"An Inner Core? It can even replace a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring?"
Surprise flashed through Zhao Yan's eyes. After a brief pause, he shook his head gently, his tone candid yet firm. "In the past, I might have been tempted to try. But now that the road ahead is opening ever wider, I naturally want to pursue the finest opportunity, the one that suits me best."
"My first eight soul rings are all fire-attributed. There's no reason to make the last one an Azure Jade Bird!"
Zhao Yan gently pushed the Azure Jade Bird's Inner Core back toward Lu Xuan, his voice earnest. "Xiao Xuan, I can't take this Inner Core. I intend to hunt a hundred-thousand-year fire-attributed soul beast myself and forge the soul ring best suited to my martial soul."
After a pause, he continued with heartfelt advice. "Your first soul ring came from an Azure Jade Bird, so it shares a deep connection with this Inner Core. You're far more compatible with it than anyone else. You should absorb and refine it yourself once your cultivation is high enough to withstand its power. Besides, you also have an Azure Jade Bird's soul bone. This entire set of opportunities was tailor-made for you. Nothing could suit you better."
Seeing how firmly Zhao Yan insisted on declining, Lu Xuan stopped trying to persuade him.
The Azure Jade Bird's Inner Core was compatible with only a very narrow range of people. Aside from him and Zhao Yan, others would find it impossible to refine.
His own cultivation was still too low to use it, so he had originally intended to let Zhao Yan try it first.
Now that Zhao Yan insisted on giving it up, Lu Xuan could only put this opportunity away for the time being and decide