Suotuo City

Seeing the Soul Ring light up, Su Ming walked over and collected the corpse, placing it into a Soul Tool. He then took out a strange stick and began to stand guard.

The other members of the Soul Hunting team saw Su Ming collect the Crimson Flame Tiger's corpse and were about to suggest splitting it. After all, the Crimson Flame Tiger's hide could dispel dampness and was highly sought after by nobles, making it quite valuable.

However, upon seeing the strange stick appear in Su Ming's hand, they vaguely sensed danger and abandoned the idea of splitting it.

Of course, Su Ming took the corpse not because it contained a Soul Bone, but because he wanted to refine the essence of the Crimson Flame Tiger's corpse through the Creation Furnace and have Wang Sheng eat it. With the combined power of the Soul Ring and the corpse essence, his Martial Soul could undergo its first minor evolution.

Su Ming held his spear, guarding Wang Sheng.

Time passed slowly. Wang Sheng absorbed the 300-year Soul Ring with relative ease. After all, during his time as the leader of the Work-Study Students, he had been bullied, fought back, healed, and fought again, which was a form of physical training.

After Wang Sheng finished absorbing the Soul Ring and woke up, as Su Ming had told him beforehand, he didn't display his Martial Soul or Soul Ring. Instead, he walked directly to Su Ming's side.

Su Ming put away his spear, glanced at the sky which wasn't completely dark yet, and then looked at the others. "The sky isn't completely dark yet, and we're not far from Soul Splitting Town. Let's hurry out."

Everyone then hurried back. After a period of travel, they could see the exit of the Soul Hunting Forest.

"We're leaving first. We've already paid."

Without waiting for the others to reply, he summoned his Martial Soul, and each person conjured a cloud. Su Ming pulled Wang Sheng and flew towards Soul Splitting Town first, with the others following closely behind.

The two flew directly back to the hotel and entered the room. Wang Sheng couldn't wait to display his Martial Soul.

"Brother Su, it's just as you thought. My War Tiger Martial Soul now possesses fire elemental abilities."

Su Ming looked at Wang Sheng's Martial Soul possession. The once imposing tiger now had red fur, making it even more majestic.

"Not bad, not bad. It's just as I thought. Absorbing a Soul Ring really does lead to evolution."

"The weaker the Martial Soul, the easier it is to evolve by absorbing a powerful Soul Ring. There should be several evolutionary paths." If only he could add the Martial Soul Evolution Meditation technique, it would be even more perfect.

"Alright, put it away. What's your first Soul Skill?"

Wang Sheng put away his Martial Soul and grinned.

"Brother Su, I've named my newly evolved Martial Soul the Flame Tiger. My first Soul Skill is Flame Tiger Claw. It increases strength by 50% and attacks have a burning effect, hehe."

Su Ming took out a pill condensed from the essence extracted from the Crimson Flame Tiger's corpse from the Creation Furnace.

A round pill appeared in Su Ming's hand. He handed it to Wang Sheng and said.

"Okay, eat this and go to sleep. This medicine should be fully absorbed by morning."

Wang Sheng took the pill and popped it into his mouth without a second thought. Su Ming looked at Wang Sheng with surprise.

"Alright, since you trust me so much, I won't let you down. Sleep, and you'll know the result tomorrow."

With that, Su Ming also lay down on the bed to rest.

The night passed quickly.

Su Ming opened his eyes and turned to look at Wang Sheng's bed next to him. He saw Wang Sheng sitting cross-legged on the bed, cultivating. Su Ming didn't disturb him and got up to wash.

Wang Sheng, on his bed, felt Su Ming wake up and ended his cultivation state.

Su Ming came out after washing and saw Wang Sheng sitting on the bed, looking at him with burning eyes, which made Su Ming a little embarrassed.

"Brother Su, your pill is truly magical. My Martial Soul has evolved again, and my cultivation speed has also increased."

"Good, my experiment is successful. I've also hunted the Soul Rings for you. Where are you planning to go next? I'm going to school too."

Upon hearing that they would be parting, Wang Sheng's smile remained, but the curve of his lips gradually stiffened. The light in his eyes slowly dimmed, leaving only a hollow calm. Even his smile seemed forced.

"I plan to find an intermediate academy to attend. So, Brother Su, do you have any suggestions for the Soul Rings I'll hunt later?"

Hearing Wang Sheng's answer, Su Ming said.

"For the second and third Soul Rings, hunt fire-attribute ones. Preferably fire-attribute lions, tigers, or similar beasts."

"As for the fourth Soul Ring, by then you'll likely have graduated from an intermediate academy. After graduation, I might head to Sky Dou City."

"If you have the chance then, join that Blue Tyrant Academy. The dean of the academy I'm going to this time has some connections with the dean of Blue Tyrant Academy, so I can find you then."

"Okay, let's go downstairs, check out of the room, and have breakfast before we part."

Balak Kingdom, Suotuo City.

Early in the morning, a young man riding a cloud was looking at the shops lining the main road, as if searching for something.

This person was the protagonist of this book, Su Ming. He was looking for Flake's shop. The shop had quite a few good items. Just the one that had nurtured a hundred-thousand-year-old Golden Plate, he thought, after being refined by the Creation Furnace, would be worth a lot of Creation Qi.

After searching for a while, Su Ming finally found the shop. The shop's counter was, as in the original work, a Martial Soul Hall token.

He pushed the door open and walked in. There was only one person inside the shop. Besides a small table, there was no counter. Some items were hung on the three walls, looking very old and not at all like valuable items.

However, according to his Golden Finger's senses, there were still many items containing high energy inside.

The only person was sitting on a wooden lounge chair, his eyes closed as he swayed with the chair.

He looked about fifty years old. Although not young, he was well-built. The seemingly sturdy lounge chair creaked under his weight as he swayed.

This person's face was distinctive, with a slightly protruding chin, wide cheekbones, a flat face, and a somewhat hooked nose.

Su Ming glanced at him and could only say that Liu Erlong had some taste for not being interested in Flender. Flender simply had a face like the sole of a shoe. Even with his eyes closed, he looked somewhat cunning, with a greedy expression.

He wore a pair of black-rimmed crystal glasses. The frames were a rigid square shape, giving him a strange appearance no matter how you looked at it.

Su Ming walked in without acknowledging him and browsed on his own. Besides the sheet metal, he quickly selected two more items.

One was a tattered belt, which originally had three gems but now only had two. The other was a piece of red crystal.

Holding these three items, he walked to the small table and took out 100 Gold Soul Coins from his Soul Tool, tossing them onto the table beside the lounge chair.

The middle-aged man on the lounge chair opened his eyes but didn't get up from his seat. "100 Gold Soul Coins isn't enough."

Su Ming ignored him, putting the three items back into his Soul Tool on his own. He then took out a letter and handed it to the middle-aged man lying on the chair.

Seeing that Su Ming wasn't paying him any mind and was putting things away himself, the middle-aged man prepared to stand up and teach the kid a lesson.

Just then, he saw Su Ming hand him a letter. Though puzzled, the middle-aged man reached out, took it, and opened it to read.