A Thousand-Year Soul Ring!
Who in a little place like Notting City could ever see a Thousand-Year Soul Ring?
It was simply inconceivable!
After Wang Feng revealed his Spirit Ring, he kept it visible for a moment, then withdrew it.
Su Yuntao and Ma Xiunuo were still standing there in a daze!
A Thousand-Year Soul Ring-too inconceivable! For an ordinary Spirit Master, the First Soul Ring would be at most a few hundred years old!
A thousand years?
Ma Xiunuo and Su Yuntao stared at Wang Feng, their eyes filled with deep shock! Unparalleled shock!
"Is that enough?"
Wang Feng frowned. "Using my Spirit Ring is very... exhausting... Grandpa Ma Xiunuo, can I go test my Soul Power now?"
As he spoke, Wang Feng looked at the two of them, a glint flashing in his eyes.
Spirit Rings were hard to hide.
Notting City wasn't big, but it wasn't small either. There were always people from the Spirit Hall around.
And this was Holy Soul Village, too.
Once he used his Martial Spirit, there was no way he wouldn't be discovered. Besides, when getting certified as a Spirit Master, he had to reveal his Martial Spirit and Spirit Ring. There was simply no way to avoid it. Unless he didn't come to get certified as a Spirit Master-in which case, he probably wouldn't even be able to graduate!
After considering all of this, Wang Feng didn't intend to hide his Spirit Ring.
There was no way to hide it, and no point in doing so. During the Martial Soul Awakening in Holy Soul Village, he had still been able to control the energy in his body and keep his test result from exceeding Innate Full Soul Power. But this Spirit Ring couldn't be hidden. It wasn't as if he could forcibly dye it another color, right?
Besides, he had another plan in mind...
"All right, all right! Child, come with me! I'll take you to test your Soul Power!"
Grandpa Ma Xiunuo rose excitedly to his feet, so thrilled he hardly knew what to say. "Yuntao, hurry and report this to the bishop of the Spirit Main Hall in Suotuo City."
"Okay... I'll go right away..."
Su Yuntao stared at Wang Feng in shock, then hurried out, his own heart pounding with excitement.
Innate Full Soul Power, and a thousand-year First Soul Ring! What kind of monster was this?!
Even if this kid's Martial Spirit was complete trash, he was still a true genius, right?
"Grandpa Ma Xiunuo, what's the Spirit Main Hall?" Wang Feng asked.
As he led Wang Feng toward the Martial Spirit Laboratory in the Side Hall, Ma Xiunuo patiently explained, "The Spirit Hall here is only the lowest-level Spirit Hall Branch. Above it are the Spirit Sub-Hall and the Spirit Main Hall. And in the capitals of the two Empires, there are also Spirit Temples! The highest level is the Pope Palace!"
As he finished speaking, Ma Xiunuo had already brought Wang Feng to the Martial Spirit Laboratory, where Soul Power was tested.
It was a very spacious room!
As soon as Wang Feng entered, he felt the Soul Power within his body tremble slightly, as though it were being drawn by a force inside the room. He couldn't help thinking that it was strange!
He looked at the walls around him. Each one was embedded with tiny stones like the ones Su Yuntao had used to test Martial Spirits. Wang Feng understood something.
"Is there anything above the Pope Palace?"
Wang Feng continued asking.
"Of course."
Ma Xiunuo's expression suddenly turned solemn, and his voice grew respectful. "The Douluo Consecrated Hall. That place is what all of us Spirit Masters aspire to reach. Only Spirit Masters who attain the Douluo level are qualified to enter the Douluo Consecrated Hall."
Wang Feng nodded.
He had forgotten some of the details about the Douluo Continent, but hearing Ma Xiunuo talk about them brought them back to him.
"Your name is Wang Feng, right? Little Feng, before the test, I'd like to ask you something."
Ma Xiunuo said with a smile.
"What is it?" Wang Feng replied.
"Would you be willing to join the Spirit Hall?" Ma Xiunuo continued. "You've just enrolled at Nuoding Academy, right? You haven't chosen a mentor yet. If you're willing, you can join our Spirit Hall directly."
With that, Ma Xiunuo looked steadily at Wang Feng.
Although the child hadn't been tested yet, Ma Xiunuo could already roughly estimate that his Soul Power was no ordinary level.
Once absorbed, a thousand-year Spirit Ring would definitely raise this child's Soul Power to Level 20!
Although Ma Xiunuo had never seen a Spirit Master whose First Soul Ring was a thousand years old, he had conducted Soul Power tests on countless people here at the Spirit Hall. His experience was extremely reliable!
Ma Xiunuo had also seen a four-hundred-year Spirit Ring directly raise a Spirit Master by two or three levels.
This was a thousand-year Spirit Ring, and judging by its color, it was probably even older than a thousand years. It was perfectly normal for the Soul Power it added to raise him straight to Level 20!
"The Spirit Hall? What difference would that make?" Wang Feng asked in surprise. "If I joined the Spirit Hall, would I become an exclusive Spirit Master of the Spirit Hall? Would I be unable to attend Nuoding Academy?"
Ma Xiunuo was taken aback, then laughed. "Child, you really are clever. That's right. The Spirit Hall has academies of its own. If you join the Spirit Hall, you'll be a Spirit Master of the Spirit Hall, so naturally you'll have to attend one of its academies and receive systematic training."
"Of course, you'll be able to get more things, too. You'll learn about those after entering a higher-level Spirit Hall. I've already reported this to the Spirit Main Hall two levels above us. Someone should be here soon."
