The first soul spirit cooperation between Shrek Academy and the Star Dou Forest went very smoothly. Nine of the thirteen inner courtyard disciples successfully contracted their first soul spirit in life. The remaining four students did not contract soul spirits for the time being because there were really no suitable soul beasts among those brought by Di Tian's side.
The nine inner courtyard disciples who obtained soul spirits were Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Tang Ya, Zhou Tianhe, Chu Hua, Ning Tian, Xie Huanyue, and two other Soul Emperor-level inner courtyard disciples.
Among them, the ones worth mentioning were Bei Bei, the three others, plus Ning Tian.
The soul beast chosen by Bei Bei was a Heavenly Dragon Horse with cultivation of less than thirty thousand years. Although this Heavenly Dragon Horse's cultivation was a bit low, its bloodline was very rich. According to Bi Ji's explanation, this Heavenly Dragon Horse had suffered severe injuries in its youth, causing damage to its origin. Although its cultivation had reached ten thousand years, its lifespan was also running out.
The Heavenly Dragon Horse contracted with Bei Bei very smoothly. Seeing the Heavenly Dragon Horse shed its old body and gain a new life, whether it was the ferocious beasts like Di Tian and Bi Ji, or some of the soul beasts that came voluntarily, a trace of anticipation arose in their hearts.
The soul beast chosen by Xu Sanshi was a Golden Tortoise with thirty thousand years of cultivation. In fact, Zhu Ziyang was very surprised by the appearance of this Golden Tortoise. After all, this was a soul beast with a golden bloodline. Although it couldn't be compared to Fifth Huan'er, it was also a symbol of auspiciousness.
According to Bi Ji's explanation, this Golden Tortoise had a problem with itself. Its life force was constantly draining, and it didn't have much time left, so it chose to come and try to see if it could turn things around.
And when Zhu Ziyang was signing the soul spirit contract for Xu Sanshi and the Golden Tortoise, he was surprised to discover the reason for this Golden Tortoise's life force loss. This greedy fellow had actually swallowed a fist-sized piece of Life Gold!
Really courting death, Zhu Ziyang sighed greatly in his heart and smoothly took this piece of Life Gold into his pocket. Without the shackles of the Life Gold, the vast life force accumulated in the Golden Tortoise's body instantly erupted, making this thirty-thousand-year cultivation Golden Tortoise leap to become a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, thus providing Xu Sanshi with a hundred-thousand-year soul ring and a hundred-thousand-year soul spirit. This could be considered a blessing in disguise.
As for Tang Ya, the soul beast she chose was surprisingly a fifty-thousand-year cultivation Emerald Swan. This fifty-thousand-year-old cultivation Emerald Swan was a clansman of Bi Ji and one of the only dozen or so Emerald Swans left in the Star Dou Forest. It appeared here entirely because it had suffered an incurable severe injury and was not long for this world. After learning about soul spirits from Bi Ji, it wanted to come and try its luck.
In fact, ninety per cent of the soul beasts brought by Di Tian and the others were because they were not long for this world and wanted to gamble on a chance to live. Only less than ten per cent came because they couldn't stay in the Star Dou Forest anymore.
Cough, cough, got off track. Tang Ya and this Emerald Swan took a fancy to each other. Although the Emerald Swan was not a plant-type soul beast, it was the soul beast with the strongest life attribute and was recognised as the soul beast with the strongest healing ability. Tang Ya's martial soul, Blue Golden Immortal Spirit Gras, was a variant martial soul but also a life-attribute martial soul. Plus, Tang Ya herself was a support-type soul master. She and the Emerald Swan could be said to complement each other.
The contract between the two was very smooth. Zhu Ziyang couldn't help but sigh in his heart. With this, Elder Zhuang would definitely pester Tang Ya to take her as a disciple.
Finally, there was Ning Tian. As the young sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, her talent was extremely good. She had reached Soul Emperor at only nineteen years old. The soul beast she chose also surprised Zhu Ziyang and the others. She actually chose a twenty-five-thousand-year cultivation Giant Palm Black Tiger instead of the Flying Spirit White Deer that was more suitable for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul.
According to her own explanation, she hoped to gain combat ability through the soul spirit, so she chose the Giant Palm Black Tiger, which was known for its ferocious combat power, as her soul spirit. Obviously, her choice was very in line with her ideas.
After the Giant Palm Black Tiger became her soul spirit, it provided her with a dark attribute amplification soul skill. Although the traditional sixth soul ring of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's strongest attribute amplification became a directional attribute amplification, she became the first Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda soul master with combat ability. Whether it was a profit or a loss, outsiders couldn't evaluate.
The remaining four inner courtyard disciples who didn't encounter suitable soul beasts looked at the gains of others. It was impossible for them not to feel a gap in their hearts.
Zhu Ziyang was also a bit depressed. Looking at the expressionless Di Tian, he said, "Senior Di Tian, this should be considered your mistake."
"Humph." Di Tian snorted coldly and said, "I will solve it."
