Courtyard House: My Time Travel is a Bit Too Strong

But in their eyes, it was nothing more than an unsolved mystery, a bone that had yet to be claimed.

Soul rings can be completely refined and integrated into the bloodline using the "Formless Divine Skill";

Soul bones are different—they are a variant of the Martial Soul world, bearing unfamiliar marks.

No one would recklessly swallow it before understanding its nature!

"Keep it for now, we'll discuss it again after we finish with the Soul Hunt."

Before Lin Quan finished speaking, his sleeves fluttered lightly, and his soul had quietly disappeared into the mirror space.

As for the remains of the Netherworld Cat?

Despite having cultivated for ten thousand years, cats are naturally thin and bony, and their flesh is dry and bitter due to the cold and dark nature of their meat, making them unappetizing even to be roasted.

"If the fur is intact, it can be skinned and kept as a souvenir."

"Now that we've obtained a spirit ring and encountered a spirit bone, let's not bother with this broken body."

After saying this, he nodded slightly to the three women, then turned and left.

A mountain breeze swept through the forest, and the four figures quickly disappeared into the depths of twilight.

Time slipped by silently, and the sky gradually darkened.

Using Qiao Jingjing's spiritual perception, they found an abandoned cave—its rock walls were mottled, but dry and sheltered from the wind, perfect for sheltering tonight.

The three women joined forces to light a bonfire, the orange flames crackling and leaping, casting a warm glow on the cave walls.

Lin Quan worked swiftly and quickly, and soon he had placed a properly prepared thousand-year-old soul beast on the fire.

In just one day, remarkable results were achieved:

Lin Quan has not yet absorbed a soul ring;

Zhu Zhuqing, however, had already firmly accepted the two ten-thousand-year rings—

The first ring, taken from a nearly 40,000-year-old Netherworld Cat, has the Soul Skill: Doubles combat power!

The second ring comes from a Shadow Leopard that is over 50,000 years old. Its soul skill is: Clone!

Each additional ring adds another clone;

Each one possesses 80% of the original's combat power, moving with ease and displaying a sharp and fierce edge!

Wang Yuyan and Qiao Jingjing each took one ring:

Wang Yuyan chose a 30,000-year-old dark gold bear soul ring, and her soul skill was called "Man and Sword as One"—

As she activated the attack, a ten-zhang-long giant ice sword descended from the heavens. She flashed, merging with the sword, the sword light becoming a shield and the sharpness a barrier!

In this state, even if Qiao Jingjing used all her mental energy to bombard it, she could not shake it in the slightest!

As for Qiao Jingjing in the end, she absorbed two soul rings in one go.

A soul skill condensed from a 40,000-year-old three-eyed fox spirit: Illusionary Heart Curse!

A malevolent butterfly from nearly 50,000 years ago has forged a soul skill: Devouring Thoughts!

Both soul beasts belong to the mental type. One is good at weaving illusions, while the other specializes in disturbing the mind. This caused Qiao Jingjing's originally fierce and ethereal mental power to quietly develop a strange and flowing charm.

But the current situation is clearly not a good time to examine the changes closely.

As for how to utilize these new abilities and what kind of transformation they will bring, they will have to try and figure it out themselves, little by little.

It's unclear whether their luck has run out or the Star Dou Forest is deliberately making things difficult for them—

The soul beasts they later killed far surpassed that Netherworld Cat in both bloodline purity and cultivation age.

But the second soul bone is still nowhere to be found!

"Here, come on... have something to eat!"

"We need to eat our fill to have the energy to rest. Who knows how long we'll have to spend in this forest trying to collect all the spirit rings..."

Before Lin Quan could finish speaking, the three women, who had been traveling all day and had only eaten a few bites of dry food, had already stopped refusing.

A thousand-year-old soul beast weighing a hundred pounds was devoured by the four people in the blink of an eye.

If it weren't for the unforeseen circumstances, Lin Quan would have liked to immediately take Qiao Jingjing and the other two back to the main world to recharge and launch a surprise attack the next morning.

