Chapter 18

A Spirit Sea?

Xu Nian'an was no stranger to these four words, but wasn't this something that could only be opened after one's soul power reached the level 70 Soul Saint realm?

Even if there were occasional special cases, like Huo Yuhao, who opened his Spirit Sea at level 11 soul power.

But don't forget, that was only because he had obtained a million-year soul beast, the Tianmeng Iceworm, that he was able to open it.

In terms of spirit, it seems no one can compare to that worm, right?

No, there should be... Xu Nian'an turned his head to look at Electrolux.

And at this moment, Electrolux's hand also slowly lowered.

Suddenly, a ray of light streaked across the night sky, shooting straight into the firmament; the star-filled night sky looked as if it had been slashed apart by a sword.

Replacing it was a touch of blue rhyme.

The Spirit Sea was opened; if asked how Xu Nian'an felt,

it didn't hurt or itch, but rather felt warm; his eyesight improved, and his perception...

Xu Nian'an closed his eyes to perceive carefully; he could sense that inside the Ice Crystal Forest, everyone was in chaos. After the black mist dissipated, he sat cross-legged on the ground, and the two purple soul rings on his body were flickering constantly.

Not far away, Ye Yi Han and Ling Luochen widened their eyes, and his spiritual power swept lightly over them.

Soon, Xu Nian'an discovered that there was an aura of an evil soul master on Ling Luochen; it was clear that she, like him, had been spiritually polluted.

"Is this the function of spiritual power..."

As his consciousness slowly returned to his mind, Xu Nian'an looked at his drastically changed Spirit Sea, slightly surprised.

A Vermilion Bird, its whole body ablaze with flames, flew into the sky, replacing the sun and illuminating the Spirit Sea.

The Black Tortoise, unwilling to fall behind, also flew toward the sky, replacing the moon, and the two purple soul rings on its body were shining constantly.

After Xu Nian'an's second soul ring flickered slightly, it emitted a white light that fell into the drastically changed Spirit Sea.

Not long after, a massive turtle, its whole body covered in ice crystals, appeared.

Instantly, Xu Nian'an widened his eyes.

"This... this, didn't it die?"

Looking at the Ice Crystal Turtle he had hunted to obtain a soul ring, Xu Nian's fell silent.

"It was just some minor magic; unfortunately, the soul within your first soul ring is already too weak, and there is no need to keep it."

Electrolux's voice slowly sounded; Xu Nian'an turned around, and he looked a bit exhausted.

"The person who attacked you sensed my presence, and he, already heavily injured, fled in a panic."

"Alright, now you should leave."

Xu Nian'an looked at the Ice Crystal Turtle, knowing this must be the initial state of a Soul Spirit, though it was still very different from a Soul Spirit.

For example, this soul was completely under his control and servitude; as long as he wanted, he could crush its soul origin at any time.

Looking at Electrolux, Xu Nian'an opened his mouth.

"Thank you, Elder Yi!"

Bang! Bang! Bang!

"Young Sect Master, Young Sect Master, are you alright?"

"Your subordinate failed to protect you properly, please punish me!"

Looking at the seven people kneeling before him, Xu Nian'an's thoughts were not on them.

He recalled the words of that evil soul master from earlier.

"Little thing...?"

Xu Nian'an could be very certain and sure that he must have been chasing something.

Releasing his spiritual power, Xu Nian'an began to perceive carefully and found that his spiritual power could detect about 100 meters within its limit.

With him as the center.

Soon, Xu Nian'an locked his gaze onto those two Ice Crystal Turtles.

The 5,000-year-old Ice Crystal Turtle had been hunted by Xu Nian'an to obtain a soul ring, and that 1,000-year-old Ice Crystal Turtle had originally been alive.

But under the attack of the evil soul master, its soul was devoured, leaving only its corpse and soul ring.

He walked slowly to the front of the millennium soul ring.

"I wonder if Electrolux can devour a soul ring on his own."

However, even if he could devour a soul ring on his own, Xu Nian'an was not prepared to let Electrolux devour it in front of everyone.

"Little brother, what are you looking for? My martial soul is quite special, perhaps I can help you look for it."

Hearing this, Xu Nian'an turned his head to look at Ye Yi Han and Ling Luochen, finding Ling Luochen's eyelids heavy and the black aura increasing; she was about to be unable to hold on.

