The Breaking Clan welcomed its most important decision in recent years.
Relocating the entire clan!
When Yang Fan announced this news, Clan Leader Yang Wudi and the two elders agreed almost without any hesitation.
Because the timing was ripe!
The family now had Dugu Bo, a renowned Title Douluo on the Douluo Continent.
They had the mysterious powerhouse Yao Lao, unknown to the Douluo Continent!
They had the support of the Tian Dou Huo family!
And they had Yang Wudi's strength rivaling a Title Douluo.
It could be said...
The Breaking Clan now belonged to the upper echelon families on the Douluo Continent.
When this news was made public, every Breaking Clan member's face showed uncontainable excitement.
They could finally leave this border city where they had lived for ten years.
They could bring the family's Coagulation Powder to the capital of the Tian Dou Empire!
Relocating the entire clan took time!
Yang Fan took advantage of this period to return to Tian Dou City first.
One was to pave the way for the entire family, and the other was for the matter of having an extra soul ring after reaching Soul Saint.
He decided to use the method Yao Lao mentioned: go find Huo Wu to learn Soul Ring Fusion!
This time!
Traveling with him was also Dugu Bo.
"Kid!"
"What do you think of my granddaughter?"
Dugu Bo suddenly asked.
"Your granddaughter..."
The image of Dugu Yan with green hair and jade-green eyes appeared in Yang Fan's mind.
"Not bad!"
Dugu Yan's nature wasn't bad.
Besides not calling him grandfather, there was almost nothing to criticize.
"Then how about becoming my grandson-in-law?"
Yang Fan suddenly stopped walking.
He was stunned!
"What did you say?"
Yang Fan obviously hadn't expected Dugu Bo to have the idea of giving his granddaughter to him.
"What?"
"Becoming my grandson-in-law, is that putting you at a disadvantage?"
Yang Fan's talent was high!
But Dugu Bo's dowry wasn't small either.
If Yang Fan could truly become his grandson-in-law, then the entire Ice Fire Yin Yang Well would belong to this kid from now on.
Now... there were still many immortal herbs inside!
"Don't you know Dugu Yan is currently passionately in love with Yu Tianheng?"
"How can that kid's talent compare to yours?"
Since getting to know Yang Fan, Dugu Bo had a completely new understanding of the word "genius."
Yu Tianheng's talent was indeed good, belonging to the top among peers.
But...
He wasn't one percent of Yang Fan!
"Big brother."
"I'm not a breeding pig!"
Yang Fan understood Dugu Bo's meaning.
He saw his talent!
Wanted him to breed with Dugu Yan, to finally give the old Dugu family a spark to continue the family line.
"This old man didn't say make you a breeding pig!"
Yang Fan whispered: "If it's just sleeping without marrying, that's not impossible either."
"You little bastard!"
Dugu Bo was anxious!
Chasing Yang Fan all the way toward Tian Dou City.
...
Tian Dou City.
Dugu Bo had his own private matters to attend to, and Yang Fan had his own tasks.
The two parted ways at the city gate...
Yang Fan hadn't been to this city for a year and a half.
A year and a half had passed, and the city was still as he remembered it.
The only change was that the approaching Continental Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament made this capital city even more lively.
"Yang Fan?"
An unfamiliar female voice stopped him.
Yang Fan turned to look... and couldn't help but be surprised.
"It really is you. We've met before."
They had indeed met once before, at the small town on the outskirts of the Great Star Dou Forest.
That was the time he almost crippled Tang San with one punch!
But Yang Fan was very strange about how Ning Rongrong knew him?
What made him even stranger was that Ning Rongrong was actually wearing Tian Dou Imperial Academy clothes.
This woman transferred schools?!
It seemed so!
If that was the case, then it was reasonable that Ning Rongrong knew his name.
Blazing Fire Academy and Tian Dou Imperial Academy belonged to the same city, and he was somewhat famous at Blazing Fire Academy.
"I forgot to introduce myself."
"I'm Ning Rongrong!"
"Daughter of Ning Fengzhi of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."
Such a self-introduction was quite novel to the inexperienced Yang Fan.
It could be determined that Ning Rongrong still maintained her little demoness image.
And indeed she did!
Ever since Tang San went to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to recuperate and Dai Mubai went missing.
Shrek Academy completely closed down!
Ning Rongrong was arranged by her family to enter Tian Dou Imperial Academy before she could change herself.
"You appeared at just the right time!"
