Hu Liena's Considerations

While waiting for Hu Liena, Bibi Dong had not been idle.

She was considering whether to release this article.

If she released it, Soul Masters would naturally benefit—but what about her enemies?

Would the Three Upper Sects grow even stronger?

No. The Three Upper Sects' soul ring configurations were already fixed. Centuries of experimentation had given them established soul rings.

It would, however, greatly benefit the vast majority of Soul Masters across the continent and improve their opinion of Spirit Hall.

"However, the Advanced Academy Tournament is only three years away. Releasing it would bring no benefit to Spirit Hall."

Bibi Dong only pondered briefly before ultimately deciding to release it.

Spirit Hall had never feared any challenge.

Very quickly, Bibi Dong arranged for Gui Mei to lift the gag order.

Elsewhere.

At the Spirit Hall team's training grounds.

A girl whose looks were not exceptionally stunning, yet whose brows carried an innate allure, was undergoing rigorous training.

Hu Liena was only eleven years old. Even three years later, during the Advanced Academy Tournament, she would not be qualified to participate, yet she still joined the training with great pride.

She did not want to do nothing during the tournament three years from now.

She wanted to compete on stage, even if only once.

"Na Na, come here."

At that moment, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan's voice reached Hu Liena's ears, and she turned her head curiously.

"Your Excellency Chrysanthemum Douluo!"

Hu Liena was somewhat delighted. Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan was a close subordinate of her teacher, Bibi Dong.

If Chrysanthemum Douluo had come looking for her, it basically meant her teacher had something to discuss with her.

Hu Liena swiftly abandoned her training and jogged over with a joyful expression, arriving directly before Chrysanthemum Douluo.

"Your Excellency Chrysanthemum Douluo."

Upon reaching Yue Guan, Hu Liena respectfully bowed again.

"No need to be so polite. Pope wants you to read this article."

Yue Guan handed the article to Hu Liena. She immediately flipped it open and began reading the Thesis with a serious expression.

After a long while, Hu Liena looked at Yue Guan, her face full of curiosity.

"Your Excellency Chrysanthemum Douluo, does Teacher want me to give up enchantment?"

Hu Liena was deeply puzzled. She was certain to follow the path of enchantment, and it was an extremely powerful control ability.

It could even be said to make her invincible among those of the same rank.

Yet after reading this Thesis, she began to doubt herself.

Could it be that Teacher wanted her to stop considering the team and think of herself first?

Was that really necessary?

With such powerful enchantment abilities, she was not completely incapable of fighting.

Only upon reaching the rank of Titled Douluo would enchantment's effectiveness decline drastically.

But when that time came, what did it matter if she was a little weaker?

Besides, she still had her brother and their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

"As for that, I'm not entirely sure either. Why not ask Pope for her opinion?"

Yue Guan smiled faintly. Of course, he understood what Hu Liena was thinking.

Enchantments could be considered invincible against opponents of the same rank, but if someone was immune to enchantment, Hu Liena would be utterly defenseless, without the slightest chance to resist.

She would not even be able to run away, making her weaker than some Support System Soul Masters.

In fact, that was why Hu Liena's life had been in danger in Slaughter City in the original story.

Her physical body was simply too weak, even though she was one of the continent's greatest geniuses.

Fortunately, Yue Guan had no desire to think too deeply about such matters. He directly grabbed Hu Liena's arm and flew toward Papal Hall.

Whatever it was, let the Pope worry about it.

Upon arriving at Papal Hall, Hu Liena still felt somewhat awkward before Bibi Dong.

"Teacher?"

"Na Na, what do you think?"

Bibi Dong asked casually.

"Teacher, I don't think there's any need to change my soul ring choices at all. My teammates and I..."

"No, that won't do."

Before Hu Liena could finish speaking, Bibi Dong shook her head and interrupted her.

"Your spirit is indeed suited for charm, but being too extreme can also make you easy to counter."

Bibi Dong treated Hu Liena like her own child and did not want her to have such an obvious weakness.

