Douluo Dalu: The Frozen Throne

Chapter 229: Leaving the Sea City, Count Inya and the Twin Martial Spirit Princesses
After completely consolidating his cultivation, Shu Yan prepared to set off to the sea to hunt soul beasts to fill the vacant soul ring position of his second martial soul.

Of course, he also brought Zhang Lexuan along.

Zhang Lexuan's eighth soul ring was given by a hundred thousand year soul beast. As the ninth soul ring was more important than the eighth soul ring, she naturally would not settle for a ten thousand year soul beast as a second choice.

Otherwise, in the end, what is the soul ring ratio of yellow, purple, black, black, red and black? It’s a bit abstract to think about it.

Her good friend Han Ruoruo no longer needs to rely on hunting soul beasts to obtain soul rings. The hundred thousand year abyss dragon soul can already provide her with a very good ninth soul ring, so there is naturally no need to take the risk of hunting other hundred thousand year soul beasts.

The two met at the princess's mansion. After Shu Yan made some arrangements and said goodbye to all the beauties, he and Zhang Lexuan turned into two streams of light and rose into the sky and fled into the distance.

Ice Emperor and Snow Emperor are Shu Yan's two great souls, so they will naturally accompany Shu Yan on this trip.

According to Snow Empress, there are several sea soul beasts in the sea near Douluo Continent whose strength is no less than hers. Of course, this was assessed based on Snow Empress's combat power before she successfully condensed the Yin-Yang complementary dual soul cores. Now, I'm afraid there are not many soul beasts in the sea that can be compared with Snow Empress.

Looking at the requirements for Shu Yan's hunting of soul beasts, they are actually quite simple. The evil god's staff itself possesses the evil god's most evil attribute. In addition, it also has powerful attributes such as darkness, thunder, wind, space, and time. This is somewhat similar to the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, but the attributes controlled by the evil god's staff are undoubtedly more powerful than the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. The overlap of multiple attributes makes the conditions for the evil god's staff martial spirit to obtain soul rings not too harsh. As long as the bloodline and strength of the soul beast are strong, they meet the requirements.

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After a long journey, Shu Yan and Zhang Lexuan flew side by side above the white clouds, and behind them were two faint white marks.

The distant horizon had turned blue. It had to be said that Zhang Lexuan's flying speed was extremely outstanding. Even though she had just entered the Titled Douluo realm, her flying speed when she was flying at her full strength was no less than that of an ordinary Super Douluo. It was also because of this that she was able to barely keep up with Shu Yan, who had slowed down a lot.

Along the way, the two of them didn't communicate much. Zhang Lexuan had a gentle and quiet temperament, and was not particularly good at finding topics to talk about. But just by standing next to them, she gave people a sense of security and assurance.

If Han Ruoruo is a beautiful senior who is gentle but also strong, then Zhang Lexuan is the intellectual and gentle aunt next door...

Well, Zhang Lexuan can't hear this. Women are always particularly concerned about their age and how others address them. If you have to say it, Han Ruoruo is actually a few years older than Zhang Lexuan, it's just that the two of them give people a different impression.

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The ocean is vast and boundless, and it has given birth to countless miracles of life.

The number of sea soul beasts far exceeds that of land soul beasts, and their overall strength is also superior to that of land soul beasts.

The only outstanding thing about land soul beasts is their top combat power. It has to be said that Emperor Tian is indeed a leading figure in the soul beast world. Apart from him, the two great soul beast masters, Evil Emperor and Snow Emperor, are also unwilling to lag behind.

In the ocean, powerful beings like the King of Demonic Great White Sharks, the King of Evil Killer Whales, the King of Deep Sea Demon Whales are equally terrifying. Of course, they are also one of Shu Yan's main targets. In this process, Shu Yan will also look for the traces of the Demon King.

As for Zhang Lexuan... although the soul beast she needs to hunt is a hundred thousand year soul beast, it is not a pressure for Shu Yan. He just needs to find a suitable hundred thousand year soul beast during the journey. After all, there are many ferocious beasts in the sea, let alone the so-called hundred thousand year soul beasts.

As far as Shu Yan knew, those crazy people in the Body Sect would enter the deep sea from time to time to hunt hundred thousand year soul beasts. In this world, only this group of extremely united and powerful members of the Body Sect dared to do so. Other big forces, even like Shrek Academy, did not dare to enter the deep sea to hunt hundred thousand year soul beasts.

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However, Shu Yan and Zhang Lexuan did not enter the sea directly, but slightly changed direction and went to Minghai City, the largest city in the southern part of Xingluo.

