Choosing a Soul Spirit

Secrets involving a soul master's Martial Soul had always been extremely taboo. When awakening a Martial Soul, only trustworthy people would ever be allowed present. The fact that Yu Zhen had not avoided anything at all and had let Ji Hongyu awaken Yu Nanyuan's Martial Soul was enough to show just how deep their friendship was.

Ji Hongyu knew these taboos as well, and early that morning, he had dismissed the staff in the first-floor hall. Although he was nominally a member of the Spirit Transfer Pagoda, he was also Yu Nanyuan's elder. Whether by sentiment or reason, he should not allow any possibility of Yu Nanyuan's Martial Soul secrets being leaked.

Facts proved that the preparations he had made in advance had indeed played a role. If any other staff members of the Spirit Transfer Pagoda had been present, Yu Nanyuan's information would probably have already reached the Spirit Transfer Pagoda Headquarters. With the talent Yu Nanyuan had displayed, he was absolutely worthy of such attention from the Spirit Transfer Pagoda.

At this moment, inside the first-floor hall of the Donghai Spirit Transfer Pagoda, only Yu Nanyuan and the other two were present, making it seem especially spacious and empty. Many Soul Guidance Elevators had been built in the depths of the hall. Ji Hongyu directly brought Yu Zhen and his grandson Yu Nanyuan into the only Red Elevator among them.

This was an elevator exclusively for the internal upper ranks of the Spirit Transfer Pagoda, and only by taking this elevator could one reach the top floor of the Donghai Spirit Transfer Pagoda.

The Donghai Spirit Transfer Pagoda was over four hundred meters tall, and taking the elevator to the top floor took a full minute. The elevator doors opened, leading directly into a spacious room.

At the very front of the room was a transparent glass wall. Looking up, one could almost take in the entire Eastsea City at a glance, and see clusters of ethereal clouds and mist high in the sky with perfect clarity. This was the private office of Ji Hongyu, the Pagoda Master of the Donghai Spirit Transfer Pagoda, and was generally only used to receive VIPs or higher-ups from the Spirit Transfer Pagoda Headquarters.

The overall layout of the room was very simple, yet it had an extremely technological feel. Various instruments, the most advanced the Spirit Transfer Pagoda had to offer, were placed in the corners. The most eye-catching among them were the three enormous LCD Screens hanging from the ceiling.

The instant Yu Nanyuan walked into the room, a gentle white light fell onto him on its own. A faint humming sound rang out, and numbers quickly began jumping across the three LCD Screens.

Yu Nanyuan was thinking about something. Sensing these abnormalities, he subconsciously raised his head and looked toward the LCD Screens above him. The values on the LCD Screens jumped very quickly at first, but as time passed, they gradually stabilized before long.

Ji Hongyu and Yu Zhen, who had likewise been paying attention to the situation here, could not help but have their expressions change once again.

Aside from the most basic data of height, weight, and age, all of Yu Nanyuan's various data were far stronger than those of soul masters of the same age who had just awakened their Martial Souls. This was especially true of his Body Resilience and Spiritual Power values.

"Body Resilience, Level Twenty-Four. Spiritual Power value, two hundred eighty-four." Ji Hongyu read out these two pieces of Yu Nanyuan's data with a slightly dazed expression.

Body Resilience at Level Twenty-Four meant that Yu Nanyuan's Physical Quality and Body Strength were already comparable to a Two-Ring Great Soul Master, and one with a strength-type Beast Martial Soul at that. However, Yu Nanyuan himself possessed Innate Full Soul Power. Although such Body Strength was somewhat astonishing, it did not count as exceeding his understanding. He only assumed that Yu Zhen had given Yu Nanyuan some Natural Treasure capable of increasing Physical Quality.

Eastsea City bordered the sea, and the Whale Rubber produced by Demon Whale Soul Beasts living in the Deep Sea Region could have such an effect.

However, Yu Zhen knew very well that this was most likely the result of Long Tianwu using his origin soul power to temper Yu Nanyuan's body. In the present era, a Natural Treasure like Whale Rubber was not so easy to obtain. Moreover, what Yu Nanyuan possessed was, after all, a Tool Martial Soul. Even with Innate Full Soul Power, it could not possibly bring such a huge increase to his Body Strength.

