Douluo Continent: Martial Soul - Ice and Snow Maiden, Calls Snow Empress "Mom"

Chapter 59 What's so good about Guzhu? Absorbing eight hundred years of Golden Thunder Bamboo

Tang San felt the coldness and resilience in his palm, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes: "Master, look at this bamboo! Its outer layer is like it's cast from pig iron, extremely tough! You say—"

Is it suitable as my first spirit ring?

Xue Bingchen stepped forward, glanced at the lone bamboo indifferently, and shook his head without hesitation.

"no."

Xue Bingchen directly denied it, saying, "This bamboo is at most two hundred and thirty years old."

"Your age is too young; it's simply not suitable for your current physical condition."

Hearing his master's words, Tang San felt a little regretful, but he could only obediently nod.

Yes, I am a genius who has consumed whale jelly and undergone the Yi Jin Fang marrow cleansing technique for two thousand years!

With his master's enhancement, the limit of his first spirit ring could reach as high as eight or nine hundred years!

How can one so easily absorb a two-hundred-year-old bamboo stalk?

That would be such a waste!

"But—the characteristics of this Guzhu bamboo are really perfect for me."

Tang San looked at the tall, solitary bamboo and sighed inwardly, "Tall, upright, and incredibly hard—this perfectly matches my idea of ​​making the Blue Silver Grass metallic and sharp!"

If only we could find an eight-hundred-year-old lone bamboo!

Seeing Tang San's reluctant expression, Xue Bingchen couldn't help but chuckle to herself.

"This kid really has a special fondness for bamboo."

Xue Bingchen secretly complained in his heart: "If he really absorbs this bamboo, won't his Blue Silver Grass turn into hard bamboo poles?"

What will his first soul skill be called then? Blue Silver Pole Vault? The image is too beautiful to bear!

"Alright, stop looking. What's so special about a two-hundred-year-old broken bamboo stalk?"

Xue Bingchen patted Tang San on the shoulder and said, "Let's keep going, there are definitely better ones ahead."

The three set off again.

They went about another ten miles or so deeper.

suddenly!

Xue Bingchen, who was walking at the front, suddenly stopped and his usually indifferent brows furrowed slightly.

"Um?"

Xue Bingchen's immense mental power instantly locked onto a hidden mountain hollow about 500 meters to his right!

In his mental perception, there was an extremely sharp energy fluctuation emanating from there, even carrying a hint of violent thunder!

"Found it!"

A glint of light flashed in Xue Bingchen's eyes, and a satisfied smile curved his lips: "This aura—Golden Thunder Bamboo? And judging from the energy fluctuations, it's definitely over eight hundred years old! Perhaps even close to nine hundred!"

"Hey mistress, come with me! You're lucky, you've found the right one for you!"

Xue Bingchen gave a shout and immediately led Tang San and Xiao Wu, rushing quickly towards the mountain hollow.

Soon, the three of them arrived deep in the mountain valley.

The moment Tang San stepped into this place, his gaze was instantly fixed on a strange plant in front of him!

That was an extremely special bamboo!

Unlike ordinary bamboo, which grows in clumps, it stands alone and proud in the middle of the mountain valley.

Most strikingly, this bamboo stalk is entirely covered in a dazzling dark gold color!

Bathed in sunlight filtering through the leaves, the entire bamboo stalk gleamed with a breathtaking metallic sheen!

Even more amazingly, on the surface of this golden bamboo, there were faint golden arcs of electricity jumping and flashing, emitting a series of soft crackling sounds!

"Master—what—what kind of spirit beast is this?!"

Tang San swallowed hard, his voice trembling slightly.

He could clearly sense that this bamboo contained an extremely terrifying sharpness!

"This is called Golden Thunder Bamboo."

Xue Bingchen pointed to the bamboo stalk radiating golden light and explained simply, "This is an extremely rare and extremely domineering top-tier plant-type soul beast!"

"Every time it breaks through the century limit, it needs to attract small thunderbolts to strike itself during a thunderstorm, and bathe in the power of lightning to temper the bamboo heart!"

Therefore, it not only inherently possesses the violent power of lightning paralysis, but more importantly—”

Xue Bingchen looked at Tang San and said, word by word, "Being able to withstand the constant strikes of lightning without being destroyed means that its physical hardness is comparable to the world's finest refined iron!"

"If you absorb it as your first spirit ring, your Blue Silver Grass will not only perfectly achieve metallization and extreme sharpness, but it will even be imbued with a slight paralyzing effect of lightning!"

"This is the perfect, top-tier soul ring that best suits your path!"

Xue Bingchen had just finished speaking.

He turned around and saw that Tang San was completely stunned.

Tang San stared intently at the Golden Thunder Bamboo, his eyes gleaming with golden light, his mouth agape, and drool practically dripping from his mouth!

Clearly, this domineering, sturdy, and lightning-infused Golden Thunder Bamboo was exactly to his liking!

"Master!"

Tang San turned around abruptly, his face flushed with excitement, and shouted, "That's it! Master, I want it!"

Looking at the Golden Thunder Bamboo in front of him, which exuded a violent thunderous aura and a metallic luster, Xue Bingchen nodded in satisfaction.

"Since you've taken a liking to it, then let's go with this one."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xue Bingchen didn't even summon his martial soul; he simply waved his hand forward casually.

"Snap—!"

An extremely terrifying aura of extreme ice erupted instantly, transforming into a visible icy blue current that swept out with overwhelming force!

The Golden Thunder Bamboo, which was originally crackling with golden arcs of electricity and was incredibly hard, was instantly frozen into a crystal-clear ice sculpture bamboo pole without even a chance to resist!

The lightning bolts leaping above were also forcibly sealed within the ice!

Immediately afterwards, Xue Bingchen made a grasping motion in the air, and an invisible force directly uprooted the 800-year-old Golden Thunder Bamboo and threw it heavily at Tang San's feet with a "bang".

"Mistress, make your move."

Xue Bingchen pointed to the ice sculpture on the ground and said calmly, "Take out your knife and cut off the heart and root of this Golden Thunder Bamboo completely to end its life."

"Huh? I'll do it?"

Tang San was stunned for a moment, looking at his master with some confusion.

Why make him slowly cut with a knife when his master could have solved it with a wave of his hand?

Seeing Tang San's puzzled look, Xue Bingchen patiently explained, "This is an ironclad rule in the world of Soul Masters."

When hunting spirit beasts to obtain spirit rings, only the person who delivers the final blow—that is, the one who personally finishes off the beast—can absorb the spirit ring dropped by the beast upon its death.

"If I were to kill it, you would be able to only watch the spirit ring that drops, and you wouldn't be able to absorb it at all."

"I see!"

Tang San suddenly realized what was going on, and quickly took out a sharp iron knife from his storage ring, squatted down, and prepared to make his move.

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