He tossed out his Martial Soul.
Then he randomly found a suitable Soul Beast and trapped it inside.
And in the end, he successfully absorbed it?
"Ye Xuan, what kind of Soul Beast is your First Soul Ring from?"
Since the Pokeball had just fallen into the bushes,
none of them had gotten a clear look at what Ye Xuan's First Soul Ring was.
After all, everything had happened far too quickly.
Ye Xuan didn't bother hiding much.
After all, he was currently the most talented student in this year's class at Martial Soul Academy,
and the student with the most unusual Martial Soul.
Otherwise,
Lin Yue, a Soul Emperor-level head instructor,
wouldn't have personally led the group,
helping several Soul Masters who had just reached level ten hunt for Soul Rings.
"Come out, Haji Wu!"
Ye Xuan directly tossed out his Pokeball Martial Soul.
In the next instant, a little girl appeared before them, her eyes tinged with fear.
She wore a slightly rough but clean pink dress.
Her long black hair was tied into an intricate scorpion braid that hung down her back.
The tips of her hair were tinged with a faint pink.
Her delicate face looked like it had been carved from porcelain.
Her big eyes should have been lively and sly,
but now they brimmed with tears of distress, along with shock and bewilderment.
"A little girl?"
Xiao Ran blurted out,
his face filled with disbelief.
Ye Xuan's First Soul Skill actually summoned a little girl?
That was even more baffling than absorbing a thousand-year Soul Beast with a first ring.
Qian Mu quickly looked toward Lin Yue,
his eyes questioning.
Lin Yue's reaction, however, was completely different from theirs.
As a senior teacher of Spirit Hall,
he had long since learned to face any problem with a perfectly reasonable mindset.
Besides, he had clearly heard Ye Xuan's Martial Soul hit the bushes just now,
followed by a faint cry of surprise.
Based on what had happened to Ye Xuan, as well as the way he had previously explained his Martial Soul's properties,
Lin Yue could roughly guess what his Martial Soul was capable of.
It was clear that Ye Xuan already had a high-quality Hundred-Year Soul Ring.
And this girl had been released from his Martial Soul.
There were only two possibilities.
One.
Ye Xuan's Martial Soul could turn Soul Beasts into human form after capturing them.
Two.
The Soul Beast Ye Xuan had captured by sheer chance
was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast, one rarely seen even in a thousand years!
"Lord Ye Xuan... Xiao Wu's a little scared..."
After Ye Xuan let Xiao Wu out,
she almost instinctively moved close to him and grabbed the hem of his clothes.
When she looked at Lin Yue and the other three,
fear flickered in her eyes.
"You... know me?"
Ye Xuan was taken aback.
But when Xiao Wu heard his words, she seemed to sense something
and tried to flee from his side.
Yet deep down, she instinctively wanted to be close to him.
"No, I didn't know you before. But after you took me into that strange space, your name, appearance, and even scent were branded into my mind."
"I don't know how it happened, but I can feel that Lord Ye Xuan won't hurt me."
Hearing Xiao Wu's soft, sweet voice,
and seeing her fragrant, soft, adorable appearance,
the three guys standing beside him couldn't help feeling bitter.
Good grief.
Other people absorbed Soul Rings to improve their strength.
You absorbed a Soul Ring and got yourself a "wife" instead.
And such a beauty, too...
But compared to a boy's first stirrings of love,
Lin Yue had a lot more on his mind.
"Ye Xuan, is this little girl the one you just absorbed—no, captured—as your First Soul Ring?"
Ye Xuan noticed the faintly guarded look on Lin Yue's face.
He could easily guess what the other man was thinking.
A little girl. A Soul Beast.
Neither term seemed strange on its own.
But what if you put them together?
The answer was obvious.
Hearing Lin Yue and Ye Xuan's exchange,
Xiao Wu could naturally tell something was going on.
But she was already deeply bound to Ye Xuan.
There wasn't much to fear.
"Ye Xuan, this is no small matter. Once we return, I'll report everything that happened to you to my superiors."
A newly transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
No one could resist such temptation.
But this transformed Soul Beast had now, by sheer chance, become Ye Xuan's First Soul Ring.
The four of them were the finest prospects at Martial Soul Academy this year,
and Ye Xuan's unusual Martial Soul had already attracted the attention of certain Spirit Hall elders.
If they didn't make it back alive,
his own good days would surely be over.
At the thought, he felt a wave of frustration.
Looking at the transformed Soul Beast named Xiao Wu standing before him,
he finally suppressed the urge to kill her on the spot and see whether she would drop a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
On the way back, Lin Yue, the head instructor, had Ye Xuan ride in the same carriage as him to prevent any mishaps.
Of course,
he also wanted to observe Ye Xuan's Martial Soul
and the various traits of Xiao Wu, the suspected Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast.
Lin Yue knew perfectly well
that once they returned to Spirit Hall,
Ye Xuan would undoubtedly become a key target for Spirit Hall's cultivation.
It would probably be very difficult for him to see Ye Xuan again after that.
Two days later.
Spirit City.
Their carriage didn't stop after entering the city.
At Lin Yue's direction, it headed straight for the sacred place all Soul Masters yearned to visit:
the Pope Palace.
"Lord Ye Xuan, is this Spirit City?"
Xiao Wu sat beside Ye Xuan,
a gloomy look in her eyes.
Ye Xuan saw her expression and understood at once.
He knew she must hate Bibi Dong with all her heart.
Given the unusual nature of his Martial Soul, and the fact that he had now used it to capture a Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast,
Bibi Dong, the Pope of Spirit Hall, would surely summon him to the Pope Palace to question him.
Just then,
Lin Yue, who had been watching Xiao Wu throughout the journey, spoke up.
"Ye Xuan, you and your summoned beast may be summoned by Her Holiness shortly. Be prepared, and take care not to offend her."
The Pope was the public face of Spirit Hall.
Disrespecting the Pope meant disrespecting Spirit Hall.
It would earn you the scorn of every Soul Master in Spirit City.
Half an hour later.
Outside the Pope Palace.
Ye Xuan received a summons from Bibi Dong.
The Pope Palace was utterly silent.
Beneath the enormous vaulted ceiling,
pale golden light streamed through the glass.
Ye Xuan stood in the middle of the great hall.
Even his breathing had grown uneven.
Less than ten paces away,
a beautiful woman in a gold-embroidered papal robe sat.
Bibi Dong.
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