Meng Qianji's words made Ming Tian think even more—and they were not without reason.
Ming Tian really needed a backing now. Otherwise, with his current strength, facing powerful opponents would be a death sentence. After some consideration, Ming Tian hesitantly bowed to Meng Qianji and said:
"Ming Tian, greetings, Master!"
Meng Qianji smiled: "Good kid, I didn't misjudge you! With me here, no one will dare to harm a single hair on you."
"Since you have accepted me as your master, I can't leave you empty-handed. Here, this is for you."
Meng Qianji tossed a small item toward Ming Tian. Instinctively, Ming Tian caught it. When he looked closely, his pupils shrank.
The item Meng Qianji gave him was the very Alien Interdimensional Soul Device just won at auction for thirty million gold soul coins!
At that moment, all doubt and suspicion left Ming Tian's heart. To give such a precious soul device so casually? This was no small gesture.
"Master, this... this is far too valuable. I can't accept it!"
Ming Tian remained rational, knowing such a treasure was hard to keep safe. If others found out about it, trouble would come—being a walking target because of it.
"Don't worry, you just keep it. It's not my money anyway, and I don't need it myself. I have one over a hundred cubic meters in size; enough to store whatever I want."
Meng Qianji stretched out his hand, twirling his fingers to show off his own soul device.
"But..."
"Just hide it secretly so no one sees it. And don't be stupid enough to wear it on your finger directly."
"Alright, that's settled. Now go back quickly. If you return late, the Yan family will get suspicious. I'll contact you when I have time."
Meng Qianji patted Ming Tian's head, entered his domain, and disappeared with Poison Soul.
Ming Tian still couldn't believe it: he suddenly had a master and a priceless treasure?
He quickly hid the priceless Alien Interdimensional Soul Device and hurried back to the Yan family.
When he arrived, he found Yan He and Yan Qingwan had already returned.
Seeing Ming Tian come back so late, Yan He asked with concern:
"Ming Tian, why are you back so late? We almost went looking for you—we thought something happened."
"Ah, sorry to worry you, Brother Yan. I just went to grab some food again. I have a big appetite and got hungry."
Ming Tian lied once more.
"I see. Didn't expect you to eat so much."
"By the way, here's the storage soul device I used before."
"Here, Ming Tian, this is mine."
Yan He and Yan Qingwan gave their own unused soul storage rings to Ming Tian, who felt touched and sniffled a bit.
"Brother Yan, you all are too good to me, I..."
"Hey, stop making excuses. If you want to repay us, then later we'll go fight souls!"
"Alright! I'll get ready! Let's go fight souls!"
Ming Tian thanked Yan He, then went back to his room. Looking at the two soul storage rings from Yan He and Yan Qingwan, he both laughed and cried.
He already had the Alien Interdimensional Soul Device—the super expensive one from the auction—right in his hands. Who would've thought?
"Got it! I just thought of a way to hide the Alien Interdimensional device!"
Saying this, Ming Tian took out the priceless device, activated his soul power, and placed it inside Yan Qingwan's storage ring, then put that ring inside Yan He's storage ring.
Now, although he wore a normal thirty-cubic-meter ring, inside was a ring that could store a thousand cubic meters—and inside that, the priceless device.
No one would ever guess it.
"Hehe, I'm such a clever little fox. No one will suspect that the ring inside my ring inside my ring holds a ring capable of storing a thousand cubic meters."
Prepared, Ming Tian went out again to fight souls with Yan He, and this time Yan Qingwan joined them.
Because of their last big win, the Yan Spirit Combination had gained quite a reputation at the Tianling Fighting Soul Arena. When they appeared again, a crowd gathered, and their odds were much lower this time.
Their opponents were still a first-ring soul master duo, about thirteen or fourteen years old, with mediocre talent, called the Yuanshui Combination.
The Yuanshui Combination was a boy and girl pair who smiled at Yan He and Ming Tian.
"Young Master Yan, our soul spirits perfectly counter yours. If you quit now, it's not too late. What do you say?"
"Hmph, how arrogant. Yuan Yun, I've heard of you—the so-called top sensitive attacker in Tianling City. Your soul spirit is a Blue Crane, but at this age, only level 19 soul power? I wonder when you'll break level 20."
"Yan! You!"
Yuan Yun was clearly angered by Yan He's words.
Ming Tian was also surprised—Yuan Yun looked tall and strong, and his soul spirit was a sensitive attacker type, even a flying type.
"In that case, I won't go easy on you!"
"Come on, who's afraid of who?"
With that, both sides unleashed their soul spirits. At the referee's signal, the duel began!
The first to act was the girl beside Yuan Yun.
She was shorter than Yuan Yun, very delicate looking, with short gray hair and gray eyes, dressed in cold gray tones.
"Ming Tian, watch out. This is Yuan Yun's sister, Yuan Yu, with the Rain Cloud soul spirit!"
As Yan He said, a gray-black cloud rose above Yuan Yu's head. She released her first soul ring skill, expanding the cloud several times. The cloud drifted toward Ming Tian and Yan He, dropping light rain.
This was Yuan Yu's first soul skill: Slow Rain!
Slow Rain is a powerful soul skill. Getting rained on slows your speed—non-sensitive attackers' speed drops by 40%. The longer you get soaked, the slower your movement and soul skill activation become as your soul power flow slows. At the Title Douluo level, it can cover a whole city, invade the skin, slow metabolism, blood flow, breathing—eventually causing death.
A massive area crowd control soul skill—definitely powerful!
"Flame Body!"
Yan He immediately activated his soul skill and ran to avoid the slow rain.
Being hit by the slow rain would weaken his Flame Lord soul spirit, and with an opponent who was a flying sensitive attacker, defeat was certain.
"Haha, you can't run away!"
Yuan Yun laughed loudly. His Blue Crane soul spirit activated and vanished instantly.
"Such speed! Probably several times faster than the Dog Speed soul skill!"
Ming Tian thought to himself.
Yuan Yun's first soul ring shone brightly. The Blue Crane soul spirit emitted a loud cry, flapped its wings, and unleashed fast-spinning blue wind blades toward Ming Tian and Yan He.
This was his first soul skill: Blue Wind Blade!
Using wind elements during high-speed movement, the skill boasts incredible velocity.