Time flew by, and soon another year had passed.
Just as Yang Pingan was nearing the end of his fifth-grade final exams, his Soul Power finally broke through to rank ten.
At this moment, Yang Pingan was extremely excited, and also felt a sense of relief from the breakthrough.
He had reached the peak of rank nine Soul Power before the holiday, but this final bottleneck had held Yang Pingan back for over a month.
Although he was extremely excited by this breakthrough, he also understood the disparity in his Innate Spirit Power and aptitude.
The higher a Spirit Master’s Innate Spirit Power, the easier it was for him to break through bottlenecks; in fact, there would be no bottlenecks at all in the early stages.
And now, he had only just broken through to rank ten, and bottlenecks were already appearing.
If he truly reached the realm of a high-level Spirit Master, it would be even harder to break through.
Yang Pingan had gradually come to understand the reason for this disparity.
Under normal circumstances, the level of Innate Spirit Power often represented the degree of blockage in the body’s meridians.
The higher a Spirit Master’s Innate Spirit Power, the smoother his meridians were.
Yang Pingan was just the opposite; the circulation of Soul Power within his body was very sluggish, and the speed of Soul Power circulation was significantly slower than that of others.
After a burst of excitement, Yang Pingan began to ponder how to obtain a spirit ring.
After five years of study, Yang Pingan already had a clear goal for obtaining his spirit ring.
Inferring from Yu Xiaogang’s situation, as the son of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, his spirit ring would definitely be of the highest quality, and certainly a good Dragon Attribute sub-dragon spirit ring.
However, this path was clearly not feasible.
Given the strength of the Dragon Attribute bloodline within the Purple Gold Mastiff, one or two Dragon Attribute spirit rings would not have much effect; at least five or more would be needed, or he would need to find a devouring-type Dragon Attribute spirit ring.
However, with Yang Pingan’s current strength and status, he had no backing, no money, and even lacked combat experience.
Obtaining a high-level spirit ring would be extremely difficult, even a common hundred-year spirit ring would be hard to get.
The only method was to take the Gold Attribute path.
If he could obtain a Gold Attribute spirit ring in the early stages, at least he wouldn’t end up with farts as Spirit Abilities.
Of course, if there were a Gold Attribute Spirit Beast, that would be even better, but unfortunately, such high-level Spirit Beasts are rare and hard to come by. Get faster updates on novelping dot com.
Early the next morning, Yang Pingan went to Director Su of the academic affairs office to apply for a warrant to hunt for a spirit ring.
There were also captive Spirit Beast Forests near Nuoding City, but the Spirit Beasts inside were generally not too high-level, at most thousand-year Spirit Beasts, let alone any Dragon-type Soul Beast.
But Yang Pingan had no other options now.
Besides this method, there was no other channel to obtain a spirit ring, let alone going to the Star Dou Great Forest, which was no different from seeking death.
Besides being provided by the academy, a Soul Hunting warrant also required the signatures of three nobles.
However, this was not too difficult, as a small number of students at Nuoding Primary School came from noble families.
Yang Pingan had always been a loner and had no interactions with those noble scions, nor did he bother to seek them out.
He simply went directly to Director Su of the academic affairs office.
Asking others for help was not as effective as a single word from Director Su.
When Yang Pingan arrived at the academic affairs office, Director Su happened to be there, along with two other teachers.
Director Su was surprised to hear that Yang Pingan wanted to apply for a warrant to hunt for a spirit ring, never expecting him to become a Spirit Master so quickly.
Director Su looked at Yang Pingan with a puzzled expression and said, “Yang Pingan, I can give you the warrant, but how will you obtain a spirit ring? The Soul Hunting Forest is too dangerous. Our academy organizes several spirit ring hunts each year. Would you like to go with us then?”
“Thank you, Director Su. I have already invited some people, and I should be able to obtain a good spirit ring.”
Seeing this, Director Su could only nod.
