First Soul Spirit

"Innate Full Soul Power, Twin Martial Souls, a top-tier mutated Body Martial Soul, and the Innate Spirit Connection Realm!"

The Branch Pagoda Master of the Heaven Dou Spirit Pagoda sighed after carefully reviewing the file.

"Another genius has emerged out of nowhere."

He then set down the documents and looked at Li Chen with a kindly smile.

"Little Li Chen, I'm Leng Qiu, the Branch Pagoda Master of the Heaven Dou Spirit Pagoda. You can call me Uncle Leng. Next, I'll take you to obtain a soul spirit."

"Alright, Uncle Pagoda Master." Looking at the middle-aged man before him, Li Chen answered steadily, already beginning to look forward to his first soul spirit.

Leng Qiu looked at the child before him, rose to his feet, picked up an exquisitely designed soul guidance tablet from beside him, and handed it to Li Chen.

"This contains information on soul spirits. Take a look first, so you'll have a general idea."

Li Chen took the tablet and lowered his head to look. He was immediately stunned.

Other than defective goods, ordinary ten-year soul spirits started at over ten thousand Federation coins.

Hundred-year soul spirits cost nearly a million Federation coins.

Thousand-year soul spirits were priced at astronomical figures. No wonder the Spirit Pagoda had become the Federation's wealthiest organization.

For ten-thousand-year soul spirits, the listing simply read: Contact for negotiation. The meaning was obvious: "This kind of soul spirit can no longer be bought simply with money. Connections and interests matter more."

The more Li Chen flipped through the listings, the more outrageous it seemed. An ordinary family might work their entire lives and still not be able to afford a thousand-year soul spirit.

All resources were in the hands of major powers. If geniuses did not join them, they would not even be able to get a soul spirit.

No wonder, in the Douluo 3 Era, the major powers could monopolize resources so thoroughly. If ordinary geniuses did not join one of them, they could only turn to evil cultivation methods and ultimately become Evil Soul Masters, despised and hunted by all.

As Li Chen read on, he could not help feeling fortunate that he had not stubbornly refused and had entered the Spirit Pagoda. Otherwise, no matter how high his talent was, without the support of top-tier soul spirits, he would eventually fall behind others.

Seeing him staring blankly at the prices, Leng Qiu did not rush him. He merely lifted his teacup and took a sip, waiting until Li Chen had digested the information before slowly speaking.

"My thought is that your martial soul is tied to darkness and bodily enhancement. The best outcome would be to absorb a soul spirit related to both aspects."

Li Chen nodded after hearing that.

"Unfortunately, soul spirits that satisfy both requirements are ultimately too rare. Either they aren't strong enough, or they're too specialized and can't maintain a balance."

After hearing him out, Leng Qiu stepped forward, took the tablet from Li Chen's hands, found several red markers he had highlighted beforehand, and spoke seriously.

"If possible, I suggest choosing from these. I selected them in advance based on your martial souls, though you can also decide according to your own feelings. Soul spirits are all about compatibility. Otherwise, no matter how high their quality is, it'll be wasted."

Li Chen took back the tablet and seriously examined the soul spirits marked in red.

Each had a detailed introduction: attributes, age, abilities, compatibility requirements. The densely packed text was enough to make one dizzy.

"Alright." Li Chen took a deep breath, suppressed every stray thought in his heart, and began choosing carefully.

If nothing unexpected happened, this first soul spirit would become his life-bound soul spirit in the future. He could not choose carelessly.

If he chose well, he would benefit for life. If he chose poorly, it would be too late for regrets.

Seeing how serious he was, Leng Qiu could not help nodding. He then made a phone call.

"Patriarch, I found a promising seedling here in Heaven Dou City. He may become the next pillar of our Leng Family in the future. I would like to apply to the family for authorization to activate the Indomitable Soul Spirit..."

After the call ended, a crisp knock sounded from outside the door a short while later.

"Your Excellency, preparations are complete. Please follow me."

Leng Qiu rose to his feet, and Li Chen immediately stood as well, setting the soul guidance tablet aside.

When they pushed open the door, the young attendant respectfully led the way ahead of them. His steps were quick yet steady as he guided the two through the corridor and to an elevator.

After pressing the button for the lowest floor, he watched as the elevator doors slowly closed and began descending at high speed.

Several dozen seconds later, the elevator opened onto an enormous underground hall. It was brilliantly lit and occupied an astonishingly vast area.

Dozens of staff members in Spirit Pagoda uniforms hurried busily through the hall. Before each of them was a soul guidance screen filled with densely flashing data and images.

"This is the soul spirit dispatch center for the Heaven Dou region," Leng Qiu explained calmly. "Whenever branches across the Federation need soul spirits, they must be allocated from here. I have already applied to the family to use the highest authorization to mobilize the best soul spirits for you. From today onward, you belong to our faction. Your teacher will also arrive tonight."

After hearing Leng Qiu's words, Li Chen could not help nodding. There was no such thing as a free lunch.

The two did not linger and slowly walked onward. As they went, Leng Qiu introduced Li Chen to the Spirit Pagoda's soul spirits and factions.

When they reached a hexagonal door, Leng Qiu stepped forward and entered an instruction code. The door opened, and the two entered a circular chamber.

The room was not large, but it was extravagantly luxurious and filled with all manner of high-level defensive facilities. According to Leng Qiu, this room possessed the strongest defenses in the Heaven Dou City Spirit Pagoda and could easily withstand a level-nine fixed-installation soul guidance shell.

The entire room gave the impression of a private meeting place for major figures.

A staff member in a white lab coat had already been waiting inside. Upon seeing Leng Qiu enter, he immediately stepped forward and bowed respectfully.

"Following the instructions of His Excellency Tian Feng, we have temporarily transferred all Indomitable Soul Spirits from across the Federation to the Heaven Dou City branch. In accordance with his requirements, we conducted a reasonable analysis and have selected a first round of soul spirits more suitable for Young Master Li Chen."

He turned and tapped the soul guidance screen on the wall several times.

The screen lit up.

"Please look!"

Several soul spirit images slowly appeared on the screen, each radiating a unique glow and aura.

Li Chen's gaze was immediately drawn to them. He raised his head and looked at the screen.

After looking them over, the corner of his mouth twitched.

Seven or eight soul spirits were neatly listed on the screen, each clearly labeled.

"Black Dragon, Demon Dragon, Shadow Dragon, and even a Golden-Eyed Black Dragon formed from Di Tian's bloodline—artificial and incomplete."

Wonderful. They had gathered every dragon-type soul spirit in the Spirit Pagoda associated with darkness attributes.

Dragons had always been among the continent's top martial souls and soul beasts. They were practically perfect all-rounders: high attack, high defense, high endurance, even immunity to magical damage. Any living being connected to dragons was automatically superior to others.

In the traditional understanding of these Spirit Pagoda people, equipping a genius disciple with a compatible dragon-type soul spirit was simply a match made in heaven.

But the meta had changed!!!

With the Gold and Silver Dragons emerging, choosing a dragon-type soul spirit would be a miracle if he did not defect on the spot.

In this era, choosing a dragon type meant becoming the weakest of the weak.

He did not want his soul spirit to suddenly betray him in the middle of a fight.

"What, you don't like them?" Leng Qiu noticed his expression and raised an eyebrow slightly.

"No. It's just that my martial souls are telling me these aren't very compatible." After saying that, Li Chen lowered his head and swiped across the screen.

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