69novels Chapter 63 Choosing the Shadow Martial Soul and Adding Soul Rings
Chapter 63 Choosing the Shadow Martial Soul and Adding Soul Rings
Chapter 63 Choosing the Shadow Martial Soul and Adding Soul Rings
Along the way, Ye Qifeng personally witnessed many ten-year and hundred-year-level soul beasts, and also encountered several thousand-year-level soul beasts. Almost all of these soul beasts were recorded in the Spirit Hall's soul beast collection catalog.
Bibi Dong then introduced Ye Qifeng to the detailed information of each of these soul beasts, including their names, habits, weaknesses, and methods for identifying their age, etc.
This broadened Ye Qifeng's horizons, leaving him amazed.
After all, the knowledge of soul beasts obtained from books is relatively superficial. If you want to understand soul beasts in depth, you should experience them firsthand and learn from the teachers on site.
When they encountered a soul beast, the three of them did not choose to avoid it.
Nihuang always exuded a powerful aura, and these soul beasts dared not approach her easily. Once they sensed danger, they would flee far away.
Soul beasts below the ten-thousand-year level, although lacking intelligence, possess the instinct to seek advantage and avoid harm.
Of course, occasionally there are also some foolish soul beasts that, disregarding everything, launch an attack on the three of them. The result is predictable: they all meet the same fate—being set ablaze by Nihuang and burned to ashes.
Fifteen minutes later.
The three found a flat, sheltered spot suitable for camping.
Nihuang gathered her soul power, swept away the surrounding thorns, and cleared a space. She first sprinkled some special powder around the area to repel snakes, insects, and rodents, and then began to set up the tent.
Of the three, Bibi Dong is the Pope, a person of noble status, while Ye Qifeng is the Holy Son and still young, so the hard work can only be left to Nihuang.
Seeing Nihuang busy at work, Ye Qifeng felt a little embarrassed and stepped forward to help her: "Ninth Sister, let me help you!"
Nihuang smiled in surprise and said, "No need, Xiaofeng, you just need to rest. I can handle this by myself. It's nothing for me."
"It's fine, I'm free anyway," Ye Qifeng replied.
"Alright then, but be careful not to get hurt by the tent frame," Nihuang said with a smile.
In a short time, the two of them had set up a tent.
At this moment, the sun completely set, the red glow on the horizon disappeared, and night fell.
Suddenly, the forest was plunged into complete darkness, so dark that one could hardly see their own hand in front of their face.
The Starry Sky Forest is lush and dense, with the branches and leaves of tall trees blocking out the sky above. Only scattered starlight occasionally shines through the gaps in the branches and leaves that are revealed by the wind.
At this time, Ye Qifeng was not a Soul Master and could not achieve night vision like Bibi Dong and Nihuang.
Looking ahead, all he could see was deep blackness, and he could hardly make out the figures of Bibi Dong and Nihuang, who were right next to him.
But the surroundings were far from quiet. The forest was filled with the chirping of insects and birds, and the roars and howls of spirit beasts rose and fell incessantly.
This is the Star Dou Great Forest at night, where the activities of the soul beasts never cease.
Humanity is deeply entrenched in this environment, facing numerous dangers.
However, Ye Qifeng did not feel afraid or terrified because he was in the dark. On the contrary, he felt very novel because he had his teacher Bibi Dong and his ninth sister Nihuang, both titled Douluo, by his side. He did not need to worry about his safety at all.
At that moment, with a soft pop, a flame rose from Nihuang's hand.
This is the ability of the Phoenix Martial Soul; its soul power inherently possesses top-tier fire attributes.
The flames formed from condensed soul power emitted a clear light, instantly dispelling the surrounding darkness.
Bibi Dong glanced at the flame in Nihuang's hand, thought for a moment, then took out a shimmering white pearl from her soul tool and said to Nihuang:
"Nihuang, I have a light-up pearl here. There's no need to waste your soul power. Put it away and save your soul power."
"Okay." Seeing this, Nihuang flicked her wrist and extinguished the flame.
The surrounding yellow and orange flames were instantly replaced by bright white light.
Bibi Dong turned to look at Ye Qifeng, preparing to teach him some things to be aware of in the forest:
"Xiao Feng, what your teacher wants to tell you is that, normally, when you camp out in the forest at night, especially in a forest like the Star Dou Great Forest where soul beasts live, you should try not to emit any light, especially firelight."
"Although most wild beasts and soul beasts fear firelight, there are also many exceptionally powerful soul beasts that are attracted to light, unless..."
"Unless you're as powerful as Teacher and Ninth Sister, right?" Ye Qifeng chimed in.
Bibi Dong smiled in surprise, nodded, and said:
"Yes, unless your own cultivation is strong enough, don't be like your teacher and Nihuang."
"Your safety is guaranteed this time because your teacher and Nihuang are here. If your teacher is not by your side one day, remember to try not to light a fire."
