7: Nine Years Old, Level Ten, Obtaining a Spirit Ring
Time, like a white steed, flew by in a flash.
Xiao Ze was now 9 years old, and his spirit power had reached level ten a few days ago.
Xiao Ze's innate talent wasn't good; in fact, it was very poor.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have only had innate level 2 spirit power.
But relying on the Shennong Materia Medica and spiritual herbs and medicines,
Xiao Ze increased his spirit power by eight levels in three years.
Nearly three levels a year, which was almost comparable to a genius with innate full spirit power.
At least the cultivation speed of someone with innate level 9 spirit power.
This showed the power of the Shennong Materia Medica, especially when combined with spiritual herbs and medicines.
Xiao Ze had tried other meditation methods, which didn't absorb the power of natural life.
So, this was the inherent power of the Shennong Materia Medica itself.
Furthermore, Xiao Ze discovered that the Shennong Materia Medica was an all-around meditation method.
Not only could he cultivate spirit power, but after absorbing the power of natural life, he could also use it to nourish his physique and mental force.
Now, Xiao Ze's physique had surpassed that of a normal Spirit Scholar.
He could even absorb an over-limit spirit ring.
Not to mention seven or eight hundred years.
But over five hundred years was definitely feasible.
He would soon understand the purpose of his Black Soil Spirit.
As for Tang San and Xiao Wu, their relationship grew increasingly better over these three years.
Of course, none of this had anything to do with Xiao Ze.
With the funding from that Spirit Master, Xiao Ze hadn't earned any money these past few years; he simply couldn't spend it all.
This allowed Xiao Ze to have ample time for cultivation.
Xiao Ze arrived at the principal's office.
"Xiao Ze, have you reached level ten?" The principal hadn't aged at all over the past three years; in fact, he had even become a Spirit King.
This showed that the principal still had some potential.
"That's right, Principal Grandpa, I reached level ten not long ago."
The principal laughed heartily, patting Xiao Ze's shoulder: "I knew it, Xiao Ze, you can do it."
If he didn't know what kind of person Xiao Ze was, he might have thought Xiao Ze was an evil Spirit Master.
The cultivation speed for innate level 2 spirit power was too fast.
Other children with that innate spirit power were still lingering at levels three or four.
But Xiao Ze was the most diligent child he had ever seen.
Every day, besides eating and sleeping, he was cultivating.
"Come on, I'll take you to get your spirit ring."
"Mm."
Xiao Ze cultivated diligently for survival.
In such a World, without powerful strength, one could not survive.
One careless mistake, and one would die.
If a Spirit Master killed an ordinary person, do you think he would be arrested?
You're thinking too much.
Not to mention the unrestrained nobles.
Xiao Ze didn't have big dreams now, like defeating Tang San or saving Spirit Hall.
None of that.
Because he didn't have the ability.
Any dream is only real when one has the ability; otherwise, it's just a daydream.
For example, those of you in front of the screen, you might still want to sleep with your goddess.
But in a blink, you realize you were just dreaming.
The principal and Xiao Ze missed Yu Xiaogang.
Yu Xiaogang watched their departing backs.
"The principal and Xiao Ze aren't going to get a spirit ring, are they? That shouldn't be; innate level 2 spirit power, how could he cultivate so fast?
Impossible."
Yu Xiaogang shook his head. He planned to continue checking on his guinea pig. He was almost at level twenty and would soon be able to acquire a spirit ring.
Xiao Ze and the principal's destination this time was the Soul Hunting Forest.
The Soul Hunting Forest was a Spirit Beast forest controlled by the Heaven Dou Empire, specifically for providing spirit rings to junior Spirit Masters.
Although the Soul Hunting Forest was nominally under the Heaven Dou Empire, it was controlled by Spirit Hall.
The Spirit Beasts in the Soul Hunting Forest were not very strong, making it suitable for weak Spirit Masters to acquire hundred-year and thousand-year spirit rings here.