"I've thought it over, Na Na. For your future soul rings, you should choose ones with a spirit attribute. The path of charm can be trained as well."

Bibi Dong spoke calmly.

Choosing a spirit attribute would more or less turn her original charm skills into Self-Created Soul Skills.

Choosing pure spirit-attribute soul rings would bring Hu Liena nothing but benefits, clearly raising her future potential.

According to Xiao Yan's theory in the thesis, it would passively enhance Hu Liena's Mental Power.

"Yes, I'll listen to Teacher."

Hu Liena's face was filled with respect as she bowed in response.

Her charm was a natural gift of seduction. Even if she took the spirit-attribute path, she would not be weak; instead, it would open up new possibilities for her.

"It's nothing. Pure spirit-attribute Soul Beasts are just not easy to find."

Bibi Dong waved her hand indifferently. "Yue Guan, Na Na's soul rings will be your responsibility from now on."

"Yes, Your Holiness. I'm also curious to see what Na Na's Demon Fox Spirit will mutate into."

Yue Guan smiled and cupped his hands in reply.

"Thank you, Chrysanthemum Douluo."

Hu Liena thanked Yue Guan with deep gratitude.

"Come, Na Na. Since you'll be taking the spirit-attribute path from now on, you need to train properly."

Yue Guan nodded. After bidding farewell to Bibi Dong, he led Hu Liena to the Spirit Hall team's instructors.

This time, Yue Guan had found Hu Liena a level 75 spirit-type control-system Soul Master, hoping that she could learn well.

Inside the Papal Hall, Bibi Dong waved her hand.

"Gui Mei, find that Xiao Yan and his mentor, Lin Dong."

"Yes!"

Holy Soul Village.

Night.

Lying on his bed while cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Skill, Xiao Lin idly studied his External Soul Bone, while also worrying deeply about the follow-up to his thesis.

"Ah, I wonder what'll happen with the thesis. It won't fail the review and leave me without even a notification, will it?"

Xiao Lin muttered to himself, then thought of his soul ring and External Soul Bone.

What Xiao Lin found somewhat unbelievable was that neither his soul ring nor his External Soul Bone had attracted Tang Hao's attention at all.

Could it be that Tang San had not told Tang Hao about his External Soul Bone?

But wasn't his soul ring outrageous enough? Xiao Lin had wanted to Show Off, yet he had not even gotten the chance.

Perhaps, in Tang Hao's eyes, an 800-year First Soul Ring was nothing special.

After all, Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer would start with a ten-thousand-year soul ring for its First Soul Ring in the future.

After studying the External Soul Bone, Xiao Lin discovered through his attempts over These Days that it currently had only one ability: Power Doubling.

A very plain and unremarkable little skill.

This External Soul Bone could not even have its ability doubled again through his Innate Weapon Soul True Body Saint Physique.

That gave Xiao Lin, who had always relied on cheats, a sense that it was rather useless.

It seemed that this External Soul Bone was not all that impressive.

Fortunately, Xiao Lin's Brain Hole was large enough, and he still managed to come up with quite a few tricks for the External Soul Bone.

First of all, because his Soul Power was special, it was extremely solid and difficult to compress.

So Xiao Lin tried channeling his own Soul Power into the External Soul Bone. He found that although the External Soul Bone could not compress it either, it could help him store an additional twenty percent of Soul Power.

In addition, he discovered that his External Soul Bone was also well suited for releasing Soul Power. Through it, Xiao Lin successfully released the protective barrier of the Indestructible Divine Skill.

The barrier's defense was more stable than when Xiao Lin controlled it himself, and it more or less freed up one of his hands.

Xiao Lin had originally planned to use the Little Bull Horns to fire a laser, but in the end, nothing happened aside from draining all of his Soul Power.

Condensing Soul Power into a laser and then firing it was still too much of a stretch.

In the end, Xiao Lin only discovered that releasing Soul Power from the Little Bull Horns was relatively fast.