Chapter 63: Absorbing a Soul Ring, One Soul, Two Bodies?
Qi Tian crouched not far from the big tree, waiting for the tanuki to fall asleep.
His soul perception is keen; he can sense the movements inside the tree hollow.
Once the tanuki falls asleep, Qi Tian will make his move.
As dawn broke, the dew in the forest gradually increased, making everything damp. The spirit beasts of the Tanuki clan disliked this environment.
A short while later, after cleaning the dirt off its body, the tanuki completely disappeared into the tree hole.
"The opportunity has arrived!"
Qi Tian waited for a while, then took out a bucket of sewage and a sharp short sword.
"It stinks!"
Although the bucket was sealed, you could still smell the foul odor if you got close.
Zhu Zhuqing felt a little embarrassed after hearing Qi Tian's words.
But there was nothing she could do. She had been betrothed to Dai Mubai by her family and entered the Dai family's "breeding the Gu" system. The family couldn't help them, and they had to rely entirely on their own abilities to fight for it.
Zhu Zhuqing only has one attack soul skill. It is already difficult for her to hunt soul beasts on her own, so she has to take advantage of the soul beasts' weaknesses and prepare a bucket of dirty water.
But she never expected that while she was hunting soul beasts, she would be possessed by Qi Tian.
This is truly shameful, especially considering she's now unable to control her body; otherwise, she certainly wouldn't have been able to maintain that aloof demeanor.
"I hope what he said is true!" Zhu Zhuqing silently hoped.
As long as Qi Tian leaves her body tomorrow, no one will know what she has done.
"It's all that coward's fault. Otherwise, how could I not even find anyone to help me hunt soul beasts?"
Dai Mubai's desertion directly led some forces to abandon the pairing of Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai.
Those forces naturally wouldn't offer Zhu Zhuqing any help.
Even the teachers at the Soul Master Academy made excuses to avoid helping, fearing that Davis would settle scores with them after taking the throne.
Qi Tian slowly approached the soul beast. He did not use his spirit to prevent his soul power fluctuations from waking the soul beast.
With his control over his muscles, he quickly and silently approached the thick old tree.
Qi Tian threw it forcefully, dropping the sewage bucket directly at the entrance of the tree hole.
The immense force shattered the sewage bucket, releasing a stench followed by a chilling, pitiful meow.
"Was that a critical hit?"
Qi Tian held his breath to avoid being affected by the stench, and then used his Spirit Possession.
He immediately felt his body become incredibly soft and flexible, like a cat, able to perform all sorts of difficult movements.
With the cat ears and tail in his Spirit Possession state, Qi Tian's senses became more acute and his reactions became faster.
"Not bad, a spirit!" Qi Tian thought to himself.
Just then, the soul beast that had been resting in the tree hole rushed out; it was a black tanuki.
Its claws gleamed with an eerie light, radiating a sharp aura.
"Whoosh~" The soul beast roared, but instead of rushing towards Qi Tian immediately, it fled to a clean place to shake its fur.
How could Qi Tian let this opportunity slip by? The first spirit ring beneath his feet lit up: [Netherworld Thrust]!
Turning your back to an agility-based Soul Master is a very unwise move.
Qi Tian used the soul power of the Netherworld Thrust on his short sword to directly wound the soul beast.
"Meow~" The Ghost Claw Tanuki let out another miserable cry, whether from pain or disgust at the bloodstains on its fur.
After Qi Tian thrust his sword, he immediately braced himself to prepare for its counterattack.
Sure enough, it turned around and swung its claws, unleashing more than a dozen claw shadows, each a genuine attack.
Qi Tian raised his short sword and channeled his soul power to fight against its cat claws.
Fortunately, it was injured first; Qi Tian managed to block all of its dozen or so cat claws.
Even so, Qi Tian was slightly injured by the penetrating power of its attack.
Despite the pain, Qi Tian seized the moment when the creature was about to unleash its skill and used his Soul Skill [Netherworld Thrust] again. His body transformed into a black shadow, and he thrust the short sword directly into the creature's throat, ending its life.
"Phew~"
Both Qi Tian and Zhu Zhuqing breathed a sigh of relief after successfully killing the soul beast.
Just as he relaxed his guard, Qi Tian suddenly sensed the presence of a soul force similar to his own.
This soul power aura is extremely similar to Zhu Zhuqing's soul power aura. It is good at hiding itself and its soul power level is not high, but it is still over level 30.
He frowned. Was he being followed? Was it Zhu Zhuyun? Or someone else from the Zhu family?
A deep yellow spirit ring appeared on the corpse of the spirit beast.
"Never mind, if they wanted to kill me, they would have done it already. They're probably here to protect Zhu Zhuqing," Qi Tian thought to himself.
Qi Tian prepared himself and began absorbing the spirit ring.
The first two spirit rings of these scions from prominent families have been tested countless times by predecessors and are the most suitable for them.
Since Zhu Zhuqing's spirit did not mutate like Yu Xiaogang's, it is naturally better for her to cultivate according to the family's experience.
The only thing she could work on with her first two spirit rings was their age.
No matter how much she was given the boost, she couldn't absorb the millennium soul ring and achieve a qualitative change.
So Qi Tian didn't bother with any trouble and directly let Zhu Zhuqing absorb this soul ring, so that she could break through to the Great Soul Master level first.
As for her future cultivation, she could absorb the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's soul ring to see if it could help her spirit evolve.
Spirit evolution is a real and feasible possibility.
Dugu Bo's Jade Scaled Serpent King and Ma Hongjun's Ten-Headed Phoenix both evolved their spirits successfully by absorbing high-quality soul rings.
The energy of the spirit ring surged into Qi Tian's body, and Qi Tian easily tamed and absorbed it.
As for the pain caused by the impact of the spirit ring energy on his body, he had long been used to it.
More than half an hour later, Zhu Zhuqing's body emitted a surge of soul power, indicating that she had successfully broken through to level twenty-one and become a Great Soul Master.
With a level 7 innate soul power, she reached level 20 in four years, averaging three levels per year, which is already on par with Tang San's cultivation speed.
"Phew~" Qi Tian stood up, his wounds healing and scabs falling off.
In his powerful spiritual perception, the person hiding in the shadows also retreated at this moment.
"So they really came to protect Zhu Zhuqing?" Qi Tian thought to himself.
The eastern sky was bright; the sun was about to rise.
Just then, another scene suddenly appeared before Qi Tian: he opened his eyes from the bed and saw his wooden house.
"What's going on? One soul in two bodies?"
Qi Tian suddenly realized that he was controlling two bodies, one his own and the other Zhu Zhuqing's.
"System? Are you there?" Qi Tian called out earnestly, but the dog system did not respond.
Although his soul was stronger than that of ordinary soul masters of the same level, it was only slightly stronger, and controlling two bodies at the same time was a bit of a struggle.
However, it wasn't without its benefits; Qi Tian felt that his soul could be tempered through this.
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