"I understand, Teacher Yueguan." Qian Yuelong blinked and quietly opened her divine sense, simultaneously displaying the environment and terrain within a 20-meter radius in her mind.

Yue Guan, who sensed the fluctuations in spiritual power emanating from Qian Yuelong, let out a soft exclamation. Her eyes flickered, but she didn't point it out and began to talk to Qian Yuelong about other topics.

Do you have a direction for your first spirit ring selection?

Qian Yuelong thought for a moment and said, "A little. The development of plant-type martial souls is mostly related to poison, resilience, and the enhancement or immunity to elemental attributes. Before I obtain my first soul ring and confirm the attribute enhancement of my martial soul, I think it would be more suitable for me to have a poison attribute soul beast with some attack power."

Yue Guan listened attentively to every word, and only after Qian Yuelong finished speaking did he point out any errors in her explanation: "Your thinking is correct. But you forgot the most important point, which is the attribute inherent in your martial soul itself."

Qian Yuelong was taken aback, and Yue Guan continued, "The choice of the type of spirit beast spirit ring is precisely for the purpose of deeply exploring the potential abilities of the spirit. Although your spirit spirit, Floating World Golden Lotus, looks very similar to a thousand-petaled lotus, you should also understand that your spirit spirit is not an ordinary lotus-type spirit spirit. You said that you want your first spirit ring to be a spirit beast with poison, but I don't think so."

Qian Yuelong asked in bewilderment, "Why, Teacher Yueguan?"

Yue Guan's gaze fell on the oblivious Qian Yuelong, and he said, "When the martial soul awakened the day before yesterday, it burst with a layer of golden light. Under the golden light, everyone in the hall experienced some effects. For example, after I was exposed to the golden light, the hidden injuries I sustained during my battle with another old rival were healed in just two or three seconds, and the remaining toxins were also completely eliminated."

At this point, Yue Guan paused, and under Qian Yuelong's twitching eyelids, Yue Guan said meaningfully, "I think your martial soul is generally more of a support role, but its advantage should be related to healing. So I don't recommend that you choose a soul beast with poison for your first soul ring. You can choose some plant-type soul beasts with strong self-healing abilities instead."

Qian Yuelong: "......"

The word "treatment" struck her like a thunderbolt.

Qian Yuelong, who not only cultivated the Path of Ruthlessness in her previous life but was also an umbrella cultivator, fell silent.

Treatment... isn't that just being a wet nurse...?

Although she doesn't use a sword, but rather an umbrella, the umbrella is still very powerful!

What, you used an umbrella to shoot so many times in your past life, so in this life you're completely unrelated to combat and have become a support/healer?

After a few seconds of silence, Qian Yuelong said with difficulty, "How about... we choose a plant-based soul beast that combines both? Even if it's not a poisonous soul beast, I think one with other elemental attributes would be acceptable."

She felt she could still struggle a little longer.

Seeing Qian Yuelong's stubbornness, Yue Guan chuckled and agreed: "Sure. There are also plant-type soul beasts that possess both of these characteristics, and there's a special kind of plant-type soul beast that has elemental attack power that counters plant attributes, as well as tenacious vitality. The harsher the environment, the more flowers it can bloom. It lives in water and is quite similar to your martial soul; both are lotus traitors. You can try to guess what kind of plant-type soul beast it is."

The elemental attribute that is incompatible with the attributes of plants is fire.

The first things that come to mind when you think of tenacious vitality are vine-type soul beasts and fire-attribute plant soul beasts like the Flame Tree.

But...living in the water...the lotus traitor...

Qian Yuelong searched through the knowledge of plant-type soul beasts stored in her memory palace, and finally locked onto one type of plant soul beast, tentatively asking, "Teacher Yueguan, are you talking about the Azure Flame Lotus?"

"Yes, that's it."

The Azure Flame Lotus is a plant-type soul beast that looks very similar to a lotus flower, but its petals are formed like phosphorescent fire, and are petal-shaped azure flames. Only the lotus platform in the middle is a proper plant lotus platform, and it also emits a faint fragrance. It is a well-known lotus traitor among lotus-type plant-type soul beasts. It usually grows by shallow pools with relatively murky water and has peculiar tastes.

With his spiritual power spread out, Yue Guan, whose detection range was dozens or even hundreds of times greater than Qian Yuelong's, led Qian Yuelong precisely toward a pool of water. It seemed as if he had taken a step, but he had already moved five or six meters away.

"Keep up, the air here is quite humid, there should be a pond."

Qian Yuelong, who thought it wouldn't take much effort: ￣▽￣

She lightly touched the ground with her foot and caught up with Yue Guan's steps.

The two, one big and one small, moved quickly through the outer forest.

They originally came to this perilous Soul Beast Forest because they were extremely cautious.

Who is Ke Yueguan?

A level 93 titled Douluo.

The outer perimeter of the forest is inhabited by thousands or even tens of thousands of years old soul beasts. These soul beasts are no match for a titled Douluo, and even a Soul Douluo could easily handle them.

Protecting Qian Yuelong is a piece of cake, especially since Yue Guan has already traversed the route Qian Yuelong is on, so Qian Yuelong only needs to follow behind.

A dozen minutes later, the two found a mountain stream.

On the moss-covered rocks, cold water trickles down the surface and gathers in a sunken pit to form a small pool.

Unfortunately, the water here is crystal clear, and although you can see tiny aquatic creatures like dandelions floating in the pool, it does not meet the growing conditions of the Azure Flame Lotus.

"Next, let's go check out the next place."

Yue Guan showed no disappointment and turned to leave without hesitation.

Knowing she wasn't a lucky player, Qian Yuelong didn't expect to be lucky on her first try. She tried her best to keep up with Yue Guan's pace and then tried her luck again.

However, even after visiting more than a dozen places, including small pools with murky water, they still couldn't find any trace of the Azure Flame Lotus that met the limits of the first soul ring.

Four days passed in the blink of an eye. On the fifth day, at sunset, Qian Yuelong and her companions, with their sharp eyes, spotted a green vine growing in a crevice between the rocks. Following the trail, they finally found a blue flame lotus that swayed in the murky pool water like a firework in the water.

Qian Yuelong watched as the clever Azure Flame Lotus darted into the murky pool without ever surfacing, and sighed inwardly at its cunning.

However, an even bigger problem has emerged.

This Azure Flame Lotus is a thousand-year-old plant.

It can't even be used as a second soul ring candidate; it can only be used as a third soul ring.

Yue Guan looked at the Azure Flame Lotus, which was about 1,300 years old, and clicked his tongue. He frowned and said, "What a pity, this Azure Flame Lotus is still lacking in cultivation. Otherwise, we could have dug it up as a candidate for your third soul ring."

A Soul Master's third Soul Ring can withstand a lifespan of around 1700 years, but this Azure Flame Lotus is only a little over 1300 years old, stuck in this limbo, which makes Yue Guan, who always pursues perfection and the limits, extremely disdainful. Digging it up is useless.

Qian Yuelong, who had been covered in dust and dirt in the Soul Beast Forest for several days, raised her head and said softly, "Teacher Yueguan, why don't we choose this Azure Flame Lotus? My intuition tells me that I can absorb it even if I'm above my level."

She really didn't want to be bitten by the mutated poisonous mosquitoes in the forest.

Honestly, it's one thing for this world to have mosquitoes in winter, but the kind of mosquitoes that could penetrate her thick skin and bite her head full of welts was the most vicious mosquitoes she had ever seen in both her lives!

—A side note—

See you tomorrow, muah~