8 First Spirit Ring

"What will you do Tang San??"

"I… I'll take your advise Teacher. I'll take in a beast spirit as my first ring"

"Good, You didn't disappoint me with your answer. Don't worry I'll choose a good spirit for you first ring"

"I'll believe in you teacher"

"People say that Blue Silver Grass is a weak and trash spirit but I disagree, to me weak means flexibility. You can choose it to be anything, if you increase its strength and hardness you can even go towards the attack or defense direction, increasing its range you can even go towards control or support category. But that still isn't enough, I think choosing the right spirit you can give your grass the ability of… Poison"

When he and Renxue heard that they were shocked at this deduction, the reason Tang San was surprised was due to how accurate his deductions were for his first ring. Renxue was surprised that the simple Blue Silver Grass which was considered as a trash spirit was actually so useful.

If she followed the common teachings from Spirit Hall then she would have truly been blind, since she was a kid she knew that the spirit hall is not the same one it used to be and it doesn't allow those with weak spirits to climb up its ranks so easily.

This was the case for Tang San who despite innate full spirit power wasn't selected to be nurtured by Spirit Hall, well even if he was given the chance he would choose not to join.

"It's still early so let's get moving the creatures in the night are quite dangerous so we have to get this done by today. Renxue you'll scout ahead and Tang San I want you to keep an eye out on the surroundings as well so don't slack off.

Come out Luo San Pao."

When he said that a small ugly dog-like creature can out. Tang San knew that this was grandmaster's spirit and it was a variation of Blue Tyrant Lightning Dragon but in a negative way, leading to him being look down upon in his clan.

Renxue already left to scout out ahead for any dangerous spirit beasts but she still kept a certain distance from them so that she could come back if anything happens. While moving along they met a few 10 year old spirit beasts but they just avoided them and moved ahead.

There were a few beasts which tried to attack them but were easily taken care of by Luo San Pao's fart. After the attack Grandmaster told him about Luo San Pao and about how he was unable to break through to the 30th rank this made a depressed atmosphere, even Renxue who came back when she sensed the spirit beast attacking them was also having a depressed mood.

"Teacher, No matter who looks down upon you or what your cultivation is I, Tang San will always be proud to call you my teacher and no matter what anyone says you will always be my teacher"

When he said that, tears were coming down from grandmasters eyes and unable to keep calm he went up and hugged him. In his entire life people always looked down on his spirit and labelled him as a trash while only his lover, daughter and a few of his friends didn't mind his spirit and still respected him.

Due to his spirit his entire life was as if it was cursed, first it was the woman who he loved was taken away from him and then when he got friend it became somewhat better and soon he fell in love again but later after knowing that the woman who he loved was his cousin he had cursed his life while even trying to commit suicide but thankfully he was saved by Flander after that he only got back into his research when he met the woman who he fell in love again only to know that she had a child and that her husband had passed away.

She then told him about all that happened and how she was forced to leave him when her former husband threatened to kill him if she didn't bear his child.

Now that he was dead she ran away and wanted to end her life but she also wanted to see him one last time before she did so. When he got to know that he tried to convince her otherwise and told her that if she did so then he would also join her and take his life as well.

Due to his continuous requests she gave up on the idea of taking her life and decided to raise her child but soon the people from Spirit Hall found her and she was forced to go back so as to not put his life in danger and he hadn't seen her ever since while he was able to meet her daughter for a few times which she came under the pretence of getting her spirit ring and training in the outside world.

So hearing those words from him he was truly happy and was truly grateful, Renxue who was also close by heard everything was also having tears from her eyes. Though he may not be his actual father, she treated him more than that and also wanted to let her mother and father get back together but this all can happen only when she is truly strong enough.

She knows that this might be the last time she is able to visit him like this, since later on she wouldn't be able to move as freely as she's able to right now. Seeing that he got a good disciple like Tang San she didn't have to worry much about his safety.

Soon as they were going in towards the forest they were able to encounter beasts in the 100-years range they were able to find plant type spirit beasts but even Tang San wasn't interested in the abilities they offered him.

There were a few which gave him some poisonous abilities but he ignored them as their poison was too weak for his use and also their age was too less for him to gain anything out of it. Soon they encountered a devil vine which was in the 400 year range but Tang San didn't want that as his first ring so he decided to choose another spirit beast.

