Shock!

After a while, the data stopped climbing and merely fluctuated within a certain range.

The instrument shut down, and the helmet rose.

"Alright."

Tang Wulin did feel a little dizzy. Just now, he had only felt a slight stimulation entering his mind. Faintly, he seemed to see that golden world from when he had first fused with a Soul Spirit, though it was still blurry. Before he could make an effort to see it clearly, the test had already ended.

"Very good data." The Spirit Transmitter smiled and nodded at him. "You have the best Mental Power of any Spirit Scholar I've tested in the past year. Your Mental Power value is thirty-eight. Remember this data. I'll issue you a test report, which you can submit directly when you enroll in the Intermediate Soul Master Academy."

Since he knew nothing at all about the Mental Power system, Tang Wulin did not really understand what thirty-eight meant.

Seeing the confusion in his eyes, the Spirit Transmitter kindly explained, "Mental Power in the Spirit Origin Realm ranges from one to one hundred. Below thirty is the initial stage of the Spirit Origin Realm, thirty to sixty is the intermediate stage, sixty to ninety is the advanced stage, and ninety to one hundred is the peak of the Spirit Origin Realm. At your age, reaching the intermediate stage of the Spirit Origin Realm is already no easy feat. I'm a level-twenty-eight Soul Grandmaster myself, yet my Mental Power value is only eighty-seven. With the intermediate stage of the Spirit Origin Realm, you'll have no problem fusing with a yellow Century Soul Spirit."

At last, there was some good news. Tang Wulin's previously low spirits immediately improved somewhat. Moreover, the Spirit Transmitter's introduction to Mental Power had revealed the splendor beyond another door to the world of Soul Masters.

After testing Tang Wulin, the Spirit Transmitter gestured for Gu Chen to take the test as well.

Gu Chen did not refuse. Talent was something that simply could not be hidden. Even if one concealed it now, it would still be discovered eventually.

After the test was finished.

The Spirit Transmitter's eyes abruptly widened, and an incredulous cry escaped his lips. "Four hundred and seventy-six points! The Spirit Connection Realm!? How is that possible?!!"

"There's nothing worth being surprised about. My Martial Soul is my eyes, so having somewhat higher Mental Power is perfectly normal, isn't it?" Gu Chen said.

"But..." the Spirit Transmitter said.

At nine years old, reaching four hundred and seventy-six points was unheard of—not merely in tiny Aolai City, but across the entire continent.

How could such data merely be described as terrifying?

Among his peers, even if several of them were combined, they would not be able to compare to him!

Even Sea God Tang San and Spirit Ice Douluo Huo Yuhao had likely been far inferior to him at this age!

"There's no but." Gu Chen spoke calmly.

"Fine, then. One has eyes, and the other has Blue Silver Grass. I'll get you each a Mental System and a Life System Soul Spirit." The Spirit Transmitter said.

A while later, when the Spirit Transmitter reappeared, he was holding two golden Soul Spirit Orbs.

Tang Wulin tightly hugged the Soul Spirit Orb in his arms, breathing rapidly several times as he looked at it as though it were the most precious treasure in the world.

He had finally gotten it. This would be his first Soul Spirit!

With such nervous anticipation, he returned to his father's side. The Spirit Transmitter brought over an oval-shaped device and handed it to Tang Wulin.

"Press this button and shine the light from the device onto the Soul Spirit Orb. Your Soul Spirit will hatch from its shell. The right to release the Soul Spirit belongs to you."

Tang Wulin pressed the button, and a gentle yellow light descended onto the Soul Spirit Orb. The orb itself also emitted a faint glow. Its previously sealed surface gradually became transparent, and the thing inside could vaguely be seen.

Tang Wulin could clearly sense a faint aura of life emerging from within the Soul Spirit Orb. Then, the Soul Spirit inside began to move slightly.

What could it be? At that moment, the light emitted by the Soul Spirit Orb turned yellow. A brighter ring of light flashed through its center, and the entire Soul Spirit Orb slowly opened from the middle.

Tang Wulin stared intently at the gradually opening Soul Spirit Orb. A Century Soul Spirit—his first Soul Spirit. What could it be?

The yellow light began to recede. The Soul Spirit Orb fully opened, and the Soul Spirit inside was finally revealed before him.

The moment they saw it, the Spirit Transmitter's expression changed slightly. Tang Ziran and Tang Wulin, father and son alike, were both stunned.

This Soul Spirit was actually...

A deer?

