Courtyard House: My Time Travel is a Bit Too Strong

In less than an hour, the entire metacarpal bone was perfectly embedded in her right hand, and the joints of her five fingers faintly shone with a golden light.

"My husband, the two pieces of our soul bones have completely melted away."

Before she could finish speaking, Zhu Zhuyu suddenly opened her eyes—her figure flashed, leaving only an afterimage as she disappeared in an instant.

When she reappeared, she was already standing steadily in front of Lin Quan. Before she could even stand still, she rushed into his arms, her voice clear and bright with a hint of joy.

As that warm force struck, Lin Quan's lips curled up, a smile instantly spreading across his face, his brows even softening with warmth.

A moment later, he raised his hand and gently patted Zhu Zhuyu's back, his tone gentle but firm:

"Alright, it's getting dark. We still have to travel tomorrow morning to continue searching for the remaining spirit rings..."

"Everyone, please rest well tonight. I'll keep watch. We can discuss the shift rotation tomorrow."

"Jingjing and Yuyan, you two especially need to rest up—close your eyes, regulate your breathing, relax your mind, and don't be tense."

"We'll have to rely on your 'eyes' to find the soul beasts later."

Qiao Jingjing and Wang Yuyan awakened level four mental power, allowing them to detect soul beasts as clearly and quickly as reading the lines on their palms.

If Lin Quan and his group were to search on their own, they probably wouldn't find a trace even after searching all three ice fields.

With these two young ladies in charge, wherever their spiritual power reaches, even a ferret that shakes its whiskers will be immediately exposed as long as their auras match.

The four women exchanged smiles and nodded in unison, their eyes revealing tacit understanding and certainty.

The cold night slipped by silently, the fire in the stove glowed dimly, and the night quietly passed...

At dawn the next day, before the sky was bright and only a gray mist floated above the snowy fields, Lin Quan had already prepared hot coarse grain cakes and ginger soup.

Everyone washed up early, ate hot food to fill their stomachs, and then got ready to set off.

Time flies like the wind across the snow-covered plains; three days have passed in the blink of an eye...

The extreme cold of the far north makes spiritual energy exceptionally clear; coupled with the fact that Qiao Jingjing and Wang Yuyan had already reached the fourth level, Fu Qingfeng managed to acquire and refine all eight ten-thousand-year soul rings he needed in just three days.

When she first entered the Grandmaster realm, her cultivation was bound by the laws of heaven and earth. Now, with the eight rings around her, her blood vessels are unblocked and her soul power is surging. She has finally broken free from the shackles and no longer feels any stagnation.

During these three days, Zhu Zhuyu also successfully killed a top-tier soul beast with the Netherworld attribute—a beast with 90,000 years of cultivation and pure bloodline, making it an excellent choice for her seventh soul ring.

With Fu Qingfeng and Zhu Zhuyu having achieved their respective perfected soul rings, only Lin Quan and the other two are still waiting to break through to their ninth soul ring.

Although their requirements for the age of soul beasts are not harsh, and the soul rings can naturally increase with cultivation after refinement, 100,000 years is still a watershed moment.

If you cross that threshold, your bloodline will be reforged and your soul skills will undergo a qualitative change; if you can't, there will always be an insurmountable barrier between you and your soul.

A ten-thousand-year soul ring requires daily nurturing and meticulous refinement; however, a one-hundred-thousand-year soul ring is like climbing a ladder to the clouds, taking one step at a time to reach a new realm.

Only a fool would take the long way around—since the shortcut is right in front of you, who would bother wading through the mud?

Therefore, Lin Quan and the other two had already made up their minds: their ninth spirit ring would have to be 100,000 years old!

For a soul beast, 100,000 years is a life-or-death ordeal. If it survives, its scales and armor will shine, and its soul skills will cleave through the sky; if it fails, it will become a withered skeleton in the snow.

For Lin Quan and his group, what they absorbed was not just the age of the soul ring, but also the primordial power that was enough to rewrite the course of martial arts.

Amidst the vast expanse of snow and the howling wind, Qiao Jingjing, at the very front of the group, suddenly stopped, turned slightly to the side, and gazed with a sharp, piercing look at the distant icy valley.

"My lord, deep within the icy valley dwells a 100,000-year-old Ice Jade Scorpion!"

Before the words were finished—

Lin Quan's pupils suddenly contracted, and a sharp glint flashed in his eyes.

Ice Jade Scorpion, one of the overlords of the far north; those who have lived for 100,000 years, can be counted on one's fingers throughout the entire snowy region, apart from the Ice Emperor and the Snow Emperor, they are few and far between.