"Okay, teacher," Ye Qifeng replied.
"Alright," Bibi Dong said, "Let's have dinner first."
After speaking, Bibi Dong took out a small dining table and three chairs from her soul tool, and then took out some food.
The food was quite plentiful, prepared by the administrative kitchen of the Spirit Hall's logistics department at Bibi Dong's behest, and made by several food-type Soul Saints.
"Nihuang, come sit down and eat too," Bibi Dong said to Nihuang.
"Yes, Your Holiness the Pope." Nihuang was somewhat flattered.
The three of them ate very little, and dinner was over quickly.
Bibi Dong looked at Ye Qifeng with her beautiful eyes and asked, "Little Feng, regarding your two martial souls, do you have any ideas about which martial soul to add a soul ring to first? Tell me."
Upon hearing this, Nihuang turned her beautiful, alluring eyes toward Ye Qifeng, her gaze filled with curiosity.
"Hmm," Ye Qifeng replied, "Teacher, Ninth Sister, I've made up my mind. Considering that dark attribute soul beasts are easier to find than light attribute soul beasts, I plan to attach soul rings to my shadow martial soul first."
Nihuang nodded and said, "That makes sense. Light attribute soul beasts and dark attribute soul beasts are relatively rare, especially light attribute soul beasts, which are much rarer than dark attribute soul beasts. Cultivating the Shadow Martial Soul first is a good choice."
Bibi Dong nodded, and then she said:
"According to the classification of Soul Masters in Douluo Continent, they can be divided into Control, Power Attack, Agility Attack, Support, Food, Defense, Healing, Pure Agility, and so on."
"After awakening their martial soul, each Soul Master must choose one direction to cultivate."
Bibi Dong frowned and thought for a moment, then said to Ye Qifeng:
"Xiao Feng, in my opinion, your Shadow Martial Soul is suited for the offensive, control, agile, and defensive paths. However, I suggest you go for the offensive or control path. What do you think?"
Princess Nihuang nodded slightly in agreement with Bibi Dong's suggestion.
"Hmm," Ye Qifeng nodded and smiled at the two of them, "Actually, teacher, your opinion is similar to mine, except..."
"But what?" Bibi Dong looked up at Ye Qifeng.
Nihuang also looked at him, a hint of doubt in her eyes.
Ye Qifeng said, "Teacher, Ninth Sister, I don't plan to go down a single series. I plan to flexibly choose between the offensive, control, and agile attack series according to my own needs."
Nihuang's eyes showed surprise, and she said with some worry:
"Xiao Feng, do you mean you want to cultivate all three elements simultaneously? If so, won't that result in insufficient damage, inadequate control, and insufficient speed?"
Bibi Dong nodded, her brows furrowing slightly, and said:
"Nihuang is right. You should know that each martial soul can only have a maximum of nine soul ring slots. Under normal circumstances, each soul skill needs to occupy one soul ring slot."
"Although cultivating three systems simultaneously is more balanced, distributing soul ring skills to different systems will result in each system having weaknesses, making it difficult to reach the pinnacle as one could by focusing on a single system."
"This is why the Soul Master community recommends that Soul Masters choose only one direction to develop in. Xiao Feng, you..."
"Teacher, Ninth Sister, you can rest assured about this," Ye Qifeng said at this moment. "I have considered everything you mentioned."
Ye Qifeng naturally took into account Bibi Dong and Nihuang's concerns. The reason why the Master World recommends that Soul Masters choose only one direction to develop is because the strength of Soul Masters in Douluo Continent almost entirely comes from the skills granted by their Soul Rings.
Although soul bones can also grant soul masters soul skills, soul bones are extremely rare in the Douluo Continent, and are something that can only be encountered by chance. Even some titled Douluo may not possess a soul bone.
However, this is not absolute. There are also secret techniques, skills, or self-created soul skills that can enhance one's strength.
For example, the Clear Sky Sect's secret techniques such as the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes, the Great Sumeru Hammer, and the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique; the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Distraction Control and Ring Fusion Techniques; the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect's True Dragon Nine Crown Inherited Treasure Skills; and Tang San's Hidden Weapon Techniques, etc., are all skills that have broken away from the category of Soul Skills.
Therefore, the source of strength is not only the soul skills granted by soul rings and soul bones.
However, human lifespan is short, and Soul Masters spend almost all of their lives improving their Soul Power. Almost no one is willing to spend time researching secret techniques, skills, and creating their own Soul Skills.
Because by acquiring a Soul Ring, one can easily obtain the skills they want and enhance their strength.
Many sects and forces only focus on researching the inheritance of martial souls and the soul skills acquired.
Therefore, in the Douluo Continent, there are very few special skills that can enhance one's strength.
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Postscript:
Thank you to [Ben Gai & Ru Shi] for the 500 Qidian Coins!
(End of this chapter)