The Little Princess of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect Felt Like a Country Bumpkin

Tang Wulin looked at the two of them standing there dumbstruck and scratched his head.

"It's... this."

He lifted his left hand, palm facing up.

A faint ring of golden light shone from his palm, then slowly gathered, and a little snake appeared out of thin air above it.

The little snake was nearly two feet long, its entire body covered in golden diamond-shaped scales, each one flashing with a metallic sheen.

Right in the center of its forehead was an especially distinct golden scale, a full size larger than the others, like a gem embedded between its brows.

The little snake twisted slightly, a faint yellow glow radiating from its body.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing both took a step back.

"A soul beast?!"

Ning Rongrong's voice had changed.

She stared wide-eyed at the little snake, her body pulled taut as if ready to fight at any moment.

Zhu Zhuqing had not retreated as far, but her expression was also filled with vigilance.

Tang Wulin had not had time to speak when a laugh came from beside them.

"It's not a soul beast."

Xie Xie had walked over at some point, both hands in his pockets, looking completely casual.

He glanced at Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing's nervous expressions and could not help laughing.

"A Soul Spirit and a soul beast are two different things."

Ning Rongrong turned to look at him.

"Different things?"

"Yeah."

Xie Xie nodded, put away his smile, and began explaining seriously.

"You should know what soul beasts are, right? Creatures that grow in nature, have independent lives, and truly exist."

Ning Rongrong nodded. Of course she knew that.

Xie Xie pointed at the little snake in Tang Wulin's palm.

"But Soul Spirits are different."

"A Soul Spirit is an energy body formed after a soul beast dies, or an artificially created energy body."

"It can be absorbed by a soul master, then provide a soul ring."

"And Soul Spirits are energy bodies, not real flesh-and-blood lives."

Ning Rongrong blinked.

"Energy bodies?"

"Right."

Xie Xie nodded.

"Soul Spirits can even assist soul masters in battle."

Ning Rongrong looked at the little snake, and the tension in her heart eased a little.

But she still found it hard to believe.

"This thing... can really provide a soul ring?"

Zhu Zhuqing also looked at the little snake, her black eyes full of confusion.

Just then, the sound of two sets of footsteps came from behind them.

Wu Siduo and Dai Yun'er walked over.

Dai Yun'er spoke with a beaming smile.

"When it comes to Soul Spirits, I have one too. I'm just not good at using a Soul Spirit to fight, so I didn't release it during the battle in the virtual space. I only use it to strengthen the power of my soul skills."

Wu Siduo, standing to the side, also nodded slightly, as if saying that she had a Soul Spirit too.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing looked at the four people before them in disbelief.

"You... you all have one?"

Dai Yun'er smiled and said, "That's right. The only ones without Soul Spirits should be the twelve of you. Of course, you'll have them in the future too."

Ning Rongrong took a deep breath. She felt as if her entire worldview was collapsing bit by bit.

Ever since entering Shrek Academy, she had discovered a fact that was difficult for her to accept.

The twelve of them who had entered through the assessment seemed to have been... hit by a dimensional reduction strike.

Like a group of natives who had suddenly barged into another world.

She had never seen a soul device, had never heard of Mystic Water Pills or Soul Ascension Pills, knew nothing at all about Battle Armor, and now there was another thing called Soul Spirits.

Ning Rongrong bit her lip, her heart filled with mixed feelings.

The Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect was the wealthiest sect under heaven, with more money than it could ever spend, and the most advanced technology and resources.

As the little princess of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, she had grown up in luxury, wanting for nothing.

But here...

In this academy, she was like some country bumpkin.

She understood nothing, knew how to do nothing, knew nothing at all.

"Th-this can't be right, can it?"

Ning Rongrong thought to herself.

"I'm still the little princess of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, at least. How did I turn into an ignorant hick the moment I came here?"

She glanced at Zhu Zhuqing beside her.

Zhu Zhuqing's expression was still as cool as ever, but in those eyes, the same confusion and shock were clearly written.

The two of them looked at each other, and both saw the same emotion in the other's eyes.

Ning Rongrong took a deep breath, forced down the shock in her heart, and asked again.

"Then... is there any difference between the soul skills granted by Soul Spirits and the soul skills obtained by hunting soul beasts?"

Tang Wulin thought for a moment, then shook his head.

"There's no difference." (The original work says they're slightly weaker than soul beasts; here, this is an enhanced version.)

"A soul skill is a soul skill. Whether it's given by a Soul Spirit or obtained by hunting a soul beast, the effect is the same."

Ning Rongrong's eyes widened.

"No difference?"

"Then doesn't that mean..."

She started counting on her fingers.

"If someone gets a thousand-year Soul Spirit, then that Soul Spirit can provide three soul rings?"

"One counts as three?"

Tang Wulin nodded.

"That's more or less what it means."

Ning Rongrong drew in a sharp breath.

One had to know, on the Douluo Continent, hunting soul beasts was no simple matter.

Finding a soul beast suited to one's martial soul was hard.

After finding one, whether you could defeat it was another problem.

After defeating it, whether the soul ring's age was suitable was yet another problem.

For the sake of one suitable soul ring, many people had to camp in the Star Dou Great Forest for quite a long time.

After hearing all this, Ning Rongrong could not help sighing.

"This is way too unfair..."

Then she suddenly raised her head, her bright eyes fixed on Tang Wulin.

"Then... when can we have Soul Spirits?"

At that moment, the corners of Xie Xie's mouth curved up.

"Well, about that..."

"I secretly asked Teacher Wu."

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing both looked at him at the same time.

"Tomorrow, we'll be able to enter the Spirit Ascension Platform."

Ning Rongrong froze for a moment.

"Spirit Ascension Platform? What's that?"

Xie Xie spread his hands.

"The Spirit Ascension Platform..."

Xie Xie revealed a mysterious smile, and Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing could not help holding their breath, listening with great seriousness.

This was all brand-new information.

"Is a good place, that's all."

After hearing Xie Xie say this, Ning Rongrong could not help looking at him resentfully. What was the difference between that and saying nothing?

"Then what's the difference between the Spirit Ascension Platform and a virtual space?"

Xie Xie smiled, a hint of slyness flashing through his eyes.

"You'll know tomorrow."

Ning Rongrong looked at his mysterious act, and her heart felt as if it were being scratched by a cat's paw, itching unbearably.

"Can't you just tell me now?"

Xie Xie shook his head.

"No, no. Once you go in when the time comes, you'll know. If I tell you now, wouldn't all the anticipation be gone?"

Ning Rongrong bit her lip, wishing she could pin Xie Xie to the ground and beat him up.

But she held herself back. She couldn't beat this guy, Xie Xie.

[Detected that key figure Ning Rongrong's recognition of Shrek Academy as Monster Academy has increased significantly!]

[Congratulations, host. Reward obtained: Thousand-Year Soul Spirit *100]

[Detected that key figure Zhu Zhuqing's recognition of Shrek Academy as Monster Academy has increased significantly!]

[Congratulations, host. Reward obtained: designated-attribute thousand-year soul bone *10]