Xiao Ze suddenly remembered that when Yu Xiaogang and Tang San first went to the Soul Hunting Forest to hunt Spirit Beasts, they were almost torn apart by Spirit Beasts.
If Tang San hadn't been strong enough, Tang Hao would probably have taken action.
The fact proved that Yu Xiaogang was useless.
And he was being led by the principal, a Spirit King, so he was very safe.
"Xiao Ze, what type of Spirit Beast do you need, and for how many years?"
The principal continued, "The Soul Hunting Forest is not like the Star Dou Great Forest; there aren't many types of Spirit Beasts inside. If you need something too rare, we might not find it."
"Mm..." Xiao Ze pondered for a moment. This was something Xiao Ze had actually thought about.
The first choice was a plant-type Spirit Beast with life attribute.
Black Soil, well, Xiao Ze couldn't imagine what kind of Spirit Ability it could have.
So, he could only proceed in the direction of farming.
The First Soul Skill would be an experiment to determine the type of Black Soil.
Even if it turned out to be useless, it wouldn't be a big problem.
The second choice would be other plant-type Spirit Beasts.
In any case, it definitely needed to be a plant-type Spirit Beast.
"A plant-type Spirit Beast with life attribute."
"Plant-type Spirit Beasts are easy to find, but the life attribute is troublesome," the principal said seriously. "The most common ones with life attribute are plant-type Spirit Beasts, but in the Soul Hunting Forest, there aren't many rare Spirit Beasts."
"It's fine, even Blue Silver Grass will do."
Xiao Ze didn't care about the rarity of the Spirit Beast.
After he cultivated spirit power, he had a subtle feeling that his Spirit was unusual.
And normally, the acquired Spirit Ability is related to the Spirit; whether the Spirit Beast is rare or not doesn't matter.
Anyway, it wouldn't drop a Spirit Bone.
"Mm."
The principal nodded. Blue Silver Grass was indeed a good choice; there were many of them, and they were easy to find.
"What about the age limit?"
"Five hundred to six hundred years, I guess." Xiao Ze planned to play it safe. He had a high probability of being able to absorb a spirit ring under seven hundred years, but he wasn't sure.
Over five hundred years was enough.
"What? Xiao Ze, you didn't pay attention in class, did you? Normally, the limit for the First Soul Ring is 432 years." The principal rubbed Xiao Ze's head.
"Principal, you also said 'normal Spirit Masters.' My physique, after consuming spiritual herbs and medicines, is sufficient to absorb a Spirit of over five hundred years."
"Oh?"
The principal reached out and squeezed Xiao Ze's body, a smile appearing on his face.
"It's true, you little rascal, hard work truly pays off, Heaven has eyes!" the principal exclaimed with emotion.
"Five hundred years, then five hundred years. This is my first time seeing an over-limit spirit ring."
An over-limit spirit ring wasn't something that could be achieved just by consuming some spiritual herbs and medicines.
The best way to achieve a good physique was through exercise, and during this period, children were still growing.
Blindly trying to speed up growth would have many drawbacks.
For example, unstable spirit power purity.
spirit power purity represents the strength of a Spirit Master's spirit power.
For example, among Spirit Masters of the same rank with identical spirit power,
if one Spirit Master has high spirit power purity and the other has low purity,
then the former can use less spirit power to cause more damage.
The latter cannot, and if the spirit power purity is too low, the spirit power used and the damage dealt will not be proportional.
It's not just spirit power purity.
There are also other drawbacks such as Spirit damage, physical overexertion, and lack of Spirit Ability control.
Otherwise, why wouldn't the descendants of the Upper Three Sects have over-limit spirit rings?
Is it because they don't have money?
Of course not; it's precisely because they fear the problems mentioned above.
Xiao Ze was different; his Shennong Materia Medica perfectly solved these drawbacks for him, or rather, the power of natural life solved them.