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Martial Soul City.
Pope's Palace.
Hu Leina, Xie Yue, and Yan reported to Bibi Dong about the recent hunt for the fallen.
"Did the people from the Tiandou Royal Academy take the lead? With him there, it's no wonder you couldn't compete," Bibi Dong chuckled, "It seems that little guy wants to make a name for himself by defeating the Martial Soul Hall team in the Elite Soul Master Competition across the continent."
"May I ask, Your Holiness, who are you referring to?" Yan bowed respectfully and asked.
"Don't you know?" Bibi Dong was surprised. "Didn't anyone ask who was on the Tiandou Royal team?"
"Um... We arrived and immediately set off. We barely spent a day there, so I didn't know who had joined the Tiandou Royal team," Yan admitted, feeling rushed for time.
"It's Tang San, the captain of the Tiandou Royal team," Hu Leina interjected, her eyes alight with realization. "The martial soul theory master!"
"What? Him!" Yan exclaimed, then realizing they were in the Pope's Palace, quickly apologized to Bibi Dong.
"It's alright." Bibi Dong didn't mind, looking at Huo Leina with satisfaction. "Indeed, it's him. Tang San, martial soul, Blue Silver Grass, possibly mutated, innate soul power at Rank 6. But now, at the age of thirteen, he has become a Soul King."
"Soul King! At thirteen!"
The three exchanged incredulous looks.
What kind of monster was he?
"For now, all I know is that he has become a Soul King. The specific number of his fifth soul ring is tens of thousands of years, still unknown. He has never revealed it, probably hoping to surprise everyone at next year's continent-wide competition," Bibi Dong was also curious about Tang San's fifth soul ring. "I estimate it's around fifty thousand years."
Fifty thousand years!
Hu Leina and the others were shocked.
According to Tang San's theory, the duration a soul master can withstand a soul ring is influenced by various factors: whether the soul beast that drops the soul ring matches the type and attribute of the martial soul, the physical strength of the soul master, the strength of the soul master's mental power, and so on.
Among them, physical strength forms the basis for enduring high-year soul rings, while powerful mental strength is crucial for resisting the mental will of the soul beast within high-year soul rings.
And the compatibility between the soul ring and the martial soul is the icing on the cake.
Before Tang San released the effect of whale glue, for ordinary soul masters, only those at the level of Soul Douluo could withstand a fifty thousand-year soul ring.
Even some Titled Douluo's ninth soul rings were only fifty thousand years.
And Tang San's fifth soul ring had reached fifty thousand years?
Truly terrifying physique!
"It's just my speculation. The specific number of years is uncertain, but it definitely exceeds twenty thousand years," Bibi Dong said so because Hu Leina, Xie Yue, and Yan's fifth soul rings were all over twenty thousand years. Tang San, as the one who released the effect of whale glue, must have consumed whale glue of a thousand-year level or above.
"Teacher, my soul power has reached level fifty-nine. Before the Soul Master Competition starts, I plan to cultivate diligently to raise my soul power to level sixty," Hu Leina's eyes were incredibly serious. "I hope to choose a fifty-thousand-year-level soul beast for my sixth soul ring."
In Hu Leina's view, Tang San's joining the Tiandou Royal would undoubtedly lead to the formulation of extremely rigorous tactics for the Tiandou Royal team. As the martial soul theory master who proposed the "Analysis of Soul Master Self-Positioning", he couldn't be compared with in terms of tactics.
As the golden generation of the Martial Soul Hall, they couldn't afford to lose, because they represented the honor and pride of the Martial Soul Hall.
So, they could only rely on stronger strength to crush the opponent!
Soul Emperor!
That's the best guarantee!
"Well, it's just that there's too little thousand-year whale jelly and not many thousand-year whale glue either on the continent right now. Otherwise, you might have reached a fifty-thousand-year soul ring," Bibi Dong sighed, looking outside the Pope's Palace, as if his gaze pierced through the entire continent and landed on the deep and mysterious sea.
There were many more resources in the ocean than on land.
It's just that they couldn't be developed at the moment.
Also, to develop the ocean, the place where the belief in the Sea God lies: Sea God Island, is a big problem that needs to be solved first.
