Hidden Concerns Resolved

Gu Yue Ling's change went unnoticed by the others because she was at the end of the group.

But for some reason, the fleeing creature suddenly slowed down.

After everyone caught up, they discovered that it was a cat-like creature about half a person's height, with a purplish-black body and two long tails.

"Dark Soul Cat?" Chen Feng raised an eyebrow; this was quite lucky.

However, he quickly noticed something was wrong with the Dark Soul Cat. Normally, Soul Beast Soul Beast are hostile to humans unless they have a special Martial Soul or a very powerful being to protect them.

Meanwhile, the Dark Soul Cat was looking around at everyone, its eyes filled with a mixture of awe and barely concealed unease.

The Dark Soul Cat's appearance stirred something in Chen Feng's heart. He remembered the sudden decrease in the cat's speed earlier, and also thought of the two girls with special identities in the team. Suddenly, some connections formed in his mind.

But he didn't show any unusual expression, and didn't even look at the two girls, he simply said:

"Hello, Dark Soul Cat, we don't mean to hurt you, we just want to discuss something with you."

The Dark Soul Cat has two tails, somewhat resembling the legendary cat demon from Chen Feng's previous life. Its age can be determined by observing the length of its tails.

Judging from the length of this Dark Soul Cat's tail, it must have recently advanced to Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and possesses enough intelligence to understand human speech.

As expected, after Chen Feng spoke, the Dark Soul Cat looked at him with some confusion and meowed softly, as if asking what they wanted to discuss.

At this moment, Zhu Zhuqing stepped forward and explained her needs to Dark Soul Cat, namely, she needed the other party to do something to help her condense Soul Ring.

In return, Zhu Zhuqing took out a sealed metal jar from her Storage Ring. She pried the jar open with her claws, and everyone smelled an enticing aroma.

"Wow, this smells amazing! Zhu Zhuqing, is this for us?" Ma Hongjun said, drooling.

"You wish! This is a reward for Senior Dark Soul Cat." Zhu Zhuqing placed the metal can not far from Dark Soul Cat. "This is Canned Fish I made myself. I hope Senior Cat will like it."

She has loved eating fish since she was a child, and both the Dai and Zhu families know about this preference, so there is never a shortage of various delicious fish dishes at banquets.

When she left home, Zhu Zhuqing specifically consulted with chefs in the palace and her own family about various ways to cook fish, so that she could enjoy delicious fish even when she was away from home.

However, the practice of Canned Fish did not originate from those chefs, but from their correspondence with Chen Feng.

During the Grandmaster's special cooking training, Zhu Zhuqing tried her hand at it and the results were quite good. After that, she started making some fish snacks herself.

This Canned Fish is one example.

Before coming to Sunset Forest, Zhu Zhuqing had already learned about the target Soul Beast from Chen Feng, and she thought she could try to attract its cooperation by offering it food.

After all, the other party is a cat, so using fish to win them over is quite reasonable.

Even if she fails, Zhu Zhuqing still has one Shadow Element item she can use.

After Zhu Zhuqing took out the Canned Fish, the Dark Soul Cat twitched its black nose, stepped forward, stuck out its tongue, and licked the Canned Fish, showing an interested expression.

It picked up a piece of fish from the jar and tasted it. After swallowing the fish, it nodded to Zhu Zhuqing, clearly agreeing to the cooperation. But then it patted the jar in front of it with its paw and meowed softly.

Zhu Zhuqing had no idea what the meow meant, but at that moment, the beast language Grandmaster Chen Feng stepped in.

He asked the Dark Soul Cat:

"You mean how many cans of this are left, right?"

Dark Soul Cat nodded. Now, not only Xiao Wu, but also Gu Yue Ling and the others looked at Chen Feng with strange expressions.

"How did you know what it meant, Xiao Feng?" Xiao Wu asked, completely puzzled.

Even she couldn't communicate seamlessly with all the Soul Beast; she could only fully understand the Xiao Wu of some very familiar Soul Beast, such as Da Ming Er Ming.

As for the other Soul Beast, Xiao Wu could only guess at their emotions through their cries.

However, even she didn't understand the meow the Dark Soul Cat made just now, yet Chen Feng actually knew what it meant.

Hmm... it's simply amazing.

"Ahem, this is reasoning," Chen Feng said with a profound and enigmatic expression.