It was indeed a deer, but it looked somewhat different from ordinary deer. It had no fur, the antlers on its head were rainbow-colored, and its pupils were the green of life.

An incredibly dense life aura appeared before the five of them.

"This is..."

"It's a Shengming Deer, a Soul Spirit with Healing System abilities. You can take it back and absorb it later, but you must absorb it within twenty-four hours."

The Shengming Deer before them was not an Artificial Soul Spirit, but a genuine Century Soul Beast.

So-called Artificial Soul Spirits also relied on Soul Beast genes. As Soul Beasts gradually went extinct, their genetic material was also continuously being lost. Thus, the researchers of the Spirit Pagoda had conducted many experiments.

One such experiment involved extracting genes from animals that were not Soul Beasts and attempting to create Soul Spirits from them, to see what sort of effects the resulting Soul Spirits could achieve.

After recovering from his shock, the Spirit Transmitter turned his gaze toward Gu Chen. "Child, aren't you going to open yours and take a look?"

"No need. There's no necessity." Gu Chen said.

He stretched out his left hand, revealing the ring on his ring finger. With a thought, the yellow Soul Spirit in his hand was stored inside it.

This ring was undoubtedly a Storage Soul Tool.

Yet it was also somewhat different from ordinary ones.

He had developed it based on the storage rings from novels in his previous life.

In truth, it had not been especially difficult to make. There was a whole pile of them at home.

It merely had a little more space than ordinary Storage Soul Tools, was a little harder, and felt a little better in the hand.

"Fine. Since you want to take it back and absorb it, make sure to do so within twenty-four hours after opening it," the Spirit Transmitter said.

"Got it."

After putting away the Soul Spirit, Gu Chen took Na'er's little hand and headed home.

By the time the excited Tang Wulin wanted to thank him, he had already discovered that Gu Chen had left.

He could only keep his words of gratitude in his heart and wait until they met again.

Gu Chen had no way of knowing what Tang Wulin was thinking.

Even if he knew, he probably would not care.

After returning home, Gu Chen sat on the sofa and took out the Soul Spirit.

Once he opened it and the Soul Spirit was completely revealed, Gu Chen could hardly stop himself from showing a look of shock.

"It's actually an Evil Eye!"

The Century Soul Spirit given by the Spirit Transmitter was precisely a Little Evil Eye.

Its quality was indeed excellent. Their kind had once possessed a powerful king.

Known as: "Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign!"

It was the Ferocious Beast ranked second among Ferocious Beasts, the one that had died at the hands of Spirit Ice Douluo and become his Spirit Ring.

Logically speaking, neither the Shengming Deer nor the Evil Eye, both high-quality Soul Spirits, should have been available in a small place like Aolai City. But perhaps it was simply fate.

No matter how impossible it seemed, these two things had indeed ended up in Tang Wulin's and his hands.

Chaos Qi enveloped Gu Chen's eyes. After his Double Pupils possessed him, he sat cross-legged and immediately began absorbing the Soul Spirit.

About ten minutes later, when Gu Chen opened his eyes again, a yellow Century Spirit Ring had already appeared beneath his feet.

The process went smoothly—far too smoothly. It seems I'm nowhere near my limit yet. Gu Chen clenched his fist, sensing the changes in his body.

It was only natural for him to think so. With more than four hundred points of Mental Power, he could fully accommodate a Thousand-Year Spirit Ring. If Spirit Rings could not continue increasing in age later, he would likely have immediately found a way to obtain a Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.

That said, absorbing the Little Evil Eye's Century Spirit Ring gave him three benefits.

The first was gaining his first spirit skill.

The second was a slight improvement in his physical strength.

The third was a slight increase in Mental Power, though his Mental Power had already been very high, so the improvement was almost negligible.

Pfft!

Gu Chen pulled a fruit knife from beneath the table and slashed his left arm.

The wound was not very deep, but it was not shallow either. Blood immediately flowed out.

"First spirit skill: Light of Creation."

The Century first Spirit Ring from the Little Evil Eye began to flash. A white beam shot from Gu Chen's left eye, and a streak of Light of Creation directly covered the wound on his left arm. (It'll improve later, so stop nitpicking. Having it is good enough.)

In an instant, the cut on his left arm completely healed.

"So my first ring leans toward the Support System rather than offense?" Gu Chen muttered to himself.

In his view, there was nothing wrong with his first spirit skill being a recovery-type skill.

Didn't Spirit Ice Douluo Huo Yuhao's first spirit skill ten thousand years ago also belong to the Support System?

Didn't he later become more inclined toward the Power Attack System anyway?