The Spirit Hall in Notting City was only the lowest-level Spirit Hall Branch. Ma Xiunuo had reported the matter to the Spirit Main Hall one level above him, which could even be considered an overstep.
But this child was simply too astonishing.
"All right, all right!"
Wang Feng said with a smile. "I haven't started studying at Nuoding Academy yet... I'm quite familiar with Su Grandmaster, too. Joining the Spirit Hall sounds pretty good."
As he finished speaking, he laughed to himself.
"Haha, good, good! Child, come test your Soul Power."
Ma Xiunuo led Wang Feng to the center of the room, where a Yellow Crystal Ball floated. Smiling, he said, "Come, pour your Soul Power into it..."
Wang Feng nodded.
Then he poured his Soul Power into the Yellow Crystal Ball.
"By rights, the Soul Power that comes with your thousand-year Spirit Ring should be extremely strong... And you have Innate Full Soul Power, so it should be enough to take you straight to Level 20..."
Ma Xiunuo was speaking slowly, but before he could finish-
The Yellow Crystal Ball suddenly burst into clear rings of light, though they weren't especially dazzling.
"Hm... Level 15? How are you only at Level 15... That's still quite high, but a thousand-year Spirit Ring should be no ordinary thing..."
Ma Xiunuo froze for a moment.
By his estimate, Little Feng's Soul Power Level should normally have been Level 20.
How could this be...
"Is there a problem, Grandpa Ma Xiunuo?"
Wang Feng withdrew his Soul Power and smiled.
It seemed he'd miscalculated the effect of compressing and refining his Soul Power. He was only at Level 15, but that was just right... Heh.
"No problem." Ma Xiunuo furrowed his brows, feeling that something was strange. Still, even so, Little Feng was a genius!
He was worthy of being reported.
"Child, wait here for a while. When the bishop from the Suotuo City Spirit Main Hall arrives, I'll tell him about you. Suotuo City is a large city close to Notting City in Fasinuo Province... Given the bishop's abilities, he should arrive quickly! Before dark. He should make it in time!"
Ma Xiunuo said gently. "By the way, what's your Martial Spirit? Su Yuntao said it was a Green Lotus Flower, some kind of new flower-type plant Martial Spirit? Could you show Grandpa?"
"Okay..." Wang Feng held out his palm, revealing a small Golden Lotus Flower.
However, he controlled it a little, not showing its full form, and made it much smaller.
"A lotus? What use does it have? Most flower-type Martial Spirits can only be used to contribute to city construction and cultivate flowers and plants..." Ma Xiunuo shook his head gently.
The flower was extremely beautiful, but it was hard to say what use it had.
Ma Xiunuo didn't ask any more questions. He chatted with Wang Feng about other things instead.
It was already evening.
Only then did Su Yuntao return with two men. One of them was very young, dressed in extremely luxurious robes. He had an extraordinary bearing, high-arched brows, and exceptionally exquisite features, as if a master craftsman had spent countless years carving him with the utmost care!
The other man wore the robes of a Spirit Hall bishop. His expression was aloof, and a powerful aura radiated from him.
"Lord Jie Ke, this way, please."
Su Yuntao said, looking utterly exhausted, yet his face was full of respect.
The trip back and forth that had taken up the better part of the day had worn him out.
"Where is he? The child whose First Soul Ring is a thousand years old? If I find out you made a false report, every single person in this Spirit Hall Branch will be punished!"
Bishop Jie Ke looked at Su Yuntao, impatience showing on his face.
In a little place like this, a genius of that caliber could be born? Absurd!
Innate Full Soul Power was one thing, but they had even claimed his First Soul Ring was a thousand years old! Such a thing was downright bizarre!
If the person beside him hadn't happened to be visiting their Spirit Main Hall, found the news interesting, and insisted on coming to take a look, he, a bishop of the Spirit Main Hall, would never have come to a backwater like this!
"Please, after you."
Bishop Jie Ke first addressed the Mysterious Boy beside him with considerable respect.
"Mm." The youth seemed young, only around fifteen or sixteen. He uttered a single soft sound, yet it was exceptionally melodious.
Su Yuntao wondered who this youth could possibly be. He was peerlessly handsome, and even Bishop Jie Ke of the Spirit Main Hall treated him with great respect.
This bishop of the Spirit Main Hall was a Spirit Saint above Level 70!
The fact that even he was so respectful showed that this Mysterious Boy's identity was certainly no ordinary one.
Before long, Bishop Jie Ke and the Mysterious Boy reached the Martial Spirit Laboratory where Ma Xiunuo and Wang Feng were.
Almost in an instant!
Several gazes met in midair!
Wang Feng looked at the two who had arrived. Although he didn't know who they were, the middle-aged man was surely from the Spirit Main Hall.
The Spirit Main Hall ought to have at least a Spirit Saint, right?
The young man beside him, however, struck Wang Feng as rather remarkable.
"That boy sure is handsome... even more handsome than I am now."
Wang Feng thought to himself.
His body had been reforged, and his features, skin, and every other aspect were extraordinary.
But this boy seemed even more beautiful, with a faintly unusual air about him!
After giving the two of them a glance, Wang Feng lowered his head.
"Grandmaster Ma Xiunuo, this is Bishop Jie Ke."
Su Yuntao walked over and introduced them.
Ma Xiunuo hurriedly bowed to Jie Ke, but Jie Ke waved him off and cut him short. "All right, have the child show us his Spirit Ring. A thousand-year Spirit Ring, no less. By the way, what level is his Soul Power?"
Ma Xiunuo quickly went to Wang Feng's side and murmured a few words.