An Excited Ma Xiunuo

A thousand-year soul ring!

The moment he saw this, Ma Xiunuo was utterly stunned. His eyes widened, his face filled with disbelief.

In a small place like Nuoding City, even a hundred-year soul ring was exceedingly rare. As for the four-hundred-year limit for a first soul ring, no one had ever seen one.

As for having a thousand-year soul ring as one's first, even within Spirit Hall, no genius had ever been heard of accomplishing such a feat.

Yet now, such a person had appeared before him. It was simply unheard of!

It was not just Ma Xiunuo. Tang San and Xiao Wu also looked at Ye Xinyu with shock in their eyes.

Xiao Wu in particular. Her soul rings were inherently adaptive and would condense to an age best suited for her, but even hers was less than five hundred years. Yet someone could directly absorb a thousand-year soul ring as their first. A bottle could not hold more water than its capacity; this meant that a thousand years was not even the limit of her body. It was simply absurd.

After being stared at by them for so long, Ye Xinyu began to feel a little uncomfortable.

"Um, isn't that enough?"

Although Ye Xinyu had not planned to reveal her soul ring this early, she could not possibly go forever without using her martial soul. Sooner or later, it was bound to be exposed.

Besides, her mother was a Soul Sage and could be considered part of Spirit Hall's middle and upper ranks. Even if the people of Spirit Hall found out, they probably could not do anything to her, right?

"That'll do." Ma Xiunuo finally came to his senses and immediately turned his gaze toward the sensing crystal beside him.

However, when he saw the halo displayed on the crystal ball, Ma Xiunuo's expression turned puzzled. He stared intently at the crystal ball.

"Hm? Soul power rank 13? Why is it only rank 13?"

"Is there a problem?" Ye Xinyu slowly withdrew her martial soul and asked casually. Her expression remained calm; Ma Xiunuo's reaction did not surprise her.

Ma Xiunuo frowned slightly and said uncertainly.

"No. It's just that, since your first soul ring is a thousand years old, it shouldn't have only raised your soul power by three ranks. But it's fine. Perhaps there's some special circumstance."

After all, Soul Masters came in all kinds. Encountering something strange and unusual was perfectly normal. He was only a Soul Master in his twenties, so it was normal that he did not understand.

"By the way, what exactly is your martial soul?" Ma Xiunuo raised his head, his gaze settling on Ye Xinyu once more.

Ye Xinyu nodded slightly and did not hide anything as she answered directly.

"My mother said it's a mutated form of the Swan Martial Soul called the Emerald Swan. It excels at recovery and healing. My first soul skill is group recovery. It should restore injuries, soul power, and stamina, though I'm not entirely sure of the exact effects."

Ma Xiunuo froze upon hearing this. A flicker of surprise crossed his eyes.

"A swan? Isn't that the martial soul of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family? Could it be that you're from the imperial family?"

Ye Xinyu could not help feeling a little awkward and hurriedly explained.

"Senior, please don't jump to conclusions. I'm just an ordinary person. Besides, it's not as though only members of the imperial family can awaken a Swan Martial Soul."

Martial souls were nothing more than animals, plants, and all sorts of strange things. But there could not possibly be more types than there were people on the continent. As far as she knew, the continent alone had at least a hundred million people. It was far too common for people to possess identical martial souls.

"That's true. It seems I overthought it." Ma Xiunuo nodded thoughtfully.

Still, perhaps it was just an illusion, but that pair of milky-white wings seemed somehow familiar. It felt as if he had seen them somewhere before, yet he could not remember where.

Forget it. None of that was important. Ma Xiunuo immediately fixed his gaze on her and spoke with a solemn expression.

"Young lady, forgive this old man for speaking frankly, but with your talent, remaining at Nuoding City Academy will only bury your potential. As long as you come to Spirit Hall, I can guarantee that you will receive the best training. Even Your Holiness the Pope may take you as a disciple."

Obtaining a soul ring in the first year meant she had to possess Innate Full Soul Power. Coupled with a thousand-year first soul ring that apparently had no side effects, there was probably not another person with such talent in the entire world. Though she was a Support-type Soul Master, that was precisely what Spirit Hall lacked.

He did not dare guarantee that Your Holiness the Pope would truly accept a disciple, but he should lure her over first.

Ye Xinyu paused slightly. Become Bibi Dong's disciple?

She would have to be out of her mind to go.

Honestly, in her impression, Bibi Dong's talent was quite good in every regard. But aside from raising Hu Liena like a daughter, it seemed no one else had received particularly good treatment from her.

Besides, Bibi Dong clearly had something wrong with her head. How else could Yu Xiaogang run into her again and again, with all those chance encounters?

How could there be so many coincidences in the world? Yu Xiaogang had clearly approached her deliberately, yet Bibi Dong could not see through it. She had even insisted on leaving Spirit Hall and running away with Yu Xiaogang.

Although what Qian Xunji did was rather vile, just think about it: you painstakingly nurtured a talented person, only for them to be seduced away by someone from a hostile force.

Then she made a fuss about leaving Spirit Hall. That was practically no different from treason. In any case, Ye Xinyu could not bring herself to like her.

But it did not matter. Bibi Dong had nothing to do with her anyway.

Joining Spirit Hall was out of the question. Still, if she could truly meet Bibi Dong, perhaps that would not be a bad thing.

It would be a good chance to test whether she could use information about the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to ransom her mother out of Spirit Hall.

It would be best if she could ransom her mother back. Even if she could not, without those immortal herbs, Tang San and the others should be incapable of standing against Spirit Hall.

Sigh, her mother really gave her no peace of mind.

Still, it was strange. During those years in Spirit City, although the Pope rarely went out, she still made a few public appearances.

Yet for some reason, every time that day came around, her mother would lock her in the house and refuse to let her go out.

She had lived in Spirit City for so many years, yet she did not even know what the Pope looked like.

"Young lady, I know you're currently at Nuoding Academy, but getting you out is only a matter of a word from us. You don't need to worry about such matters." Seeing Ye Xinyu remain silent for so long, Ma Xiunuo could not help speaking up.

Unlike the previous Blue Silver Grass martial soul, even a hundred-year soul ring had not been of much use.

But for such a top-tier support-type martial soul, with an unprecedented thousand-year first soul ring, Spirit Hall would consider any price worthwhile for a genius like this. Moreover, if he successfully recruited her, he would receive considerable benefits as well.

Ye Xinyu hesitated for a moment before speaking to the two behind her.

"Um... how about you two head back first?"

Seeing this, Ma Xiunuo immediately understood. "All right, your martial soul registration is complete. Here are your subsidies and certificates. You may leave now."

As he spoke, Ma Xiunuo handed over the certificates along with two Gold Soul Coins.

After taking them, Xiao Wu remained calm, but Tang San frowned.

"Are you sure you want to join Spirit Hall?"