Douluo: Starting from the Nine-Curved Vine Dragon

Chapter 68 Thunder Canyon and the Fourth Soul Ring

That day finally came.

The royal Xue family has been wiped out, and the entire Tiandou will fall into a dilemma of being leaderless.

In order to stabilize the situation in the empire, the next royal position will be selected from among the nobles.

Among all the nobles in the Tiandou Empire, the only nobles who are eligible to compete for the next royal family position are the ten nobles with hereditary titles above the marquis, namely:

Three hereditary dukes:

Lin family (Dragon Soul Vine), Bai family (Heavenly Star Furnace), Shi family (Black Tortoise).

Seven hereditary marquises:

The Ye family (Nine-hearted Begonia), the Aus family (Ghost Leopard), the Yu family (Wind Chime Bird), the Wei family (Snow Lotus), the Lu family (Tianwu), the Zhi family (Ivy), and the Du family (Thousand-leaf Banyan).

Although there are more than three dukes and more than seven marquises among the nobles of Tiandou, except for these ten families, the titles of the remaining nobles are inherited by downgrading rather than being hereditary.

There are five ranks of nobility: duke, marquis, earl, viscount, and baron.

Once the title is downgraded to baron, there is no lower level to go, and the noble status will be deprived and reduced to commoner.

If non-hereditary nobles want to keep their titles and not be demoted, the contemporary heirs of the titles must reach a certain standard in terms of soul power cultivation.

For example:

To keep the title of Duke, one needs to break through to the Soul Saint level 70.

To keep the title of Marquis, one needs to break through to the level 60 Soul Emperor in terms of soul power.

To keep the title of earl, one needs to break through to level 50 Soul King in terms of soul power.

……

Among the ten hereditary nobles who are eligible to compete for the next throne, most of them have large families, with the Lin and Ye families being the only exceptions.

Because of the Ye family's inherited martial soul, the Nine-Hearted Begonia, there can only be two soul masters with the Nine-Hearted Begonia martial soul at the same time.

Therefore, whenever the next generation of the Ye family awakens their martial spirits, it is the day when the oldest elder of the Ye family dies.

If the elders are not willing to die, the younger generation will die instantly due to the curse of the martial spirit the moment they awaken the Nine-Hearted Begonia.

Therefore, the Ye family could not get rid of the situation of having a small population from the beginning to the end.

As for the Lin family, it was simply because the family had always been passed down from one generation to the next, and there had never been any exceptions.

long long ago.

The ancestor of the Lin family.

His father was born into a commoner family, and at the age of six he awakened his mutated martial soul, the Dragon Soul Jade Disk; his mother was born into the hereditary marquisate of the Zhi family, and her martial soul was Azure Ivy.

When the Lin ancestor awakened his martial soul at the age of six, the two inherited martial souls in his blood merged and mutated, awakening the Lin family's martial soul that has been passed down to this day - Dragon Soul Vine.

This connection has made the Lin and Zhi families friends for generations.

The Du family, one of the seven hereditary marquises, is also the maternal family of Lin Rong, the current Duke of the Lin family.

Therefore, when Lin Rong competes for the throne of Tiandou in the future, both the Zhi family and the Du family can help him.

Although, when the day comes to compete for the throne in the future, Lin Rong will be able to use force to suppress all voices of disobedience in Tiandou.

But of course, the more allies we have, the better.

……

In the tent.

Lin Rong sat on the chair next to Ge Long and said:
"Uncle Ge, then Hongjun will be handed over to you. My guard will be arranged to be beside Hongjun to protect him closely."

"Uncle Yu still has some things to deal with in the imperial capital, so I won't stay here with Uncle Ge any longer."

"Farewell."

After hearing this, Ge Long knew that Lin Rong was making an excuse.

But Ge Long also knew that imperial law expressly prohibited hereditary nobles from interfering in military power. As an hereditary duke of the empire, it was indeed not convenient for Lin Rong to stay in a military stronghold like Jialing Pass for a long time.

Therefore, Ge Long did not try to keep them, but got up and sent Lin Rong and the old housekeeper out.

Outside the door.

Ge Long stood there to see him off until the carriage that Lin Rong was riding in disappeared from his sight, then he turned around and went back to the pass.

Horse carriage compartment.

Lin Rong looked back through the car window at the now-small Jialing Pass and ordered:

"Grandpa Yu, tell the driver to change the route. We're going to Thunder Canyon."

"Yes." The old butler did not ask the reason for doing so, but walked out of the carriage and conveyed the young master's order.

When the old butler returned to the carriage, Lin Rong entered into a state of cultivation.

As early as when Ma Hongjun broke through level 30, Lin Rong's own soul power had already been cultivated to the peak of level 38.

The day after Ma Hongjun obtained the third soul ring, Lin Rong took him to Jialing Pass.

Lin Rong's own soul power also successfully broke through to level 39 a few days before the carriage arrived at Jialing Pass, and he was only one level away from breaking through to level 40. At this time, Lin Rong was only eight years and ten months old, two months away from turning nine.

"I only have one level of soul power left. Two months of training time is enough, and I will only be nine years old by then."

"Whether returning to Tiandou City from Jialing Pass or changing the route to Thunder Canyon, it will take about a month."

"Let's go to Thunder Canyon now. I won't be able to break through to level 40 when I get there, but I only need one month of training time."

