Bibi Dong's Amazement, Qian Xunji's Scheme

Ling Feng communicated with Bibi Dong through spiritual power, sharing his insights with her.

"This method of cultivation... it might actually work!" Bibi Dong exclaimed in wonder.

Having possessed two top-tier Spider Emperor spirits in her past life, she was naturally capable of judging whether Ling Feng's cultivation approach was sound.

However, he would need to absorb the spirit ring of at least a Spider King, if not a Spider Emperor, to have any chance of evolving his spirit into a true Spider Emperor, Bibi Dong thought to herself.

Even so, this was enough to make Bibi Dong look at Ling Feng in a new light.

Bibi Dong suddenly thought of Yu Xiaogang, whose cultivation had been unable to progress an inch due to his spirit mutation.

"Ling Feng, if Yu Xiaogang were to cultivate according to your theory, is it possible to resolve the flaws in his spirit?"

Ling Feng pondered for a moment before saying, "If he hasn't absorbed his spirit rings yet, there might be a chance."

"But it would also require him to have a profound understanding of his own spirit to know what it lacks and how to supplement it."

"Of course, I am not him, so I cannot say for certain if this method would suit him."

Yu Xiaogang's spirit, Luo Sanpao, was an external spirit with a certain degree of autonomy.

Ling Feng felt that, in truth, letting Luo Sanpao choose which spirit beast to absorb for its spirit ring would likely be more reliable than anything Yu Xiaogang could come up with.

After all, his Luo Sanpao spirit could even supplement Yu Xiaogang's spirit power by consuming radishes; it should know what it was lacking.

If the radishes were replaced with Spirit Ginseng, Luo Sanpao might even be able to evolve and break through its bottleneck.

However, these were merely Ling Feng's conjectures.

"What you say makes a lot of sense!" Bibi Dong agreed.

She felt that even without her guidance, Ling Feng could likely cultivate his Demon Spider spirit into a Death Spider Emperor or some other form of Spider Emperor.

Why couldn't the Yu Xiaogang of those years think of such a simple truth?

He even wrote in his own spirit theories about allowing plant spirits to absorb animal spirit rings and beast spirits to absorb plant spirit rings—this method of fusing disparate powers—but does this kind of cultivation truly benefit a spirit master?

Bibi Dong re-examined Yu Xiaogang's spirit theories and suddenly felt that something was amiss.

She was a Spider Emperor spirit user and could indeed absorb spirit rings recklessly to cultivate, but what about ordinary spirit masters?

Bibi Dong did not continue that line of thought; if she did, she would feel embarrassed on Yu Xiaogang's behalf.

Without a physical body, she was no longer influenced by hormones or bodily desires, and the filter she had once viewed Yu Xiaogang through had vanished.

The famous theories of the Yu Xiaogang from her past life now seemed unable to withstand even the slightest scrutiny.

Little did she know that these theories were all summarized by Yu Xiaogang from the Spirit Hall's archives.

Much like the foolish AI Ling Feng used in his past life, they were likely contaminated by the database, outputting erroneous results.

Pope Palace.

A golden-haired man wearing a brilliant gold robe and a nine-curved purple-gold crown was watching a young girl step into the Pope Palace.

The girl's skin was fair, her features flawless, and the aura of youth radiating from her was intoxicating.

"Teacher, did you summon me for something?" the girl asked.

These two were none other than the current Pope of Spirit Hall, Qian Xunji, and his disciple, Bibi Dong.

Qian Xunji nodded and asked, "How long has it been since you last attended classes at the Spirit Academy?"

Bibi Dong did not know why Qian Xunji was asking this, so she answered truthfully, "It has been a few months!"

"Teacher, please listen to my explanation." Fearing Qian Xunji might be angry, Bibi Dong hurriedly explained.

"The classes those teachers give are meaningless; having your guidance is enough for me!"

"Those teachers can't help me solve the cultivation problems of my twin spirits, so I might as well cultivate on my own!"

Qian Xunji did not blame Bibi Dong, merely saying, "Go back to the academy and attend your classes."

"A student has arrived at the Spirit Academy whose spirit is a Demon Spider, and his third spirit ring is a ten-thousand-year ring."

"Go and investigate; see how he managed to absorb that ten-thousand-year spirit ring. It might provide some inspiration for your own cultivation!"

Every spirit master had their own secrets, and Spirit Hall respected that.

Therefore, until Ling Feng voluntarily revealed his secrets, Spirit Hall did not force him to disclose how he had absorbed a ten-thousand-year spirit ring.

Furthermore, since Ling Feng had already joined Spirit Hall, he was one of their own, making it even less appropriate to use force.

It was precisely for this reason that Qian Xunji had asked Bibi Dong to find out Ling Feng's secrets herself.

"A ten-thousand-year third spirit ring? Could he also have twin spirits?" Bibi Dong asked in surprise.

Judging others by herself, she assumed Ling Feng also possessed twin spirits.

Ling Feng's information had been compiled for Qian Xunji by interested parties the moment he chose to join the Spirit Academy.

Thus, in Qian Xunji's eyes, there were no secrets to Ling Feng's cultivation trajectory.

"His spirit is a Demon Spider, his innate spirit power was level 3, and after ten years of cultivation, he has just become a level 34 Spirit Grandmaster. He does not have twin spirits."

Ling Feng's spirit had also been awakened within Spirit Hall, so the organization had his records on file.

"Innate soul power of level 3, yet he possesses such astonishing cultivation speed?"

Bibi Dong herself had innate full soul power and the guidance of the Pope; having cultivated for eleven years, she was now only a level 46 Soul Ancestor.

Therefore, upon hearing of Ling Feng's cultivation level, she was somewhat surprised and finally understood Qian Xunji's painstaking efforts.

"Teacher, I understand. I will return to the academy for classes tomorrow!" Bibi Dong said.

"Mm, go ahead!" Qian Xunji waved his hand.

Bibi Dong bowed respectfully and turned to leave.

As Qian Xunji watched Bibi Dong turn away, the look of affection in his eyes changed instantly.

His eyes were filled with possessiveness and greed as he watched her depart.

Only after Bibi Dong had completely vanished from his sight did his gaze soften.

He waved his hand, and a figure appeared behind him.

"Your Holiness!"

Qian Xunji said, "A direct descendant of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan has come to Spirit City. Find a way to make him stay and join Spirit Hall."

"Once he joins Spirit Hall, announce this to the soul master world to shake the hearts of the soul masters in the Upper Three Sects."

"This may be our opportunity to take down the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan!"

If a direct descendant of an Upper Three Sect family joined Spirit Hall, then it would only be natural for others in his family to follow suit.

If Yu Xiaogang were sensible, Spirit Hall would not be opposed to grooming him into the next patriarch of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

When the time came for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to lean toward Spirit Hall, the alliance of the Upper Three Sects would collapse without a fight.

Spirit Academy.

Although this was a high-level soul master academy, its teaching model was much like any other soul master academy, focusing on freedom and flexibility.

However, the collection of books and the quality of the faculty here were incomparable to those of outside academies.

If a student caught the eye of a bishop or elder of Spirit Hall, they might even be taken on as a direct disciple.

In the few days since Ling Feng had joined Spirit Academy, aside from cultivating, he had been following Bibi Dong's advice to visit the library in hopes of a chance encounter with the young Bibi Dong.

Unfortunately, it seemed the two were not fated to meet, as he had yet to run into the young girl.