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"Radiant Elemental Dragon, a Light Attribute Dragon-type Spirit Beast."
"Its ferocity is renowned even among all categories of Spirit Beasts."
"A thousand-year-old one beating up a ten-thousand-year-old one is no big deal. Once its age reaches ten thousand years, its strength is sufficient to allow it to dominate a territory; ordinary ten-thousand-year Spirit Beasts wouldn't dare provoke it."
"Take Bibi Dong's Spirit, the Death Spider Emperor; it's already considered an extremely formidable existence among Spirit Beasts."
"Yet, in front of the Radiant Elemental Dragon, even the Death Spider Emperor would be slightly inferior."
"What surprised Yu Xiaogang even more was that this Radiant Elemental Dragon's age was actually over nine thousand years."
"Based on the time recorded by the diary's owner, this happened roughly ten years ago."
"In ten years, if luck is good, that Radiant Elemental Dragon's age might have already reached ten thousand years."
"If that's truly the case, then this Radiant Elemental Dragon perfectly matches the choice for my third spirit ring."
"'When I was originally thinking about my third spirit ring, I did consider the Radiant Elemental Dragon, but because they are far too scarce, it was only a backup plan.'"
"'I never expected to receive such good news now.'"
Yu Xiaogang raised his head with a look of joy, preparing to immediately write a letter to his father, asking him to send people to Sunset Forest to search for this Radiant Elemental Dragon.
"What did you see that's making you so happy?"
Beside him, Bibi Dong, seeing Yu Xiaogang's joyful expression, was curious about what exactly he had seen in the diary.
"This diary records that Spirit Saint's observations within the Heaven Dou Empire's Sunset Forest."
"It says he found a Radiant Elemental Dragon."
Hearing this, Bibi Dong immediately understood.
"Xiaogang has a Light Attribute dragon-type Spirit, and the Radiant Elemental Dragon is a Light Attribute Dragon-type Spirit Beast—a perfect match."
"Coupled with the Radiant Elemental Dragon's inherent ferocity..."
"If you really find it, you'll be able to obtain yet another formidable Spirit Ability."
As Bibi Dong spoke, she felt a sour taste in her mouth.
What was this? He hasn't even reached the time to obtain a spirit ring, and the spirit ring just delivers itself to his doorstep?
"This is a diary from ten years ago. Perhaps that Radiant Elemental Dragon has already been hunted."
Yu Xiaogang said this, but in his heart, he knew the probability of this happening was very low.
The main reason was that the Radiant Elemental Dragon's age of nine thousand years was a very awkward point.
For Spirit Masters with talent who pursue the optimal spirit ring ratio, the fourth spirit ring is around five thousand years, and the fifth spirit ring is just over ten thousand years.
The nine-thousand-year Radiant Elemental Dragon is precisely stuck in the middle—too strong for a fourth spirit ring, yet not old enough for a fifth.
Therefore, under normal circumstances, talented Spirit Masters wouldn't set their sights on this Radiant Elemental Dragon.
Spirit Masters who don't pursue the optimal spirit ring ratio might indeed be tempted by this Radiant Elemental Dragon.
However, Spirit Masters who don't pursue the optimal ratio are generally those commoner Spirit Masters.
Commoner Spirit Masters themselves face grave dangers when obtaining spirit rings; they often pay to join Soul Hunting Squads to acquire them.
And Soul Hunting Squads work for money; they won't put themselves in unnecessary danger.
Thus, if a Soul Hunting Squad encounters a commoner Spirit Master whose desired Spirit Beast is overly powerful, they will refuse the mission.
Coincidentally, the Radiant Elemental Dragon is precisely the type of Spirit Beast that a Soul Hunting Squad would outright refuse upon encountering.
Just as recorded in the diary, a nine-thousand-year Radiant Elemental Dragon could chase after a Spirit Emperor.
To reliably take down this nine-thousand-year Radiant Elemental Dragon, at least a Spirit Saint would be required.
But what commoner Spirit Master could afford the price to hire a Spirit Saint?
"How nice. His Rank isn't even there yet, and his future spirit ring is already settled, especially from such a formidable Spirit Beast."
Bibi Dong pouted. Her actual combat power was already inferior to Yu Xiaogang's.
Now that Yu Xiaogang had found such a formidable Spirit Beast, wouldn't she, even after obtaining her fourth spirit ring, still be unable to defeat him?
"No, I can't just rely on spirit rings and Spirit Abilities to defeat him. With those, I'll never surpass him."
"I need to think of other methods."
Bibi Dong resolved to find ways to seriously improve her combat strength.
As a Genius with Full Innate Spirit Power, even though she was currently only Cultivating her first Spirit, Bibi Dong didn't want to lose to anyone.
After dealing with the assassin matter, Yu Xiaogang specifically thanked Yue Guan and Gui Mei.
The two gladly accepted. On the way back to Spirit Master Academy afterwards, Yu Xiaogang also chatted with Yue Guan.
Through their conversation, Yu Xiaogang gained a slight understanding of Yue Guan.
For instance, the other party loved flowers and plants the most. Due to his own Spirit, he had specifically collected and studied numerous texts on flora over the years.
These texts contained a wealth of information on plant-type Spirit Beasts, various studies on common medicinal herbs, and records of some extremely precious celestial-grade plants.
Yu Xiaogang wasn't very interested in the ordinary flowers and plants Yue Guan mentioned, nor did he have a hobby of gardening.
However, when Yue Guan brought up celestial-grade plants, his interest was piqued.
Back when he first started researching methods to defy the heavens and change fate, the two methods he initially explored were absorbing Spirit Bones and finding these Heaven And Earth Treasures.
Unfortunately, despite reading so many books, Yu Xiaogang had never seen any book that detailed the situation of Heaven And Earth Treasures on the Douluo Continent.
He never expected to hear about it now from Yue Guan, so of course he wanted to learn about it in detail.
Hearing that Yu Xiaogang was interested in celestial-grade plants, Yue Guan was also happy, as he wanted to find more people he could exchange ideas with.
Thus, the two agreed to find a time later for Yue Guan to personally explain and teach Yu Xiaogang the knowledge of celestial-grade plants.
And so, chatting along the way, the group soon arrived near Spirit Master Academy.
After bidding farewell to Bibi Dong and the other two, Yu Xiaogang and Lin Lang entered Spirit Master Academy.
As Yu Xiaogang's guardian, Lin Lang directly moved into the room next to Yu Xiaogang's dormitory.
Returning to his room, Yu Xiaogang immediately went to his desk and began writing a letter to his father.
He didn't want to wait a moment longer for the Radiant Elemental Dragon.
After sending out the finished letter, Yu Xiaogang finally relaxed, returned to his desk, and continued reading that Spirit Saint's diary.
The Sunset Forest experience somewhat shattered that Spirit Saint's Dao Heart. After all, he was a Spirit Emperor, yet was chased and beaten by a Spirit Beast not even ten thousand years old.
Feeling bitter, he left Sunset Forest and didn't linger in the Heaven Dou Empire, directly departing from that place of heartache.
Thus, the treasure map he had bought from the Auction House earlier was tucked inside a diary within his Storage Space.