Absorbing the Spirit Ring

"Alright, you've accepted the goodwill of our Clear Sky Sect. We can be considered to have completed the task Father assigned us!"

"Thank you again for helping our little sister. She has already lost too much time because she was unable to cultivate. We need to help her hunt a soul ring as soon as possible, so we'll take our leave first!"

After handing the soul bone to Gu Ziyi, Tang Xiao took the opportunity to say goodbye as well.

Now that he had discovered the truth, he naturally would not continue inviting Gu Ziyi to join their Clear Sky Sect.

"Elder Brother, didn't Father tell us..."

Tang Hao was slightly taken aback when he heard his elder brother's words, then casually tried to remind him.

"Let's help our little sister absorb her soul ring first!"

Tang Xiao directly cut Tang Hao off, not allowing him to mention recruiting Gu Ziyi.

"Oh, right!"

Tang Hao smiled at that and gave it no further thought. Instead, he turned back and patted Gu Ziyi on the shoulder with a grin. "Then, kid, we'll meet again later!"

"Alright, let's go!"

"Helping our little sister attach her soul ring comes first!"

After saying that, Tang Xiao turned and headed outside first.

"Little sister, let's go too!"

Seeing this, Tang Hao quickly brought Tang Yuehua along.

"...Oh, alright!"

Tang Yuehua could only follow her eldest and second brothers out, though she did not forget to look at Gu Ziyi and say, "Classmate Gu Ziyi, then we'll see each other again later!"

The group soon left together.

Why did that feel a little off?

"..."

Gu Ziyi frowned slightly as he watched Tang Xiao and the others leave.

Tang Xiao and Tang Hao had clearly treated him very differently.

However, Gu Ziyi did not dwell on it. Tang Yuehua had not shown any unusual reaction either, so he only needed to wait for her and the others to return.

"After attaching the soul ring, Tang Xiao and the others probably won't wait until the end of this term before going back. That means it's about time for me too!"

"The Clear Sky Sect... I wonder what the current Clear Sky Sect is like..."

Gu Ziyi could not help feeling somewhat curious.

The present-day Clear Sky Sect was still the renowned Number One Sect Under Heaven. The Four Single Attribute Clans were also attached to it, making it immensely powerful.

Gu Ziyi was only briefly curious before his attention quickly shifted to the box in his hands.

A soul bone. He had not expected to come into contact with one so soon.

Although it was only a two-thousand-year soul bone, it was still a soul bone!

"Absorbing it is out of the question. It'll be perfect for research!"

Although his talent did not seem particularly good, Gu Ziyi had no intention of absorbing a soul bone of such low quality.

Once a soul bone was absorbed, it would not be easy to remove.

Gu Ziyi did not want a low-quality soul bone to occupy one of the soul bone slots on his body.

As for using it for research—

Gu Ziyi had several ideas.

The first was to see whether he could directly use the soul skill contained within the soul bone without absorbing it.

After all, in Gu Ziyi's view, a soul bone was just a piece of equipment in a game.

It was simply that once equipped on the body, it could not be removed.

If he treated it as equipment, then it did not necessarily have to be equipped on his body to be used. Some equipment could be used just by holding it in one's hand.

He could also use the soul bone to research a Self-Created Soul Skill.

He would thoroughly understand the soul skill within the soul bone and see whether he could replicate it, or perhaps directly absorb the soul skill from the soul bone into his martial soul.

If that did not work, he would see whether he could replicate the soul skill from the soul bone onto the talismans he summoned.

Aside from Purifying Heart Mantra talismans, Gu Ziyi could also summon blank talismans, just as he had before leveling up.

These were all things Gu Ziyi planned to research.

Even before he had obtained a soul bone, Gu Ziyi had already considered these possible studies. Now that he had one, he naturally would not let the opportunity pass.

If it was only going to be used for research, then this two-thousand-year soul bone was perfectly suited for Gu Ziyi.

"Sure enough, women affect the speed of my cultivation, but rich women don't!"

"As the Young Miss of the Clear Sky Sect, Tang Yuehua is undeniably a wealthy, beautiful woman!"

While Gu Ziyi was excited over obtaining a soul bone, the Tang Xiao and Tang Hao brothers set off for the Soul Beast Forest with Tang Yuehua and Bai Lu.

Since they were only hunting for a First Soul Ring, they merely needed to find a suitable soul beast around four hundred years old.

They therefore did not head to a wild Soul Beast Forest, instead choosing to hunt in a Soul Beast Forest maintained by Spirit Hall.

After all, it was safer.

In a wild Soul Beast Forest, even with Tang Xiao, a Soul King, and Tang Hao, who was already a Soul Ancestor, it would be difficult to ensure Tang Yuehua and Bai Lu's safety.

A managed Soul Beast Forest posed no such problem.

"Elder Brother, Gu Ziyi was the one who solved my inability to cultivate. Can I invite him to join our Clear Sky Sect?"

On the way there, Tang Yuehua found an opportunity to bring up inviting Gu Ziyi to Tang Xiao.

"Of course. We can discuss that after we help you absorb your soul ring!"

After hearing Tang Yuehua's words, Tang Xiao's steps paused slightly before he replied with a smile.

Before helping Tang Yuehua absorb her soul ring, he had no intention of laying everything bare to his little sister, lest it affect her absorption.

"Don't worry, little sister. Even if you hadn't said anything, we were already planning to invite him into the Clear Sky Sect!"

"This was another task Father assigned to us!"

Tang Hao said with a smile from the side.

"Mm-hm, it seems Father really does have good judgment!"

"His First Soul Skill is especially unique. It has an effect similar to my Innate Domain..."

Tang Yuehua immediately smiled happily upon hearing that, unable to resist praising Gu Ziyi's excellence again.

"Is that so? Then it really is quite unique..."

What she did not know was that her behavior only further confirmed Tang Xiao's suspicions about her feelings.

Perhaps even little sister herself did not realize that she liked him? In any case, no matter what, they could not bring Gu Ziyi back with them.

With the help of the Tang Xiao and Tang Hao brothers, after arriving at the Soul Beast Forest, they were fortunate enough to find a suitable soul beast for Tang Yuehua within a few hours.

It was a Diamond Wolf around four hundred years old, a metal-element soul beast that possessed both strength and defense.

In their view, since Tang Yuehua's martial soul had mutated from the Clear Sky Hammer, it was best to search according to the Clear Sky Hammer's usual absorption path.

With Tang Xiao and the others' help, Tang Yuehua quickly delivered the finishing blow and killed the Diamond Wolf.

Then, under their protection, she absorbed its soul ring.

However, once Tang Yuehua finished absorbing the soul ring and described the effect of her First Soul Skill, the two brothers were utterly dumbfounded.

"What?"

"Little sister, what is your First Soul Skill?"

P.S. Why does Bai Lu have the highest number of likes among the character cards?