After Rayne put them all in the 'Heavenly Thunder Body Reforging Runic Array', he set up an advanced energy gathering array on top of the existing array.
Then, he used his spatial abilities to open a small portal to the connecting to the nearest soul hunting forest. The portal wasn't big, it's only purpose was to draw of the energy of heaven and earth to this place.
Because, the natural energy in this place is quite lacking, so he had to draw energy from the center of a forest. Because it is the habitat of many kinds of unique soul beasts, the energy of heaven and earth is quite abundant in places like this.
The reason for the need for all this energy is because…
In side the array, the eight of them are going through the process of 'destruction and creation' way of tempering.
In this process, their body is constantly being destroyed and tempered by the power of thunder. This process itself is quite thorough, as it even acts on their meridians and soul power. And the power of light and life ensures almost instant recovery from all this damage, as well as boosting the natural adaptability of the human body. Thus greatly increase physical strength and quality.
Even the meridians are being tempered constantly under this process, leading to it expanding and becoming more tougher. This results in a rapid increase in soul power level. Because the meridians are able to contain more soul power, and because of this tempering and healing, the cultivation level increases rapidly.
In the process of this soul power upgrade, one can achieve the best benefit by being near a place with abundant spiritual qi/energy of heaven and earth.
And due to being constantly tempered by the power of lightning, the quality of the soul power of increases greatly.
Of course, this is only applicable to low level soul masters, and has the best effect only during the first time.
After Rayne made these arrangements, he leaned against the tree and closed his eyes to get some rest.
…
At the same time…
Spirit City.
The city, which is home to the headquarters of Spirit Hall, the strongest force in the current era.
This city is also known as the city of soul masters, as only soul masters can enter it.
There was a massive and thick city wall covering the entire city, about sixty meters in height.
Compared to other cities, there weren't much crowd in the streets. But the city itself was well maintained, and the order was maintained by the constantly patrolling Spirit Hall personnel.
In Spirit city, the head quarters of the Spirit Hall is mainly of two sections.
The Supreme Pontiff's Palace where Supreme Pontiff of Spirit Hall is at, and Douluo Palace where the enshrined priests of Spirit Hall resides, including the great priest Qian Daoliu.
At this time, in front of the Supreme Pontiff's palace, a black spatial rift opened, and a 'T' shaped wooden pole was thrown from within it.
The wooden pole stabbed into the floor, and remained stable.
This sudden event shocked the Knight-rank guards in front of the Supreme Pontiff's palace.
They looked up and was shocked to see a lifeless muscular man being hung on the wooden pole.
The black spatial rift vanished after this.
The guards immediately informed the higher-ups about this matter, and soon a man fully dressed in black and a gloomy aura appeared. His face was covered in gray-black mist, making it difficult to properly identify him.
When this man appeared, the guardian knights immediately saluted, "Your majesty, Ghost Douluo."
This mysterious man is Ghost Douluo, Gui Mei. One of the two right-hand men of the current Supreme Pontiff Bibi Dong.
At the same time, he is a level 95 Titled Douluo of the agility attack department.
Ghost Douluo nodded slightly, then shifted his gaze to what caused him to appear here.
But, as soon as he saw the dead man on the wooden pole, his pupils dilated in shock and disbelief.
"Tang Hao?!"
…
Rayne suddenly opened his eyes as a some energy and some memories appeared in his mind.
His clone had accomplished it's goal and dispersed itself.
The goal assigned to it was tying up Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, and the disposal of Tang Hao's corpse.
He had no intention of keeping a dead man's useless corpse in his treasure storage.
At first, he thought of just outright destroying it. But then he remembered the wanted order put on Tang Hao by the Spirit Hall.
So he dumped the Tang Hao's dead body to them. Rayne is quite curious as to how they will react to this. Will they spread the news of Tang Hao's death, or will they do something else?
He rested a bit more, till it was eight hours since the eight of them were put into the array.
It was almost evening, as the sky had started to get a bit dark.
Rayne stood up slowly and walked towards the runic array, as the said array started to dissipate after it's purpose was completed.
Eight, paled faced and trembling youngsters appeared before Rayne.
Four male and four female. Xiao Chenyu, Wang Sheng, Liu Long, Lin Feng, Lin Hong'er, Lin Bai'er, Lin Lan'er and Xiao Chenling.
All eight of them had expression of fear and pain on their faces. When they saw Rayne, the fear on their faces grew even stronger. There was even resentment in their eyes.
They had went through the suffering of almost being killed and then being healed. The same process again and again for eight hours.
Rayne knew that just simply talking won't do now. All eight of these people were now filled with fear and pain. They are not in their proper state of mind.
It can't be helped. All eight of these people are just some average kids who haven't experienced much before. Such newbies undergoing such a torturous body tempering process, has almost broke their psyche.
Rayne sighed and infused his spiritual power into his speech.
"Instead of standing there with such foolish expressions, why don't you properly examine your current state?"
They didn't know how, but as soon as they heard Rayne's words, they inadvertently started to check themselves, regardless of their chaotic and unstable emotions.
But as soon as they did, all eight of them were shocked out of their previous negative state.
