300-Year Spirit Cat

"So, the problem lies with those two children who possess Innate Full Soul Power. Do you remember their names, their family situation? Also, were they from the same village? Who did you test first?" Ma Xiunuo asked in quick succession, posing questions that would be very helpful in finding the cause.

"I don't remember their names, but both children were from the same village, Holy Soul Village. Furthermore, they seem to be brothers. As for the order... I don't know who is the older brother and who is the younger, but their appearances are easy to distinguish. One has black hair and looks ordinary. The other seems to have blue hair and is better looking. I remember that I awakened the black-haired one first. If we go by what you said, the one with the Innate Super Soul Power must be that blue-haired boy." Su Yuntao said while recalling the event.

"That makes sense. If the black-haired child you mentioned had Innate Super Soul Power, the crystal ball would have shattered the moment you tested the blue-haired child," Ma Xiunuo said.

"Do I need to make a trip to Holy Soul Village, Master Ma Xiunuo?" Su Yuntao asked cautiously.

"No need. I recall that Holy Soul Village has a work-study student quota at Notting Academy, right? Based on what you said, those two children are the only two soul masters from Holy Soul Village this year, so they should be coming directly to Notting Academy to report and study. You can go to Notting Academy tomorrow to look for them; you should be able to find at least one of them. Besides, since you said they are brothers, they might have enrolled together. After all, Notting Academy can be flexible regarding small matters like adding an extra work-study student," Ma Xiunuo said.

"Yes!" Su Yuntao replied.

But they would ultimately find nothing, because early the next morning, the Grandmaster had already taken Tang San and Tang Liu to obtain their soul rings.

Soul Hunting Forest.

The Grandmaster, Tang San, and Tang Liu had already been in the forest for a day and a night.

Tang San already had his first soul ring, that poor Mandala Snake. Now, they were searching for a suitable soul ring for Tang Liu.

Before this, Tang Liu had also presented the situation—that the maximum age he could withstand for his first soul ring was only around 356 years—in a relatively reasonable way.

In fact, after Tang San absorbed his soul ring, Tang Liu said that based on his aura, he didn't seem able to withstand a 400-year soul ring, and conservatively estimated he could fuse with one of about 350 years.

On top of that, Tang San also told the Grandmaster that Tang Liu had been quite weak since childhood; he had coughed almost every day when he was three, and had suffered from intermittent fevers for three months.

This was indeed a fact. In short, that year had been miserable for Tang Liu. Plus, his family was poor, they didn't have much money for medicine, and he didn't eat well, so his nutrition couldn't keep up. Even though Tang Hao would secretly use his soul power to help him recuperate every night that year, he was still tormented by illness for a full year.

Fortunately, Tang San possessed the experience of his past life and was quite skilled at identifying medicinal herbs, often picking useful ones for Tang Liu to eat, which allowed Tang Liu to fully recover a year later.

Since the Ethereal Blue Silver Emperor was an auxiliary-type martial soul, the Grandmaster had also asked Tang Liu what kind of auxiliary soul skill he wanted his first soul ring to focus on.

Tang Liu replied that his first choice was some rare auxiliary abilities, followed by healing, and finally, attribute enhancement.

The Grandmaster was quite interested in Tang Liu's ideas and asked what kind of rare auxiliary ability he was looking for.

After thinking carefully, Tang Liu gave an answer: "For example, a soul skill that can make people immune to certain types of damage, or a soul skill that allows one to turn invisible and hide their aura."

"No auxiliary-type soul master on the continent has practiced this kind of idea yet," the Grandmaster said with a smile. "Moreover, generally speaking, soul beasts that possess the effects you mentioned are either extremely rare or have a particularly high age."

Tang Liu was initially a bit disappointed, but the Grandmaster's next words made his eyes light up.

"However, I happen to know of a type of soul beast that has the ability you mentioned, and there happens to be one in this Soul Hunting Forest with an age suitable for you to absorb."

For the rest of the time, they kept searching for the soul beast the Grandmaster described, and finally encountered it on the morning of the second day.

"Do you see it? That Spirit Cat over there." The Grandmaster led Tang San and Tang Liu to hide behind a bush, pointing to a soul beast about ten meters away.

The soul beast looked like an ordinary house cat, but its body was more than twice the size of one, and it was entirely grayish-white with silver patterns.

Its tail was the most peculiar part, being twice the length of its body; it was pure white with three highly conspicuous bright silver vertical stripes.

"This Spirit Cat soul beast doesn't have very strong attack power, and it isn't very aggressive; it rarely attacks humans or other soul beasts on its own. You can distinguish its age by its size, fur color, tail length, and the number of silver vertical stripes on its tail."

The Grandmaster explained to Tang San and Tang Liu while observing it.

"Generally speaking, a ten-year Spirit Cat has pale yellow fur, is the same size as an ordinary house cat, its tail is only as long as its body, and it only has one vertical stripe.

"By one hundred years, the Spirit Cat's body grows larger, its fur turns grayish-white, its tail grows to twice the length of its body, and for every hundred years, one more vertical stripe appears on its tail.

"A thousand-year Spirit Cat can obviously grow to the size of a tiger or leopard, its fur turns pure white, the stripes on its body disappear, its tail grows to three times the length of its body, and at this point, the vertical stripes on its tail will have a purple tint, with one more stripe added every thousand years.

"As for ten-thousand-year Spirit Cats, they are very rare. Once they reach ten thousand years, their body size shrinks back to that of a house cat, and their tail also shortens to match a house cat's. Additionally, their fur turns black, the markings on their tail become ring-shaped and silver-black in color. As for hundred-thousand-year Spirit Cats, no one has ever seen one yet."

The Grandmaster was truly worthy of the title; he had described all the obvious characteristics of the Spirit Cat.

"What special abilities does the Spirit Cat have? Does it have what Xiao Liu needs?" Tang San asked.

The Grandmaster smiled. "The uniqueness of the Spirit Cat lies in the fact that its body can enter a state of 'void.' In this state, the Spirit Cat is very difficult to harm and is almost immune to all attacks that have a physical form. Furthermore, it is extremely fast, difficult to capture, and very troublesome to deal with. Also, although the Spirit Cat won't attack on its own, it becomes extremely cruel once other soul beasts or humans pose a threat to it. Look."

At this moment, the Grandmaster suddenly pointed at the Spirit Cat, drawing the attention of Tang San and Tang Liu.