Soul Spirit A Yin!

In the early morning, sunlight filtered through the sparse leaves of the trees in Nuoding City, casting dappled patterns onto the bluestone-paved streets.

Ling Xuqing carried a simple pack, his footsteps light as he walked toward the branch of the Spirit Hall.

"Xuqing, what are we doing now?"

Within his sea of consciousness, Xiao Wu's voice was crisp and melodious, tinged with a hint of curiosity.

To facilitate communication and allow her to see the human world with her own eyes, Ling Xuqing had released her divine soul from his sea of consciousness after leaving Wuxi Village. She now appeared as a translucent phantom visible only to him, walking side by side with him.

"We are going to the Spirit Hall branch to register my status as a spirit master," Ling Xuqing replied in his mind.

Although the Nuoding City Spirit Hall branch was not large, it remained the most prestigious building in this junior city.

Ling Xuqing walked in with practiced ease and found the official in charge of registration.

"Name, age, spirit, spirit power," the official asked without looking up.

"Ling Xuqing, six years old, spirit Golden Overlord Spear, innate full spirit power," Ling Xuqing answered calmly.

Upon hearing this, the official snapped his head up, a flash of surprise crossing his eyes.

He scrutinized Ling Xuqing carefully before pulling out a file. "Ling Xuqing... oh, I remember now. You are the child whose spirit was awakened by Master Su Yuntao in Wuxi Village. Innate full spirit power, truly a genius."

The official's attitude turned warm immediately. He produced a brand-new spirit master certificate and handed it to Ling Xuqing, saying, "Mr. Ling, since you have reached level ten, our Spirit Hall can arrange for personnel to take you to hunt a spirit beast and obtain your first spirit ring."

"Thank you for the kind offer, but that won't be necessary," Ling Xuqing declined with a smile. "I already have my own plans."

Seeing this, the official did not press the matter. Instead, he took out a heavy pouch of coins and handed it over. "This is the Spirit Hall's subsidy for genius spirit masters—one hundred gold spirit coins. Please keep them safe, Mr. Ling."

"Thank you." Ling Xuqing took the money pouch and turned to leave the Spirit Hall.

"Xuqing, why didn't you tell the truth? You are clearly already level twenty-eight and have two spirit rings. Why only register innate full spirit power?" Xiao Wu's phantom floated beside him, looking completely bewildered.

"The tree that stands above the forest will be broken by the wind," Ling Xuqing said indifferently. "If I told them I awakened my spirit yesterday and reached level twenty-eight today, I would be taken back to the Spirit Hall for study immediately. That is not what I want to see. I am still too weak; exposing my strength too early will only invite unnecessary trouble."

"Until one possesses absolute power, concealing one's talent is the wisest course of action."

"Concealing talent? You actually make sense! So, what do we do now?"

"Let's head straight to the spirit master academy."

With his spirit master certificate in hand, Ling Xuqing went directly to the Nuoding City Junior Spirit Master Academy.

Relying on the certificate of a genius with innate full spirit power, the academy teachers were extremely courteous to him. Not only did they waive all assessments, but they also arranged for him to stay in a spacious single dormitory.

After settling in, Ling Xuqing sat cross-legged on the bed and began to circulate the spirit power within his body, stabilizing the cultivation he had just gained.

"Xuqing, what are we doing now?" Xiao Wu asked, leaning on the windowsill and looking out at the playground.

"There is still over a month until the start of the term. We will stay at the academy during this time, and I can take this opportunity to stabilize my cultivation," Ling Xuqing closed his eyes, feeling the fusion of the three forces within him.

"Mm, that works too." Xiao Wu nodded, but then she pouted. "But you're already level twenty-eight; isn't it a bit of a waste to stay in a junior academy?"

"Don't worry, I won't stay at the academy for long." A confident curve tugged at the corner of Ling Xuqing's mouth. "Once my cultivation is completely stable, I will leave here and venture out into the world."

Xiao Wu's eyes sparkled with anticipation at his words.

But just then, she seemed to notice something. She turned her head abruptly and stared at Ling Xuqing's right leg.

"Xuqing, there is... a faint soul fluctuation coming from your right leg!"

"My right leg?" Ling Xuqing paused, then realized. "Oh, that is the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone. As for the soul fluctuation... that is the Blue Silver Emperor, A Yin."

"Blue Silver Emperor A Yin? Who is that?" Xiao Wu asked, full of confusion.

Ling Xuqing opened his eyes, his gaze turning profound.

With a thought, he pulled Xiao Wu's divine soul into his own sea of consciousness.

"A Yin is Tang San's mother."

Ling Xuqing spoke slowly, recounting a dusty past.

"She was originally a hundred-thousand-year-old Blue Silver Emperor. To become a god and protect her kin, she chose to transform into a human. In the human world, she met the Haotian Sect genius Tang Hao. They fell in love and gave birth to Tang San."

"Later, the Spirit Hall's Pontiff, Qian Xunji, discovered her true identity and launched a frantic hunt for her. In a desperate situation, she chose to sacrifice herself to save Tang Hao, giving all her hundred-thousand-year spirit ring and spirit bone to him, helping him break through the level ninety threshold."

Xiao Wu listened, dumbstruck, her eyes filled with shock and sympathy. "She... she actually sacrificed herself voluntarily? Then she is now..."

"She is not dead." Ling Xuqing sneered. "The Blue Silver Emperor clan possesses the racial talent of 'wildfires cannot destroy it; the spring breeze brings it back to life.' As long as a trace of her origin remains, she can be resurrected."

"Not long ago, I found her only remaining origin and fused with it. She has now become the soul within my right leg bone."

Xiao Wu gasped. "Then hasn't she died twice? Once by sacrificing herself to Tang Hao, and once by having her origin and spirit bone fused by you! And she still isn't dead?"

"That is the terrifying nature of the Blue Silver Emperor," Ling Xuqing said coldly. "Unless she detonates her own origin, no one can truly kill her."

Xiao Wu was silent for a moment, then asked:

"Then... Xuqing, how do you plan to handle her?"

Ling Xuqing closed his eyes, feeling the faint, wretched, and even infinitely humble and pleading soul fluctuation within the right leg bone.

When he had fused with her, he had used the most cruel words to shatter her faith.

He told her that Tang Hao had treated her as a stepping stone for his own breakthrough from the very beginning, and that it was her own naivety that had harmed her and her people.

At that moment, A Yin's faith had completely collapsed, and her soul had fallen into endless despair and silence.

Ling Xuqing took a deep breath and said coldly in his mind:

"A Yin, I know you can hear us. Stop playing dead and come out."

The soul fluctuation in the right leg bone trembled violently, yet there was still no response.

Ling Xuqing did not mind. He narrowed his eyes slightly, his tone calm yet carrying an unquestionable dominance:

"I will give you two choices."

"First, like Xiao Wu, become my Soul Spirit and live and die with me."

"Second, I will send you to be reincarnated, erasing all the memories and pain of this lifetime."