"Am I dreaming?! I feel so full of power!"
All of them were shocked at the changes in them. The most notable being the massive soul power level improvement.
Except for Xiao Chenyu, all other seven of them were level 10, and it didn't seem to be their true level.
Their bodies felt so strong and touch compared to before, and their soul power seemed to be much more thicker than before.
They didn't know if it's their imagination, but they felt full of life at this moment. Their appearance has some improvements. The four girls, in particular, are ecstatic about this.
The leader of the eight, Xiao Chenyu was also very shocked by his improvement. His physique had also greatly improved just like others.
But what shocked him the most was that, his soul power had increased all the way to level 20.
He couldn't believe it.
"I'm still more than six months away from my eleventh birthday. I'm… already… at level 20…! Is this all real?"
At this time, all eight of them have completely come out of that negative state of mind. They even felt very guilty for harbouring resentment towards Rayne, even if it's only momentarily.
Rayne, of course, didn't mind it at all. All eight of these people were just inexperienced children. He put them through hell-like torture. It would be strange if they didn't have such reactions.
The unbelievable transformation of themselves somehow made them overcome the fear and pain they had just experienced.
At least, their new strength made it feel like it was worth it to go through all that extreme pain.
Rayne looked at all of them carefully.
"All of your results are as expected. You guys seem to only think that you've increased a lot in soul power and physical strength."
"But that's not all. In fact, the true benefits of this training are something else."
Rayne said lightly as he observed them.
Xiao Chenyu and his group were shocked, and even curious about what these benefits were.
Rayne saw this and continued.
"With your current spiritual level, you are unable to observe your energy pathways. The meridians in your body have been greatly strengthened and expanded. And most of your closed meridians were also opened."
"You guys don't seem to understand what I meant by meridians. So, in layman's terms, your innate soul power has been upgraded by at least three levels by all the changes in your meridians. Your talent has been greatly improved and your future has definitely changed from mediocre."
Hearing Rayne's words, the eight of them were ecstatic. Even if they didn't understand anything about the meridians, they still understood the meaning of their innate qualifications being improved.
They all looked happy.
Xiao Chenling looked at her brother and tearfully said, "Brother, I'm level 10! I can become a soul master!"
Xiao Chenyu heard this and was happy for his sister. He knew that his sister had always wanted to become a soul master, so that she can be accepted by her parents who weren't exactly fair parents.
They both looked at Rayne with gratitude from the bottom of their hearts.
Wang Sheng suddenly said, "Xiao Chenyu, can you ask your father to help us get soul rings?"
Xiao Chenyu: "I can try to ask…"
"Stop it, you trashes! Don't you dare get a soul ring without asking me!" Rayne immediately scolded.
The others were stunned and confused at being scolded for no apparent reason.
Rayne obviously wouldn't allow them to get soul rings on their own. Especially after he had spent all this effort to strengthen them.
So he said.
"Listen, what level of soul rings can you even get if you ask the people from Nuoding city? Look at that unsightly white soul ring Xiao Chenyu has. Do you guys really want to get some low level soul ring after my training? Do you still want to remain mediocre?"
Xiao Chenyu and his group: "…"
"You guys don't seem to understand that benefits of getting your physique stronger through my training. Listen, you seven of you can bear a soul ring of about 800-years. And Xiao Chenyu can bear a second soul ring of 1,400-years."
"You guys need to understand this. Below 10,000-year black soul ring, you can go past the limit and absorb a soul ring of higher age if your physique is strong enough. And don't just randomly add soul rings. Each soul ring represents a chance at evolution. An excellent matching soul ring can bring about a complete evolution of your martial soul."
"Anyway, don't think about soul rings now. I'll personally get them for you. I also have some plans for it."
Hearing this, they could only nod. By this point, they knew that they didn't know much about soul master power system. And they were also clueless about how to move forward. So, they might as well follow Rayne's lead, until they've learned enough to support themselves.
"For now, I'll give you a soul power cultivation technique. Cultivate it and transform and master your soul power first. Then I'll get you the soul rings."
As he said that, Rayne shot eight white lights of spiritual power into their foreheads.
The eight of them all had the information on the technique, 'Soul Circulation Technique', in their mind. They even achieved basic success of the technique under the influence of Rayne's spiritual power.
At the same time, they also learned about the meridians in the body, and finally understand what Rayne was saying earlier.
As they received the technique, Rayne slowly explained.
"The cultivation technique I gave you is a unique one. It can evolve into the technique that matches you and your martial soul. And every time you add a soul ring, this technique evolves as well."
"This technique is called 'Soul Circulation Technique' in its basic state. But as it evolves to match your abilities, it will become your own personalized cultivation technique."
This technique is one of Rayne's master piece in his earlier days, when he was guiding humans during his days as Ouroboros.
He is quite proud of it.
"Well, that's it. Go and cultivate this skill for a week. We'll meet again in a week for the next training."
When they heard the word 'training', they unconsciously showed fear. The first training was already unbearable. Even now, they still have fears.
Regardless of their expressions, Rayne sent them away.
Rayne, too, turned to go back to the academy.
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