MM Racing Chapter 561 Feast
Chapter 561 Feast
However, not all spirit masters turned a blind eye to the spirit ring age issue. Those large sects and top forces with deep roots soon discovered the drawbacks. According to the common sense of spirit master cultivation, each newly obtained spirit ring should have a higher age than the previous one, but the spirit rings provided by the spirit ball completely blocked this upward channel.
Take the most basic 100-year soul as an example. Although it can provide two soul rings, what if the age of these two soul rings is fixed at just 100 years? You should know that the first soul ring absorption limit of an ordinary soul master is usually around 400 years, and the second soul ring can reach more than 700 years. But after using the soul ball, it means that the first two soul rings of this soul master will be limited to 100 years.
The impact of this age difference is fatal, because the age of the soul ring directly determines the strength of the soul power increase and the power of the soul skills. The soul power increase provided by a four-hundred-year-old first soul ring far exceeds the sum of two hundred-year-old soul rings. Not to mention the power difference of high-level soul skills, which is often a fine line in a life-and-death duel.
The step-by-step improvement of the age of soul rings is the foundation for the future achievements of soul masters, which is the most basic consensus in the soul master community. Although the soul ball has solved the problem of the safety of obtaining soul rings, it has virtually set an insurmountable bottleneck for the growth of soul masters.
This also explains why those forces and sects that truly pursue the pinnacle of soul masters still intend to stick to the traditional way of hunting souls. However, the reality has forced everyone to act with caution. The North has just experienced a so-called "beast tide", and the Xingdou Great Forest has launched an unprecedented beast tide not long ago, directly annexing nearly a quarter of the territory of the Heavenly Soul Empire. Under such circumstances, no matter whether it is a major force or a casual soul master, they dare not easily step into the soul beast settlement and take risks.
The Body Sect seemed much more relaxed in this regard, after all, they had mastered a unique secret method to increase the age of spirit rings. Not long ago, the sect leader Du Bu Si personally led the sect's elite to support Longcheng, but was told that the beast tide in the north no longer needed their intervention. What surprised them even more was that the beast tide warning was lifted after a few days, and Du Bu Si could only lead a group of elders to search for spirits suitable for his disciples in Longcheng.
After the beast tide warning was lifted, Princess Vina of the Sky Soul Empire rushed to Dragon City under the escort of the royal family to reunite with Du Bu Si. The princess looked pale and her eyes were bloodshot, obviously exhausted. The Sky Soul Empire lost a large area of territory, and even the most important "granary". As a core member of the royal family, the pressure she was under can be imagined. The purpose of her trip was to visit the nominal lord of Dragon City, Dragon Emperor Douluo Long Xiaoyao, in the dual identity of the princess of the Sky Soul Empire and the disciple of the Body Sect, in an attempt to find out the attitude of the Dragon Pavilion towards the current situation.
Although the size of the Body Sect is still not enough to face a behemoth like the Dragon Pavilion, with the presence of Du Bu Si, the ninety-eighth-level Super Douluo, Vina can at least muster some courage when negotiating with the Dragon Pavilion strongmen.
The relationship between Longge and the royal family of the Heavenly Soul Empire can be traced back thousands of years. This long-standing cooperative relationship allowed Long Xiaoyao to welcome Princess Vina with a ceremony second only to the reception of the emperor. It must be said that Longge was indeed flawless in terms of etiquette and pomp.
Stepping into the Dragon Pavilion, the modern feeling that hits you in the face is in sharp contrast to the ancient palace architecture of the Tianhun Empire. Almost all traditional elements are abandoned here, replaced by modern decoration full of metallic texture, bright colors and simple design. Although not luxurious, it shows a restrained sense of luxury everywhere.
To show his respect, Long Xiaoyao specially held a grand welcome banquet. The banquet hall that could accommodate thousands of people was too empty for the Tianhun Empire delegation of only a few dozen people. So Long Xiaoyao simply changed the banquet to a buffet and opened it to all Dragon Pavilion members at the headquarters. This lively party mode was a tradition passed down from the first generation of Pavilion Masters.
However, this arrangement completely disrupted Princess Vina's plan. According to her idea, it was supposed to be a small banquet, where she and Du Bu Si would lead several core elders to have a private meeting with Long Xiaoyao and other high-level officials of the Dragon Pavilion. Now, facing the bustling buffet party, those carefully prepared diplomatic rhetoric and negotiation strategies had to be temporarily shelved.
