Chapter 25: Starting to Train Ciel

Tian Dou City, Tian Dou Hotel, 05.30 Am.

The sun slowly began to rise on the eastern horizon of the Douluo Continent. Various human beings, soul beasts, plants, as well as beasts began to carry out their activities normally, it also did not escape Ciel who had woken up early and went to prepare to start his training. With Ciel's biological wake-up clock which is usually 05.00 am, he has woken up at his usual time and started preparing himself with enthusiasm because today he will start being trained by his teacher, Shirou.

Ciel immediately changed into the gym clothes he bought earlier and walked out of his room. By the time Ciel had walked out, an extremely fragrant food smell hit his senses of smell.

"What a must." Ciel thought in a complimenting tone as his stomach rumbled from the arousal caused by inhaling the scent. Ciel slowly walked towards the kitchen and saw Shirou cooking while Lily sat relaxed at the dining table and watched Shirou cook.

" Is Master also great at cooking?" Ciel thought in admiration.

Lily who sensed Ciel's arrival immediately turned her head and looked at Ciel while saying "Meow~"

Ciel woke up in his thoughts and looked at Lily who was staring at him. Ciel hastily walked over and bowed slightly while saying, "Good morning, Miss Lily"

"Meow~" Lily nodded and looked back at Shirou who was cooking.

Shirou who heard Ciel's voice immediately turned around and said, "Oh, Ciel. Good morning."

"Good morning, Master" Ciel said with great respect and courtesy.

"Good, you're up early. You sit down first, I'm preparing breakfast for us to eat together. After this, I'll start to train you." Shirou turned around and focused on his work.

"Okay, Master" Ciel nodded and immediately took a seat next to Lily.

It didn't take long for Shirou to finish the food he made. Shirou put down the apron he was using and brought out the finished foods and arranged them on the dining table. After finishing, Shirou immediately took a seat and said, "Let's eat"

"Meow~," Lily said excitedly since she couldn't eat the food Shirou made yesterday. Lily immediately ate a special dish for herself with great pleasure.

Ciel also nodded and immediately took part for himself. As Ciel ate one spoonful of Shirou's dish, " So delicious~" Ciel thought in awe of the taste of the dish Shirou made.

Shirou who saw Ciel's smiling face after eating the dish nodded and said, "How was the dish I made? Not bad, right?"

Ciel instantly woke up from the imagination created after eating Shirou's dish. Ciel immediately shook his head and said, "No, Master. The dish you made is very good. Even the dishes I ate earlier at the Tian Dou Restaurant are incomparable to this dish."

Shirou smiled slightly and said, "Ok, then. Let's continue eating."

Ciel nodded and the three of them started to continue their meal. After they finished eating, Ciel immediately asked permission to clean all the dirty cutlery and cooking because he considered it to be a student's duty. Shirou himself had no problem with that and gave Ciel that opportunity as he started planning Ciel's training.

" Hmm~ Well, for the first time it's better to let Ciel absorb the 10,000-year-old Edelweiss Elite Flower immortal plant to increase his physical fitness. For now, it's better to focus on developing physical fitness so that he can absorb a 1000-year-old soul ring when his martial soul awakens." Shirou thought casually while standing in front of him, Lily who was still lying down leisurely.

It didn't take long for Ciel to finish cleaning the tableware and cooking utensils they used earlier and turn back to Shirou saying "I've finished it, Master"

"It's finished? Ok~ Then, let's go to the guest room" Shirou immediately stood up from his position followed by Lily who immediately jumped towards Shirou's shoulder sitting relaxed while Ciel was excited behind because he was about to get training from Shirou.

Arriving at the guest room, Shirou immediately asked Ciel to sit on the floor while he stood looking at Ciel and said, "Okay. Before we start, Ciel. What do you think is most important for a Soul Master?"

" What's most important? Isn't that soul power?" Ciel thought but he was a little hesitant because Shirou couldn't ask such an easy question with an easy answer either. Ciel thought for a while and looked at Shirou as he said in a low voice, "Martial soul?"

Shirou smiled slightly and said, "It is true that a martial soul is the most important thing for a Soul Master. However, whatever one's martial soul was, it all depended on how the Soul Master controlled or used the martial soul. Even if it was a trash martial soul, if that Soul Master could cultivate that martial soul very well, that Soul Master would have a fighting power strong enough to compete with a Soul Master who had a strong martial soul but didn't know how to control it. martial soul well."

Shirou raised his right hand while summoning his martial soul. However, not completely but Shirou manifested his martial soul into a blue sphere surrounded by a strong current of lightning, "My martial soul is a Lightning Elemental. This martial soul is a body martial soul which allows my body to be surrounded by extremely strong lightning currents. However, with me being able to control this martial soul with perfect control, I can manifest whatever I want through this martial soul."

