Pope Bibi Dong gently patted his shoulder and said, "Since you've already reached rank ten, you shouldn't delay any longer. Tomorrow morning, I'll personally take you to obtain your first Soul Ring."
Hearing this, Lin Feng froze briefly, then asked in some surprise, "Teacher, you're taking me yourself?"
"What, you don't want to go?"
"Of course I do."
Lin Feng hurriedly nodded. He simply hadn't expected his treatment to improve so quickly after taking her as his teacher.
Having one of the continent's top Titled Douluos personally take him to obtain his first Soul Ring would save him far more trouble than figuring out how to get to the Soul Hunting Forest himself.
"The Soul Devouring Spider Emperor's first Soul Ring is very important. It can't be chosen carelessly." Pope Bibi Dong looked at him, her tone growing more serious.
"You're very talented. Naturally, I must lay a solid foundation for you."
"I understand," Lin Feng replied, committing this to memory.
At the same time, the voice of his Martial Soul, Bibi Dong, rang out in his mind again. "Now you see the benefits of taking a teacher, don't you?"
Lin Feng suppressed a smile and didn't respond in front of Pope Bibi Dong.
Although he had already withdrawn his Martial Soul, it didn't affect the mental communication they had established. His palm was empty, but that spider could still speak to him with his permission.
Pope Bibi Dong asked a few more questions about his cultivation over the past few days, then summoned an attendant from outside the hall and ordered them to arrange his accommodations.
"Get some proper rest today. Someone will come to call you before we leave tomorrow."
"Yes, Teacher."
Lin Feng bowed and took his leave, following the attendant out of the hall.
Only after walking some distance away did he speak in his mind. "She's choosing a Soul Ring for me tomorrow. Is there anything you want to remind me of?"
"Let's see what she chooses for you first."
Bibi Dong answered quickly.
"You needn't doubt her understanding of the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor. As for whether there's a better choice, I'll naturally tell you when the time comes."
Lin Feng immediately felt reassured.
Pope Bibi Dong would arrange resources for him, the Bibi Dong who had once become a god would check her choices, and Qian Renxue would guide his cultivation of the Six-Winged Angel.
He suddenly felt that this transmigration of his was even sweeter than he'd imagined.
Night fell.
Lin Feng shut his door and returned to sit beside the bed.
The accommodations the Pope's Hall had arranged for him were very spacious, and freshly delivered clothes sat on the table. However, he wasn't in the mood to look at any of it now.
Tomorrow, he would obtain his first Soul Ring.
Lin Feng raised his right hand. Green light gathered, and the green spider appeared in his palm again. "Why have you called me out so late?"
"I have a few questions." Looking at her, Lin Feng suddenly thought of something he had overlooked and asked, "Didn't you have twin Martial Souls?"
Bibi Dong nodded. "That's right."
"Then why is only the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor left now that you've become my Martial Soul? Where's your Death Spider Emperor?"
At these words, Bibi Dong froze as well.
Over the past few days, she had been pondering her circumstances and busy guiding Lin Feng's cultivation. She really hadn't given this question serious thought.
"Could only one of them have remained after your rebirth?" Lin Feng muttered.
Bibi Dong didn't answer. Instead, she tried to sense the changes within herself.
In the past, she had controlled the power of both Martial Souls. Now, although she had become Lin Feng's Martial Soul, that familiar feeling didn't seem to have vanished completely.
Just then, Lin Feng suddenly felt his palm grow heavier.
The spider, originally green as jade, rapidly darkened. Within a few breaths, the green had completely faded, replaced by a pitch-black carapace.
Its eight legs also grew thicker, their tips gleaming coldly.
"Holy shit!" At the sight, Lin Feng instinctively extended his palm a little farther, asking in disbelief, "Why did you turn black?"
Bibi Dong raised her front legs and looked at her current appearance, her voice equally surprised.
"The Death Spider Emperor..."
Lin Feng asked:
"Is this your other Martial Soul?"
Bibi Dong nodded.
"That's right."
With that confirmation, Lin Feng hurriedly examined it through his senses.
