Chapter 5 Soul Power

After the meal, the few older brothers and sisters stayed behind to help, as a child of only 9 years of age, the fourth child, Jamon, did not have many things that needed to be moved, so the room was quickly packed up, and everything that needed to be tidied up was cleaned and packed away.

After the few people left, Lin Manshan was the only one who remained in the room.

Sitting on the bed, Lin Manshan took out the booklet given by Su Yuntao and flipped through it.

After all, it was just a generic meditation method, so he quickly finished reading it.

The Spirit Hall treats civilians well, these are all undoubtedly what Lin Manshan needs the most in the early stages, although the cultivation meditation method in his hand seems to be entry-level one at first glance, and the purpose of doing so should be to rope in the seedlings with slightly more training potential.

But a gift is a gift, things that ought to be done are also done, regardless of what their purpose is.

The Empire actually had the ability to do all these things, but the problem was they didn't.

'In a feudal society like this, the gap between different classes is unbridgeable. It's just too difficult for civilians to awaken a martial soul with spirit power, in a village like the Holy Spirit Village, it's a rare occurrence to see one once in a few years, let alone one with good talent. Perhaps it is this low probability that has made the Empire, and those high and mighty nobles, give up spending manpower and resources on the initial cultivation of civilian spirit masters.'

'After all, in this world where strength reigns supreme, civilians without strength are no different from cattle and slaves to them. Moreover, even if the Spirit Hall helps civilians awaken their martial souls, they are still living within the Empire, which allows them to directly collect them for free, isn't it? For civilians who were born poor, not many people can resist the temptation of power, beauty and wealth, this is human nature.' Lin Manshan secretly thought.

Anyway, he had come to this world for so long, but he had never heard of a peasant uprising in the history of the Douluo Continent. The existence of Spirit Master organizations made it impossible for ordinary civilians to even raise a thought of resistance, and even if there were hints of it, they would be quickly discovered and ruthlessly crushed.

Hey, what a strong-eat-weak world.

"So, what I have to do now is to try to improve my strength, without strength, I can't even protect myself. Let's try to cultivate my spirit power first."

Lin Manshan put the booklet aside and meditated with his eyes closed according to the method described in the booklet.

However, he could not meditate for more than 30 seconds.

"Hiss," there was a buzzing sound in his ears, and his mind swelled up so much that he sucked in a breath of cold air.

"Fuck, it seems that I can't even cultivate my spirit power without first solving this headache of mine." Lin Manshan grimaced, and it took a while for that swelling sensation to subside, 'According to 'Act Against the Sky', it's my own soul power, coupled with the presence of that fragment of his consciousness with memories, as well as the premature recovery of my memories, which exceeded my body's load that caused the headache.'

'I can only cultivate my soul power first to solve the headache problem.' Repositioning his body, Lin Manshan began to retrieve the memories in his mind, ''Soul power' is the exclusive type of spiritual power of the Dark Ones, and certain humans with special talents can also master it, except that due to the racial problem, it's much more difficult to train, that's why in the anime, Bai Cai (FL), a human who properly trained, is still a battle waste in the grand finale.'

'As for Wu Geng(Mc), because he directly inherited the Grand Marshal's soul power for nothing, coupled with the fact that he was already strong himself at the time of inheritance, as soon as he obtained the soul power, he exploded in strength by virtue of the basic strength increase by the soul power before he had even comprehended the mysteries of "Igniting One's Soul" and Spiritize the Soul Gear.'

'The reason that it would have such a difference is still because of the special nature of soul power.'

'The essence of the soul is life, combined with flesh and blood, root and bone, giving life to the physical body, making the living being able to think independently and survive to live on in the world. And the wonderful use of the soul power obtained by igniting one's soul is also related to life. The greatest function of this power is to combine with life and give birth to a stronger vitality, thus increasing the body's basic abilities in all directions.'

'Therefore, the stronger the physical body is, the more soul power it can carry, and the more vigorous it will be in terms of prowess. If one's physical body isn't strong, and there's no big guy to give away a large amount of soul power for free, then one would have to cultivate step by step, starting from a weakling. Soul power could keep the life force active, and when it is channelled through the physical body it would constantly stimulate and enhance the strength of the physical body. The stronger physical body contains more surging life force, which in turn can nourish the soul, so they mutually complement each other, and the strength will be gradually increased, which is a process of continuous accumulation. The advantage is that as long as one doesn't seek death, he or she can live for a very long time, with a very high upper limit, and the disadvantage is that in the early stages if the base of the physical body is weak, the strength will be as rubbish as it can be.'

'And by injecting the soul into the weapon and completing the initial process in which the weapon enters the soul, the weapon will become a life-bound Soul Gear, which will then use the soul power as nourishment to grow like a living creature, and will be able to generate even greater power. In addition, as the utilisation of soul power increases, the more powerful your weapon will become, and the more changes it will be able to produce. For example, allowing the mace to elongate and turn into a whip, to coil and wrap around people like a snake, or to become dozens of metres larger and be used to smash people, all of these are achievable.'

'Thinking about it this way, soul power is kind of like an enhancer in a game, the stronger one's own strength is, the more formidable one's battle power will be after the increase. And spirit power...' As if thinking of something, a bright light couldn't help but appear in Lin Manshan's eyes.

'Like a strengthening stone.'

