Ling Xuan's First Spirit Ring

As the paper landed on the desk, everyone's attention was drawn to it.

Lin Li picked up the Meditation Method and examined it for a while. She had encountered Meditation Methods when she was young; her Parents were also Spirit Masters, so they had naturally introduced her to them.

However, this Meditation Method was more comprehensive than her Parents' own. Its handwriting resembled Ye Lian herself—free-spirited, yet restrained in its strokes.

After Zhou Yurou saw the Meditation Method, she tried to begin cultivating, while Lin Li set it down and continued cultivating the Death God Art.

Ye Lian naturally noticed Lin Li's unusual behavior, but she said nothing. Everyone had a few secrets, didn't they?

For an entire afternoon, Ye Lian tirelessly helped the students around her organize their thoughts on cultivation. By the time everyone was able to cultivate, it was already seven in the evening.

When class ended at six, Lin Li and Zhou Yurou, who was already able to cultivate normally, had already left.

At this moment, inside the office, Lin Li wore a black long-sleeved shirt and trousers, with half-armor covering her upper body.

Her hair was neatly combed and fully gathered into a bun. Unlike her usual lazy charm, she now appeared exceptionally sharp and capable.

Ling Xuan was still dressed in long sleeves and trousers, but upon closer inspection, faint glimmers of light could be seen flashing across them. They were actually clothes made from Thousand-Year Nether Silkworm Silk.

Ye Lian said calmly, "Your Martial Soul is the Demon Soul Spirit Tree, one of the top sovereigns among plant types. So what do you plan to choose for your First Spirit Ring?"

Ling Xuan immediately replied, "Aunt, I want to follow the path of a Control System Spirit Master."

Ye Lian did not mind his form of address, which delighted Ling Xuan somewhat. Then he heard her say, "Your best choice is still the Demon Eye Demonic Tree. Let's hurry to the Star Dou Great Forest and take a look."

That was right, the Demon Eye Demonic Tree! Otherwise, Ye Lian would not have been so cautious as to don half-armor.

The Demon Eye Demonic Tree was simply too rare. It was almost entirely distributed throughout the inner regions of the Star Dou Great Forest, where Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts gathered.

She could only bring Ling Xuan along to try their luck. Otherwise, they would have to hunt one of several other plants with powerful control abilities.

As for the Top Ten Core Theories of Martial Souls proposed by Grandmaster, Ye Lian could only sneer. No normal person would be foolish enough to have a plant Martial Soul absorb the spirit ring of an Animal Soul Beast.

Plants needed to strengthen their resistance, but even more importantly, they needed to enhance their vitality. If one blindly absorbed animal-type spirit rings without absorbing plant-type ones, then even the finest plant Martial Soul would be ruined!

The two immediately set off. More accurately, Ye Lian grabbed Ling Xuan by the back of his collar and headed straight for the Star Dou Great Forest.

What they did not notice was that shortly after they left the academy, a young girl in a black dress lazily leaped down from a rooftop.

Wings as black as ink instantly appeared behind her. With a flap of those wings, her figure slowly descended and landed on the ground.

The young girl was Lin Li. As she recalled Ye Lian swiftly leaving with Ling Xuan, a glint flashed through her eyes.

When she had seen the eight spirit rings Ye Lian revealed without concealment, she had been rather shocked.

But when she remembered Ye Lian saying that they should cultivate normally in the coming days because she had matters to deal with, then connected it with her dragging Ling Xuan away by his sleeve, it all made sense.

However, for Lin Li, her opportunity had come. Ling Xuan's Martial Soul was powerful, but it was the Demon Soul Spirit Tree, a type with extremely demanding requirements for spirit rings.

Take Tang San, for example. His Martial Soul was the Blue Silver Emperor! Even if it had not awakened, it was still an imperial existence among plant Martial Souls.

Look at what his wonderful teacher had raised it into. The Blue Silver Grass's defining trait was vitality, yet Yu Xiaogang had it add poison and toughness instead.

