Chapter 68 Thunder Canyon and the Fourth Soul Ring
That day has finally come.
The royal Xue family has been wiped out, and the entire Tiandou will fall into a leaderless dilemma.
In order to stabilize the situation of the empire, a group of nobles will compete for the position of the next royal family.
Among all the nobles in the entire Tiandou Empire, the only nobles who are qualified to compete for the position of the next royal family are the ten nobles who have hereditary titles and whose titles are above the marquis. They are:
Three Hereditary Dukes:
Lin's (Dragon Soul Vine), Bai's (Tianxing Lu), Shi's (Xuanwu Turtle).
Seven Hereditary Marquises:
Ye's (Nine-Hearted Begonia), Ao's (Ghost Leopard), Yu's (Windbell Bird), Wei's (Snow Lotus), Lu's (Tianwu), Zhi's (Celestial Vine), Du's (Thousand-leaf Ficus).
Although there are more than three dukes and more than seven marquises among the entire Tiandou nobles, except for these ten families, the titles of the other nobles are inherited through demotion rather than hereditary succession.
There are five levels of title: duke, marquis, uncle, son, and male.
Once the title is downgraded to a baron, if the title cannot be downgraded, the noble status will be deprived and the person will be reduced to a commoner.
If non-hereditary nobles want to keep their titles and not be downgraded, they need the contemporary heirs to the titles to reach a certain standard in terms of soul power.
For example:
To retain the title of Duke, one needs to break through to level 70 Soul Saint in soul power cultivation.
To retain the title of Marquis, one needs to break through to level 60 soul emperor in soul power cultivation.
To retain the title of earl, one needs to break through to level 50 soul king in soul power cultivation.
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Among the ten hereditary nobles who are eligible to compete for the next throne, most of them are prosperous, with the Lin family and the Ye family being the only exceptions.
Because the Ye family inherited the Nine-Hearted Begonia martial spirit, there could only be two soul masters with the Nine-Hearted Begonia martial spirit at the same time.
Therefore, whenever the next generation of Ye family's children awakens their martial souls, it is the day when the oldest of the Ye family members dies.
If the elders do not voluntarily die, the younger ones will die instantly due to the curse of the martial spirit the moment they awaken the Nine-Hearted Begonia.
Therefore, the Ye family has never been able to get rid of the situation of being thin.
As for the Lin family, it is simply because the family has always been passed down by a single line, and there has never been any exception.
A long time ago.
The ancestor of the Lin family.
His father was born a commoner, and when he was six years old, he awakened the mutated martial spirit Dragon Soul Jade; his mother was born in the Zhi family of a hereditary marquis, and her martial spirit was Tianqingteng.
When the ancestor of the Lin family awakened his martial spirit at the age of six, the two inherited martial spirits in his bloodline merged and mutated, and the martial spirit inherited by the Lin family to this day was awakened - Dragon Soul Vine.
This connection has made the Lin family and the Zhi family good friends for generations.
The Du family, one of the seven hereditary marquises, is also the maternal family of Lin Rong, the current Duke of the Lin family.
Therefore, when Lin Rong competes for the Tiandou throne in the future, both the Zhi family and the Du family can be his help.
Although, when the day comes when he competes for the throne in the future, Lin Rong will be able to use force to suppress all dissatisfied voices in Tiandou.
But for something like allies, the more the better.
……
In the tent.
Lin Rong sat on the chair next to Ge Long and said:
"Uncle Ge, then Hongjun will be left to you, and my bodyguard will be placed next to Hongjun to protect him personally."
"There are still some things in the imperial capital that Uncle Yu needs to go back to deal with, so I won't stay here any longer with Uncle Ge."
"Farewell."
After hearing this, Ge Long knew that what Lin Rong said was an excuse.
But Ge Long also knew that imperial laws explicitly prohibited hereditary nobles from intervening in military power. As a hereditary duke of the empire, it was indeed inconvenient for Lin Rong to stay in a military powerhouse like Jialing Pass for a long time.
Therefore, Ge Long did not try to persuade him to stay, but got up to see Lin Rong and the old housekeeper out of confinement.
Outside the door.
Ge Long stood there to say goodbye until the carriage Lin Rong was riding disappeared from sight, then he turned around and returned.
Carriage carriage.
Lin Rong looked back through the car window at Jialing Pass, which had become smaller, and ordered:
"Grandpa Yu, ask the driver to change the route. Let's go to Thunder Canyon."
"Yes." The old butler did not ask the reason for doing this, but walked out of the carriage to convey the young master's order.
When the old housekeeper returned to the carriage, Lin Rong entered a state of cultivation.
As early as when Ma Hongjun broke through level 30, Lin Rong's own soul power had already reached the peak of level 38.
The day after Ma Hongjun obtained the third soul ring, Lin Rong took him to Jialing Pass.
Lin Rong's own soul power also successfully broke through to level 39 a few days before the carriage arrived at Jialing Pass. He was still one level away from reaching level 40. At this time, Lin Rong was only eight years and ten months old, still two months shy of nine years old.
"With the first level of soul power left, two months of training is enough, and I had just turned nine years old at that time."
"Whether it is returning to Tiandou City from Jialing Pass or changing the route to Thunder Canyon, it will take about a month."
"Now go to Thunder Canyon. When I get there, I won't be able to break through to level 40, but I only have one month left to practice."
