Chapter 138: Martial Soul Issues, Recruiting Sky Water Academy
Shui Miaomiao pondered for a moment. She had heard of this Holy Son. He possessed innate full soul power; his Martial Soul was the Nine-tailed Sky Fox, capable of controlling all elements in nature. Due to being a fox-type Martial Soul, he also possessed very strong spiritual talent.
This Martial Soul could be said to be all-around, without any shortcomings.
No, it should be said that this Martial Soul had no shortcomings in Hu Bai's hands.
If it were anyone else, being able to control so many elements and possessing spiritual talent would inevitably mean being proficient in everything but excelling in nothing. But this person was not like that.
And this time, bringing Shui Binger out to hunt Soul Beasts, she was actually quite conflicted about what type to get.
Shui Binger's Ice Phoenix Martial Soul was a variation; her Martial Soul was an Ice Bird, but Shui Binger's Martial Soul had reverted to an ancient form, mutating into an Ice Phoenix.
Her innate soul power had reached an astonishing level nine.
But with good came bad; the Ice Phoenix's extreme cold power was too strong for Shui Binger.
On the day her Martial Soul awakened, the intense ice attribute burst forth and froze the surrounding hundred meters, which was extremely terrifying for a Soul Master who had just awakened her Martial Soul.
Of course, that was a momentary burst during the Martial Soul awakening; if you asked Shui Binger to freeze a hundred meters now, she couldn't do it.
That situation was out of her control; she couldn't master it.
And to help Shui Binger control this power, their Academy decided to have her absorb her first soul ring in the control direction.
Control-type soul skills are much easier to master than offensive-type ones. This situation is actually somewhat similar to Dugu Yan.
Dugu Bo was also afraid she wouldn't be able to control the jade phosphorus serpent venom within her, so he chose the control route, which greatly suppressed the inherent characteristics of her Martial Soul.
Shui Miaomiao thought, since Hu Bai's Martial Soul could suppress Shui Binger's ice power, does that mean Hu Bai can alleviate or even completely cure her condition?
Even if he has no solution, Spirit Hall—being the organization that understands Soul Beasts the most on the continent—must have one.
However, Sky Water Academy is ultimately an academy within the Heaven Dou Empire. Although they haven't explicitly joined the empire, they fall under its jurisdiction.
After all, to establish an academy, one must have the proper certified seals; otherwise, it would be a 'three-no' academy and unable to participate in the All-Continent Elite Tournament.
Those qualified to grant this certification are the two great empires and their affiliated duchies, as well as the various sects and Spirit Hall.
After a moment of thought, Shui Miaomiao, with a nervous heart, slowly approached Hu Bai's table and softly asked, "Excuse me, are you the Chrysanthemum-Ghost Douluo and His Highness the Holy Son of Spirit Hall?"
Hu Bai and the others, who were focused on eating, noticed someone approaching and looked up. What met their eyes was the beautiful woman who had been beside Shui Binger earlier.
"Yes, is there something you need?" Hu Bai swallowed his food, wiped the corners of his mouth with a napkin, and replied.
"It's like this: I am Shui Miaomiao, the dean of Sky Water Academy, and that is my daughter, Shui Binger. Her Martial Soul is the Ice Phoenix, but she has some difficulty controlling her power. We are very troubled by this situation. I wonder if the elders and His Highness the Holy Son have a solution? I can pay for it."
As Shui Miaomiao spoke, a hint of difficulty—or rather embarrassment—appeared on her face, making such an unusual request upon their first meeting.
But given her status and position, it was very difficult for her to get in touch with high-ranking individuals like Hu Bai. Now, she could only take a gamble.
Ice Phoenix?
Yue Guan and Gui Mei exchanged glances and communicated telepathically: "I didn't expect Sky Water Academy to produce such a genius girl this time. Her talent is already not inferior to Xie Yue and Na Na. What a pity she's not from our Spirit Hall."
Gui Mei also nodded slightly. He said: "Actually, she could also be a person of our Spirit Hall. Now that the other party is asking for our help, and our Spirit Hall has already established a nation, it might be possible to incorporate Sky Water Academy and Tianshui City into the Spirit Empire."
Sky Water Academy is one of the most prominent advanced academies in the Heaven Dou Empire, and because it is also one of the strongest among the Five Element Academies, it is relatively well-known throughout the continent.
Tianshui City, where Sky Water Academy is located, is also relatively strong among the towns in the empire; its city lord is a powerful Soul Douluo.
Yue Guan and Gui Mei considered this. The city lord seemed to be the husband of the dean of Sky Water Academy—wait, isn't that the person in front of them?
As the city lord, he was also enfeoffed by the Heaven Dou royal family, seemingly holding the title of earl. This city was actually within his domain.
Hu Bai and Yue Guan exchanged glances. Yue Guan immediately understood Hu Bai's thoughts and said, "Dean of Sky Water Academy, I presume you may not yet know that not long ago, our Spirit Hall announced the establishment of the Spirit Empire at the Holy Son's inauguration ceremony."
"Regarding your daughter's Martial Soul problem, His Highness the Holy Son certainly has a solution. However, we also have a condition: we hope you can bring Sky Water Academy—and even Tianshui City—into our Spirit Empire."
Spirit Empire?!
Shui Miaomiao's expression changed. She never expected Spirit Hall to reveal such ambitions so quickly.
She originally thought that, since the previous Supreme Pontiff had only died a few years ago, Spirit Hall would still be in a gradual planning process. Why had they suddenly taken such a large step? Are they not afraid of attacks from the two great empires?
Moreover, by doing this, isn't Spirit Hall worried that ill-intentioned individuals might target Hu Bai, the Holy Son?
But then she realized her thoughts might be a bit naive. She didn't even consider who the three people around Hu Bai were—three titled Douluo!
She didn't know Ling Yuan, but she knew Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, and these two were already famous on the continent before.
They were known not for their strength alone but for their martial soul fusion skill!
An extremely special spatial confinement-type domain soul skill!
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