with anticipation, her greatest wish being to return to the normal world.
As he walked out of the alley, he saw many modern things: roads, cars, tall buildings, and people dressed in modern clothes.
Looking further to both sides, you can see some large screen advertisements with videos playing; those are display screens.
"I...I'm really back in the modern world!" Shi Yu's eyes welled up with tears of excitement. This was what he had dreamed of—could he finally go home?
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