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Chapter 75: The Wisdom Soul Ring
With that, everyone's objectives for this trip were finally completed.
After collecting the Azure Crystals located in the depths of the cave and giving Bai Chen a portion of them, Elder Ma led the children away from Qiling Mine Cave, heading back toward the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy.
On the way back, Bai Chen casually asked Meng Hongchen,
"Senior Meng, I noticed that sometimes when you use your martial soul, you seem to be in pain. What's going on?"
"Ah…"
Meng Hongchen paused for a moment, scratching her cheek awkwardly before giving a bitter smile.
"You noticed that, huh…"
"It's related to my martial soul. My martial soul comes from a highly poisonous soul beast. While it's powerful, it also puts a huge burden on my body."
"Even now, I haven't fully adapted to it. My grandfather told me to avoid using it too much until he finds a solution."
"I see…"
Bai Chen nodded in understanding.
So it was exactly as he had thought.
Meng Hongchen's martial soul was the Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad (Zhuqing Ice Toad).
Because it possessed red eyes, people often mistakenly referred to it as the Red-Eyed Ice Toad, but the real reason for its name was different.
The poison within the Zhuqing Ice Toad originated from the conflict between ice and fire attributes within its body. The term Zhuqing referred to the fire element that opposed its ice attribute.
Although the martial soul was extremely powerful, very few strong soul masters in history possessed it.
The reason was simple.
Like most poison-type martial souls, its toxins affected the host themselves.
The Zhuqing Ice Toad's cold poison constantly eroded its owner's body.
If the host lost control, they would eventually be completely overwhelmed by the cold toxin and die.
In the original story, Meng Hongchen eventually found a way to solve this problem.
But clearly, at the moment, she was still suffering from it.
Bai Chen silently recorded this information.
With his current knowledge, he actually had a way to help her solve the problem.
However, he needed to build up the right circumstances first.
There was no need to rush.
By the time the group returned to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy, the sky was already approaching dusk.
After exchanging contact information, they went their separate ways.
From then on, Bai Chen's life during the Douluo II era gradually stabilized.
Under Xuan Ziwen's guidance, his level in soul tool engineering rose rapidly.
Although his talent in this field was not as monstrous as his blacksmithing ability, it was still impressive enough to make Xuan Ziwen constantly marvel.
Two months passed.
Finally, the moment Bai Chen had been waiting for arrived.
Douluo I Era — Core Region of the Star Dou Forest
"Haha! I finally did it!"
"I really am a genius! Hahahaha!"
The proud voice of Tianmeng Iceworm suddenly echoed throughout the core region of the Star Dou Forest.
Bai Chen, who had been sitting not far away, jumped up immediately.
"Tianmeng-ge, you mean—"
"That's right!"
"I've successfully figured out how to condense a Wisdom Soul Ring!"
Tianmeng Iceworm lifted his head proudly, clearly waiting for praise.
Bai Chen immediately obliged.
"As expected of Tianmeng-ge! You're truly a genius among geniuses! It's perfect that a million-year soul beast like you exists!"
"Hehehe, of course!"
Tianmeng Iceworm felt completely refreshed after being praised.
"So when do we start the ritual? Now?"
"Wait a moment."
"I'll go get Senior Di Tian."
"Oh…"
Tianmeng Iceworm's enthusiasm cooled instantly.
He liked Bai Chen quite a bit, but his opinion of Di Tian was extremely poor.
That was only natural.
After all, he had spent thousands of years being used as food by the ferocious beasts.
Still, he knew whose territory this was.
So he simply lowered his head unhappily and waited.
Bai Chen quickly left the cave and brought Di Tian back.
Today, Di Tian was still wearing his usual black robes.
With a wave of his hand, the chains binding Tianmeng Iceworm disappeared, temporarily freeing him.
"Begin."
Di Tian spoke calmly.
With him present, even if something went wrong with the ritual, he could stop it instantly.
"Hmph."
Tianmeng Iceworm snorted before turning to Bai Chen.
"Come closer."
"Alright."
Bai Chen stepped forward.
The ten golden rings on Tianmeng Iceworm's body suddenly began glowing brightly, gradually transforming into ten balls of light.
Under his control, the lights surged into Bai Chen's body.
Bai Chen felt an overwhelming shock hit his mind.
The next moment—
He lost consciousness.
The energy released by a million-year soul beast caused the sky above the Star Dou Forest's core region to darken.
Di Tian looked up at the sky with a complicated expression.
"So this… is the million-year realm our race has dreamed of."
"And yet the first creature to truly reach it… is an ice worm."
No one answered him.
Before him, Tianmeng Iceworm's massive body gradually became transparent, transforming into a pure white sphere of light.
At the center of that light was something unexpected—
His silkworm shell.
The shell spun through the air before merging into Bai Chen's body.
Di Tian shook his head.
"So you even prepared an external soul bone that doesn't occupy a slot for him."
"You really went all out."
With the ritual clearly proceeding smoothly, Di Tian turned and left the cave.
It was obvious that Tianmeng Iceworm had successfully fused with Bai Chen.
After several months of waiting, Bai Chen had finally evolved from a Soul Scholar to a Soul Master.
From Di Tian's perception, his soul power had jumped directly to Level 14.
If the earlier Scorpion Tiger had been the world's first soul spirit, then Tianmeng Iceworm had become the world's first Wisdom Soul Ring.
As for exactly what benefits Bai Chen had gained—
That would only be known once he woke up.
Meanwhile, Bai Chen's consciousness sank into the depths of his spiritual sea.
"Hmm… hmm hmm…"
As soon as he arrived, he saw a giant iceworm nodding repeatedly, as if studying something.
Bai Chen twitched.
"Tianmeng-ge… what are you doing?"
Tianmeng Iceworm turned around excitedly.
"Oh! Bai Chen, you're awake!"
"I'm looking through your memories!"
His eyes sparkled with excitement.
"After seeing your memories, I realized how interesting the human world is!"
"When are we leaving this forest?"
For Tianmeng Iceworm, whose life had been limited to either the Extreme North Icefield or the Star Dou Forest, the human world was unimaginably fascinating.
He had long grown tired of empty, boring days.
Now he couldn't wait to leave the forest with Bai Chen and experience the outside world.