Battle Through the Heavens: Xiao Yan, who was kidnapped to another world

Chapter 24 Soul Ring Storage Device

The sphere is not perfectly round; the numerous facets on its surface prove that it is a product of artificial carving. Countless complex patterns are also found on the facets of the sphere.

"Have you ever seen a soul tool like this before?" Ning Rongrong carefully examined the blood-red sphere in Xiao Yan's hand.

"No."

Peeling away the deep red outer shell, Xiao Yan's spiritual power was finally able to penetrate into the soul tool's core.

The soul tool of this sphere should be made of a special crystal. Xiao Yan is not familiar with the properties of this crystal. He initially speculates that any mineral that can withstand a large amount of energy can be used as a substitute.

Then there's the surface texture. Simply replicating it isn't a big problem, but it's unclear whether the texture is specifically designed according to the properties of this crystal. If it is, a rigid replication without understanding its actual meaning is just a waste of time. However, it's not easy to be sure before trying, so Xiao Yan honestly memorized the number of facets of the sphere and the texture on each facet.

Finally, there's the energy inside the sphere... This fluctuation is familiar; if I'm not mistaken, it's a spirit ring. However, the frequency of the fluctuation is very low. It seems that it's stored by slowing down the energy fluctuation frequency of the spirit ring.

Crystals, energy...

In a sense, it really is a demon core, Xiao Yan remarked.

"Rock owl?"

'Teacher, can this be used as a magic core?'

Xiao Yan knew that most pills required the addition of a demon core during refining, but he was unclear about the function of the demon core, the reason for adding it, and whether anything could replace it. He didn't plan to worry about such things until he became a ninth-grade alchemist.

"Hey, Rock Owl!"

"I can't be sure until I actually try it..." The old apothecary's voice was full of hesitation. "Come to think of it, in the past two years, it seems we haven't tried directly using spirit rings as magic cores for refining, have we?"

Unable to refine medicine, Xiao Yan and Yao Lao conducted countless experiments over two years. However, upon closer examination, they all revolved around the magic core. They even considered whether absorbing a soul ring with minerals could serve as a magic core, but after failing, they abandoned the idea.

However, the only thing I haven't tried is adding the soul ring directly to the alchemy furnace, because there's no way to guide it.

'Before heading to Blazing Fire Academy, take a detour and try finding a soul beast in the Soul Hunting Forest or Star Dou Great Forest... just start a fire under its soul ring!'

"Rock Owl!"

Ning Rongrong was furious. She really couldn't understand why Xiao Yan could suddenly stand there in a daze. She called him several times, but it didn't work!

Was her question really that unreasonable? It was just a simple question: "You've never seen this soul tool before, so why did you dare to crush the outer shell with your bare hands? What if you broke it?" Was there anything insulting or provocative about it?

Finally, after calling out five or six times without waking Xiao Yan, Ning Rongrong's anger flared up, and she raised her hand, ready to strike Xiao Yan on the head.

Unsurprisingly, Ning Rongrong's 'attack' missed. In fact, she stumbled and almost fell face-first because she used too much force.

"What are you doing?!" Having regained her balance, Ning Rongrong immediately spoke first, "I almost fell over!"

"Falling down is normal, isn't it? Do you expect me to stand still and let you hit me?" Xiao Yan rolled his eyes.

"If you keep making noise, I won't tell you what this thing is."

Ning Rongrong, who had just been rebuffed by Xiao Yan, was about to retaliate when she heard Xiao Yan's second sentence.

"He even said he'd never seen this soul tool before..." Ning Rong muttered under his breath, no longer daring to speak loudly. "He clearly knows what it is... What a liar."

"I just did a quick test, and if nothing unexpected happens, this thing should be a spirit ring storage device," Xiao Yan said calmly, ignoring Ning Rongrong's words.

"Spirit rings... Impossible! Spirit rings can only be attracted by martial spirits, that's basic common sense!"

Upon hearing the words "Soul Ring Storage Device," Ning Rongrong's expression froze for a moment, as if she were shocked. However, the knowledge she had acquired immediately refuted the term.

“The most basic common sense…” Xiao Yan looked at Ning Rongrong with a strange expression, “Are you sure?”

Leaving aside Xiao Yan's own 'Soul Weapon - Xuanzhong Ruler', let's just talk about Lin Dong's Ancient Vortex Talisman, or the 'Natal Talisman' of Lin Dong's family. Although they call it a Martial Soul, something that is crafted later in life is definitely not the same as a Martial Soul that is innate!

But if these acquired crafting tools can absorb soul rings, what's the big problem with having a soul tool that can store soul rings?

"if not?!"

Ning Rongrong's answer was impressive and impressive, and she was clearly very confident in her response.

'Oh, no, perhaps this young lady's backer is just a small family, or perhaps she's not valued and that's why no one knows.'

Xiao Yan was taken aback for a moment, then realized that it was perhaps understandable that this young lady didn't know.

"Why don't we try it and see?" With that, Xiao Yan closed the hand that was holding the sphere.

"Wait, what are you doing?" Seeing Xiao Yan clench his fist again, Ning Rongrong quickly interrupted his next move.

"Hmm? Release the spirit rings inside."

