[Congratulations to the players for completing the quest. Rewards: the complete Soul Spirit Method, a large amount of experience, and Gold Soul Coins.]
The quest rewards came through then, but they left the players rather baffled.
Wang Zhongwang: "The complete Soul Spirit Method? What's this thing good for? Do we need to go get soul spirits?"
Dong'er: "We shouldn't need to, right? Quest rewards can increase the age of our Soul Rings, and we can also buy items that increase Soul Ring ages in the shop."
Qian Xixi: "I've never thought the soul spirit system was much of an advancement. Don't you think these so-called soul spirits are essentially the same thing as the beast souls refined by those Evil Soul Masters?"
I Am an Angel: "Huh, now that you put it that way, it really does seem so. Both make use of Soul Beasts' souls."
Primordial One: "There's still a pretty big difference, isn't there? After all, one is voluntary and the other is forced. One retains its intelligence, while the other's intelligence is completely erased."
Agile Dog in the Mountains: "Trace it back to its roots, and the essence hasn't changed. As for it being voluntary, heh... at first, Soul Beasts did become soul spirits voluntarily. But what about afterward? During the ten thousand years between Soul Land II and Soul Land III, how many Soul Beasts were forced to become soul spirits?"
I Am Xiao Jian: "That's worse than killing beasts for their rings. At least death ends everything, and their souls don't have to endure endless torment."
Spirit Hall Eternal: "Why is everyone starting to sympathize with Soul Beasts?"
Ten-Year Veteran: "It's not sympathy. I just think the world shouldn't be like this."
Gu Yuanhao: "In the real world, we're weak and powerless, unable