Shirou turns the ball of lightning into a 1-meter spear, after the spear changes, Shirou turns back into a chain, the next change is a long sword. Shirou manifests his martial soul into several other weapons. Ciel who saw this was amazed by the control Shirou had.

Shirou suddenly retracted his martial soul and said, "If you have attained absolute control over your martial soul when you fight a Soul Master of the same level, you will gain a higher advantage because of your control."

"I see" Ciel nodded excitedly and started to store the information he received.

"However, the question I asked earlier, is not the most appropriate answer. Come to think of it, what is most important to a Soul Master?" Shirou asked back.

" Not a martial soul? Could it be soul power? Not. Not. The teacher definitely wouldn't ask if the answer was easy like that. Then what?..." Ciel tried to think, but due to limited information and understanding of the outside world as well as Soul Master, Ciel shook his head and said, "Teacher, I don't know"

Shirou nodded and didn't force Ciel to get the answer, Shirou immediately said, "The most important thing for a Soul Master is physical fitness"

"Physical fitness?"

"Yes. Many Soul Masters have forgotten this aspect by the time they have become a Soul Master or they have awakened soul power and martial souls. It is true that with the soul power within us, we can use that soul power to increase physical fitness and there is also another benefit if one awakens the animal martial spirit, so that person's physical fitness will also increase."

"That's where the wrong thinking comes from. In the case of a Soul Master, the moment one had reached a bottleneck in one's soul force or one could say to have reached the limit of a certain level, that Soul Master would have to absorb the soul ring to break through the bottleneck. In this Douluo Continent, it was well known how many or how high lifespan a soul ring could be absorbed by a Soul Master at a certain level. However, have you ever thought about trying to break through or not following this thought?" Shirou asked casually.

Ciel who was listening seriously to Shirou's words suddenly understood this matter. Ciel hastily said, "Teacher, is it possible that you can explain the division of how high the lifespan of a soul ring a Soul Master can absorb at a certain level?"

"You can" Shirou nodded and said, "In the division of Soul Master levels starting from Soul Fighter starting from soul strength level 1-10, Soul Master level 11-20 soul force, Great Soul Master soul strength level 21-30, Soul Elder level soul force 31-40, Soul Sect soul force level 41-50, Soul King level soul force 51-60, Soul Emperor level soul force 61-70, Saint Soul level soul force 71-80, Counter soul force level 81-90, and lastly was a Title Douluo soul power level 91-99. Before we enter the soul ring's age section, you must first know the division of this level."

"Okay, Master" Ciel nodded and slowly recalled Shirou's entire explanation. After he remembered, Ciel said, "I already remembered"

Shirou nodded and continued, "As for your previous question, the knowledge that the majority of the citizens of the Douluo continent know, the moment one steps into the Soul Master level, the maximum absorbable soul ring lifespan is 423 years. At the time of wanting to enter the Great Soul Master level, the lifespan of a soul ring that could be absorbed was a maximum of 900 years. Furthermore, if you want to break through to the Soul Elder level, the lifespan of a soul ring that can be absorbed is a maximum of 1800 years. The next level is the Soul Sect, the maximum absorbed life of the soul ring is 5000 years. As soon as one wants to enter the Soul King level, the lifespan of a soul ring that can be absorbed is a maximum of 10,000 years...." Shirou explained the division of how high the lifespan of the soul rings each level could absorb.

"The soul ring itself is divided into tiers ranging from white soul rings representing 10 to 99-year-old soul beasts, yellow soul rings representing 100 years to 999-year-old soul beasts, purple soul rings representing 1000 year to 9,999-year-old soul beasts. years, the black soul ring represents a 10,000 year to 99,999-year-old soul beast, the red soul ring represents a 100,000 year to 999,999-year-old soul ring, and finally, the golden soul ring represents a 1,000,000-year-old soul beast."

"The higher the lifespan of the soul beast you are going to absorb, you must also have very strong physical fitness to withstand the impact that will be received during the absorption process of that soul ring. Because, if your physical fitness can't withstand the impact on the absorption of the soul ring, your body will instantly explode and disintegrate due to the physical fitness being unable to withstand the pressure from the soul ring. Especially once a soul beast has entered 10,000 years of age, there will be a mental attack a Soul Master receives if he tries to absorb the soul ring."

"I see." Ciel nodded and started processing all the information he received from Shirou. Ciel suddenly remembered Shirou's red soul ring that Shirou had previously shown him. Ciel raised his head and looked at Shirou as he said, "Teacher, does that mean your current physical fitness is so strong that it can absorb a 100,000-year-old soul ring?"

