Chapter 39 Confirmation of the First Soul Ring
After Zhou Qing returned home, he did not organize the books for the first time, but practiced his martial soul: the skills brought by the blood circulation system: the Xiantian Neijing Diagram.
The purpose is to transform the internal force cultivated through Xuantian Gong and the innate soul power that comes with the awakening of the martial soul through a circulation cycle with the three gates and nine orifices as the main part and the other meridians as the auxiliary part.
This innate internal classics diagram cultivates the three treasures of essence, energy and spirit at the same time. The soul power flows through the upper, middle and lower dantian, and then passes through the coccyx gate, the lumbar gate, the occipital gate, penetrates the yin orifice, the yang orifice and the central palace orifice, and is connected with the Ren and Du meridians. Later, it is connected with the rest of the eight extraordinary meridians, and connected to the twelve main meridians, together forming the nine palaces and eight trigrams.
Also, when the martial soul possesses the body, it merges with the body's blood circulation system. The heartbeat, blood vessel contraction and relaxation, and blood flow can actively help Zhou Qing practice the Xiantian Neijing Diagram. Even every time the heart beats, Zhou Qing can feel that all the cells in his body seem to feel the corresponding rhythm, and vibrate and resonate, constantly combing the whole body and improving the quality of the body.
When I obtain a spirit ring in the future, I will definitely be able to endure longer years.
According to the original work, when the protagonists went to Poseidon Island for training, Ning Rongrong was the first to receive the reward of increasing the age of her soul ring. At that time, it was said that: the older the soul ring, the less soul power is consumed when using soul skills.
From this we can see that although the soul skills have not changed, as the age of the soul ring increases, the soul power required to release soul skills of the same power becomes smaller.
This may mean that for the same soul skill, the older the soul ring, the more efficient the patterns inside it are in utilizing soul power.
If the spirit ring is compared to a light bulb that needs electricity, the spirit skills and their effects are compared to the light emitted by the light bulb, and the spirit power is compared to electricity, then a spirit ring with a high age is an incandescent lamp, and a spirit ring with a low age is similar to a tungsten filament lamp that can only emit yellow light.
This should be one of the main reasons why spirit masters pursue high-age spirit rings.
The remaining reason may be that the older the soul ring is, the more energy it contains that can enhance soul power, which can slightly reduce the reason for soul masters to increase their soul power level.
The soul skills brought by higher-age soul rings are also more powerful.
“Speaking of soul power level, this concerns me a lot. It’s like a sense of the unknown, but after the martial soul awakens, this sense has become clearer. I estimate that after obtaining the first soul ring, the exact level of soul power will become clearer and clearer.” Zhou Qing suspected that this game-like situation was related to the God Realm. After all, although the planet-like world of Douluo Continent has a fantasy color, this game-like level setting is really too abrupt.
Judging from the original work, after Tang San obtained his first spirit ring, he only knew that he had broken through to level eleven, but to know the exact level, he still had to go to the Spirit Hall for testing and judge through the crystal ball. But after level 20 or even level 30, he seemed to be able to clearly perceive the details of each level he broke through, as if he could judge for himself.
The same is true for the other Shrek Six Monsters.
Has Douluo Continent already formed a knowledge system for self-judgment of soul power levels?
How can it be!
The soul master world in Douluo Continent has not even completed the basic system of soul power cultivation! The understanding of the human body is also pitiful!
So, this is a very strange phenomenon.
It would be understandable if Tang San was a time traveler who could judge his own level of cultivation, but what about the other six Shrek monsters?
Not to mention Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, they are from royal families and large sects, so it is reasonable to set them up with corresponding methods.
But Oscar and Ma Hongjun are just pure civilians.
Their teachers are completely different from their martial souls, and the nature of the soul power they cultivate is different. It is impossible to judge them using the same method, right?
Therefore, it can only be caused by the rules of this world.
"Forget it. This is too far away from me. Besides, this rule, for now, does not have any flaws. It allows people to judge their own cultivation progress more clearly." Zhou Qing decided to put this issue aside for the time being and make plans after learning more about martial spirits and soul beasts.
Now, what he needs to consider most is the choice of the first soul ring.
Martial Soul: Blood circulatory system.