During his stay in Dragon City, Du Bu Si wanted to seek an explanation from Long Xiaoyao. After all, Huo Yuhao had the ability to help the soul masters who were struggling to resist the beast tide in Silves City, but he took the golden dragon girl Hong Fei Mingming in front of them. If it weren't for the soul ball distracting his attention, and if he was afraid of the many strong men in Dragon City and the amazing soul guide array, he would have gone to Long Xiaoyao with his hot temper.
In fact, before this, Long Xiaoyao had always turned him away on the grounds of being busy with official business. If Princess Vina had not come in person, this evasion would probably have continued for a long time.
However, although Long Xiaoyao's arrangement did not meet Princess Vina's expectations, it made her secretly relieved. Even a super Douluo like Du Bu Si was turned away until she, the princess of the empire, came in person to receive him. This at least proved that Long Pavilion still maintained due courtesy to the royal family of the Tianhun Empire.
In this precarious period, this apparent respect is a rare reassurance for Princess Vina and the Tianhun royal family she represents. Although it is still unknown whether it will provide any substantial help, at least the apparent courtesy is considered comprehensive.
However, Du Bu Si was very upset. As the leader of the Body Sect and a guest of the Heavenly Soul Royal Family, how could he have been treated so lightly? The formal meeting between the top forces had turned into a temporary team-building activity for the Dragon Pavilion. This made him feel like an idler who had brought the elders of the sect to eat for free.
In the banquet hall, members of the Dragon Pavilion, dressed in various costumes, gathered in groups of two or three to chat. When they saw the unfamiliar group of people from the Body Sect, they simply nodded casually and continued their own topics, with a calm expression as if they were used to it.
They did not have any special reaction to the strong men present. They neither tried to please them nor paid too much attention to them, as if this was just an ordinary departmental social activity in Longge.
"Long Xiaoyao..." Du Bu Si cursed in a low voice with gritted teeth. He hadn't seen Long Xiaoyao yet. If it weren't for the rare ingredients from the far north on the table, which were really hard to come by, and even the thousand-year-old soul beasts caught from the depths of the icy sea, he would have almost thought that Long Pavilion was deliberately leaving them alone. Each of these ingredients would be extremely expensive in the outside world, which made him so angry that he couldn't find a suitable reason to vent his anger.
"Forget it, it's over now, let's eat first!" Du Bu Si waved his hand. Some time ago, they were forced to retreat step by step by the beast tide in the Xingdou Great Forest, and were forced to sign a humiliating treaty, but now the table is full of rare ingredients from the Far North - crystal clear ice sea cod fillets, thousand-year-old snow lotus soup with a light blue halo, and charcoal-grilled ten-thousand-year-old ice field bear paws exuding an alluring aroma. The most beautiful thing is the plate of ice sea mermaid tail sashimi in the middle. The thin slices of meat are translucent light blue, and tiny ice crystals are condensed on the edges...
But Du Bushi was more concerned about the plates of ruby shrimps that were as red as agate. These strange creatures lived in the 3,000-meter-deep Blood Trench. Their bodies contained qi and blood essences that were very similar to those of humans. Each shrimp body was crystal clear, and you could vaguely see the blood essence flowing inside.
The essence of Qi and blood flowing in the body of the Red Jade Shrimp is a great tonic for soul masters who cultivate their own martial souls.
Now that I'm here, I have to eat enough. I can't just treat myself badly. But Du Bu Si made up his mind that when he saw that old fox Long Xiaoyao, he would definitely ask him for an explanation.
God bless you, Long Xiaoyao would never have imagined in his dreams that he, a recognized honest man in Long Pavilion, would one day be labeled as "cunning and treacherous".
Du Bu Si unceremoniously picked up a red jade shrimp, cut off the head and tail, and stuffed it into his mouth. These ingredients were not only precious, but more importantly, the residual soul power fluctuations in them. He had always been skeptical about this so-called "beast tide". After all, they had lost several cities, while Longcheng was peaceful. Except for the tense atmosphere in the city, there was no sign of being affected by the beast tide.
But these top-level soul beast ingredients in front of them became the most powerful evidence. If it had not experienced a real beast tide, how could Dragon Pavilion obtain so many high-level soul beast ingredients in a short period of time? It seems that they not only swept the ice field, but also went deep into the deep sea restricted area that even ordinary Title Douluo dared not easily set foot in.
"It seems that we have won. Well, they have more than one Extreme Douluo." Du Bu Si muttered as he stuffed the delicacies into his mouth. It would be a waste not to eat them.
"Yes! Sect Master, if we also had Extreme Douluo, we wouldn't be so passive in facing the beast tide." Deputy Sect Master Golden Body Douluo deeply agreed.
