Ring Explosion Defect

"Of course I know about the Clear Sky Sect's self-created soul skills!"

"Especially Ring Explosion, created by Tang Chen, the founder of the Clear Sky Sect. I heard it's a self-created soul skill comparable to a divine skill!"

Upon hearing Qian Daoliu's question, Gu Ziyi immediately replied.

How could Gu Ziyi possibly not know about the Clear Sky Sect's self-created soul skills? Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, Clear Sky Nine Perfections, Great Sumeru Hammer, and Ring Explosion—those were all far too famous.

They were genuine self-created soul skills even more powerful than soul ring soul skills, unlike the self-created soul skills mastered by the various sects and factions, which were merely simple applications of Soul Power.

At the same time, Gu Ziyi was somewhat puzzled, unsure why Qian Daoliu had suddenly brought up the Clear Sky Sect's self-created soul skills.

Could it be that Qian Daoliu thought the Clear Sky Sect's self-created soul skills had all come from Self-Created Soul Rings?

That was impossible. Based on the information Gu Ziyi possessed, Tang Chen's soul rings could not have been Self-Created Soul Rings.

With Tang Chen's talent, it was only natural for him to create those soul skills.

No... that might not necessarily be true. His earlier soul rings might not have been, but perhaps the later ones were.

"Grand Elder, do you suspect that Tang Chen also possesses Self-Created Soul Rings?"

Having reached that thought, Gu Ziyi directly voiced his question.

"That's right. That is exactly what I suspect!"

Qian Daoliu was slightly surprised that Gu Ziyi had guessed his thoughts, but he soon admitted it.

In truth, Qian Daoliu simply could not accept that Tang Chen was stronger than him, so he wanted to find the reason why.

"Grand Elder should have fought him before, right? If he used soul skills from Self-Created Soul Rings, the soul rings would have lit up as well."

Gu Ziyi asked in return.

"Then that probably wasn't the case. Aside from when he was young, Tang Chen never used his soul ring soul skills in battle. Everything he used was self-created soul skills!"

Qian Daoliu was momentarily stunned by Gu Ziyi's question before shaking his head.

A trace of regret rose in his heart. It seemed that Tang Chen's self-created soul skills had not come from Self-Created Soul Rings after all.

Gu Ziyi was not surprised by Qian Daoliu's words.

Tang Chen did possess that kind of talent.

However, Qian Daoliu's words also made Gu Ziyi think of something. It seemed that Tang Hao also never used soul ring soul skills in battle, did he?

It was either Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer or Clear Sky Nine Perfections, or else Great Sumeru Hammer and Ring Explosion. They were all self-created soul skills.

Other than his seventh soul skill, of course—but the seventh soul ring could hardly be considered a soul ring soul skill, since it was always the Martial Soul Avatar.

Thinking about how neither Tang Chen nor Tang Hao used soul ring soul skills in battle, Gu Ziyi began to form a guess.

Could it be that they had used Ring Explosion too many times and blown away their soul ring soul skills? Then perhaps Clear Sky Nine Perfections and the rest were self-created by Tang Chen out of necessity?

Because if he had not created them himself, he would have had no soul skills left to use!

As for Tang San, perhaps he had not used Ring Explosion enough times for the aftereffects to emerge yet, or perhaps the Sea God's power protected him, so he was fine.

"Grand Elder..."

After thinking that far, Gu Ziyi could not help but share his speculation with Qian Daoliu.

"Ring Explosion blew away his soul ring soul skills?"

Qian Daoliu's eyes immediately lit up upon hearing Gu Ziyi's words.

He realized that what Gu Ziyi said was indeed quite possible. After Tang Chen created Ring Explosion, he had used his soul ring soul skills less and less frequently.

If Ring Explosion had truly blown away his soul skills, then everything made sense!

Qian Daoliu nearly burst out laughing at the thought.

However, his smile quickly faded, because even if Tang Chen had blown away his own soul ring soul skills, Qian Daoliu had still never won a single sparring match against him.

He had sparred with Tang Chen many times, and their battles had always ended without a clear winner. Yet he knew that he himself was slightly inferior.

He also recalled that Tang Chen had secluded himself for a long period of time, and after emerging, he had created Clear Sky Nine Perfections.

That meant that before then, he had actually had a good chance of defeating Tang Chen.

But it seemed meaningless anyway. Defeating Tang Chen when he had no soul skills left would have meant nothing to him.

"Your speculation makes a great deal of sense. Perhaps Tang Chen was forced to create those self-created soul skills because he had blown away all his soul skills back then!"

"Make good use of your intelligence. I believe your future will be full of great achievements!"

After putting aside his thoughts, Qian Daoliu praised Gu Ziyi once more.

He was growing increasingly appreciative of Gu Ziyi.

Although Gu Ziyi's talent was lacking, even Qian Daoliu found his intelligence remarkable.

"Yes, Grand Elder. I definitely will!"

Gu Ziyi replied excitedly.

Seeing how highly Qian Daoliu regarded him, Gu Ziyi even considered revealing the existence of the immortal herbs and having Qian Daoliu take him to harvest them.

However, Gu Ziyi ultimately held himself back. He had no way to explain how he knew where the immortal herbs were, and he had already planned to explore the place himself after breaking through to level 20.

"So after all that, you still haven't told us what your Second Soul Skill is!"

"Xiao Yi, your Second Soul Ring has a soul skill too, right?"

Qian Daoliu smiled in satisfaction before asking Gu Ziyi about his Second Soul Skill.

"Haha, Father, not just you—even I kept forgetting to ask!"

Hearing Qian Daoliu's words, Qian Xunji was briefly stunned before laughing as well.

Bibi Dong also urged Gu Ziyi, "Junior Brother, hurry up and tell us. What is your Second Soul Skill?"

"My Second Soul Skill is the Purification Spell!"

Gu Ziyi found it rather amusing as well, then revealed his Second Soul Skill and its effects.

"It purifies the body and strengthens the five senses!"

"A fine support ability. It seems your martial soul truly is rather unusual!"

After hearing the effects of Gu Ziyi's soul skill, Qian Daoliu praised him again, acknowledging that Gu Ziyi's martial soul was indeed unusual.

It was clearly a low-quality martial soul, yet it possessed high-quality soul skills.

However, there was nothing he could do about Gu Ziyi's situation.

No matter how unusual Gu Ziyi's martial soul was, the fact that his Innate Soul Power was only Rank 1 could not be changed.

"Pope, have someone search with all their might for treasures that can alter one's talent!"

Thinking of this, Qian Daoliu directly gave Qian Xunji the order.

"Yes, Father!"

Qian Xunji once again accepted his father's instruction.

His father's admiration for Gu Ziyi surprised him somewhat.

But thinking of Gu Ziyi's performance, he did seem worthy of attention.

Still, he did not hold much hope. Treasures capable of changing a soul master's talent did exist, but they were things one might not encounter even once in a hundred years.

Finding one would not be so easy.

Not long afterward, Qian Xunji left the Worship Hall with Gu Ziyi and Bibi Dong.

Afterward, Qian Xunji had Gu Ziyi write out a detailed account of his earlier ideas, as well as the matter of Self-Created Soul Rings.

Only then could he arrange for dedicated personnel to study it.

Naturally, Gu Ziyi had no objections. He spent half a day writing a detailed report on Self-Created Soul Rings.

"Rank 20 already. After preparing for so long, it's time for me to head to Sunset Forest and try looking for one!"

After setting down his pen, Gu Ziyi looked out the window.