Actually, it was because he had just seen Dark Soul Cat's actions and felt that the question the other party most wanted to know was that one, so he asked it to verify, and unexpectedly, he guessed correctly.

Don't ask, it's all psychology.

"Impressive." Gu Yue Ling gave Chen Feng a thumbs up, and Chen Feng smiled modestly.

After learning of Dark Soul Cat's thoughts, Zhu Zhuqing took out a metal can from her Storage Ring and said to Dark Soul Cat:

I have seven Canned Fish; you can have them all.

The Dark Soul Cat meowed happily and buried its head in the can of food, beginning to devour it.

Before long, the Dark Soul Cat had devoured all the fish in the can.

Seeing this, Zhu Zhuqing placed the can of food in her hand in front of the Dark Soul Cat, but the Dark Soul Cat did not touch the can of food. Instead, it simply sat down and meowed at Zhu Zhuqing.

Chen Feng gently nudged Zhu Zhuqing and said:

"Go ahead, Senior Cat probably wants to help you condense your Soul Ring now."

Zhu Zhuqing tentatively stepped forward and sat down cross-legged in front of the Dark Soul Cat.

Just before they were about to begin, Chen Feng gave them some words of advice, still a little worried:

"Zhu Zhuqing, please don't push yourself too hard. If you're not up to the task, settling for something else is a good option. The Ten-Thousand-Year Fourth Ring isn't that important."

"Yes, I know," Zhu Zhuqing nodded.

But what she was really thinking, no one knows.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Feng said to Dark Soul Cat:

"Senior Cat, Zhu Zhuqing may not be able to easily withstand the Soul Power of Ten-Thousand-Year level right now. I hope you can take good care of her."

The Dark Soul Cat meowed softly, signaling to Chen Feng that it wouldn't let anything happen to the person who provided it with the food.

"Sigh, if only the Ring Expansion Method could allow Soul Master to withstand power from weak to strong," Ma Hongjun suddenly said.

When he absorbed his Fourth Soul Ring, he was suddenly subjected to an excessively strong Fire Attribute Soul Power. The explosive force that suddenly appeared overwhelmed him, and he was seriously injured.

If it weren't for the quick reaction of the Soul Beast he was working with, Ma Hongjun probably would have been killed on the spot. So at this moment, he was thinking that if the energy returning to his body could gradually increase, then the Soul Master might be able to hold on for a while longer.

From weak to strong? Ma Hongjun's casual remark Inspiration Chen Feng, who thought of the God-granted Spirit Ring in the Original Work work.

The reason why God-granted Spirit Ring can provide a person with Soul Ring of the most suitable age is because its energy increases slowly and is absorbed little by little by the person.

If the Ring Expansion Method could also make such a change... Chen Feng quickly stopped Zhu Zhuqing from using the Ring Expansion and stood there in deep thought.

A moment later, he said to Zhu Zhuqing:

"Zhu Zhuqing, when you Ring Expansion this time, try not to wait until the Soul Power Soul Power is completely assimilated before taking it all back at once."

"Instead, during the Soul Power fusion process, it is gradually withdrawn in batches, and the remaining Soul Power is kept under minimal control, temporarily remaining within Senior Cat's body."

Zhu Zhuqing understood the meaning and said:

"So you mean you're simultaneously fusing and regenerating, allowing your body to gradually adapt to the strength of the new Soul Power, right?"

"That's right."

"Okay, I'll give it a try."

After Zhu Zhuqing finished speaking, she reached out and met the Dark Soul Cat's paws, beginning the process of Ring Expansion.

Knowing that this process would take quite a while, everyone found a place to sit down and wait.

Chen Feng also found a place to sit down, and he had high expectations for this Ring Expansion process.

If his impromptu modification to the Ring Expansion Method works, then the Ring Expansion Method can truly be considered a youthful version of God-granted Spirit Ring.

In this way, the value of the entire Ring Expansion Method can be greatly enhanced, and its scope of application can be significantly expanded.

If one has strong enough control over their Soul Power, it might be possible to find Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast to Ring Expansion with the First Spirit Ring.

Of course, that might be a bit of an exaggeration, but it is quite possible to find Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast to acquire Ring Expansion when you are at the third Fourth Soul Ring Third Soul Ring ring stage.

All of this depends on the results of Zhu Zhuqing's practice.

