Douluo Continent: Peerless Angel Qian Renxue.

Chapter 27 Snow Empress's First Soul Skill

"By the way, why aren't you condensing your first spirit ring?" Qian Renxue asked, loosening her fist.

"Because you didn't let me condense it," Xue Di said casually. "We're on the run, and I'm right beside you. Don't waste our escape time."

"..." Qian Renxue patted her head. After a soul beast transforms, does its intelligence drop to the point where it centers its attention on the person next to it?

"You don't need to do that. You've taken human form, which means you're an independent person, not someone's appendage. Don't say things like 'I didn't ask you to do this or that.' We're currently... partners, friends. Yes, you need to have your own thoughts and not be swayed by others."

Qian Renxue hadn't read the script of this era and didn't know that her reappearance had created a point where the gears of fate couldn't mesh. If it weren't for her, the Snow Empress would have ultimately been turned into something called a Soul Spirit, becoming a complete vassal of some Soul Master. Although it was a last resort at the time, it certainly wasn't the best choice for the Snow Empress herself.

Who would willingly remain a confined soul, without yearning for freedom?

"Oh, I see." Xue Di nodded. "So, are we friends?"

"We escaped from the Star Luo Empire's capital together, after all, how can we not count?"

"When I was still a soul beast, I only believed in strength and cultivation. Soul beasts without strength would be abandoned. When I first entered the human world, you were the only person I knew, and you swore you wouldn't harm me... so for now, I can only trust you. I can't hold you back; I have to be a useful person. Useless people will be discarded."

Qian Renxue's lips twitched. Compared to humans, this Snow Empress was practically a newborn child, curious and fearful of the human world. Therefore, she could only trust the one who had rescued her. Perhaps it was what she had told her earlier, "You are no longer the emperor of soul beasts, but merely my prisoner," that frightened her?

"Didn't you say you have a friend in the far north? There shouldn't be only one reason for your relationship, right? Logically speaking, since you were once the emperor of the far north, no one should be able to surpass your cultivation level. Wouldn't that mean your friend would also hold you back? And you wouldn't abandon her, would you?"

"I once saved Bing'er's life, so she listens to everything I say, just like you saved mine." Xue Di said.

It seems this person's values ​​can't be changed anytime soon, after all, they've been adhering to beliefs for hundreds of thousands of years. Let's just leave her be for now and see if we can gradually change her mind later.

"How long will it take you to condense your first spirit ring?" Qian Renxue changed the subject.

"It should be soon," Xue Di said after thinking for a moment. "However, I haven't actually decided exactly how many years of spirit rings I should need."

"Try your limits," Qian Renxue said. "Although we can see the roof of the Duke's mansion from here, it's still quite far away. You can focus your energy now so you can travel faster later."

"Alright, then you'll protect me." Xue Di nodded, then suddenly said, "Oh right, when I'm condensing my soul rings, don't sneak off to that duke's mansion to die."

Seeing Qian Renxue nod, Xue Di sat down with peace of mind, and then released an extremely cold energy fluctuation. Miraculously, the energy changed from an invisible fluctuation into a tangible and substantial form, taking on a pure white color, and finally transformed into the shape of a soul ring, appearing in front of Xue Di.

The color of the spirit ring began to change from the pure white of a ten-year spirit ring, and in almost the blink of an eye, it turned into the yellow of a hundred-year spirit ring. Qian Renxue sensed the energy fluctuations of the yellow spirit ring and could feel that it was about four hundred years old.

Then the yellow spirit ring changed color again, from light yellow to dark yellow. According to Qian Renxue's perception, it should have reached a lifespan of nearly nine hundred years.

Fortunately, Xue Di hadn't read anything about the "Top Ten Competencies of Martial Soul Core," otherwise, another genius would probably have been buried. I also told her to try her best to push her limits.

What age limit will Xue Di's first soul ring have? Qian Renxue pondered for a moment. Since this person had nearly 700,000 years of cultivation in her previous life, and she had also consumed a celestial herb, her physical condition should not be too bad.

The spirit ring's color deepened, eventually turning purple. Qian Renxue felt a sense of déjà vu; she seemed to have had a similar experience when receiving a divinely bestowed spirit ring before. However, hers was formed from a magical energy called "Immortal Spiritual Energy," obtained from the divine realm during her divine trial, and the reward for the increased spirit ring age also came from this magical energy. She didn't know the source of this energy, but she was certain that it couldn't have been found on the Douluo Continent ten thousand years ago.

At this moment, Xue Di condensed her first soul ring. Although the process was similar, the energy used was completely different. Xue Di relied on her cultivation level before her transformation and the energy she stored in her snow pill.

"Hoo—" Xue Di opened her eyes, her blue eyes blinking.

"Successfully? How many years did it take?" Qian Renxue asked with great interest.

"Around 1,500 years," Xue Di said after a moment's hesitation. "I've seen some human soul masters, and their first soul rings are almost all yellow, 100-year soul rings."

"You're different. You're the emperor of the far north. Even if you've been reborn as a human, you'll still be a Soul Master with exceptional talent, won't you?" Qian Renxue said.

Xue Di realized that Qian Renxue was teasing her, but she wasn't angry. Instead, she said to herself, "Speaking of which, I've learned something from you."

"What?" Qian Renxue asked curiously.

"I want to become a cunning villain like you!" Xue Di said confidently.

"What the hell?" Qian Renxue thought to herself, could it really be that one is influenced by one's surroundings?

However, it's not necessarily a bad thing for this guy to learn a few tricks.

"My first soul skill comes from a soul beast I once ate, called the Ice Silkworm, which is a soul beast with both spiritual and ice attributes," Xue Di explained. "This kind of soul beast is very common in the far north! I heard that there was an Ice Silkworm that kept evolving by constantly consuming Xuanbing Marrow, and it seems to have reached a very high level of cultivation. My friend once chased after it, but it escaped."

"Because ice silkworms are basically at the bottom of the food chain in the far north, belonging to the food category, I've absorbed quite a few of them. I also know some of their abilities," Xue Di continued. "One of them is a talent ability that seems useless but is actually very useful, and that is simulation and disguise."

"Oh? This isn't some useless ability; it's practically a divine skill." Qian Renxue nodded.

"That's right, I learned this from you, so my first soul skill is simulation. This skill is essentially a mental attribute skill, but because I absorbed too many ice silkworms... my mental strength is not weak to begin with, and I had already mastered some skills and abilities in this area before. Now I'm just replicating it," said Xue Di. "In this way, I can also change my aura and soul ring color through this simulation."

Regarding the Snow Empress's soul skills, she will definitely possess her three ultimate techniques, but they won't appear as her first soul skill. The first soul skill will be a more practical one. Furthermore, soul skills acquired after transforming from a soul beast will be significantly more powerful than their original forms, meaning the Snow Empress's three ultimate techniques will be even more terrifying in her hands. It's expected that the three ultimate techniques will begin to unlock from the second soul skill onwards, with subsequent soul skills serving as supplements to the Snow Empress's other abilities.

The author has read about a character named Lan Mengqin in later works. Her martial soul is the Ice and Snow Maiden, but the author does not intend to directly borrow her soul skills... because the Snow Empress was able to do some of her soul skills by controlling ice and snow elements, and the others seem to be copied from the Snow Empress's abilities.

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