Choosing the Second Attribute

In the dean's office, under Yan Shaozhe's protection, Su Qingfeng directly absorbed the Empty Clarity Immortal Feather soul bone.

A sixty-thousand-year soul bone contained immense energy for Su Qingfeng. That energy imprinted the wing bone onto his arms.

If Su Qingfeng's clothes were lifted, two faint Empty Spirit Feather markings could be seen on his back.

The instant those two marks flashed, a pair of wings emitting a faint golden-white glow unfurled from Su Qingfeng's back. The immortal feathers bore special patterns, looking ethereal and untouched by the mortal world, suiting Su Qingfeng's temperament perfectly.

Even when paired with the Carefree Immortal Armor soul guidance treasure, these wings did not clash in color. Instead, they formed their own harmonious set, giving him the bearing of a reclusive master and a Fallen Immortal descended from heaven.

Absorbing a sixty-thousand-year soul bone brought Su Qingfeng considerable pain. It was not the swelling agony caused by surging Soul Power when absorbing a Soul Ring, but the pain of bones being reassembled, carved, and fused.

The greater the age and quality of a soul bone, the more intense this pain was for a soul master.

Fortunately, Su Qingfeng's first attribute was Ultimate Ice. Ice could numb the body and paralyze its cells, easing the pain. This made absorbing the Empty Clarity Immortal Feather External Soul Bone somewhat easier for Su Qingfeng.

When the Empty Clarity Immortal Feather completely fused with Su Qingfeng's arm bones, the Soul Power within him also broke through. He reached the peak of Level 19, then blasted through the bottleneck and reached Level 20.

"Empty Clarity Immortal Feather, Carefree Immortal Armor... cough, cough. Your senior brother and senior sister really do treat you well. They were even willing to give you the treasures in their hands.

"The champion's reward for this New Student Assessment competition is the best champion's reward in three hundred years, yet it is merely a Secret Art soul bone dropped from a thousand-year Soul Beast. The Empty Clarity Immortal Feather soul bone Shaozhe gave you, however, came from the Empty Clarity Immortal Eagle King. It was one of the overlords of the skies. Because of its mysterious whereabouts, formidable strength, and occasional habit of helping Soul Beasts in distress, people also called it the Immortal Eagle, a reclusive hero among eagles."

"Back then, Shaozhe also went to great lengths to hunt that Empty Clarity Immortal Eagle King and absorb it as his Seventh Soul Ring. However, since your eldest senior brother already possessed abilities such as flight, the feathered wing soul bone it dropped would not have improved him much. So he chose not to absorb it and left it behind. You got lucky."

Mu En's aged voice rang out calmly.

Yan Shaozhe said respectfully, "Nothing can be hidden from you, Teacher."

"Tell me. What ability did this immortal feather grant you?"

Su Qingfeng opened his eyes. Within those eyes, which seemed to conceal a vast river of stars, an Immortal Eagle appeared to be soaring.

"Flight. It granted me the ability to fly. With my current Soul Power, if I conserve it, I can fly for at least three hours."

"Besides that, it also gave me a Soul Skill—Elemental Wind Vortex. It can gather a vortex around me. To a certain extent, this vortex pulls targets inward, while an Ice Star forms above its center. When it falls, it deals area-of-effect Ice Element damage and physical damage."

What Su Qingfeng did not say was that he had a feeling that the blade's attribute seemed capable of changing, rather than being limited to an Ice Star alone.

Soul skills granted by soul bones were not fixed. They varied from person to person according to one's martial soul. If an ordinary soul master possessed an Ice Star, then the only thing they could condense would be an Ice Star.

But Su Qingfeng had a second option. If the vortex star of Elemental Wind Vortex could be released with different attributes, then it would be a godly support skill for triggering Elemental Reaction damage!

Clearly, Mu En had come for this matter as well.

Mu En nodded, satisfaction written across his face. Although this disciple of his had started late, once he began improving, he truly surpassed everyone else.

