Chapter 239: The Truly Heaven-Defying Aspect of Light-Dark Conversion
Driven by curiosity, Qian Xunji pressed Bibi Dong for answers, but unfortunately, Bibi Dong was just as curious about what Yu Xiaogang and the others had actually encountered.
The only thing she had personally experienced, the Soul Bone treasure map, could not be spoken of due to a Martial Soul vow.
Consequently, Bibi Dong claimed ignorance on everything, which infuriated Qian Xunji to the point of nearly keeling over.
"You've been traveling together for so long, and you're telling me you don't know anything?"
"You truly are my good Disciple,"
Qian Xunji said expressionlessly in the end.
"I couldn't help it either. After all, I only followed them because I was curious about Yu Xiaogang's ten-thousand-year Third Soul Ring."
"Besides that, even if I wanted to go, they wouldn't take me along."
Bibi Dong spread her hands, wearing a helpless expression.
"Fine, I won't hold this against you this time. Since you weren't hurt, going out for a walk can be considered a good thing."
Qian Xunji nodded, but his mind began to ponder how to uncover the secrets of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.
Bibi Dong clearly guessed that her teacher would do this, so she immediately spoke up.
"Teacher, let's make this clear first. It's fine if you want to find out their secrets from Yu Xiaogang, but you cannot use me as your excuse."
After all, she had voluntarily followed them on this trip. If her teacher used this as a reason to hold her accountable, in the future, if she wanted to follow Yu Xiaogang or go out with others, they could use this same reason to refuse her.
"Very well."
Qian Xunji was silent for a moment, then finally nodded.
As the Pope of Spirit Hall, he had plenty of reasons and means at his disposal; he truly did not need to use his own Disciple as an excuse.
Unfortunately, following the beating from Yu Yuanzhen and the words of his own father, Qian Xunji discovered that there was suddenly very little room for him to maneuver in this matter.
Darker methods could not be used, and Yu Xiaogang had withstood both coercion and inducement.
Therefore, the only legitimate reason currently before Qian Xunji was this one.
Consequently, Qian Xunji directly broke his agreement with his Disciple, using the reason he had promised her he would not use to trouble Yu Xiaogang.
"Go stand aside. Right now, I am the Pope, not your teacher!"
Qian Xunji merely glanced at Bibi Dong and said.
Bibi Dong, who had been ordered away by Qian Xunji, clenched her fists, her eyes full of dissatisfaction with her teacher.
It was a pity that she was currently just an incapable Soul Elder, so in the end, she could only step aside.
Yu Xiaogang, below, saw the dissatisfaction in Bibi Dong's eyes and immediately began to consider whether he should turn Bibi Dong against him when he sought revenge on Qian Xunji in the future.
Although Yu Xiaogang had never experienced firsthand what a rebellious child could do, he knew many such stories.
It was time to backstab your Pope teacher.
Of course, these were things that would only happen in the future; for now, the problem of Qian Xunji still needed to be resolved.
"So, His Holiness the Pope is planning to lock me up directly?"
"Heh, you could also have your father take you away; I won't stop you. But as long as you still want to learn the knowledge of our Spirit Hall, you must abide by the rules here!"
Qian Xunji sat upright on the throne, adjusting his clothes with a relaxed expression.
"Fine, then I won't learn for now."
Yu Xiaogang shrugged and said.
"Hmm?"
Yu Xiaogang's answer exceeded Qian Xunji's expectations, causing the movement of his hands to pause.
He hadn't expected that Yu Xiaogang would actually choose the first option.
Yu Xiaogang's goal in coming to Spirit City was to learn this knowledge from Spirit Hall, yet now he said he wouldn't learn it.
What did this mean?
"Are you sure?"
"Of course. Otherwise, do you expect me not to Cultivate for five years?"
Yu Xiaogang said with a calm expression.
Five years—at this golden age for a Soul Master to Cultivate, even Yu Xiaogang didn't know to what level he could reach.
As for not being able to learn everything about the Light Attribute from Spirit Hall...
Yu Xiaogang smiled.
He had now obtained his fourth spirit ring, the Soul Skill Light-Dark Conversion, which had introduced the Dark Attribute to him.
On the way back to Spirit City, Yu Xiaogang had experimented and reached a conclusion:
His Light-Dark Conversion was not the type that switched during battle and automatically switched back when the battle ended.
This conversion Soul Skill of his consumed a certain amount of Soul Power to truly and thoroughly convert him into the Dark Attribute.
If Yu Xiaogang didn't actively convert back afterwards, he would never change back to the Light Attribute again.
In other words, if Yu Xiaogang wanted to, he could even abandon the study of the Light Attribute from now on and completely commit to studying the Dark Attribute.
In reality, although Yu Xiaogang hadn't done so yet, he knew that he would definitely take this step in the future.
Because Yu Xiaogang had thought of a very terrifying possibility.
With the Soul Skill Light-Dark Conversion, relying on this characteristic of thorough attribute conversion, when he added new Soul Rings for himself in the future, would he still be limited to only adding Soul Rings from Light Attribute Soul Beasts?
Or, could he also choose Soul Rings from Dark Attribute Soul Beasts?
This question was well worth pondering.
Because this would have a Heaven-Defying impact on Yu Xiaogang's future Soul Ring choices.
If it were truly as he envisioned, and he could choose to add Soul Rings from Dark Attribute Soul Beasts, that would mean his pool of Soul Ring choices would expand by an unknown magnitude.
More importantly, because the attributes were opposite, there were differences in characteristics between the Light Attribute and the Dark Attribute.
This difference was such that what the Light Attribute had, the Dark Attribute absolutely did not, and conversely, what the Dark Attribute had, the Light Attribute absolutely did not.
For example, many Light Attribute Soul Beasts possessed abilities like purification, healing, and amplification.
While Dark Attribute Soul Beasts possessed functions like cursing, erosion, and weakening.
If, at this moment, Yu Xiaogang obtained a Dark Attribute Soul Ring for himself, and its Soul Skill was a curse.
Then, upon converting to the Light Attribute, the same Soul Skill effect, with the attribute changed, would become a Light Attribute curse.
Good heavens, who puts the words "Light Attribute" and "curse" together?
Of course, such power naturally came with a price.
The Dark Attribute was a power completely opposite to the Light Attribute, and its characteristics were entirely different from the Light Attribute.
Therefore, once he switched to studying the Dark Attribute, everything he had learned in the past would no longer be applicable.
This was a very troublesome matter.
This meant that Yu Xiaogang would definitely have to spend a massive amount of time in the future learning and researching everything related to the Dark Attribute.
But right now, Yu Xiaogang had far too many things on his hands.
Research on Self-created Soul Skill, research on Soul Bone, Light of Spirit and Light of Matter, and even the final synthesis of the two.
If he added converting to the Dark Attribute, many of the things listed above would have to be done all over again.
Just thinking about it made Yu Xiaogang feel like he was going bald.
Besides this, daily Soul Power Cultivate and the honing of combat experience could not be neglected either.
To put it bluntly, Yu Xiaogang could already foresee his own future of working non-stop.
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