Qingteng was indeed a relatively gentle soul beast, or perhaps just an ordinary one. Its greatest advantage was its strong vitality and low demands on its environment.
With soil, water, and sunlight, it could take root, grow quickly, then choose a tall tree to climb and entwine itself for symbiosis.
It was non-confrontational and calm. If a soul beast or soul master passed by, it would not attack. Therefore, unless one was very familiar with it, it could easily be overlooked.
This particular Qingteng was not young either. It had silently grown for many years on the forest outskirts, but today it unfortunately encountered a Mountain Boar King that had wandered out from the forest core.
Thick-skinned and strong, the boar's immense power easily overwhelmed Qingteng, which lacked a strong attack and could not control the boar through entanglement.
In the end, it somehow became Wang Li's first soul ring.
At this moment, Qingteng's soul power inside Wang Li's body was vast but gentle. Wang Li's soul power was weaker but more domineering. Coupled with his well-trained physique, the taming process went smoothly.
His consciousness gradually sank and eventually entered his dantian. In a lake formed by soul power, a Blue Silver Grass sprouted, absorbing the energy and growing vigorously. Besides soul power, there seemed to be something else.
This was internal vision? The dantian! This is my martial soul, my source of soul power…
Wang Li's heart leapt with excitement as he carefully observed the Blue Silver Grass. Its roots were thick, and its branches lush.
Originally, the Blue Silver Grass was only about two to three fingers wide, but now it was five fingers wide and more vine-like in shape, probably because it had absorbed the Qingteng soul ring.
He had seen Tang San's Blue Silver Grass before, which had been only half a finger wide, thin and small. After absorbing a soul ring, it only grew to three fingers.
It seemed that his evolved Level 2 Blue Silver Grass had a clear advantage over Tang San's ordinary, unawakened Blue Silver Grass.
Wang Li did not notice how much time had passed. After absorbing all the soul power from the soul ring and the latent energy released during this breakthrough, he awoke on his own.
His condition was unprecedentedly good.
Wang Li stood, stretched, and a series of pops echoed from his body. He had grown taller, now almost the same height as Wang Sheng, with broad shoulders and a straight, sturdy posture, no longer looking like a child of common origin.
Most importantly, his eyes were bright and spirited. Eyes are the window to one's spirit, and Wang Li now radiated vigor and vitality.
The first thing he did was check his panel:
Host: Wang Li
Martial Soul: Blue Silver Grass Lv2 (evolving)
Soul Power: Level 13 (24%) +
Trait: Vitality Lv2 (Blue Silver Grass found throughout the continent, weak but extremely resilient; injuries recover slowly)
Passive: Tenacity Lv2 (what doesn't kill me makes me stronger; after surviving any abnormal condition except death, the body becomes stronger)
Soul Ring: First Soul Ring (equipped)
Soul Bone: None
Combat Experience: 0
Seeing this panel, Wang Li noticed his soul power had reached Level 13 and felt even more elated, though this wasn't his primary concern.
He used his mind to tap the "evolving" label in the martial soul section.
A new interface appeared:
Lv2 → Lv3 Life Origin (5/20)
Wang Li pondered. Absorbing the soul ring increased the Life Origin, showing that he could improve his martial soul through soul ring absorption. Absorbing a century-old soul ring only increased Life Origin by five points. Boldly speculating, he realized he would likely need to reach Level 30 and absorb a thousand-year soul ring before his Blue Silver Grass could evolve again.
For Level 13 Wang Li, it was a long journey, but with the panel, reaching Level 30 would not be too far off.
Encouraged, he returned to the previous screen and checked his first soul ring, tapping to enter its details.
The new interface showed:
Soul Skill: Growth (Release soul power to instantly generate a large number of Blue Silver vines that can be freely controlled)
Source: Qingteng (commonly found in forests; a plant-type soul beast that can coexist with other plants)
Age: 404 (+)
Not an entangling skill,growth. Wang Li's mind raced. If he could freely control it, he could use it for whipping, binding, and more.
Hunting this Qingteng had been worthwhile,truly worthwhile.
A 404-year-old Qingteng was comparable in age to Tang San's Mandala Snake and could even improve his abilities.
Wang Li was astonished. The panel allowed him to increase the soul ring's age. This meant that if he trained to become a Title Douluo, he could potentially have nine ten-thousand-year soul rings,or even more. Million-year soul rings could become possible.
A million-year-old soul beast could already be called a divine beast.
If he truly obtained soul rings over a million years old, he could possibly ascend to godhood with his physical body,not inheriting a divine title, not through faith, but purely through his own body,free and unrestricted.
Calm… calm…
Wang Li kept reminding himself. As a Level 13 soul master, he should not think so far ahead.
Yet his face could not hide his excitement.
At this moment, Zhang Wei approached, smiling. Seeing Wang Li's excitement did not surprise him. He said,
"It took two hours to absorb the soul ring. Looks like your harvest was good!"
Wang Li put away his panel and happily replied,
"Yes, thanks to the director!"
Zhang Wei knew of Wang Li,besides Tang San and Xiao Wu, he was the only first-year student to already reach Level 10 soul power. His talent was exceptional, though his martial soul was lacking. He was curious what skill a century-old soul ring could provide:
"What soul skill did you gain?"
Wang Li smiled innocently, telling a small lie:
"Entangle. The more targets entangled, the more soul power consumed. Generally, it uses very little soul power."
Wang Li was grateful to Zhang Wei for obtaining the century-old soul ring, but he did not want Yu Xiaogang to know his soul skill.
Zhang Wei heard "Entangle" and did not doubt him, smiling:
"Good skill. Return to the team; it's getting late. Find a place to camp."
Wang Li replied,
"Understood, Director."
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