Feng Kuang sneered coldly, holding a grudge against Shrek for initially labeling him as an Evil Soul Master.
"Brother Kuang, you might not know, but there's a current Evil Fire Phoenix Soul Master at Shrek, who is also the disciple of the Martial Soul System's Dean."
"Hmph, that Ma Xiaotao, I know."
When Feng Kuang was in the Essence Sect, he had naturally heard of Ma Xiaotao's reputation.
"Hehe, Brother Kuang, you know too little," Su Yu chuckled, "That Ma Xiaotao was hit by her opponent's Soul-guiding Device in the last Xingluo City Soul Fighting Competition, causing her Martial Soul's evil fire to erupt, fully mutating into an Evil Martial Soul."
Feng Kuang exclaimed with satisfaction.
"Haha, I'm not an Evil Soul Master, yet your Evil Fire Phoenix became an Evil Martial Soul Master, serves you right."
With just a few words exchanged between Su Yu and Feng Kuang, Zou Yun's impression of Shrek significantly declined.
So, this was the version of Shrek hailed as number one on the continent, with so many sordid matters.
He suddenly wanted to continue listening to Su Yu and Feng Kuang's exposés.
"Hmph, you sure know quite a bit," Feng Kuang squinted his eyes, staring at Su Yu and said.
"I was just there to watch at the time," Su Yu responded indifferently.
Feng Kuang appeared to have lost interest in Su Yu's identity.
"Your Martial Soul is Blue Silver Grass, are you from the Tang Sect?"
"No."
Feng Kuang conducted a simple inquiry into Su Yu's identity.
His questioning did not dig deep; instead, he only confirmed that Su Yu wasn't cultivated by certain forces.
He didn't even verify Mingde Hall.
Aside from Shrek, the many forces he confirmed seemed only to be either associated with the Kuangyun Guard Team or were sects or powers that possibly had enmity with the Guard Team.
"Kid, is your Martial Soul really just Blue Silver Grass?" Feng Kuang suddenly asked.
Though Su Yu wanted to nod, Feng Kuang "exposed" his true nature.
"Your Qi and Blood Power is too strong, exceeding the norm even if you were a Soul Emperor and your Martial Soul mutated with a Life Attribute. You've even solidified tangible Qi and Blood Power."
After a burst of analysis, Feng Kuang spoke, "Are you a Twin Martial Soul?"
Seeing Su Yu about to shake his head in denial, Feng Kuang snorted, saying, "Still denying it, eh? Caution is good, but don't overdo it. I'm also a Body Martial Soul, all Body Martial Souls belong to the same family, do you think I mean you harm?"
"I've already sensed it, your bones are different from ordinary people's, and under Spiritual Power perception, your bones are like fireflies in the night."
Su Yu then understood the source of the other's suspicion.
Bones?
Now that Feng Kuang said so, he wondered if there was an opportunity to learn some methods to utilize Qi and Blood Power from him.
As for the Essence Sect, Su Yu definitely would not join, but he had no qualms about learning their techniques.
Secret Techniques are meant for exchange and communication, isn't that how one progresses faster?
Often, those who elevate Secret Techniques to their highest fame are not the original masters but outsiders.
"By the way, Brother Kuang, you just said your Soul Ring exploded, what happened exactly?" To avoid Feng Kuang asking him to join the Essence Sect and then face rejection, Su Yu changed the topic, questioning instead.
"Of course, it exploded, how else?"
"Explosive Ring?"
"It's not the Explosive Ring Secret Technique, it just exploded." Feng Kuang corrected, stating it wasn't the Explosive Ring Secret Technique.
"Three years ago, I fought with an Evil Soul Master Soul Saint, barely suppressing him, only for him to use Explosive Ring."
"Seeing that I couldn't defeat him, with the Evil Soul Master's abilities being extremely bizarre and inescapable, I had to explode as well."
Su Yu, listening to Feng Kuang's tale, felt something amiss.
Nevertheless, to battle a Soul Saint of equal level and to suppress the opponent steadily was quite impressive.
Soul Saint...
"Brother Kuang, did your Soul Ring really completely vanish?"