Although he thought highly of Yang Pingan, obtaining a spirit ring was a matter of great importance, and Yang Pingan needed to make his own decision.
Moreover, although the school would organize personnel to hunt for spirit rings, most of them were primarily ten-year spirit rings, and only a lucky few would get hundred-year spirit rings.
Furthermore, these were all for students whom the academy particularly valued, in other words, top students or key students with some special connection to the academy.
“Yang Pingan, obtaining a warrant requires the signatures of three nobles. Have you found nobles to sign for you?”
Yang Pingan could only shake his head: “Director, I will go find classmates now to figure it out.”
Director Su looked at Yang Pingan’s expression; he had been secretly observing Yang Pingan and naturally understood that Yang Pingan had no interactions with his classmates: “How about this, don’t go looking for those noble classmates. Come to me tomorrow to get the warrant.”
After expressing his gratitude, Yang Pingan left the academic affairs office alone.
When Yang Pingan arrived at the academic affairs office the next day, besides Director Su, Yu Xiaogang and Dean Wu happened to be there chatting, even discussing something.
Upon seeing Yang Pingan, Director Su introduced him, “Yang Pingan, this is Yu Xiaogang, known as Grandmaster. He is an expert in Spirit research and can guide you on the direction for obtaining your spirit ring.”
Yang Pingan bowed slightly: “Greetings, Grandmaster.”
Yu Xiaogang’s expression remained unchanged, he merely nodded slightly: “Your Spirit is the same as mine. If possible, it’s best to look for Dragon-type Soul Beasts, but unfortunately, these types of Spirit Beasts are very rare. If that’s not feasible, the Purple Gold Mastiff has a keen sense of smell, so you could develop in the direction of detection, looking for Spirit Beasts with strong perception, such as canine-type Spirit Beasts.”
Yang Pingan’s expression also remained unchanged; instead, he quickly expressed his gratitude: “Thank you, Grandmaster, for your guidance. That is indeed one of my goals.”
After receiving the warrant and leaving the academic affairs office, Yang Pingan’s previously smiling face suddenly turned a little gloomy: What kind of ridiculous suggestion was this Yu Xiaogang giving?
This kind of advice was simply misleading!
Anyone with a beast Spirit in the world would want to find a Dragon-type Soul Beast, yet he suggested developing in the direction of detection?
The Purple Gold Mastiff was already sensitive to sensing auras; what good would finding a canine-type Soul Beast do?
Meanwhile, Principal Wu and the other two continued their conversation.
Principal Wu seemed a bit puzzled: “Director Su, I remember this Yang Pingan comes from a poor family. How will he obtain a spirit ring? Why can’t he participate in the spirit ring hunt organized by our academy?”
Director Su sighed: “Yang Pingan has always been a loner, and he cultivates very diligently. I estimate he wants a hundred-year spirit ring.”
Upon hearing this, Yu Xiaogang snorted coldly: “This child is a bit too ambitious. An ordinary commoner wants a hundred-year spirit ring? And to obtain a hundred-year spirit ring suitable for a Purple Gold Mastiff, that would be very difficult to achieve.”
The other two just shook their heads secretly after hearing this.
According to what Yu Xiaogang said about a hundred-year spirit ring, it was simply not something a commoner could obtain.
After receiving the warrant, Yang Pingan went to the Blacksmith Shop to pick up some tools and then prepared to hunt for a spirit ring.
Although Yang Pingan didn’t have much money now, after years of accumulation, he still had dozens of gold coins.
Especially since the items were too heavy, Yang Pingan spent half a gold coin to rent a carriage directly to the nearby Soul Hunting Forest.
For this spirit ring hunt, Yang Pingan had prepared for a long time, with all sorts of tools, including essentials for living in the Spirit Beast Forest such as dry food, a water bladder, mosquito repellent, powerful Spirit Beast feces, and some special tools.
All the items combined into a large pack.
This would ensure his survival in the Spirit Beast Forest for a period and also ensure he had a certain level of offensive capability.