The Third Soul Ring, Buying Time

Wang Dong'er felt that the voice just now had belonged to Wang Qiu'er.

Besides obtaining a soul ring, she had come to the Star Dou Great Forest to try her luck at meeting the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

In her dream, Wang Qiu'er had told her to come find her. But Wang Qiu'er had already died, and the only one she could seek out now was the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who was still alive.

But the Three-Eyed Golden Lion would not be easy to find. They would probably have to spend some time on this trip.

As dusk approached, it was no longer suitable to keep traveling, so the two found a clearing and set up camp.

Wang Dong'er poked at the campfire, and Huo Yuhao's figure suddenly came to mind. She wondered where he was now.

(At that moment, Huo Yuhao was on his way to the Far North.)

Suddenly, Wang Dong'er caught a rich fragrance.

"Uncle Tang De, do you smell that fragrance?"

"I do. It seems to be coming from that direction."

"Come on, let's go see what it is."

Wang Dong'er felt that it smelled like some kind of flower. The fragrance was so intense that she wanted to see exactly what flower was giving it off.

When Wang Dong'er found the source of the fragrance, she discovered an enormous red flower. Its petals were large and vividly colored.

Wang Dong'er remembered this flower. More precisely, it should have been a soul beast—a Night-Scented Red Demon Flower.

The Night-Scented Red Demon Flower bloomed only at night. It released a fragrance to lure soul beasts in, then seized the opportunity to swallow them. It was an extremely dangerous flower.

Its fragrance held a powerful attraction for many soul beasts.

"Look over there. Something's been drawn here."

Following the direction of Tang De's pointing hand, Wang Dong'er saw a giant bee flying toward them.

The moment it saw the enormous flower, it could not resist rushing straight at it.

But just as it was about to feed on the nectar, the petals suddenly closed.

After a bout of writhing, the Night-Scented Red Demon Flower soon grew still. It had eaten the giant bee outright.

"This flower isn't suitable for your soul ring either, and it's rather dangerous. Let's stop watching and head back," Tang De said.

Wang Dong'er nodded. Knowing what kind of flower it was was enough.

Just as she was about to return, she suddenly saw a soul beast fly past, its wings glowing white.

She studied it closely and discovered that it was a small bird. Most of its feathers were white, while its wingtips were tinged black, and its body constantly radiated a gentle glow.

"That looks like a Moonlight White-Feathered Sparrow."

Wang Dong'er immediately grew excited. The Moonlight White-Feathered Sparrow was a soul beast with the light attribute.

Before coming here, she had specifically researched some light-attribute soul beasts at the academy, and the Moonlight White-Feathered Sparrow was one of the rarer varieties.

"Uncle Tang De, hurry! Don't let that flower swallow my soul beast!"

This Moonlight White-Feathered Sparrow had nearly four thousand years of cultivation, making it very suitable for Wang Dong'er's soul ring.

Just as the Moonlight White-Feathered Sparrow was being drawn in by the fragrance and was about to be swallowed, Tang De rushed over and caught it in his hand.

The Moonlight White-Feathered Sparrow struggled to escape, but how could a thousand-year soul beast break free of a Titled Douluo's restraint?

As for the Night-Scented Red Demon Flower, it immediately closed its petals upon sensing Tang De's aura. If it had possessed legs, it would already have taken to its heels.

Neither of them had any interest in it.

Still holding the bird, Tang De said, "Let's go. We'll return to camp first."

After returning to camp, Wang Dong'er killed the Moonlight White-Feathered Sparrow with a knife.

A purple soul ring floated out of its body.

Wang Dong'er regulated her breathing for a moment, then began absorbing the soul ring once she was ready.

As the soul ring's power surged into her body, a strand of resentment entered her spiritual sea along with it.

Wang Dong'er worked to resist that resentful force and completely absorbed the soul ring without much effort.

Although this was her first time absorbing a soul ring, she had not found it particularly difficult.

Wang Dong'er released her martial soul and gazed happily at the three soul rings floating around her body. She had become a three-ring Soul Elder, and this third soul ring was not a god-bestowed soul ring from Tang San.

She wondered whether Tang San would be angry if he found out.

"Young miss, what is your third soul skill? Could you show me?" Tang De asked curiously.

"My third soul skill isn't offensive. It's a support soul skill, Moonlight Sacred Healing."

When Wang Dong'er used this skill, her soul power would fall upon its target like moonlight. It could heal the target's injuries to a certain extent while also freeing them from control effects.

All in all, it was quite a good soul skill.

Wang Dong'er had originally intended to become a Power Attack System Soul Master, so ideally, her soul skills would have offensive abilities or enhance her own strength. She had not expected to receive a support soul skill instead.

Actually, this was quite good too.

Wang Dong'er felt that developing all her soul skills in a single direction was not necessarily a good thing.

At higher levels, combat was mostly fought alone. The more well-rounded her own soul skills were, the better she could handle all kinds of situations.

Wang Dong'er thought she would see whether she could find opportunities to obtain a couple of control-type soul skills in the future.

After learning about Wang Dong'er's soul skill, Tang De promptly cut his palm.

Somewhat speechless, Wang Dong'er healed him. The wound, as long as an index finger, soon closed without leaving the slightest scar.

"The effect is quite good."

This degree of healing was already quite impressive.

"Young miss, since we've found your soul beast, let's head back tomorrow."

"Let's stay in the Star Dou Great Forest for a few more days. I still want to find a special soul beast," Wang Dong'er said.

"But you don't need any more soul rings."

"Have you forgotten that I also have the Clear Sky Hammer passed down by the Sect? The Clear Sky Hammer needs a soul ring too."

Wang Dong'er's twin martial souls were no secret within Clear Sky Castle. After all, if she did not even possess the Clear Sky Hammer, what right would she have to call herself the young miss of Clear Sky Castle?

"But for the second martial soul of someone with twin martial souls, the later you attach soul rings, the higher their quality can be. That's how you can become even stronger."

"Wouldn't attaching one now be a little too early?" Tang De asked, somewhat puzzled.

"It'll be fine. I'm planning to absorb one soul ring first to improve my strength. If I encounter a dangerous situation, I'll be able to use the Clear Sky Hammer's power too. Depending on how things go, I'll leave a few slots open and fill them later."

Tang De felt that Wang Dong'er had a point, so he agreed.

"All right, then we'll search for another two days."

In Tang De's opinion, finding a suitable soul beast for the Clear Sky Hammer would be much easier.

What he had not expected, however, was that Wang Dong'er would be extremely picky about selecting a soul ring for her second martial soul.

Along the way, they found several soul beasts that Tang De considered very suitable, but Wang Dong'er rejected them all.

Wang Dong'er had never intended to obtain a soul ring in the first place. She wanted to find the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, so none of the soul beasts they encountered along the way satisfied her.