Saying that, Di Tian's figure flashed, and he was about to disappear. And Zhu Ziyang, seeing Di Tian about to leave, immediately moved his lips a few times. Then Di Tian suddenly stopped his actions, looking at Zhu Ziyang with a face full of shock. Obviously, Zhu Ziyang's actions just now were saying something to Di Tian. His words must be very important; otherwise, it would be impossible for Di Tian to react like this.
Di Tian looked deeply at Zhu Ziyang, then his gaze imperceptibly glanced at Huo Yuhao. Then his figure leapt and disappeared from everyone's sight.
"You don't need to be disappointed. Senior Di Tian has already gone to find suitable soul beasts for you as soul spirits." Zhu Ziyang said to Huo Yuhao and the four others, "This time is the initial construction of the soul spirit system. It's normal to make some mistakes. But I believe that the seniors of the Star Dou Forest will absolutely not let you return disappointed. Right, Senior Bi Ji."
"Mm!" Bi Ji nodded blankly. Her thoughts were all on Di Tian's performance just now, pondering what Zhu Ziyang had said to Di Tian. She didn't pay attention to what Zhu Ziyang had just said at all.
Soon, Di Tian came back, carrying three soul beasts in his hands, and at the same time, a soul beast was closely following behind him.
They came in front of everyone. Di Tian put the three soul beasts in his hands on the ground, letting Zhu Ziyang and the others clearly see the appearance of these three soul beasts: a twenty-thousand-year cultivation Red Flame Sword Dragon, a thirty-five-thousand-year Rock Armour Bear, and a ten-thousand-year Blue Shadow Leopard. Obviously, these three soul beasts were the soul spirits Di Tian picked for Wu Feng and the other two inner courtyard disciples, because whether it was cultivation or attributes, they were extremely compatible with their martial souls.
Zhu Ziyang's gaze, however, remained fixed on the soul beast following behind Di Tian. It was not casually carried by Di Tian, indicating that its strength was different from these ten-thousand-year soul beasts.
Indeed, this was a three-eyed demon fox with cultivation of around a hundred thousand years, a relatively common soul beast among spiritual-type soul beasts. As soon as it appeared, its three eyes kept looking at Huo Yuhao. Obviously, it had already learned about Huo Yuhao from Di Tian.
"Zhu Ziyang, I hope you don't deceive me, otherwise..." Di Tian's eyes flickered with black light. He walked to Zhu Ziyang's side and threatened him in a low voice.
"Rest assured, Senior Di Tian. I, Zhu Ziyang, can guarantee to you that every word I said is true." Zhu Ziyang said with a smile.
What did Zhu Ziyang say to Di Tian to make him directly call over a hundred-thousand-year soul beast? Actually, it was nothing. He just told Di Tian that more than one god's gaze had fallen on Huo Yuhao. Then Di Tian took the initiative to do these things.
It wasn't hard to guess what Di Tian was thinking, and Zhu Ziyang indeed didn't lie. There was indeed more than one god's gaze on Huo Yuhao. Besides the Sea God that Zhu Ziyang knew, there was also a strange god watching him. Huo Yuhao was very likely to obtain the inheritance of this strange god.
Zhu Ziyang quickly signed soul spirit contracts for the other three inner courtyard disciples besides Huo Yuhao. Then he shouted to Huo Yuhao, "Yuhao, come over."
Huo Yuhao was still disappointed because among the three soul beasts Di Tian brought back, there was still none suitable for him. Of course, he saw that three-eyed demon fox, but he wasn't stupid. He could naturally tell that it was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast. He never thought that this three-eyed demon fox was the soul spirit Di Tian found for him because it was too absurd.
He thought Zhu Ziyang called him to comfort him, so he walked to Zhu Ziyang's side with a normal expression, even showing a trace of a smile, and asked, "Senior brother, I'm fine. You don't need to comfort me."
"Na, this three-eyed demon fox, how do you feel about it?" Zhu Ziyang smiled and said to him.
"Ah?" Huo Yuhao was stunned. Then his mind went blank. Until Zhu Ziyang had already signed the soul spirit contract for him and the three-eyed demon fox, he was still in extreme confusion and really couldn't react.
The first construction of the soul spirit system was completed very smoothly. Whether it was the Shrek Academy side or the Star Dou Forest side, both were very satisfied with this result. So after the first cooperation ended, both sides immediately began to prepare an organisation to manage and constrain the soul spirit system.
This organisation was given a name by Zhu Ziyang that was extremely resonant in later generations: Eternal Spirit Tower!
Why give it such a name? The reason was simple. Zhu Ziyang had once heard Electrolux mention that in his previous life, he had a divine artefact that seemed to be called the Tower of Eternity or something. He couldn't remember clearly.
Zhu Ziyang named the soul spirit organisation Eternal Spirit Tower, actually to commemorate Electrolux, the true creator of the soul spirit system. Although this matter couldn't be told to outsiders, Yi Laike was very happy about it.
If people in later generations knew that the answer they had argued about for thousands of years was actually like this, they wouldn't know whether to cry or laugh.
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