Furthermore, Zhu Zhuqing's act of using food to bribe the Dark Soul Cat relieved some of Chen Feng's inner worries.

In his past collaborations with Soul Beast, whether it was condensing Soul Ring or creating Soul Bone, Chen Feng mostly used enticement, except for the time with the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, which could be considered coercion.

Chen Feng didn't think there was anything wrong with using bribery as a method; fair trade is a matter of course.

He simply realized one problem: not everyone is capable of using bribery as a method.

Chen Feng himself, along with most of the team members, were quite wealthy. Even Ma Hongjun and Oscar, who had little capital, had blood containing medicinal properties from consuming Immortal Herb, which were highly sought after by Soul Beast.

However, most people in this world are just ordinary people. It's unrealistic to expect them to readily offer a bunch of Lightning Yuan Stone, a piece of Fire Cloud Rock, or a large amount of Gold Soul Coin in exchange for cooperation opportunities with Soul Beast.

Therefore, Chen Feng had some concerns that once the Ring Expansion Method was released, it would become the exclusive domain of wealthy and powerful families, which would completely deviate from Chen Feng's original intention.

However, Zhu Zhuqing's incident today shows that although elemental items that can help Soul Beast grow are loved by Soul Beast, other things are not necessarily unable to arouse Soul Beast interest.

Just like the human population, there are people who love money, people who love power, people who love food, and people who love women. There should be similar situations among Soul Beast, with different Soul Beast having different personalities and preferences.

In this way, forming bonds with Soul Beast is no longer the exclusive domain of wealthy and powerful families, but has become something that depends on individual abilities.

Perhaps in the future, there will be people who can attract Soul Beast to follow them simply through their personal charisma; who knows?

The older Soul Beast is, the more human-like it becomes, and naturally, it will have no shortage of emotions. From this perspective, the relationship between humans and Soul Beast may indeed gradually reach a new pattern under the impetus of the Ring Expansion Method.

However, that might take an extremely long time, and there will inevitably be countless open and covert struggles along the way. Therefore, Chen Feng wants to take advantage of his remaining life to push this world toward a new order.

As the originator of the Ring Expansion Method, he could not and should not have simply abandoned it after its Ring Expansion Method.

He never believed in the wisdom of later generations; he only believed in the principle that ten thousand years is too long and one should seize the day.

At this moment, a new dynamic between humans and Soul Beast was gradually taking shape in Chen Feng's mind. Perhaps some adjustments would be made later, but the basic framework had already been formed.

Just as Chen Feng was deep in thought, a surprising phenomenon occurred on Zhu Zhuqing's side: a shimmering yellow Soul Ring emerged from her body, causing everyone to be stunned.

Chen Feng was stunned for a moment, then immediately said to Tang San, who was supplying Life Force:

"Quickly, bring back the Blue Silver Grass!"

Although Tang San hadn't figured out why, he still did as instructed.

"Why is it a Yellow Soul Ring? Could this be Zhu Zhuqing's original Soul Ring?" Ning Rongrong asked uncertainly as the others gathered around.

"This isn't Zhu Zhuqing's original Soul Ring; it's a new Soul Ring," Chen Feng said, shaking his head.

"Don't worry, Zhu Zhuqing's Soul Ring is still in a phantom state and hasn't fully formed yet, which is somewhat similar to Xiao Feng's situation back then." Tang San quickly discovered the problem with this Yellow Soul Ring.

After all, he was a participant in the first Ring Expansion Experiment and the first person to notice that Chen Feng's Soul Ring was not right.

"That's right, that's why I had Xiao San take back the Blue Silver Grass. As long as the Soul Ring hasn't been fully formed, there's still a chance." As soon as Chen Feng finished speaking, the Yellow Soul Ring on Zhu Zhuqing's body was quietly tinged with purple.

Upon witnessing this, Flender gasped, "The quality of the Soul Ring has changed!?"

This completely shattered his worldview, which had been shaped by most of his life, as well as the worldviews of three other Adulthood.

In their view, once the quality of Soul Ring is determined, it cannot be changed.

The other teenagers, however, became Shi Xing. They were young and their views were not yet fixed. They only felt a sense of wonder at this scene and had no other thoughts.

After some time, the color of Zhu Zhuqing's Soul Ring gradually deepened, and a look of pain began to appear on her face.