Hmm? External spirit bone, Radiant Eye

He sat cross-legged, adjusted his breathing, and brought his mental state to its peak.

Then, he gently guided it with his soul power.

The yellow soul ring seemed to respond to a summons, drifting over and settling directly onto his body.

The moment the soul ring entered his body, a scorching and majestic surge of energy roared into his meridians!

Ye Feng let out a muffled groan, feeling as if his meridians were fuses being lit; intense pain and a burning sensation instantly spread through his entire body.

Not daring to be negligent, he immediately focused his mind, guiding this violent energy to circulate through his body along a fixed path.

Time trickled by amidst the agony of the torment.

Five hours later, sunlight filtered through the gaps in the leaves.

Ye Feng's tightly shut eyes snapped open!

The yellow soul ring circling his body flared with brilliant light before slowly receding into his body and vanishing.

The absorption was successfully completed.

He stood up slowly, feeling the soul power within him, which was several times stronger than before; an unprecedented sense of power filled his heart.

He clenched his fist and focused his intent.

"First Soul Skill: Radiant Body!"

A brilliant golden light erupted from within his body, forming a faint golden halo on his skin.

A powerful sense of strength surged from deep within his muscles, and even his physical defense seemed to have been greatly enhanced.

Soul Skill Effect: Stimulates the origin of the martial soul, increasing strength and defense by 30%, and light-attribute damage by 10%!

Moreover, the soul power consumption for this skill was not high; it could be maintained for about ten minutes without any side effects.

This boost... it was outrageous!

If this weren't the standard for a top-tier soul beast, Ye Feng wouldn't believe it even if he were beaten to death!

Even for those top-tier beast martial souls, the bonus from a first soul ring was about the same as this!

Just as he was preparing to carefully experience the effects of the soul skill, a sudden change occurred!

A piercing, bone-deep agony struck his eyes without warning, as if two red-hot branding irons had been shoved into his eye sockets!

"Argh!"

Ye Feng grimaced in pain, clutching his eyes, his body swaying unsteadily.

The sharp pain came quickly and left just as fast.

After a while, when he slowly lowered his hands, a golden light an inch long shot from his eyes, lingering for a long time.

This! This is...

An External Soul Bone!

What kind of heaven-defying luck had he stumbled upon!

A stream of information naturally flooded into his mind.

External Soul Bone: Pupil of Light Dawn.

Possesses powerful spiritual perception and comes with a soul bone skill.

Skill: Light of Insight.

Effect: Significantly enhances dynamic vision and perception; can see through certain levels of mist, illusions, and invisibility, and can even capture the trajectory of energy flow in the air.

It was truly worthy of the opportunity he had risked his life to seize!

Furthermore, this Pupil of Light Dawn was currently only at its first stage; it would unlock new abilities in the future as his strength increased!

Indeed, fortune favors the bold; the ancients did not deceive me!

Feeling the increased soul power within him, although he couldn't determine the exact level for the moment, it was definitely over level eleven.

With over a month left before school started, he could take this opportunity to hunt a few more hundred-year soul beasts on the outskirts of the forest, exchange them for some Gold Soul Coins, and prepare for his future cultivation!

Having made up his mind, he dragged the corpse of the Radiant Lion out of the tree hollow, identified his direction, and headed toward the small town.

When Ye Feng returned to that familiar tea shop, the owner, who was holding a tea bowl, spat out a mouthful of tea, splashing it all over the table.

"You... you brat actually came back alive?"

The owner's expression was as if he had seen a ghost.

The surrounding tea drinkers also cast surprised glances, and some soul masters who had seen Ye Feng a few days ago wore expressions of disbelief.

"This kid has a tough life; the beast tide hasn't even stopped, and he actually managed to come out of the forest alive?"

"Look at those wounds on him, how terrifying."

"Hey, being alive is good enough, what more could you want?"

"What is he dragging behind him? A lion?"

"My god! Look at that fur color and size, it's a hundred-year soul beast! He actually hunted a hundred-year soul beast all by himself?"

Ye Feng ignored the surrounding chatter and simply gave the boss a cheeky grin.

"Boss, it was just good luck. I'd like to ask, where in this town do they buy spirit beast carcasses?"

As soon as these words left his mouth, the surroundings fell instantly silent. Everyone's gaze locked onto the lion carcass behind him, a complex mix of envy, jealousy, and greed swirling in the air.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Ye Feng followed the boss's directions and dragged the lion to the entrance of the largest tavern in town.

The tavern owner was a burly middle-aged man. Seeing the lion carcass Ye Feng had dragged over, he was taken aback and stepped out, clicking his tongue in surprise.

"Kid, you're truly ruthless. To think you could hunt down a top-tier spirit beast like this."

"You flatter me, senior. It was just good luck."

Ye Feng replied modestly:

"I wonder, senior, what price are you willing to offer for this spirit beast? Also, could you tell this junior what exactly this beast is called?"

The tavern owner's expression turned strange in an instant.

"What? You dared to hunt it without even knowing what kind of spirit beast it was?"

The crowd that had gathered to watch the spectacle let out a chorus of jeers.

"What is this? He doesn't even know what his prey is? What a greenhorn."

"Maybe he just scavenged it? Stole the carcass, didn't he?"

"Looks like it to me. Otherwise, how could he not even know the name?"

"He's going to get fleeced by the boss now. Doesn't know the market, he deserves to be scammed."

The tavern owner ignored the crowd's gossip, crouched down to carefully examine the lion's body, then stood up and looked at Ye Feng with a complex gaze.

"Listen well, kid.

This thing is called a Radiant Lion. It is an extremely rare light-attribute spirit beast, and the value of its bloodline is no less than that of some sub-dragon spirit beasts!"

"Seeing as you risked your life to obtain it, I won't cheat you."

"Final offer: six hundred Gold Soul Coins, I'll take it! If this were alive, it would be worth at least three thousand Gold Soul Coins!"

Hiss!

Hearing this offer, the surrounding crowd couldn't help but gasp, their eyes shifting as they looked at Ye Feng.

Six hundred Gold Soul Coins!!

"Deal!"

Ye Feng didn't hesitate in the slightest, agreeing crisp and clear.

The tavern owner gave him an appreciative look and quickly had someone bring over a Gold Soul Coin card with a face value of five hundred, along with a heavy money pouch.

"There are five hundred on the card and one hundred in the bag. Count it."

"Many thanks, senior."

Ye Feng took the money, and under the almost predatory, envious glares of the crowd, he turned and left. His pace quickened, eventually breaking into a run toward the edge of town.

Carrying such a massive fortune, this place was no longer safe!

If he wasn't careful, he would be targeted.

Right now, only that narrow tree hollow was the safest place to be!