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Xuezhe saw his son's eyes glued to the cage in his hand, and immediately laughed out loud. He raised his hand to shake the cage and said to Xue Tianxing:
"Son, come here quickly! This is the first spirit ring for your Ice Phoenix Martial Spirit—the Arctic Bird! It's one of the top spirit beasts of the ice attribute, and it's the perfect match for you!"
Xue Tianxing's eyes lit up when he heard this. He jumped in a few steps to Xuezhe and his eyes fell on the extremely cold bird in the cage.
The Arctic bird was covered with snow-like feathers all over its body. It was now huddled in the corner of the cage, its black bean-like eyes staring straight at Xue Tianxing, as if it had a premonition of something, and its feathers were tense.
"Alright Tianxing, stand still and get ready."
Xuezhe restrained his smile and said to Xue Tianxing in a deep voice:
"I'll injure it severely first so it will be easier for you to absorb it."
Before he finished speaking, a ray of light blue soul power condensed from Xuezhe's fingertips. With a flick of his finger, the soul power landed accurately on the extremely cold bird in the cage.
With a mournful cry, the Arctic Bird instantly collapsed. Its once shiny feathers lost their luster, and only its chest rose and fell faintly. It looked like it was on its last breath.
"Come on, Tianxing."
Xuezhe opened the cage door and continued to speak to Xue Tianxing:
"Kill it and you'll be able to absorb the spirit ring."
Xue Tianxing took a deep breath and reached out to take out the seriously injured Arctic bird from the cage.
The Arctic Bird trembled slightly in his palm. He gathered a trace of soul power at his fingertips and injected it into its body quickly and accurately. The Arctic Bird's wailing stopped abruptly and it was completely dead.
Then Xue Tianxing placed the corpse of the Arctic Bird in front of him and sat down cross-legged.
As soon as he sat down, he saw a circle of yellow soul ring floating slowly on the corpse, which was exactly what an eight-hundred-year soul ring should look like.
"Absorb it quickly!"
Xuezhe urged from the side, with some nervousness in his voice.
Xue Tianxing no longer hesitated and immediately activated the soul power in his body and probed towards the circle of yellow soul rings.
The spirit ring seemed to have sensed something, slowly floating towards him and gently wrapping itself around him.
As soon as Xue Tianxing touched the soul ring, a powerful force flowed into his body along the soul ring, carrying with it the biting coldness unique to the extremely cold bird. Xue Tianxing felt that his meridians were slightly stiff from the cold.
But before he could circulate his soul power to harmonize it, the Ice Phoenix Martial Soul behind him suddenly hummed, and a clear and powerful force surged out, like an invisible barrier, firmly suppressing the power in the soul ring, and the biting cold instantly softened a lot.
With the help of the Ice Phoenix Martial Spirit, the absorption process was surprisingly smooth.
The soul ring power that was originally difficult to reconcile was now like a combed stream, slowly merging into his meridians and dantian under the guidance of the soul power.
But after a moment, the light from the yellow soul ring gradually faded and completely merged into his body.
Xue Tianxing slowly opened his eyes, raised his hand and clenched his fist.
Feeling that the soul power in his body was still at the base of level 20, but it was running several times smoother than before, Xue Tianxing could clearly feel that he was much stronger than before.
"It's done!"
Xuezhe watched it closely from the side and couldn't help but clap his hands and laugh:
"As expected of the Ice Phoenix Martial Spirit, absorbing the 800-year spirit ring is so easy!"
"Alright Tianxing, let's try to figure out what your first soul skill is!"
Xuezhe suppressed his smile and urged her, his eyes full of anticipation.
Xue Tianxing responded and immediately activated his soul power.
Ice-blue soul power surged from Xue Tianxing's body, and the Ice Phoenix martial soul condensed behind him. As his wings stretched out, bursts of cold air were brought up, and the circle of yellow soul rings around his body suddenly lit up.
Xue Tianxing, with the power of his martial spirit, floated lightly into the air with a tap of his toes. He looked down at the ground of the martial arts arena and said softly:
"First Soul Skill—Frost Ray!"
As soon as he finished speaking, an ice-blue ray shot out from Xue Tianxing's hand, falling straight down with a sharp sound of breaking through the air, and slammed heavily on the bluestone slabs of the martial arts field.
Xuezhe stood aside and clearly saw large pieces of ice flowers condense instantly at the point where the rays landed. The cold air spread to the surroundings at a speed visible to the naked eye. However, in the blink of an eye, the originally flat ground was covered with a thick layer of ice.
After dozens of seconds, Xue Tianxing withdrew his soul power, and the Ice Phoenix Martial Soul quietly disappeared. Xue Tianxing fell back to the ground and quickly walked to Xue Zhe's side.
The two of them looked at the training ground that was frozen crystal clear - tiny ice crystals were embedded in the cracks of the stone slabs, and the air was filled with lingering cold air, making it a natural ice rink.
"Okay! Okay!"
Xuezhe couldn't help but burst into laughter, reached out and patted Xue Tianxing on the shoulder, then continued to say to Xue Tianxing:
"Tian Xing, your soul skill is so powerful! Even from here I can feel the chill seeping through my bones. Amazing!"
Xue Tianxing felt warmed by the praise and nodded with a smile.
"Alright, you just absorbed the spirit ring, and your spirit power isn't stable yet."
Xuezhe stopped laughing, softened his tone, and said to Xue Tianxing:
"Let's go back and rest first. As for the second spirit ring... I don't know when Zhao Tian and the others will be able to find the Frost Black Crane."
Xue Tianxing responded, but did not go towards his palace.
Instead, he took a detour and went to his mother Yu Ningxin's residence.
As soon as he entered the palace, Yu Ningxin came out to greet him. Seeing him, he curved his eyebrows and said to Xue Tianxing with a smile:
"Xiao Tianxing, why are you here with mommy?"
Xue Tian walked up to her, looked up at her, and spoke softly:
"Mom, you seemed surprised when I awakened my Seraphim spirit last time. I thought about it and realized that spirits are either inherited from parents or mutated from them... Could my Seraphim spirit be related to you?"
Upon hearing this, Yu Ningxin looked into his son's clear eyes and sighed softly.
Now that Tianxing has awakened his angel spirit, there are some things that really don't need to be concealed anymore.
Then Yu Ningxin's fingertips moved slightly, and a soft golden light quietly lit up.
A pair of pure white wings spread out from behind her, with a faint halo on the edges of the wings. Seven soul rings were suspended around her body: yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, and black - exactly the configuration of a Soul Saint.
Although that martial soul was only a two-winged angel, it exuded a sacred aura that originated from the same source as the six-winged angel.
Xue Tianxing's eyes widened slightly - this was the first time he saw his mother display her martial spirit.
"Xiao Tianxing, you guessed right."
Yu Ningxin retracted his spirit, squatted down, reached out and touched his head, and said softly, "Your six-winged angel spirit is indeed because of me. But it is not a mutation, it is a reversion to its ancestral form."
"Atavism?"
"Yeah." Yu Ningxin nodded, brushed his fingertips across the top of Xue Tianxing's head, and then said to Xue Tianxing:
"Mom didn't want you to know this, but I didn't expect... you'd also awaken an angel spirit, and a top-tier six-winged angel at that."
Xue Tianxing looked at the complicated expression in his mother's eyes, hesitated for a moment, and finally asked:
"Mom, are you... related to the Qian family in Wuhun City?"