"It's just that I can wait for a month, but I'm afraid my fourth spirit ring can't wait any longer."

"According to the information sent by the secret guards not long ago, the Thundering Hell Vine in the Thunder Canyon is almost unable to suppress the destructive power in its body."

"This Thundering Hell Vine is really useless! It forced me to go to Thunder Canyon in person to help it suppress the destructive power in its body."

"But it is my fourth spirit ring after all. I cannot let it self-destruct before I break through level 40."

"However, if you think about it from another angle, the fact that this Thundering Hell Vine is about to be unable to suppress the destructive power in its body may not be a bad thing."

"According to the theory in the original book, the greater the pain a soul beast endures before dying, the higher the probability of it dropping soul bones."

"Since the Thundering Hell Vine in Thunder Canyon can no longer suppress the destructive power in its body, it can be said that it is in extreme pain all the time."

"In this case, it is very likely to drop a soul bone. Moreover, the soul bone it drops has a high probability of inheriting the Thundering Hell Vine's ability to absorb thunder to grow."

"I hope my luck is better. The soul bone dropped by the Thundering Hell Vine is not the head soul bone and the right leg bone, but the soul bones in the other four positions. Even the torso bone is fine."

"Anyway, as a hundred thousand year old soul beast, the Azure Bull Python can selectively drop soul bones in fixed positions. Even if it's not the torso bone I want most, it's not bad to change it to another position."

"However, if the Thundering Hell Vine really drops a head soul bone or a right leg bone, I can only accept it. At worst, I can give that soul bone to Grandpa Yu to absorb."

"But then, I'm missing one of the six regular soul bones I pre-selected. It won't be that easy to find another one that suits my taste."

After obtaining Kong Qingzhu's head soul bone, Lin Rong had already pre-selected six soul bones in regular positions.

Kong Qingzhu has already occupied the head soul bone, and the soul bones in the other five positions, except for the right leg bone of the 100,000-year-old Blue Silver Emperor Soul that has not yet been obtained.

The other four soul bones come from:

Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, Acacia Heartbreak Red, Sky Blue Bull Python, Thundering Hell Vine.

Among them, the first three will definitely produce soul bones, and the location of the soul bones can be chosen according to Lin Rong's wishes.

Only the Thundering Hell Vine may not drop soul bones. Even if it drops soul bones, the location of the soul bones is random.

Of the six regular soul bones, the positions of two have been determined, and there are still four positions available for Thundering Hell Vine to choose from.

Therefore, once the Thundering Hell Vine drops a soul bone, the probability that the location of the soul bone meets Lin Rong's wishes is as high as two-thirds.

"I have always had good luck, and I hope this time will be no exception."

After saying this in his mind, Lin Rong stopped thinking about it and calmed down to practice the Xisui Sutra.

……

In the northeastern region of the Tiandou Empire, there is a huge canyon that is covered with dark clouds and thunder and lightning all year round.

Due to its unique geographical environment, this canyon has extremely abundant lightning elements, and it is the largest gathering place for lightning soul beasts in the entire continent.

This canyon got its name from this - Thunder Canyon, and is a holy place for countless thunder-attribute soul masters to obtain soul rings.

At the same time, among the seven major sects on the mainland, the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Sect, which ranks last among the top three, has its sect address in Dragon City near Thunder Canyon.

The Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex martial spirit must absorb the soul rings of dragon or sub-dragon soul beasts in order to possess the ability to transform into a dragon.

Among them, the soul beast that best suits the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex martial spirit is naturally a dragon or sub-dragon soul beast with lightning attributes.

Nearly 70% of the dragon-type soul beasts with lightning attributes across the continent live in Thunder Canyon.

Because of this reason, the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex Sect once wanted to occupy the entire Thunder Canyon, turn it into the sect's own property, and prohibit soul masters outside the sect from entering.

This kind of overbearing behavior that was detrimental to the interests of all soul masters naturally attracted the attention of the Spirit Hall.

At that time, the Spirit Hall still had a member of the Qian family as the Pope, and the people in the Spirit Hall were not as corrupt and incompetent as they are today.

After the Pope at that time learned the news, he personally led three elders to the gate of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan.

Facing the oppression of the four titled Douluo of the Spirit Hall, the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan was forced to swear an oath in front of the Pope:

"I swear as the leader of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex Sect that Thunder Canyon belongs to all soul masters, not the private property of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex Sect."

After receiving the promise, the then Pope of Spirit Hall left in a leisurely manner with the three elders.

This incident was also recorded in history books and widely circulated, becoming a dark history of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex clan that could never be erased.

A month later.

Lin Rong stood outside the Thunder Canyon, reading the ancient book that recorded this incident with great interest, and commented:
"The Spirit Hall led by the Qian family and the Spirit Hall led by Bibi Dong are two completely different things."

"It is said that big forces are bound to breed some termites, but when the Qian family served as the Pope, the termites bred in the Spirit Hall were much less than when Bibi Dong served as the Pope."

"The existence of the Spirit Hall is beneficial to civilian spirit masters across the continent, and it also provides all civilians across the continent with a unique opportunity to turn things around. This is an indisputable fact."

"But who can blame me for not being a beneficiary of the Spirit Hall's existence? The Spirit Hall is blocking my way, and what needs to be overthrown must be overthrown!"

(End of this chapter)