**Chapter 25 Absorbing the Soul Ring**
"Alright, you've accepted the gift from our Haotian Sect, and we've completed the mission assigned by our father!"
"Thank you again for helping my younger sister. She had been delayed in her cultivation for a long time due to her inability to practice. We need to help her hunt for her Soul Rings as soon as possible, so we'll take our leave now!"
After handing over the soul bone to Gu Ziyi, Tang Xiao bid farewell.
Now that he had discovered the truth, he naturally didn't extend an invitation for him to join the Haotian Sect.
"Brother, didn't father ask us to..." Tang Hao was a little surprised by his elder brother's words and casually tried to remind him.
"Let's help our sister absorb her Soul Ring first!" Tang Xiao interrupted Tang Hao directly, not allowing him to mention the purpose of recruiting Gu Ziyi into the sect.
"Ah, right!" Tang Hao smiled upon hearing this and didn't think too much about it. Instead, he turned and patted Gu Ziyi on the shoulder, saying with a smile, "Well, boy, see you later!"
"Alright, let's go!"
"It's important to help little sister get her Soul Ring first!"
After Tang Xiao finished speaking, he turned and left.
"Sister, let's go as well!"
Seeing this, Tang Hao quickly led Tang Yuehua along.
"...Ah, okay then!"
Seeing them leaving, Tang Yuehua had no choice but to follow her elder brothers. At the same time, she didn't forget to glance back at Gu Ziyi and say, "Classmate Gu Ziyi, see you later!"
Then, the group left together.
Why does something feel off?
"..."
Gu Ziyi slightly frowned as he watched Tang Xiao and the others depart.
The attitudes of Tang Xiao and Tang Hao towards him were clearly very contrasting.
But Gu Ziyi didn't think much about the reason, and Tang Yuehua hadn't shown any strangeness during the conversation. He just had to wait for Tang Yuehua and the others to return from their hunt.
"Once they get the Soul Ring, Tang Xiao and the others probably won't wait until the end of the semester before heading back, so my time here is almost up too!"
"Haotian Sect, I wonder what the current Haotian Sect is like..."
Gu Ziyi was somewhat curious.
The current Haotian Sect is still the most famous sect in the world. It's allied with the four great single-attribute clans and still very powerful.
Gu Ziyi became even more intrigued by the sect and quickly focused back on the box in his hand.
A soul bone—he didn't expect to come into contact with one so soon.
Even though it's only a two-thousand-year-quality soul bone, it's still a soul bone!
"It's impossible for me to absorb it, so I'll just use it for my research!"
Despite his seemingly unimpressive talent, Gu Ziyi had no intention of absorbing a soul bone of such low quality.
Once a soul bone is absorbed, it's not something easily removed from the body.
Gu Ziyi didn't want to occupy a soul bone slot in his body with such a low-quality bone.
As for using it for research...
Gu Ziyi had several ideas for how to use it.
The first was to see if he could directly use the soul skills within the soul bone without absorbing it.
After all, in Gu Ziyi's view, soul bones were just some kind of in-game equipment.
But once equipped on the body, you couldn't take them off.
If you treat it as equipment, then it doesn't have to be equipped to be used. Some items can be used just by holding them.
There was also the idea of using the soul bone to research and create his own soul skills.
If he could analyze the attached soul skills in the soul bone and see if they could be replicated or directly absorbed into the soul power of his Martial Soul.
If that didn't work, he'd try copying the soul bone's ability into his talisman.
In addition to the Heart-Cleansing Curse Talisman, Gu Ziyi could still summon blank talismans like before, even though his soul power had upgraded.
This was what he planned to study.
Since he hadn't had a soul bone before, Gu Ziyi had only thought about these soul bone studies in theory. Now that he had one, he wouldn't give up on the research.
If the soul bone was just going to be used for research, then this two-thousand-year-quality soul bone was perfect for his situation.
"As they say, women can slow down your cultivation, but wealthy women don't!"
"As the eldest young lady of the Haotian Sect, Tang Yuehua is truly both beautiful and rich!"
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While Gu Ziyi was excited about obtaining the soul bone, Tang Xiao and Tang Hao took Tang Yuehua and Bai Lu and started heading to the nearest Soul Beast Forest.
Since they were only hunting for a first Soul Ring, they just needed to find a suitable Soul Beast with around four hundred years of cultivation.
They didn't go to a wild Soul Beast Forest, but to a captive one run by the Martial Soul Hall for soul masters to hunt safely.
After all, it was much safer there.
In a wild Soul Beast Forest, even though Tang Xiao was a Soul King and Tang Hao was already a Soul Sect, it would be hard to say if they could protect the two girls well.
There were no such worries in a captive Soul Beast Forest.
"Brother, it was Gu Ziyi who helped me solve the issue of not being able to practice. Can I invite him to join our Haotian Sect?"
On the way, Tang Yuehua found an opportunity to discuss inviting Gu Ziyi with Tang Xiao.
"Of course, we can wait until you've absorbed your Soul Ring before discussing this matter!"
After hearing Tang Yuehua's words, Tang Xiao paused for a moment and then responded with a smile.
Before helping her absorb the Soul Ring, he didn't plan on confronting his younger sister just yet, so as not to affect her absorption process.
"Don't worry, little sister. Even if you hadn't asked, we were already prepared to invite him to join our Haotian Sect!"
Tang Hao also chimed in with a smile after hearing her question.
"Hmm, it seems that father is quite considerate in this matter!"
"His first soul skill is very special. It has effects similar to my innate domain..."
Tang Yuehua smiled happily upon hearing her brothers and couldn't help but continue talking about Gu Ziyi's excellence.
"Really? That's something quite unique..."
Little did she know that her behavior further confirmed to Tang Xiao that his younger sister had feelings for Gu Ziyi.
Perhaps even she didn't realize she liked him yet.
In any case, no matter what happened, they couldn't take Gu Ziyi back to the sect.
With the help of her brothers, they were lucky enough to help Tang Yuehua find a suitable Soul Beast just a few hours after arriving at the Soul Beast Forest.
A Wolverine with around four hundred years of cultivation—a metallic Soul Beast with strength and defense.
In their opinion, since Tang Yuehua's Martial Soul was a mutation of the Clear Sky Hammer, it was better to look for Soul Beasts aligned with the Clear Sky Hammer's absorption path.
With the help of Tang Xiao and the others, Tang Yuehua quickly dealt the final blow to the Wolverine.
She then absorbed the Soul Ring under the group's protection.
But when she finished absorbing her Soul Ring and revealed the effect of her first soul skill, both of her brothers were completely stunned.
"What?"
"Sister, what exactly is your first soul skill again?"
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(End of Chapter)
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