"Can't I have two teachers?" Hu Liena asked timidly. "Mr. Su often comes to the academy to teach us."
As Bibi Dong's personally taught disciple—and her only disciple—Hu Liena's relationship with Bibi Dong was even closer than mother and daughter. Naturally, she also understood Qian Renxue's true identity.
She knew very well that the other girl held an extremely high position within Spirit Hall, and also knew how terrifying her talent was. She had always held deep respect for her.
Even though Qian Renxue's smile at this moment was sweet to an unnerving degree, Hu Liena instinctively felt that she was already very displeased inside.
In fact, after years of interacting, although their relationship was decent, Hu Liena had almost never seen Qian Renxue actually smile.
"These are two different things, you can't mix them up," Qian Renxue shook her head. "You calling him 'teacher'—if the Pope hears about it, she'll be angry."
Hu Liena subconsciously wanted to argue, but under her sharp intuition, she wisely shut her mouth, looking a little depressed as she moved aside.
The conversation between the two girls did not catch Su Cheng's attention.
With Hu Liena's talent and age, she didn't even qualify to be one of his chess pieces.
And this girl, in certain aspects, was actually very similar to Bibi Dong—also a top-tier "love brain." Ordinary people would never be able to handle her.
If you couldn't become the one she loved, then in her eyes, you were merely a tool.
Su Cheng had never planned to waste effort on her.
The reason Hu Liena came today was due to a prior arrangement between him and Bibi Dong.
For the young core members of Spirit Hall, when they obtained their soul rings, Su Cheng was to personally give guidance and help determine the most suitable soul ring age.
In the past, on the continent, some exceptionally gifted people could already exceed the conventional age limit for soul ring absorption.
Now that his theory had raised the upper limit again, he still kept the numbers conservative for safety. Different physiques also created variations.
"You've reached level 20?"
Seeing Hu Liena nod, Su Cheng wasn't surprised. With her innate rank 9 soul power, and growing up in Spirit Hall Academy, reaching level 20 at age nine was not surprising at all.
He was preparing to stand and check her meridian resilience, bone structure, and muscle strength.
But at that moment, Qian Renxue suddenly spoke: "Wait."
She pulled Hu Liena's soft white hand. "Let your senior sister handle it."
"That's fine."
Su Cheng paused and then sat back down, casually flipping through a soul beast manual.
To precisely determine the optimal soul ring age, one needed to perform full-body skeletal examination, silver needle acupuncture, and a series of procedures. Doing everything was indeed troublesome, and he had no interest in laying hands all over a little girl.
Though she had developed quite well, her face was still much too young.
Hu Liena looked at the Qian Renxue holding her hand, then secretly glanced at Su Cheng who was reading. She did not dare speak.
Qian Renxue nodded in satisfaction, her smile becoming much more natural."Come with me, Nana. You should be able to absorb at least a 1,200-year second soul ring. Much stronger than I was back then."
Saying that, she took the girl toward the door.
"Wait."
Just as the door opened, Su Cheng's voice sounded from behind.
Qian Renxue frowned slightly, glanced at the obedient Hu Liena beside her, then turned back calmly.
Su Cheng was still reading, but spoke:
"Nana, your soul ring choices are decided by Her Holiness the Pope, so I won't interfere. But if you choose a charm-type soul beast, then the soul ring age can be increased by another thirty to fifty years."
Her first soul ring had already been absorbed by using the theories Su Cheng published, surpassing the limit. Her second soul ring naturally could exceed it even further.
Soul masters did not suffer strong spiritual shock before absorbing a ten-thousand-year ring.
Also, the younger generation of Spirit Hall had been continuously taking medicinal supplements to accumulate spiritual power over years. Before the third ring, the bottleneck lay only in physical strength.
With Su Cheng's research into martial souls and soul beasts, he knew that charm-type soul beasts carried low energy content in their soul rings; thus their age could be pushed slightly higher.
"Alright. Thank you for the guidan—Mr. Su."
After the two left, Su Cheng closed the soul beast manual, tapping his finger against the table, thoughtful.
"Adding this case, I've now collected data for seven categories of soul beasts. After I absorb my third soul ring, I can begin researching and developing the attribute aspects of soul rings."
He had to admit—being backed by a force like Spirit Hall was indeed comfortable.
Unlike the three upper clans, Spirit Hall was not a family inheritance. Whether the younger generation they trained or the strong experts they recruited, all had diverse martial souls.
This provided him with a rich variety of samples and data.
Stones from other mountains could refine jade. Although Su Cheng's talent points were all allocated to medicine, after years of deep research, his martial soul research talent and comprehension had grown rapidly.
Even though his body's aptitude was poor now, none of this was wasted effort. After simulation ended and he returned to reality, these insights and achievements would be invaluable—far more important than the task reward of twin martial souls.
Two hours later, the door reopened. This time only Qian Renxue returned.
"All tests completed?"
"Done—1,300 years," she said, giving Su Cheng a pitiful look. "So lucky. Getting such a high-age second soul ring. Much stronger than I was."
"Cut the act. A thousand-year ring is worth nothing to you," Su Cheng replied without even lifting his head.
Given Qian Renxue's pride, she would never care about Hu Liena's soul ring age. Their talent difference was far too great.
The girl pouted but said nothing.
"Your soul ring will be discussed later. First, let's check the soul beast they prepared for me. I need to conduct an experiment."
Core members of Spirit Hall didn't need to hunt low-level soul beasts personally—others would capture them beforehand.
"What soul beast are you absorbing?"Qian Renxue looked curious.
As far as she knew, Su Cheng didn't pick specific soul beasts for his first two rings—he simply grabbed anything with a suitable age and killed it.
"A five-thousand-year Cloud-Pattern Bronze-Horned Rhinoceros," Su Cheng said while walking out. "To find a similar soul beast, I even asked Chrysanthemum Douluo for help."
"What's special about it?"
"It isn't special itself. But this type of soul beast belongs to the bloodline descendants of the Mountain Dragon King clan—extremely rare. They carry a certain degree of extreme earth attribute."
With Su Cheng's current physical aptitude, he could actually absorb higher-age rings—but this kind of soul beast was hard to find.
Adult Mountain Dragons would transform into mountain ranges and earth veins. Naturally, their descendants were far rarer than those of other dragon species.
And because their combat talent was extremely high, he suspected that their soul rings contained more energy than ordinary beasts—so five thousand years was already sufficient.
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