First Soul Skill: The Evil Eye's Clever Uses

As the yellow Soul Ring representing a century slowly rose from beneath Tang Li, Lin Ye could only marvel at how absurdly gifted that kid was in spiritual power.

If he had followed the manual's requirement of thirty points of spiritual power, he could at most have wrestled with this Evil Eye through spiritual power, drained the Evil Eye that had already become a Soul Spirit, and then formed a contract with it.

But Tang Li's spiritual power, which was nearing the middle stage of the Spirit Connection Realm, was simply too outrageous. He had directly refined the Evil Eye in an instant.

While Lin Ye was still marveling at Tang Li's talent, Tang Li was already training this century-old Evil Eye in his Spirit Sea...

Within the Spirit Sea, the Demon-Sealing Pot still rotated silently, as though nothing in the world could affect the laws governing its operation.

The terrifying aura naturally emanating from the Demon-Sealing Pot had already frightened the sentient Evil Eye out of its wits. It weakly wrapped itself into a ball with its tentacles and allowed Tang Li to knead it however he pleased.

The moment the Evil Eye entered the Spirit Sea, the Demon-Sealing Pot had already refined it once. This Evil Eye had now been reborn in essence!

This was one part of the Demon-Sealing Pot's ability—Refining.

It could use energy that had already been refined and absorbed to strengthen and remake demonic creatures. Given enough materials, Tang Li could even create a Chimera Fusion Beast.

This time, Tang Li used the ashes left after the Chaotic Residual Flame from the Plane Spirit burned away the Sea God Divine Sense and fused them into the Evil Eye's body.

This added traces of red to the Evil Eye's originally purple-black body. Tang Li guessed that it might be connected to the aura of Asura God, Tang San's other divine position.

All in all, the Evil Eye had gained a blessing in disguise this time. It was now Tang Li's number-one lackey.

"Big Eyed, do you have a name?"

Tang Li knew that the Evil Eye could communicate with him through spiritual power, so he asked directly. Upon hearing its master's words, the Evil Eye loosened its tentacles. Its huge eye, filled with fawning devotion, pressed close to Tang Li as it respectfully said:

"I used to, but I no longer need that name. This humble one wishes to leave the past behind. Please bestow a name upon me, Master!"

That bootlicking manner made Tang Li wonder whether he had fused with a somewhat unreliable Soul Spirit.

"Fine. Ten thousand years ago, you had a kinsman called the Evil Emperor. From now on, you shall be called the Evil Monarch."

Without even thinking, Tang Li gave the little Evil Eye the name Evil Monarch, as a hope for its future.

Evil Monarch! It was far too fitting!

Big Eyed's huge eye brimmed with excitement. As a Soul Beast, it knew all too well how monstrous its master was. It had personally experienced the Demon-Sealing Pot's effects just now. In its eyes, how could the possessor of such a divine artifact possibly be ordinary? It had truly chosen the right master!

"You may call me whatever you wish, Master. This humble one will obey you in all things."

"Very good. But privately, I'll still call you Big Eyed. Once you become famous in the future, the title Evil Monarch will naturally spread throughout the world."

Tang Li reached out and poked the Evil Eye's huge eyeball twice. This century-old Evil Eye had fairly good talent. It originally possessed only three attributes: spiritual power as its primary one, with darkness and water as weaker secondary attributes.

However, after being tempered by the Demon-Sealing Pot, darkness and water had become subsidiary forms of spiritual power. In terms of talent, it could now rival the Evil Emperor of old.

This was also one reason why the Evil Monarch was so utterly convinced by Tang Li. If someone with such an ability had existed ten thousand years ago, he would certainly have been a supreme powerhouse capable of establishing a Soul Beast gathering place comparable to the Star Dou Great Forest.

And this was only the tip of the iceberg of the Demon-Sealing Pot's abilities.

The Soul Skill the Evil Monarch granted Tang Li was also exceptional: an ultimate variation of a spiritual-type Soul Skill—

First Soul Skill: Ban

Its effect resembled a spirit command. Through the coordination of spiritual power and soul power, it could impose a certain prohibition upon a target, causing negative effects such as weakening, confinement, or curses.

Of course, the Soul Skill could also be used in reverse. That way, he could grant people additional enhancements and boosts. Spiritual power issued spiritual prohibitions, while soul power handled soul-power-based prohibitions. The two perfectly complemented one another without any conflict.

