Decisive and Ruthless

After locking her gaze onto the Soul Beast before them, Bibi Dong explained.

"The Thousand-Year Glimmering Moon Deer carries a trace of Light Unicorn bloodline. It excels at recovery, so it suits your Martial Soul quite well."

As she spoke, Bibi Dong was actually somewhat uncertain.

Although the records described the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul as an all-purpose Martial Soul, neither Qian Daoliu nor Xiao Xue, among those she knew and had seen, had done this. If her guess was wrong, then the first Soul Ring might be wasted.

Bibi Dong did not attack immediately. Instead, she turned her gaze toward Ye Xinyu, took a deep breath, and said,

"Before we make a move, I'll give you a choice. Absorb this Soul Beast's Soul Ring, or choose another one."

Ye Xinyu froze at her words.

"Mom, what do you mean? Are you saying I can't absorb a thousand-year Soul Ring yet?"

Bibi Dong shook her head slightly.

"No. It's only a thousand-year Soul Ring. For you right now, absorbing it won't be difficult. Even if something really goes wrong, I can handle it."

"Then what is it?" Ye Xinyu tilted her head and asked in confusion.

After letting out a long breath, Bibi Dong said,

"Emerald Swans are normally jade-green, while your Martial Soul is pure white. So it should be a mutated Martial Soul. If I'm not mistaken, it has now gained the Light Attribute, and it should also possess offensive capabilities."

"So, I'm giving you two choices. Either absorb the Soul Ring of the Soul Beast before you. The Soul Skill you gain will most likely be recovery-type, making you a Support-type Soul Master. Or I can find you a Light-type Soul Beast skilled in offense and make you an Assault-type Soul Master."

"You decide your own fate. No matter what you choose, Mom won't blame you."

Her words were half true and half false. Although she very much hoped her daughter would cultivate as a Support-type Soul Master, she also did not want her daughter to learn the truth someday and hate her, just like Xiao Xue.

At that moment, Ye Xinyu barely gave it any thought before saying,

"No need. Mom definitely wouldn't hurt me. Since we've already chosen it, then let's go with this one."

Bibi Dong could not help but let out a sigh of relief.

She had always been decisive. Without hesitation, she pulled the thousand-year Soul Beast over in an instant, and a short blade appeared in her hand at some point.

"Here. Remember, aim carefully. Give it a quick death."

Taking the short blade, Ye Xinyu was somewhat speechless, but she still walked toward the deer.

The short blade was extremely sharp. Even with only a child's strength, it easily pierced the deer's head. After struggling a few times, a brilliant purple Soul Ring rose and began to circle in the air.

Purple—a thousand-year Soul Ring.

Using such a powerful Soul Ring as her first Soul Ring... Although her mother had explained that she could absorb it, now that the moment had truly arrived, she was still a little afraid.

"Once a Soul Ring appears, its energy is constantly dissipating. It's only a little, but don't waste it. Remember the method I taught you and absorb it quickly."

Either fade into the crowd or stand out from it. It was just a thousand-year Soul Ring. I'll risk it.

Having made up her mind, Ye Xinyu no longer hesitated. She sat down cross-legged, and as she connected with it through her Soul Power, the dazzling purple halo slowly descended toward the top of her head.

Bibi Dong sat beside her. The entire process was astonishingly smooth. There was no rejection or other reaction as the Soul Ring was absorbed into her body. Next, all she had to do was fully absorb the Soul Ring's energy, and she would succeed.

Xiao Gang, I wonder if you received the book I sent you.

If you did, you should be very happy, right?

After all, for someone like you, so dedicated to studying Martial Souls, the value of this book was comparable to a Soul Master's Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. No, it should be far greater than that.

Meanwhile, somewhere within the Soul Hunting Forest.

Several wild wolves were slowly closing in on an old man and a young boy. They could even smell the foul stench from the wolves' mouths.

The middle-aged man, who looked to be in his forties or fifties, quickly took out a mask and handed one to the little boy beside him.

The next moment, one of the two Yellow Soul Rings on his body swiftly flew toward a creature at his feet that was neither quite pig nor dog. Well, if it had to be described, it looked somewhat like Zhu Luo.

As the Yellow Soul Ring settled around Zhu Luo, its body instantly swelled up, especially its belly. Once it had expanded to a certain extent, its round body suddenly bounced several meters into the air. Then, with a tremendous boom, it erupted.

An orange-yellow attack burst from Zhu Luo's backside. The sound was deafening, and several wild wolves were blasted several meters away before crashing heavily to the ground. Two wolves glared viciously before limping backward and leaving the area.

The other wolves could only howl miserably. Clearly, that attack had already robbed them of their ability to move.

"Xiao San, did you see that? This is a Soul Master's Soul Skill. Once you obtain a Soul Ring later, you'll have a Soul Skill of your own."

The little boy frowned and forced himself to endure the stench as he asked,

"Teacher, how do you obtain a Soul Ring? And are Soul Skills exclusive?"

The middle-aged man walked toward the wolves. With two quick strikes of his blade, two white halos slowly rose from the wolves' corpses.

"Xiao San, do you see? These are Soul Rings. They only appear after a Soul Beast dies. At the same time, Soul Rings are exclusive. In other words, only the person who kills the Soul Beast can absorb its Soul Ring. After absorbing a Soul Ring, one can use the Soul Skill it carries."

"A Soul Skill is generally a special ability formed when the ability that kind of Soul Beast excels at combines with one's own Martial Soul."

"As for exclusivity, even if two people have identical Martial Souls and absorb the same type of Soul Beast with the same cultivation age, the Soul Skills they obtain are unlikely to be the same. In other words, everyone's Soul Ring configurations can be identical, but their Soul Skills cannot be exactly the same."

"Moreover, different combinations of Soul Skills can produce completely different effects. That is why Soul Masters all have their own understanding of Soul Beasts, so they can obtain the Soul Skills most suitable for themselves."

Xiao San nodded thoughtfully.

"Teacher, I understand."

Seeing this, the middle-aged man said,

"Your Blue Silver Grass is like that. Though it's rather weak, as the saying goes, 'a fence-sitter leans whichever way the wind blows.' The advantage is that your Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul is extremely adaptable. No matter what kind of Soul Beast it is paired with, there won't be any conflict."

These words sounded somewhat harsh to the little boy. Though they made sense, calling it a fence-sitter just felt strange.

The middle-aged man casually fed a carrot to Zhu Luo before saying,

"Take my Martial Soul, for example. It can eat carrots to reduce the cooldown of each attack. Xiao San, your Martial Soul should have its own characteristics as well."

As he spoke, he had his Martial Soul scout ahead.