First Soul Ring (Part One)

Ordinary Soul Bones were nothing special to Ye Chen.

High-year Soul Bones might not be available even at major auction houses, but low-year Soul Bones could still be bought with Gold Soul Coins. As for External Soul Bones, however, they were something money alone could never buy.

Moreover, once Ye Chen advanced to a Titled Douluo in the future, the External Soul Bone could be upgraded into a 100,000 Year Soul Bone. If he eventually became a level 99 Peerless Douluo, it could even transform into a Soul Bone over 900,000 years old.

Looking at the golden Lucky Card in his hand, Ye Chen did not hesitate and used it immediately.

In an instant, the golden Lucky Card turned into a streak of golden light and entered Ye Chen's body.

Hmm, he didn't feel a damn thing!

Well, luck was such an intangible thing. There was no way a mere level 10 Quasi Soul Master like Ye Chen could sense it.

More than three hours later, inside the Soul Hunting Forest.

Didn't I use a Lucky Card? Why haven't I found a suitable target yet?

Ye Chen was a little depressed. He had encountered quite a few other soul beasts along the way, but none of them were what he needed. Had his one million Gold Soul Coins been spent for nothing?

One million Gold Soul Coins might not have meant much to Ye Chen. His Own Son could earn that much after being filial for just over ten days. But to ordinary people, it was an astronomical sum.

With so many Gold Soul Coins, even throwing them into the water would make quite a splash. Could this Lucky Card really be a useless piece of junk? Or was his luck still not good enough?

As he pondered this, Ye Chen unconsciously noticed a clump of gray weeds more than a person's height tall on the right ahead of him.

He was about to go around from the left when he suddenly realized that his body seemed to be out of his control, walking straight toward the weeds on the left.

"!!!"

Fortunately, Ye Chen reacted in time and recognized what it was, immediately stopping in his tracks.

"Eh? Xiao Chen, your reaction was pretty quick~"

Seeing Ye Chen stop, Xiao Wu teased him from the side.

"Tch~, did you think I wouldn't recognize Chaos Grass?"

Ye Chen curled his lips disdainfully. He simply had not been paying attention just now, which was why he had failed to notice this Chaos Grass right away.

As its name suggested, Chaos Grass was a plant-type soul beast that could cause nearby passersby or Spirit Masters to lose their sense of direction. Other than that, though, it had no abilities at all—a typical useless waste.

Chaos Grass was neither poisonous nor capable of sucking blood or attacking. It merely caused a state of Chaos. That was why Xiao Wu had not warned Ye Chen; she simply wanted to watch him make a fool of himself.

Hmm? A Chaos state? That actually suits me quite well!

For his Bamboo Staff martial soul, Ye Chen intended to follow the control path. Since this Chaos Grass's innate ability was Chaos, it was quite suitable for him. Choosing it would not be a bad option.

However, after examining it carefully, Ye Chen discovered that this Chaos Grass was actually a rare thousand-year soul beast within this Soul Hunting Forest.

Although Ye Chen cultivated the Creation Body Tempering Art, and was already nine and a half years old, his limit for bearing his first soul ring far exceeded four hundred years. Still, he did not want to try absorbing a thousand-year soul ring.

After all, the System Shop sold Soul Ring Age Upgrade Cards. Ye Chen did not care too much about the age of a soul ring, since it could be upgraded later.

However, in the original story, Tang San had used divine trials to upgrade soul rings that had not originally been ten thousand years old into Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, yet they still possessed only one Ten Thousand Year soul skill. This made Ye Chen worry that the same might happen to him.

Therefore, he did not care about the age of any soul ring below one hundred thousand years that he needed to attach. But once he was capable of bearing a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, he would definitely obtain one.

After all, Spirit Masters did not have many soul skills to begin with. If he could gain one more, naturally, more was better.

After thinking it over, Ye Chen decided to designate this Chaos Grass as the target for his second soul ring and let it go for now.

His luck was not bad. After setting out again and searching for more than two hours, Ye Chen finally discovered a Boston ivy over six hundred years old at the foot of a small mountain.

Boston ivy was not a tiger-type soul beast. It was a plant-type soul beast that specialized in entangling and Bind. It was somewhat similar to ordinary Boston ivy from his previous life, except its roots and vines were much thicker.

"Very good. This Boston ivy will be my first soul ring!"

Looking at the Boston ivy in the distance, Ye Chen nodded in satisfaction.

"Xiao Chen, you want that Boston ivy? Isn't it unsuitable for your Bamboo Staff? Could it be that your Bamboo Staff can grow vines to Bind your enemies?"

At that moment, Xiao Wu imagined Ye Chen's Bamboo Staff sprouting long vines that wrapped around and tied up his opponents.

"...I won't stoop to your level~!"

Ye Chen rolled his eyes at the uncultured and unstudious Xiao Wu.

Who said control-type Spirit Masters could only fight by binding and entangling their enemies? That was merely one method of expression.

"Fine, as long as you're happy~ But how are you planning to deal with this Boston ivy? Your firearms aren't suited for dealing with vine-type soul beasts. Why don't you beg Sister Xiao Wu to help you?"

"There's no need to trouble Sister Xiao Wu. Just watch from the side!"

In fact, Ye Chen had many more ways to deal with plant-type soul beasts that could not move easily. Although firearms were unsuitable, who said firearms were the only external tools he had?

Without delay, Ye Chen bought a White Phosphorus Incendiary Grenade from the System Shop.

Against plant-type soul beasts, fire was the most effective method.

Perhaps this White Phosphorus Incendiary Grenade would not pose much of a threat to high-year plant-type soul beasts, but it would definitely be enough to deal with this Boston ivy.

Then, Ye Chen yanked out the grenade's pin and immediately threw the White Phosphorus Incendiary Grenade toward the Boston ivy in the distance.

His luck was not bad. Although it did not land directly on the core of the Boston ivy's roots, it landed very close by.

Compared to animal-type soul beasts, plant-type soul beasts possessed even less intelligence. Moreover, this Boston ivy was only around six hundred years old and had no intelligence at all. It did not know that danger had already arrived.

Just as Xiao Wu was about to tease Ye Chen, a burst of fire suddenly exploded in the distance, igniting yellow flames. Scorched by the blazing heat, the Boston ivy immediately sent its vines flailing as it struggled within the sea of fire.

"Hiss~, it's that terrifying?"

Although Xiao Wu was some distance from the blaze, she could still feel a wave of heat rushing toward her.

The flames produced by burning white phosphorus were unlike ordinary fire. Their temperature could reach 1,000 degrees Celsius, and once white phosphorus came into contact with an object, if it could not be removed in time, it would continue burning until all the white phosphorus had been consumed.

Even the most strong-willed steel soldier would not want to encounter such a thing.