Douluo Continent: The Eternal Order of the Azure Sky

Chapter 129 Eating Meat and Drinking Soup

Chapter 129 Eating Meat and Drinking Soup

After the tiebreaker between Long Xiaoyao and Xuanzi, the enthusiastic atmosphere in Xingluo Square lasted for several hours until tens of thousands of soldiers were dispatched to maintain order, and the boiling crowd gradually dispersed.

In order to alleviate the overcrowding in Xingluo City, Emperor Xu Jiawei of Xingluo City announced in public that the final award ceremony would not be open to the public.

As soon as this order was issued, the people of Xingluo City began to leave one after another. After all, most of them were not local residents, and the city's exorbitant prices were already staggering.

There's no more good show to watch, so what's the point of staying here?

Because of the stunning performances of Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy and Shrek Academy in the finals, the security force of Star Emperor Hotel was tripled to prevent it from being overly enthusiastic by the crowd.

However, Kong Tianxu's carriage, amidst the lingering clamor, quietly left Xingluo City under the cover of night.

He didn't care about the gold soul coins awarded to the champion of the competition, nor did he want them; money was basically just a number to him.

However, the three soul bones did give him some anticipation. The Star Luo royal family was unexpectedly generous in this regard, directly opening the national treasury for him to choose from, conveying an unexpectedly ambiguous attitude.

With the Dark Dragon Emperor Long Xiaoyao sitting outside the door, Kong Tianxu spent an entire afternoon savoring the elegant and luxurious beauty of the Star Luo Empire's Soul Bone Collection Room.

With Princess Jiujiu accompanying them throughout, and surrounded by a dazzling array of precious soul bones, it was quite an experience.

What happened in between is not worth mentioning.

It must be said that although the number of soul bones accumulated by the Star Luo Empire over tens of thousands of years is not very large due to the prevalent trend of soul bone synthesis thousands of years ago, their quality is indeed quite high.

Although there weren't any top-quality pieces that were 100,000 years old, Kong Tianxu was quite envious of several of them, as they were all top-quality ten-thousand-year-old soul bones.

There was even an external pelvic bone produced by the plant-type soul beast, the Landmine Melon, which amazed him. He wished he could flatten Xingluo right now and take it as a collection.

Unfortunately, the two most suitable soul bones for him were the skull and the torso bone, and he could not possibly choose less than 100,000 years for these two most important soul bones, not to mention that he still had the Silver Dragon Head of Heavenly Punishment that he had not yet absorbed.

The final choice caused the emperor great distress. Kong Tianxu selected one piece for Cain and one for Xu Tianzhen, and the last piece was left for the other members of the Sun and Moon Team.

The value of these three rare soul bones cannot be measured entirely in monetary terms. The reason why the host country changes every year for the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament is partly due to the pressure brought by this reward.

Knowing that the subsequent awards ceremony would be meaningless to him, Kong Tianxu simply gave up attending and set off directly to return to Mingdu.

Inside the spacious carriage, beside a square table carved from a single piece of rosewood, countless intricate and magnificent core magic arrays flickered between the metal etchings on the table.

Above it, a wooden base inlaid with at least a hundred gemstones of various colors gleamed with a faint golden light, firmly trapping a swirling white aura within.

Seemingly realizing its efforts were in vain, or perhaps sensing something else, the white aura stopped and hovered quietly, undulating slightly, within which a small humanoid figure could be faintly seen.

At this moment, none of the four people in the carriage paid attention to the priceless 100,000-year-old embryo. Instead, they sat cross-legged and regulated their breathing, comprehending something in a blue rhythm that resembled breathing.

Upon closer inspection, the azure light emanated from the location of Kong Tianxu's twenty-fifth rib, from the piece of living gold that had already merged with his body.

Kong Tianxu was still savoring the power of his second awakening at the Gold level. He didn't consciously meditate, but the circulation of his soul power seemed to have become part of his breathing. With each breath, it would automatically circulate according to his cultivation meridians.

His blood and energy surged within him, merging with his soul power, as if he were improving every moment.

The energy drained by his Gold-level Second Awakening has been largely restored, at a speed that even surprised him. It's important to understand that the greater the power of the Second Awakening, the more depleted one's resources become.

At the Gold level, depending on the type of the original martial soul, one may overdraw soul power, spiritual power, or even life force.

In fact, that was the first time he had fully activated the power of a Gold-level Second Awakening. Its power was beyond his expectations, but the consumption was also astonishing.

It simultaneously caused a huge drain on his soul power, mental power, and life force. His soul power was instantly drained, and his mental sea shrank by half. However, he felt nothing about his life force, which should have been the most depleted.

After all, having fused with the Metal of Life, the one thing he had in abundance was vitality.

Around him, Kong Deming, Cain, and Xu Tianzhen dared not slack off in the slightest, and were concentrating on absorbing the dissipated life force in the air.

The vibrant life force made them feel completely comfortable, boosted their energy and spirit, and multiplied the effects of their cultivation in a short period of time.

Although this was merely a wisp of residual energy naturally emanating from the living gold, fundamentally different from the most primal life force, its level far exceeded the imagination of the two women and even Kong Deming.

The most fundamental power of living beings is life force, and the gold of living beings is the solidified and purified form of life force.

It is a treasure of heaven and earth that has been nurtured by the vast vitality of life for millions of years.

Perhaps, as Electrolux said, a living being represents a life, while a piece of living gold represents a world.

