Chapter 285: Three Months, Ten Thousand Years
On a vast, empty plain, Ye Lingling stood quietly, her head raised toward the gloomy sky as if waiting for something.
A moment later, a tiny blue purple speck of light suddenly appeared beneath the dark clouds. The blue purple light gradually grew larger, eventually taking the shape of a dragon man with ferocious dragon wings spread wide behind him. The figure flapped his wings and rapidly descended, finally stopping in front of Ye Lingling.
After landing, the blue purple dragon scales covering the dragon man's body quickly receded, and the dragon wings on his back withdrew into his body. Soon, he returned to his normal human form. It was none other than Yu Tianlin.
He was naked from the waist up, breathing heavily, and his face was somewhat pale. He looked extremely exhausted, clearly having drained both his Spirit Power and physical strength.
"It's like this again. You cultivate without knowing your limits." Ye Lingling quickly walked over, draped the black robe she had been holding over him, and scolded him, "You flew so high, yet you still don't know how to be careful. If your stamina and Spirit Power were to suddenly run out while you were up there, it would be very dangerous."
"Don't worry, I know my limits. Nothing will happen." Yu Tianlin put on the black robe and chuckled. "But Sister Lingling, why did you come so early today? You must have been waiting for a while. Didn't it delay your cultivation?"
"It didn't delay my cultivation, and coming a little earlier today doesn't matter." Ye Lingling pursed her cherry lips, then directly summoned her Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul. While restoring Yu Tianlin's condition, she said, "Because I made a breakthrough to level 50."
"Sister Lingling, you broke through to level 50?" Hearing her words, Yu Tianlin's eyes lit up. "That's right. Calculating the time, it has already been 3 months since we returned to the clan. It is indeed about time."
"Congratulations, Sister Lingling. Level 50 is a huge bottleneck. After breaking through, you can absorb a ten thousand year Spirit Ring. Once that happens, the recovery and healing abilities of your Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul will increase greatly."
"Tsk tsk, a 16 year old Spirit King. Just saying that out loud would scare a lot of people. You are already much stronger than Spirit Hall's Golden Generation."
Yu Tianlin praised her without restraint.
Yu Tianlin and his group had already been back at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan for 3 months. The clan was very pleased with the addition of so many outstanding young people, so it provided them all with excellent treatment and assigned them appropriate positions and duties.
However, Ye Lingling was the most special among them.
The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan did not lack people with strong combat ability. What it lacked more were Support type Spirit Masters like Ye Lingling, who possessed healing and recovery abilities. Furthermore, because of Ye Lingling's close relationship with Yu Tianlin, the clan did not assign her any specific responsibilities and instead simply allowed her to cultivate quietly and improve her Spirit Power.
With nothing else to distract her, Ye Lingling could devote herself wholeheartedly to cultivation. After consuming the Eight Petal Immortal Orchid, her cultivation speed had greatly increased. At the Spirit Ancestor level, she could raise her Spirit Power by 4 levels in a year, which meant roughly 1 level every 3 months. Ye Lingling had already been level 48 before the tournament began, reached level 49 during the Spirit Bone distribution after the tournament, and now, after another 3 months of cultivation in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, her breakthrough to level 50 was completely natural.
Facing Yu Tianlin's praise, Ye Lingling smiled and said, "My Spirit Power cultivation is nothing compared to yours, Tianlin. Your current Spirit Power is much higher than mine, and you also made a breakthrough a few days ago. You should not be far from level 60 now."
While Ye Lingling had broken through, Yu Tianlin naturally had not stood still either. Although the speed of his Spirit Power cultivation had slowed somewhat after reaching the Spirit King level, increasing by 1 level every 4 months was still possible. Yu Tianlin had made a breakthrough to level 56 a few days ago, which already placed him firmly in the middle stage of the Spirit King realm. Just as Ye Lingling said, he was not far from becoming a 6 ring Spirit Emperor.
Moreover, Yu Tianlin's greatest gain during this time was not his increase of 1 level in Spirit Power, but the increase in the age of his first Spirit Ring.
The external Spirit Bone above Yu Tianlin's head could absorb external lightning power and use it to raise the age of his first Spirit Ring.
During the 3 months since returning to the clan, Yu Tianlin had flown into the clouds every single day to devour heavenly lightning. Because of this persistence, his first Spirit Ring, which had originally been 10,000 years old, had been raised all the way to 20,000 years. Activating Thunderous Might now allowed him to condense 200 thunderballs at once, and its power had become terrifying.
Yu Tianlin was greatly encouraged by this result. As long as he continued like this every day, he could increase the age of his first Spirit Ring by 10,000 years every 3 months. By that calculation, if he were given another 2 years, he could raise his first Spirit Ring to the 100,000 year level and turn it into that most dazzling crimson red.
Of course, even if his first Spirit Ring reached 100,000 years, Thunderous Might would still only be able to condense 1,000 thunderballs at once. The ten thousand lightning strikes Yu Tianlin most looked forward to were still far away. He wondered when the name Thunderous Might would truly live up to itself.
After these thoughts flashed through his mind, Yu Tianlin immediately said to Ye Lingling, "Sister Lingling, since you have broken through to level 50, the next step is naturally to obtain a Spirit Ring."
"The quality of the Spirit Ring absorbed at level 50 is crucial for a Spirit Master's future development, so you absolutely must obtain a ten thousand year Spirit Ring. Do you already have any plans?"
"I've already selected a few tentative targets." Ye Lingling smiled. "In a couple of days, I'll go hunt Spirit Beasts with everyone."
Hearing that, Yu Tianlin raised an eyebrow.
Within the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, making a major breakthrough in realm did not mean that one could simply apply to the clan and have experts directly sent out to help hunt Spirit Beasts. Instead, one had to gather friends and acquaintances and go together. But how long had Ye Lingling been in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan? How many acquaintances could she possibly have? Most likely, it would only be her former teammates from Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
But among those teammates, even the Shi brothers, whose cultivation was the highest, were only 4 ring Spirit Ancestors. How could they possibly deal with a ten thousand year Spirit Beast?
Back when they were still being cultivated as a seeded team in Heaven Dou Royal Academy, they had the benefit of powerful teachers leading them whenever they broke through. But now that they had graduated, that privilege was naturally gone. This was the dilemma all graduating Spirit Masters faced. Obtaining Spirit Rings was difficult.
"It's too dangerous if it's only you few, and it will also be difficult to secure a Spirit Ring with excellent quality." Thinking of this, Yu Tianlin said, "How about this, I'll make the arrangements for you. Don't rush to refuse. It won't take much effort. As long as a Spirit Saint is present, hunting a ten thousand year Spirit Beast won't be a problem."
Yu Tianlin himself actually had the strength to deal with a ten thousand year Spirit Beast, but he could not personally leave and help Ye Lingling. After all, if he insisted on going, it would certainly alarm his grandfather Yu Yuanzhen, turning an originally simple matter into something troublesome.
So the best solution for Yu Tianlin was to find a few powerful and trustworthy acquaintances.
But who should he ask?
Yu Tianlin quickly began searching through his mind.
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