Tidal Marsh Crocodile, a Top-Tier Aquatic Soul Beast

Several days later, the old sect master of the Heavenly Dragon Sect, Yu Xuanhua, finally could not hold on any longer.

However, he passed away without any regrets.

At the end of his life, having seen the hope of the Heavenly Dragon Sect flourishing in the future, Yu Xuanhua was already completely satisfied.

Su Ming's family did not leave immediately. Instead, they stayed at the Heavenly Dragon Sect for some time longer.

By then, Su Long and Zhou Yun had learned that their son would be heavily nurtured by the Heavenly Dragon Sect and would remain there to live and study in the future.

The couple was immensely delighted by this.

Although their son, Su Ming, was only a sea soul master, the resources and instruction the Heavenly Dragon Sect could provide were far beyond anything they could offer.

Not only would they hire dedicated teachers, but they would also create a specialized simulated cultivation environment suited to Su Ming in Dragon City...

With such favorable conditions and such a bright future ahead, the fact that sea soul masters were unsuited to land and had their combat strength diminished there became insignificant.

After all, Su Ming would encounter no so-called dangers while living and studying at the Heavenly Dragon Sect.

"Great-Granduncle, I want to obtain my first soul ring."

One morning, Su Ming sought out Yu Xingtuo and stated his purpose without beating around the bush.

There were not many people in the entire Heavenly Dragon Sect who could meet the sect master directly, and Su Ming happened to be one of them.

Or rather, Su Ming's status within the Heavenly Dragon Sect was now exceptionally exalted.

The Yu Clan and the core members of the Heavenly Dragon Sect all understood the significance of Su Ming's existence.

Of course, matters concerning his Twin Martial Souls remained confidential even now.

In the entire Heavenly Dragon Sect, only the current sect master, Yu Xingtuo, knew of it.

As for Su Ming changing how he addressed Yu Xingtuo, Yu Xingtuo had brought it up casually himself.

Since his parents and grandfather did not mind either, Su Ming naturally went along with it.

"Obtain your first soul ring?"

"But we're in Dragon City. There aren't any sea soul beasts here."

"Besides, hadn't we already settled on a plan a few days ago? When you return home, the teachers and scholars our family has hired will happen to gather then and offer advice on your first soul ring, Ming'er."

Yu Xingtuo explained patiently.

In his view, Su Ming was simply still a child and could not wait to become a true soul master sooner.

But Yu Xingtuo believed this matter could not be handled so casually.

Obtaining one's first soul ring was extremely important. It practically determined the direction of a soul master's future development.

Therefore, soul masters with family foundations and inheritances would never let their descendants obtain their first soul ring carelessly. They would certainly choose with the utmost care.

After all, this was a matter of paramount importance.

Choosing wrong would bring a lifetime of regret, and that was no exaggeration.

Thus, Yu Xingtuo's view was that there was no need to rush.

Before determining the best and most suitable soul ring, waiting a little longer would not be a waste at all.

Especially since Su Ming's first martial soul was an ocean-type martial soul. Yu Xingtuo, and indeed the entire Heavenly Dragon Sect, had zero experience in this regard, so they needed specialists to guide them all the more.

As for why they had not simply taken Su Ming's family's advice on this matter.

The reason was very simple. Knowing Su Ming's secret of possessing Twin Martial Souls, Yu Xingtuo no longer regarded Su Ming's first martial soul as an ordinary mutated Whale Martial Soul.

A sea-type martial soul capable of being twins with such an immensely powerful High True Dragon Martial Soul was absolutely extraordinary.

The cultivation of such a powerful martial soul could not be handled carelessly. Specialists had to be found for it.

"But while looking through the soul beast encyclopedia recently, I found that some land soul beasts can also be absorbed by sea soul masters."

"And, Great-Granduncle, not every sea soul master has to absorb sea soul beasts as their soul rings."

To make his claim more convincing, Su Ming even took a soul beast encyclopedia out of his storage bracelet.

After opening it to the relevant page, he handed it to Yu Xingtuo.

[Soul Beast: Tidal Marsh Crocodile]

[Description: An amphibious overlord of coastal inland mangroves and aquatic marshlands. Its scales can store both freshwater and seawater, and it excels at using the "osmotic pressure difference" at the boundary between land and water to create a viscous force field...]

[Locations: Aomo Aquatic Spirit-Beast Hunting Forest, Jiuheng Offshore Spirit-Beast Hunting Grounds...]

"This soul beast has been hunted by disciples of our Heavenly Dragon Sect before." Yu Xingtuo recognized it at once.

Although the Heavenly Dragon Sect's inherited martial soul was the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul.

As long as a soul master's martial soul possessed dragon bloodline, the Heavenly Dragon Sect welcomed them to join.

Furthermore, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul had a small chance of mutating into other dragon-type martial souls.

Therefore, the Heavenly Dragon Sect had considerable experience in obtaining soul rings for dragon-type martial souls of many attributes.

Naturally, that included water-attributed dragon-type martial souls.

And years ago, Yu Xingtuo had personally led sect members to hunt Tidal Marsh Crocodiles.

With Su Ming's reminder today, Yu Xingtuo completely recalled it all.

"Then, Great-Granduncle, do you think this soul beast can become my first soul ring?" Su Ming asked expectantly.

"I just asked my dad. When he was young, he also absorbed a crocodile-type soul beast, and it gave him some excellent soul skills."

What Su Ming had his eye on was the Tidal Marsh Crocodile's innate ability to create an osmotic pressure difference.

Although Kyogre was an ocean divine beast, the acquisition of its soul rings was not limited to pure sea soul beasts.

As a transmigrator who knew Kyogre, Groudon, and Rayquaza inside out, Su Ming would use his knowledge and studies to assemble the perfect soul skills.

The Tidal Marsh Crocodile is already a top-tier soul beast. It has water attributes too, and there happens to be an aquatic habitat not far from Dragon City.

Ming'er's father had also previously absorbed a crocodile-type soul ring. Perhaps it could work.

Yu Xingtuo's thoughts flashed rapidly as he analyzed the feasibility of Su Ming's proposal.

Then Yu Xingtuo spoke again. "How about this, Ming'er? Wait one more day. Great-Granduncle will give you an answer tomorrow afternoon."

"Among the many teachers I hired for you, one should arrive at the Heavenly Dragon Sect tomorrow morning. We can hear his opinion then."

"Okay, Great-Granduncle." Su Ming nodded obediently.

In his view, choosing the Tidal Marsh Crocodile as his first soul ring was practically a sure thing.

Waiting another day would not hurt.

Then Su Ming asked curiously, "Great-Granduncle, who is the teacher arriving tomorrow?"

He was also curious about what kind of people the teachers Yu Xingtuo had hired for him were.

Although Su Ming knew Yu Xingtuo would never hire some useless master like Yu Xiaogang from ten thousand years ago.

Still, since it concerned his future path as a soul master, it was necessary to ask carefully.

Otherwise, he might as well research and figure it out himself.