Douluo Continent: The Drunken Sword Immortal slaps Ning Rongrong in the face right from the start!

Chapter 41 Sacrifice, Two 100,000-Year Soul Rings

After traversing Death Valley, we arrived at the Northern Province of the Heavenly Dou Empire.

"Senior, where are we going now?"

Throughout the journey, Zhu Zhuqing never asked Ye Yan where he was going, but she had never heard of anything special about the Northern Province in the entire Heaven Dou Empire.

"I promised to do something, and now I'm going to do it."

The Northern Province is located in the northwest region of the Heaven Dou Empire. The northernmost city is called Beihai City, and further up is a place called the Ice Ridge Mountains.

Legend has it that this mountain range was formed after the death of a 100,000-year-old soul beast, but no one has been able to prove whether this is true or not.

After leaving Death Valley, you'll only be in the southern part of the Northern Province. It will take some time to reach the northernmost region.

Beihai City.

This is a city located on the very edge of the Douluo Continent, and most of the soul masters in the city are at the level of Great Soul Masters.

Zhu Zhuqing hugged her shoulders; it was so cold here.

After entering the city, the two bought a heavy animal skin coat. Ye Yan went into a restaurant and bought a roast goose and a serving of peanuts. He wrapped them in a straw mat and then left Beihai City, heading towards the Ice Ridge Mountains.

Zhu Zhuqing followed Ye Yan the whole way, and after entering the mountains, they walked for a while longer before arriving at a small wooden house.

Is it safe for people to live here?

The two entered the wooden house, where the entire house was bitterly cold, even colder than the icy snow outside!

It looks like it's impossible for anyone to live there!

After putting his things down, Ye Yan took out a bottle of wine and started drinking alone. The two waited until sunset, just as Zhu Zhuqing was rubbing her cold hands.

The wooden door to the side opened, and an elderly man with white hair hunched over entered the wooden house. He smiled when he saw Ye Yan.

"Truly trustworthy."

Zhu Zhuqing wondered if the senior had saved time by going through Death Valley just to keep his promise to this old man.

Ye Yan then took out a bottle of medicinal wine made from immortal herbs and tossed it over. The old man caught it, opened the wine bag, and took a sip.

"What wonderful wine! I've never tasted such delicious wine in my entire life!"

"But it's a bit of a waste for an old man like me to drink it; my lifespan can't be extended."

The old man's eyes lit up when he saw the roast goose, and he grabbed it and started biting into it.

"Phew~ This is the taste!"

Ye Yan didn't know the old man's name, but he had studied with him for a period of time when he came to the Ice Ridge Mountains for training.

Ye Yan originally wanted to repay the old man in other ways, but the old man only had one request.

When his life is nearing its end, he can just have Ye Yan bring a straw mat to collect his body.

Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye, and Ye Yan has transformed from an ignorant child into a Title Douluo that everyone envies.

With less than three days remaining until the agreed-upon time, the old man still appeared lively and showed no signs of impending death.

After hearing the old man's story, Zhu Zhuqing exclaimed in disbelief, "You still look so energetic!"

"It's just a brief moment of lucidity before death; I still know my own body."

Then, looking at Ye Yan, a smile appeared on his aged face as he said, "But I've changed my mind."

The old man's expression as he looked at Ye Yanshi seemed to have returned to ten years ago, when a child was practicing swordsmanship in this cold mountain range with a black sword, just to cultivate that chilling sword intent.

The old man's true identity is not human, but a soul beast that has existed for 100,000 years!

Soul beasts that grow to the age of 100,000 will face two choices.

They can continue to be soul beasts, but every thousand years they will undergo a lightning tribulation, which is extremely cruel and almost no soul beast can survive!

There is another way, which is to disperse all one's cultivation and start from scratch, returning one's body to human form!

Because humans are the fastest-growing of all living things, and only humans have the opportunity to break through level 100 within a hundred years and become the legendary god!

Once you become a god, your life will be unrestricted, and you can live forever!

The old man was a 100,000-year-old soul beast that had taken human form 99 years ago, but he has only cultivated to the level 89 of a human so far.

No hope of reaching level 100.

Rather than let him die like this, it's better to make the most of his last bit of value.

Ye Yan is no longer the same person he was ten years ago. He now possesses the strength of a Title Douluo, and it's clear that the old man is the true identity of him.

"You told me before that you have two martial souls, you weren't joking, were you?" the old man asked with a smile.

Ye Yan took out the Xuanbao Gourd, which had only one black soul ring with a hint of red on it.

"You already have your first spirit ring?"

The old man examined Ye Yan's gourd for a while and discovered that his first soul ring was a soul beast that was over 90,000 years old, and it would break through to become a 100,000-year soul beast in less than a thousand years!

However, it has now been killed by Ye Yan and turned into a spirit ring.

"In that case, perhaps it will work."

The old man finished all the wine and roast duck Ye Yan had given him, rested for a while with a satisfied look on his face, and then said, "Let this old man have one last burst of passion!"

He had already considered this idea in his previous agreement with Ye Yan: as long as Ye Yan kept his promise and returned, he would sacrifice himself for him.

Besides being hunted, 100,000-year-old soul beasts can also choose to sacrifice themselves.

However, this practice prevents soul beasts from entering the cycle of reincarnation, and from then on, when they die, they are truly dead.

The old man said, "Old man, I've become your soul ring. You must live on for my sake and take me to that legendary realm of gods. As long as you live, I will never die!"

Ye Yan was surrounded by a gentle soul power. In the shadows, a drunken Devouring Lizard appeared behind the old man and then merged into Ye Yan's body. Ye Yan's first soul ring of the Xuanbao Gourd also began to undergo some transformation. The black soul ring with only a touch of red began to gradually turn red!

"When you write your legend in the future, don't forget this old man!"

A second soul ring appeared on Ye Yan's Xuanbao Gourd, and at the same time, Ye Yan's soul power reached level 95.

The old man's body lost all life and collapsed to the ground. Ye Yan wanted to wrap him in a straw mat, but the old man's body gradually turned into soul power and dissipated into the world, leaving only a piece of soul bone.

Sacrifice and hunting are two completely different things. Accepting a soul beast's sacrifice will not cause any pain from absorbing a soul ring, and you can start fighting immediately after attaching the soul ring.

Ye Yan looked at the two red rings on his Xuanbao Gourd. He integrated a portion of his soul power into his first soul ring, upgrading it to the level of a 100,000-year soul ring!

Ye Yan put away the soul bone and asked Zhu Zhuqing to leave the mountain range and stay in Beihai City at the foot of the mountain for a while.

He stayed here alone to look after the old man for a few days.

Zhu Zhuqing nodded in agreement, but seeing Ye Yan's dejected look, she wished she could do something for him.

Meanwhile, on the other side, at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School...

After being in seclusion for more than half a year, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, one of the titled Douluo of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, has finally emerged from seclusion!

(End of this chapter)