The Starry Sky Forest is notoriously unreasonable. Who can guarantee that the moment you step out, you won't run into a furious 100,000-year-old monster?

After careful consideration, the four of them established an ironclad rule: unless their lives were at stake, they would never use the Time Mirror lightly.

If there's no truly secure place to settle down, it's better to take a longer route and stay up longer to minimize the risks.

After a hearty meal, Qiao Jingjing and the other two followed Lin Quan's instructions and each found a place to rest.

The three exchanged glances, then simultaneously took out a crystal core, sat cross-legged, and began refining it on the spot.

Lin Quan opened his mouth as if he had something to say, but after glancing at their calm expressions, he swallowed his words back.

A night is neither long nor short.

Lin Quan didn't sleep all night, but after swallowing three crystal cores, he not only didn't feel tired, but his eyes were clear and his breathing was long and deep. His whole body seemed to have been refreshed, and his energy was so full that it was about to overflow!

As dawn broke, the four of them quickly washed up, ate a few mouthfuls of dry rations, and then ventured back into the depths of the dense forest.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

During this period, Zhu Zhuqing added another soul ring, bringing the total to five;

But that invisible constraint still firmly bound her to her body—

The Fifth Ring Road is far from her end.

Wang Yuyan then devoured three more soul rings in succession, bringing her total to four rings, including the previous one.

Qiao Jingjing also steadily absorbed her fourth soul ring.

Even Lin Quan managed to forge three 50,000-year soul rings in just three days:

One is a metal-attribute Mountain-Splitting Rhinoceros, one is a wood-attribute Azure Vine Demon, and one is a water-attribute Dark Nether Dragon...

They are all ferocious creatures with top-tier bloodlines and powerful auras.

His plan was straightforward: collect the five elemental soul rings of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, and then use that to unlock the gates of the Five Elements Thunder.

Unexpectedly, after only half a day of the three rings entering the body, the surging formless true energy within the body began to stir restlessly, like boiling water, almost breaking through the meridians!

Fortunately, he cultivated the Formless Divine Art, and his bones and muscles had already been repeatedly forged by the crystal core, which allowed him to forcefully suppress the three violent attributes that were tearing each other apart deep within his dantian.

Now we're in a bind—

Either complete the fire and earth cycles to restore the five elements to their proper places and allow them to generate themselves in a cycle;

Either suppress it day and night with absolute power, otherwise sooner or later the qi and blood will reverse and the foundation will collapse!

Seeing this, Qiao Jingjing and the other two no longer cared about their unfinished soul-hunting plan.

They immediately changed direction and devoted all their efforts to searching for top-tier fire and earth attribute soul beasts!

Fortunately, the Starry Sky Forest is vast and boundless, and the Five Elements Clan is already prosperous.

The four worked together swiftly and thoroughly, completing a complete search in just one day—

Lin Quan then took a soul ring with an earth attribute that was about 50,000 years old.

Then they plunged into the heart of a dormant volcano and dragged out a fire-attribute dragon-shaped ferocious beast with 60,000 years of cultivation!

After a fierce and swift attack, the fiery dragon, its body covered in crimson scales and coiled atop the lava, finally collapsed to the ground with a deafening roar...

Gazing at the enormous corpse, still warm to the touch, shaped like an ancient dragon, and with a cultivation level approaching 60,000 years, the four fell silent for a moment.

A dark, surging soul ring was gradually solidifying, its eerie light swirling around it.

Qiao Jingjing, Wang Yuyan, and Zhu Zhuqing all stared intently at Lin Quan, their eyes taut with tension.

Qiao Jingjing was the first to lose her composure, her voice trembling slightly: "Husband, if you can't hold on, stop immediately—" Before she could finish speaking, Wang Yuyan and Zhu Zhuqing exchanged a quick glance and then chimed in unison:

"Yes, you said it before, life is more important than anything, you can't force yourself to stay alive..."