Douluo Continent: I am the true master

Chapter 18 Breakthrough in Strength - Six Thousand Jin

Even so, Ye Wen did not immediately bury himself in work. He first left the far north ice plains region, found a nearby city, and wrote a letter to the caravan that delivered messages, informing his grandfather and Ah Yin, who were far away in Holy Soul Village, that he was safe.

He also mentioned that he would be staying in the far north ice plains for quite some time, so they didn't need to worry. In the end, Ye Wen immediately went back into cultivation mode, and in less than a month, his soul power broke through level 30.

Meanwhile, he didn't slack off on his physical training. He ordered several more large iron plates, each weighing several hundred kilograms, to be added to the barbell.

Before acquiring his second spirit ring, Ye Wen clearly felt that the increase in his physical strength seemed to have reached a certain limit, stuck at around 1,300 jin and difficult to increase further, as if there were a constraint. However, after acquiring his second spirit ring, that constraint disappeared. In just one month, Ye Wen's physical strength broke through to 3,000 jin, which was simply astonishing.

However, Ye Wen did not stop there, because the feeling of constraint he had experienced on the Second Ring Road did not reappear. Ye Wen felt that this was some kind of special physical limitation.

Before reaching a certain level of cultivation, the physical body has a certain upper limit. However, once that limit is broken, the upper limit will be raised, just like the limiter in a certain bald demon king comic. As the cultivation level increases, the level of restriction will also be raised.

These limitations also vary depending on individual qualities.

Just like when Ye Wen was at the first ring, he could reach 600 jin, but his roommate could only barely reach 400 jin, which was extremely close to the limit of the so-called first soul ring.

Therefore, according to this theory, it's fortunate that Yu Xiaogang's disciple is this overpowered Tang Buddha; otherwise, any ordinary commoner soul master would have been overwhelmed and exploded after absorbing the Mandragora Serpent's soul ring.

Over the next six months, Ye Wen repeatedly cultivated his soul power and physical body, and in the extremely cold environment, he learned instinctive soul power cultivation. It was the kind of automatic internal energy cultivation described in Jin Yong's novels from his previous life.

Even without actively cultivating soul power, the soul power within his body would flow automatically, driving the transformation and cultivation of his martial soul. The only drawback was that this kind of cultivation couldn't achieve the efficiency of full concentration, but even so, Ye Wen was already very satisfied.

Based on this principle, Ye Wen also planned to go back and manually create such an environment for A Yin to cultivate in.

After all, making ice from saltpeter was an incredibly simple task for him, a prospective graduate student. And this would allow A-Yin to reach maturity more quickly, without having to live in constant fear.

In the past six months, Ye Wen has finally felt the bottleneck of physical improvement once again. Now his strength has reached 6,000 jin, and he can smash mountains and shatter rocks with a single punch.

"It's time." After finishing the last day of training, Ye Wen exhaled, his eyes serious.

Even though Ye Wen possesses the power to assassinate a Soul King, he is ultimately alone and vulnerable in the upcoming Soul Hunting operation.

Fortunately, the disguise provided by his second soul skill should allow him to protect himself as long as he doesn't venture too far into the areas inhabited by those ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts. Even so, Ye Wen still needs to be fully prepared.

Fully prepared, Ye Wen once again entered the far north ice plains after half a year.

But Ye Wen still didn't spot the figure observing him from afar.

Looking at that unwavering figure, Xue Di remained silent.

As the only Ice and Snow Maiden born of heaven and earth, she is the emperor who reigns over all soul beasts in the far north.

She should have been humanity's mortal enemy, but for some reason, half a year ago, a sudden stirring in her heart led her to this edge of the far north, where she saw this human and instinctively wanted to protect him.

She felt no displeasure as she watched him successfully hunt down a 1,200-year-old ice silkworm. Normally, if a soul master were to hunt a soul beast in front of her, she would not hesitate to kill the human.

However, she instinctively couldn't bring herself to attack this human. Instead, she was overjoyed that Ye Wen had obtained that soul ring, which puzzled her greatly. In her tens of thousands of empty, dull, and monotonous years, this was the first time she had ever felt such emotions.

"Why is that? Why do I instinctively want to protect him?" Xue Di murmured to herself.

Meanwhile, Ye Wen began to venture deeper into the far north, already several kilometers away.

Because of their weakness, even though they possess five or six thousand years of cultivation, they still maintain a primitive way of life, only choosing to relocate when the food in the cave runs out.

Therefore, using the old methods to find ice silkworms is always a good idea.

However, Ye Wen's luck didn't seem to be as good as he had imagined this time. After searching for more than half a month, he still couldn't find the Ice Silkworm with a cultivation level of around four or five thousand years that he had been longing for. This really troubled Ye Wen.

"Sigh, if only I had a beast spirit, I could just have a spirit attached to enhance my sense of smell. Finding the Ice Silkworm would be much easier," Ye Wen complained.

Suddenly, a clear, elegant voice rang out.

"Do you want an Ice Silkworm with five thousand years of cultivation? I know where to find one. Would you like me to take you there?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Wen's face instantly lit up with a joyful smile, but then he froze, realizing that he had already traveled more than ten kilometers into the far north.

Soul Masters who hunt souls here generally come in teams. There are almost no soul masters like myself who need to keep secrets and would come alone.

The fact that Ye Wen hadn't noticed any movement from this sudden voice before was enough to show that the owner of the voice was far more powerful than him.

Slowly turning his body around, Ye Wen swallowed hard as he looked at the aloof and noble figure in white before him. In this environment, even a Title Douluo would have to wear thick cotton clothes, otherwise it would consume a lot of soul power. Yet the woman before him was dressed so lightly. In this era when Bibi Dong, the peak female soul master, had not yet grown up, such a strong person could only mean one thing: the person before him was no human. So the answer was already very clear.

The most ferocious beast in the far north—the Ice and Snow Maiden.

Now, with over 600,000 years of cultivation, he is a powerful being comparable to a level 99 Limit Douluo.

At this moment, Ye Wen revealed an awkward smile. Even someone as powerful as him didn't know how to speak when facing such a strong opponent.

A hint of amusement flickered across Xue Di's usually cold face.

"You seem to know who I am, but I remember that I should have wiped out every strong human I encountered. Can you tell me how you know me?"

It must be said that it truly deserves to be called a top-tier ferocious beast comparable to human intelligence; with just one expression, Ye Wen was already seen through by Xue Di.

But precisely because of this, Ye Wen knew that lying was meaningless. Under such a powerful perception, unless he could perfectly control every heartbeat, lying would be full of loopholes. After all, the mouth can lie, but the body is very honest.

(End of this chapter)