First Spirit Ring

Soul-Congealing Pill, accelerated Soul Power condensation.

Lin Wan looked at the white jade bottle, light flickering in his sea-blue eyes.

Although this pill was useful to him, its significance was not great. It had clearly been developed for those with Innate Soul Power that was too low.

He weighed the bag of Gold Soul Coins again. It was satisfyingly heavy.

Lin Wan raised his head and looked toward the grand and imposing main hall of Spirit Hall, his gaze turning deep and complicated.

Moraki, the hall master, truly knew how to invest. With Lin Zao's talent, he would at least become a Soul Sage in the future.

Adding flowers to brocade was easy; offering charcoal in snowy weather was hard. Right now, Moraki was taking advantage of the fact that Lin Zao had yet to rise, prescribing the right remedy and earning immense goodwill from him.

And the cost of this investment was not high—merely one of the most common pills among nobles and a few dozen Gold Soul Coins.

He carefully put away the package and kept it close to his body. The cold night wind brushed through his silver-white hair.

Even a peaceful academy life needed strength as its foundation.

He also needed to find a suitable time to absorb a spirit ring as soon as possible and truly step across the threshold of becoming a Soul Master.

After returning to the crowded work-study student dormitory, Lin Wan went to his bed by the window, sat cross-legged, and began cultivating his Soul Power.

On the evening of the third day after Lin Zao left, Lin Wan felt the abundant Soul Power within his body and decided to absorb his first spirit ring.

Using Gold Soul Coins, he found a mid-range hotel in Frost City and rented a secluded single room.

After entering the room and tightly shutting the door, Lin Wan took a deep breath and calmed his somewhat excited emotions.

It was his first time absorbing a spirit ring, so excitement was inevitable.

With a thought, Lin Wan retrieved the Tinderbox he had drawn earlier from the system inventory.

Following the Tinderbox's instructions, he lightly rubbed its surface.

Screech!

A faint spark appeared on the Tinderbox's flint.

In an instant, the light in the room seemed to warp, and three enormous shadows radiating terrifyingly vicious auras abruptly emerged on the floor before Lin Wan.

Three giant hounds appeared soundlessly in the room. Their bodies were as sturdy as calves, covered from head to toe in dense black fur like steel needles, brimming with explosive power.

Looking at the three giant hounds summoned by the Tinderbox, Lin Wan instinctively swallowed.

Pretty cool!

The moment the three giant hounds appeared, their gazes immediately turned toward Lin Wan. Then, they lowered their enormous heads to him and let out submissive whimpers.

Looking at the well-behaved giant hounds, Lin Wan suppressed the shock in his heart and ordered, "Guard the entrance for me. Don't let anyone come in."

"Wooo..."

The Three-Headed Hounds let out a low growl. Their massive bodies moved soundlessly, like three flowing shadows, instantly taking up positions by the door and window.

Their presence was also cleverly concealed by their own power, ensuring that no one would notice anything unusual in the room.

With these three powerful hounds guarding him, Lin Wan was finally completely at ease.

He sat cross-legged in the center of the room and, without further hesitation, took out the spirit ring he had drawn from the system inventory.

The spirit rings provided by the system had no fixed age. Everything depended on the upper limit of what Lin Wan's body could endure. He had considered whether he should save this spirit ring and absorb it later.

After all, absorbing a powerful spirit ring was better than absorbing a Hundred-Year Spirit Ring.

Hundred-Year Soul Beasts were common, but Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts and Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were not.

But after thinking it over, Lin Wan gave up on the idea. Although he could now easily obtain a Hundred-Year Spirit Ring with the Tinderbox in his hand,

finding a suitable Soul Beast was difficult, and besides, he did not know much about Soul Beasts yet.

Therefore, Lin Wan decided to absorb this spirit ring first.

After all, he could still draw spirit rings from the system.

Looking at the spirit ring in his hand, which radiated a seven-colored glow, Lin Wan composed himself and sank his consciousness into his body, guiding the power of the Nine-Heavens Beauty Fox martial soul.

Silver-white light bloomed from Lin Wan's body. The elegant and sacred phantom of the Nine-Heavens Beauty Fox condensed behind him, its nine fluffy fox tails swaying gracefully as they scattered specks of pink stardust.

Lin Wan focused his mind and directed his consciousness toward the seven-colored spirit ring.

Guided by his will, the seven-colored spirit ring seemed to be drawn in. It slowly floated upward and descended over the phantom of the Nine-Heavens Beauty Fox.

The instant the spirit ring touched the martial soul phantom, Lin Wan felt a vast, surging torrent of energy rush into his body.

After an unknown amount of time, Lin Wan felt that his body could not absorb even a trace more energy. The spirit ring in his hand had also completely merged into the Nine-Heavens Beauty Fox.

Under Lin Wan's guidance, it finally stabilized completely, condensing into a solid ring that hovered above the Nine-Heavens Beauty Fox's head.

Then Lin Wan abruptly opened his eyes, and a pinkish-white glimmer seemed to flash through his sea-blue pupils.

His first spirit ring was 675 years old. Lin Wan was somewhat shocked. He had not expected Queen Eva's meditation method to be so powerful.

He had cultivated for only a few dozen days, yet he could absorb a spirit ring more than six hundred years old.

After absorbing the spirit ring, Lin Wan's Soul Power had also reached level 13.

Then he eagerly focused inward to sense his first soul skill.

However, when the soul skill's exact effects fully appeared, the smile on Lin Wan's face instantly froze, replaced by an extremely strange expression.

Lin Wan did not know whether to laugh or cry. It was not that his soul skill was strange; it was simply rather special.

His first soul skill was called Soul Seizure.

The name sounded rather stylish, like a mental-control skill, and its effect was indeed just that.

Its primary ability was Forced Bewitchment. As long as Lin Wan touched someone, he could activate it by force.

Any target struck by Lin Wan's soul skill would instantly fall into an illusion, their consciousness sinking as they completely lost control of their body. Like a puppet on strings, they would be at Lin Wan's mercy. It lasted for one second.

Moreover, it ignored all differences in strength. As long as Lin Wan touched someone, they would be controlled.

When he saw this, Lin Wan was still thinking, Mm, not bad. It fits the Nine-Tailed Fox's bewitching talent perfectly. Getting close is a little risky, but this forced control is simply godlike.

However, the information transmitted by the spirit ring had not ended. This spirit ring had happened to awaken one of the Nine-Heavens Beauty Fox's abilities.

It was called Heart-Eating Essence Theft. Lin Wan could devour the matter of living creatures to nourish himself.

This ability was divided into passive and active forms.

Lin Wan could actively circulate the soul skill, temporarily transforming his palm into a sharp silver Fox Claw and thrusting it directly into the target's body.

Since the energy core of all living creatures was basically located in the heart, the Fox Claw would generally be plunged directly into the heart, forcibly seizing its life essence and Soul Power origin.

The energy obtained through devouring could be used to rapidly recover his injuries or accelerate his Soul Power cultivation.

Furthermore, when Lin Wan killed a target containing energy, the Nine-Heavens Beauty Fox martial soul would automatically absorb part of the scattered life essence, slowly nourishing Lin Wan's body and Soul Power.

Do you understand now after seeing this?