The feeling of connection with his Martial Soul was still there, and he hadn't released his Martial Soul again. The spider in his palm had simply changed from the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor into the Death Spider Emperor!
"Can you change back?"
As soon as he finished speaking, his will stirred. Green light shone from the black spider once again, and in an instant, she returned to her previous appearance.
Lin Feng stared for a moment, then couldn't help laughing. "You really can switch freely!"
"The Soul Devouring Spider Emperor, the Death Spider Emperor, plus the Six-Winged Angel in my left hand. Doesn't that mean I have triple Martial Souls?"
He had originally thought he had only awakened two top-tier Martial Souls, never expecting Bibi Dong to have another Martial Soul hidden away!
I've really hit the jackpot this time.
"Don't celebrate too soon," Bibi Dong said. "Even I don't know exactly what relationship these two Martial Souls have now."
Hearing this, Lin Feng thought of another question and asked:
"If I add a Soul Ring to the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor, what will happen to it after you change into the Death Spider Emperor? Will it appear with you? Or will I need to obtain another one?"
Bibi Dong couldn't answer this question either.
During her life, her two Martial Souls had each possessed their own independent Soul Rings.
But now she herself had become a Martial Soul, and the two forms could switch directly between one another. Her past experience might no longer apply.
"We'll know after you finish absorbing your first Soul Ring tomorrow."
Lin Feng nodded at that, then switched back and forth a few more times before withdrawing his Martial Soul.
As for the Death Spider Emperor, he didn't intend to tell Pope Bibi Dong about it for now.
He hadn't even figured out its situation himself. Telling her would only create a pile of questions that would be difficult to explain.
"All right. Let's try it tomorrow and see."
Lin Feng lay back on the bed, but he couldn't keep the corners of his mouth from rising. His only regret was that he had transmigrated just a few days ago and hadn't had time to find whale rubber to strengthen his physique.
"For my first Soul Ring, I'll settle for absorbing a hundred-year Soul Ring. Once this is over, I'll find some whale rubber to consume, then aim for a thousand-year Soul Ring for my second!"
Early the next morning.
Lin Feng had just finished breakfast when a maid came to take him to see Bibi Dong.
By the time he arrived outside the hall, the carriage was ready.
Pope Bibi Dong stood in front of it, accompanied by a girl with short blonde hair. She looked a few years older than him and was studying him curiously.
"Teacher."
Lin Feng hurried forward and bowed.
Bibi Dong nodded slightly, then looked at the girl beside her. "This is Hu Liena, another disciple of mine. Since she became my disciple before you, you should call her Senior Sister."
Hu Liena?
Something stirred in Lin Feng's mind, but he didn't show it on his face. He cupped his hands and said, "Hello, Senior Sister."
"You're the new disciple Teacher took in yesterday?" Hu Liena took two steps closer, her gaze falling on his right hand. "I heard your Martial Soul is the same as Teacher's?"
Lin Feng nodded.
"Yes. It's called the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor."
Hu Liena looked a little surprised, then smiled. "If there's anything you don't understand in your cultivation, you can come to me too."
"Then thank you in advance, Senior Sister."
Lin Feng accepted without the slightest hesitation.
Looking at the two of them, Bibi Dong smiled faintly and said:
"All right, get in. On this trip to the Star Dou Great Forest, besides helping Lin Feng obtain his first Soul Ring, Nana will also come along to gain some experience."
The two answered and climbed into the carriage one after the other.
As its wheels slowly began turning, the carriage left the Pope's Hall and headed out of the city.
Sitting beside the window, Lin Feng stole a glance at his right hand.
More than what Soul Skill he might obtain, he now wanted to know what would happen to the Death Spider Emperor after he absorbed a Soul Ring. Would they share it, or could he still add another first Soul Ring?
If he could still add Soul Rings, wouldn't his three Martial Souls be able to absorb twenty-seven Soul Rings?
Just then, Pope Bibi Dong suddenly spoke beside him. "Xiao Feng, I've already come up with a few options for your first Soul Ring."
Hearing this, Lin Feng immediately sat up straight and lifted the restriction on their mental communication. In his view, the other Bibi Dong needed to hear this too.