Chapter 60 Fulfilling the Promise
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Amon's main body arrived at the Spirit Hall in Beidi City.
Walter sat in a large chair, flipped a letter over to cover it on the desk, and then covered it with a pile of documents.
After completing this series of actions, he looked at Amon and asked with a kind expression, "What brings you here?"
Both of them were responsible for guiding Yan Jin to some extent, and their relationship was quite good.
Amon adjusted his monocle, with a hint of a smile:
"I wonder if Mr. Walter still remembers his promise to me?"
"Promise?" Walter was taken aback at first, and then reacted, "You've reached level forty?"
"Yes, I need a soul ring."
"Alright, which soul beast have you taken a fancy to? I will send someone to find it and then personally help you hunt it down," Walter replied readily.
He knew Amon's soul ring philosophy, and his selection of soul beast types was so strict as to be almost harsh, as was evident when he helped Yan Jin choose her third soul ring last time.
The advantage is that it greatly increases the possibility of obtaining the desired soul skills, but the disadvantage is also obvious: it consumes manpower and material resources, and requires a long waiting time.
It's okay at low levels, after all, the required soul beast age is not too high, and there are many of them, so someone can always encounter them.
But as the required soul ring age continues to increase, the number of qualified targets becomes increasingly scarce, and coupled with the fact that powerful soul beasts often live in very dangerous places, this hunting model becomes increasingly unsuitable.
It's not that it's bad, it's just that the cost-effectiveness is too low, and even large forces can't afford such consumption.
"I need a Soul-Devouring Ghost, preferably between 20,000 and 30,000 years old," Amon said.
"What? How many years did you say?"
Walter was a little suspicious of his ears, because the age Amon said was too astonishing.
"Twenty thousand to thirty thousand years," Amon repeated.
"You can absorb such a high-age soul ring? Do you have any special techniques?"
Walter knew that Amon wouldn't speak carelessly, and immediately thought of this.
His gaze towards Amon became fiery, with a hint of inquiry and scrutiny.
"I do, but this is based on the uniqueness of my martial soul and is not replicable.
"My martial soul has the ability to split, which can be used to consume excess energy, so I can absorb soul rings that exceed the limit of my body's tolerance.
"However, because the split consumes energy, the quality of the soul ring will decrease," Amon replied using the same explanation he gave to Bi Da'er.
Walter's face showed a hint of suspicion and hesitation.
Seeing this, Amon smiled and explained again:
"You should know my character. I don't belong to any faction. If this technique could be popularized, I wouldn't mind whether it spread or not. I would have already taken it out to exchange for benefits with you."
Walter nodded, "That's right. According to your pragmatic way of doing things, if it were really valuable to the Spirit Hall, you would have already used it to exchange for Soul Refining Grass."
Soul Refining Grass was what Walter had been providing to Yan Jin to accelerate her cultivation. It was very rare and precious.
Amon had previously inquired with Walter, expressing his willingness to buy Soul Refining Grass, but the latter flatly refused.
Walter pondered for a few seconds and said slowly:
"The Spirit Hall's intelligence does record the habitat of a group of Soul-Devouring Ghosts. It's not difficult for me to personally kill a 30,000-year-old Soul-Devouring Ghost.
"But you should be clear that when we made the agreement, we didn't consider this kind of abnormal situation. This has exceeded the value of my promise to you."
Amon raised his right hand and adjusted the bottom edge of his monocle:
"Since Mr. Walter, you haven't directly refused, that means it's still negotiable. I wonder what I need to pay to make up for the difference?"
Walter smiled, then said in a serious tone:
"I don't need you to pay anything, I just need you to give me a promise: treat that child Yan Jin well, and don't use her trust in you to do anything that would hurt her."
With Walter's life experience, he could of course see that Amon was a refined egoist... and Amon had never hidden this... so Walter was a little worried that he would betray Yan Jin for profit in the future.
Although he knew that so-called promises were not that effective, it was still a reminder from him as her teacher.
Amon chuckled, "Then, does hurting her feelings and making her become your disciple when we first met count?"
Walter's expression was awkward, and he said with some unnaturalness:
"Ahem, that naturally doesn't count... Well, that child is a little reckless and impulsive. Sometimes she really needs someone to dissuade her, or choose for her, even if it goes against her wishes a little."
He waved his hand and said, "Alright, when do you think is a good time? I'll take you to hunt the soul ring."
"How about a month later? I need time to settle down and familiarize myself with my current power," Amon replied.
"Alright, then a month later."
Walking out of the Spirit Hall, Amon suddenly stopped after walking dozens of steps down the street.
A woman with a beautiful face, a seductive figure, wearing a gorgeous purple dress, and a matching feather hat walked towards him. She said in a silver bell-like voice:
"Captain Amon, it's really not easy to see you..."
In order to make his breakthrough seem more reasonable and natural, Amon pretended to be working hard in his cultivation. Recently, even his clones rarely went to the academy library.
"What's the matter, Ilya?" Ignoring the feigned resentment in her words, Amon asked calmly.
Ilya said softly, "Registration for the intra-academy selection competition has begun."
"Then submit the registration according to the scheduled list of personnel. Has anything changed?"
Ilya shook her head, "No, everything is normal, just... Lei Yin's sister, she..."
Amon smiled, "You mean Yan Jin? It doesn't matter, she will be back, and even if she's missing, it shouldn't affect the result... It's just an intra-academy selection competition, just find someone to fill in as a substitute."
"That's natural. Under your leadership, we will surely achieve victory... It's just that if she doesn't participate, I'm worried that this will become an excuse for others to attack her.
"It's not uncommon for some teams to replace the commoner students in the team with noble children who joined later after obtaining the qualification to represent the academy in the Soul Master Competition."
Ilya paused for a moment, then continued:
"Of course, I will do my best to prevent this from happening."
The corners of Amon's mouth curled back slightly, revealing a hint of a smile, "They can try, it's impossible to replace Yan Jin with anyone."
After speaking, he continued to walk forward.
Watching Amon's departing back, Ilya stood in place and savored these words, but in the end, she couldn't understand their meaning.
After a long time, she put on a smile again and continued forward in the original direction.
When she passed the Spirit Hall, she nodded slightly to Ke Leiya, who was looking out the window on the second floor.
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