After ending the discussion about Shrek, the atmosphere in the training hall relaxed a bit.
Xu Tianhao looked at Xu Tianzhen, his tone carrying a hint of concern and expectation:
"Fourth Sister, have Big Brother and Master returned yet?"
Xu Tianzhen replied softly, "Not yet, but counting the days, it's already been a month and a half since Big Brother and Master Du left Bright Capital."
Xu Tianhao understood; the master he spoke of was naturally Poison Immortal.
Winding back time to a month and a half ago, Xu Tianran had just successfully broken through the Level 80 bottleneck, relying on his deep foundation accumulated over time.
For any Spirit Master, breaking through Level 80 is a major event capable of changing one's fate.
And the subsequent eighth soul ring is the key that determines the height of one's future cultivation.
In order to allow Xu Tianran to obtain an eighth soul ring that was most compatible with himself and had the greatest potential,
Xu Tianhao personally invited Master Poison Immortal to take action, and Poison Immortal naturally did not refuse, as he had already chosen the Sun Moon Empire by now.
So, led by Poison Immortal, Xu Tianran took two Ninth-Rank Soul Engineers and secretly left the Sun Moon Empire.
These three years had also been a period of rebirth and rapid growth for Xu Tianran.
Since stepping onto the path of a Spirit Master, supported by top-tier resources, Xu Tianran's cultivation path had been smooth sailing.
And Poison Immortal's appearance had pushed his growth into the fast lane.
As a top powerhouse of the Body Sect, Poison Immortal's understanding of physical development had long since reached the pinnacle.
Since Poison Immortal had come to the Sun Moon Empire, Xu Tianhao naturally wouldn't waste such a good resource.
So from time to time, Xu Tianhao would ask Master Poison Immortal to help his big brother improve.
With Poison Immortal's abilities, his guidance for Xu Tianran was naturally not just superficial talk.
The Body Sect's Physical Tempering Methods that Poison Immortal taught without reservation polished from the very foundation, squeezing Xu Tianran's physical potential and Spirit foundation to the limit bit by bit.
It was precisely because of Poison Immortal's extremely professional and meticulous guidance that Xu Tianran dared to harbor a thought that others would consider audacious.
That was to directly aim for the hundred thousand year level for his eighth soul ring.
In the history of the Sun Moon Empire's Spirit Master's world, there had never been a Spirit Master whose eighth soul ring reached the hundred thousand year level.
And Xu Tianran wanted to be that first person!
As for safety issues, with Poison Immortal guarding him, even if it wasn't successful, there wouldn't be much of a loss.
With Poison Immortal's Level 98 Super Douluo cultivation and three hundred thousand year soul rings, calling him the strongest Level 98 Spirit Master on the continent among Spirit Masters of that level was not an exaggeration at all.
With him presiding, let alone hunting a hundred thousand year Spirit Beast, even if a Great Beast-level Spirit Beast appeared, their group had the confidence to retreat unscathed.
If it were a Great Beast of the Red King's level, with the luxurious lineup of three Titled Douluo, they could easily suppress it and capture it with ease.
As for the agreement that people from the Body Sect could not enter the Star Dou Great Forest, Poison Immortal stated that he was merely an enshrinement of the Sun Moon Empire's Enshrinement Hall.
Who is Poison Immortal?
Don't know him!
If Xu Tianran could truly succeed in absorbing a hundred thousand year eighth soul ring this time, then his path as a Spirit Master would be completely paved.
With the foundation of a hundred thousand year eighth soul ring, there would be almost no bottleneck for him to take a step further and charge into the Super Douluo realm in the future.
He would even have the qualifications to climb and walk the path toward the Limit Douluo realm, which countless Spirit Masters cannot reach in their entire lives.
It could be said that, besides the younger ones like Xu Tianhao, Xu Tianran was the number one person among the younger generation of the Sun Moon Empire today.
Many unbroken records would be surpassed by him one by one!
This was the courage and strength of the complete 'Pro Max' version of Xu Tianran.
Of course, this was also inseparable from Poison Immortal's support; without Poison Immortal's generous contribution, Xu Tianran might not have dared to take such a risk.
So in the final analysis, Xu Tianran still had to thank his cute little brother in his heart.
Because without Xu Tianhao, Poison Immortal couldn't have come to the Sun Moon Empire, and the subsequent series of events wouldn't have happened.
Thus, invisibly, Xu Tianhao's favorability in his big brother Xu Tianran's heart rose by several levels.
With Poison Immortal mobilized, Xu Tianran's destination this time was not the Evil Demon Forest, nor the sea.
Instead, crossing the continental barrier, he went to the Star Dou Great Forest of the original Douluo Continent.
Actually, at the beginning, Xu Tianran's preferred targets were the Evil Demon Forest or the Endless Sea.
These two places were closer to the Sun Moon Empire, making actions more discreet.
At the same time, it could avoid unnecessary conflicts with the Spirit Master forces of the original Douluo Continent.
But in the end, he changed his mind and set the destination as the distant and unfamiliar Star Dou Great Forest.
The reason that made him make this decision was a message sent back from the Star Dou Great Forest.
This message was simple yet enough to tempt Xu Tianran.
That was, in the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest, a hundred thousand year Magic Thunder Tyrannosaurus Rex had appeared.
This message was not unfounded, nor was it some kind of trick.
It was sent back by a Ninth-Rank Soul Engineer of the Sun Moon Empire who had been lurking in the original Douluo Continent for two years.
This Ninth-Rank Soul Engineer was a confidant personally promoted by Xu Tianran and was absolutely loyal; his reliability was beyond doubt.
The reason this confidant had gone thousands of miles away to the Star Dou Great Forest two years ago was that he was a pawn Xu Tianran had placed early on.
Although the Sun Moon Continent has many Spirit Beast resources, in terms of bloodline purity, innate potential, and quality limits, except for a very few top-tier Spirit Beasts,
most Spirit Beasts are far inferior to those of the Star Dou Great Forest, which has a long heritage and denser spiritual energy.
As the oldest and largest Spirit Beast habitat on the Douluo Continent, the Spirit Beasts nurtured by the Star Dou Great Forest are indeed of better quality.
Therefore, Xu Tianran had long ago arranged for a confidant to infiltrate the original Douluo Continent.
One of the core purposes was to conduct preliminary investigations in the Star Dou Great Forest for himself, Xu Tianzhen, and the others.
To look for Spirit Beasts of top quality and high compatibility.
Over these two years, this hidden pawn had indeed played a huge role.
Long Aotian's third and fourth soul rings, Ye Guyi's third soul ring, and Xu Tianzhen's fourth soul ring,
these key soul rings that determined the height of their future cultivation, their corresponding Spirit Beasts all came from top-tier existences in the Star Dou Great Forest.
(For geniuses, every soul ring is crucial.)
Because of the blessing of these high-quality soul rings, their growth speed was smoother and far exceeded their peers.
Among them, the most enviable and noteworthy was Long Aotian's third soul ring.