Contracting Ah Yin

Inside a dormitory at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy.

Su Bai sat upright on his bed, gazing at the flowerpot in his hands as his breathing quickened.

After all this time since transmigrating, I finally got her!

The sun hung high overhead, and the dormitory was empty. Most of the students had gone out to pursue their own activities.

With a thought, an exquisite pagoda appeared in Su Bai's hand. It was his martial soul, the Spirit Pagoda!

His martial soul's abilities were immensely powerful, even considerably stronger than those of the original Spirit Pagoda.

For instance, as long as the soul beast being contracted consented, it could achieve an effect similar to sacrifice, ignoring the theoretical maximum age limit for absorbing a soul ring.

The crucial question now was how to get Ah Yin to agree to the contract.

It wasn't that Su Bai couldn't force a contract on her, but the results would be considerably worse.

A streak of white light flew from the Spirit Pagoda and landed on the gold-veined blue silver grass in the flowerpot.

The instant the light touched her, he sensed Ah Yin's thoughts and established a connection with her.

"Dark... so dark... I want light!"

Ah Yin's sacrifice had been so complete that, had she not been a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor, her body and soul would have been utterly annihilated. Even retaining this tiny fragment of instinctive consciousness was already extraordinarily difficult.

Sensing Ah Yin's thoughts, Su Bai raised his eyebrows.

She wanted light?

That made sense. That genius Haozi had shut Ah Yin away in a valley where she never saw the light of day. No wonder the Blue Silver Emperor, famed for her vitality, had barely recovered after all this time.

If he'd brought her out into the sunlight sooner, perhaps her own formidable vitality would have allowed her to recover long ago.

At that thought, Su Bai rubbed his chin.

There really was something fishy behind Ah Yin's sacrifice. Haozi had just happened to reach level 90, Ah Yin had been in her vulnerable period, and the group had run around everywhere until Spirit Hall stumbled upon them. How could there possibly be such a coincidence?

Add in Haozi shutting Ah Yin away in a dark little room afterward, and nobody would believe he hadn't done it deliberately.

As he pondered, Su Bai placed the flowerpot beside the window. Warm sunlight spilled directly onto the blue silver grass's leaves, and she immediately began growing, spreading steadily outward.

"Sunlight... it feels so good..."

"Thank you."

Ah Yin's previously faint, halting voice became much clearer, her tone brimming with joy.

As a plant, sunlight was her food. Ah Yin now felt like a prisoner who had been locked away and starved her entire life, finally seeing daylight again and eating her fill. Naturally, she was overjoyed.

Watching the blue silver grass grow continuously, Su Bai tried communicating with Ah Yin.

"Sign a contract with me, and you'll get to bask in the sunlight every day."

"Contract? Sunlight!... Yes!"

"I want light..."

Ah Yin was initially confused, but then immediately expressed her agreement.

Hearing her answer, Su Bai raised an eyebrow and smiled. Things were proceeding even more smoothly than he had imagined.

Countless rays of white light descended from the Spirit Pagoda, enveloping Su Bai and Ah Yin. In an instant, a wondrous, indescribable connection formed between them.

Within Su Bai's mental space, an exquisitely beautiful young woman with blue hair appeared. Her figure was voluptuous, and she lay sound asleep.

The contract was a success!

Although Ah Yin was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, she was still recovering, so the amount of spiritual power required naturally wasn't very great.

Once the contract was complete, Su Bai opened his eyes. The blue silver grass in the flowerpot before him had vanished.

At the same time, with a thought, a yellow soul ring immediately rose beneath his feet. Its age was four hundred and twenty-three years!

This was the strongest Su Bai's first soul ring could currently become, but it was not its upper limit.

As Ah Yin recovered and Su Bai's soul power increased, his soul ring would gradually strengthen until it became a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.

Meanwhile, the Spirit Pagoda martial soul's effects were also terrifying.

After contracting Ah Yin, Su Bai had effectively acquired the Blue Silver Emperor martial soul.

Su Bai looked at the flowerpot before him and extended his hand. Several strands of blue silver grass instantly shot out, wrapping tightly around the pot. Finally, with a bang, the flowerpot...

The first soul skill granted by the Blue Silver Emperor soul spirit: Growth.

Effect: accelerated the Blue Silver Emperor's growth by one hundred percent and allowed control over each Blue Silver Emperor plant.

Second soul skill: Vitality.

Effect: Blue Silver Emperor seeds could sprout anywhere.

After testing the soul skills' effects, Su Bai once again smiled in satisfaction.

"As expected of a hundred-thousand-year soul spirit. Both soul skills she grants are so powerful."

These soul skills were who knew how many times stronger than Tang San's ridiculous Entanglement. They were upgraded, top-of-the-line versions in every sense.

Su Bai brought the Blue Silver Emperor before his eyes and noticed that the golden veins on her were extremely faint.

Even up close, they were difficult to make out. That was because Ah Yin was still recovering. Only once she had fully recovered would she look exactly like a true Blue Silver Emperor.

This was good, too. No matter who looked, what he was using now would appear to be ordinary blue silver grass.

Inside the Soul Hunting Forest.

Yu Xiaogang watched Tang San sitting cross-legged before him, holding his breath in concentration.

Suddenly, Tang San opened his eyes. A yellow soul ring rose beneath his feet, and delighted surprise filled his gaze.

"It worked, Grandmaster!"

Seeing the yellow soul ring appear, Yu Xiaogang clenched his fist, equally excited.

"Excellent!"

He'd said it all along: plant-type martial souls could absorb animal-type soul beasts!

This also proved that the absorption limit for the first soul skill really was four hundred and twenty-three years!

Tang San smiled, then immediately looked toward Yu Xiaogang as though something had occurred to him.

"Thank you for your guidance, Teacher!"

At his words, Yu Xiaogang smiled with gratification. Look at that. What made a good student? This was a good student!

That brat named Su Bai thought so highly of himself that he actually looked down on his theories. Simply unforgivable!

At the thought of Su Bai, a flicker of anger crossed Yu Xiaogang's eyes. "Very good. Now you should understand just how important my theories are."

"There are no useless martial souls, only useless soul masters."

"Someone like you, willing to learn from me, can achieve something even if your martial soul starts out weak."

"But someone like Su Bai, whose martial soul clearly isn't anything special and who still refuses to learn from me, has nothing but darkness ahead!"

As his words fell, Tang San's expression darkened.

"Don't worry, Grandmaster. Once we get back, I'll teach him a proper lesson!"

After successfully absorbing the Mandala Snake's soul ring, Tang San had been thoroughly hoodwinked by Gangzi and had begun resenting Su Bai as well.

Su Bai, was it... You've already chosen the road to your own death!

Tang San snorted inwardly, then left the Soul Hunting Forest alongside a gratified Yu Xiaogang.

In a large tree nearby, Tang Hao had witnessed everything. He rubbed his chin.

"Good thing I followed them and found a Mandala Snake to send their way. That was close..."

"At least it turned out well. Ah Yin, did you see? Our son has already absorbed his first soul ring. Sooner or later, he'll avenge you!"

"Ah Yin, you have no idea... how much I miss you..."

At the thought of Ah Yin, Tang Hao's eyes grew moist, and he immediately made up his mind.

He would go buy more liquor right now and get thoroughly drunk!