Hanrui summoned his Martial Soul, XiaoLong—the Azure Dragon King, closed his eyes and started sensing around, letting nature guide him to find a suitable Soul Beast.
Meanwhile the little creature floated above Zhuqing's head and landed, curled into a ball that looked more like a crown on her head, it fell asleep, making her giggle.
As he was sensing he quickly found a few suitable Soul Beasts and went through their information in his head trying to decide which one is most suitable.
The 1st one he found is the same Soul Beast, ironically the same Soul Beast Zhuqing originally used to get the Hell Shadow Doppelganger skill,— Phantom Tiger.
'Its cultivation age is only around 1000 to 2000 range, not suitable for Qing'er who can already absorb a 3000 year Soul Ring without help.
Well I did create a "Heart Shape Herb" for her to enhance her physique, increasing her endurance and physical strength.
Thanks to me not using the System, it only took 3 months of research to understand its properties and recreate it using the Materialization Module.
Though i did have to create a new Module —Research Module.
Which takes anything from my memory, whether it is Fighting Techniques, Sealing Techniques, Herbs, Artifacts, e.t.c., and deduces the inner workings of it and recreates it through Materialization Module.
The upside of this is obvious. I can create anything from memories, the down side is, it takes my understanding of the item and my IQ for the research.
It really made me speechless when I created it. Thankfully, it is an auto research, I don't have to actively participate in the research.' He sighed thinking about it.
'Qing'er can absorb a 4000 year Soul Ring with the help of both me and older Qing'er, so, this little beast is even more of a no-no.' He thought, shaking his depressing thoughts away.
Then he switched direction and found another Soul Beast.
'This Soul Best is most likely Shadow Liger going by its body shape.
Shadow Liger, while suitable, can't produce a doppelganger skill.
But it might enhance the shadow attribute for Qing'er and the Soul Skill might be related to some Shadow Assassination skill set like increasing speed or stealth, through shadow.
So it can be used as a back up option if we can't find anything else in this forest.' He thought.
He started searching in a different direction and found something amusing.
Two Snakes coiled and hissing at each other, ignoring that sight he searched in a different direction and found the best match so far.
Then he found a soul beast with an aura like burning flame on it.
'This should be Nether Phantom Dark Panther. Its cultivation age is around 4000-4500, judging by its size and the length of its tail.
It is known for its speed and has both Nether Element and Doppelganger skill. So it's practically made for Qing'er.' He thought a smile forming on his lips as he opened his eyes.
He took Zhuqing's hand and started walking in its direction, ignoring the Soul Beasts which were too afraid to attack, seeing Xiao Long glaring at them.
Just as he passed a tree, a snake around three meters scurried past him from the other side of the tree.
'Is that a Datura Snake?' He thought, turning around to see and confirm his suspicion, his eyes lit up as a thought struck him.
'That really is a Datura Snake and it seems to be hunting a Worm Glazed Rat?' He thought in astonishment.
He couldn't help but shiver in disgust as he recalled the details of that particular Soul Beast.
'If I recall correctly, Worm Glazed Rat is not a single Soul Beast but a dual Soul Beast. Born after a parasitic worm devoured a rat.
Just like XuanWu, the Black Turtle with a Snake for a tail. Both have consciousness and co-exist.
The birth of a creature like that is rare and always accompanies misfortune for anyone foolish enough to be near it.
There are even stories circling around it saying, the parasitic worm still lives on, even if the host body(the Glazed Rat) dies, the rat will constantly transfer to new host bodies until it is satisfied, unless it dies.
It's fine if it's Soul Beasts because the worm's life span isn't long, but there are stories saying, humans who become hosts will bear extreme abdominal pain, and allegedly get their gender flipped by the time the worm dies inside them.' He thought, with a smile dismissing the story to be fake but couldn't help but laugh in his mind.
'Why do I suddenly have the feeling that I am about to witness a miracle?' He thought as a sudden chill swept his body.
'Wait, I'm going off topic. That snake, that is the Datura Snake, but its cultivating age is less than 400 years old.
But Tang San absorbed a 400 year one in the original, what the hell is happening here?
No Wait, the 2 snakes i saw earlier, don't tell me both of them are Datura Snakes and the bigger one was the one Tang San originally absorbed.' He thought, feeling speechless.
. . .
'That reminds me, is it time for Tang San to absorb his first Soul Ring? Am I going to see the spectacle?' He thought with excitement.
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