Ignoring Dragon Might, Hundred-Year Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff

"Little Tianchen, this is where our Spirit Pagoda stores Soul Spirits."

After leaving the room, Yan Qingling first took Mu Tianchen to find Leng Yaozhu. Then, under Leng Yaozhu's guidance, they headed to the Spirit Pagoda's most heavily guarded Soul Spirit storage room.

After making their way through multiple transfers, authorizations, and layers of verification, Mu Tianchen, Leng Yaozhu, and Yan Qingling arrived deep within the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, at the place where Soul Spirits were stored.

This was a formidable laboratory capable of withstanding the direct bombardment of three Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannonballs. The entire laboratory was deathly quiet, with only the three of them inside.

Inside the laboratory, Mu Tianchen, Yan Qingling, and Leng Yaozhu stood side by side.

"Teacher, Sister Qingling, is this where our Spirit Pagoda stores Soul Spirits?"

Mu Tianchen's eyes widened as he looked at the various high-tech screens around him. This was an exceptionally advanced-looking laboratory, with numerous alloy spheres of different colors arranged on the shelves along both sides.

Looking at those alloy spheres, Mu Tianchen could not help thinking of Pokémon from his previous life. However, what they contained were Soul Spirits rather than little monsters.

Yan Qingling smiled and nodded gently. "Our Spirit Pagoda is the only organization in the entire Soul Master world that has mastered Soul Spirit creation technology. Basically, everyone who wants to obtain a Soul Spirit has to go through the Spirit Pagoda."

"Our Spirit Pagoda Headquarters stores the largest number of Soul Spirits from the three continents of Douluo, Star Luo, and Dou Spirit, ranging from hundred-year to ten-thousand-year ones."

"With your current physique and spiritual power, you can support two hundred-year Soul Rings, or one thousand-year Soul Ring. The choice is yours."

At that moment, Mu Tianchen looked at Leng Yaozhu beside him. "Teacher."

Leng Yaozhu led the two of them to a screen and tapped it several times. Immediately afterward, a large number of Soul Spirit images appeared on the display.

"This laboratory stores high-grade hundred-year and thousand-year Soul Spirits. You've studied Soul Spirit knowledge for so many days already, so choose one for yourself from the screen first."

"Alright, I understand, Teacher." Upon hearing that, Mu Tianchen immediately focused his gaze on the screen before him.

Indeed, just as Leng Yaozhu had said, the Soul Spirits stored in this laboratory were all of extremely high quality. A Soul Spirit like Tang Wulin's first one, the Grass Snake, would basically never appear here.

This laboratory stored more than three hundred Soul Spirits in total, divided by type into Beast Soul Spirits and Tool Soul Spirits.

Mu Tianchen's martial soul was the Holy Dragon of Light, so naturally, he would choose a Beast Soul Spirit.

Thus, nearly half of the more than three hundred Soul Spirits were eliminated at once, leaving only over one hundred and sixty Beast Soul Spirits.

Then, among those Beast Soul Spirits, he had to exclude those with incompatible attributes or insufficient potential. In the end, only one Soul Spirit remained before him.

Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff!

Yes, that was right—the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff. It was a soul beast with the appearance and traits of both a lion and a dog. It was three meters long, covered in flowing golden fur, and its eyes were filled with terrifying fighting intent and killing intent.

Even just looking at its photograph made Mu Tianchen feel alarmed.

Could humans truly tame such a terrifying soul beast?

"This is the Soul Spirit you chose in the end?"

Leng Yaozhu moved closer and looked at Mu Tianchen's final choice. She had not expected her disciple to choose such a Soul Spirit, though she had to admit that it was indeed an exceptionally powerful one.

It was not just Leng Yaozhu. Even Yan Qingling looked over, her beautiful eyes curiously studying the Soul Spirit displayed on the screen. She seemed never to have seen this Soul Spirit before.

"Yes, Teacher."

Mu Tianchen's gaze was incomparably firm.

In the original story, the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff was a soul beast that stood at the top of the pyramid. Its combat power was enough to rival the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, which could tear apart giant dragons with its bare claws.

Moreover, the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff was born with the Domination Domain. Once battle began, the Domination Domain would activate automatically, ignoring bloodline suppression of all levels and all pain, while increasing all of its attributes by at least fifty percent.

Although the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear was powerful, its strength was mainly reflected in the offensive power of its attacks. The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff's power, on the other hand, enhanced itself directly.

More importantly, the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff possessed the Ultimate Strength attribute. A ten-thousand-year Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff could kick Tang Wulin, already a Title Douluo, around like a ping-pong ball.

Such terrifying strength was beyond even that of an ordinary Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.

