Absorbing a Soul Ring—Being Too Strong Is a Sin Too! (Please Recommend, Please Bookmark!)

Lin Ye seized the moment when the two soul beasts were locked in combat.

He acted decisively, leaping down from a distant tree. In midair, he used the iron sword in his hand and the summoned Xuanyuan Sword Martial Soul, unleashing the Hundred-Step Flying Sword to kill the Emerald Aurora Bird and the Spikehorn Dragon Viper from afar!

After Lin Ye killed the two soul beasts,

as their life auras faded away, countless yellow and purple motes of light began continuously drifting from their bodies, gradually condensing into the outlines of two rings above their corpses.

These two rings were the soul rings of the two soul beasts!

Lin Ye only needed one of these soul rings: the Emerald Aurora Bird soul ring, deep yellow in color and roughly nine hundred years old! According to Grandmaster's notes, the highest-age soul ring an ordinary Soul Scholar could absorb upon advancing to a Soul Master was four hundred and twenty-three years.

If a Soul Scholar absorbed a soul ring over four hundred and twenty-three years old, they would likely explode and die!

But that conclusion had been drawn from ordinary Soul Scholars, so it was only applicable to ordinary Soul Scholars. Lin Ye was clearly not an ordinary Soul Scholar! Leaving aside the Dragon-Elephant Prajna Skill, the body-tempering Cultivation Method he cultivated, the gradual physical enhancement granted by his hidden third Martial Soul alone was enough to allow him to absorb a soul ring older than four hundred and twenty-three years—far older, even.

With the strength Lin Ye currently possessed, comparable to that of a Soul Elder-level Soul Master after Martial Soul Possession, he could even absorb the soul rings that Soul Elders could absorb when advancing to Soul Ancestors: Thousand-Year Soul Rings! However, thousand-year soul beasts were exceedingly rare in the Soul Hunting Forest. Not only were they few in number, but they might not suit Lin Ye either. Thus, Lin Ye ultimately chose the Emerald Aurora Bird soul ring before him.

In any case, he had three Martial Souls. His first Support System Martial Soul was only meant as a disguise, so there was no need to choose an exceptionally good soul ring. A soul ring of around nine hundred years would do well enough!

While waiting for the soul rings to finish condensing,

Lin Ye looked at the Spikehorn Dragon Viper, whose corpse was still twitching and struggling. After some thought, he first withdrew the Xuanyuan Sword Martial Soul that had pierced through the Emerald Aurora Bird's heart, then summoned it again and used the Hundred-Step Flying Sword once more to pierce through the Spikehorn Dragon Viper's head.

Though the Spikehorn Dragon Viper had already been killed, snakes had one particular trait: even after death, their bodies could still twitch and move.

If someone approached at that moment, the dead snake's head might still bite them.

Lin Ye had no intention of being bitten by a thousand-year highly venomous Spikehorn Dragon Viper while absorbing a soul ring, so it was better to destroy the snake's head as well. That would be safer.

After Lin Ye pierced through the Spikehorn Dragon Viper's head with the Xuanyuan Sword, its brain was destroyed. This time, the Spikehorn Dragon Viper was finally completely dead!

After killing the Spikehorn Dragon Viper, Lin Ye did not immediately withdraw the Xuanyuan Sword Martial Soul. Instead, while the soul rings had yet to fully condense, he walked over to the Spikehorn Dragon Viper.

He pulled out the iron sword he had previously thrown from the snake's vital point, returned it to the sword sheath on his back, then walked over to the snake's head. First, he summoned the Nine Spirit Immortal Begonia above his head and used its pure white holy light to restore his Nine Yang True Qi.

Then Lin Ye drew the Xuanyuan Sword and began hacking at the Spikehorn Dragon Viper's horn, intending to cut it off.

According to the records Lin Ye had read in the Complete Guide to Soul Beasts, the Spikehorn Dragon Viper's venom sac, venom fangs, and horn were all excellent materials for producing poison and were extremely valuable.

The venom sac of a thousand-year Spikehorn Dragon Viper alone could sell for over a hundred Gold Soul Coins!

Relying on the Xuanyuan Sword's sharpness, Lin Ye worked hard for some time before finally cutting off the horn. He then removed the venom fangs and venom sac as well, storing them in the jade pendant's storage space.