If it were a plant like Ghost Vine, which was inherently sinister, then such a method would undoubtedly be the most feasible.

But the Blue Silver Emperor even had the potential to reach the Ultimate Life attribute!

She gazed at the star-filled sky. Beneath the starlight, endless stellar radiance spread across the heavens, resembling one breathtakingly beautiful scene after another.

She softly shouted, "Blood Fiend Demonic Phoenix, manifest!" Instantly, a phoenix phantom as black as ink appeared behind her. Its eyes were stained with blood, like a red moon in the night—eerie yet captivating.

The wings behind her were no longer simply black as ink. Several blood-colored mists now shrouded them, adding a hazy, dreamlike beauty.

As she circulated her Soul Power, the cry of the Blood Fiend Demonic Phoenix rang out. Her wings spread slightly and flapped as she shot toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

Lin Li flew at a very low altitude. The higher she flew, the greater the restrictions imposed on her by the gravity of Douluo Continent, and the greater her Soul Power consumption became.

No matter how fast she flew, even with the Star Domain's enhancement, it still took her more than three hours to reach the edge of the outer region of the Star Dou Great Forest.

She immediately withdrew her phoenix wings. She sighed; prolonged flight had consumed a considerable amount of her Soul Power. However, because the Star Domain continuously absorbed the Power of Stars—

the Blood Fiend Demonic Phoenix had absorbed quite a bit of stellar energy as well. Even so, more than half of her own Soul Power had been depleted.

She let out a faint sigh, closed her eyes, sat cross-legged, and circulated the Death God Art to recover her Soul Power.

At this moment, within the Star Dou Great Forest, a woman dressed in black long sleeves and trousers, looking exceptionally valiant, swept her cold gaze across the surroundings. Beside her stood a boy who had only just reached her shoulder.

The two were clearly exhausted, yet neither of them dared relax in the slightest!

Who else could they be but Ye Lian and Ling Xuan? Ye Lian was nearly breaking down. She deeply suspected that this little brat had been sent by those old geezers in the family specifically to torment her.

The Demon Eye Demonic Tree was simply too difficult to find. There were so many trees in the Star Dou Great Forest, but Demon Eye Demonic Trees were pitifully scarce.

Suddenly, a vine that moved like obsidian appeared and viciously lashed at the two of them.

Ye Lian was somewhat enraged that such a weak Soul Beast had actually ambushed her. She shouted, "Fourth Soul Skill, Fox Demon's Wrathful Heart-Burning Roll!"

In an instant, the phantom of a completely crimson fox appeared behind her. A distinctly pale golden gleam shone in its long, narrow eyes.

It was her Martial Soul, the Crimson Flame King Fox!

After the Crimson Flame King Fox appeared, terrifying flames erupted from its body. The fire was so powerful that even the surrounding environment visibly distorted.

Ye Lian formed her hand into a blade. Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black—

Among the eight spirit rings, the fourth, a particularly bright and profound purple ring, instantly lit up. Her palm swept toward the vine with a howl, as though she had directly unleashed a massive crimson-and-gold whirlwind!

The scorching waves twisted violently and tyrannically, instantly burning the spear-like vines stabbing toward her into nothing but ash!

But for the fox fire of an eight-ringed Soul Douluo, how powerful was her soul skill? How could it possibly burn only this single attached vine?

The flames of the Crimson Flame King Fox raced along the vine, about to burn the enemy's main body directly. When Ye Lian saw that main body, a gleam instantly flashed through her eyes!

She slapped Ling Xuan and said, "Good kid, I never expected you to run into such a superb treasure!"

When Ling Xuan saw the Soul Beast vine's appearance, his breathing stalled. The look in his eyes was like that of a rough man seeing a beautiful woman, or a thief seeing a wallet...

The words I want it were practically written across his face.

The vine was not large, only three meters long. Yet its pitch-black color and the tiny scales upon it undoubtedly displayed its extraordinariness.

Ling Xuan, whose expression had always remained calm and unruffled, could not help swallowing. He said in a trembling voice, "Black Nether Dragon Vine!"