Na'er Lived for Food-The Thorn Dragon!

The next day.

Su Xun woke from his meditation to a rustling sound.

Had a mouse gotten in?

He turned his head in confusion, only to find that Na'er had woken up at some point.

More than half the snacks prepared in the room had already been demolished.

"Ah!!!

Haha, big bro, when did you wake up?

I-I didn't do anything!

Really!"

Na'er gave a guilty laugh, desperately swallowing the snacks she had yet to finish chewing while hiding both hands behind her back.

Su Xun pressed a hand to his forehead.

"Haah... Just eat openly. Don't choke yourself. There's water over there."

Seeing that her meal ticket not only hadn't blamed her but was even offering eating advice, Na'er widened her silver eyes in shock.

I'd only slept for a night. How had this big meanie suddenly become so nice?

Na'er was puzzled.

Na'er ate snacks.

Na'er was happy.

Na'er put it out of her mind.

Na'er decided that Su Xun was the nicest person in the whole world.

Standing beside her, Su Xun witnessed this entire emotional transformation in just a few seconds.

He was utterly speechless.

He was certain that if he rushed over and snatched the snacks out of this greedy dragon's hands right now, she would turn on him immediately.

Forget it.

Na'er lived for food. That was a good thing in its own way.

A little while later.

After washing up under Su Xun's supervision, Na'er moved back into her own room.

At the sight of the room, decorated mostly in silver with touches of pink and plenty of adorable stuffed toys, Na'er froze.

She looked back at Su Xun, tears welling in her silver eyes.

"Su Xun, even if you fight me over food from now on, I won't turn on you! Waaah..."

The little girl flung herself into Su Xun's arms, wrapping her fair arms around his neck and her legs around his waist like an octopus, though her shoulders kept shaking.

Caught between laughter and tears, Su Xun quipped, "You're way too easy to buy off..."

"Ahem."

At the sound of the cough, Na'er jolted and hurriedly let go of Su Xun. Her pretty face flushed scarlet as she stood off to the side with her head lowered, as though she had done something wrong.

Leng Yaozhu rolled her eyes.

"All right, get ready. I'll take you to choose a soul spirit.

Also, would you like to have a look around the Spirit Ascension Platform?"

That last question was directed at Su Xun.

Su Xun's eyes brightened slightly, and he immediately nodded.

After half a month of careful nourishment and training, his physical condition had undergone an earth-shaking transformation compared with half a month ago.

He could now withstand soul rings of greater ages.

Besides, Su Xun was also eager to experience the Spirit Ascension Platform itself.

That said, the Spirit Ascension Platform was only open to the public once a month.

But for someone of Leng Yaozhu's standing, she could naturally enter whenever she wanted, without all those restrictions.

"The Spirit Ascension Platform? What's that?

Does it have yummy food?

I want to go too!"

Na'er's eyes lit up, and she couldn't help swallowing.

Su Xun and Leng Yaozhu both felt their vision go dark.

This girl's head had no room for anything besides food.

Even soul spirits...

No, perhaps she didn't even really understand what a soul spirit was yet.

A moment later.

Leng Yaozhu and Su Xun first took Na'er to have her spiritual power tested.

The light from the testing helmet faded, and the number on the soul-device screen beside it stopped changing.

One hundred and one.

Although she was far behind Su Xun, she was undoubtedly another person born in the Spirit Connection Realm!

Enough to accommodate a thousand-year soul spirit!

Leng Yaozhu took a deep breath. When she had performed Na'er's martial soul awakening yesterday, she had already sensed as much.

And with Su Xun's example before her, it wasn't quite so shocking.

Neither her face nor Su Xun's showed anything unusual, leaving Na'er looking miserable, convinced that her talent in this spiritual power thing wasn't very good.

Next, Leng Yaozhu brought Su Xun and Na'er to the floor housing the treasured soul spirit collection at the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters.

