Douluo: A Century-old Legend I Am the Second Uncle Chenxin

Chapter 1762 The Ultimate Ice
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Chen Xiaojun pushed open the door to Chen Hongjing's room and asked directly, "Elder, did you notice the breakthrough fluctuations of the Super Martial Soul just now? Was it Great-Grandma?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Hong stood up, focused his mind and silently sensed for a moment, a trace of helplessness flashing between his brows, as he had not detected the spatial fluctuations described by Chen Xiaojun.

This is not surprising, as Lu Xueqi's martial soul, "Tianya Divine Sword," is quite different from the "Seven Killing Sword" inherited by the Chen family.

Although the Lu family originated from the Chen family's water lineage and shared the same origin as Chen Hong, this ancient bloodline connection, coupled with the fundamentally different martial souls, was ultimately insufficient for him to sense and resonate with.

However, a sharp glint suddenly flashed in his eyes: "Judging from what you said about the nature of that fluctuation, it is most likely that it came from my master!"

This judgment is based on solid evidence.

Ten days ago, when Chen Hongcai personally went to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to report to Chen Zixiu, Lu Xueqi had already gone into seclusion. (It was Chen Menglin who went to deliver the message about chasing down the Luo family uncle and nephew.)
Lu Xueqi has been at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well for three months, cultivating in one of the eight springs drawn from it, which is entirely filled with ice spring water.

Day and night, he endured the bone-chilling cold and immense pressure of the icy spring water, diligently practicing and relentlessly circulating the Nine Heavens Sect's "Mysterious Purity Path" and "Big Dipper Great Law," drawing upon the vast power of this extraordinary acupoint to temper his body.

These two techniques, one originating from a celestial book and the other from the Taoist school that emphasizes following the natural way, are highly compatible.

The cultivation progress of the "Beidou Great Law" can be described as rapid as a day, reaching the seventh level of Beidou Dharma Body in just one month.

Just a month ago, when she had mastered the eighth level of Star Extinction, she sensed that the bottleneck of the level 97 peak that had plagued her for many years was finally showing signs of loosening. So she completely sealed off her inner and outer worlds and entered a state of "dead seclusion".

“We all thought that she would break through to level 98 first,” Chen Hongming realized. “We never expected that it was this martial soul that had accumulated strength and finally broke through the shackles of the second-tier perfection in one fell swoop, stepping into the supreme realm of the third-tier ultimate ice, breaking out of the cocoon and becoming a super martial soul with vast power!”

Chen Hong concluded that the martial spirit was the first to break, and the root cause lay in that unique and extreme ice spring.

The spring that gushed forth was the purest and most refined Yin water in the world, reaching the ultimate third-order attribute!

For Lu Xueqi, who had spent many years refining her ice attribute to the peak of the second tier and was desperately seeking the opportunity for a breakthrough, this environment was nothing short of a supreme creation.

The martial spirit was tempered day and night in the pure Taiyin cold water. Under its extreme stimulation, it finally broke out of its cocoon and underwent a qualitative change under pressure—a natural outcome!
This Yin water is the key to igniting the ultimate evolution.

Uh, the name was given by the Chen family.

Since it's called the Eye of Yin and Yang, the spring water is naturally named the Water of Taiyin and Taiyang.

It's not surprising that they can reach the ultimate attributes of the third tier.

After all, the souls of the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass and the Fiery Apricot Blossom in later generations both possessed extreme attributes.

In addition, Tang San also used the Yin-Yang Spring Water to injure the body of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, who possessed a demigod-like body. It would be strange if he didn't reach the ultimate third-tier attribute.

One point to note here is that the definition of ultimate attribute refers to an unconventional attribute, a power beyond the imagination of a Soul Master. That's why people use the word "ultimate" to describe this level.

However, it is not a fixed value, but an adjective, and it has a wide range.

For example, Tianmeng Ge, both Bingdi and Xuedi have the attribute of ultimate ice.

But can the power of these three be considered the same thing?
Without a doubt, Xue Di is the strongest, followed by Bing Di. Uh, Tian Meng is a world apart from both. Chen Xiaojun estimates that the power of the Taiyin Water surpasses the ultimate attributes of Bing Di and Tian Meng.

The path to enlightenment is endless!

Even the Great Dao has no upper limit, let alone attributes.

Uh, on a side note, the claim that the Ice Jade Scorpion clan is all made of extreme ice is utter nonsense.

Most of the top ten ferocious beasts do not have ultimate attributes, so it is already a stroke of luck that the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, which is ranked seventh, has an ultimate attribute.

Want the whole clan to have it? That's just something you can fool Ling Luochen.

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Chen Hong noticed the change in Chen Xiaojun's expression and his gaze sharpened: "You can clearly sense the spatial fluctuations caused by the birth of that super martial soul..."

He said with absolute certainty, "There can only be one explanation, proving that the old bookworm guessed correctly—your Sword God Pearl is already a super martial soul! It has even begun to achieve 'unity of reality and illusion,' which is the fundamental reason why you can sense it but I cannot!"

Chen Xiaojun was mentally prepared for this.

Besides confirming Lu Xueqi's situation, he finally asked another question that had been lingering in his mind when he came to see Chen Hong: "Elder, there is something else."

He recounted Xiaoyi's situation, then carefully chose his words, "Just now, when that strange movement came, Xiaoyi... while she was asleep, her fingers seemed to move unconsciously, at almost the same moment!"

He looked at Chen Hong, asking with uncertainty, "Do you think this... could also be caused by a premonition? After all, the timing is too coincidental."

These details only came together after he left Xiaoyi's room.

At that time, Ye Xiuxin had already rushed to the hospital with Jixiang. He had no one to ask, so he thought of coming to Chen Hong to confirm the fluctuations and also to raise this question.

After listening, Chen Hong frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and slowly shook his head: "Xiao Jun, I think... that's unlikely."

"First of all, there is no necessary causal relationship between 'perceiving vibrations' and 'unconscious movement of the limbs'. When you sense the vibrations, do your own hands, feet, or some other part move involuntarily?"

Chen Xiaojun subconsciously recalled that, apart from the mental shock, his body had indeed not reacted at all. He shook his head slightly.

“See? You are the best example,” Chen Hong continued. “Secondly, and more importantly, the finger movements you described for Xiao Yi just now… formed a ‘orchid finger’ gesture, right?”

"If it were truly a purely unconscious subconscious reaction produced by that fluctuation stimulation, it should logically be more inclined to commonly used finger techniques, or simply a twitch, rather than a specific finger technique that she rarely uses in her daily life."

Chen Hong looked at Chen Xiaojun and concluded, "Therefore, this coincidence in timing is more like a fluke. Xiaoyi's unusual finger movements probably originated from some changes deep within her own consciousness, or an instinctive reaction during her body's recovery process, and have little to do with the fluctuations on Master's side."

Chen Xiaojun carefully considered Chen Hong's words. They were logical, well-reasoned, and he couldn't refute them.

"Elder, you're right. I misunderstood," Chen Xiaojun said in a low voice, nodding slightly to Chen Hong. "Then, I'll head back now."

After saying that, he turned to leave Chen Hong's room with a slightly disappointed feeling.

“Wait,” Chen Hong called out to him, holding a gold-embossed invitation. “This is an invitation from the Tang family today, inviting us to meet in a few days. You and A-Zhang should get ready.”

"They've finally arrived!" Chen Xiaojun smiled slightly.

(End of this chapter)