One-Eyed

The Cyclops, a unique soul beast of the Star Dou Great Forest, differs little from humans aside from the massive eye on its forehead. They possess high intelligence and a complex social structure, capable of weaving clothing from branches and vines.

A hundred-year-old Cyclops exceeds five meters in length, a thousand-year-old exceeds eight meters, and a ten-thousand-year-old exceeds fifteen meters; there are no records of a hundred-thousand-year-old Cyclops.

As a psychic-type soul beast with high intelligence, the brains of Cyclops are considered a potent tonic by certain other soul beasts. Among the predators that hunt them, there is no shortage of apex soul beasts carrying top-tier bloodlines.

Dragon-type, phoenix-type, and tiger-lion-type soul beasts frequently hunt Cyclops, which is why their numbers remain relatively scarce, with their habitat restricted to the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest.

The Deep Sea Mermaid inhabits the Far North Icy Sea; records of their capture and age are unknown.

The Plant Spirit inhabits any soul beast forest; records of their capture and age are unknown, and their existence is suspected to be legendary.

The Heavenly Snow Woman inhabits the Far North Core; records of her capture and age are unknown.

The soul rings suitable for Ralts are none of them produced by common soul beasts. If not for the promise of assistance in obtaining soul rings that came with being the freshman champion, Bai Cai would never have exposed the other soul skills of Ralts.

Of course, even if Shrek Academy promised to assist in obtaining a soul ring of the limit age, they might not be willing to provoke the Deep Sea Mermaid or the Heavenly Snow Woman for his sake.

Excluding the Cyclops, Bai Cai must find several alternative soul beasts to prevent the academy from simply capturing any random psychic-type soul beast to finish the job if a Cyclops cannot be found.

Bai Cai treasures Ralts immensely and is determined to give her an infinite future. Unless the requirements are met, wasting a soul ring slot is equivalent to betraying the trust and effort of Ralts.

After class, the students left the classroom in twos and threes. Wang Yan watched them go with a gentle gaze, standing by the podium to organize his lesson plans.

"Little White?"

Wang Dong lingered outside the classroom door, her eyes expectant. "Xiao Xiao says we should go to the canteen to celebrate at noon."

"You go ahead." Bai Cai smiled, raising a hand to wave goodbye.

Turning quickly to face Wang Yan, Bai Cai deliberated, "Teacher Wang Yan, can the academy honor the promise to assist in attaching a suitable soul ring?"

"Oh?"

Putting away the thick stack of lesson plans, Wang Yan scanned the classroom; only a handful of students remained. "Let's go to the office and talk."

Wang Yan walked out of the classroom first. Bai Cai tidied his notes and followed him to the simple office next door.

"Your level of martial soul theory is quite high, and your foundation is solid. Teacher Zhou Yi does not think poorly of you."

Wang Yan picked up a cup of fragrant tea and asked, "Have you considered what kind of soul beast you want to attach a ring from?"

Holding a cup of ice water in both hands, Bai Cai took a deep breath and said sincerely, "The conditions for attaching a soul ring to my martial soul are quite harsh."

"Psychic-type, external martial soul—a combination of martial soul attributes and characteristics that is almost impossible to appear. The academy is equally troubled by this."

Wang Yan set down his porcelain cup, the tea fragrance rich. "What are your requirements for the soul beast species and age?"

Sipping the ice water, Bai Cai said calmly, "Deep Sea Mermaid, Heavenly Snow Woman, or Plant Spirit. The required age is between seven hundred and eight hundred years."

Soul rings from psychic-type soul beasts focus more on mental power, so the threshold for physical strength is actually lowered significantly.

Of course, the Deep Sea Mermaid and the Heavenly Snow Woman are both soul beast clans that inherit top-tier bloodlines. Their soul rings are extremely domineering, requiring not only mental strength but also physical fortitude.

Tang San practiced the Mysterious Heaven Skill from a young age and spent six years forging, yet a Man Faced Demon Spider soul ring of just over two thousand years nearly caused his body to explode.