Shirou smiled and nodded as he said, "Yes. I have trained my physical fitness before I awakened my martial soul. Because of that, I can absorb soul rings that are above or beyond a predetermined limit. Don't worry, with me being your Master, you will be able to absorb a 100,000-year-old soul ring sooner or later. For now, you just need to focus on improving your physical fitness to absorb the 100,000-year-old soul ring."

"Yes, Master" Ciel nodded excitedly and started fantasizing about himself possessing a 100,000-year-old soul ring as well as having strong attack power.

"By the way, Ciel. I want you to be able to keep what you saw earlier about Master having a 100,000-year-old soul ring secret from anyone. It would be very dangerous for both of us if any power found out about me possessing a 100,000-year-old soul ring. Our current strength is still very weak, if any power finds out, it is likely that we will be chased to find out all the secrets we have." Shirou said seriously looking at Ciel.

"I see, Master." Ciel nodded and immediately knew the repercussions it would have.

"Then Master, how do I improve my physical fitness, now?" Ciel asked curiously.

Shirou looked at Lily and said, "Lilt, you get out of this room first. Because the thing I'm about to take out will likely appeal to your soul beast instincts."

"Meow? ~" Lily asked curiously about that thing.

"This thing is a perennial plant that can allow Ciel to increase his physical fitness after absorbing it. This immortal plant is no match for a soul beast of your species. So you should wait outside first."

"Meow~" Lily nodded and walked out of the living room followed by Shirou who immediately closed the door to the room so that Lily wouldn't smell the scent that came out of the perennial plant that Shirou was about to release.

"Ciel, please lock all the windows in this room"

"Okay, Master" Ciel immediately got up from his position and started covering the entire window even the clothes.

As soon as the room was properly closed. Shirou immediately took out the 10,000-year-old Edelweiss Etile Flower immortal plant whose fragrance instantly covered the surrounding area. Ciel who saw the flower was amazed by the beauty and aroma that the flower gave off.

"This flower is a 10,000-year-old Edelweiss Etile Flower. This flower has the effect of being able to increase a person's physical fitness if that person absorbs this flower. For example, if you absorb this flower now, there's a chance that your physical fitness will increase to the limit of a Great Soul Master" Shirou said casually because he had also felt the increase before.

"The physique of a Great Soul Master?" Ciel was very surprised to hear this news.

Shirou nodded and immediately handed Ciel the 10,000-year-old Edelweiss Etile Flower. After Ciel received the flower, Shirou immediately explained the way to absorb the 10,000-year-old Edelweiss Etile Flower to Ciel. Ciel listened seriously because the process was very important until Shirou finished explaining the whole process.

"By the way, Ciel. By the time you finish absorbing the 10,000-year-old Edelweiss Etile Flower. Chances are I won't be by your side because I have some business to attend to. I would like, by the time you finish absorbing the 10,000-year-old Edelweiss Etile Flower, you can go get used to your new physical fitness by going for a run in Tian Dou City until you can get used to your new physical fitness. For the matter of food." Shirou immediately took out 10 gold soul coins and placed them on the living room table.

"You can look for it while you go get used to physical fitness. Chances are I'll be back tonight"

"Okay, Master"

"Okok, then, let's start the absorption"

Ciel nodded and immediately followed the instructions Shirou had told him earlier. Ciel first ate the top 10,000-year-old Edelweiss Etile Flower and slowly started eating the bottom. As soon as the entire 10,000-year-old Edelweiss Etile Flower had been eaten by Ciel, instantly from within his body a huge amount of energy began to flow out and spread throughout Ciel's body starting to increase his physical fitness.

Ciel who sensed this energy quickly sat down meditatively and did as Shirou explained to himself earlier to spread the energy throughout his body evenly. Seeing that Ciel had already entered into the process, Shirou didn't worry and immediately walked out of the room where Lily was waiting for him.

Seeing Shirou's appearance, Lily immediately jumped onto his shoulder while asking, "Meow~"

"The process went smoothly, Ciel is now in the process of improving his physical fitness by using perennial plants. I have also given him 10 gold soul coins to spend on lunch."

"Meow~" Lily nodded.

"Then let's go find a blacksmith shop that can be rented. I also want to complete the formation of the gravity bracelet and storage space for Ciel to use the next day."

"Meow~" Lily nodded

Shirou immediately took out a white robe with a blue pattern and immediately put it on. After Shirou put it on, Lily immediately went downstairs and hid in Shirou's clothes because for a soul beast to appear in Tian Dou City, it would be very dangerous for its survival. Moreover, Lily was a very step-type soul beast.