Feng Kuang nodded, "My Martial Soul is blood, and I faintly sensed the connection between the Soul Ring and Martial Soul. At the time, I relied on this to detonate the Soul Ring. But it's definitely different from the Explosive Ring Secret Technique, my Soul Ring's origin was blown away, unrecoverable, even the Soul Power regressed to Soul Sect level."
Besides his Qi and Blood Power and Spiritual Power, Feng Kuang's other abilities have regressed to the Soul Sect level.
Yet, with his strong Qi and Blood, his Martial Soul being blood, and his tenacious life force, he managed to endure.
The intelligence Su Yu gathered from Feng Kuang was perpetually shocking.
Mistaken as a Twin Martial Soul, with bones as the other Martial Soul.
Hearing that Feng Kuang could explode his Soul Ring, he thought he could learn how to achieve the Explosive Ring Secret Technique from him.
Unexpectedly, even the fundamental principles seemed different.
However, Feng Kuang's method of explosion seemed promising in another secret technique exploration—Replacement Ring.
Replacement Ring Soul Ring.
"Brother Kuang, have you tried absorbing a Soul Ring again?"
Feng Kuang surely had the thought, but there's evidently another challenge troubling him.
"Back then, when my origin was damaged, not only did the Soul Power from my last three Soul Rings fall, my basic Soul Power also decreased significantly, now only at Level 45.
Daily cultivation barely maintains the Soul Power from falling further, returning to Level 50 is almost impossible."
Su Yu shook his head, pointing out Feng Kuang's problem.
"Brother Kuang, you might be missing something, you are qualified to absorb the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Soul Rings; your Martial Soul and body have undergone this process already. Now that the Soul Rings are gone, you theoretically can replenish them all.
I heard that ten-thousand years ago, Tang San also replaced his Soul Rings by reacquiring them directly."
According to Su Yu's research on Martial Souls, the opening of Soul Ring slots is itself a bottleneck opening; the Martial Soul inherently contains this slot.
Even if a Soul Ring explodes, disappears entirely, this slot still exists.
Moreover, before Feng Kuang's Soul Ring exploded, he was a Soul Saint; the seven Soul Rings were integrated, mutually reinforcing and incredibly stable, akin to a whole. Since he's alive and well, and his first four Soul Rings remain unaffected, likely his Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Soul Ring slots aren't severely damaged.
This was the first time Feng Kuang heard such a theory.
Is it possible to regain Soul Rings even at below Level 50?
"Brother Kuang, I suggest you try; you might succeed. Of course, this is replenishing Soul Rings, not a standard absorption. Thus, it'd be best to absorb Soul Rings from the original Soul Beast for each slot, only then can you potentially restore the rings."
Since there's an existing connection, whether through forced sacrifice or explosion, overall, it's impacted the Soul Ring slots, as they've been altered by the original Soul Ring.
If the spirituality doesn't connect, the absorption might fail.
Su Yu's explanations were well-reasoned, yet Feng Kuang's joyous expression vanished quickly, turning unpleasant.
"Damn, if I'd known, I wouldn't have absorbed the Titan Snow Demon's Soul Ring back then."
Su Yu: "..."
You're quite daring and indeed lucky to somehow absorb a Titan Snow Demon Soul Ring.
In the Land of the Far North's core circle, the tribe has at least three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, one being the Two-Hundred-Thousand-Year Titan Snow Demon King.
Every individual there has near-extreme ice and power attributes; among three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts one attribute at least evolves to its peak, while the Titan Snow Demon King is one of the Three Great Kings of the Far North.
Facing such a terrifying clan, besides sheer luck, Su Yu could think of no other way to successfully hunt and absorb their Soul Rings.
"Brother Kuang, you could first compensate for the other two Soul Rings."
Feng Kuang's expression still darkened noticeably.
"My Sixth Soul Ring is from a Great Strength Vajra Bear, and the Seventh Soul Ring is from a Fifty-Thousand-Year Mutated Fire Dragon, with its Fire Attribute mutated to a Blood Attribute, becoming a Blood Dragon."
Su Yu was speechless.
Indeed, truly talented individuals have a tough time replacing Soul Rings.
Especially with later Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, the replacement isn't simple.
Goodness, just look at this luxury lineup.