Ah Yin's Contracted Soul Spirit

Ye Kai placed Ah Yin, who had thoroughly replenished her "Ye Kai energy," against his chest.

Though it was a hard layer of weighted armor, Ah Yin still leaned against it contentedly.

"Sister Ah Yin, I've fully comprehended that Soul Spirit Contract I told you about before. Do you know of any Plant-Type Soul Beasts whose attributes are similar to mine? Their cultivation age can be as high as possible."

On the way out of Sunset Forest, Ye Kai spoke to Ah Yin in his arms.

After detoxifying Dugu Bo and then healing his son, the two had provided Ye Kai with more than 1.4 million Healer Points combined. Adding Ye Kai's previous points, he now had more than 1.5 million in total.

(Dugu Bo, Titled Douluo, base value: 10,000 points. Severe injury condition: 4x. Completed treatment: 2x. Total: 8x. With the 10x reward, 800,000 points in total.)

(I set Dugu Bo's son as a Soul Sage, meaning a base value of 8,000 points. Multiplied by 80, that makes 640,000.)

Even after exchanging for the Soul Spirit Contract, Ye Kai still had over a million Healer Points left.

Moreover, the Soul Spirit Contract provided by the system seemed to be Huo Gua's improved version. That was, although one became a soul spirit, one still possessed a physical body and could switch between soul form and physical form at any time, rather than merely being a tangible entity in soul form.

And even if a soul beast that became a soul spirit exceeded the contractor's physical limit in cultivation age, it could accumulate its Soul Power until the next stage before infusing a Soul Ring into the contractor.

Of course, if the contractor's body could withstand it, all the Soul Power could be directly infused into a single Soul Ring.

And as the Blue Silver Emperor, Ah Yin surely knew quite a bit about Plant-Type Soul Beasts.

"..."

Ah Yin did not reply to Ye Kai. Clearly, she was pondering something.

Ye Kai did not disturb Ah Yin either. He assumed she was considering which soul spirit would suit him.

"What do you think of me?"

As though she had made up her mind, Ah Yin's somewhat resolute voice appeared in Ye Kai's mind.

"Huh? Sister Ah Yin, are you sure?"

"Of course. Since I've decided to witness the arrival of a new era with you, then naturally I should be the pioneer and test subject."

"But you're the Blue Silver Emperor. One day, you'll be able to recover to your peak state."

"What does that matter? You wouldn't dislike me for being weak right now, would you? Then again, with my roughly two-thousand-year cultivation, you probably wouldn't even look twice at me even if you were hunting soul beasts. ε=(ο｀*))) Sigh."

Ah Yin spoke in feigned disappointment. To make Ye Kai believe that she was truly upset, she even sent over a burst of sobbing.

Ye Kai's face darkened as he listened to Ah Yin's deliberately dejected words.

Where had the gentle, kind, and understanding Ah Yin from the original story gone?

Could it be that she had really turned dark?

But that did not seem right either. He had heard of white on the outside, black on the inside, and pink on the outside, black on the inside—but never blue on the outside, black on the inside.

"That's not necessarily true. Although you only have two thousand years of cultivation right now, you can still provide me with a Red Soul Ring. It's just that the physical enhancement and skill strength provided by this Red Soul Ring would be equivalent to a Purple Soul Ring.

"But as your cultivation recovers, the boosts provided by the Soul Ring will gradually approach those of a true Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring."

The system-improved contract had an adjustment specifically for situations like Ah Yin's.

"Then what else is there for you to consider?"

Ah Yin asked in return after hearing Ye Kai's words.

"After all, Sister Ah Yin, you can recover to your peak, and there's no danger of a Heavenly Tribulation in the near future. Is this really necessary?"

"In the end, you just don't want me!"

Ye Kai scratched his head. Why did that sound so strange?

"Alright, alright. Once we get back, I'll sign the contract with you."

"That's more like it."

Ah Yin was satisfied upon hearing Ye Kai's answer. Now they could be together forever, right?

Though not forever in the traditional sense.

She had not expected that a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast with suitable attributes and a suitable type would practically offer itself up, only for him to be unwilling to accept it.

Along the way, relying on the Blue Silver Grass spread throughout Sunset Forest, Ye Kai narrowly avoided several soul beasts with cultivation nearing ten thousand years.

After meeting up with the guards waiting outside, he returned directly to Heaven Dou City.

He first Teleported to the mark he had left in Qian Renxue's Secret Chamber within the imperial palace and left Qian Renxue a letter saying that he would be going into seclusion.

Ye Kai then returned to the Martial Soul Saint Hall and likewise informed Salas, telling him not to disturb him for the next day or two, before beginning the process of signing the contract with Ah Yin.

Since Ah Yin had not the slightest intention of resisting, and her current cultivation was relatively weak—

Ye Kai quickly completed the process of condensing a soul spirit.

Ah Yin's original body lit up with golden light, which surged upward from her roots. Yet she did not wither or dim. Instead, she simply vanished bit by bit along with the golden light.

After disappearing completely, she gradually condensed into a golden sphere of light.

As Ye Kai recited an obscure and incomprehensible incantation, a golden six-pointed star appeared in the room, enveloping both Ah Yin and Ye Kai within it.

"Sister Ah Yin, are you willing to form a Soul Spirit Contract with me?"

Ye Kai looked at Ah Yin's soul, which had appeared opposite him, and asked.

"I'm willing!"

Ah Yin answered without the slightest hesitation.

After hearing this, Ye Kai extended his hand to Ah Yin. Seeing this, Ah Yin placed her hand in his.

They pressed their other hands against the golden orb of light.

As strange symbols rose one after another, the two felt as though some kind of connection had formed between them in the unseen depths.

After circling them for dozens of minutes, the strange symbols suddenly stopped and surged into Ye Kai's body.

Ye Kai only felt a slight pain throughout his body before it vanished completely.

After all, he often activated the Eight Gates Formation. His body had probably already grown accustomed to pain.

Suddenly, Ye Kai uncontrollably summoned the Tree of Life. A blood-red Soul Ring slowly condensed around its trunk.

The blood-red Soul Ring suddenly shone brilliantly, and a stream of sky-blue Soul Power flew out from Ye Kai's chest.

It landed on the ground and gradually condensed into Ah Yin.

Ah Yin curiously pinched her own arm. It seemed no different from after she had taken human form. Wasn't this supposed to be a spiritual entity?

Seeing Ah Yin's confusion, Ye Kai explained, "While I was comprehending it, I had a sudden insight and made a few improvements. This is now your physical body, Sister Ah Yin. You can freely switch between your physical body and spiritual form. You can even switch only part of your body."

Ah Yin excitedly tried switching. Her arm alternated between a slightly translucent sky-blue phantom and a smooth, jade-white arm.

"That's wonderful~ Thank you, Xiao Kai."

After trying several times and confirming that it truly was a physical body, Ah Yin picked Ye Kai up and kissed him on the cheek.

With this height difference, it really looked like a mother kissing her son now.

Then Ah Yin pulled Ye Kai into her embrace and spun around the room nonstop. Her sky-blue skirt and golden ribbons fluttered in the wind, like a butterfly dancing amid flowers.

Meanwhile, in the distant Star Dou Great Forest, at the very instant Ye Kai and Ah Yin completed their contract, a lion-type Soul Beast over a meter long suddenly opened a third vertical eye in addition to its two normal eyes. Its entire body was covered in dazzling golden fur, like translucent crystal.

The two normal eyes glimmered with gold, while the vertical eye emitted an eerie red glow.

"What is going on? How could fate undergo such enormous fluctuations? Wait, even the fortune of the Star Dou Great Forest has changed?!"