Chapter 49: Blue Silver Poison Domain

Although Xian Lin'er felt that Bai Zhou had many secrets, she did not ask further, choosing instead to trust him.

With Xian Lin'er taking action, the process of Bai Zhou obtaining his soul rings was extremely smooth.

In a mere two hours, Bai Zhou successfully acquired two soul rings.

The third soul ring for his Wishing Tree was a 38,000-year Steel Armored Earth Dragon King. It was an earth-attribute soul beast with formidable offense and defense, and its soul skill was likely quite strong. Unfortunately, due to the unique nature of the Wishing Tree, Bai Zhou's Wishing Tree martial soul still only possessed the single ability to make wishes. The only enhancement was perhaps the wish-making ability itself, which could now condense more complex and larger objects...

Bai Zhou's Blue Silver Emperor martial soul was also granted a 40,000-year soul ring, coming from a 40,000-year soul beast—the Green Cloud Wolf Spider! After absorbing the soul ring, Bai Zhou obtained his third soul skill—Blue Silver Poison Domain! His third soul skill could be considered a domain-type ability. His Blue Silver Grass no longer manifested as thick tentacles but instead transformed into countless fine "threads," spreading across a radius of several hundred meters.

These threads were not only extremely tough, capable of obstructing an enemy's movement, but were also coated in a potent poison; anyone injured by these threads would enter a poisoned state.

A domain ability that combined offense, defense, and support! The only drawback was that it consumed a massive amount of soul power. Fortunately, Bai Zhou possessed two martial souls, and combined with his astonishing physique and the support of the Wishing System, his total soul power was more than ten times that of an ordinary Soul Elder, making the domain quite sustainable.

After absorbing the third soul ring for his Blue Silver Emperor, Bai Zhou walked toward the Valkyrie, Xian Lin'er, in the distance.

Bai Zhou had witnessed Xian Lin'er's strength; she had struck twice in total, each time with a single move, bringing the nearly 40,000-year soul beasts to a near-death state.

The process of finding the soul beasts had been very smooth; those two hours were simply the time Bai Zhou spent absorbing the two ten-thousand-year soul rings.

"Teacher, thank you."

Bai Zhou walked to Xian Lin'er's side and thanked her very earnestly.

For a Soul Master's cultivation, resources were important, but background was equally vital.

If one were an ordinary commoner Soul Master, it would be difficult to hire an expert to accompany them into the Star Dou Great Forest. At most, they would go to a Hunting Soul Forest to get some trash soul rings. No matter how fast their cultivation speed was, with trash soul rings, they would only grow weaker in the later stages, perhaps even being defeated by Soul Masters of a lower level than themselves.

Conversely, a Soul Master with a strong background, even if their cultivation speed was slightly slower, would have soul rings of higher age, making them stronger in the later stages and capable of challenging those of higher levels! "Little White, your talent truly surprises me..."

Xian Lin'er's gaze toward Bai Zhou was filled with wonder and appreciation, along with a deep, tender affection; she wished she could treat Bai Zhou as her own godson.

Cultivating Bai Zhou allowed Xian Lin'er to experience the joy of nurturing someone for the first time.

Not only that, seeing Bai Zhou's talent, Xian Lin'er felt that the knot in her own heart had inexplicably begun to unravel...

Because the reason she could never forget Yan Shaozhe was mainly that she had been attracted to his talent when she was young, and it remained the same even now...

But now, seeing Bai Zhou, Xian Lin'er realized that the Yan Shaozhe of the past, her younger self, and even Cai Meier were not really monsters at all.

Only someone like Bai Zhou was a true monster, a prodigy! He might even become a pillar of strength like Elder Mu in the future, or perhaps, even surpass Elder Mu...

"It is all thanks to your guidance, Teacher. If not for your help, I wouldn't have been able to obtain such excellent soul rings~" Bai Zhou said modestly.

"Alright, there is no need for modesty. Let's head back first; the Star Dou Great Forest is still very dangerous." Xian Lin'er gently patted Bai Zhou's head and took him into the sky.

As a high-level member of Shrek, Xian Lin'er naturally knew the true threat of the Star Dou Great Forest. After all, she had just slaughtered two of their 40,000-year soul beasts; it was possible that a Fierce Beast might come to cause her trouble.

She naturally did not fear them, but she could not let anything happen to Bai Zhou.

"Alright."

Bai Zhou nodded.

... Soon, the two returned to Shrek Academy and back to the Soul Tool Department laboratory.

"You should go back and rest first. After all, you've absorbed two ten-thousand-year soul rings; you need to digest them properly. Do not craft any soul tools today." Xian Lin'er instructed calmly.

"It won't have much of an impact. I feel fine right now, and digesting them tonight will be enough~" Bai Zhou smiled slightly, not feeling the need to waste time consolidating his cultivation.

Usually, when a Soul Master absorbs a ten-thousand-year soul ring, the impact of the soul power would cause more or less strain on their body and spirit, sometimes even leading to serious injury.

But his physical constitution was simply too powerful; a mere ten-thousand-year soul ring naturally couldn't stir up any trouble and was easily suppressed by him, so there was no need to consolidate his cultivation.

"You little one, why are you so disobedient? In any case, you are not allowed to craft soul tools today. If you really don't want to rest, come over and massage my feet. I've been walking for half the day, and my feet are sore!"

Xian Lin'er walked over, fiercely ruffled Bai Zhou's hair, messing it up, and then pulled him to the side.

Xian Lin'er lay down on a recliner, took off her high heels stained with mud, and placed her jade feet, wrapped in black silk stockings, directly into Bai Zhou's lap.

In any case, as far as Xian Lin'er was concerned, although Bai Zhou appeared fine on the surface, his spirit must be exhausted after absorbing two ten-thousand-year soul rings. If he were to continue crafting soul tools, it would truly be an overload.

She still cared for Bai Zhou very much, so no matter what, she had to make him rest.

"Alright..."

Bai Zhou felt helpless. He pulled over a small stool, placed Xian Lin'er's jade feet on his thighs, and began to massage them gently...

"Hmm~ Your technique has improved; this is really nice~" Xian Lin'er relaxed her whole body and hummed softly, clearly enjoying it immensely.

Although Bai Zhou also enjoyed it, it was also a form of torture, because as he massaged, strange thoughts kept popping into his mind...

His body also showed a clear reaction.

Xian Lin'er's black silk stockings were extremely thin and slippery, with a soft and smooth texture.

Having just gone through a battle, which could barely be considered strenuous exercise, Xian Lin'er's small feet were warm.

The excessive friction caused the scent of the high heels to linger on her feet, mixed with the heat and Xian Lin'er's natural fragrance, gradually drifting through the air...

In truth, it was just a pair of jade feet, and Bai Zhou wouldn't normally be affected, but paired with Xian Lin'er's exquisite face, eyes closed in a lazy expression, Bai Zhou's feelings became a bit off...

Images from some of the 'books' of his past life gradually surfaced in his mind—things like "hypnosis," "changing common sense," "teacher's *education," and other strange things...

"Teacher, I think it would be better if I went back to rest..." Bai Zhou felt it wasn't going well, so he wanted to run away.

All the previous efforts to strengthen his endurance had been in vain.

The longer he spent in contact with Xian Lin'er, the more wicked thoughts Bai Zhou felt he had, yet Xian Lin'er's strength made him shrink back; the gap between his current strength and hers was still far too large.

Bai Zhou always had moments where he felt that Xian Lin'er was deliberately teasing him, or perhaps seducing him.

But Bai Zhou had no evidence, so he really didn't dare to act recklessly.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 50 =====