So, regardless of the soul skills, the soul beast you choose must have skills that can improve or strengthen its blood and vitality.
Secondly, we should consider the exercises based on the Xiantian Neijing Diagram.
The first sentence of this skill is "The Iron Ox Ploughs the Land and Finds Gold". When it is put into the Neijing diagram, it is a picture of an old farmer holding a whip, driving an ox to plow the land, with a cauldron under his feet.
Cultivating the land refers to moving kidney energy; lighting the fire in the cauldron refers to cultivating the lower dantian.
Ordinary people have to work hard to practice cultivation.
But Zhou Qing is different. With the help of his martial soul, all the meridians in his body are connected. He has already mastered the path of cultivation and only needs to work hard to improve his soul power.
Let’s look at the first sentence again. Why do we use iron oxen to plow the land?
Because the iron ox is not afraid of whipping and is difficult to drive, it implies that this process is difficult and requires patience and wisdom. Once the process of refining essence into qi is completed, the cauldron is considered to be risen and can shine, which is the four yin and yang Tai Chi in the lower dantian in the Neijing diagram.
That is also the true primordial Qi. Taoists often talk about lead and mercury. The "lead" here refers to the true primordial Qi, not the metal element in the true sense.
Zhou Qing felt that these four Tai Chi Yin and Yang also referred to the four innate true Qi at the beginning of the world: earth, water, wind and fire.
"So, for my first soul ring, I would choose a soul beast with abundant blood and energy, and secondly, one with earth... or in other words, attributes like soil and rock."
Zhou Qing determined the type of soul beast.
The Xiantian Neijing diagram has three gates and nine orifices, but Zhou Qing does not want the nine soul rings to correspond to these nine orifices, that would be courting death!
Soul rings inherently carry the attributes of soul beasts, but the three gates and nine orifices of the human body cannot correspond one to one. Even if it could, it would probably take most of a lifetime just to find a soul beast.
Therefore, Zhou Qing believed that by taking the corresponding attributes of the soul beast and using them to condense the four innate true essences of earth, water, wind and fire, he would be able to further accelerate his own cultivation speed and physical strength. The three gates and nine orifices would control the circulation of soul power throughout the body. In the future, by gathering the five elements and evolving the eight trigrams, he might be able to construct a true inner world!
But now, restricted by the rules of this world, without a soul ring, his skills can no longer improve. Although the Xiantian Neijing Diagram can also temper the body, the soul power is too little and the efficiency is low.
Zhou Qing also determined the elemental attribute that the first soul ring should have: earth.
Earth is the mother of all things, so you must first possess this element.
Looking through the books related to soul beasts, Zhou Qing found that there are quite a few soul beasts that have vigorous blood, vitality, and earth attributes. But in the end, he summarized them and found that there are three soul beasts that are most suitable for him.
First, the underground lizard has a strong vitality. After the limbs and tail are broken, they can regenerate after a period of time. The surface of the body grows scales similar to rocks, and it can burrow underground.
Second, the Titan Giant Ape... This one was directly crossed out by Zhou Qing. Even though this super soul beast was very suitable for him, with tenacious vitality, strong blood, and control of the power of the earth, this thing was simply not something he could deal with. A hundred years of cultivation could be comparable to an ordinary soul beast of ten thousand years level. Including it in his first soul ring choice was tantamount to seeking death.
The only known Titan ape is the one in the Star Forest. There may be variants of the Titan ape in the Far North, but their attributes are definitely very different from those on Earth.
Third, the Moo Spring Ox has a huge population and lives in grasslands and forests. It can be found in places that are not too harsh.
It is recognized by the soul master community that cattle-type soul beasts are strong and have abundant blood and energy.
The Mooing Spring Ox is one of the few species of cattle soul beasts that possesses the attribute of the earth. The reason it is called "Mooing Spring" is because when spring comes, the Mooing Spring Ox will "moo".
According to the records in the book, the Mooing Spring Ox moos in the spring, not only like other soul beasts and animals in the spring when they are in heat, but also after the heat is over, it will continue to moo one after another, as if it is singing the arrival of spring.
Therefore, the soul master who first discovered this phenomenon gave it a poetic name "Moo Spring"...
(End of this chapter)
