"Grandpa Dugu, you heard me right."
Ye Qiu nodded firmly. He was confident he could get them to offer themselves willingly.
"But Ye Qiu, though Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts have gained intelligence, you're asking for their lives. No normal Soul Beast would agree to discuss something like that, would they?" Ning Fengzhi looked just as puzzled.
Ye Qiu smiled and explained, "Uncle Ning, I wouldn't waste time on something I wasn't sure about. To be honest, my Venom Martial Soul changed a little after I broke through to Soul Saint."
"We all noticed. Your Martial Soul evolved, and you awakened an Innate Domain." Bone Douluo nodded, then asked curiously, "Could that strange Martial Soul of yours have another new trick? And is it related to Soul Beasts?"
"Senior Gu Rong is right!"
Ye Qiu wore a pleased smile as he continued:
"After my Martial Soul evolved, if I obtain another Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring produced by a Soul Beast, it won't give me two Soul Skills."
"Why? That sounds like a detrimental evolution." Sword Douluo furrowed his brow. It was common knowledge throughout the Soul Master World that a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring or Soul Bone gave a Soul Master two Soul Skills. So why didn't that apply to Ye Qiu?
"No, no."
Ye Qiu shook his head and waved a hand.
"I don't think it's a regression. In exchange for one Soul Skill, I gained the ability to let a Soul Beast survive after offering itself in sacrifice. I can also ensure its cultivation won't diminish—in fact, it may even grow stronger!"
"Such a thing is possible?"
Ning Fengzhi and the others looked utterly astonished.
Everyone knew that a Soul Beast's sacrifice was an exceedingly rare state, and that the beast had no choice but to die afterward. But Ye