You have a wife, I will raise her. Don't worry.

"Even if Ah Yin has not fully awakened yet, she is, after all, the Blue Silver Emperor—a top-tier martial soul capable of rivaling the Clear Sky Hammer. Coupled with her foundation as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, her combat prowess is significantly stronger than other soul beasts of the same rank."

"I just wonder, if Ah Yin's Blue Silver Emperor were to face Tang San's Blue Silver Grass, how much effect would Tang San's 'biological mother entanglement' actually have?"

In my hands, after all, is his real mother!

Hehehe.

Thinking of this, Lin Hui felt a surge of excitement.

"Next, it is time for Ah Yin's soul bone."

Lin Hui searched the stone chamber for another hour before finally discovering a mechanism above. Upon pressing it, a leaden black box descended from the ceiling.

Lin Hui reached out and caught it.

The lead box was incredibly heavy. The moment Lin Hui pried it open just a crack, an incomparably surging aura erupted from the gap, making the surrounding air seem to solidify for an instant.

"What a thick fluctuation of soul power."

Lin Hui could not help but exclaim.

Inside the long lead box lay a crystal-clear, blue-gold right leg bone. It seemed to shimmer with tiny specks of starlight, and as soon as Lin Hui touched it, he could feel a surging aura of life.

"Because Tang Hao loved Ah Yin, he did not absorb this soul bone after her sacrifice, but instead kept it as a memento of his longing."

"However, I have no such qualms. If you are too reluctant to take it, I will take it for you; if you are too reluctant to use the soul bone, just hand it over to me."

"I will take good care of your wife, so you don't need to worry."

With the hundred-thousand-year soul beast's right leg bone and the hundred-thousand-year Ah Yin both in hand, this trip could be considered a complete success.

This place was not meant for lingering. With the items secured, Lin Hui withdrew from the stone chamber.

On the other side, in the Soul Hunting Forest.

Yu Xiaogang's Luo Sanpao was no match for the four-hundred-year-old Datura Snake. After being bitten by the snake's venomous fangs, Luo Sanpao transformed into a beam of purple light and returned to Yu Xiaogang's body.

Just as Yu Xiaogang and Tang San were being hunted by the ferocious Datura Snake, Tang San used his peculiar hidden weapon technique to throw a white radish from his Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges soul tool belt. The radish struck the Datura Snake, buying them a moment of time.

As the Datura Snake launched another attack, Tang San stepped forward and fired a hidden sleeve arrow. A black streak flashed, and the Datura Snake let out a painful wail.

Tang San's sleeve arrow was forged from Iron Mother, and combined with the powerful ejection force of the mechanism, it pierced even the Datura Snake's tough defenses.

Seeing the enraged snake attacking them again, Tang San held nothing back. He grabbed a short sword and charged forward. With the Purple Demon Eye, Mysterious Jade Hand, and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, he thrust the two-foot blade deep into the snake's gaping maw.

"Success!"

Yu Xiaogang was thrilled; after all, this was a soul ring he had carefully selected for Tang San.

He was astonished by Tang San's terrifying movement technique, though his excitement quickly overshadowed his surprise.

"Little San, the Datura Snake possesses both toughness and toxicity, which is perfect for your Blue Silver Grass."

"Absorbing its soul ring will be extremely helpful for your future path as a control-type soul master."

"Furthermore, according to my Ten Core Competencies of Martial Souls theory, the limit for a soul master's first soul ring is four hundred and twenty-three years. This Datura Snake is nearly four meters long, making it about four hundred years old—the age is just right for you."

"Perfect, it is simply too perfect."

"Once you absorb it, you will undoubtedly have won at the starting line of your soul master journey!"

Yu Xiaogang grew more impassioned as he spoke. After all, Tang San was the only soul master he had taken on with innate full soul power and twin martial souls, and he was determined to forge Tang San into his most perfect masterpiece.

Hearing his teacher say this, Tang San was also excited.

"Understood, Teacher. I will go absorb it now."

"I will definitely prove that your theory is not wrong, and that Lin Hui is the one who is wrong."

"And I will defeat him fair and square!"

Yu Xiaogang was already so happy he had lost his composure.

"Lin Hui?" He seemed to recall a very distant name.

"He couldn't even break through to level ten; he is no longer qualified to be your opponent. He is nothing more than a stepping stone on your path as a soul master."

"Indeed," Tang San said, as if realizing something. "Teacher is right! I will go absorb the soul ring now!"

While absorbing the Datura Snake's soul ring, Tang San encountered some minor resistance, but overall it went smoothly, and he did not experience the feeling of his body being on the verge of collapse.

Tang San even felt that his body could have withstood an even more powerful soul ring, but he did not question his teacher.

"But that makes sense. The limit for the first soul ring is four hundred and twenty-three years, and this snake is nearly four hundred. I suppose the remaining capacity of my body is just that gap of a few decades."

After absorbing the first soul ring, Tang San displayed his evolved Blue Silver Grass to Yu Xiaogang.

"The toughness has increased, and it now has a paralyzing effect."

After absorbing the Datura Snake, the light blue leaves of the Blue Silver Grass in Tang San's hand had turned deep blue, marked with faint black patterns—the very patterns of the Datura Snake.

"Although it looks a bit uglier, what does that matter as long as my strength increases?" Tang San thought to himself.

However, in the dense forest a few hundred meters away, a burly figure in a black robe spoke with extreme disdain.

"Little San has been forging iron with me since he was a child; his physique is already far superior to ordinary people. With his constitution, why did he only choose a four-hundred-year-old one?"

"The limit of the spirit ring age a spirit master can withstand isn't fixed; it depends on the spirit master's own physique, the characteristics of their martial spirit, and more!"

Tang Hao ultimately held himself back.

"Forget it, it's passable enough. As long as he is safe, that is all that matters."

After absorbing the spirit ring, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang returned to the academy.

Behind Holy Soul Village.

Tang Hao had also returned from the Soul Hunting Forest. He had been secretly protecting his son, Tang San, all along. Seeing that Tang San seemed to possess a unique secret combat technique and had successfully obtained his first spirit ring, he was in high spirits.

He could not wait to share this good news with Ah Yin.

Tang Hao leaped with force, diving into the waterfall. He triggered a mechanism, and a door appeared in the stone wall.

Soon, Tang Hao walked excitedly toward the depths of the stone chamber, talking to himself along the way.

"Ah Yin, do you know? Our son has twin martial spirits, and he has just attached the first spirit ring to his Blue Silver Grass martial spirit."

"Although under the guidance of the Grandmaster, he only attached a four-hundred-year spirit ring, our son has been forging with me since he was young, so his physique is naturally stronger than an ordinary person's. I believe he could have even withstood a five-hundred-year spirit ring."

As a Titled Douluo, Tang Hao naturally understood the martial spirit laws recognized by experts far more deeply than the level twenty-nine spirit master, Yu Xiaogang.

"Fortunately, Little San absorbed it successfully without encountering any danger. Overall, it can be considered satisfactory."

"His Blue Silver Grass martial spirit comes from you, Ah Yin. Did you know that?"

Tang Hao arrived at the final stone chamber, his eyes shimmering with tears as he looked toward the small mound of earth.

Slowly, his pupils dilated, filled with confusion, bewilderment, and even rage.

Because before him, the place where Ah Yin had been planted was now completely empty.

A surge of fury erupted from Tang Hao's chest, and he let out a heart-wrenching roar.

"Ah, my Ah Yin! Who—who on earth did this?!"