Gui Yuan slowly opened his eyes, exhaled a long breath, and looked around. "How long have I been absorbing?"
Qian Daoliu looked at him. "It's been a month, how are you feeling?"
Gui Yuan thought to himself, "A month? That's indeed within my expectations."
In the original novel, it took Tang San a full one hundred days to absorb his Seventh Soul Ring.
At that time, Tang San possessed a physique enhanced by four top-grade Soul Bone: the Spirit Condensation Wisdom Skull, the Soft Bone Rabbit Soul Bone, the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone, and the Eight Spider Lances. His Sixth Soul Ring was also 100,000 years old, which greatly improved his physique.
Although his current Soul Ring Configuration seems to be much better than Tang San's, these Soul Ring are ultimately only at the ten-thousand-year level.
Moreover, in terms of Soul Bone, he is now quite different from Tang San was back then.
Therefore, a month is indeed an acceptable timeframe.
"Grandpa Guang Ling, could you give me a drop of your blood?" Gui Yuan winked at him and asked.
"Of course." Although Guang Ling didn't know what Gui Yuan was planning, she had some guesses. It was probably related to her Sixth Soul Skill, right?
The reason Gui Yuan didn't choose Bibi Dong or Qian Daoliu's blood was because their strength was too great, and copying it would consume too much of his Soul Power.
Moreover, Guang Ling's Martial Soul is a bow and arrow, just like his Darkin Bow, which he has long wanted to learn.
Now that he has reached the Soul Emperor level, he can actually begin to explore some uses for the Darkin Bow.
Guang Ling bit her fingertip, and a drop of blood drifted towards Gui Yuan.
Gui Yuan took the drop of blood, raised his right hand, and the sixth Soul Ring slowly rose from beneath him, its bright red color standing out against the snow.
" Heaven-Reaching Golden Chrysanthemum, their image etched with soul."
He chanted the Soul-Slaying Incantation, and a silver-white chrysanthemum condensed in his palm.
The petals of that chrysanthemum were as smooth as a mirror, each petal shimmering with a warm, silvery luster, making the whole flower seem as if it were solidified from liquid silver.
"My Sixth Soul Skill is called Singular Velvet Image Chrysanthemum, and its effect is exactly as I expected: copying other people's Martial Soul and Soul Skill."
"The requirement for its creation is a single drop of blood from the person being cloned."
"Effect: Anyone who consumes this chrysanthemum will gain Soul Skill with 100% of the power of the blood donor within ten minutes."
"For example, if I were to consume this chrysanthemum now, I could use the Light Feather Divine Bow and the Soul Skill of its first six Soul Ring."
"It took me a fifth of my Soul Power to replicate Guang Ling's Martial Soul," Gui Yuan said with a grin.
Upon hearing this, Qian Daoliu's eyes brightened slightly. "You've only consumed one-fifth of your Soul Power to copy Guang Ling's Martial Soul and Soul Skill. You should be secretly delighted."
Azure Luan smiled slightly, "Yes, you don't even look at how much your Soul Power differs. It just goes to show, as expected of Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, it greatly reduces the Soul Power consumption required to create this chrysanthemum."
Gui Yuan was quite satisfied with this.
Although he and Oscar both obtained their copying Soul Skill by hunting Mirror Shadow Beast, the one Oscar hunted was only about 20,000 years old, while his was 100,000 years old.
Bibi Dong stepped forward, her gaze falling on the silvery-white chrysanthemum. "A copying Soul Skill. Looks like this trip wasn't in vain."
"Copying Soul Skill are generally difficult to achieve 100% accuracy. No wonder it's Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring. Moreover, you haven't even absorbed this Hundred-Thousand-Year Image Skull Bone yet."
Once you've absorbed it all, the ratio will likely increase further, or at least there will be other effects to enhance it.
Qian Daoliu also smiled and said, "When we get back, we old guys will give you some blood, so you'll have more attack options."
Guang Ling also asked, "How long can your Reflection Chrysanthemum be stored?"
Gui Yuan's eyes darted around, and he smiled mysteriously, "Take a guess?"
Guang Ling asked in confusion, "It seems the storage time is very long? Could it be... half a year? Or even a year?"
Guang Ling felt that her guess was already quite bold, after all, based on the previous food storage time of Gui Yuan, the longest it had ever been was only one month.
Unexpectedly, Gui Yuan shook his head. "Guess in the long term."
Everyone was stunned by these words. It had to be longer?
Azure Luan hesitated and asked, "Two years?"
Gui Yuan chuckled, "Alright, alright, I'll stop teasing you. The storage time for my Reflection Chrysanthemum is... permanent!"
"Permanent!!!"
Everyone was surprised.
Qian Daoliu's eyes widened slightly, while Guang Ling opened his mouth wide.
Bibi Dong also showed a hint of surprise, her gaze lingering on the silvery-white chrysanthemum for a few seconds.
Gui Yuan smiled and said, "Perhaps this is one of the benefits of Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring."
Qian Daoliu chuckled, "This is indeed a bit heaven-defying."
Then, as if remembering something, he asked, "So, your Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring should have a second Soul Skill, right? What is it?"
The group was also somewhat curious.
For Food System Soul Master, the greatest use of the Mirror Shadow Beast is for replication.
Besides replication, what other abilities can it be endowed with?
Gui Yuan chuckled, then looked at Bibi Dong and said, "Teacher, could you give me a drop of your blood too?"
Bibi Dong was taken aback, then bit her finger, and a drop of blood floated to Gui Yuan's face.
More blood?
Gui Yuan caught the drop of blood with his right hand, and his Sixth Soul Ring reappeared beneath him, its crimson light swirling in the snow.
" Heaven-Reaching Golden Chrysanthemum, its reflection in the mirror conveying spirituality."
He chanted the Soul-Activating Incantation, and a purplish-black chrysanthemum condensed in his palm.
The edges of the chrysanthemum petals were adorned with fine golden veins, each petal resembling a miniature mirror reflecting the surrounding sunlight and snow. The entire flower exuded a profound yet vibrant aura.
" Sixth Soul Skill, Singular Velvet Spirit Chrysanthemum."
Gui Yuan chuckled, "This chrysanthemum has a similar effect to the copied Reflection Chrysanthemum from before; it's also a copy."
However, it can replicate the Soul Bone Skill and domains possessed by the blood donor, and the usage time is also ten minutes.
"The power it unleashes is also one hundred percent."
Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.
The group exchanged glances, their eyes filled with undisguised shock.
Copying Martial Soul and Soul Skill is already incredibly powerful.
Now even Soul Bone Skill and domains can be copied?
Azure Luan murmured, "So, if you consume this chrysanthemum, you can use all of your teacher's Soul Bone and domains for ten minutes?"
Gui Yuan nodded. "Theoretically, yes."
"Hiss--"
Azure Luan, Guang Ling, and the others all gasped in shock.
Even Qian Daoliu showed a hint of emotion this time.
While anyone can take Reflection Chrysanthemum, it is primarily used to increase offensive coverage.
After all, once ingested, one can only use other people's Martial Soul for ten minutes, and will most likely be unable to use one's own Martial Soul.
Therefore, this Soul Skill is quite useful for Gui Yuan, because his First Martial Soul soul is Food System.
You can prepare it first, then consume the Reflection Chrysanthemum, use someone else's Martial Soul and Soul Skill, and then combine it with your Soul Martial Soul.
But this Spirit Chrysanthemum is different!