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Su Yu had already developed a clear understanding of the applications for rune-based techniques.
Whenever the need arose, he naturally leaned toward this approach.
While Douluo Continent did have soul skills for creating clones, no equivalent soul tools existed with this ability, making it impossible to draw on existing core arrays for inspiration.
To create a rune with similar functionality, Su Yu sought out Elder Yi.
However, Elder Yi dismissed Su Yu's idea of developing a clone-based technique.
"Creating clones is merely a way of dividing one's mental energy to allow multiple thought processes.
In essence, the soul's overall capacity remains unchanged.
Rather than focusing on clones, it would be better to dig deeper into the potential of your own mental energy."
Through Elder Yi's further explanations, Su Yu came to understand the true essence of clones and their effect on cultivation efficiency.
Essentially, a person's ability to utilize their soul is limited.
Clones merely separate the parts of the soul that would otherwise remain untapped, creating the illusion of twice the enlightenment.
In reality, if one could fully utilize 100% of their soul's potential, the speed and quality of their comprehension would be as fast as—or even surpass—having multiple clones.
Clones also carry notable drawbacks, such as dividing one's will, which can lead to the formation of multiple personalities, especially when each clone experiences different realizations or insights.
In light of Elder Yi's advice, Su Yu abandoned his idea of pursuing clone-based techniques.
"While it's still worthwhile to master cloning abilities for combat, just ensure that any clone retains full synchronization with your original consciousness," Elder Yi advised.
This would prevent any subconscious independence in the clone's perceptions and memories, Elder Yi explained.
Su Yu understood this, realizing that although his insight was extraordinary, his achievements so far were just unconventional, not truly "heaven-defying."
It turned out that he hadn't fully explored his own potential.
"In that case, I'll follow your advice, Elder Yi, and focus on unlocking more of my soul's potential."
Elder Yi nodded approvingly.
"I happen to know a few spells in this area."
Clear Spirit Technique!
Soul Awareness Technique!
For the first time, Elder Yi was teaching Su Yu magic.
These were supportive spells.
Magic involved reciting incantations to resonate with the natural world, assisted by a spell model to enhance this resonance process.
This bore strong similarities to Su Yu's rune techniques; the primary difference was that rune methods stored structures in the spiritual sea, allowing instant use, making them more efficient than spells.
Of course, at higher levels, both methods essentially converge. In Elder Yi's world, magicians trained their spiritual energy to merge with nature, and each spell they cast honed the alignment of their soul with the natural forces.
With sufficient mastery, spells could also be cast instantly.
Elder Yi had already been working on adapting magic to better fit the rules of Douluo Continent.
He did this by observing the difference between forced spellcasting and Douluo's natural laws, allowing him to sense the rules directly and gradually align himself with them.
Naturally, only someone like Elder Yi, with his extensive knowledge and deep mastery, could employ such a method.
Having modified both spells to suit the rules of Douluo Continent, Su Yu quickly learned them.
Through chanting, Su Yu achieved resonance between his energy and nature, identifying rune patterns for each syllable and then constructing the desired rune structures.
Elder Yi also provided considerable assistance throughout this process.
Su Yu's spiritual power had significantly increased since merging with the Blade of Living Beings, so crafting two runes required little effort, taking only a single day.
"Clear!"
"Awaken!"
The two runes shone brilliantly in Su Yu's spiritual sea.
With the integration of purple energy and life force, even at this initial stage, the effects of the two newly crafted runes were remarkable. Su Yu's study efficiency had at least doubled.
And this was only the result of him just beginning to master the two spells and convert them into runes.
"Researching bone inscriptions isn't practical at the moment; I don't have any soul bones on hand. For now, I can experiment with the God-Slaying Sword to see if its quality can be improved. It'll be a good starting point."
"The study of extending soul ring lifespans also needs to be prioritized."
There were various methods to increase a soul ring's lifespan.
Su Yu knew of three possible ways: replacing the soul ring, gaining rewards through god-level trials, and, lastly, a more conventional approach from the original canon's future, where the Spirit Transferring Pagoda could enhance the age of soul spirits.
The first approach involved sacrificing a soul ring, though it wouldn't cost the user their life.
The latter two options suggested that increasing a soul ring's age was achievable under specific conditions.
What Su Yu needed was to find the true breakthrough point for enhancing soul ring lifespans.
Previously, he'd asked Elder Yi to investigate, and recent developments had made it possible. This was the main reason he had accelerated his research on increasing soul ring years.
"In addition to these studies, I can't neglect the creation of new runes."
The Life Rune, which he'd only just started, had shown the fastest progress, nearly catching up to his initial work on crafting the first two runes.
The 'Clear' and 'Awaken' runes were advancing more slowly, as they required Su Yu to master two spells before translating them into rune form.
While spells could be used directly, runes would allow the effects to be constant.
"With so much research, my soul power cultivation is bound to be delayed, so I'll need to create a few supportive cultivation runes too."
Su Yu recalled a secret technique he'd developed a while back:
The Soul Activation Technique.
Using this, he crafted a rune for "Life."
Following this, he inscribed the "Body" rune to enhance his physical training.
Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.
Today, Su Yu paused his cultivation and research.
Someone from Shrek had arrived.
It was Jing Hongchen who invited Su Yu to join the excitement.
With Qian Buduo and the Martial God Douluo both confined in Sun-Moon Hall's prison, Su Yu found himself inextricably linked to the situation.
Now that Shrek had sent Qian Duoduo here, how could Su Yu not be part of it?
Jing Hongchen was clearly enjoying the spectacle.
This was the headquarters of Sun-Moon Hall, so security was hardly a concern, and he went ahead with his plan.
Su Yu arrived at Sun-Moon Hall.
He was now a second-year student at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy, as well as a member of Sun-MoonHall.
Entering the reception room for foreign guests, Su Yu saw none other than Qian Duoduo, someone tied to his fate in inexplicable ways.
Qian Duoduo was accompanied by a middle-aged man named Fan Yu.
Su Yu quietly moved behind Jing Hongchen and listened to the exchange.
"Hall Master Hongchen, I believe you can guess the purpose of our visit today," Qian Duoduo began.
"I can't say that I do," Jing Hongchen replied, unfazed.
Qian Duoduo clenched his teeth, swallowing his frustration, and carefully explained their purpose.
"Two months ago, our Shrek Academy's Martial God Douluo encountered a conflict with Elder Kong of your nation on the Star Luo Empire's border and subsequently went missing. I'm here to gather details about that incident."
(End of Chapter)