Fortune Is Found in Danger? Teacher, Help Me Find It!

She Xian stood by the cold pool, staring at its deep, dark-blue surface as his heartbeat quickened slightly.

Qian Renxue stepped forward, her golden eyes fixed on the cold pool.

She did not attack rashly. Instead, she slowly released her aura.

The pressure of a Soul Emperor descended like an invisible giant hand, shrouding the entire pool.

This was a form of coercion.

Using the pressure of the strong to provoke the soul beasts beneath the water, forcing them to react and reveal their whereabouts.

Soon, the pool's surface began to change.

The once mirror-still water rippled in widening rings.

Then the ripples grew larger and more violent.

A dull churning sound rose from the depths.

A chill surged up from the bottom, and the mist over the pool suddenly thickened.

Something had been disturbed.

She Xian instinctively held his breath, fully on guard.

Little White's voice suddenly rang out in his mind, taut with alarm.

"Be careful, husband! Something is coming up!"

Before her words had even faded,

"Boom!!!"

The pool exploded!

Icy water sprayed in all directions.

A massive blue figure shot up from the cold pool.

It was a giant python.

Its entire body was covered in dark-blue scales, each one shimmering with an icy crystalline gleam.

Its body was as thick as a water barrel and more than thirty zhang long. Its raised head was nearly the size of a millstone, and its dark-blue vertical pupils radiated cold savagery.

It opened its gaping maw and exhaled streams of frost. Wherever the chill passed, the air itself froze into frost.

The giant python hung in midair, looking down at the two people on the shore as a bone-chilling cold radiated from its body.

She Xian sucked in a breath.

What a beast. That size, that presence.

It was countless tiers above the Mandala Snake from before.

Qian Renxue's golden eyes narrowed slightly as she made a swift judgment.

"Icebound Python."

Her tone was calm, as though she were reciting from a textbook.

"An ice-element soul beast that inhabits frigid waters."

"It has a mild temperament and primarily attacks with ice-element abilities. A mouthful of its frost venom can instantly freeze a soul master's meridians."

Her gaze swept across the giant python.

She assessed its age from the intensity of the icy gleam on its scales, the thickness of its body, and the density of the ice crystals on its head.

"It is between one thousand and two thousand years old."

She turned to She Xian, her beautiful eyes filled with inquiry.

"Ice element, snake-type, over a thousand years old. It meets nearly all of your requirements."

"Xian'er, what do you think?"

Qian Renxue handed the choice to She Xian.

That was her teaching method.

For important judgments, she let her student decide for himself.

She Xian did not answer immediately.

He sank his consciousness into his body and communicated with Little White.

"Little White, is this Icebound Python suitable for my first soul ring?"

Little White sensed it carefully for a moment before answering gently.

"Husband, both its ice element and its age of over a thousand years make this Icebound Python highly suitable."

"If you use it as your first soul ring, it will be a perfect match."

Joy rose in She Xian's heart. Then wasn't that settled?

Yet Little White suddenly changed her tone.

"But..."

A trace of hesitation entered her voice.

"I can sense an even stronger resonance beneath the cold pool."

She Xian froze. "There's something below?"

"Yes."

Little White's voice was certain. "That resonance is clearer and more compatible than this Icebound Python's. I cannot tell what it is."

Just then, the usually silent Medusa Queen spoke coldly as well.

"Beneath this python, there is indeed a creature with a stronger bloodline lying in wait."

Her tone remained as indifferent as ever, but her words made She Xian's spirits rise.

"Its aura is mostly concealed by the moisture of the cold pool, but I can sense that it is far stronger than this Icebound Python."

"Because its bloodline is highly unusual."

A special bloodline!

Little White's reaction was strong!

She Xian's mind began racing.

The Icebound Python was already an ice-element snake-type soul beast over a thousand years old, practically a perfect candidate for his first soul ring.

And there was an even stronger, more unusual existence lurking at the bottom of the pool?

She Xian's breathing quickened slightly.