They were able to soon get into a swamp area in the forest, where they became extremely alert since they didn't know when they would get attacked from the muddy waters. While going through the swamp Tang San saw some movements near the back he then warned then as just as he did a huge snake type beast dashed straight towards them.

With his Ghost Shadow Perplexing step, he was able to dodge the attack, grandmaster was shielded by Renxue so he too was safe. The snake which attacked them was a 500-year-old Dragonscale Snake, even among snakes this was a truly deadly snake which stood above as the predator its poison was said to kill even a man-faced spider and its body was as hard as a dragon due to its scales. This was the reason it was named as a Dragonscale snake, it had a pitch black body and had a face similar to that of a dragon, these snakes are sometimes mistaken as dragons themselves due to these traits.

When he saw it he used his Red Demon's eye to find any weak spots on its body and soon enough he was able to see an odd coloured scale, compared to the other pitch black scales this was greyish in colour. If not for his Red God's Eye even he wouldn't be able to identify this oddity, he understood that this was its reverse scale and also its weak point.

He took out his sleeved needles and threw them towards its eye, he knew that there were many ways for it to doge this needle but he didn't care about that and did it. He wanted this to serve as a distraction while Renxue attacked it and just as he predicted it dodged the attack while ignoring the other two.

"Renxue help Tang San, it looks like he chose this Dragonscale Snake as his first spirit ring and with its properties there is a high chance that it would be compatible with the Bluesilver grass"

"Understood. Leave it to me"

With the opening Tang San had created She released her spirit which caused 6-wings to open up from her back. This made her look truly beautiful and with her cold expression it made her even more amazing she had a ring configuration of yellow and yellow. With such a ring configuration she was already a grandmaster and from the spirit power he saw he was sure that she was already at the 30th rank and only needed a spirit ring to breakthrough to the Spirit Elder Rank.

With just a two year difference she has an entire two ranks as the gap truly worthy of the seraphim spirit but he knew that the only reason he was able to win in the novel was due to her foundations not being as solid as his if not he would truly have a hard time against her.

With her attacking the Dragonscale Snake was easily immobilised and he took out his sleeved needle aiming at its reverse scale, this caused the snake to roar out in pain. Without caring for anything it attacked straight towards Tang San.

He knew that it would lose out on reason due to its pain so he used Ghost Perplexing Shadow Steps to doge the snake. While he was dodging its attacks Renxue was slowly attacking it and weakening the Spirit Beast, soon enough the Dragonscale Snake lost its energy and fell straight to the ground.

Seeing that Tang San went towards grandmaster and said,

"Teacher, I choose this Dragonscale Snake as my first spirit ring. According to your theory I can see that it has a good compatibility with my Bluesilver Grass and also its poison is deadly enough to turn the nearby surroundings into ash so it would be a good way for me to attack"

"That is a good deduction and your right this is truly a good beast for your first ring but the only problem would be with its age. I can see that its body had five different sections and according what we know about the Dragonscale Snake it grows out each section every year which makes it nearly 500-years-old. As far as my research goes the first spirit ring has a year limitation of 423 years at most so if you want to take this ring you will have to bear a lot of pain and if you fail it will be truly harmful to your cultivation.

But if you want to still do this then I hope you will be prepared for the pain which follows"

"…. I understand the risks teacher. But I still want to do this, with my body I think I can take 70 years more than the limit. But the true problem would be with the remaining 7 years which I will have to struggle for"

"Sigh, I know that I am the one who told you to take this as your ring but it still doesn't matter if you choose not to. I can guarantee that we can still find a suitable ring for you later on"

"Let's proceed, teacher, I have decided to take this ring and this is my own choice"

Saying that he went near the beast and sat in a lotus position and with his Blue Silver grass he attracted the ring and started to circulate the Forbidden Heaven Technique. While he was doing so he was unable to see that his Samsara Eye spirit slowly formed on his forehead and disappeared before anyone could notice.

Even Renxue and Grandmaster who were nearby didn't notice this and were quite anxious for Tang San. The process was quite painful, even with his good physique which was tempered by the Forbidden Heaven Technique 77 years extra for his first ring was a little too much to bear for him.

He was able to assimilate the ring completely but he lost quite a bit of vitality and almost fainted. After using the Forbidden Heavens Technique for some time he was able to improve his condition quite a bit and opened his eyes.