"I agree to your request," Bibi Dong chuckled lightly. "As my disciple, a mere fifty-thousand-year soul ring is sufficient for you to bear. And from my estimation, when you reach level eighty, you will be able to withstand a hundred-thousand-year-level soul ring. By then, I will personally take you to hunt down hundred-thousand-year soul beasts."
"Thank you, teacher!"
Hu Leina was ecstatic. With the Pope's assurance, her eighth soul ring could be at the hundred-thousand-year level.
But what about Tang San?
Without the presence of a Titled Douluo to escort him, even if he could withstand a hundred-thousand-year-level soul ring when he reached the Soul Saint stage in the future, he wouldn't be able to hunt down hundred-thousand-year-level soul beasts. He could only choose soul beasts of over fifty thousand years.
Unless he could join the Martial Soul Hall and become a disciple under the Pope or one of the elders in the Spirit hall.
"Oh, right, here are Tang San's new theories related to martial soul fusion techniques. They haven't been officially released through the Martial Soul Reporting. Take a look, maybe it can deepen the integration of martial souls between you and Xie Yue," Bibi Dong remembered something and took out Tang San's "Three Major Classifications of Martial Soul Fusion Techniques" and "The Primary and Secondary Roles of Humans and Martial Souls"...
...
"Ah-choo!"
Tang San rubbed his nose, feeling like someone was criticizing him behind his back. "Who's cursing me behind my back again?"
Then, without thinking much, Tang San took out the Silver Crystal Dragon Pattern Sword from his storage wristband and infused it with soul power, causing the dragon patterns on it to operate in a peculiar manner.
Using the Purple Demon Eyes, Tang San recorded the energy flow within it, connected it with his blood and energy, and found it easier to manipulate. He could even project it out of his body and solidify it.
"The Jade-Bone Golden-Skin Divine Treasury technique only cultivates an exceptionally strong body, which can support the five organs and protect the six entrails, but its corresponding means are somewhat lacking."
"Now, by using the dragon patterns within this Silver Crystal Dragon Pattern Sword, I've developed methods to condense and project blood and energy. It adds a bit more to my attack methods."
"And based on the method of condensing the soul core, can I condense the blood and energy in my lower dantian into a Qi-Blood Golden Pill?"
Suddenly, Tang San thought of such an idea.
The human body has three treasures: essence, energy, and spirit.
Essence can be regarded as blood and energy; energy can be considered as soul power; spirit can be mental power.
Condensing the soul core doesn't increase soul power, but it can assist soul masters in practicing faster and improve the quality and recovery speed of soul power.
If we take this as the basis, condense the three treasures of essence, energy, and spirit separately, and then construct energy circulation pathways for their mutual transformation, is it feasible?
Daoism has the saying of refining essence to transform energy, refining energy to transform spirit, and refining spirit to return to emptiness.
And in the Douluo Continent series, in the first book, the power of blood and energy was not clear because there were no specific cases, but in "Soul Land," Huo Yuhao used the skill of the first soul ring to convert soul power into mental power.
In this era of Soul Land, there are also soul masters specializing in mental power cultivation, such as the one in the Canghui Academy.
If soul power can be converted into mental power, then naturally blood and energy can also be converted into soul power. As long as the conversion ratio and efficiency between the three are found, based on the Xuantian Gong, researching different energy circulation pathways, integrating them, it is not impossible to condense the three treasures of essence, energy, and spirit into pills.
Thinking of this, Tang San immediately began to try, mobilizing the blood and energy in his body, operating the soul power in his dantian, condensing the mental power in his mind, combining them, and then—
"Phew!"
He spat out a mouthful of reverse blood, Tang San's face turned pale, but with the Endless Recovery of the Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul, he quickly recovered from his injuries.
This was also the reason why Tang San dared to experiment on himself.
As long as there was a breath left, the Endless Recovery could restore all his injuries.
"The conversion between mental power and soul power seems to have some clues, but there is a great conflict between blood and energy and soul power, as if they are competing for control." Tang San frowned, touching the three inches below his navel, where the soul power cultivated by the Xuantian Gong was condensed, and the blood and energy were also condensed there. "Can't two tigers share one mountain?"
Tang San couldn't help but think of the theory of the three elixir fields.
The Lower Elixir Field corresponds to the Lower Dantian; the Middle Elixir Field corresponds to the Middle Dantian; the Upper Elixir Field corresponds to the Upper Dantian.