"No, I'm asking you, why are you clenching your fist again? You're not planning to crush this thing in there with brute force again, are you?!"

"if not?"

Xiao Yan's matter-of-fact answer left Ning Rongrong feeling a bit overwhelmed.

"Do you even know what a soul tool is?! It's operated with soul power, operated with soul power, operated with soul power! Do I really need to remind you of this?!"

"Is there any possibility," Xiao Yan looked at Ning Rongrong as if she were an idiot, "that if soul power were effective, I wouldn't have used this method?"

"Soul power is ineffective? How is that possible!" At this moment, Ning Rongrong exclaimed in disbelief, like a peasant woman who had never seen the world before.

"Why don't you give it a try?" Xiao Yan stretched out his hand in front of Ning Rongrong, gesturing for her to take it and try it.

"Let's give it a try..."

Unconvinced, Ning Rongrong picked up the sphere and began trying to activate the soul tool with her soul power.

'Not only soul power, but mental power is useless too.'

Seeing Ning Rongrong's flushed face, Xiao Yan chuckled to himself, 'She's probably a test subject. She found a suitable mineral and improvised, the absorption process was successful, but because she didn't expect it to be successful, she didn't create a release button or release conditions from the beginning.'

"So? Do you want to continue?"

A few minutes later, when Ning Rongrong was covered in sweat, Xiao Yan asked with a smile.

"No, you come, you come."

After a few minutes of trying, Ning Rongrong realized that this thing probably wasn't actually controlled by soul power, so she could only laugh awkwardly and hand the blood-red sphere back to Xiao Yan.

"Oh."

Xiao Yan smiled dismissively, then grasped the sphere and took a deep breath.

Chapter 25 A 100,000-Year Soul Ring!

If crushing the deep red shell earlier felt like crushing a seashell...

The feeling of crushing that blood-red body was like crushing an egg to Xiao Yan.

It's still a raw egg.

"Crack!"

The entire crystal was much more fragile than Xiao Yan had imagined. Moreover, when the solid crystal made a cracking sound, the energy inside began to leak out. The sticky texture made Xiao Yan shudder and he immediately let go of the crystal.

The moment Xiao Yan let go, the crystal began to fall freely, and as it fell, concentric red ripples gradually spread outwards.

When the diameter of the red ripples reached approximately five meters, it finally stopped spreading.

In contrast, a bright red spirit ring slowly floated out from inside the crystal.

"A red, red spirit ring?!"

Ning Rongrong screamed in alarm.

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"A 100,000-year-old soul ring..."

One of the two Soul Emperors following far behind Xiao Yan and Ning Rongrong swallowed hard, his voice hoarse, his body trembling uncontrollably.

"I can see, I'm not blind..."

The other person wasn't in much better shape. The two of them were nearly two hundred meters away from Xiao Yan and Ning Rongrong. If they were in the same situation as the other two, they might not even be able to stand up right now.

"This must be told to the sect leader," the first man said, forcing himself to remain calm. "You're faster than me, you should go back immediately—"

"Ha, now you're willing to admit I'm faster than you? Too late!" The second man pressed his leg tightly, trying desperately to control it and stop it from trembling. "My legs can't even move right now, and you still want me to run errands? No way!"

"Tsk...Speaking of which, the young lady didn't fall? Could it be that she didn't realize what was happening?" After clicking his tongue slightly, the first person suddenly noticed that Ning Rongrong was still standing there in the distance, without falling.

"It can't be that bad..." the second person hesitated.

"Who knows..."

A dozen seconds passed, and the savage aura of the 100,000-year-old spirit ring, which resembled that of an ancient demon god, gradually faded from their effect on the two of them. They simply stared at the blood-red spirit ring from afar, without daring to get any closer.

As for absorption...

Everyone knows that only the person who kills a spirit beast can absorb its spirit ring.

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Xiao Yan reacted very quickly, protecting Ning Rongrong with his mental power almost the instant the red spirit ring appeared, but he was still a little too late...

Just a tiny bit, about the size of a sesame seed.

It was precisely because of this tiny, sesame-seed-sized spot that Ning Rongrong was directly impacted by the 100,000-year-old soul ring.

This is a spirit ring that has existed for at least a hundred years—based on the wear marks on the surface of the crystal, Xiao Yan could give such a definite answer.

However, even though this spirit ring has existed for over a hundred years, what the two of them saw was a real 100,000-year spirit ring (although it had suffered some damage due to the long period of 'storage').

Therefore, when Ning Rongrong, whose soul power level was twenty-six, sensed that trace of aura—that unobstructed, savage aura—she felt utterly ashamed…

It was missed.

"...You should have brought a change of clothes, right?" Xiao Yan maintained his posture, trying not to move, and didn't pay attention to the slight dampness in the air.

“Yes…” Ning Rongrong clutched the hem of her clothes, her voice very soft.

"..." Xiao Yan opened his mouth, then silently closed it again. "Um, I have something to take care of in the back. It will take about ten minutes."

"OK……"

That trembling voice was truly endearing!

Xiao Yan silently turned around, trying his best not to notice Ning Rongrong, who was wearing a pale yellow dress beside him.

"It might take longer than ten minutes... Please be careful."

After leaving those words, Xiao Yan silently walked away step by step.

How should I put it...