NOVEL NEXT Chapter 151: Chapter 142: Phoenix Continent?
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The Douluo Continent exists on a planet.
On this planet, there are the Douluo Continent, the Sun Moon Continent, and, in later generations, the Star Luo Continent and the Heaven Dou Continent.
In addition to these, small islands are scattered across the oceans.
As the tectonic plates shifted, the Sun Moon Continent collided with the Douluo Continent, forming a much larger landmass.
The entirety of the Douluo Star's fortune and spiritual energy naturally converged on this massive continent.
However, when distributed between two continents, the concentration of fortune and spiritual energy is inferior to that of the smaller Star Luo and Heaven Dou continents.
Because most of the Douluo Star's fortune converged here, the Douluo Continent nurtured places like the Star Dou Forest, a haven for soul beasts. At its core lies the Lake of Life, which gathers the continent's spiritual energy and crystallizes the essence of life.
Additionally, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well also attracts the Douluo Continent's spiritual energy and fortune, fostering countless immortal herbs.
As a result, while the concentration of spiritual energy in the Douluo Continent's core is immense, the energy levels in its ordinary regions are lower than those of the Heaven Dou Continent.
It must be noted that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well itself gathers far more spiritual energy than the numerous immortal herbs it nurtures.
The Heaven Dou Continent may lack miraculous places like the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well or the Star Dou Forest, but it still gathers enough spiritual energy to nurture various natural treasures.
Su Yu and Huo Yuhao, one providing martial strength and the other responsible for detection, began their search for natural treasures across the Heaven Dou Continent.
Despite their efficiency, covering an entire continent required them to approach the task with strategy.
In regions inhabited by powerful soul beasts, they focused on investigating the species and the treasures hidden within their lairs. In remote, untraveled areas, they conducted thorough, comprehensive searches.
Time passed quietly.
Three months later.
Since arriving on the Heaven Dou Continent, Su Yu and Huo Yuhao had not returned through a spatial passage but continued their search for natural treasures.
Their harvests were considerable.
While they gathered plenty of spiritual herbs and medicines, Su Yu—already possessing numerous spiritual medicines from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well—found these gains less significant.
For him, the most valuable discoveries were the rare natural treasures beyond the spiritual herbs.
"The Phoenix Blood Essence—a condensed essence of phoenix bloodline that retains immense vitality. Refining it might grant the user the phoenix's undying trait."
This was the most valuable natural treasure Su Yu and Huo Yuhao had obtained. It was the essence of a pureblood phoenix's bloodline, and Su Yu even considered using it to condense his third bloodline soul ring.
When they acquired the Phoenix Blood Essence, they also discovered a large quantity of rare metals nearby, all stained with phoenix blood.
Some of these rare metals had undergone complete transformation due to the phoenix blood, while others absorbed its vitality, gaining new properties.
Su Yu selected a new type of rare metal from the collection, naming it "Phoenix Demon Crystal." He planned to incorporate it into his battle armor when upgrading it to a Super Battle Armor.
"Yuhao, have you noticed how many things related to phoenixes exist on this continent?" Su Yu asked.
Huo Yuhao didn't need Su Yu to point it out—he had noticed it as well.
Although the natural treasures they found related to phoenixes made up only a small fraction of their total harvest, the proportion was still significant. Furthermore, many of the remaining treasures were also indirectly connected to phoenixes.
"Brother Yu, could it be that a phoenix fell on this continent?"
"One phoenix wouldn't be enough to explain this," Su Yu shook his head, offering a startling hypothesis. "At the very least, it must have been a group of divine-grade phoenixes."
Huo Yuhao felt a chill run down his spine. "That many phoenixes? And divine-grade ones at that?"
"Who knows? Maybe during ancient times, the phoenix clan was incredibly prosperous, and divine-grade phoenixes weren't that rare," Su Yu speculated.
Su Yu didn't have much information on the phoenixes' past. Before his reincarnation, he had only read the first three parts of Douluo Dalu. In the 30,000-year-long history described in those stories, the central narrative often revolved around the Dragon God and the dragon race, with very little mention of the Phoenix God.
In fact, the only connection to the Phoenix God might be Ma Hongjun's secondary god position.
Even now, in the legends passed down on the Douluo Continent, soul beasts with phoenix bloodlines were considered on par with those with true dragon bloodlines under similar circumstances. In certain aspects, phoenixes even surpassed dragons.
However, the Dragon God was a Supreme God-King, standing at the pinnacle of divinity, while the Phoenix God was merely a secondary god.
At times, Su Yu couldn't help but lament the lack of prominence the Phoenix God had.
"Brother Yu, we've done a preliminary sweep of this continent. Should we delve deeper and conduct a more thorough exploration?"
Su Yu shook his head, deciding against continuing the search.
A simple sweep was enough.
They had already combed through the continent extensively. If there were still treasures they hadn't found, further searches would likely be a waste of time and effort.
Sometimes, when searching for something, failing to find it on the first attempt makes subsequent attempts increasingly inefficient. Even if you eventually find it, the time and energy invested would outweigh the reward.
In the end, exhaustive searches often aren't about valuing the treasure itself but about justifying the effort already expended.
"It's about time we left this Phoenix Continent," Su Yu remarked.
After three months of scouring the land and repeatedly witnessing the influence of phoenixes on this continent, the two had begun calling it the Phoenix Continent.
Su Yu no longer referred to it as the Heaven Dou Continent, as he had in his past-life memories.
"Still, we shouldn't leave without leaving something behind," Su Yu added, showing no rush to depart.
Huo Yuhao looked at Su Yu curiously, wondering what he intended to leave behind.
"The human development here is too primitive. Let's leave them a legacy," Su Yu said.
He sought out one of the large tribes on the continent, each with a population exceeding ten thousand.
During their exploration, the duo had already communicated with the continent's three major tribes.
Among these tribes, one worshipped the phoenix, another revered the golden-winged roc, and the third venerated the golden crow. Su Yu had taken to calling them the Phoenix Tribe, the Roc Tribe, and the Golden Crow Tribe, respectively.
The three tribes' worship of these three divine beasts was also why Su Yu concluded that many pureblood phoenixes—perhaps even divine-grade ones—had perished on this continent, leaving their legacy behind.
Su Yu and Huo Yuhao had previously spent time as guests in the tribes, learning the local language during their stay.
Su Yu also introduced the technology of soul tools to the three major tribes.
Learning to use soul tools typically takes months of practice, and naturally, the tribes couldn't fully grasp the technology within just three months.
However, the initial learning pace is usually applicable to soul masters or those at the great soul master stage.
For soul elders and soul ancestors—soul masters in their thirties or forties—this is the time they would typically begin studying soul tools and creating level-one soul tools.
Generally, crafting a level-one soul tool isn't conceptually difficult. The challenge lies in controlling soul power, managing its consumption, and properly utilizing rare metals.
Among the three tribes, there were indeed soul elders and soul ancestors. Impressed by Su Yu and Huo Yuhao's strength, these higher-ranked soul masters dedicated themselves to learning soul tool crafting.