When they first ventured into the far north, the Ice Emperor and Snow Emperor joined forces to suppress them. While the battle seemed perilous, they weren't truly crippled. But if they were to provoke a 100,000-year-old Ice Jade Scorpion… the two Ice and Snow Sovereigns would likely arrive the moment they made a move!

"The 100,000-year-old Ice Jade Scorpion... is a perfect match for Yu Yan's Frost Sword."

He turned to look at Wang Yuyan, his tone calm but unable to conceal a hint of passion.

"Yu Yan, what do you think of this Ice Jade Scorpion?"

The Frost Sword Martial Soul is most vulnerable to impurities; metal attribute is secondary, ice attribute is superior. The Ice Jade Scorpion, however, is the most fiercely bloodlined and possesses the sharpest soul skills among the ice-type soul beasts of the far north, and is naturally in harmony with the Frost Sword.

The Ice Jade Scorpion, with a cultivation level exceeding 100,000 years, is arguably the most powerful cold-type soul beast in this area!

As soon as Lin Quan and Qiao Jingjing's gazes fell upon it, Wang Yuyan nodded without hesitation. "This 100,000-year-old Ice Jade Scorpion, in terms of bloodline purity and soul power, is probably no less than the 100,000-year-old Snow Maiden that Sister Hanyi chose back then..."

"It has impeccable foundation and potential—this is it."

Before the words were even finished, everyone exchanged glances, understanding each other without saying a word.

Just as Lin Quan was about to speak, Wang Yuyan's eyes sharpened, and she made up her mind.

A 100,000-year-old ice-jade scorpion—rarely found, missing it is an insurmountable barrier!

"Since Sister Yuyan has made up her mind, let's finish this quickly!"

Although Lin Quan and his group were not afraid of the Ice Emperor and Snow Emperor, the overlords of the far north, if they disturbed them and made a big fuss during the hunt, they would surely be met with a thunderous counterattack.

Even if they escape unscathed, they will still be relentlessly pursued and killed, increasing the danger significantly.

Fortunately, Qiao Jingjing and Wang Yuyan awakened the silent, invisible, and traceless spiritual power—specifically designed to counter highly alert high-level soul beasts.

"My husband will hold the line for us!"

"Sister Yu Yan, join forces and kill her in one blow!"

As soon as Qiao Jingjing finished speaking, the three of them exchanged glances, their understanding as sharp as lightning.

Their bodies moved in unison, transforming into three streaks of light that rushed straight towards the hiding place of the Ice Jade Scorpion.

In a few leaps and bounds, they had already reached the entrance of the cave.

The icy scorpion was still fast asleep, not even lifting its stinger—

Qiao Jingjing and Wang Yuyan have already made their moves at the same time!

The mental power of the Level 4 Awakener erupted like a bursting dam of cold water, or a poisoned silver needle, silent yet incredibly sharp, piercing straight into the depths of the Ice Jade Scorpion's sea of ​​consciousness!

hum-

The air vibrated, my eardrums tingled, and even the wind seemed to freeze for a moment.

"grumble--!!!"

A piercing shriek tore through the silence, and the Ice Jade Scorpion awoke abruptly, its tail hook instinctively rising, though its venomous stinger had not yet been extended—

boom!

Two torrents of spiritual energy have already crashed into the core of divine consciousness!

Its entire body suddenly stiffened, its pupils abruptly lost focus, and its six legs lifted off the ground, hovering as if it had been struck on the head by an invisible giant hammer, its struggle stuck in its throat.

Swish!

With a flick of her sleeve, Qiao Jingjing enveloped the limp Ice Jade Scorpion with her spiritual power, and her figure had already darted dozens of feet away.

Wang Yuyan lightly tapped her fingertips, and a surge of cold air rose up, lifting Lin Quan and swiftly leaping away—

Before the three had even landed properly, they took off with Fu Qingfeng and Zhu Zhuyu and fled at full speed toward the northern edge.

In just a few dozen breaths, the group had already fled a hundred miles away, carrying the severely injured and dying Ice Jade Scorpion.

Qiao Jingjing's mental barrier was airtight, not even a trace of coldness leaked out.

Only when they were a thousand miles away, the mountains gradually thinned out and the snow line dropped low, did Lin Quan raise his hand to stop and look around: "We are now close to the far northern border. As long as we conceal our presence, we will be safe."

"Yu Yan, absorb the soul ring right here."