Determining the Direction, Part Two

After days of racking his brain and consulting a vast amount of information, Ye Wen finally gave up on the idea of focusing on elemental attributes in the initial stage.

The main reason was that Soul Beasts possessing multiple attributes were generally of noble bloodlines and immense strength. They were absolutely not prey someone without status or backing like him could hunt.

But even if he had abandoned the elemental path, Ye Wen would not randomly add Soul Rings. Otherwise, would he not become a second Yu Xiaogang?

So after pondering it for quite some time, Ye Wen came to a conclusion: he needed to start with his martial soul's bloodline.

A Soul Master's martial soul was a very marvelous thing. It could not only be compatible upward, but also downward, and could even be compatible across species. As long as the Soul Master could withstand it, then theoretically, a Soul Master could absorb any Soul Ring.

Although Ye Wen's aptitude appeared to be only Innate Half-Level, how could a martial soul that could assist its Soul Master's cultivation and bring him to level ten in less than a year possibly be as trash as it looked?

It was probably like Yu Xiaogang's Light Holy Dragon martial soul—a supreme martial soul whose excessively powerful bloodline had consumed the potential of its host.

Furthermore, Ye Wen's martial soul had no particularly obvious inclinations, which indicated that it possessed strong compatibility and could accommodate a wide range of Soul Rings.

What Ye Wen needed to do now was select the Soul Ring best suited to him from among the countless Soul Beasts.

A Soul Skill with powerful offensive capabilities?

No. No matter how gifted Ye Wen was, his First Soul Ring could at most be a Hundred-Year Soul Ring. The offensive Soul