Back then, when he saw the down-and-out Su Qingfeng, he had recognized at first sight that this boy would become the future master of Shrek Academy, an unparalleled figure in the world.

After the Freshman Competition, he was even more certain of that belief.

"I won't say much in praise. You aren't lacking those one or two compliments."

"Now that you have reached Level 20, you do not need to participate in the class assignments that follow. After all, aside from this old man, no one is worthy of being your teacher. And you should also go hunt your Second Soul Ring. Nothing is more important than that right now."

Supporting himself at the waist, Mu En sat in his chair. Who would have thought that this elderly man in his twilight years held Shrek Academy's greatest power within his body?

"That's right. As the Saint Son of Sea God Pavilion, bearing Shrek Academy's heavy responsibilities, Little Junior's cultivation cannot be treated carelessly. But Little Junior, have you decided what attribute you want for your Second Soul Ring? Or will you continue down the focused path of the Ultimate Ice Element?"

Yan Shaozhe was also deeply interested in Su Qingfeng's path ahead.

This strange Polar Star martial soul had appeared on the continent for the first time. Its limitless possibilities filled them with yearning. They only hoped that one day, they would see all nine Polar Stars on Su Qingfeng's body light up.

"I think Senior Brother has already noticed what I intend to choose as my Second Attribute."

Su Qingfeng retracted the Empty Clarity Immortal Feather and spoke calmly.

After pouring Mu En a cup of tea, Yan Shaozhe turned back in surprise. "During the Freshman Competition, you deliberately chose Wu Feng's fire-attribute team, and you even created the new Ice-Fire Elemental Vaporization system. Do you want to choose fire as your Second Element?"

Su Qingfeng nodded. "Yes. Attaching the Fire Element to my second Polar Star would be an excellent choice."

At those words, Mu En paused in the middle of drinking tea for two seconds. His eyes, deep as ancient wells, flashed with light. He shook his head and thought, This child truly is bold.

"Qingfeng, have you thought this through? You may have created the miracle of an ice-fire reaction and defeated a student at the Soul Elder realm, but ice and fire are ultimately completely opposing attributes. No one knows what will happen when these two elements coexist in one body."

"Before this, no one has ever attempted to become a soul master who combines ice and fire. If something goes wrong, even Teacher and I would find it difficult to guarantee your absolute safety."

Yan Shaozhe's concern was reasonable.

"Senior Brother is mistaken, isn't he?"

"What?"

"Senior Brother said that no one had tried fusing the powers of ice and fire, but Tang San of the first generation of Shrek Seven Devils once tempered his body with the two extreme attributes of ice and fire at the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well. And he succeeded."

"Secondly, my Polar Stars are independent from one another. They can even be regarded as nine separate martial souls. Their respective attributes exist and evolve upon their own Polar Stars, and they will not clash with each other."

"Moreover, ice and fire are the most common and practical elements in nature. There is nothing more suitable for laying the foundation of the first two Polar Stars."

Su Qingfeng spoke calmly, successfully persuading Yan Shaozhe and Mu En. Choosing the nine attributes of the Polar Stars had always been a form of exploration.

Now, Su Qingfeng had his own ideas, as well as innovation. Mu En and Yan Shaozhe both breathed a sigh of relief. Perhaps the path he chose for himself was the one best suited to him!

He was a Fallen Immortal descended to the mortal world, a Star Child, one favored by destiny!

"Very well. Since that is the case, let the second Polar Star absorb the fire attribute."

Mu En placed his teacup on the table and stood up.

Yan Shaozhe said, "Teacher, should we inform the others at Sea God Pavilion about Qingfeng's choice of Second Attribute? As the Saint Son, every Esteemed Elder and member of Sea God Pavilion should know his situation."

"Inform them of what? Must my disciple listen to their opinions too? Hmph!"

Mu En shot Yan Shaozhe an irritated look.