Purple Jade Bamboo

The next day, the three set out once more in search of a Soul Beast.

"Holy Son, we're about to enter the range of ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts. We can't go any deeper!"

Watching as they gradually ventured farther in, Salas reminded the youth behind him.

Ling Yu nodded. With his Martial Soul activated the entire way, he had constantly searched for his target, but for some reason, even within his three-hundred-meter sensing range, he still could not find what he was looking for.

Do I really have to choose another one?

A hint of unwillingness showed on his face.

"Then let's search around here. If we really can't find it, we'll have no choice but to give up!"

Ling Yu helplessly glanced at the girl beside him, but was met with her unconcerned gaze and gentle smile.

The three continued wandering through the forest in search of it. Along the way, they encountered many Soul Beasts looking for trouble, but Salas intimidated them all into fleeing with the powerful pressure of a Soul Douluo.

After wandering around the area for a while longer, Ling Yu's eyes instantly lit up when he spotted a dense thicket filled with flowers emitting a purple glow.

"Stop here!"

Ling Yu called out to Salas beside him. "It should be here!"

As he spoke, he pointed at the purple flowers in the grass ahead. "Look, these are Purple Jade Flowers that grow alongside Purple Jade Bamboo. Having been steeped in the influence of Purple Jade Bamboo for years, these originally ordinary flowers have taken on the Soul Power aura of Purple Jade Bamboo, giving them a chance to evolve into plant-type Soul Beasts."

Ling Yu happily explained to Na'er beside him, "Finding these flowers means the Purple Jade Bamboo isn't far from here!"

Seeing that the youth beside her was even happier than she was, Gu Yuena's lips curled into a sweet smile.

The three began searching the area carefully. A few minutes later, Salas shouted, "Holy Son, I found it!"

Ling Yu took Na'er's small hand and hurried forward. As they drew closer, a dense bamboo grove came into view. Every stalk within gleamed like purple crystal, sparkling brilliantly and breathtakingly beautiful.

"This is it—the Purple Jade Bamboo!"

Ling Yu carefully searched among the bamboo with his Sharingan. Before long, he found a stalk of Purple Jade Bamboo with seven joints.

"Bishop Salas, could I trouble you to pull out the third stalk from the left, the one with seven joints?"

Ling Yu asked Salas beside him.

"Holy Son, there's no need to be so polite. It's a small matter!"

As he spoke, Salas moved. His powerful pressure forced the Purple Jade Bamboo in the grove to creak and groan, leaving them completely unable to make even the slightest attacking motion. The gap in strength was simply too great. Moreover, they were plant-type Soul Beasts, the oldest of which was only two thousand years old, with barely any intelligence.

Soon, Salas reappeared, holding a translucent bamboo stalk like purple crystal and placing it before Na'er.

Ling Yu took a dagger from his ring and placed it in Na'er's hand. "Na'er, stab it at the root. That's its weakness!"

Na'er gripped the dagger and nodded heavily, her expression somewhat nervous as she drove it deeply into the bamboo's roots.

The bamboo beneath her suddenly trembled, and a deep yellow soul ring floated up from its body into the air.

"Sit cross-legged and focus on your Martial Soul. Don't let the energy within the soul ring assault your consciousness and cloud your mind. Slowly draw the soul ring toward your Martial Soul."

Ling Yu carefully instructed Na'er, then stood straight beside Salas as they began guarding her.

Na'er looked at Ling Yu, whose eyes were filled with anticipation, and her gaze gradually became resolute.

She sat cross-legged on the ground. A dragon's roar suddenly rang out from her body, and the next moment, a long spear flickering with silver light appeared in her hand.

Seeing the extraordinary Silver Spear in the girl's hand, Salas's pupils contracted sharply. His gaze deepened as he looked at Na'er, who had begun absorbing the soul ring.

"Holy Son, your younger sister's talent is remarkable. Has she joined the Spirit Hall?" Salas asked softly, bowing slightly toward Ling Yu.

Ling Yu first shook his head, then nodded. "I originally wanted my teacher to take Na'er as a disciple, but because of some personal matters, it didn't work out. Still, you can consider Na'er one of the Spirit Hall's people!"

He did not explain further, merely giving a simple explanation.

Salas nodded and said nothing more.

Half an hour later, the soul ring on Na'er's body flashed brightly, and the yellow soul ring slowly merged into her spear.

The girl abruptly opened her eyes. Ling Yu keenly noticed that Na'er's purple-crystal-like eyes had become even deeper.

"Na'er, how was it?"

Ling Yu quickly walked over and anxiously asked, "What's the effect of your soul skill?"

A smile appeared on Gu Yuena's face. "My first soul skill is called Unstoppable Force. It's a boosting soul skill that increases my attack power and speed by one hundred percent, while also adding a twenty percent armor-piercing effect. It can ignore twenty percent of the defense of Soul Masters at the same level, but this effect is useless against Soul Masters an entire major rank above me! The soul skill lasts ten minutes! As my level rises, its duration will increase by one minute for every ten levels I gain!"

Upon hearing Na'er's explanation, Ling Yu finally revealed an ecstatic smile. "That's an incredibly powerful soul skill. It's not even weaker than the third soul skill of an ordinary beast Martial Soul! Right, let's test your Soul Power!"

Ling Yu took out a Crystal Ball from his ring and had Na'er place her left hand on it.

The three watched as the light within the Crystal Ball steadily rose, stopping a little past the one-third mark!

"Level twelve!"

Ling Yu looked at the scene, about to celebrate, when another thought crossed his mind. Her level surpassed mine? My own little sister surpassed me!

Still, Ling Yu quickly suppressed the urgency in his heart. Holding Na'er's hand, he happily congratulated her several times.

By the time the three returned to Heaven Dou City, night had fallen once again. Salas watched the two hastily finish dinner before returning to their rooms to rest.

He returned to his office instead, wrote a letter, and handed it to a Spirit Hall deacon, watching as the man raced toward Spirit City.

Inside Ling Yu's room, he looked at the sleeping girl beside him, reached out, and gently kneaded the soft puff of flesh on her cheek before heading toward the training room of the Spirit Temple.

Now that he had Shadow Clones to help him train in ninjutsu, he could focus on his own plans without worry!

Blue arcs of electricity began to rise from his body. In just a few seconds, a layer of lightning armor completely covered him from head to toe.

In Lightning Armor Mode, his cultivation speed would double. However, he could not use this mode openly in public, so he only activated it during his nightly and morning cultivation.

It had already been two months since he reached level eleven. Feeling the amount of energy within his body, Ling Yu estimated that he would reach level twelve in about another month.

As he sat cross-legged, pale gold and blue light intermingled around him. A new blue-gold radiance appeared over his body once more, while a small energy vortex swirled around him and countless streams of energy continuously surged into his body.