The Lord of Minghai City is the Xingluo Marquis Mad Crocodile Douluo, the father of Count Inya, who enjoys great fame in the empire and almost became the Queen of Xingluo. Both of them are die-hard followers of Xu Jiawei, and both of them are half-sea soul masters, and they are very familiar with the sea area south of Xingluo.

When Shu Yan first met Mad Crocodile Douluo, he was actually a little surprised. The title of Mad Crocodile gave people the impression of being warlike and brave, and Mad Crocodile Douluo himself should have been the image of a burly and rugged warrior. But who would have thought that even such a Mad Crocodile Douluo looked like a gentle and polite middle-aged man, but his every move and gesture showed the decisiveness and directness that was unique to a soldier.

Mad Crocodile Douluo had also heard a little about Shu Yan. In addition, the two of them had the same stance and faction, so he was naturally very friendly to Shu Yan. After learning about Shu Yan's purpose, he was stunned for a while, and then revealed all the information he knew.

After getting the information he wanted, Shu Yan declined Mad Crocodile Douluo's invitation to stay for a few days, and prepared to continue hunting soul beasts with Zhang Lexuan.

But just as the two were about to set out, the daughter of Mad Crocodile Douluo, the Imperial Countess Inya, came to them on her own initiative.

Looking at the blonde little Lolita behind the graceful blonde woman, Shu Yan was stunned. It was not because of anything else, but because this blonde little Lolita looked too much like Xu Jiujiu when she was a child. Not to say that they were 90% similar, but at least 70% to 80% similar.

Especially the expression between his eyebrows. In a trance, Shu Yan almost thought that Xu Jiujiu had gone back to his childhood.

In response to Shu Yan's astonishment, Countess Inia lifted her long golden hair, and her beautiful face revealed an elegant and gentle smile. She pulled the hand of the little blonde girl, then chuckled and said:

"Lingling, call uncle..."

The little girl, who looked about five or six years old, nodded obediently. Her azure eyes, which were somewhat similar to Xu Jiujiu's, looked at Shu Yan with a hint of curiosity, and then she called out sweetly:

"Hello, uncle..."

Shu Yan: “…”

After a moment's silence, Shu Yan nodded with a smile on his face, then he touched the little girl's head with a smile. He seemed to have known the identity of the little girl. Even if he didn't know, he didn't want to scare such a little girl with his cold and indifferent look. After thinking about it, Shu Yan's eyes fell on Count Inia.

As if she had noticed what Shu Yan wanted to say, Countess Ina waved her hand, and two beautiful maids in the same golden dress came forward, took the little Loli's hands, and then coaxed the little Loli out of the room.

As soon as the little girl left, Count Inia stretched and sat directly on the sofa beside him. He looked at Shu Yan with a smile in his beautiful eyes and said:
"Lingling is indeed his daughter. She is just six years old this year. She has awakened her martial spirit only a few days ago and has not even obtained her first spirit ring. Come to think of it, Xu Jiawei, the father, still doesn't know that he has a daughter. Tsk, who told him to disrespect me as soon as he put on pants? He wants to get rid of me with the position of a noble concubine. As for the current queen, I really don't know how she is better than me. What do you think?" As she spoke, Count Inia blinked, as if waiting for Shu Yan's answer.

Shu Yan had no objection to the familiarity of this female earl, but he was indeed not familiar with the current Queen Xingluo. He had only met her a few times at a few court dinners.

However, she was indeed a qualified queen. Her deeds over the years were enough to make her a virtuous queen. Moreover, she had given birth to several princes for Xu Jiawei. Although none of them were promising, they did not have any bad intentions. They were just greedy for wealth and were a bit romantic by nature.

Shu Yan could fully understand this. For a class like theirs, being greedy for wealth and indulging in women was not a shame at all. In some ways, it was even a good thing.

After thinking for a while, Shu Yan said:
"Although the current queen does not have a good talent for cultivation, there is really nothing wrong with her in other aspects."

Countess Inia chuckled and didn't care about Shu Yan's words. She played with her nails and then said:

"I plan to take Lingling to Xingluo City. After all, she is the only princess of this generation, and she has inherited Xu Jiawei's Star Crown Martial Spirit. Even if Xu Jiawei is a jerk, he will never mistreat his only daughter. What do you think?"

Shu Yan nodded in agreement, and then said:

"The Star Crown Martial Spirit has always been extremely difficult to inherit. In your majesty's generation, only he and Jiujiu have inherited it. I'm sure your majesty will be extremely happy to hear this news."

Countess Inia had a faint smile on her face. She stared at Shu Yan for a moment, and then said in a faint voice:

"Lingling has twin spirits. In addition to the Star Crown spirit, she has another spirit. After my father and I identified it, we determined it to be the Star Dragon."