"No need, instead of worrying about me, you'd better think about how to resolve the evil soul master's spiritual pollution."

After hearing Xu Nian'an's words, Ye Yi Han was stunned, not understanding what he was talking about.

But Xu Nian'an did not pay attention to them anymore; coming to the back of the 1,000-year-old Ice Crystal Turtle's corpse, Xu Nian'an discovered a furry beast soul beast here that blended perfectly with the color of the snow.

If it weren't for its tiny body constantly trembling, perhaps Xu Nian'an really wouldn't have noticed its existence.

"Caught you!"

After saying this, Xu Nian'an instantly stretched out his right hand and grabbed it by the neck of fate.

Instantly, the little guy's body twitched, and not long after, white liquid flowed down.

"Good fellow, it was scared to the point of peeing."

Sweeping his eyes over the other's belly, Xu Nian'an confirmed its gender.

"Female, has soul power."

He couldn't tell what kind of soul beast cub it was for the moment; mainly because its fur was too snow-white, unlike a snow leopard, but what was certain was that it was a feline soul beast.

Moving his gaze upward, it was still snow-white; could it be a Snow Tiger cub?

Prying open the other's tiny mouth, Xu Nian'an's eyes instantly narrowed.

Now, Xu Nian'an knew why that evil soul master wanted to catch this little guy.

He saw the two canine teeth protruding from the little guy, shining like ice crystals and sharp as swords; wasn't this an Ice Crystal Saber-Toothed Tiger cub?

He looked toward the north.

Thinking of what Xu Jianyang and Xu Jianzong were doing, it was likely that it had escaped from there.

Tsk tsk tsk, a 100,000-year soul beast cub.

"Ice Crystal Saber-Toothed Tiger? It wouldn't be the cub of that 100,000-year soul beast in the inner circle, would it? But how could it appear here?"

"Looking at its state, something is wrong too; a sick cat?"

Ye Yi Han's voice sounded.

"Young Sect Master, I think it's frozen!"

"Are you stupid? It's a 100,000-year soul beast cub, born and staying in the inner circle of the Extreme North, born capable of resisting the Extreme North Storm; you're telling me it's frozen?"

"This is clearly hungry!"

"No, no... in my opinion, it must be missing its mother; Young Sect Master, take it to find its mother..."

Listening to the suggestions given by the Soul Saint think tank in his ear, Xu Nian'an's mouth twitched constantly.

"Look at its eyes."

Just when Xu Nian'an didn't know what to do, Electrolux's voice slowly sounded in his mind.

Hearing this, Xu Nian'an pried open the eyelids of the Ice Crystal Saber-Toothed Tiger that was still trembling in his hand.

The right eye was blood-red, but there was no problem; it should be in a normal state.

The moment Xu Nian'an flipped open the left eye, a black aura rose out of thin air, and an evil aura instantly permeated and spread.

Sensing this aura, Ye Yi Han instantly became vigilant.

"Young Sect Master, this soul beast cub is a bit strange, how about... how about we just throw it away?"

Hearing this, Xu Nian'an turned his head and looked at him.

"Are you teaching me how to do things?"

The Soul Saint instantly lowered his head.

"Place your hand on its eye."

After hearing Electrolux's words, Xu Nian'an did not hesitate at all.

Hum! ~

Suddenly, a gray light shone; the evil aura was being slowly extracted, and the necrotic part of the Ice Crystal Saber-Toothed Tiger cub's left eye was recovering rapidly.

"Forget it, although a small part was polluted, this can be considered its fortune; perhaps it will need the power inside here when it awakens its potential in the future."

"Nian'an, you can keep this little guy."

Just after repairing the Ice Crystal Saber-Toothed Tiger cub's left eye, Xu Nian'an discovered that it had opened its eyes and was looking at him.

Awoo~ Awoo~

"Junior Sister! Junior Sister! What's wrong! What's wrong, wake up!"

(PS: The Extreme North part is written for now, leaving behind many foreshadowings; I will fill them in when the protagonist gets his third and fourth soul rings. After that, it will be the plot of picking up girls at Shrek Academy and the protagonist being a daddy.)

(PS: Finally, thanks to Lonely Angel for the monthly ticket, thanks big brother, thank you...)

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