What truly shocked both Yu Zhen and Ji Hongyu was still Yu Nanyuan's Spiritual Power value.

For Spiritual Power in the Spirit Origin Realm, the value ranged from one to one hundred. The value for Spiritual Power in the Spirit Connection Realm was between one hundred and five hundred. In other words, Yu Nanyuan's Spiritual Power realm had already reached the Spirit Connection Realm Middle Stage, and his Spiritual Sea was enough to carry a Soul Spirit with cultivation not exceeding three thousand years. Of course, the prerequisite was that Yu Nanyuan's body could endure the Energy Impact brought by a Thousand Year Soul Spirit.

After a long silence, Yu Zhen suddenly calmed down. He slowly withdrew his gaze, then turned his eyes toward Yu Nanyuan beside him, who had not revealed much emotional fluctuation, his gaze somewhat dazed.

From Yu Nanyuan, he saw the shadow his son once had. Yu Nanyuan's father, Yu Heng, had been extraordinarily talented since childhood. He had been the undisputed number one among the younger generation in Eastsea City back then, and had left Eastsea City in his youth to enter the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy for further study.

One had to know that in the present age, the only academy capable of being compared to Shrek Academy was this Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, which likewise possessed tens of thousands of years of foundation.

At this moment, Yu Zhen only felt a stab of pain in his heart, and that joy and gratification were diluted by a great deal. On one hand, he did not want Yu Nanyuan to tend toward the ordinary, but on the other, he did not want Yu Nanyuan to be too outstanding either. As the saying went, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. A tragedy like that only needed to happen once.

Sensing Yu Zhen's gaze, Yu Nanyuan looked at him in some confusion.

"What is it, Grandpa?"

"Nanyuan, it's nothing. You just brought Grandpa too many surprises today. Grandpa is too happy." Yu Zhen smiled faintly, his expression returning to normal.

"All right, next, let your Grandpa Ji choose the Soul Spirit most suitable for you."

Ji Hongyu could clearly sense Yu Zhen's intense Mental Fluctuation. He looked deeply at this old friend of his and buried these questions in his heart. Immediately afterward, he also smiled and sighed as he changed the topic.

"Nanyuan, if that girl Zixin had talent as good as yours, my reaction wouldn't be much better than your grandfather's."

"Sister Zixin?" Ji Hongyu's words instantly stirred up a portion of memories in Yu Nanyuan's mind. Zixin's full name was Ouyang Zixin, and she was Ji Hongyu's only granddaughter. Because of the relationship between Ji Hongyu and Yu Zhen, when he was little, Ouyang Zixin would often help Yu Zhen take care of him.

And in the memories of his previous life, Ouyang Zixin had once been Tang Wulin's dream goddess.

"Let's not talk about that. Some things can't be forced." Ji Hongyu laughed heartily. He was actually rather open-minded.

Hard work was indeed useful, but before absolute talent, it was not worth mentioning in the slightest. He had once personally experienced the cruelty of this world. The gap between people was simply that vast. True geniuses enjoyed endless glory from the very beginning, while people like them spent their entire lives doing nothing more than desperately chasing that light.

"Come sit."

Ji Hongyu and Yu Zhen exchanged a glance, and as they spoke, they had already brought Yu Nanyuan to sit down on the soft black leather sofa. From here, they could easily see the three enormous Soul Guidance Screens by raising their heads.

Ji Hongyu took out a metal box with a button from his Storage Ring and pressed the button. Different images appeared on the three Soul Guidance Screens.

The images on these three Soul Guidance Screens were precisely information on three different Soul Spirits. Through his own authority, Ji Hongyu had specially screened out Soul Spirits from those stored in the Donghai Spirit Transfer Pagoda whose attributes and Year Limits were relatively suited to Yu Nanyuan.

Hundred-Year Soul Spirit Thorn Dragon, cultivation eight hundred years.

Hundred-Year Soul Spirit Void Worm, cultivation six hundred years.

Hundred-Year Soul Spirit Man Faced Demon Spider, a rare mutated individual. It had lost its innate lethal poison, but possessed Space Attribute abilities. Cultivation four hundred years.

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