Self-Condensing Soul Ring

Even a three-year-old wouldn't believe such an obvious lie.

Seeing this, Xiao Wu knew she couldn't hide it any longer and confessed her true identity.

"Actually..."

Calming her nerves, she looked at Tang San, then turned to Tang Wu:

"Brother San, Brother Wu, you guessed right. I'm not a normal human."

"Actually... I am... a hundred-thousand-year-old soul beast in human form."

After saying this, Xiao Wu felt as if she had exhausted all her strength.

She lowered her head, not daring to meet their eyes, terrified of seeing alienation or distance in their gazes.

She didn't want to see herself being shunned by the people she had considered family for the past six years.

There is nothing more tragic in this world than this.

Even though you are right in front of me, the distance between us feels like an entire world apart.

However.

The next second.

Tang San pulled Xiao Wu into a firm embrace, shielding her tightly, and to her shocked eyes, said:

"I don't care if you are a human or a soul beast; I only know that you are Xiao Wu."

"The little sister I once swore to protect... that is enough."

Tang San did not show the slightest bit of disgust because of Xiao Wu's identity as a soul beast.

He released the delicate body from his arms, met those bright eyes, and said with extreme sincerity:

"As long as you still acknowledge me as your brother, we will do everything in our power to protect you, right, Tang Wu!"

As he spoke, Tang San looked toward Tang Wu.

"Of course..."

Tang Wu stopped watching from the sidelines, stepped forward, and blinked:

"After all, you won't find a second silly rabbit like you in this world, Xiao Wu."

"You're calling me silly again! Ahhh! You're making me so mad!"

"Don't run, I'm going to bite you..."

"Biting people whenever you get angry—you've used that move so many times, have you run out of tricks?"

The two of them bickered and played, exactly the same as they had for the past six years.

Watching Tang Wu and Xiao Wu play around, a faint smile tugged at the corners of Tang San's mouth.

But on the other side.

The Titan Giant Ape, Er Ming, was feeling extremely displeased.

He had watched with his own eyes as Tang San used his flowery words to coax his Sister Xiao Wu.

His expression.

It was as if a father-in-law had seen a son-in-law he couldn't stand, his teeth itching with irritation.

Afterward.

When Xiao Wu chose to return to the human world with Tang San and Tang Wu, the Titan Giant Ape was initially unwilling.

Simply because...

Er Ming could not yet fully trust the brothers Tang Wu and Tang San.

Especially now that they knew Xiao Wu's identity as a soul beast, he was even less willing to let her go.

"Alright, Er Ming, stop being unreasonable, or Sister Xiao Wu is going to get angry."

Seeing this, Xiao Wu put on her big sister persona and scolded the Titan Giant Ape:

"Besides, if I don't return to the human world to absorb enough human energy, my level will remain stuck where it is."

Tang Wu jumped out, walked up to the Titan Giant Ape, and couldn't help but laugh:

"That's right, big guy. You don't want to see your Sister Xiao Wu stuck at the Soul Master level forever, do you?"

Once these words were spoken.

The Titan Giant Ape's brain, which was filled with nothing but muscle, finally turned for a moment.

Thinking of that consequence, he could only helplessly let things take their course.

However.

Watching Xiao Wu insist on leaving, the Titan Giant Ape could only look on, powerless to do anything about it.

Like a husband in a deep sleep.

Yamete, no, Sister Xiao Wu, you can't...!!!

"Roar----"

The Titan Giant Ape slammed its chest with a dull thud, then opened its massive palm.

Tang San was startled by this sudden movement and turned his gaze toward Xiao Wu, asking:

"Xiao Wu, what is he saying?"

"Er Ming means he can give us a ride back to the edge of the forest."

Xiao Wu translated Er Ming's meaning and relayed it to them.

Tang Wu watched the Titan Giant Ape, whose face clearly showed reluctance, yet he had no choice but to carry the two of them for Xiao Wu's sake.

To think he would go this far?

Haji Ape, you guy!

And so, after the three of them hitched a ride on the Titan Giant Ape, they returned to the path they had come from in less than half an hour.

During the journey, no blind spirit beast dared to block their way.

Watching Xiao Wu leave, the Titan Giant Ape couldn't help but follow for a distance.

When we say goodbye, Sister Xiao Wu, you must be happy, you must be blissful.

Will you?

You must be happy, you must be blissful...

Until Xiao Wu waved her hand at him:

"Alright, Er Ming, you can stop here. We're very close to the edge now; it wouldn't be good if someone saw you."

Helpless, the Titan Giant Ape finally halted his steps, turned around, and left.

"Brother San, there is something I would like to ask for your help with..."

Seeing that there was no one else around, with only Tang Wu and Tang San by her side, she knew she could trust them completely.

Xiao Wu explained that if she wanted to break through, she had to condense a spirit ring on her own, and now was the perfect time.

Regarding this matter, Tang San didn't even hesitate, patting his chest and agreeing immediately.

It was just acting as a guardian, after all; how hard could that be...

Seeing this.

Xiao Wu sat cross-legged and began to mobilize the origin of her hundred-thousand-year spirit beast to condense a spirit ring.

At the beginning, this ring resembled a hundred-year white spirit ring.

However, the inner circle of this ring was completely different from an ordinary one; it lacked any inscriptions or circuits.

This meant that there was no spirit beast information contained within; it was merely a pure energy construct, devoid of any recorded spirit skills.

To explain it in terms of a game.

This was a blank-slate spirit ring, completely empty inside, serving only the purpose of breaking through.

Afterward.

The spirit ring's circuits gradually formed, beginning to overwrite the blank slate and replace it with a new spirit skill.

Once the spirit skill was selected, the next step was to add sufficient origin energy to gradually increase the age of the spirit ring.

Soon, the white color gradually transformed into yellow, and the yellow advanced into a purple thousand-year spirit ring.

Tang Wu watched all of this with his own eyes, his eyes filled with profound shock:

"Self-condensing a spirit ring—how on earth is this achieved? What is the principle behind it?"

While he was interested in the matter of self-condensing spirit rings, he was also extremely curious.

If humans could master the technique of self-condensing spirit rings, it wouldn't necessarily guarantee they would become stronger, but it would certainly be the most suitable path for them.

After all.

The most suitable choice would undoubtedly be a spirit ring from a spirit beast of the same type as one's own martial soul.

Moreover, Tang Wu seemed to recall that in the original story, Tang San had received the assistance of the Blue Silver King.

His first four rings were all poison-attribute spirit rings; his Blue Silver Grass had mutated to the point of being unrecognizable, yet it was forcibly pulled back.

Furthermore, he had jumped directly from ordinary Blue Silver Grass to the Blue Silver Emperor, although this was because Tang San possessed the bloodline of the previous Blue Silver Emperor.

But it was enough to show that absorbing a powerful spirit ring of the same type provided immense benefits to a spirit master.

"What are you thinking about, Wu?"

Seeing Tang Wu's brows furrowed, as if he were deep in thought, Tang San couldn't help but ask.

When he learned what was actually going on in his little brother's head, he was also struck with a look of shock.

And it was at this moment that Tang Wu dropped a bombshell:

"If I'm not mistaken, Brother, if you absorb a powerful spirit ring of the same type, it could trigger an evolution of your martial soul."

"Evolving from ordinary Blue Silver Grass into the emperor among Blue Silver Grass, just like me..."