Douluo Continent: Starting with Self-Created Soul Rings

"Your Highness, may I ask you a question?"

Once Yu Xiaogang felt that he and Bibi Dong were fairly familiar with each other, he finally began his actions.

"Of course, what's the problem?"

Bibi Dong was surprised that the person in front of her would ask her a question, but she still nodded in agreement.

After all, they are from the Spirit Hall, so it's normal for them to ask the Holy Maiden any questions they might have.

It's just that others weren't as bold.

"Your Highness, I recently compiled some information from the library and discovered something very serious!" Yu Xiaogang was slightly pleased upon hearing Bibi Dong's reply and quickly said.

"Your Highness, please take a look..."

Then Yu Xiaogang took out some data he had prepared beforehand from under the front desk.

"Your Highness, this is all based on the data I have compiled from the existing data in the library!"

"I've noticed that as times have changed, there are fewer and fewer spirit beasts on the Douluo Continent!"

"Ten thousand years ago, hundred thousand-year-old soul beasts were quite common."

"However, starting a thousand years ago, 100,000-year-old soul beasts became extremely rare. And not only 100,000-year-old soul beasts, but also other high-level soul beasts became fewer and fewer over time!"

"A thousand years ago, there were 56 recorded cases of 100,000-year-old soul beasts that had been discovered!"

"By 100 years ago, only 15 remained!"

"And there are also ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts..."

As Yu Xiaogang spoke, he also recited the approximate statistics recorded in the library to prove that his discovery was true.

Asking Bibi Dong for advice was a pretense; Yu Xiaogang's real intention was to show off in front of her.

To prove that I am a smart, observant, and thoughtful person.

Yu Xiaogang wanted to use this to pique Bibi Dong's interest in him.

"Impressive! You actually managed to find these things!"

"So, what question do you want to ask me?"

After seeing what Yu Xiaogang took out, Bibi Dong was indeed quite impressed with him. She hadn't expected that he could discover these data and even compile and compare them.

However, Bibi Dong was only slightly surprised, not shocked.

"..."

Yu Xiaogang's reaction to Bibi Dong was not as intense as he had imagined; his expression faltered slightly.

"That's right, Your Highness!"

"These data changes show that the number of soul beasts on the Douluo Continent is decreasing, but it seems that no one cares about this!"

"This won't do, because if we extrapolate from the data here, the soul beasts on the Douluo Continent will become extinct in the future. In that case, future soul masters will have no soul rings to absorb, which is a very serious matter!"

However, Yu Xiaogang continued speaking.

You're wrong!

Before Yu Xiaogang could continue, Bibi Dong interrupted him.

"Ah... Your Highness, where did I say something wrong?"

Yu Xiaogang's face stiffened again, and then he asked shyly.

"It's not that no one noticed this, nor that no one took it seriously!"

"Haven't we in the Spirit Hall always valued this kind of thing?"

"Otherwise, why would our Spirit Hall keep some spirit beast forests under its control and not allow other spirit masters to kill them indiscriminately?"

Bibi Dong wasn't targeting Yu Xiaogang; she was simply presenting the facts.

"……this……"

Yu Xiaogang's face stiffened, even turning somewhat pale. He realized that he had indeed overlooked the things the Spirit Hall had been doing.

It's because other sects and forces, including the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, haven't done this before, so it's assumed that the Spirit Hall hasn't done this either.

In any case, after hearing Bibi Dong's words, Yu Xiaogang felt extremely embarrassed.

At that moment, he really wished there was a crack in the ground he could crawl into.

He originally wanted to show off in front of Bibi Dong, but he ended up becoming a clown instead.

"Your Highness is right, it was me... I overlooked that point..."

"However, it's not enough for just our Spirit Hall to care about this. The number of spirit beasts is decreasing year by year, and in the future, spirit masters will face a situation where they have no spirit rings to absorb. This situation will still occur!"

Yu Xiaogang had to admit his mistake, then quickly moved on and continued talking about his worries about the future.

"There's nothing to worry about."

"It's true that there are fewer and fewer powerful soul beasts, but the total number of soul beasts has never decreased; in fact, it should be increasing!"

Yu Xiaogang thought he could continue to intimidate Bibi Dong, but to his surprise, Bibi Dong remained indifferent and once again said he was wrong.

"How can this be?"

"The number of soul beasts is clearly decreasing, isn't that clearly recorded here?"

Upon hearing Bibi Dong's words, Yu Xiaogang immediately slapped the data in his hand and retorted defiantly.

It was his oversight that the Spirit Hall was protecting the spirit beasts from excessive killing, but he did have concrete data showing that the number of spirit beasts was decreasing.

Moreover, this data was taken from the Spirit Hall's library.

"Then let me ask you, what happens if a spirit beast is killed and its spirit ring is not absorbed?"

Bibi Dong merely glanced at Yu Xiaogang indifferently, then asked in return.

If Yu Xiaogang didn't even know the answer to this question, she had no interest in explaining it to him.

She originally thought that although Yu Xiaogang couldn't compare to Gu Ziyi, he was still a smart man. But now she sees that he's nothing special!

"Is Your Highness humiliating me?"

"How could I not know this? If a spirit ring isn't absorbed by a spirit master, it will naturally dissipate slowly!"

Hearing Bibi Dong ask such a simple question, Yu Xiaogang immediately felt humiliated.

"So you know that too. Then what happened to that dissipated soul power? Did it return to nature?"

"Besides those spirit rings that were lost due to excessive killing, the spirit power of powerful spirit masters also returns to nature after they die!"

"With more soul power in the natural world, ordinary plants, flowers, and animals will naturally produce a large number of soul beasts with soul power!"

"Therefore, it is impossible for soul beasts to become extinct. The fewer powerful soul beasts there are, the more soul beasts there will be. However, these extra soul beasts will all be low-quality!"

So the situation you're worried about won't happen!

"And without the spirit beast's spirit ring..."

After Bibi Dong finished speaking, she gave Yu Xiaogang a disdainful look. Gu Ziyi had told her all of this, so she knew it very well.

In the end, Bibi Dong realized that she couldn't talk about the self-formed soul ring for the time being, so she stopped talking about it.

"Don't think you're all that just because you know a little bit. Think things through before you speak, and keep going until you make any discoveries!"

After giving Yu Xiaogang a final warning, Bibi Dong turned and left, no longer interested in hearing what Yu Xiaogang had to say.

Yu Xiaogang's face flushed red and then turned pale.

Papapapa

Bibi Dong's previous explanations were like slaps to Yu Xiaogang's face.

The final disdainful look and the admonitory words were equally loud, each one louder than the last, and he felt his face was incredibly swollen.

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Chapter 123 Yu Xiaogang's Regret

"hateful!"

"Too careless!"

Watching Bibi Dong's disappearing figure, Yu Xiaogang gritted his teeth in frustration.

He was angry about his mistake.

He is now truly regretful. He believes that if he had been more attentive, he would have been able to discover what Bibi Dong said.

Because it's not difficult at all.

However, he was careless, which not only prevented him from showing himself well in front of Bibi Dong, but also revealed his ignorance in front of her.

It's not so much ignorance as Bibi Dong said, but rather, they became complacent after discovering a little something, and showed off without fully understanding all the key points.

They come out with only a smattering of knowledge, pretending to know everything and showing off.

This is even more annoying than ignorance.

Bibi Dong's disdainful look before she left said it all; that's how Bibi Dong viewed him.