Chapter 12 The Souls of the Black Tower.
"There's no need for that. We came here to buy souls, so why wouldn't we pay?"
"Besides, even a more expensive ten-thousand-year soul is within our means. A mere thousand-year soul is nothing."
Yuan Bao'er was well aware of the Spirit Master's intention to curry favor, and she refused without hesitation.
Money is easy to repay, but favors are hard to repay.
A thousand-year soul might not mean much to an adult like Yuan Bao'er, but in a child's heart, it's easy to feel gratitude or indebtedness, making her easily swayed by the Spirit Tower's people later.
Yuan Bao'er always felt that her child's future should be decided by herself, not trapped in the vortex of powerful forces so early, unable to extricate herself. Therefore, to prevent the Black Tower's future from being bound, she couldn't afford to owe even the slightest favor!
"Alright, then please come with me, I'll take you to the location where the thousand-year soul is stored."
Since Yuan Bao'er refused, the Spirit Master had no choice but to follow the procedure and lead them to the location of the thousand-year soul. However, he had already uploaded the child's information, and he believed that the Spirit Pagoda would send someone over soon.
After that, it wouldn't be a concern for him, a mere Spirit Pagoda master.
The moment the door opened, a dazzling array of spirit orbs attracted everyone's attention. The two adults were fine, but the two children were completely captivated by the glittering objects, and even Mu Xi, who had been there before, couldn't resist.
"This is where hundred-year-old spirits are stored. Each one is a masterpiece; if sold on the market, it would fetch at least a million Federal Credits," the Spirit Pagoda master's voice came from the front, his tone full of pride, seemingly excited about joining the powerful Spirit Pagoda.
"However, because of this child's outstanding talent, a hundred-year-old spirit is somewhat unsuitable; only a thousand-year-old spirit is worthy."
"Hmph! Of course!"
Black Tower proudly raised its head again, drawing laughter from those around, including Mu Xi, though her eyes seemed to hold other emotions.
"We've arrived! This is the room where thousand-year-old soul spirits are stored, including some high-level ones. Please follow me!"
Inside the huge circular room, there was a ring-shaped corridor. Every meter along both sides of the corridor, there was a shimmering soul spirit sphere. In front of each sphere was a small soul guide screen displaying detailed information about the soul spirit.
Judging by the size of the space, there were at least a hundred thousand-year-old soul spirits stored here!
"Could you explain this child's martial soul characteristics? If convenient, I can recommend a suitable soul spirit for her."
"Of course, it's the mental attribute. Please tell us about it."
This didn't surprise anyone. The child's extraordinary mental power alone was enough to determine the attribute of her martial soul.
"Of course, since it's the mental attribute, how about this Purple Spirit Wolf?"
The group arrived at a soul guide screen, and the image of a soul beast immediately appeared. It was a small soul beast with dark purple fur and a wolf-like appearance.
"The spirit rings and spirits produced by the Purple Spirit Wolf are compatible with almost all spirit-attribute martial souls. It is said that the third spirit ring of the Spirit Eye Martial Soul wielded by Huo Yuhao, the Spirit Ice Douluo, ten thousand years ago, was a Purple Spirit Wolf."
As an excellent spirit master, he immediately recommended the best, and with the added prestige of being a Spirit Ice Douluo, almost no one would refuse.
"What do you think? I also think this spirit beast is very suitable."
Not only did the spirit master think so, but Yuan Bao'er also thought so. However, to her surprise, Hei Ta shook his head.
"Bao'er's mother, let's continue looking... I feel that there seems to be a spirit spirit here that attracts me, but it doesn't seem to be this one." Upon hearing this, the other three were stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting Hei Ta to say such a thing. However, since the child had said so, they definitely had to continue.
"Alright, let's continue."
"How about this mermaid? As a rare humanoid soul beast, her soul spirit is rare even in our Spirit Transfer Tower, and it's also a top-tier spiritual attribute soul spirit."
Looking at this special soul spirit with a human upper body and a fish lower body, Yuan Bao'er and Mu Xi's eyes lit up. Compared to the purple beast-like soul beast from before, the mermaid was clearly much prettier, and it suited a girl better.
After all, humans are visual creatures; if a creepy-looking eye like the Evil Eye were flying around a girl, it would be quite unsettling.
However, neither Black Tower nor Yao Lan, hidden within its body, were satisfied with this soul spirit, because its spiritual power was even weaker than the wolf from before!
Black Tower simply shook its head silently, then walked past Yuan Bao'er and the Spirit Transfer Master, heading forward alone.
"What's this?"
"Let's follow Black Tower first; there must be a reason she's doing this!"
The Spirit Transfer Master was somewhat at a loss, but Yuan Bao'er quickly stopped him.
So her name is Black Tower? The spirit medium noted down the name, then followed behind Black Tower with Yuan Bao'er.
As for Mu Xi, who was following at the back, she looked at the three ahead, then at those around her and behind her, feeling a little embarrassed.
It seemed she was completely useless here. She had originally planned to help her sister choose an excellent spirit, but her sister had gone out to choose one herself?
"That's true, Black Tower is a genius favored by Dad… it's normal that she's better than me." Mu Xi sighed helplessly, ultimately remaining silent and following behind the others.
Black Tower, walking at the front, stopped after about twenty steps, turning to look at the spirit orb beside her. Clearly, she had found the spirit that attracted her.
"Please introduce this spirit to us!"
Seeing Black Tower stop, Yuan Bao'er immediately understood her choice and spoke to the spirit medium beside her.
"Alright." The spirit medium sighed and went to the spirit guidance screen.
"This spirit is somewhat special because its race isn't of the spiritual attribute, but rather the earth attribute, named Black Velvet Lion..."
"Black Velvet Lion? But isn't it white? And why does it look so strange?" The spirit master was interrupted by Black Tower before he could finish, but he wasn't angry and continued his explanation.
"A normal Black Velvet Lion is naturally entirely black, but this is a mutated spirit, possibly containing a trace of dragon blood, which is why its appearance has changed, even becoming a spiritual attribute."
On the spirit guide screen, the figure of a spirit beast gradually appeared, with a lion's head and body, a dragon's tail, and a pure white body. Most importantly, it had a single, translucent horn on its head. It possessed an unusual beauty!
Almost no one present recognized this spirit beast, because spirit beasts, like martial spirits, can constantly mutate, and no one in the world could recognize all spirit beasts.
However, only one person recognized the spirit's special nature—Black Tower!
Because the moment she saw this spirit, she thought of a certain auspicious beast from mythology…
(End of this chapter)