Below the rock, about three meters deep in the soil.
The crystal-clear body of the Ten Thousand Year Nine-Rank Ginseng King emitted a faint green glow.
The Five-Feathered Green Phoenix pattern protruding from the ginseng's skin echoed the Five-Clawed Dragon pattern protruding from the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng's skin.
At this very moment, the Emperor and Empress among the two ginsengs were separated by just over three meters.
At such close proximity, even the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, which had not yet developed sentience, began to emit a faint bloody-red glow from its skin, responding to the call within its bloodline.
The resonance between the two ginsengs caused the throbbing within their bloodlines to instantly reach its peak.
This directly caused the bloodline call, which the Ten Thousand Year Nine-Rank Ginseng King had barely suppressed with its reason, to regain the upper hand.
In just a few breaths, the Ten Thousand Year Nine-Rank Ginseng King's last shred of reason completely succumbed, and it used its instinct alone to perform an earth-burrowing technique and rush out of the ground.
However, the instant the Ten Thousand Year Nine-Rank Ginseng King's last root whisker completely left the soil.
Seventh Spirit Skill: Star Body!
Third Spirit Skill: Cold Moon Starlight!
Fifth Spirit Skill: Star Attraction!
The old butler appeared out of thin air beside the rock, and the White Jade Star Disc floating in mid-air transformed into a night sky filled with countless stars after the seventh spirit ring flashed.
At the same time, among the eight spirit rings beneath the old butler's feet, the spirit rings positioned third and fifth flashed.
A cold, moon-white light instantly struck the Ten Thousand Year Nine-Rank Ginseng King, freezing it into an ice sculpture.
The brightest eight stars in the night sky filled with countless stars silently disappeared.
The next moment, those eight stars appeared around the Ten Thousand Year Nine-Rank Ginseng King, which was frozen in ice.
The eight stars arranged themselves into a formation, creating a containment barrier that encircled the Ten Thousand Year Nine-Rank Ginseng King within the ice.
In the starry sky, Lin Rong's figure solidified from ethereal, and he looked at the crystal-clear, jade-like Ten Thousand Year Nine-Rank Ginseng King in the ice, exclaiming:
"It's so beautiful, just as magnificent as I imagined!"
"Even the phoenix pattern on its skin is so spirited, as if it's no different from a real phoenix."
"In this regard, the current Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng is somewhat inferior."
"However, the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng is only a little over seven thousand years old. When it grows to ten thousand years and evolves, the dragon pattern on its skin will be as lifelike as that of the Ten Thousand Year Nine-Rank Ginseng King."
As he spoke, Lin Rong took out a flower pot and replanted the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng that was placed on the rock.
In another two years, after the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng absorbed the energy from the Extreme Cold Sun-Blazing Twin Springs in this soil, it would grow to ten thousand years.
After doing this, Lin Rong put the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng into the Dragon Scale Jade Bead and took out the golden cage he had prepared beforehand.
"Good thing I made such thorough preparations; it turns out I didn't even need to make a move."
Looking at the Ten Thousand Year Nine-Rank Ginseng King in the ice, Lin Rong felt he had overestimated this legendary ginseng king.
It made sense when he thought about it.
Although the Ten Thousand Year Nine-Rank Ginseng King had a hundred thousand years of cultivation, it was merely an Immortal Grade Medicinal Herb and thus did not possess strength commensurate with its cultivation.
Meanwhile, the old butler's Soul Power reached level ninety, and he only used his third and fifth spirit skills after activating his Martial Soul True Body.
Third Spirit Skill: Cold Moon Starlight.
Single-target instant cast spirit skill.
Upon activation, it locks onto a target and emits a moon-white cold light. The locked-on target is guaranteed to be hit, and upon impact, it will be instantly frozen within the ice.
The ice is filled with Star Power, which can control the stars to detonate the ice and cause damage.
Fifth Spirit Skill: Star Attraction.
A very rare special type of spirit skill.
Every time the Star Disc absorbs a spirit ring, a star condenses on the disc.
The skill effect of Star Attraction is to control these stars.
They can be used to attack or control enemies, as well as defend oneself and protect companions.
Every time the Star Disc absorbs a spirit ring, a star condenses on it, and the effect of the fifth spirit skill, Star Attraction, is to control these stars to attack or control enemies, or to form a defense to protect oneself and companions.
When the old butler used his Star Body, the effects of his third and fifth spirit skills were doubled.
Under these circumstances, unless the Ten Thousand Year Nine-Rank Ginseng King had a root whisker touching the soil, it was impossible to escape this dual confinement.
Lin Rong tossed the golden cage into the air.
In the air, the golden cage disintegrated into over forty thousand granular Dragon Whisker Needles, which finally transformed into a golden torrent and flew into the Vine Leaf Jade Bead.
"The plan has been successfully completed. Grandpa Yu, let's go!"
...
Not long after.
Lin Rong and the old butler returned to the cave where they had rested before.
Lin Rong released the Nine Bend Vine Dragon, and the main root of the banyan tree, which had gained sentience and resembled a true dragon, extended its head towards him.
He reached out and stroked the head of the enormous cyan dragon, instructing, "Xiao Qing, be good. Grandpa Yu needs to absorb the Ten Thousand Year Nine-Rank Ginseng King. You guard the cave entrance for me, understand?"
The cyan dragon let out a low dragon roar and returned to the banyan tree's trunk, controlling its Martial Soul's true form to hide at the cave entrance.
Watching the diligent Xiao Qing, Lin Rong stretched lazily and walked into the cave, thinking to himself:
"It's truly wonderful to have a Martial Soul that is completely under my control and has developed sentience!"
Deepest part of the cave.
The old steward, Yu Yuan, had already deactivated his Star Body and was now sitting on the ground meditating to recover his Soul Power.
The Ten Thousand Year Nine-Rank Ginseng King was still trapped in the ice.
However, to prevent the ice's effect from gradually weakening and allowing the Ten Thousand Year Nine-Rank Ginseng King to escape, it, along with the ice, had been placed inside a pure gold box.
Earth Evasion techniques were ineffective against metal. Even if the Ten Thousand Year Nine-Rank Ginseng King broke free from the ice's confinement, it would absolutely not escape the seal of the golden box.
An hour later.
The old steward recovered his Soul Power, adjusted his condition, and carefully opened the golden box in his hands.
Inside the box, the ice had already mostly dissipated.
The Ten Thousand Year Nine-Rank Ginseng King, seeing the box open, was about to flee when the old steward grabbed its root and held it tightly.
Star Power surged from the old steward's palm, refining the sentience born within the Ten Thousand Year Nine-Rank Ginseng King.
Soon, the sentience of the Ten Thousand Year Nine-Rank Ginseng King was completely refined, transforming it from a "living" ginseng into a "dead" one.
Star Soul Power flowed into the ginseng.
The ginseng's nearly inexhaustible pure life force, guided by the Star Soul Power, condensed into a blood-red Spirit Ring, with a faint golden pattern on its surface.
After the Spirit Ring condensed, the ginseng's crystal-clear, jade-like body also transformed into a body Spirit Bone under the guidance of the Star Soul Power.
The entire Spirit Bone was exceptionally complete, presenting a thoroughly transparent emerald green color, with specks of light flowing and flickering within. Vaguely, it formed a jade-green phoenix with five tail feathers.
An unparalleled, majestic aura emanated from the Spirit Bone, but there was not a trace of violent power within these auras, only a gentle and affectionate life force.
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