Princess Vina shook her head slightly: "The key is not whether there are Ultimate Douluo or not. Dragon City is equipped with a large number of level nine defensive soul guide arrays and fixed soul guide shells, and their Ultimate Douluo are very good at using various soul guides. This is why they can easily deal with the beast tide."
Vina's fiancé, Du Bu Si's direct disciple Long Aotian still insisted on his own opinion: "Master, soul guides are only external objects used for assistance after all. What is more important is the soul master's own strength..."
Before he finished speaking, Du Bu Si raised his hand and slapped him violently. The crisp sound was particularly abrupt in the banquet hall. The master of the body sect completely ignored the occasion and scolded him harshly: "Asshole! As the young master, do you know how much my body sect paid when the Tianhun Empire fought against the beast tide?"
Du Bu Si's voice was filled with unprecedented severity: "A full third of the elite troops died in the battle! The reason why the sect can still stand is because my old bones are still holding on. If one day I am gone and you, the successor, are still so pedantic and conservative, then the Body Sect will surely decline! If we cannot keep up with the development of the times, the only thing waiting for us is destruction!"
Long Aotian covered his forehead and looked at his master in shock, who rarely got angry. The members of the Dragon Pavilion in the banquet hall all looked over curiously. Except for those who were still in a state of panic, everyone else looked at the master and disciple with a mentality of watching the fun.
Princess Vina bit her lip lightly, her eyes moving between the master and the apprentice. She had never seen Du Bu Si express his worries about the future of the sect so frankly, but deep down she felt a little relieved. As a member of the royal family of the Heavenly Soul Empire, she had been exposed to various soul guides since she was a child, and she was already familiar with the use of various soul guide equipment.
Since joining the Body Sect, Vina has been secretly pushing the sect to accept soul guides, but she has always been unable to convince those stubborn elders and fellow disciples. Now that Du Bu Si has publicly reprimanded Long Aotian, isn't this the turn she has been waiting for?
She quietly observed the reactions of the other elders of the Body Sect present, and found that many of them had thoughtful expressions on their faces. Obviously, Du Bu Si's deafening reprimand had already made some diehards begin to waver. Vina exhaled lightly, and the fatigue of the past few days seemed to have eased a little. If she took this opportunity to promote the reform of the sect, then the Heavenly Soul Empire might have a better chance of winning in the future situation.
Du Bu Si's eyes were as sharp as torches. "We, the soul masters of our original body, have unique talents. However, it is this talent that has caused me to fall into the quagmire of blind arrogance and has also caused the development of our sect to deviate from the track of the times. This beast tide has made me deeply aware that if we cannot keep up with the pace of the times, we will eventually be abandoned by the times! From now on, everyone in our original body sect must remember that the future is an era of soul guidance technology, but in this new era, as long as we can perfectly combine our original body martial souls with soul guidance devices, we can still stand out from the crowd and stand at the top of this soul master world!"
"Brother Du, you're well-informed!" A clear voice suddenly came from the door of the banquet hall. Everyone turned around and saw Long Xiaoyao walking in steadily.
"Sorry to have kept you waiting." Long Xiaoyao nodded slightly to the people of the Body Sect. "After the beast tide is over, there is too much work to be done. It took quite a while just to clean up the battlefield..."
Du Bu Si snorted heavily, a trace of loneliness flashed in his eyes: "Your Dragon City is safe and sound, but we have lost so much territory over there. We all served the empire. Why is the gap so big?"
As he was talking, he suddenly became furious, "It's all the fault of those bastards from Shrek Academy! That beast Xuanzi deserved to die! How many people were buried with him when he died?!"
Long Xiaoyao sighed softly, "This is indeed a sad thing, but now is a time of trouble. The Sun-Moon Empire has declared war on the Xingluo Empire, and they have lost no less territory than the Tianhun Empire. And all I can do is to defend Dragon City and prevent the Sun-Moon Empire from invading from the north."
Princess Vina's eyes turned red when she heard this. Golden Body Douluo and other elders of the Body Sect also had gloomy expressions, obviously remembering the tragic battle.
"Old Long, you are right. Now is not the time to be fussy. So I won't ask why your people showed up in Silves City and abandoned us. It's just..." Du Bu Si turned to Long Xiaoyao, his eyes like lightning, "Now that the beast tide in the north is over, since your Dragon Pavilion has the spare energy to hold the banquet, I believe you also have the spare energy to recover the lost territory, right?"
"This..." Long Xiaoyao thought to himself that something was not good. Why were these idiots from the Benti Sect still thinking about eating and taking things at the same time?