First Soul Skill: Blue Silver Peppermint

Just as Su Ming had said, it took less than an afternoon.

Su Ming led Tang San to an Ice Peppermint Grass of suitable age.

"Found it. That hundred-year Ice Peppermint Grass is the one."

Deep within the Soul Hunting Forest, Su Ming spotted the target first and pointed at it.

So that's going to be my first Spirit Ring.

Tang San followed Su Ming's pointing finger and looked over.

"Watch closely, Little San. I'll show you how to take it down directly."

With that, Su Ming released his martial soul and used a Self-Created Soul Skill.

Even without stacking Spirit Rings, his Qi Martial Soul still had plenty of room for development.

Using Spirit Rings to acquire such moves would be a complete waste.

Self-Created Soul Skill—One Qi Hand Seal.

A massive hand seal formed from white Qi carried an overwhelming force of suppression as it rapidly slammed toward the Ice Peppermint Grass in the distance.

Bang! The Ice Peppermint Grass was firmly pinned down.

Although the Ice Peppermint Grass erupted with its instinct to survive, it could not move at all beneath the suppression of the One Qi Hand Seal.

It was like fish on a chopping board, left to be slaughtered.

"Little San, give it the final blow. This will be your first Spirit Ring."

"A fourth pattern has already begun forming on it. It seems it's only one step away from reaching four hundred years."

Looking at the subdued Ice Peppermint Grass, Su Ming urged Tang San to come over and act.

"Okay, Brother Ming." Tang San hurriedly pulled out the dagger he had brought and stepped forward to finish off the Ice Peppermint Grass.

A yellow hundred-year Spirit Ring rose from the corpse of the Ice Peppermint Grass.

Then, Tang San excitedly sat down cross-legged and began absorbing the nearly four-hundred-year Spirit Ring.

Meanwhile, Su Ming stood guard beside him.

Although Ice Peppermint Grass had the word "ice" in its name, it did not actually possess an ice attribute.

It was named for the intensely cool sensation of its mint leaves when eaten.

Besides that, Ice Peppermint Grass was a weak soul beast.

Ordinary Ice Peppermint was usually picked before it could even become a soul beast.

Those that became soul beasts were mostly around the ten-year level.

One like this, nearly four hundred years old, was truly rare.

Even ordinary Ice Peppermint leaves had considerable medicinal and edible value.

Not to mention hundred-year Ice Peppermint Grass.

Thus, Su Ming was looking forward to seeing what effect Tang San's first soul skill would have after absorbing this Spirit Ring.

Before long, Tang San finished absorbing the Spirit Ring and rose from the ground.

"Brother Ming, my first soul skill is called Blue Silver Peppermint."

After naming his soul skill, Tang San began explaining the effects of his first soul skill.

"Whoever consumes it will become excited. Their spiritual power will temporarily increase, and their focus will become sharper as well. Most importantly, there are no side effects..."

Though Tang San's introduction was brief, he had covered all the key effects.

Ice Peppermint did indeed stimulate the nerves and refresh the mind.

Su Ming had not expected Little San's first soul skill to recreate that effect. It was quite a pleasant surprise.

This was practically a stimulant, and one without side effects at that.

Eating a leaf before battle would be an enormous help to a soul master.

After explaining its basic abilities, Tang San used his first soul skill.

A Blue Silver Grass shaped like a mint leaf appeared in his hand.

Su Ming accepted the Blue Silver Peppermint Tang San handed him and tossed it directly into his mouth to taste it.

A cool sensation instantly filled his mouth.

An excited feeling emerged, but in order to better sense the other enhancements, Su Ming directly erased that emotion.

All the effects Tang San had mentioned were indeed present.

Unfortunately, the quality of Su Ming's spiritual power was too high. Such a small enhancement was practically useless to him.

Perhaps it would become effective once Tang San's Soul Power increased in the future.

"Not a bad soul skill, Little San. I've already planned out the acquisition of your future Spirit Rings as well."

"Mhm, Brother Ming." Tang San nodded excitedly.

After learning the effects of his first soul skill, he felt extremely fortunate to have an elder brother like Su Ming.

Su Ming had helped him avoid detours and set him upon a bright path.

Even though he could not use his second martial soul yet, the food made from Blue Silver Grass would still greatly aid his use of hidden weapons.

"Let's go, Little San. It's time for us to head back." After glancing at the sky, Su Ming prepared to leave the Soul Hunting Forest.

Hearing this, Tang San hurriedly followed him.

But then Su Ming stopped, as if recalling something, and said to Tang San beside him:

"I nearly forgot. We should take the Ice Peppermint Grass's corpse with us too. Its medicinal value is quite good.

Even if we don't keep it to make mint leaves, we can still sell it for a decent amount. After all, hundred-year Ice Peppermint Grass is rare."

Tang San turned back, intending to carry the huge Ice Peppermint Grass on his back.

"No need to make it so troublesome. Little San, take this."

As he spoke, Su Ming lightly patted the Three-One jade pendant at his waist.

A streak of white light flew out and shot toward Tang San.

It was so fast that Tang San could not see what it was at all.

Yet he did not dodge. Instead, he instinctively caught it in his hand.

After all these years, Tang San trusted Su Ming deeply. He would never think Su Ming meant to harm him.

"A belt?"

Only after receiving it did Tang San see what it was.

It was an exquisitely crafted belt.

The belt was entirely black, with twenty-four purple jade stones evenly embedded along it, making it appear exceptionally luxurious.

"This is a Soul Tool that can be used for storage. Each jade stone corresponds to a space of one cubic meter."

After explaining the belt's function, Su Ming added, "Someone asked me to give this to you. Don't overthink it."

But Tang San saw it as an excuse Su Ming had made because he was afraid Tang San would refuse his kindness.

Before such a precious item, no amount of thanks would mean anything.

He could only slowly repay Brother Ming's kindness when he had the chance in the future.

I should find an opportunity to pass the Mysterious Heaven Skill on to Brother Ming.

Such a thought surfaced in Tang San's mind.

During this time, he had thought about many things.

Because of Su Ming's help, the idea of rebuilding the Tang Sect had arisen in him much earlier.

Once he grew strong enough in the future, he would definitely rebuild the Tang Sect on the Douluo Continent.

Tang Sect secret arts such as the Mysterious Heaven Skill would surely have to be passed down to the sect's disciples in the future.

Brother Ming had helped him far too much.

In a sense, without Su Ming's help now, there would be no bright future, and perhaps no future Tang Sect either.

Therefore, passing the secret arts to Su Ming would not count as betraying the Tang Sect.

If Su Ming had known Tang San's thoughts at that moment, he would definitely have been gratified.

His education all this time had not been wasted. The boy finally knew how to repay kindness.

This kid is overthinking things again.

Seeing Tang San's expression, Su Ming thought that he truly had not made it up this time.

This Soul Tool had originally been entrusted to him by Tang Hao to deliver to Tang San.

It was just that the original storage Soul Tool had not looked like this.

Su Ming had merely modified it a little and upgraded it into the appearance of the Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moonlight Night from the original story.

It looked better and was more practical than the original.

After Tang San packed up the massive Ice Peppermint Grass, the two finally left the Soul Hunting Forest.

As it was already quite late, Su Ming decided to stay at an inn for the night and set out for the return journey the next day.