"It's just that I can afford to wait for a month, but I'm afraid I won't be able to wait for my fourth soul ring."
"According to the information from the secret guard not long ago, the Thunder Hell Vine in Thunder Canyon can no longer suppress the destructive power in its body."
"This Thunder Hell Vine is really useless! I have to go to Thunder Canyon myself to help it suppress the destructive power in its body."
"But who made it my fourth soul ring? I can't let it destroy itself before I break through level 40."
"However, if you think about it from another perspective, it is not a bad thing that this thundering Hell Vine is about to be unable to restrain the destructive power in its body."
"According to the theoretical proof in the original work, the greater the pain a soul beast endures before dying, the higher the probability of dropping soul bones."
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"Since the Thunder Hell Vine in Thunder Canyon can no longer suppress the destructive power in its body, it can be said that it is suffering extreme pain all the time."
"As a result, it is very likely to drop soul bones, and the soul bones it drops have a very high probability of inheriting the ability of the Thunder Hell Vine to absorb the growth of thunder."
"I hope my luck will be better. The soul bones dropped by the Thunder Hell Vine are not the head soul bone and right leg bone, but the soul bones in the other four positions. Even the torso bones don't matter."
"Anyway, as a hundred thousand-year-old soul beast, the Azure Bull Python can selectively drop soul bones at fixed positions. Even if it is not the trunk bone that I most hope for, changing it to other positions is not bad."
"However, if the Thunder Hell Vine really drops a head soul bone or right leg bone, I can only admit it. At worst, I will give the soul bone to Grandpa Yu to absorb."
"But in that case, one of the six regular soul bones I pre-selected is missing. It will not be that simple to find another one that suits my heart."
After Lin Rong obtained Kong Qingzhu's head soul bone, he had already pre-selected the six soul bones in regular positions.
Kong Qingzhu has already occupied the head soul bone, and the remaining five soul bones are in addition to the right leg bone of the 100,000-year-old Blue Silver Emperor Soul that he has not yet obtained.
The remaining four soul bones come from:
Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, Acacia Heartbroken Red, Azure Bull Python, and Thunder Hell Vine.
Among them, the first three will definitely produce soul bones, and the location of the soul bones can be chosen as Lin Rong wishes.
Only the Thunder Hell Vine may not necessarily drop soul bones. Even if it does, the location of the soul bones will be random.
Of the six regular soul bones, the positions of two have been determined, and there are still four positions for the Thunder Hell Vine to choose from.
Therefore, once the Thunder Hell Vine drops a soul bone, the probability that its soul bone position will match Lin Rong's wishes is as high as two-thirds.
"My luck has always been good, and I hope this time will be no exception."
After reciting it in her heart, Lin Rong stopped thinking about it and calmed down to practice the Marrow Cleansing Sutra.
……
In the northeastern region of the Tiandou Empire, there is a huge canyon covered with dark clouds and lightning and thunder all year round.
The unique geographical environment makes this canyon extremely rich in thunder and lightning elements. It is the largest gathering place of thunder and lightning attribute soul beasts in the entire continent.
This canyon is also named Thunder Canyon because of this. It is the holy place for countless thunder attribute soul masters to obtain soul rings.
At the same time, among the seven major sects in the mainland, the last three sects, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, have their sect address in Dragon City near Thunder Canyon.
The blue electric Tyrannosaurus rex spirit must absorb the spirit ring of a dragon or sub-dragon spirit beast in order to have the ability to transform into a dragon.
Among them, the soul beast that is most suitable for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Spirit is naturally a dragon or sub-dragon soul beast with thunder and lightning attributes.
Nearly 70% of the dragon-like soul beasts with thunder and lightning attributes in the continent live in Thunder Canyon.
For this reason, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect once wanted to occupy the entire Thunder Canyon, turn it into the sect's own property, and prohibit soul masters from outside the sect from entering.
This kind of domineering behavior that harmed the interests of all soul masters naturally attracted the attention of Wuhun Palace.
At that time, the Qian Family in Wuhun Palace was still the Pope, and the personnel in Wuhun Palace were not as corrupt and incompetent as they are now.
After the pope at that time learned of the news, he personally led three elders to the mountain gate of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.
Faced with the oppression of the four titled Douluo of Wuhun Palace, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect had no choice but to swear an oath in front of the Pope:
"I swear as the leader of the Blue Electric Tyrannosaurus Rex Sect, Thunder Canyon belongs to all soul masters and is not the private property of the Blue Electric Tyrannosaurus Rex Sect."
After receiving the promise, the then Pope of Wuhun Palace left gracefully with the three elders.
And this incident was also recorded in history books and widely circulated, becoming a dark history that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect can never erase.
One month later.
Lin Rong stood outside Thunder Canyon, reading the ancient book recording the incident with relish, and commented:
"The Spirit Hall led by Qian Family and the Spirit Hall led by Bibi Dong are two completely different things."
"It is said that great powers will inevitably breed some moths, but when the Qian Family was the pope, the Wuhun Palace had far fewer moths than when Bibi Dong was the pope."
"The existence of Wuhun Palace is beneficial to civilian soul masters across the continent, and also gives all civilians across the continent the only chance to turn around. This is an undisputed fact."
"But I am not a vested interest in the existence of Wuhun Palace. Wuhun Palace blocks my way, and what should be overthrown must be overthrown!"
(End of chapter)