With the vice pagoda master present in person, no one dared obstruct them, and the floor was cleared once again.

Of course, the collection floor wasn't actually open to the public in the first place.

"Although your Silver Dragon Spear is a tool martial soul, its dragon bloodline is pure, and it possesses the spatial element, so..."

With a wave of Leng Yaozhu's hand, all the compatible soul spirits appeared before them.

"Wow! So cute!"

Na'er's silver eyes sparkled.

Su Xun and Leng Yaozhu both felt their vision go dark again.

With a soft sigh, Su Xun swept his gaze across them.

Ethereal Snake, spatial attribute, four hundred years.

Void Worm, spatial attribute, three hundred years.

Thorn Dragon, spatial attribute, lesser dragon bloodline, five hundred years...

Su Xun's gaze stopped.

Although it had a lesser dragon bloodline, it was still a dragon, and it also had the spatial attribute.

Clearly, whether she truly absorbed a soul spirit and produced a soul ring like a human, or merely used it as a disguise...

This was the soul spirit most compatible with Na'er's Silver Dragon Spear.

It's just that this thing is a little ugly...

Wait, why am I looking at this from Na'er's perspective too?

Su Xun shook his head and looked over the other soul spirits.

Although soul spirits with spatial attributes were truly rare, even scarcer than psychic-type ones...

There were still quite a few in the treasured collection of the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters.

However, considering Na'er's spiritual power realm and her current physical strength, all those presented before them were under a thousand years old.

Among them, the Thorn Dragon didn't have the highest cultivation.

But in terms of quality and compatibility, the Thorn Dragon was clearly the best.

Meanwhile, Na'er had already fallen for a little mouse with the spatial attribute...

Su Xun and Leng Yaozhu felt their vision darken again and again at the sight.

Master and disciple exchanged a glance and nodded in tacit agreement.

Then Leng Yaozhu waved her hand, and all the other soul spirits vanished, leaving only the Thorn Dragon.

In truth, Leng Yaozhu had already favored this Thorn Dragon while screening the choices. She had only brought them all out to show off the Spirit Pagoda's deep reserves.

She wanted Na'er to feel a sense of belonging after learning more about them, so that no one could poach her.

Although that possibility wasn't very likely.

"Huh? My little mouse...

I don't want this ugly thing!"

Na'er's face fell. She frowned at the Thorn Dragon before her, so distraught that she was on the verge of tears.

Sensing the Silver Dragon King's bloodline aura, the Thorn Dragon had already awakened.

Seeing the future sovereign of all dragons reject it, the Thorn Dragon was also close to panicked tears.

This was probably its only chance in this lifetime to cling to a mighty patron and soar to greatness, perhaps even shed its lesser dragon body, rise into a true dragon, and ascend to an emperor's throne!

Leng Yaozhu looked surprised.

"Weren't you staring at it the whole time just now?

What a shame. You can only choose once. Since you've chosen it, you can't change your mind."

Su Xun also wore a look of regret as he twisted the knife.

"If you change your mind and don't absorb it, you won't be able to become a Soul Master.

If you can't become a Soul Master, you can't keep staying at the Spirit Pagoda, and you can't keep eating and drinking for free."

Na'er was about to cry.

"I'll absorb it! I'll absorb it, okay?!"

Su Xun and his beloved master exchanged a glance, matching smiles curling at the corners of their mouths.

Little foodie, right in the palm of our hands.

To protect her meal ticket, Na'er closed her eyes so she wouldn't have to look at the ugly creature before her, then followed the instructions and began absorbing it.

Of the three people present, Su Xun was undoubtedly the most nervous.

Just as anticipated, Na'er completed her soul spirit fusion smoothly.

And, exactly like an ordinary human Soul Master, a yellow soul ring appeared around her. The soul power within her crossed the level-ten threshold and reached level thirteen.

Looking at the yellow soul ring beside her, Na'er curiously reached out to grab it, only to catch empty air.

"Huh?"