Sword Saint Chen Xin wanted to see whether Ye Feng had already comprehended Sword and Man as One.
Of course, Sword Saint Chen Xin knew that was impossible. No one could comprehend Sword and Man as One in just three short months. Still, Sword Saint Chen Xin held the slightest expectation for Ye Feng.
"Shui Bing'er, martial soul Ice Phoenix, Level 20 Control System one-ring Battle Soul Master. Please instruct me!" With a stomp of her foot, a yellow Soul Ring appeared around Shui Bing'er. Icy power condensed behind her into an Ice Phoenix. Snowflakes danced through the space around the Ice Phoenix, and the surrounding temperature dropped several degrees Celsius the moment it appeared.
"Ye Feng, martial soul Nine Heart Profound Tang, Level 30 Control System one-ring Battle Soul Master. Please instruct me!" With a thought from Ye Feng, a yellow Soul Ring appeared beneath his feet. A jade-like begonia flower appeared in his right palm.
"What did you say your Soul Power Level was?" Shui Bing'er asked blankly.
"Level 30, one ring, Battle Soul Master," Ye Feng answered clearly.
"What? Level 30? One ring?" Shui Bing'er was utterly shocked.
"Child, were you born with Innate Full Soul Power at Level 30?" Shui Bing'er's grandpa, Shui Ruohan, stared at Ye Feng in astonishment.
"Yes," Ye Feng replied.
Ye Feng only had one Soul Ring, yet his Soul Power Level was already Level 30. There was only one explanation: when Ye Feng awakened his martial soul, his Innate Full Soul Power had been Level 30.
Normally, a Soul Master's Soul Power would receive a certain boost upon obtaining their first Soul Ring. However, Ye Feng's Soul Power Level was already Level 30, and he had reached a bottleneck. Before obtaining his Third Soul Ring, his Soul Power could not break through.
"Nine Heart Profound Tang?"
Shui Ruohan immediately began muttering to himself again.
As the Dean of Skywater Academy, Shui Ruohan knew of every martial soul in the Soul Master world. He had heard of the Nine Heart Hibiscus, but he had never heard of the Nine Heart Profound Tang. After a pause, he muttered, "Could it be a mutated martial soul of the Nine Heart Hibiscus? After all, his surname is Ye as well!"
First Soul Skill: Ice Seal
With a thought from Shui Bing'er, Ye Feng's entire body was instantly sealed within mystical ice.
"It's over!" Shui Bing'er smiled.
With Ye Feng sealed in ice, he could only stand there and take the blows. This meant the battle was already over.
Buzz
A fluctuation of Soul Power arose within the mystical ice, and a yellow glow lit up beneath Ye Feng's feet. The blood in Ye Feng's body flowed thirty percent faster. His speed and strength increased by thirty percent.
Bang
With a muffled sound, the mystical ice sealing Ye Feng shattered, cracks spreading all over it.
"He broke free?" Shui Bing'er froze for a moment. At the same time, her thoughts shifted again, and she instantly unleashed her First Soul Skill once more, sealing Ye Feng in ice.
Bang
The moment the mystical ice sealed Ye Feng, it immediately exploded apart.
Whoosh
Immediately afterward, a piercing sound tore through the air. Ye Feng's body moved at high speed, so fast that before Shui Bing'er could react, he had already appeared in front of her. Ye Feng's fist was only an inch from Shui Bing'er's nose.
"You lost," Ye Feng said.
"You... are you really a Control System Soul Master?" Shui Bing'er asked skeptically.
Ye Feng called himself a Control System Soul Master, yet his speed was no weaker than that of an Agility Attack System Soul Master. Shui Bing'er could not help but question him.
"I really am a Control System Soul Master," Ye Feng answered.
"Then why are you so fast?" Shui Bing'er asked curiously.
"That... might be because I have a mutated martial soul." Ye Feng scratched his head, a flicker passing through his eyes.
The reason Ye Feng was so fast was because he possessed a cheat system. With the system's help, Ye Feng had gained an additional forty points of agility. His speed truly was no weaker than that of an Agility Attack System Soul Master in their teens.
"A mutated martial soul... Nine Heart Profound Tang." Shui Bing'er muttered to herself, seemingly wanting to imprint Ye Feng's martial soul into her heart. This was the first time she had been defeated by someone her own age.
"A mutated martial soul! As expected of Sword Douluo's disciple." Shui Ruohan stroked his beard and looked at Ye Feng approvingly. Then he patted Shui Bing'er's head and said, "Ice, you lost. The Snow Eagle's Soul Ring should rightfully belong to him. We should leave. Grandpa will help you find another soul beast."
"Mm." Shui Bing'er nodded.
Shui Bing'er followed Shui Ruohan for a few steps, then looked back at Ye Feng. The expression in her blue eyes was warm; she clearly had a favorable impression of Ye Feng.
Ye Feng took in Shui Bing'er's expression. Thanks to his efforts, Shui Bing'er had not been left with a bad impression of him.
"Did you take a liking to that girl?" Sword Saint Chen Xin asked.
"Huh?" Ye Feng said in surprise.
"Ye Feng, you're still young. You should wait until you enter an advanced Soul Master Academy before thinking about getting a girlfriend." Sword Saint Chen Xin instructed him in an extremely serious tone.
"Master, it's not what you think." Ye Feng looked at Sword Saint Chen Xin with a mixture of laughter and tears. How old was he? He was only six this year. How could he possibly be considering a life partner?
"Really?" Sword Saint Chen Xin asked uneasily.
"Mm." Ye Feng nodded firmly.
"That's for the best. All right, end the Snow Eagle's life and obtain its Soul Ring!" Sword Saint Chen Xin ordered.
"Mm." Ye Feng nodded.
Holding a dagger, Ye Feng slashed it across the Snow Eagle's neck, ending its life. He formed hand seals with both hands, and icy points of light flew out of the Snow Eagle's corpse, gathering into a halo above it. Drawn by Ye Feng's thoughts and hand seals, the halo slipped into the Nine Heart Profound Tang in his hand.
When Ye Feng opened his eyes, Sword Saint Chen Xin impatiently asked, "What is your Second Soul Skill?"
"Ice Seal," Ye Feng answered.
As he answered, Ye Feng unleashed his Second Soul Skill. A large tree ahead of him, wide enough for one person to wrap their arms around, was sealed in a layer of mystical ice thirty centimeters thick.
"My current Soul Power Level is Level 30. The mystical ice created by Ice Seal is thirty centimeters thick. Each time my Soul Master level rises by one level, the thickness of the mystical ice will increase by ten centimeters," Ye Feng explained in detail.
Since Ye Feng had not yet obtained his Third Soul Ring, his Soul Power Level remained Level 30 even after obtaining his Second Soul Ring.
"Mm, not bad."
Chen Xin was quite satisfied with Ye Feng's Soul Skill.
As a descendant of the Lower Three Sects, Chen Xin had read many ancient texts. He knew that certain high-level soul beasts could grant Soul Masters more powerful Soul Skills. In other words, the strength of a Soul Skill contained within a Soul Ring depended on the species of soul beast. Of course, the one using the Soul Skill was the Soul Master. How powerful a Soul Skill became also depended on how flexibly the Soul Master used it.
"Master, can you defeat Poison Douluo?" While searching for soul beasts, Ye Feng suddenly asked Chen Xin this.
PS: Everyone can guess what the protagonist Ye Feng is planning and why he asked Sword Saint Chen Xin that.