Chapter 173 Confirmation of guess: The key to the growth of martial soul lies in soul power!
"There are indeed people who choose a soul beast with pure dark attributes as their first soul ring, but their cultivation speed will be reduced. In serious cases, they may not be able to continue cultivating."
Qing Zhuzhu did not hide it either, and told the family records about the consequences of a soul master who chose a soul beast with pure dark attributes as his first soul ring.
Example :
Zhu Mingzhu, it is said, was a descendant of a spirit cat family who lived thousands of years ago. As his first spirit ring, he chose the Dark Tiger, a pure dark attribute spirit beast with a dark heart. It could transform into a shadow while running and could not be hit by physical attacks.
However, when Zhu Mingzhu absorbed the soul ring of a Dark Tiger with two hundred years of cultivation, his veins were exposed, and finally ruptured. He was covered in blood and died.
Example :
The time was a thousand years ago.
At that time, the Zhu family thought that the Dark Tiger's cultivation might be too high, so another disciple named Zhu Xiu chose the Dark Tiger, whose cultivation had just exceeded a hundred years old.
During the absorption process, Zhu Xiu was in great pain, with veins all over his body exposed...
In the end, Zhu Xiu succeeded!
However, perhaps during the absorption process, the meridians in his body that circulate his soul power suffered irreversible damage, so that when he practiced again, his soul power increased extremely slowly. Zhu Xiu, who had reached level eight in soul power and should have had the hope of becoming a Titled Douluo, only managed to break through to level thirty-six at the age of fifty, and never broke through to the Soul Sect realm in his entire life.
Although Qing Zhuzhu gave other examples, Zhou Qing had already confirmed his previous guess -
Without an extremely special martial soul or an extremely peculiar spirit ring, it is impossible for a martial soul to complete its transformation!
The thing that is directly linked to the growth of martial soul is the soul master himself!
The martial spirit is like a seed planted in the human body:
The awakening ceremony is equivalent to letting the seeds germinate!
If this seed wants to grow into a towering tree, it needs soil, water, air, sunlight, etc.
Among them, the soul master's body is the material basis of soil, water, air and other conditions required for the growth of martial souls, while soul power is the energy basis of "sunlight" required for the growth of martial souls.
And what about soul rings?
It is a kind of "fertilization" process of human intervention, which is "fertilizer".
"Fertilizer" can make "plants" grow better, but it is definitely not a necessity and can only be a form of artificial regulation.
The rules of Douluo Continent are by no means natural. The death of soul beasts gives birth to soul rings that can help soul masters break through bottlenecks, and soul bones similar to human bones. These are all "fertilization" behaviors after human intervention.
The key to the growth of martial soul can only be soul power!
Fertilizer is not necessary!
It’s just that due to some unknown reasons, “fertilizer”, that is, soul rings, have become a necessity in the growth process of soul masters and martial souls.
However, during this process, the mastermind behind the scenes did not tell human soul masters how to identify the "fertilizer" that is most beneficial to their growth, so humans had to experiment one by one, even at the cost of their lives, just to enable future generations to avoid mistakes.
Just like the direct members of the Nether Spirit Cat family, their martial souls are all Nether Spirit Cats, but when they just awaken, their dark attribute is very weak.
Therefore, when obtaining the first and second soul rings, the soul beast chosen must not be of pure dark attribute, but can only have a slight hint of dark attribute.
Only in this way can the martial soul grow better, and will not be "burned" to death due to excessive "fertilization". Just like Zhu Xiu and Zhu Mingzhu in the example of Qingzhu Zhu, they suffered so much pain in the process of absorbing the soul ring that one of them had his meridians damaged and the other died directly. This was because their martial souls had just awakened and their dark attributes were weak. Absorbing the soul rings produced by pure dark attribute soul beasts was equivalent to piling a fist of fertilizer on a plant seedling that had just broken through the ground and was only the size of a fingernail.
Will the seedlings grow better?
Do not!
It will only "burn" to death!
The principle that too much is as bad as too little is also fully reflected in the process of martial soul growth!
At least the past examples of the Nether Spirit Cat Family have proved this point!
The growth of soul beasts goes through infancy, growth, and adulthood. Only after reaching the corresponding growth stage can the soul beasts possess the corresponding abilities.
This can be seen from the Lingyun Turtle: at the hundred-year level, it can provide the soul skill "sleep"; at the thousand-year level, it can provide "signs of martial soul fusion."
Xiao Wu once told Zhou Qing and Tang San about the abilities that the Soft-Bone Rabbit can control at different stages of its growth. This is also a real-life example.
The same reason.
The growth stage of a martial soul will not be too different from that of a soul beast.
The only difference may be that in the process of growing up, the martial soul can only get talent, while skills need to be obtained by hunting soul beasts...
[No! This is not necessarily the case! After growing to a certain stage, the talent will be revealed. The soul master can actually create his own soul skills according to the talent of the martial soul. The so-called self-created soul skills are probably created in this way. It’s just that hunting soul beasts, obtaining soul rings, and obtaining soul skills is too convenient, so most soul masters will not think about creating their own. ]
How did this cultivation system originally come into being?
Zhou Qing didn't think about the related conspiracy theories, but one thing he could be sure of was that this path would definitely suppress and even kill the creativity of the human brain in the entire Douluo Continent to a great extent!
Just like Tang San's "Xuan Tian Gong", the way his practice is able to crush the Douluo Continent is because of the basic theories about human meridians, acupoints, etc.
And this is exactly what the Douluo Continent's cultivation system lacks the most!
When Zhu Mingzhu and Zhu Xiu absorbed soul rings, they could only rely on their martial souls and the vague soul power circulation routes brought to them by their martial souls. They had no idea about the functions of the various meridians and acupoints in the human body.
What if they understood?
Then, they might not feel too much pain during the process of absorbing the Dark Tiger Soul Ring, and even if their meridians were damaged afterwards, they would know how to recuperate and recover.
In the original novel, Tang San was able to absorb spirit rings of higher levels many times. Was it because of the Blue Silver Grass, or was it the Blue Silver Emperor?
No!
The basis is Xuantian Gong! It is the basic theory from another martial arts civilization contained in Xuantian Gong!
It is precisely because he understands the functions and effects of the major meridians and acupuncture points in the human body that Tang San is able to restore his body to the most perfect state every time he absorbs spirit rings at a higher level and destroys his body!
And what about other soul masters?
At most, it can heal the external injuries of the body, but when it comes to the hidden injuries at the meridian level, there is no effective way to heal them. One can only rely on the speed of cultivation brought by the high-quality martial soul, by increasing the soul power, and relying on the nourishing effect of the soul power on the body to forcibly suppress the injuries.
Just like the self-destructive Tang Hao, perhaps he knew that he couldn't heal his hidden injuries...
(End of this chapter)
