The First Soul Ring Choice - Blazing Spirit Kite

The rumors outside grew increasingly rampant until Feng Qingluan used his official authority to transfer over twenty Spirit Sages and three Spirit Douluos to the Lost Canyon, at which point the noise gradually died down.

That Lost Canyon was used by Spirit Hall as a training ground and was also known as one of the "Forbidden Zones for Humanity."

Those who went there were truly facing a life-of-nine-deaths situation.

Although some people had loose tongues and wanted to make snide remarks, not many were willing to pay with their lives for it.

With the outside noise silenced, Feng Baiyu focused on his diligent training at home.

Obtaining a second spirit ring in two and a half years was a massive challenge for someone like Feng Baiyu, who had an innate spirit power of only 2.5! It was only thanks to his grandfather providing him with the best training grounds that he had even a glimmer of hope.

Two and a half months later, Feng Baiyu's spirit power finally reached level ten!

"Grandfather, my spirit power is at level ten!" After his breakthrough, Feng Baiyu immediately shared the good news with his grandfather. "Now, I can go and obtain my first spirit ring!"

"Haha, good." Hearing that his grandson had reached level ten, Feng Qingluan was beaming with joy. "It's only been five months since your spirit awakening, and you've already reached level ten. If I told people you had innate level seven or even eight spirit power, I'm afraid they'd believe it!"

If a spirit master from a small faction had innate level eight spirit power, they might not even reach level ten in a year, let alone five months.

Yet, under the cultivation resources provided by a Title Douluo, Feng Baiyu had jumped from level 2.5 to level ten in just five months!

Feng Baiyu knew full well that the whale glue he had consumed over these five months was the cheapest item among his expenses. Whether it was the various medicinal meals or that Green Maple Phoenix Tree, they were all treasures of immense value!

The investment was likely enough to help ten people with innate level five spirit power reach level ten within five months.

"I don't need them to believe anything," Feng Baiyu shook his head and said. "Grandfather, once I obtain my second spirit ring, they won't have anything left to say!"

The Phoenix God required him to obtain two spirit rings within two and a half years, which meant he had to become a Great Spirit Master before the age of eight and a half!

This efficiency was already on par with the cultivation speed of the Golden Generation!

Of course, those three were not yet the "Golden Generation." They were currently just slightly talented spirit masters studying at Spirit Hall Academy. Only when they broke through to the Spirit King level would they be bestowed with the title of "Golden Generation."

What Feng Baiyu wanted was for his two spirit rings, combined with the ring age increase granted by his trials, to reach the thousand-year level. Two thousand-year spirit rings would be enough to shut everyone up!

"Haha, indeed!" Feng Qingluan laughed at his grandson's words. "Baiyu, it's getting late today. Grandfather will take you to the Spirit Forest tomorrow; there are plenty of spirit rings there that are suitable for you!"

Over the past five months, Feng Qingluan had pored over a vast amount of data while his grandson was training. The most suitable spirit rings for his grandson's spirit were naturally those that possessed the phoenix bloodline!

Although pure-blooded phoenixes were rare, there were many spirit beasts that possessed phoenix bloodlines.

The grandfather and grandson were in total agreement on this; after all, how could one inherit the Phoenix God's legacy without the phoenix bloodline?

However, they had a slight disagreement regarding the attributes.

Feng Qingluan believed that since their family's inherited spirit was wind-attributed, his grandson's spirit must also carry the wind attribute. Therefore, the first spirit ring he wanted to choose for his grandson was a top-tier spirit beast like the Qingluan!

Feng Baiyu, however, felt that his phoenix was fire-attributed!

Feng Baiyu knew that "phoenix" was merely a general term, and it possessed multiple attributes. There were the Red Phoenix, Qingluan (Green Phoenix), Yuan Chu (Yellow Phoenix), Hong Hu (White Phoenix), Zhuo Zhu (Purple Phoenix)...

His grandfather's Qingluan was a wind-attributed phoenix, Shui Bing'er's Ice Phoenix was ice-attributed, Ma Hongjun's spirit was the Evil Fire Phoenix, Yan Shaozhe had the Radiant Phoenix, Ma Xiaotao had the Dark Phoenix after her transformation, and Lan Mengqin had the Emerald Phoenix...

These were all phoenixes, just with different attributes.

Yet, Feng Baiyu felt that since Ma Hongjun eventually inherited the Phoenix God's legacy, the most likely attribute for this godhood was fire!

Under Feng Baiyu's insistence, Feng Qingluan finally agreed.

After discussing it, both sides decided that Feng Baiyu's first spirit ring would be attached to a Blazing Spirit Kite that possessed the fire phoenix bloodline!

Well... it was the same spirit as Spirit Kite Douluo of Spirit Hall.

This Blazing Spirit Kite was also a top-tier spirit beast, especially among fire-attributed avian creatures, where it was definitely ranked in the top three.

Unless they could find a fire phoenix, nothing was more suitable than it!

As for finding a fire phoenix... Feng Baiyu would have been very willing, but that was only if they could actually find one!

In the Spirit Forest near Spirit City, there were some Blazing Spirit Kites of various ages, but not a single fire phoenix!

The next morning, Feng Qingluan took Feng Baiyu toward the Spirit Forest.

The Spirit Forest was a place specifically used by Spirit Hall to raise spirit beasts, containing many low-level spirit beasts.

From a ten-year Lone Bamboo to a thousand-year Human-Faced Demon Spider, everything could be found here.

As for ten-thousand-year spirit beasts, they were rare.

Ten-thousand-year spirit beasts were extremely dangerous to both humans and the other spirit beasts here. If any spirit beast were lucky enough to break through to ten thousand years, what awaited it was a level-fifty quasi-Spirit King coming to claim its spirit ring!

As the "second strongest in the sky," Feng Qingluan's speed was naturally very fast. The two set off in the morning and had arrived at the Spirit Forest before the morning was even over.

Feng Qingluan led Feng Baiyu according to his memory, saying, "I've been here four times in the last two months, and based on your constitution, I finally selected three suitable Blazing Spirit Kites. They are 680, 720, and 760 years old, respectively."

"At first, I wanted to capture them and take them back to raise them. But that 680-year-old Blazing Spirit Kite was too fierce; it committed suicide on the way back."

"Because of that, only the 720-year-old and 760-year-old ones remain."

"I choose the 760-year-old one," Feng Baiyu made his decision without hesitation.

His [Phoenix Nine Trials I] could increase a spirit ring's age by 250 years, so that 760-year-old spirit beast would easily enter the thousand-year rank after the increase.

What was the point of the 720-year-old one?

It would still be a yellow spirit ring after the first trial, which didn't fit his style at all!

Feng Baiyu understood that later divine trials would certainly increase the spirit ring's age further, but that would be at least four years away, which didn't meet his current needs.

"I knew you'd pick the older one." Feng Qingluan wasn't surprised by Feng Baiyu's choice at all. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, I've marked both of those spirit beasts. If others come in to hunt spirit beasts and see my mark, they wouldn't dare... You bastard!"

Before Feng Qingluan could finish his sentence, he immediately activated his Spirit Avatar. He grabbed Feng Baiyu and flew forward.

As he flew, he roared, "Spare the bird!"