Sacred Guidance

About three hours later, Qian Daoliu returned carrying two spirit beasts. He placed the two barely breathing creatures before Qian Renxue.

Looking at the two of them, he said, "Xiao Xue, come here. Kill these two spirit beasts and use them as your Soul Rings."

"Okay, Grandpa." Though Qian Renxue was still a little afraid, she walked over. Taking a dagger from her Soul Guidance Bracelet, she slashed at one of the Light Unicorns. Moments later, a yellow Soul Ring slowly condensed. With a wave of her little hand, the Angel Spirit appeared behind her, and her Soul Power guided the Soul Ring toward her body. But at that moment, a sacred aura suddenly radiated from Ling Yuxuan. Though it vanished in an instant, Qian Daoliu still noticed it. A gleam flashed through the eyes of the Angel Spirit behind Qian Renxue, as though it had gained sentience, and Qian Renxue stopped absorbing the Soul Ring.

"Grandpa, my spirit seems to be telling me that this Soul Ring's cultivation is too low. It doesn't want to absorb it."

Qian Daoliu looked astonished. A spirit was indeed part of one's own body, and he himself possessed an Angel Spirit, but he had never heard of a spirit being able to give warnings.

"Xiao Xue, are you sure you didn't sense it wrong?"

Qian Renxue nodded, indicating that she had not.

"Grandpa, what should we do?" Qian Renxue asked.

"We'll keep looking until we find the most suitable one."

"Then won't we have to search for a very, very long time?"

Qian Daoliu said indifferently, "Don't worry. With Grandpa's strength, I'll quickly find a suitable spirit beast for our Xiao Xue."

After thinking for a moment, Qian Renxue said, "Grandpa, it seems my Angel Spirit can guide me to the most suitable spirit beast."

Qian Daoliu's eyes lit up. That could work too?

"Then that's what we'll do."

After that sacred aura erupted from him, Ling Yuxuan fainted once more. Qian Daoliu took Qian Renxue and the unconscious Ling Yuxuan into the sky to search for a suitable Soul Ring for Qian Renxue.

Soul Masters were not supposed to fly in the Star Dou Great Forest only because they feared attacks from high-cultivation spirit beasts. Someone like Qian Daoliu could naturally ignore such concerns. After all, no spirit beast foolish enough would dare provoke Qian Daoliu.

In the end, guided by Qian Renxue's spirit, the group arrived at a cave. A Sacred Pegasus Beast lived there, with a cultivation of 4,320 years.

"Xiao Xue, are you sure it's this one?" Qian Daoliu looked at the Sacred Pegasus Beast before him. Its cultivation was 4,320 years, a full ten times the limit for another person's first Soul Ring.

"Yes, Grandpa. My spirit is guiding me to absorb this spirit beast's Soul Ring," Qian Renxue said firmly.

"Good. Xiao Xue, Grandpa will go in and catch the spirit beast for you."

A pegasus's miserable cry rang out from inside the cave. In less than ten seconds, Qian Daoliu dragged the Sacred Pegasus Beast out.

Qian Daoliu beat the Sacred Pegasus Beast until it was barely alive. Qian Renxue summoned her spirit, and with one swift strike, a purple Soul Ring slowly condensed in the air.

"Xue Er, prepare to absorb the Soul Ring. I'll protect you, but if you fail, you'll have to listen to Grandpa properly from now on."

The little angel stuck out her tongue and nodded. Then she sat cross-legged and began using her Soul Power to draw in the thousand-year Soul Ring, while Qian Daoliu silently guarded her side.

Massive Soul Power surged into Qian Renxue's body. She felt as though her limbs and bones were about to burst apart. That vast, surging sacred Soul Power flooded into her body like a raging deluge, and sweat began streaming down her entire body.

Watching from the side, Qian Daoliu worriedly used his own sacred Soul Power to help Qian Renxue absorb the Soul Ring. In the end, as their Soul Powers merged, Qian Renxue successfully absorbed the 4,320-year Soul Ring.

