Self-Created Soul Skill: Sage's Finger! Please Keep Reading! Please Vote!

Self-Created Soul Skill: Sage's Finger! Please Keep Reading! Please Vote!

The stars glittered as the midnight breeze swept across the wheat fields, giving the invisible wind the shape of rolling waves and setting the golden wheat churning beneath the starlight. On the snow-white road, a small soul-powered motorcycle was parked by the roadside. Two small figures lay on the grass beside it, counting the stars in the sky.

"Someday, perhaps we'll be able to see what lies beyond the heavens." Chen Hong lay on the grass with his hands behind his head, gazing at the brilliant river of stars in the night sky. His black eyes were filled with longing for the cosmos.

Humanity had never hidden its yearning for the stars, and Chen Hong was no exception, especially after he had witnessed a magnificent corner of the universe.

This was a world with gods, a plane with strange Soul Power. Would the structure of this universe also be some breathtaking sight entirely different from an interstellar universe?

"Beyond the heavens... Isn't that where the gods live?" The girl's eyes shone like a galaxy beneath the stars. She stared blankly at the sky and answered foolishly.

"Hehe, silly girl. Have you ever seen a god? If you haven't, how do you know they definitely live beyond the heavens?"

Chen Hong smiled and reached out to pinch Ye Lingling's soft little cheek as she lay beside his head. "Have you been properly comprehending your Soul Rings?"

"Brother Hong, you can't call me silly! Lingling is very smart—Aunt Ning says so too!"

Ye Lingling puffed out her cheeks and raised her hand to swat Chen Hong's away before answering, "I already have two rings, but comprehending Soul Rings the way Brother Hong described is so hard... The only good thing is that my First Soul Ring and Second Soul Ring are the same."

"Brother Hong, does that mean having identical first and second Soul Rings makes me useless?"

Ye Lingling's voice was soft and weak, lacking confidence.

Chen Hong's sunlike brilliance made Ye Lingling feel a little insecure about herself. Even though, at the same age, her Soul Power Realm was one level higher than his.

Chen Hong touched the pale golden Golden Hoop on his head. Under Ye Lingling's watery gaze, he nodded in deep agreement. "It does seem a little useless. Hey, hey, hey, don't cry! I wasn't calling you useless. I meant the inscriptions within your Soul Rings."

Chen Hong's words instantly made Ye Lingling's pale purple eyes glisten with tears. She sat on the grass and looked at him pitifully, as though she were ready to cry if he called her useless again.

"From another perspective, though, your martial soul may actually be incredibly powerful. Once I've gained enough experience researching martial souls, we can uncover its secrets together, all right? For now, try to properly comprehend your Soul Rings. It'll be very useful."

Chen Hong hurriedly got up to comfort Ye Lingling. He even summoned his own Soul Ring and leaned close to whisper in her ear, "Lingling, look. I'll tell you a secret—I haven't even told Mom yet! You absolutely have to keep it secret, okay?"

The boy's voice entered Ye Lingling's ear, his warm, sunlit scent brushing against her tender white earlobe. Her little face reddened slightly, and she nodded seriously. "I'll definitely keep Brother Hong's secret!"

"Good, I believe you. Lingling, look." Chen Hong nodded, then sat cross-legged on the grass facing Ye Lingling.

Beneath the brilliant river of stars, the night breeze lifted the boy and girl's hair. The boy slowly raised his hand and extended one finger. His pale yellow Soul Ring shrank like a ring around his index finger, its mysterious and profound patterns seemingly flickering with flowing light. Then, he gently tapped the forehead of the girl whose face had turned slightly red.

"Mmh."

The boy's finger was so cool that Ye Lingling could not help letting out a soft sound. Then she discovered that her senses seemed to be sharpening and her thoughts becoming clearer. Starlight, wheat fields, the breeze, the boy's breathing and heartbeat—in that instant, she seemed to hear the voices of all things in the world.

The tenderness in Ye Lingling's eyes as she looked at Chen Hong slowly cleared, and the faint flush on her cheeks gradually returned to the flawless warmth of snowy jade. At that moment, lucid reason reclaimed Ye Lingling's mind, which had nearly been won over by her own feelings.

Self-Created Soul Skill: Sage's Finger!

An immortal strokes my crown; one finger calms the mind!

Through physical contact, Chen Hong could trigger the effects of his Sage Time skill in others, turning their thoughts sage-like. He had originally intended to call it the Impotence Finger. Considering that kicking someone's little head with his foot could also cause impotence, he ultimately decided on a more normal name.

This was the first step in Chen Hong's analysis of his Soul Rings: slightly altering the activation conditions of a Soul Skill to produce an entirely new effect.

As Chen Hong's research deepened and his Mental Power continued to grow, he would be able to reach the second step of Soul Ring analysis, and perhaps even the third.

Ye Lingling, whose forehead had been touched by Chen Hong's Sage's Finger, stood frozen in place. Her pale red eyes stared coolly at Chen Hong before her. She said nothing, remaining silent.

"Uh... Lingling, what's wrong?"

Seeing that Ye Lingling still showed no reaction, Chen Hong curiously leaned closer, looking her over from side to side.

"Sage's Finger shouldn't have any problems. I've used it on myself so many times, and I even used the lowest power setting. Why aren't you saying anything?"

Chen Hong's head swayed back and forth, and he realized that Ye Lingling had been silently staring at him the entire time without speaking. Confused, he was about to scratch his head when he suddenly felt an enormous force. A small hand infused with Soul Power pressed directly against his chest, slamming him to the ground!

"Uh..."

Beneath the stars, Chen Hong lay pinned to the grass, blankly staring at Ye Lingling. She held his chest down with one hand, her eyes incomparably clear. In those ruby-like eyes, Chen Hong saw his own reflection beneath the starlight.

The girl pressed her body against Chen Hong's, the small hand drawing on Soul Power enhanced by tremendous force. Pinned to the ground, Chen Hong could not resist at all.

"You're too weak, Brother Hong."

Ye Lingling, a Grand Soul Master, pinned Chen Hong, a Soul Master, down with one hand while her other hand gently stroked his face as he kept trying to pull back.

"Hehe~" Ye Lingling gave a faint, cool laugh. Beneath the stars, the smile on her lips carried a touch of indifference and composure. She was no longer the shy little girl who could only hide behind others.

A cold, proud begonia beneath the moon was the perfect description of Ye Lingling now.

"But don't worry. From now on, Lingling will protect my useless Brother Hong~"

Damn it! Is that what you really think?

The girl's cool, soft little hand gently caressed Chen Hong's cheek as he wore an expression of heroic defiance. Her tone was cool and teasing.

"Lingling should cultivate properly. Useless Brother Hong can just support me from behind~"

You're the support!

Ye Lingling lifted Chen Hong's chin. Her pale red eyes revealed a strange confidence, along with... undisguised amusement.

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