Chapter 15: 700 years old Elder tree spirit soul
"Haha, you're right. Joining the Spirit Pagoda was a very good decision. If you have any questions, just tell me, and I won't hesitate to answer them." The manager laughed happily, seemingly in a good mood.
Adam didn't hold back and asked bluntly, "Tower Master, do you know about a soul beast called the Elder Tree?"
"Oh, let me see…" The manager smiled and thought for a moment before remembering this soul beast. "If I'm not mistaken, the Spirit Pagoda in our branch has this soul beast. It's a spiritual soul beast that has been brought to Aolai City. They range from 700 years old to 3,000 years old."
The manager sighed softly. He felt a little annoyed when he thought about this matter. "Well, I don't understand why the Spirit Pagoda always dumps unsold items elsewhere and hands them over to small branches in cities like Aolai City."
"Unsold?"
The manager nodded. "Yes, the Elder Tree is actually a soul beast that only has one ability throughout its life. That is, it passively boosts a person's spiritual power and increases the soul master's mental resilience."
Increasing spiritual power? Isn't this another good soul skill?
In this world where soul masters rely on spirit souls to produce soul rings, the ability to enhance and accelerate the development of soul skills is crucial. Because only strong spiritual power can withstand a powerful soul.
This skill is a miracle for a soul master in this world, even if they can only produce one soul skill.
The manager answered Adam's doubts. "The Elder Tree is a special soul beast with a unique characteristic. They are very weak in physical strength, but very demanding in spirituality. To contract a 1,000-year-old Elder Tree, you need the spiritual power equivalent of three purple-grade souls, or have spiritual power equivalent to a spirit sea realm."
"Even worse, Elder Trees are unique existences, like parasites. Because their growth essentially accumulates spiritual power, once a soul master contracts one, they will begin to grow alongside the soul master." The manager said while hinting at Adam beside him.
"Then if the soul master who contracted the Elder Tree can't keep up with the soul beast's growth rate, then they will die?" Adam guessed, feeling this soul beast was too ridiculous.
No wonder no one wanted a soul beast like this. It only provides one soul skill, but carries the risk of killing the master?
If this isn't a scam, Adam couldn't find a suitable word for this soul beast.
"Correct. Unfortunately, there's no prize for the correct answer." The manager laughed as he led Adam to the room where the Spirit Pagoda in Aolai City stored all its spirit souls.
Inside, Adam could see over 100 spirit souls, including just the ten-year-old ones.
The hundred-year-old spirit souls here probably only had half the number of ten-year-old spirit souls.
"Originally, we only sold 73 ten-year-old white spirit souls and 11 hundred-year-old yellow spirit souls to people in Aolai City. However, each Spirit Pagoda reserves the best spirit souls suitable for its members and rarely sells them to outsiders."
"This is an open secret among Spirit Pagoda members."
Adam nodded, understanding the manager's meaning.
No member would sell something truly valuable to an outsider, especially when it concerns the life of a soul master.
The manager took out three soul balls and showed them to Adam.
"This is the best spirit soul in Aolai City. The only thousand-year-old soul we have." The manager placed the three soul balls on the table and let Adam witness the benefits of joining Spirit Pagoda.
Adam could see in the first soul ball a sharp-looking sword full of soul power. It was an artificial spirit soul that Spirit Pagoda had developed and researched.
Adam showed a confused face and asked, like a child thirsting for knowledge, "Why is there a sword inside this soul ball?"
"Oh, that's an artificial soul that the spirit pagoda is developing. Right now, many things can become a spirit soul with our technology, so, things like this are not a rare case."
"This one is an example. It's a great companion for a weapon martial spirit, especially sword martial spirit. If the data is right, it can give a sword martial soul a skill to increase the sharpness of their weapon up to 50%, sword storm energy release, and Sword attacking formation."
Adam looked at the spirit soul in front of him with a look of admiration. "This spirit soul must be expensive."
"Of course. But if you work hard, you can apply for a spirit soul from the spirit pagoda. A genius like you won't be ignored by the spirit pagoda."
Adam nodded and smiled. He gently put the soul ball back on the table and looked at the two remaining souls.
One was a shadow leopard, a soul from a real soul beast, and the other was an elder tree that appeared to be sleeping and hibernating. Adam activated his Spirit Vision with the power of Cogitation and could see the abundant spirituality of the elder tree.
Even in its inactive state, this thing is the most powerful in terms of spirituality. A calm and pure one filled with a blue color, indicating that even in its inactive state, this elder tree soul beast can still radiate emotions.
Adam looked towards the hundred-year-old aisle and saw the second most powerful in terms of spirituality: another 700-year-old elder tree with the same color.
"How is it, fascinating, right? Would you like to take a look first, or would you like me to recommend it to you?"
Adam shook his head and looked at the 700-year-old Elder Tree. "I want that hundred-year-old Elder Tree."
"No, I can't agree to that." The manager shook his head and refused outright. He even thought Adam was joking with him.
He couldn't ruin a genius with full innate soul power who was about to join the Spirit Pagoda. This was his ticket to progress and earn more contribution points.
Besides, this blonde kid could represent Aolai City and prove that a third-rate city on the outskirts of the Sun Moon Federation could produce a genius with full innate soul power.
When he reported it to headquarters, they could receive more allocation funds from headquarters.
Adam put on a stubborn expression. "No, I want that Spirit Soul. Besides, Tower Master, my martial spirit is my eyes and belongs to the spiritual martial spirit category."
Adam immediately showed the Manager his fractured shards of glass eye. A creepy yet beautiful eye, a blend of blue and golden colors.
Adam smiled proudly as he displayed his martial spirit. Like a child who enjoys showing off what he has to others to gain praise.