Xiao Yi lowered her head, a faint unease stirring in her heart as she said softly, "The problem isn't the soul bone. It's the soul beast itself."
Chen Xiaojun's thoughts quickly returned at her words, and he realized this was indeed a thorny problem.
In the original plan, the Ageless Evergreen Ivy would rely on the Vine Origin to advance into a Super Martial Soul.
Back then, according to Chen Xiaojun's estimate, when she obtained her eighth and Ninth Soul Ring, she would need to hunt Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
But now the situation had changed. The requirement had increased to three, and if her second martial soul, the Void Willow God Vine, was added in, the number of soul beasts needed would soar even further.
Five? Six? Or as many as seven or eight?
Moreover, considering the stance of the Origin Nine Vines and Xiao Yi's identity as the Green Vine Holy Maiden, could the vine beast clans within the Green Vine Alliance even be killed?
Xiao Yi's advancement required the Vine Origin. This was completely different from Chen Xiaojun's situation.
His martial souls were the Ten Great Divine Swords and the Nethersea Seven Kill Sword. Where would there be any Sword Origin among soul beasts?
He only needed to choose soul beasts in the conventional way.
But Xiao Yi's situation was far more complicated. Her path of advancement was closely bound to Vine Soul Beasts.
Chen Xiaojun's brows drew tight as he began to think seriously about this problem.
Unless Xiao Yi gave up the advancement path of absorbing the Vine Origin. But in that case, not only would all their previous efforts be wasted, even the Ageless Evergreen Ivy's unique branch technique would likely become impossible to use.
After all, the Branch Vines grown by the Ageless Evergreen