– First spirit ring –
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{A/N: I hadn't realized this before, and it wasn't until this chapter that I realized that I wasn't using the system's main ability; Replication! and since that happened, I'll try to use it as little as possible, so I hope you don't mind it too much.} – { This is a fanfic at the moment, so there's no planning or solid plot structure; just like now, I can make other mistakes over time. I hope you guys don't take this too seriously, and just read for fun or to pass the time.} Arigato!
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Long Yun closed his eyes, and calmly analyzed the signs to absorb his first spirit ring.
His hands moved repeatedly, weaving seals quickly, emitting a thread of soul force towards the yellow spirit ring. A 'Pu' sound came from the spirit ring as it began to approach, as if guided by an invisible current.
Desperate roars were coming out of the Green Flame Python's remaining soul, refusing to be absorbed by a brat. The spirit ring is where a piece of the spirit beast's soul resides, and a part of its willpower to fight anyone who dares to absorb it.
However, Long Yun was not afraid, his soul force was like a rope, snaking towards the spirit ring.
Long Yun's soul force encountered a black, python-shaped shadow. As his soul force enveloped the black shadow, the Green Flame Python's soul screamed miserably, trying to resist, as it tried to break Long Yun's soul force.
"Trying to run? It won't be that easy! Give under me!" — Long Yun continued to operate his soul force around the Green Flame Python.
The Green Flame Python's willpower suddenly trembled as it continued its resistance. However, under the pressure of Long Yun's soul force, the green flame python gradually lost its ability to resist.
'Whoosh!'
The Green Flame Python transformed into a black shadow and entered Long Yun's soul realm.
Once their spirit enters the soul realm of a spiritual master, they will have their consciousness extinguished and then be controlled by the spiritual master, with the support of the spiritual force of a spiritual master.
{A/N: Wow! This is very spiritual!}
Suddenly, beneath Long Yun's feet, a glowing purple ring magically appeared, leaving Long Yun stunned.
"As-?" — Before Long Yun could question the system about it, the answer came even faster.
[Ding! Congratulations on getting your first spirit ring.]
[In recognition of your achievement, the system offers you the remaining 24 years to become a 1000-year ring! Good job, Host!]
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Name: Long Yun.
Age: 6.
Health: Healthy.
Soul Spirit: Flood Python. / Blade of the Nine Suns.
Spirit Power: 16.
Spirit Ring: Purple
Spiritual Ability: Strangle. / Poison. / Poison Blood.
Abilities: Soul Search.
Current points: 1600
Lottery Tokens: 1
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The current Long Yun, who already possessed a 1000-year-old spirit ring, wasn't too surprised after hearing the system's announcement. It was just a 24-year increment, wasn't it? Not enough to be nervous. However, as the saying goes, even if a mosquito's amount of meat is small, it is still meat.
The difference in strength between a 900-year-old ring is incomparable to a true 1000-year-old spirit ring. Fortunately, the system was kind enough, and granted Long Yun the opportunity to obtain such a gift early on. Now, his starting point was far superior to others of the same level.
{A/N: Not that it wasn't already…}
Rising up from the ground, Long Yun brushed the dust off his body and sighed as he came in front of the small mountain-sized Green Flame Python's body.
He wanted to keep the body in his system space, and maybe sell it in Nuodding City.
Suddenly, a bright light appeared and covered Green Flame's body.
Swoosh! –
The Green Flame Python's body instantly disappeared, leaving only traces of blood from the previous battle. Meanwhile, within the space of the system, a giant body appeared curled up but lifeless.
Roar~
Suddenly, the closest wild beasts began to howl. Long Yun immediately raised his guard, and was instantly shocked when he felt danger approaching once more.
There were over thirty low-level wild beasts approaching. Among them, there were probably more than two hundred- or two-hundred-year-old spirit beasts leading the group.
"It's not good." – Long Yun thought. – This Green Flame Python's corpse must have attracted other beasts.
Long Yun immediately grabbed the Nine Suns Blade and ran in the opposite direction of the group of wild beasts, killing anyone in his path…
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A period of a month had passed, Long Yun had learned many things in the last month. He was also wandering through the nature of the forest, where he could increasingly improve his battle experience, as well as create some moves of his own with his sword.
Even if he had a beast spirit publicly exposed, he would not leave his sword training behind. After all, he realized how bad his strength could be without a good set of sword techniques.
So, after some trial and error, he assiduously began his practice to master the way of the sword.
He stood there as images of sword shadows flashed through his mind as he visualized the most simplistic and effective of all sword moves. Only then would he find wild beasts to try out his moves, and test his theories.
When proving that it was a good move, he would look for stronger beasts to try.
After he became exhausted, Long Yun took a break and drank water from the system space, ate the beasts he had hunted in his experiments, and even took an occasional nap.
There were a few times when Long Yun was tempted to seek out a spirit beast and prepare it to be his second spirit ring, but whenever he thought of registering for the title of a spirit master at the Spirit Hall, he unconsciously rejected the idea.
This unconscious rejection was not born out of fear of the Spirit Hall itself, but the real reason was still unknown to Long Yun. — "Why the hurry? There's always time, let's wait until I reach 20th level before thinking about it."
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Name: Long Yun.
Age: 6.
Health: Healthy.
Soul Spirit: Flood Python. / Blade of the Nine Suns.
Spirit Power: 18.
Spirit Ring: Purple (1000)
Spiritual Ability: Strangle. / Poison. / Poison Blood.
Abilities: Soul Search.
Sword Skills: Desolation Sword. / Basic Sword Techniques.
Current points: 2100.
Lottery Tokens: 1
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Another month has passed.
Long Yun could arrive at Nuodding City any day, but he chose to remain training in the forest until the end of the three months.
Long Yun tirelessly practiced his basic Sword Techniques; he must have gotten to the point of performing it hundreds of thousands to millions of times.
Practice makes perfect, Long Yun firmly believed that as long as he practiced this simplistic sword move set for a few hundred million times, he would definitely turn this ordinary-looking technique into something miraculous.
Speaking of which, he also didn't fail to improve his control over his Flood Python spirit. His control was already perfect over, and he could capture any animal below 800 years old without any difficulty. His deadly spirit poison was also no joke, leaving even 1000-year-old spirit beasts with serious injuries on the brink of death.
Long Yun experienced this against a three-eyed black tiger, and only watched the tiger's body burning from the venom and having its organs and bones melted within minutes.
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Finally, on the first day to complete the application to Nuodding academy, Long Yun left the forest after three months.
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"System, open my status!"
Name: Long Yun.
Age: 6.
Health: Healthy.
Soul Spirit: Flood Python. / Blade of the Nine Suns.
Spirit Power: 25.
Spirit Ring: Purple
Spiritual Ability: Strangle. / Poison. / Poison Blood.
Abilities: Soul Search.
Current points: 3700.
Lottery Tokens: 1
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"Mm, this was a great transformation in my status! I must say that I gained a lot from this experience of life inside the forest, and I also understood my strength a little better…" – Long Yun smiled in satisfaction.
"Now, system, use the token to open the lottery!"