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Though Huo Yuer possessed a Body Spirit, she had never experienced the feeling of being brimming with strength until today. Finally, Huo Yuer understood what it meant to have her entire body filled with power.
"Pant, pant, haha, Master! I've reached Level 20, and I feel like I could take down a tiger right now!" Huo Yuer exclaimed excitedly as she flexed her fists and legs.
In response, Ye Wen simply rolled his eyes and said, "Don't get ahead of yourself. If you really dare to go pick a fight with a tiger in your current state, you'd just end up as its next meal."
Whether ordinary animals or soul beasts, tigers were among the top predators of the food chain. If Huo Yu'er went up against one, she'd likely be devoured in two or three bites after a clumsy slide.
Realizing she had gotten a bit carried away, Huo Yu'er sheepishly scratched her head.
At this moment, Ye Wen repeated the earlier process, creating another artificial spirit ring and handing it to Huo Yu'er, along with the same instructions.
Huo Yu'er accepted it solemnly and began refining it.
Ye Wen observed thoughtfully for a while before deciding to intervene directly.
In the original timeline, Huo Yuhao's second spirit ring came from a 3,000-year-old Ice Silkworm, granting him the spirit skill "Simulation."
The effect was somewhat similar to Ye Wen's own Mimicry ability, but it could only replicate surface appearances, not intrinsic properties—a flashy but impractical skill.
Moreover, without the assistance of Tian Meng Ice Silkworm, this skill was nothing more than an empty shell.
Though this spirit skill was excellent for playing possum and had greatly aided Huo Yuhao in the original story, Ye Wen found it insufficient.
Huo Yu'er wasn't Huo Yuhao. She didn't need to hide herself; she only needed to grow stronger and become the true chosen child of the plane.
When Ye Wen examined Huo Yu'er's skill tree, it differed from Jiang Nannan's. Despite having only one spirit ring, Huo Yuer already had four platinum-white spirit skill branches.
Ye Wen knew these were the four spirit skills provided by Tian Meng Ice Silkworm.
There was no need to dwell on them. Ye Wen skipped past them and focused on the innate spirit skills that could be activated by the Spiritual Pupil.
Spirit Lock-On, Peeping, Omnivision, Charm, Spiritual Illusion...
?!
Ye Wen felt that some strange skills had slipped in, but he quickly dismissed them from his mind.
From the very beginning, Huo Yu'er's spirit wasn't just a simple Spiritual Pupil—it was a combination of the eye and brain, possessing one of the most elite levels of insight and spiritual power among Body Spirits.
After all, according to the principles of the Body Sect, the rarer the body part, the more powerful the Body Spirit. In the original timeline, there was also a girl with a Brain Spirit, who theoretically should have been even more promising than Huo Yu'er. After all, a person could survive without eyes, but losing the brain meant certain death.
Due to Tian Meng Ice Silkworm, Huo Yuer already had no shortage of mental attack skills, including a direct crowd-control skill like Spiritual Interference Field and a map-like ability called Spiritual Detection.
With just her first spirit ring, Huo Yu'er had essentially acquired all the necessary abilities for a spirit-type soul master. Therefore, Ye Wen decided to give her a new direction to enhance her capabilities.
After searching for quite some time, Ye Wen finally found an ideal spirit skill.
"Holy Eye," Ye Wen murmured.
To the average person, the name might suggest a skill for observation. But Ye Wen knew that Huo Yu'er already had Spiritual Detection, so he wouldn't settle for such redundant junk.
The effects of early-stage spirit rings for soul masters were often lackluster. Only those with shallow inheritance and impoverished backgrounds would blindly chase after attack or speed.
A shrewd soul master would choose spirit rings that aided their cultivation in the early stages.
The primary effect of the Holy Eye was to forcibly place the soul master in a sage-like state when activated, eliminating all negative and chaotic emotions.
In the original timeline, Huo Yuhao's ability to absorb a 3,000-year-old Ice Silkworm for his second spirit ring wasn't due to extraordinary talent but rather because of the soul bone gifted to him by Ice Empress, which enhanced his constitution.
Though Huo Yu'er had been strengthened by the essence of two immortal herbs, her foundation was still weak. Her second spirit ring barely showed traces of purple and hadn't truly broken into the thousand-year level.
But that was enough.
Ultimately, the Holy Eye enhanced a soul master's combat wisdom and intuition during battle, allowing them to focus better during cultivation without distraction. It also passively increased the efficiency of spiritual power cultivation by 30%.
For a spirit-type soul master like Huo Yu'er, this spirit skill was undoubtedly the best. Even if she reached the rank of Titled Douluo in the future, it would still prove highly useful.
Ye Wen felt no regret about Huo Yu'er's second spirit ring not reaching the thousand-year level. To him, a god, the concept of spirit ring years was something he could manipulate at will.
Moreover, a restless young mind needed some settling.
Besides, Huo Yu'er currently lacked the Simulation skill, and Ye Wen didn't want to impose any deceptive tricks on her. If Tang San, the cunning strategist, detected anything unusual, it could lead to trouble.
Her current state was perfectly fine.
After completing the refinement, Huo Yu'er excitedly shared her new spirit skill with Ye Wen. Ye Wen nodded kindly. Being around a pure-hearted girl made him feel unusually relaxed.
Finally, Ye Wen carefully observed both Huo Yu'er and Jiang Nannan again.
Though they were low-level soul masters, even with the aid of immortal herbs, they hadn't fully refined them. Ye Wen decided to help them refine the remaining medicinal potency in their bodies to prevent any clues from being discovered.
In the end, Ye Wen unified their story: he, as their master, had sought out rare treasures to strengthen their foundations. They could mention the type of immortal herb but absolutely not its age.
Since 100,000-year immortal herbs were exclusive to the Yin-Yang Dual Eyes of Ice and Fire, and Shrek City was Tang San's stronghold, leaking this information would be akin to exposing himself directly to Tang San, inviting covert schemes.
Huo Yu'er followed Ye Wen's instructions completely, while Jiang Nannan, having experienced the harshness of society, clearly understood the significance of 100,000-year immortal herbs in the current Douluo Continent.
Such a great master and support—Jiang Nannan had no intention of returning to her previous plight due to a careless slip of the tongue.
As a precaution, Ye Wen left protective measures deep within the souls of both girls. After all, Tang San, who mastered soul techniques, was capable of anything in pursuit of his ambitions.
Consider this a safeguard.
After finishing everything, Ye Wen first sent Jiang Nannan back to Shrek City, instructing her to focus on cultivation for the next few days. As for the shop, they could put it on hold—the sect wasn't short on money.
As for the sect's name...
Ye Wen ultimately decided to call it the Tian Xing Sect. Naming it an academy would imply large-scale recruitment, which didn't align with his reclusive persona.
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