If he could take it down, the starting point of his first soul ring would reach a terrifying height.

Was it risky?

A little.

The unknown creature beneath the pool had unknown strength and an unknown level of danger.

But Qian Renxue, a Soul Emperor, was standing right beside him.

With such a great powerhouse here, what was there to fear?

She Xian made his decision.

He raised his head to look at Qian Renxue, his expression earnest. "Teacher, this Icebound Python is indeed very suitable for this disciple's first soul ring."

He first acknowledged the Icebound Python's value, then shifted his tone.

"However, this disciple's martial soul has sensed some kind of resonance beneath the cold pool."

He chose his words carefully, trying to make them vague yet believable.

"This disciple cannot say what it is, but that resonance is stronger than this Icebound Python's."

"There seems to be a soul beast below that is even more suitable for this disciple."

After saying that, he put on an expression of even I find this unbelievable.

This explanation was still that universal shield—martial soul resonance!

After all, his martial soul was inherently one of a kind, with no precedent to follow.

After hearing him out, genuine surprise flashed through Qian Renxue's eyes.

She recalled what had happened before.

Back in the rift valley, She Xian's Medusa Snake Queen martial soul had been actively searching for the so-called "missing piece of the martial soul." In the end, it had actually acted on its own and found an external soul bone.

From that moment onward, she had realized just how strange She Xian's twin martial souls were.

Their power went beyond mere talent.

They seemed to possess some kind of ability to act independently.

And now, they could even precisely sense things compatible with him.

They could sense missing parts of the martial soul, as well as suitable soul beasts.

This had already exceeded everything she knew about martial souls.

Qian Renxue pondered briefly.

Just how many secrets were still hidden within this child's martial souls?

She felt more and more that taking She Xian as her disciple had been an incomparably correct decision.

Qian Renxue suppressed her turbulent thoughts and made a decision.

Since She Xian's martial soul had sensed a more suitable soul beast at the bottom of the pool, they would go down and take a look.

To her, it was merely a simple task.

But before that, she needed to deal with the troublesome Icebound Python before her.

Qian Renxue raised a hand, her gaze sharpening as her aura suddenly surged.

The pressure of a Soul Emperor erupted with tangible force, locking precisely onto the Icebound Python.

Just as the thousand-year giant python was about to attack, it was brutally suppressed by that terrifying pressure.

"Hiss!!!"

Its massive body trembled violently in midair, and fear appeared in its dark-blue vertical pupils for the first time.

Qian Renxue clenched her hand.

An invisible force slammed down upon the Icebound Python's head like a heavy hammer.

"Bang!"

The thousand-year Icebound Python rolled its eyes back,

Its massive body fell stiffly from the air and crashed heavily onto the shore beside the cold pool, kicking up a cloud of dust.

It had fainted.

Qian Renxue had not killed it. She had merely knocked it unconscious.

She Xian watched, dumbfounded.

Teacher's move was way too slick, wasn't it?

She had knocked out a thousand-year soul beast with one slap, as easily as swatting a fly.

And she had deliberately kept it alive, clearly treating the Icebound Python as a backup option.

If the soul beast at the bottom of the pool was unsuitable, this unconscious python could still fill in.

Qian Renxue withdrew her aura and looked at She Xian.

"Keep this Icebound Python alive for now, as a backup."

Just as expected.

Her thinking was exactly the same as She Xian had guessed.

Qian Renxue walked to the edge of the cold pool, her golden hair drifting gently in the mist rising from its surface.

"You stay on the shore and wait for me."

Her tone allowed no argument. "The situation at the bottom of the pool is unknown. Without my permission, you are not to enter the water."

She Xian hurriedly nodded. "This disciple understands. Please be careful, Teacher."

Qian Renxue tapped the rock at the shore with the tip of her foot,

Her figure became a streak of golden light as she lightly leaped into the cold pool.

"Splash!"

Water splashed up, then quickly settled.

Her golden figure disappeared into the depths of the dark-blue water.

The cold pool returned to its mist-shrouded stillness.