"Go help me teach someone a lesson, and I'll give you generous rewards."
Yang Fan's punch that sent Dai Mubai flying and crippled Tang San was still vivid in memory.
Precisely because of this!
Ning Rongrong had evil thoughts when she saw Yang Fan.
"No time!"
Yang Fan coldly dropped one sentence, then walked around Ning Rongrong.
He didn't even need to think!
This woman must have had a conflict with someone at Tian Dou Imperial Academy.
With Ning Rongrong's identity, most people would give way to her or swallow their anger.
So the person Ning Rongrong couldn't solve wasn't simple!
"Hey—"
"Stop for this young lady!"
"Do you know the consequences of rejecting this young lady are..."
Ning Rongrong blocked in front of Yang Fan, but before she could finish, her head was slapped by Yang Fan.
Ning Rongrong fell to the ground.
Seeing stars!
By the time she reacted again, Yang Fan's shadow was long gone.
Ning Rongrong's demoness temper was even more annoying than two years ago.
This was normal!
Tian Dou Imperial Academy was mostly filled with various noble dandy children, and as the precious pearl of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, Ning Rongrong naturally had no shortage of simps.
So...
This disgusting bad temper was spoiled into existence!
...
Blazing Fire Academy.
Huo Wu stared at a pill with red patterns on the table but didn't dare to make a move for a long time.
"Speak!"
"What exactly is the matter, actively looking for me?"
Huo Wu worried that the second she swallowed this pill, she would be sold by this guy Yang Fan the next second.
"I want you to teach me Soul Ring Fusion!"
Yang Fan got straight to the point.
After all, he was asking for help; the necessary sincerity was still indispensable.
What he gave Huo Wu was a fire-attribute Third Tier pill. Its main function was to temper a soul master's body, expel impurities from the body, and simultaneously be purified by flames.
"What?"
"My good brother!"
"You don't know Soul Ring Fusion is my innate talent skill?"
Huo Wu laughed!
What is an innate talent skill?
It's what she can do that others can't.
"I know!"
"You just need to teach me."
Seeing Yang Fan's serious attitude, Huo Wu knew this guy wasn't joking.
"Just this matter?"
After confirming Yang Fan had no schemes, Huo Wu put the fire-attribute Third Tier pill on the table into her storage soul guide device.
"Not here!"
"Let's go to the back mountain of the academy."
Soul Ring Fusion wasn't a unique secret technique of their Huo family, nor was it some unspeakable secret.
"Let's go!"
Yang Fan liked Huo Wu's decisive and straightforward temperament.
...
Back mountain of the academy.
Huo Wu stood in the fierce wind, the soul power on her body beginning to surge with the wind.
At the same time!
Her martial soul Fire Shadow slowly appeared behind her, four soul rings surrounding her body, jumping up and down.
"Watch carefully!"
A strange scene suddenly appeared.
The four soul rings on Huo Wu's body simultaneously flashed, and the Fire Shadow behind her instantly turned incandescent white.
This was Soul Ring Fusion!
Soul Ring Fusion wasn't completely fusing four soul rings into one, but first releasing all the soul power from the four soul rings.
Then...
Injecting all the soul power into one soul ring to release a soul skill.
The benefit of doing this was instantaneous explosive power!
Actually...
Huo Wushuang's martial soul and innate soul power were not inferior to his sister's at all.
It was precisely because of this Soul Ring Fusion innate talent skill that the entire family recognized Huo Wu as the most talented.
At this moment...
Huo Wu had maximized her soul power output under the condition of Soul Ring Fusion.
An incandescent fireball condensed in her palm!
This time, what Huo Wu released was no longer heat, but a condensed explosion.
A white light ball only the size of an egg floated out, heading straight for the sky.
Boom—
The blast wave from the explosion raised a wave of violent heat throughout the back mountain forest.
The ground Yang Fan stood on even showed slight trembling.
"How about it?"
A proud expression appeared on Huo Wu's face.
This pride was the price of half her soul power being drained.
This was also the reason she rarely used this innate talent skill.
Even when fighting with Yang Fan, she had only used it once.
"Amazing!"
Being able to release a soul skill comparable to a Soul King level at Soul Ancestor strength was enough to show Huo Wu's talent.
The family valued Huo Wu more for a reason!
"The essence of Soul Ring Fusion is to first release all the soul power on your soul rings, then apply it all to one soul skill."
Huo Wu didn't know if Yang Fan could understand, but all she could say was this.