Qian Daoliu turned to look at the unconscious Ling Yuxuan. He had seen clearly that there had been no rejection at the start of the absorption. Only after that sacred aura flashed from Ling Yuxuan's body did Qian Renxue's Angel Spirit begin rejecting that four-hundred-year Soul Ring. This boy definitely had a secret. Perhaps he was still too young to know it himself.

At the same time, Qian Daoliu thought that he might have underestimated Qian Renxue's potential. But that was a good thing. Xiao Xue might reach heights never attained before—the Nine Trials of the Angel, becoming a god at rank one hundred. The Angel's radiance would eventually shine over the entire continent!

"Grandpa, Xue Er absorbed it successfully."

Qian Daoliu rubbed Qian Renxue's little head.

"As expected of our Xiao Xue. But next time, you can't take such a risk."

Next, they would search for Xiao Xue's second Soul Ring.

"Xiao Xue, does your spirit still sense anything?"

"Apparently not. I can't feel it anymore. How about we keep looking, Grandpa? Maybe I'll sense something once we get near a suitable spirit beast."

"Alright. That's the only thing we can do now."

Qian Daoliu took Qian Renxue and Ling Yuxuan into the sky. About three hours later, Qian Renxue sensed a spirit beast that was especially suitable for her.

"Grandpa, I feel it. It's to the east, and that spirit beast is very fast too. Let's hurry, or it might escape."

It was an Illusion Wing Falcon, with a cultivation of around nine thousand years, exceptionally suited to Qian Renxue. Under Qian Daoliu's pressure, it instantly fell to the ground.

Qian Daoliu looked at the Illusion Wing Falcon. "Xue Er, are you sure you want to absorb a nine-thousand-year Soul Ring?"

"Mhm, Xue Er has made up her mind. I'll absorb this Soul Ring."

Qian Renxue summoned her spirit, and her First Soul Ring lit up. Angel Holy Light Break! Intense Holy Light gathered over Qian Renxue's wings. Her wings drew together, transforming her into a shooting star that streaked forward. It purified abnormal conditions from herself, dissolved her opponent's Soul Power, and left sacred energy along its path that she could detonate with a thought.

The Illusion Wing Falcon fell beneath Qian Renxue's First Spirit Skill, and a purple-black Soul Ring slowly condensed in the air.

Qian Renxue sat cross-legged and absorbed the Illusion Wing Falcon's Soul Ring. Three hours passed, and Qian Renxue successfully absorbed the Illusion Wing Falcon's Soul Ring.

Second Spirit Skill, Wings of Emptiness. Her body became illusory, granting immunity to 100% of physical damage and increasing her speed by 50%. For every ten ranks her Soul Power increased, the boost would rise by another 10%.

"Xue Er, you absorbed it successfully. Grandpa is proud of you! You will eventually reach the heights that I never did!"

Qian Daoliu lovingly rubbed Qian Renxue's little head.

Ling Yuxuan had already awakened while Qian Renxue was absorbing her Soul Ring and watched the process curiously.

"The angel saved her own angel!"

After glancing at Ling Yuxuan, Qian Renxue turned to Qian Daoliu and said:

"Grandpa, I want to bring this little guy back with us. Is that alright?"

Qian Daoliu glanced at Ling Yuxuan and thought, This little guy has Sacred Power hidden within him. He must possess a sacred-attribute spirit, and a very high-level one at that. The change when Xiao Xue absorbed her Soul Ring may truly have been related to him. Once he grows up, he will surely become Xiao Xue's support.

"Of course. This little guy is all alone now, so we can bring him back. It's only one more mouth to feed. It's not like he can eat Spirit Hall poor!"

And so, Ling Yuxuan was brought back to Spirit Hall by Qian Renxue, and the first page of Ling Yuxuan's story was turned.