'A Spirit Master absorbing a Spirit Ring not only enhances the Spirit Master's cultivation, but it also enhances the strength of the Spirit Master's physical body and Martial Soul. According to the original novel, the abilities of Spirit Beasts all have their inclinations, for example, if you absorb the Spirit Ring of a strength-type Spirit Beast, it will correspondingly enhance the Spirit Master's physical strength, and at the same time, correspondingly enhance the various basic attributes of the Martial Soul, such as toughness, hardness, elasticity, and so on.'

'And a Spirit Master will be able to absorb one spirit ring for every major realm he raises, and if he can break through to a Titled Douluo that would be nine spirit rings, equivalent to being strengthened nine times. Moreover, spirit rings, and spirit bones, can all strengthen the spirit master's physical body.'

"It is a shortcut."

Lin Manshan stroked his chin, 'In that case, using the martial soul as a Soul Gear is indeed a good choice, after all, the martial soul is originally a part of the spirit master's body, and it can be strengthened with the increase in strength. And absorbing a spirit ring, in turn, can directly enhance the strength of the martial soul.'

Why was 'Act Against the Sky' (NiTian ErXing) so powerful after ten years of training under 'Night of Eternity'(ZhiYe)? In addition to his superior skills after training and the power of the soul provided by 'Night of Eternity', there was also the fact that 'Night of Eternity' strengthened the weapon of 'Act Against the Sky' with his own blood, so that the basic quality of the weapon was greatly increased.

Artificially crafted weapons were limited in strength due to their materials.

"And with my current abilities, I can't find good materials to build a good sword."

Tang Hao had said that he could use mortal iron to build a divine weapon, which was fucking bullshit in Lin Manshan's opinion, it was all rocks, could glass stone be harder than diamond?

Of course, it was not possible, saying this was as shabby as shouting that an egg could break a stone.

"Let's start cultivating." No longer thinking much, Lin Manshan closed his eyes once again, for some reason, the memories that 'Act Against the Sky' had passed on to him at the beginning were not being viewed from a third-party perspective, but rather, it was as if they were his own memories, and every trace of the sensation was like a first-hand experience.

Following that familiar feeling, Lin Manshan quickly perceived his own soul and instinctively began to stimulate and burn it.

"So hot!" Lin Manshan instantly felt his entire body's muscles gradually warming up, and it soon felt as if they were on fire, 'Is it because I have a human body, or is it because it's the first time I'm Igniting my soul?'

After searching through that memory, he didn't find any relevant information.

"Hang on." The intense burning sensation did not make Lin Manshan stop, he frowned and gritted his teeth.

Time passed little by little, about two quarters of an hour later, Lin Manshan's skin flushed red all over his body, and he collapsed on the bed as if he was exhausted.

"This physical body is too weak after all." When he moved his arm, it was incredibly sore, it felt like an otaku who hadn't gone out to walk about for years and exercised, one day suddenly going to the gym in a burst of enthusiasm and training fervently for a day, and his muscles secreted too much lactic acid.

"My Martial Soul Innate Spirit Power is also only at level 3, it seems like the road ahead is long and arduous." Lin Manshan couldn't help but sigh, Tang San's father is a Titled Douluo, and his mother is a one-hundred-thousand-year-old Spirit Beast, so he possessed an extremely high level of talent at birth. As for him, all his eighteen generations of ancestors were ordinary civilians with no spirit power, whether it be in martial soul talent or bloodline talent, they were all miles apart.

"Tang San." Lin Manshan murmured, suddenly falling into silence, 'The Mysterious Heaven Skill and other techniques recorded in the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record along with the concealed weapons, as well as the Clear Sky Clan's Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and other secret techniques, they're quite helpful and referential to me.'

The soul power of Dark Ones is the power that originates from the living soul itself, which is fused with the blood, flesh, roots and bones, and thus can control the physical body to carry out life actions, and because of this, the soul power is stored in the blood, flesh, roots and bones, and passes through the five viscera and six bowels. The spirit power of the Spirit Master is absorbed by the heaven and earth aura through the transformation of the martial soul, it is a foreign energy, travelling through the meridians, the lower Dantian, into the sea of qi.

The two are very different cultivation systems. In a nutshell, the Soul Power of Dark Ones leans towards Body Refining and the Spirit Power of Spirit Master leans towards Qi Practising.

Therefore, it is completely feasible to cultivate both at the same time.

'And cultivating soul power can strengthen the physical body, which means that I can absorb spirit rings beyond the limits of the level.' Lin Manshan secretly pondered, 'Mysterious Heaven Skill can allow me to increase the speed of cultivating my spirit power, and the concealed weapon will be very helpful for me to hunt spirit beasts in the early stages.'

'Innate spirit power level 3, whether or not I will be taken seriously in Nuoding Academy is still another story, the strength of the instructors will likely be very limited, it's not easy to get someone to help me obtain the spirit rings with the most optimal age, not to mention absorbing the spirit rings over the level; I guess I have to rely on myself to figure out how to get it done.'

'If I can learn how to use concealed weapons, then I will have the ability to attack and kill spirit beasts of low age from a long distance.'

'I'm not worried about the means of evasion and escape, after all, I have the Dark Ones' Vanishing Art, which is like an instantaneous Short distance teleportation when practised to a higher level of proficiency, and in terms of subtlety, it's completely above Tang San's Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.' The memories he inherited from 'Act Against the Sky' encompassed quite a few of the complete Dark Ones Arts that he had learned, in addition to the Vanishing Art, there were also the Soul Link, Revival, Medicine Refining, Beast Control, Soul Transfer, Soul Detaining, as well as Soul Refining Arts.

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