"That aura-you're already level 50?" Sensing the dense soul power Gu Qingnian released, everyone's expressions changed, and they all stared at him in unison.
"And that soul ring-ten thousand years! At the very limit, too!"
Almost instantly, Xuan Zi and the others cried out again. With their knowledge and discerning eyes, they could tell at a glance that Gu Qingnian's fourth soul ring was a Limit Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring bordering on a hundred thousand years.
Of course, this was still a disguise. He had only just managed to find an excuse to explain away one hundred-thousand-year ring; another would be truly difficult to explain.
Gu Qingnian nodded and said slowly, "I accumulated too much soul power when I was a Soul Elder. With the fusion of a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and soul bone, along with the resources the deans gave me, I've already reached level 50.
"As for the soul ring, I have that Soft Bone Rabbit to thank. I found it after leaving the cave where the rabbit had been. Some distance away from the cave, there was a depression that looked as though it had been struck by lightning.
"According to Elder Gong, that should have been where the Soft Bone Rabbit underwent its lightning tribulation. The snowy ground there was covered in soul beasts caught in the aftermath. Among them, I found a long, narrow soul beast whose body had been destroyed almost beyond recognition. At first, I thought it was dead, but when I went over to look, it was still faintly writhing.
"I was afraid it might suddenly spring back to life, so I simply finished it off. To my surprise, a black soul ring appeared, much darker than my second ring. More importantly, it gave off a mental-attribute aura, so I absorbed