Xiao Hongchen was not particularly concerned about Jiang Yue's little issue at the moment. His eyes were practically glued to the Golden Tortoise before him.
Xiao Hongchen's martial soul was the Three-Legged Golden Toad, an exceedingly rare divine beast martial soul. On the present-day Douluo Continent, the number of people who possessed divine beast martial souls could be counted on one hand.
It was also thanks to the Three-Legged Golden Toad that Xiao Hongchen had become the most gifted soul engineer of the younger generation.
This martial soul not only gave Xiao Hongchen the potential to reach greater heights, but also endowed him with unparalleled talent for soul tools. Jing Hongchen considered him the genius most likely to become the very first Level 10 Soul Engineer.
Besides controlling the metal element, the Three-Legged Golden Toad martial soul was also regarded as an auspicious symbol that drew in wealth and treasure.
As fellow auspicious creatures, the Three-Legged Golden Toad and the Golden Tortoise naturally possessed considerable compatibility.
Moreover, the Golden Tortoise had a water-earth dual attribute. Within the five elements, earth generated metal, and metal generated water. Whether its attribute was water or earth, Xiao Hongchen could absorb its soul ring, provided his compatibility with the soul beast itself outweighed the importance of its attributes.
The Golden Tortoise before him clearly met Xiao Hongchen's requirements. An auspicious beast with both water and earth attributes was indeed well worth absorbing.
But could its cultivation age not be a little higher?
Xiao Hongchen was somewhat dissatisfied with this Golden Tortoise's cultivation age. His fifth soul ring was already thirty thousand years old. If this Golden Tortoise became his sixth soul ring, its age would be a little too low.
Still, it was acceptable. Better than adding a soul ring of this age to