Soul power and blood and energy reside in the Lower Dantian, while mental power is stored in the Upper Dantian. The Middle Dantian, however, remains empty, serving only as a conduit for the circulation of soul power.
"So, do I need to transfer either soul power or blood and energy to the Middle Dantian?" Tang San decided to start with transferring blood and energy, but immediately his face flushed red, as if his whole body was on fire, so he quickly stopped.
With the endless recovery of the soul skill, he then began to transfer the soul power cultivated by the Xuantian Gong.
Buzz—
As the main body of soul power moved to the Middle Dantian, blood and energy occupied the entire Lower Dantian, and a natural resonance occurred between the two. Subsequently, the mental power in the three elixir fields also joined the resonance.
Tang San's consciousness entered his soul, able to see clearly every set of circulatory systems, every organ, every tissue, every cell in his body.
The body is the universe!
The soul is the way of heaven!
In that instant, it seemed like a moment yet also like eternity.
After opening his eyes, Tang San felt as if he understood the mystery of the entire universe, but it was like a hazy dream, and he understood nothing, as if everything was just an illusion.
Checking his own condition again, within the Upper, Middle, and Lower Elixir Fields, blood and energy, soul power, and mental power were condensed respectively. Among the three, there was a natural way of transformation.
This was not like the cultivation of soul power in the Xuantian Gong, but more like a natural rhythm, like instinctive breathing.
As long as Tang San was alive, the transformation between these three would not stop.
"Is this the natural instinct?" Tang San pondered, "But in the future, I still rely on techniques like the Xuantian Gong and soul core condensation to develop more advanced energy conversion methods and circulation routes."
"By the way, didn't I want to study martial souls? How did I end up on a path similar to cultivation?"
Stretching lazily, Tang San got up from his seat and left the study, ready to find Huo Wu, Yu Tianheng, and the others.
After all, he had promised to help them develop their own unique soul skills.
Huo Leina felt that Tang San must have a great deal of research on tactics, but Tang San's greatest strength from beginning to end was in the theoretical aspects of martial soul cultivation.
Tactics?
What's that?
"Brother San, did you just come out of the study?" Even though she had her own dormitory and courtyard, Xiao Wu, who insisted on coming over to his side to practice the Three-Section Staff, leaped to Tang San's side after two or three steps. "I felt a burning sensation in your room just now, with a strong sense of oppression. Did you develop a new cultivation method?"
"That was blood and energy. I developed some offensive and defensive techniques. Besides that—" Tang San pressed his hand against Xiao Wu's abdomen, causing her face to flush red, "Is it inappropriate to do this here for the first time?"
"Don't think too much." Tang San pushed up his probe glasses and controlled his soul power, injecting it into Xiao Wu's body, guiding her soul power from three inches below the navel to the position of the Middle Dantian.
Soul power cultivated by different martial souls possesses different attributes. If it is transferred to another soul master's body without some method of conversion, it will lead to conflicts between soul powers.
But Tang San's soul power was full of vitality, almost able to merge into any soul master's soul power and even be actively absorbed by the body of another soul master, unless—
The other person's soul power carries attributes such as corrosion or death.
Xiao Wu calmed down, controlling the soul power within her body to flow along with Tang San's soul power to the Middle Dantian. She was surprised to find that her control over soul power had improved significantly.
"What's going on?" Xiao Wu asked.
"The location where soul power is stored is closer to the brain now, so naturally, it's easier to control," Tang San explained in the simplest terms possible. "But, you shouldn't try it randomly. There aren't many places in the body where large amounts of soul power can be stored, and experimenting randomly could lead to big problems."
"I naturally know that," Xiao Wu rolled her eyes, feeling speechless about Tang San's warning. Was she such an impulsive person?
"And—"
"The place where soul power was previously stored, what can it be used for now? Storing blood and energy?" Xiao Wu asked.
"Exactly," Tang San nodded. "In the future, when you've cultivated the Jade Bone, Golden Skin, Divine Treasure technique to its peak, and your blood and energy are overflowing, you can store it in the Lower Dantian, or rather, blood and energy will naturally condense there."
"The Lower Dantian? Then, the place where we currently store soul power is the Middle Dantian, right? Is there also an Upper Dantian?" Xiao Wu extrapolated.