At the same time, the most important reason Tang Li called this Soul Skill an ultimate variation of a spiritual-type Soul Skill was because it possessed the characteristic of spiritual Soul Skills—its effects grew stronger alongside its user's strength.

And it benefited from the strengthening of both spiritual power and soul power!

After sensing the power of this Soul Skill, Tang Li glanced at the Evil Monarch, which was circling the Demon-Sealing Pot in the Spirit Sea, its huge eye filled with amazement. Another plan immediately came to mind!

"Big Eyed, you've already fused with me. The two of us are one now. See if you can directly use my spiritual power to visualize the Demon-Sealing Pot. It'll be good for you."

"Understood. This humble one will try immediately." The Evil Monarch promptly agreed. It was extremely curious about the divine artifact known as the Demon-Sealing Pot, but after being refined, it could no longer feel that terrifying suppressive force from it.

The naked eye could not observe it, so it would use spiritual power instead!

As Tang Li's Soul Spirit, it could naturally fight independently, and the energy it used naturally came from Tang Li. Therefore, the Evil Monarch should also be able to mobilize spiritual power to visualize the Demon-Sealing Pot and increase its spiritual cultivation through this.

If it succeeded, Tang Li would effectively have an extra training cheat for spiritual power!

The Evil Monarch carried out Tang Li's order. Spiritual power gathered around its huge eye as naturally as moving an arm, and it began carefully studying the intricate inscriptions on the Demon-Sealing Pot.

Sure enough, Tang Li could feel his spiritual power growing at an extremely slow rate, and the sense of exhaustion was not as intense as when he visualized it himself.

What a massive profit!

"Very good. Big Eyed, this will be your task from now on. Visualize the Demon-Sealing Pot whenever you have nothing to do. Don't let me catch you slacking off!"

At that moment, Tang Li seemed possessed by a capitalist as he issued a merciless 24/7 work schedule to the newly recruited young Evil Eye.

Afterward, his Spiritual Body left the Spirit Sea, leaving only the young Evil Eye immersed in spiritual power cultivation, unable to pull itself free.

As for Tang Li, he went to cultivate as well. With such an excellent Meditation Room, how could he not make proper use of it?

Inside the Meditation Room of the Spirit Pagoda's Aolai City branch, Lin Ye saw that Tang Li still had his eyes closed. Feeling the uninterrupted circulation of soul power around him, he knew that the kid was gradually getting addicted to this place.

After all, the Spirit Pagoda's Meditation Rooms were not comparable to those messy places at academies and the like. The Spirit Pagoda might not have much of some things, but it had plenty of money! Naturally, the Meditation Rooms it built were among the finest on the continent.

"Use it, use it. Once you get used to the soul power density here, you won't be able to adapt so easily anywhere else. Hehehe..."

It was easy to go from frugality to luxury, but hard to go from luxury back to frugality. Lin Ye understood that principle all too well.

Just then, Lin Ye's soul-guide communicator suddenly rang. He quickly muted it, and upon seeing that it was Tang Ziran calling, he immediately ran outside and excitedly answered the call, ready to discuss bringing the genius Tang Li over with Tang Ziran!

"Hello! Old Tang, it's Lin Ye. Little Tang Li is cultivating here with me. He'll probably need a little more time before he wakes up. Once he does, I'll send him home."

On the other end of the communicator, Tang Ziran had just returned home from work and been asked by Wulin why his younger brother had not returned yet. Hearing Lin Ye's booming voice, he finally relaxed.

He had been afraid that something had happened to his son and that he had been detained at the Spirit Pagoda. Thankfully, that was not the case.

"That's good, that's good. Then I'll trouble you, Old Lin. I'll treat you to a meal next time you have time."

The moment he heard about being treated to a meal, Lin Ye instantly perked up. "No need for next time. Tomorrow! Tomorrow it is! I'll treat you to a meal. What do you say, Boss Tang? Will you honor me with your presence?"

Treat him to a meal? Tang Ziran froze for a moment, but he had come this far in life and was naturally no fool. After giving it some thought, he knew that Lin Ye must be asking something of him.

But he also knew that Lin Ye's Mecha had already been settled, so this time, Lin Ye's target was most likely...