Leng Yaozhu said, "The Soul Spirit you chose comes from an extinct soul beast. It was active more than three hundred thousand years ago and was one of the overlord soul beasts of the land at that time."

"However, because it was born with the Domination Domain and would fight to the death once battle began, making it extremely frenzied, it was besieged by many powerful soul beasts and ultimately went extinct."

"Your martial soul is the Holy Dragon of Light and possesses the Ultimate Light attribute. As a member of the Dragon Clan, the Holy Dragon of Light can also grant you a powerful physique, which complements the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff's Ultimate Strength quite well."

"However, if you choose the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff as your first Soul Spirit, it means that for a long time to come, neither your Ultimate Light nor your Holy Dragon of Light bloodline will be strengthened."

Hearing this, Mu Tianchen immediately smiled. "Teacher, my Holy Dragon of Light already possesses the Ultimate Light attribute. On the path of light, even if I do not choose a light-attributed Soul Spirit, no one will be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with me."

"Furthermore, the Dragon Clan bloodline within the Holy Dragon of Light is also of an extremely high rank. In this world, I'm afraid no one's martial soul can suppress me through bloodline."

Mu Tianchen did not tell Leng Yaozhu that Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon King bloodline and Gu Yuena's Silver Dragon King bloodline could suppress every martial soul, soul beast, and Soul Spirit that possessed Dragon Clan bloodlines.

Even Long Yue of the neighboring Star Luo Continent, who possessed the Mountain Dragon King martial soul, would likewise be suppressed by Tang Wulin and Gu Yuena.

So rather than improving the purity of his Dragon Clan bloodline, he might as well strengthen his combat power. This Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff suited him perfectly.

Throughout the entire history of Douluo Continent, not a single Holy Dragon of Light Soul Master had ever contracted a Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff Soul Spirit.

If he formed a contract with it, then he would become the first Holy Dragon of Light Soul Master in the history of Douluo Continent to contract a Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff.

But the key was whether he could make the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff agree to sign a contract and become his Soul Spirit. That would not be easy at all.

Leng Yaozhu looked at Mu Tianchen in surprise. She had not expected this little fellow, only six years old, to have his own reasoning, and it even made quite a bit of sense.

It was not only Leng Yaozhu. At this moment, Yan Qingling also regarded Mu Tianchen in a new light. She could not help asking him, "Little Tianchen, where did you learn all this?"

She wanted to say that she herself did not even understand some of the things Mu Tianchen had just mentioned. How did this little fellow know them so clearly?

"Uh..."

Mu Tianchen froze for a moment. Then he realized that he had indeed acted a little too maturely, nothing like a six-year-old child.

But being a little mature was fine. After all, this world did not lack geniuses who were born knowing things. Perhaps he was one of them?

Mu Tianchen coughed, scratched his head, and said, "Teacher, Sister Qingling, I learned all this through the Spirit Pagoda's soul beast encyclopedia network. Over the past few days, I searched through a great deal of information about Soul Spirits, so I came to know it."

Leng Yaozhu and Yan Qingling had no way to refute Mu Tianchen's explanation.

After pondering for a while, Leng Yaozhu said, "It seems you have seriously researched your first Soul Spirit as well. The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff would indeed be a decent choice for your first Soul Spirit."

"However, choosing the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff Soul Spirit does not mean it will definitely sign a contract with you and become your Soul Spirit."

"The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff is an exceptionally proud Soul Spirit. It will never bow its head to anything or anyone. Even if an incomparably powerful giant dragon stood before it, it would still fight without regard for anything else."

"This Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff is approximately four hundred years old. But do not be fooled by its age—its combat power is enough to rival an ordinary ten-thousand-year soul beast."

"With your current strength, you cannot subdue an existence of this level."

"Why not choose another one?"

Leng Yaozhu's words were straightforward. Although she believed Mu Tianchen's spiritual power and physique were sufficient, she still felt that he lacked what it took to subdue a Soul Spirit of the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff's level.

The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff Soul Spirit had never been developed for Soul Masters seeking their first Soul Spirit. It was meant for a third Soul Spirit, or even a fourth one.

Only someone with the cultivation of a Five-Ring Soul King, or even a Six-Ring Soul Emperor and above, would possess enough strength to subdue such a powerful Beast King.

"Yes, Little Tianchen, the Pagoda Master is right. The Soul Spirit you chose is certainly powerful, but for you at your current stage, it is still a little beyond your level."

At this moment, Yan Qingling could not help adding a word as well.

She truly could not bear to see Mu Tianchen take such a risk.

This was only his first Soul Spirit. Although a first Soul Spirit was extremely important to a Soul Master, it was not important enough for him to risk his life.