Even a trace of purified and regenerated vitality would be enough to allow Wang Xian, the number one healing-type Soul Master of the era and a level 95 Healing Immortal Douluo, to break through a bottleneck that had lasted for countless years.

It can be said that any Soul Master with the Life attribute who obtains the Gold of Life is destined to become a Limit Douluo.

When Kong Tianxu finished actively stimulating the life-giving metal and his essence, energy, and spirit were fully contained within, Kong Deming also opened his eyes at the same time.

At this moment, the top-level Soul Master, who had been trapped at level 94 for quite some time, had a beam of silver light shooting out from each of his eyes. The intense mental fluctuations caused the surrounding space to distort slightly.

Even the Snow Empress embryo, which was quietly sensing the pure life force in the Conferred God Platform, raised its head to look at him, seemingly surprised that this human with a low level of soul power could unleash such power.

Cain was also full of vitality, his skin was radiant, his eyes were bright, and his usually aloof and elegant face was flushed, making him even more beautiful and giving him a sense of being full of energy.

They exchanged a glance with Kong Tianxu, and both felt a unique emotional connection.

Through the connection and tempering of that powerful life force, they seemed to become even more compatible, as if they were one.

Only Xu Tianzhen remained seated, her expression serene, seemingly not yet fully awakened from the baptism of the Gold of Life.

Her foundation was no match for Kong Tianxu and Cain. The Dragon Curse Embryo, which could have subtly improved her physique, had been given to Kong Tianxu early on. This time, the Life Gold's improvement on her was enormous.

"Xu'er, your Life Gold is indeed extraordinary; it even shows signs of breaking through my ninety-five bottleneck. However, having just used the legendary Second Awakening of the Original Martial Soul and released such a massive amount of life force, won't that cause you any damage?"

Kong Deming first praised him, then, seeing the blue light on Kong Tianxu's left rib slowly receding, he asked with concern.

Although breaking through to level 95 and becoming a level 10 Soul Master was his long-cherished wish, he would rather give it up if it would harm Kong Tianxu's own future.

Kong Tianxu smiled and shook his head.

Even the combined life force of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm over a million years is only the size of a teardrop of living gold, yet he possesses the size of an entire carving knife.

This amount of consumption can be replenished by the Life Gold in a short time.

"Good, good, good boy. With almost all the regular team members absent, you led the team to win the Sun Moon Empire's first All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Douluo Tournament championship. Grandpa is proud of you."

Kong Deming finally breathed a sigh of relief, his excitement surging again. He patted Kong Tianxu on the shoulder with satisfaction, took a few steps, and then couldn't help but laugh, "Hehe, the Silver Dragon Martial Soul, the complete body of twin innate gold-level beings awakened for the second time—you have no idea how hilarious the expressions on the faces of those arrogant idiots at Shrek Academy were back then. Just don't rush to absorb this embryo. Although I haven't examined it closely, it gives me the feeling that it's definitely more than just an ordinary 100,000-year-old embryo. But that—"

Kong Deming was having a good time when he saw that Xu Tianzhen seemed to be gradually waking up. He immediately stopped talking and winked at Kong Tianxu: "Hey, this old man is really spoiling the mood here. We need to give you young people some space. I'm still waiting to hold my great-grandson."

Before he finished speaking, he had already turned into a streak of silver light and disappeared.

Only Kong Tianxu, with an extremely strange expression, and Cain, whose pretty face was instantly flushed from the roots of his ears.

"Tian, ​​Tianxu, I... I can do it, if you want to—"

Cain lowered her head, having taken off her boots as she had been cultivating.

As her outfit swayed, a slender and alluring curve of her legs, wrapped in black silk, was revealed, which stirred Kong Tianxu's heart. Without saying a word, he pulled her into his arms.

A soft gasp was muffled between her lips. Cain's delicate, boneless body was soon put into various poses. Her jade-like skin seemed to be somewhat unaccustomed to the cool air outside, and under Kong Tianxu's hot breaths that roamed around her, it flared up from the inside out.

However, the two, somewhat lost in their own world, overlooked the fact that although the carriage was extremely effective at isolating airflow, there were other people inside besides the two of them, and more than one.

"puff--"

The tiny figure in the white mist was intently observing something when suddenly her eyes widened as she realized something was amiss, completely beyond her comprehension.

The airflow suddenly trembled violently, and even the pure white was tinged with pink, as it slammed into the golden light shield of the Conferred God Platform.

Faintly, a humiliated scream seemed to echo in Kong Tianxu's mental world.

Kong Tianxu sighed inwardly, knowing that the situation was indeed not suitable for continuing the meat-eating project, so he reluctantly got up.

Cain lay there like a pool of water, letting Kong Tianxu pick him up, his eyes glazed as he curled up in his arms.

"You, you all—"

Xu Tianzhen's fair face was also flushed red. She stammered, not knowing what to say, and hugged her delicate white silk feet, as if she wanted to shrink further into the carriage.

But her body seemed to have a mind of its own, and she couldn't help but lean against Kong Tianxu, who was half-undressed, naked, and full of masculine energy.

If you can't eat meat, then have some soup.

"Come here too!"

Kong Tianxu didn't care what this tsundere girl was babbling about, and he grabbed her petite body and pulled her over.

Soon after, on the other side of his body, there were more puddles of soft, fragrant mud soaked in the fresh scent of sunshine.