After successfully obtaining his first spirit ring, Su Yuxuan did not linger beneath the ancient tree.
He respectfully bowed toward the place where the seven-hundred-and-eighty-year-old Blue Silver Grass had sacrificed itself.
"Thank you."
Without that spirit beast's willing sacrifice.
His first spirit ring and martial soul evolution would never have happened so smoothly.
After offering his silent gratitude, Yuxuan returned to Elder Soul Village.
As agreed beforehand, he spent the next two days staying in the Spirit Awakening Hall while waiting for Huang Zhikai.
During those two days, he kept a low profile.
He continued cultivating every morning and quietly familiarized himself with his newly acquired soul power.
The increase from Rank 10 to Rank 16 had been substantial.
Although his cultivation had already stabilized, his control still required practice.
Fortunately, his months of meticulous training made the adjustment much easier than expected.
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Two days later.
Huang Zhikai finally returned carrying several bundles of Soft Bone Rabbit meat.
He smiled when he saw Yuxuan.
"Ready to head home?"
Yuxuan nodded.
"Yes, Uncle Huang."
The two began the journey back toward Holy Spirit Village.
Along the way, Huang chatted about the successful hunt while Yuxuan quietly listened.
Neither mentioned the ancient Blue Silver Grass.
That secret would remain buried in Yuxuan's heart.
By the time they returned home, only a few days remained before enrollment at Nuoding Academy.
That evening, after dinner, Yuxuan sat alone in the courtyard.
His yellow spirit ring slowly rose beneath his feet, he summoned his Blue Silver Grass King.
The silver-veined grass gently swayed in the evening breeze.
Yuxuan looked at it thoughtfully.
"My first soul skill is Blue Silver Rejuvenation."
He was extremely satisfied with the healing ability. However, Healing alone would never be enough.
A support-type soul master still needed methods to protect both himself and his companions.
Fortunately.
Not every combat technique required a soul skill.
Yuxuan extended his hand.
Several strands of Blue Silver Grass slowly emerged from the ground.
He concentrated.
The grass gradually lengthened.
One meter.
Then two.
He directed them toward a nearby wooden post.
The vines wrapped around it tightly.
Yuxuan smiled.
"It works."
He wasn't using Blue Silver Rejuvenation.
Nor any soul skill at all.
This was simply Basic manipulation of his martial soul.
Plants naturally grew.
They naturally wrapped around nearby objects.
As the owner of the Blue Silver Grass King, he merely guided those instincts.
He spent the next several days practicing repeatedly.
Growing.
Retracting.
Splitting several vines into different directions.
Controlling their movement.
Wrapping them around rocks, wooden stakes, and tree trunks.
At first his control was clumsy.
The vines often grew in unintended directions.
Sometimes they tangled with one another instead of their targets.
But with each attempt his precision steadily improved.
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One afternoon, after successfully wrapping three wooden stakes simultaneously, Yuxuan nodded in satisfaction.
"This is enough for now."
He remembered something from his previous life.
In the original story, Tang San's first soul skill was Binding after absorbing the Datura Snake spirit ring.
It became one of his signature techniques during the early stages of his journey.
Yuxuan, however, had chosen a different road.
He quietly shook his head.
"My Blue Silver Grass already possesses the natural ability to grow and entangle."
"It may not be as powerful as a dedicated soul skill."
"But it can still accomplish the same basic purpose."
Using a precious spirit ring slot solely to gain an ability his martial soul could gradually learn through practice.
Didn't suit the path he wished to follow.
Instead, He would refine that natural ability until it became second nature.
Then, future spirit rings could provide entirely new capabilities rather than duplicating existing ones.
Every spirit ring was precious.
He wanted each one to broaden the potential of the Blue Silver Grass King instead of overlapping with abilities he could already achieve through skill and control.
Yuxuan dispersed his martial soul and looked toward the distant road leading to Nuoding City.
Only a handful of days remained.
Soon.
He would leave Holy Spirit Village and begin his life at Nuoding Academy.
His true journey as a Soul Master was about to begin.
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