Shu Yan: “…”

What's going on? It's not even the Douluo III stage yet, why are twin martial spirits appearing together...

Shu Yan was silent for a while, then said:

"So, what do you think?"

Count Aenea had a hint of expectation in his eyes, and then he said:

"Twin top-level martial spirits, whether it is Star Crown or Star Dragon, they are both among the most outstanding martial spirits in various fields. Lingling is also a rare innate full soul power. She may become an Ultimate Douluo in the future. Although my father and I are a Titled Douluo and a Soul Douluo respectively, we still believe that we cannot teach Lingling to be a genius like you and the girls around you. Therefore, I want Jiujiu and you to teach Lingling. As her uncle, you can't ignore it..."

Well, having said that, Shu Yan finally understood what Count Inya really meant.

To put it simply, he wanted to find a long-term meal ticket for his daughter who was close, stable, strong, generous and free. But having said that, Shu Yan had no reason to refuse.

After all, the little girl really has to call Xu Jiujiu aunt and him uncle. Regardless of the closeness of the relationship or the seniority, it is his duty to take care of her.

"That's no problem. Just prepare and take the little girl to Xingluo City. Then let the little girl practice with Jiujiu. Jiujiu has a lot of experience in practicing the Star Crown Martial Spirit. As for the Star Dragon Martial Spirit...if fate allows, I might be able to catch a 100,000-year-old Star Dragon for the little girl to absorb."

After getting Shu Yan's promise, Countess Inia's smile became even wider. She took out a note from her soul guide, then stood up and handed it to Shu Yan.

"This is the exact location of a 100,000-year-old Purple Moon Whale King. My father originally planned to wait for me to break through the seal and summon strong men to hunt it down and make it my ninth spirit ring. But my father said that the little girl next to you wants to obtain the ninth spirit ring. I don't need to think to know that you plan to hunt sea spirit beasts. The Purple Moon Whale King... can also be regarded as a match for the Moon Martial Spirit..."

As she spoke, Count Inya stuffed the note in her hand into Shu Yan's hand, smiled, then stood up and walked out of the room.

Shu Yan's lips curled up into a smile. It had to be said that it was no wonder that Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu both said that Count Inya was a wonderful person. Now it seemed that he did have some outstanding qualities.

Count Ina also had a smile on her face as she walked out of the room holding her daughter's hand.

When the Soul Fighting Competition was held, the talent and strength displayed by Shu Yan had completely shocked the world. The girls around him were not very old, but each of them was a peerless genius that was hard to come by in a thousand years.

Inia doesn't think that the emergence of so many geniuses is a coincidence, and from the information she has received, the source of everything points to Shu Yan.

For this reason, she even gave up the 100,000-year ninth ring that she had prepared for herself. There was no other way. Yiling was her only daughter. Compared with her, it didn't matter if she suffered a little. She just hoped that her daughter could get better resources and reach a higher position. Originally, she had set her sights on Shrek Academy, but after the last competition, her mind changed completely.

As a half-sea soul master, although she did not believe in the Sea God, she knew what it meant for Shu Yan to have such a terrifying achievement at such a young age.

To put it simply, this is the talent to become a god. The original generation of Shrek Seven Devils were far from having such achievements at his age. Faintly, she felt that Shu Yan's future was limitless, and it would be a good thing to make friends with him in advance, not to mention letting her daughter rely on him...

Deep in her heart, Iniya had also imagined that if Shu Yan could really emulate the Shrek Seven Devils and become a god, then when one person succeeds, everyone else will benefit...

Thinking of this, Inia clenched her daughter's hand, lowered her head slightly, and looked at her daughter's cute and innocent appearance, becoming more and more certain of her thoughts.

She would do her best to give her daughter the best conditions and resources. Thinking of Xu Jiawei's appearance in her memory, Iniya's eyes rose with resentment and confusion. She still couldn't understand why Xu Jiawei chose a woman who was inferior to her in every way to be the queen. The impulse and love in her youth seemed to be still vivid in her mind. In a blink of an eye, she was still the earl of the empire, a famous cultivation genius and beauty in the southern region, and the dream lover of countless young or middle-aged people, but the gentle and elegant young man at the time was already a majestic emperor high above...

However, she felt better when she thought of Xu Jiawei's surprised and happy expression when he saw his daughter. After all, except for not letting her become the queen, Xu Jiawei had never treated her and her father unfairly in any other way. He even regularly sent various precious cultivation resources to help her and her father cultivate and break through the realm. It was just that they seldom exchanged letters...

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(End of this chapter)