The Shrek Academy library has no records of the absorption difficulty of soul rings from the Deep Sea Mermaid or the Heavenly Snow Woman.

However, the bloodline inheritance of the Man Faced Demon Spider is far inferior to that of the Deep Sea Mermaid or the Heavenly Snow Woman; the gap is like that of a firefly to the bright moon. The domineering nature of their soul rings can be imagined.

If not for his faith in Ralts, Bai Cai would not even dare to absorb a Deep Sea Mermaid or Heavenly Snow Woman soul ring over four hundred years old.

"Student Bai Cai." Wang Yan took a deep breath, forcing himself to stay calm. "The Deep Sea Mermaid is one of the masters of the deep sea, and the Heavenly Snow Woman is the head of the Far North masters. Shrek Academy cannot afford to offend them."

"The Plant Spirit is ethereal, mentioned only in fragments of ancient legends; it is not to be trusted."

"Let's talk about something practically feasible."

Wang Yan handed over a soul beast encyclopedia, patiently persuading him, "Common soul beasts are not necessarily unsuitable for your martial soul."

"Teacher Wang Yan."

Bai Cai specifically used Wang Yan's full name to show the gravity of the situation. "The theory of martial soul evolution—do you remember it?"

"Humanoid soul beasts?" Wang Yan frowned.

Ralts belongs to the psychic-type external martial soul category and has a humanoid form. According to the theory of martial soul evolution, one should attach a soul ring from a humanoid soul beast.

"However, absorbing a soul ring from a humanoid soul beast does not necessarily guarantee that it will promote the evolution of your martial soul."

Unable to bear watching Bai Cai go down the wrong path, Wang Yan kindly explained, "The higher the quality of the martial soul, the lower the probability of evolution. Your martial soul is clearly a top-tier one; it would be better to attach a soul ring with stronger soul skills."

"Teacher Wang Yan."

Summoning Ralts, Bai Cai hugged the little one with blue hair. "Grandmaster, the Radiant Sacred Dragon, the theory of martial soul evolution—I believe you should know of these."

Shrek Academy's library is full of rare ancient books. As a high-level teacher, Wang Yan may not have read every book, but he is at least well-read and has a strong memory.

"Congenital deficiency!"

Staring at Ralts for a long time, Wang Yan suddenly realized, his voice filled with shock. "Humanoid! Humanoid! Your martial soul is actually in its infancy!"

At this moment, Wang Yan finally noticed what made Ralts unique.

Beast martial souls are awakened in their adult form; anything else is a mutation, and most mutated martial souls suffer from congenital deficiencies. As a type of mutated beast martial soul, the external martial soul also has cases of congenital deficiency.

Take Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang, for example. Born into the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family, Yu Xiaogang at least inherited a martial soul from his father or mother. Most of the female soul masters who married into the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family possessed either dragon-type or top-tier martial souls.

The Radiant Sacred Dragon is a super martial soul belonging to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family, either through mutation or atavism; its awakening difficulty is extremely high. The Grandmaster only achieved a semi-awakened state, and due to the Radiant Sacred Dragon's congenital deficiency, it transformed into Luo Sanpao.

Top-tier martial souls are already the quality limit for stable inheritance. Super martial souls like the Godly Taotie Bull, the Radiant Phoenix, and the Radiant Sacred Dragon are difficult to pass down stably to descendants.

So, what is the form of a martial soul for a soul master who fails to awaken a super martial soul?

Shrek Academy once collected data on the descendants of several Titled Douluo who possessed super martial souls. Research discovered that the descendants of those who awakened super martial souls either had their martial souls deteriorate, regress, or simply inherited the martial soul of the other parent.

Bai Cai's externalized martial soul, which resembles a young child, fits the characteristics of a regressive super martial soul. Furthermore, Bai Cai's Innate Soul Power is not low, meaning the probability of a complete awakening of the super martial soul is extremely high.

Attaching soul rings from multiple humanoid soul beasts will promote the complete awakening of the Ralts martial soul.

Student Bai Cai, is this your plan?

Overflowing with excitement, Wang Yan even crushed his porcelain cup, sending tea splashing everywhere.