Soul-Congealing Pill, accelerates the condensation of Soul Power.
Lin Wan looked at the white jade bottle, light flickering in his sea-blue eyes.
Though the pill was useful to him, it did not mean much. It had clearly been developed for people 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 magnificent yet 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 the snow was difficult. By prescribing the right remedy while Lin Zao had yet to rise, Moraki had earned immense goodwill from him.
And the cost of that investment was not great—merely a pill commonly found 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 required strength as its foundation.
He also needed to find a suitable time to absorb a Soul 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 bunk 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 sensed the abundant Soul Power within his body and decided to absorb his first Soul Ring.
Using Gold Soul Coins, he found a mid-range hotel in Frost City and rented a quiet single room.
After entering the room and tightly shutting the door, Lin Wan took a deep breath and calmed his slightly excited emotions.
It was his first time absorbing a Soul Ring, so excitement was inevitable.
With a thought, Lin Wan took out The Tinderbox he had drawn earlier from the system inventory.
Following its instructions, he gently rubbed its surface.
Screech!
A faint spark appeared on The Tinderbox's flint.
In an instant, the light in the room seemed to distort. Three enormous shadows radiating terrifyingly savage auras abruptly appeared on the floor before Lin Wan.
Three gigantic hounds silently appeared in the room. They were as sturdy as calves, their bodies covered in dense black fur like steel needles, and they looked packed with explosive power.
Looking at the three hounds summoned by The Tinderbox, Lin Wan subconsciously swallowed.
Kind of cool!
The moment the three hounds appeared, their gazes immediately turned toward Lin Wan. Then they lowered their massive heads to him and let out submissive whimpers.
Looking at the obedient hounds, Lin Wan suppressed the shock in his heart and ordered them, "Guard the entrance for me. Don't let anyone come in."
"Whimper..."
The Three-Headed Hounds gave a low growl. Their enormous bodies moved soundlessly like three flowing shadows, instantly taking up positions by the door and window.
Their presence was also skillfully concealed by their own power, so no one would notice anything unusual within the room.
With the three powerful hounds guarding nearby, Lin Wan was finally completely at ease.
He sat cross-legged in the center of the room. No longer hesitating, he took out the Soul Ring he had drawn from the system inventory.
The Soul Rings provided by the system had no fixed age. Everything depended on the upper limit his body could withstand. Lin Wan had considered whether he should save this Soul Ring and absorb it later.
After all, absorbing a powerful Soul Ring was better than absorbing a Hundred-Year Spirit Ring.
Hundred-Year Soul Beasts were common, but Ten-Thousand-Year and Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were not.
But after thinking it over, Lin Wan abandoned that idea. Although he could easily obtain a Hundred-Year Spirit Ring with The Tinderbox in his hand,
finding a suitable Soul Beast was difficult, especially when he did not know much about Soul Beasts yet.
Therefore, Lin Wan decided to absorb this Soul Ring first.
After all, he could still draw Soul Rings from the system.
Looking at the Soul Ring in his hand, which radiated a seven-colored glow, Lin Wan steadied his mind and sank his consciousness into his body, guiding the power of his Nine-Heavens Beauty Fox Martial Soul.
Silver-white light blossomed 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 concentrated and directed his consciousness toward the seven-colored Soul Ring.
Drawn by his will, the seven-colored Soul Ring seemed to be attracted as it slowly floated up, enveloping the phantom of the Nine-Heavens Beauty Fox.
The instant the Soul 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 realized that his body could not absorb even a trace more energy. The Soul Ring in his hand had also completely fused into the Nine-Heavens Beauty Fox.
Finally, under Lin Wan's guidance, it completely stabilized and condensed into a solid ring hovering above the Nine-Heavens Beauty Fox's head.
Then Lin Wan abruptly opened his eyes. Pinkish-white light seemed to flash through his sea-blue pupils.
His first Soul 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 Soul Ring over six hundred years old.
After absorbing the Soul Ring, Lin Wan's Soul Power had also reached level 13.
Then he could not wait to settle his mind and sense his first soul skill.
However, when the exact effect of the soul skill fully revealed itself, 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 a little special.
His first soul skill was called Soul Seizure.
The name sounded rather stylish, like a spiritual control skill, and its effect was indeed exactly that.
Its main ability was Forced Bewitchment. As long as Lin Wan touched the opponent, he could activate it by force.
Any target struck by Lin Wan's soul skill would instantly fall into an Illusory Realm, their consciousness sinking as they completely lost control over 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, Hmm, not bad. It fits the bewitching talent of a Nine-Tailed Fox perfectly. Getting close is a little risky, but this forced control is practically a divine skill.
However, the information transmitted by the Soul Ring was not over yet. This Soul Ring happened to awaken one of the Nine-Heavens Beauty Fox's abilities.
It was called Heart-Eating Essence Theft. Lin Wan could devour the essence 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 sharp silver Fox Claws and directly stabbing them into the target's body.
Since the energy cores of all living creatures were basically located in the heart, the Fox Claws would generally pierce directly into the heart, forcibly plundering its life essence and Soul Power origin.
The devoured energy could be used to quickly recover his injuries or accelerate his Soul Power cultivation.
Furthermore, whenever Lin Wan killed a target containing energy, the Nine-Heavens Beauty Fox Martial Soul would automatically absorb part of the dispersed life essence, slowly nourishing Lin Wan's body and Soul Power.
Now do you understand?
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