"Indeed, there is an Upper Dantian, which is at the location of our brow, used to store mental power," Tang San smiled. "Upper, Middle, and Lower, respectively storing the blood and energy cultivated by oneself, the soul power absorbed and transformed from the energy of heaven and earth, and the mental power that grows with experience."
"I call it the three treasures of the human body: essence, energy, and spirit."
"In the future, perhaps these three treasures can be condensed into a pattern similar to a soul core. The condensation of blood and energy will be called the Blood and Energy Golden Pellet; the condensation of soul power will be called the Soul Power Heart Core; and the condensation of mental power can be called the Spiritual Spirit Grid."
"The Blood and Energy Golden Pellet represents life and immortality. Gold is also immortal, so it is called a pellet."
"The Soul Power Heart Core is just a renaming of the soul core, with the addition of the word 'heart,' meaning that one can control soul power as one wishes."
"The Spiritual Spirit Grid is related to the soul··· Originally, I wanted to name it Spiritual Grid, but upon reflection, it seemed a bit impractical, so I changed the word 'spirit' to 'spirit.'"
Listening to Tang San's explanation, Xiao Wu couldn't help but marvel, "Brother San, have you already condensed the Golden Pellet, Heart Core, and Spirit Grid?"
"Not yet. I estimate that under normal circumstances, at least my soul power needs to reach the level of a Soul Saint, and the energy circulation and transformation routes between blood and energy, soul power, and mental power have not yet been completed. Currently, these three things in my body are just instinctive movements and transformations, with very low efficiency, but they also accelerate my absorption speed of the energy of heaven and earth." Tang San shook his head. "But I've already thought of the names in advance."
"You're naming them before you've finished cultivating them. You're really something," Xiao Wu said speechlessly, but from the bottom of her heart, she already believed that with Tang San's abilities, he would definitely succeed.
Because he was Tang San.
At this point, Xiao Wu had long unconditionally believed in Tang San.
Later, the two found Guang Ling's dormitory and entered the study (the three of them had spare keys to each other's rooms and could enter and leave at will). Tang San helped her transfer her soul power to the Middle Dantian and informed her about the three treasures of the human body.
"Blood and Energy Golden Pellet, Soul Power Heart Core, and Spiritual Spirit Grid!" Guang Ling's eyes showed admiration. "Truly worthy of being my teacher, you're amazing. I'm afraid no one can compare to you in personal cultivation."
"Haha, it's not that amazing," Tang San laughed heartily, then noticed a device similar to a crossbow on the desk next to him, with corresponding soul guidance patterns on it. "Is this the bow-type soul guidance device you made?"
"It's engraved with the additional patterns after my martial soul absorbs soul rings, just to see what effect it has," Guang Ling explained truthfully. "Brother San, your speculation may be correct. Soul devices may indeed have evolved from martial souls and soul rings."
Taking the crossbow, Guang Ling inserted her hand into the bottom fixed device, which was a circular ring, and aimed it at a stone outside the window.
Swish!
A soul arrow shot out from the crossbow, carrying the attribute of light. In just an instant, it pierced through the stone, leaving a hole, then exploded with a bang.
"This is the current effect. I used the Golden Yang Breath pattern. The arrows shot out have the light attribute," Guang Ling introduced. "However, because it's condensed soul power, once it encounters obstacles, it will disperse. It's not as stable as the soul skills cast with the martial soul."
"Of course, the explosion caused by dispersal may be a stronger attack method."
"I also added a soul power storage device to it. Even ordinary people without soul power can use this soul-guided crossbow, but it's only for use."
Having a soul-guided storage device indeed meant that ordinary people could use this soul-guided crossbow, but the moment the arrow was shot, its recoil force could make ordinary people fall.
Tang San understood this point and knew that powerful attack-type soul devices, unless they were idiot-proof button operations, could only be better used by soul masters. Even in his past life, those heavy firepower weapons required a certain level of physical strength to use, otherwise the recoil force could shatter the bones and internal organs of the human body.
"It's a good attack-type soul device, but for the time being, I hope you can make more novel daily use soul devices," Tang San first affirmed but then suggested making daily-life soul devices, "And try to use materials with high demand and low cost in the market, so that ordinary people on the continent can afford them, meaning the price can be low enough to be purchased with copper soul coins."
"As for attack-type weapons, I'm not opposed to them. It's just not the right time for them to appear yet..."
(End of this chapter)