This mission to find Spirit Rings was still a formidable one.
Previously, at the bottom of Goddess Lake, they had trained thanks to Nian Nian, and each had received a God-bestowed Spirit Ring. Ming Sui and Zhu Zhuqing had already used theirs beneath the lake, while the others' had been sealed inside their bodies by the goddess. When they needed a Spirit Ring, one would form with the highest possible cultivation age their bodies could withstand and the best possible fit.
After returning from Spirit City, Tang San, who had undergone his Second Awakening, was the first to break through. However, he had not needed his God-bestowed Spirit Ring. His Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul had condensed a Spirit Ring on its own. The nearly three-thousand-year Third Spirit Ring gave Tang San his third spirit skill, Flower Tossing and Leaf Plucking. Blue Silver Grass leaves could turn into the sharpest Hidden Weapons—a spirit skill perfectly suited to Tang San.
The others soon made breakthroughs as well. Whenever someone was about to break through, Ming Sui and Zhu Zhuqing would remind them once more of the precautions for using a God-bestowed Spirit Ring: they had to hold on, and the longer they held on, the older the Spirit Ring would be and the better the skill they received. Thus, when Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Ning Rongrong used their God-bestowed Spirit Rings to break through at the academy, each endured longer than the last. Xiao Wu broke through at Teacher A'tu's place, and when she returned, she had gained her third spirit skill as well.
Ming Sui and Zhu Zhuqing had already used their God-bestowed Spirit Rings, so they could only go out and hunt for new ones. Since only the two of them needed to leave, the teachers took just them