By then, the two soul rings in the air had nearly finished condensing.

Taking advantage of the little time remaining, Lin Ye removed the emerald crystal from the Emerald Aurora Bird's forehead.

This crystal was the essence of the Emerald Aurora Bird. According to the records, grinding it into powder and mixing it with water could cure all poisons, making it extraordinarily valuable!

After that, Lin Ye cut off the Emerald Aurora Bird's two wings and two long legs.

Those parts were not particularly valuable, but Lin Ye wanted them for himself. After all, wings and legs that large would surely be delicious.

After thoroughly harvesting everything of value from the two soul beasts, the yellow and purple soul rings above their corpses finally fully condensed.

The sky had already grown dim. Beyond the endless verdant forest, the setting sun in the distance had shifted from dusky yellow to deep crimson.

Lin Ye withdrew the Xuanyuan Sword Martial Soul. Holding the flawless white Nine Spirit Immortal Begonia, he looked at the Emerald Aurora Bird soul ring before him and began circulating the Nine Yang Divine Skill. Following the records in Grandmaster's notes, he began sensing the soul rings in the air.

Perhaps drawing in soul rings was naturally easy, or perhaps Lin Ye's comprehension was exceptionally high.

As Lin Ye began sensing the soul rings, he detected the yellow and purple rings within his sight in only a moment.

Naturally, what Lin Ye needed was the deep yellow Emerald Aurora Bird soul ring.

Guided by his Nine Yang True Qi, Lin Ye instantly drew the Emerald Aurora Bird soul ring toward himself.

The deep yellow soul ring, over a meter in diameter, flew before Lin Ye almost in the blink of an eye under the pull of the Nine Yang True Qi, hovering above his Nine Spirit Immortal Begonia Martial Soul.

Although he had drawn in the soul ring, Lin Ye gritted his teeth and forcibly controlled his Martial Soul, preventing it from immediately absorbing the ring.

According to Grandmaster's notes, absorbing a soul ring often took several hours. Lin Ye had just killed two soul beasts here, and night was about to fall.

If he stayed here to absorb the soul ring, then while enduring the Soul Power released by it, his perception of the outside world would become extremely weak.

If soul beasts from the Soul Hunting Forest were drawn here by the blood of the two corpses at that time, Lin Ye would be in danger.

Therefore, he had to move away from here and absorb the soul ring somewhere else! Holding the flawless white Nine Spirit Immortal Begonia, with the deep yellow soul ring hovering and slowly rotating above it, Lin Ye gritted his teeth, activated the Phoenix Dance Six Illusions movement technique, and instantly leaped up, skimming across the treetops as he sped into the distance.

After using the Phoenix Dance Six Illusions movement technique to travel through the forest for several minutes,

Lin Ye estimated that he had moved nearly a thousand meters away from the hunting site, so he stopped atop an ancient tree.

Looking at the lush, leafy tree beneath him, Lin Ye decided to absorb the soul ring there. This would let him avoid attacks from soul beasts on the ground, making it exceptionally safe.

Lin Ye sat cross-legged upon several thick branches that grew close together, leaned against the trunk, and held the Nine Spirit Immortal Begonia. Closing his eyes, he began absorbing the Emerald Aurora Bird soul ring drawn to his Martial Soul.

As Lin Ye released his restraint, the deep yellow soul ring, over a meter in diameter, immediately shrank and instantly settled around the Nine Spirit Immortal Begonia Martial Soul.

Then, an incomparably vast surge of Soul Power suddenly rushed into Lin Ye's body. But... it did not seem very painful? Feeling the raging Soul Power flowing through his body, the Soul Power released by the roughly nine-hundred-year Emerald Aurora Bird soul ring was indeed immense. Grandmaster's notes stated that the process of absorbing a soul ring was often agonizing for Soul Scholars, requiring them to endure with all their strength. Yet Lin Ye only felt a slight numb itch throughout his body, without the slightest pain.

Were the notes lying, or... was my body simply too strong?

Lin Ye found the thought rather strange.

He had already prepared himself to endure the supposedly excruciating pain, yet this was the result.

For some reason, Lin Ye felt a little disappointed.

It seems that sometimes, being too strong is a sin too!