The atmosphere was a little awkward.
The seven flying-type Spirit Masters of the Wind Sword Sect, led by Grand Elder Feng Xiaoaо, huddled together a considerable distance from Yang Ming and his companions, discussing something in low voices. None dared approach him.
After all, no matter how one looked at it, Feng Xiaoaо was Feng Xiaotian's grandfather. Feng Xiaotian's scheme to fake his death and frame Yang Ming had had far-reaching consequences. Even Godwind Academy had since been shut down. How could the Wind Sword Sect's people not worry and overthink things?
The eight gathered together, pointing at the Nine-Tier Altar in the center of the inner hall.
The Soul Master World had developed for many years. The Wind Sword Sect, in particular, had once ranked among the Lower Four Sects. Its predecessors had written scholarly works specifically researching the various races of soul beasts, their habits, soul skills, and habitats, so that younger sect members could more easily select suitable soul beasts.
Books of this kind existed to varying degrees among all major powers. Known as Soul Beast Compendiums, they were more comprehensive than the knowledge of soul beasts taught at ordinary Spirit Master academies.
The larger a sect was, the more complete the information on soul beasts recorded in its Soul Beast Compendium. This was the fruit of tireless cultivation by generation after generation, and part of a faction's accumulated foundation.
When Spirit Masters from ordinary commoner families reached level ten, they generally obtained their first soul ring by following a teacher from their school into a forest and hunting whatever they happened to find. It had been much the same when Yang Ming and Tang San attended Notting City Junior Academy, where Tang San had obtained his first soul ring under Grandmaster's guidance.
However, most Spirit Masters