After all, it was an innate talent skill!
Many things can only be understood, not expressed in words.
"Understood!"
Yang Fan nodded.
Yao Lao's meaning should be to extract all the soul power from the extra soul ring, then attach it to one of the other soul rings.
It's just...
Yao Lao needed to add a duration to this extraction: permanent!
"You practice here by yourself. If there's anything you don't understand, continue asking me!"
Huo Wu walked out not far, then turned back.
She hesitated to speak...
Finally, she said to Yang Fan: "My brother practiced before, don't push yourself too hard."
Huo Wu's warning!
She didn't want Yang Fan to get stuck in a dead end because of a skill that was just icing on the cake for a soul master's career.
Just like Feng Xiaotian!
That idiot had innate full soul power, but because he was obsessed with creating his own soul skills, he wasted his top-tier talent that made others look up to him.
"Okay!"
"Go ahead with your business if you have something to do."
The image of Huo Wu releasing Soul Ring Fusion appeared in Yang Fan's mind.
First step: release all the soul power from the soul rings, then condense it on one soul skill to release.
Soul Ring Fusion didn't sound difficult, but doing it was not simple at all.
One radish, one hole!
After a soul master absorbed a soul ring, the attached soul power and soul skill were matched.
Yang Fan either had to make the soul power cheat, or make the soul skill two-time.
Very difficult!
Yang Fan practiced for an entire afternoon without any progress.
"Master."
"Can soul power really be permanently injected into the same soul ring?"
Yao Lao's method was feasible.
But...
Implementing it always made Yang Fan unable to see any light.
"Absolutely impossible with current methods, but what if that extra soul ring of yours was gone?"
Yang Fan suddenly realized!
"Master!"
"You mean I extract all the soul power from the extra soul ring and inject it into another soul ring, then let that extra soul ring completely disappear?"
Yao Lao smiled and nodded!
This was exactly his train of thought!
Soul rings were actually just containers carrying soul power.
This had been confirmed when he previously changed the color of Yang Fan's soul rings.
And it was precisely because of the precedent of changing soul ring colors that Yao Lao had the confidence to completely erase the extra soul ring using pills.
But the prerequisite was that Yang Fan first learned Soul Ring Fusion!
Actually, Yao Lao could directly use pills to erase the extra soul ring, but he was reluctant to let the soul power brought by the extra soul ring just disappear like that.
"Yes!"
"If the soul ring is gone, then the soul power has nowhere to return."
Yang Fan understood!
Even if that much extra soul power wasn't absorbed by the soul ring, it would cultivate and merge into his soul power mass within his body.
"So you don't need to have too much pressure."
"The Huo family girl needs to inject the soul power from three soul rings into another soul ring to cause greater damage to the soul skill."
"But you're different!"
"You just need to practice injecting the soul power from one soul ring into another soul ring."
"That's enough!"
Yao Lao's words let Yang Fan see a glimmer of dawn.
If that was the case...
Then this matter didn't seem as difficult as he had previously imagined.
"The path has been paved for you!"
"As for how to walk it next, that depends on you."
As they say, the master leads you through the door, but cultivation depends on the individual!
What Yao Lao could and couldn't do, he had already done for Yang Fan.
...
Time flew by.
In the blink of an eye, half a month passed...
Yang Fan also gained some understanding of Soul Ring Fusion practice.
He could now extract the soul power from any soul ring on his body.
But that was only extraction!
Because the other five soul rings showed very strong resistance to other soul power entering their bodies besides their original match.
Yang Fan had no way!
Just as Huo Wu said, he couldn't push himself too hard.
He couldn't abandon his cultivation of soul power and Dou Qi because of Soul Ring Fusion, nor could he abandon alchemy that made him stronger.
Today was a very special day for Yang Fan!
The Breaking Clan had arrived!
This meant that from today, he and his family would be completely exposed to the public view of the Douluo Continent.
The entire family took the most important step in turning from salted fish!
The Breaking Clan's address was located within Tian Dou City.
Although it couldn't be considered a downtown location, it definitely wasn't remote either.
This was the former site of the Tian Dou Huo family!
After the Tian Dou Emperor rewarded the Huo family with a new estate area, this place gradually emptied out.
The Huo family also very readily gave it to the Breaking Clan.
Of course!
Although it's said to be a gift, it came with a condition.
The quick-tempered Dean Huo Bao had already said that there could only be one champion of this Continental Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
That was Blazing Fire Academy!
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