I Ate a Spirit Beast Raw?

"Each Spirit Master rank can only absorb one Spirit Ring?"

"After every Spirit Beast dies, it produces a Spirit Ring!"

"To absorb a Spirit Ring, one must have a slot on the body to contain it. Every time a Spirit Master advances a rank, an additional slot appears!"

"A Spirit Master must personally kill a Spirit Beast in order to absorb the Spirit Ring produced after its death!"

"Step one: kill the Spirit Beast!"

"Step two: use your own Spirit Ring slot to absorb that Spirit Ring. This step only requires control through your mind. As long as you think about absorbing the Spirit Ring, it will be drawn in! This also leads to a conclusion: a Spirit Master can only absorb one Spirit Ring per rank. No matter how many more Spirit Rings drop afterward, they cannot be drawn into the body!"

"..."

Mo Bai had no idea that Tang San had already successfully verified Master's theory by then. He was still reading Master's book.

"Strange. Since it's something dropped by a Spirit Beast, there's no reason it can't be collected and must simply be allowed to vanish between heaven and earth!"

"The Spirit Ring slots on the body are full, so excess Spirit Rings from hunted beasts can't be drawn into the body!"

"Then what if I picked a tiny Spirit Beast and swallowed it whole?"

"Once it dies inside my body, wouldn't the Spirit Ring it produces have nowhere to go?"

Yet when he read again that a dropped Spirit Ring could only be allowed to disappear if no one could absorb it, Mo Bai felt puzzled once more.

To Mo Bai, Spirit Rings were somewhat like skill books in games. Once absorbed, they granted skills.

By the logic of games, if something dropped and I couldn't use it myself, couldn't I at least pick it up and sell it?

Mo Bai believed there had to be a way. It was just that the people of this world seemed not to have found it yet.

Mo Bai did not think he could come up with any particularly good method, so he thought of a rather reckless one: eating it.

If I eat a Spirit Beast alive, then when it dies and drops a Spirit Ring, it'll still be inside my body. Then I won't need to draw it in, skipping that step entirely.

"I'll definitely have to try it if I get the chance!"

For some reason, Mo Bai felt eager to give it a try!

Still, such matters were a little distant for him right now. He had yet to hunt down even his first Spirit Ring.

Mo Bai's Martial Soul, Blue Silver Grass, was not meant to follow the Control System. Instead, he wanted to follow the Hidden Weapon Style.

Thus, Mo Bai already had some ideas about how to cultivate his Martial Soul.

First, he had to increase Blue Silver Grass's strength, hardness, toughness, sharpness, and so on. Plucking flowers and leaves to use as weapons was a technique of martial arts grandmasters. If Mo Bai wanted to use Blue Silver Grass as hidden weapons, he had to improve its strength before he could use it that way.

Mo Bai's current Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul could not accomplish that. Its damage was not even as great as the sand or stones he could casually pick up!

Before it evolved and grew stronger, Blue Silver Grass truly was weak. Mo Bai had only realized it after awakening his own Martial Soul. No wonder it was called a useless Martial Soul.

Moreover, Mo Bai felt that he needed to find a way to obtain his first Spirit Ring as soon as possible.

It was not because Tang San had absorbed one, so he had to as well.

Rather, if he did not absorb a Spirit Ring and advance, his Startling Feather Art would be unable to break through the first layer, and his Soul Power would be unable to increase.

Master's other theory was utterly useless to Mo Bai under these circumstances.

As someone who cultivated the Startling Feather Art, he knew very clearly whether the Soul Power in his body had increased.

"What happened here?"

When Mo Bai returned to the Seventh Dormitory, he immediately sensed that something was wrong with the atmosphere inside.

"Boss, you're finally back!"

"Boss, you're finally back!"

"..."

Upon seeing Mo Bai return, Wang Sheng and the others brightened at once and rose excitedly to their feet.

"Hmph!" Seeing this, Xiao Wu snorted unhappily from the side.

"They were bullied by other students in the academy. I was going to stand up for them and settle things with those people, but who knew they wouldn't appreciate it? They said only you could represent the Work-Study Students. It's infuriating!"

Xiao Wu then began complaining about Wang Sheng and the others in dissatisfaction.

Mo Bai thus understood that the people of the Seventh Dormitory had been bullied by other students in the academy.

It could also be said that this had always been a problem for the Seventh Room. Since everyone there was a Work-Study Student, they were often looked down on, mocked, and bullied by the other students in the academy!

"I understand. Let's go. Take me to them!"

After learning what had happened, Mo Bai spoke to Wang Sheng and the others.

Originally, Mo Bai had no intention of getting involved in such troublesome matters.

However, over the past few days, Mo Bai had used his authority as the Seventh Room's dorm leader to have the others take turns handling his one hour of daily Work-Study Student duties for him.

After all, if you had power and didn't use it, it would expire. Mo Bai understood that well.

In a situation like this, when Wang Sheng and the others were being bullied, Mo Bai naturally could not stand by and do nothing!

"But, Boss, they're all upperclassmen. Their Boss Xiao is even a Sixth Grade student, a Level 11 Spirit Master!"

"We can't beat him!"

Hearing that Mo Bai was willing to stand up for them, Wang Sheng and the others were overjoyed, but Wang Sheng still voiced his concerns.

"Isn't he just a Level 11 Boss Xiao? I'm already a Level 12 Battle Spirit Master!"

After hearing Wang Sheng's concerns, Xiao Wu gave a disdainful snort from the side.

"What?"

"What?"

"Xiao Wu, when did you become a Spirit Master?"

Wang Sheng and the others were instantly shocked by Xiao Wu's words. They all turned around to stare at her in astonishment.

"Yesterday. I went out yesterday and absorbed a Hundred-Year Spirit Ring, then I jumped straight to Level 12!" Xiao Wu said proudly.

Then Xiao Wu turned to Mo Bai, her eyes brimming with fighting spirit. "Mo Bai, I challenge you again! This time, I, Xiao Wu, will definitely take back the position of dorm leader!"

"You're Level 12? How many years was your Spirit Ring?"

"Who helped you hunt the Spirit Ring?"

Mo Bai was equally surprised as he looked at Xiao Wu. She had absorbed her first Spirit Ring so quickly?

To gain two levels at once, it definitely could not have been just a Hundred-Year Spirit Ring. It had to be at least over two hundred years old.

"Hmph, I'm not telling you. Anyway, someone helped me, that's all you need to know!"

Xiao Wu gave a haughty snort and brushed the matter aside.

Looking at Mo Bai, Xiao Wu found him truly annoying. He always had to ask this and that. Trying to probe into the secrets of Xiao Wu? No chance!

"Not accepting my challenge? Are you scared?"

"If you're scared, just admit defeat. Then I, Xiao Wu, will be the boss of Seventh Dormitory!"

Then Xiao Wu once again pressed Mo Bai.