Chapter 3: Top-tier Martial Soul & Useless Martial Soul
After returning home, Yang Xiong appeared somewhat silent, mainly pondering how to develop his body martial soul.
The body martial soul, being a top-tier existence among body martial souls, has numerous potential development paths. Whether it's focused on powerful offense, agility, or defense, all are quite good. Even if one chooses to focus on spiritual energy, one could move toward a control-type path.
What's particularly terrifying about the body martial soul is its compatibility.
A body martial soul is versatile and can absorb any type of soul ring without side effects. It can even follow a poison path, making it a truly all-encompassing martial soul.
Douluo is an extraordinary era, an age where gods rise. It is known that Douluo I saw the most gods born in the history of the Douluo world, marking an era of divine ascension.
After thinking carefully, Yang Xiong concluded that following the poison path was definitely not feasible. Even if he reached the peak of this path, he would likely only achieve level 98. While poison could enhance combat power and make enemies wary, similar to nuclear weapons, it still had detrimental effects on the body.
The ideal path for his body martial soul would naturally be the pure power route. Power-type soul beasts generally have strong attacks, excellent defense, and relatively easier-to-find soul rings.
However, Yang Xiong felt that focusing purely on power would still have certain limitations, particularly in terms of spiritual aspects. He didn't feel it would be perfect.
Of course, no matter which path he chose, the body remained the foundation. Ultimately, the key was training the body. Only with a strong body and exceptional physical attributes could one absorb higher-level soul rings.
It's worth noting that in the entire Douluo world, without relying on external resources, only a body martial soul has the potential to absorb a 10,000-year Fourth Soul Ring, or a 100,000-year Seventh Soul Ring, and all without needing any divine herbs.
For a body martial soul to truly rise, a second awakening was necessary. Unfortunately, Yang Xiong didn't know how to achieve this second awakening.
He didn't know how to trigger the second awakening, and the original work didn't seem to provide much detail. It seemed like the method was a secret passed down within the Body Sect. There was also the technique of deep-sea water pressure mentioned in passing, but it had not been described in detail.
Another method could be using divine herbs to trigger the second awakening, but Yang Xiong didn't have any information about them.
Since the age of four, Yang Xiong had been fond of reading. Apart from exercising, he spent most of his time reading various books. Some of these books belonged to his parents, while others were obtained through connections from the outer sect of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. However, none of these books contained information on divine herbs.
Perhaps in the collection of the inner sect of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, there might be some mentions of spiritual herbs, but they were very few.
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While Yang Xiong was deep in thought, Yang Lin and Sun Yu noticed his unusual demeanor and became worried. For a soul master, the martial soul is fundamental, and awakening a useless martial soul is something many cannot accept.
Sun Yu, now over forty, had tried her best to cultivate, but she was still only a Level 42 soul master. It seemed unlikely she would ever reach the Soul Emperor level in her lifetime, and she felt she had reached a bottleneck. This was the greatest sorrow for a soul master's cultivation.
Yang Lin tried to console him, "Xiaoxiong, you don't have to worry too much. Your innate soul power has reached Level 6. If we use the resources of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, reaching Soul Emperor or even Soul Saint should not be a problem."
"Remember, your mother's innate soul power is only Level 4, and mine is only Level 5. Your innate soul power is higher than both of ours, and it's quite impressive, even in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School."
Yang Xiong looked closely at his parents. Both of them wore worried expressions, seemingly concerned about his martial soul. After all, the body martial soul was commonly recognized as a useless martial soul, one that was incredibly difficult to cultivate.
Yang Xiong couldn't help but laugh. "Mom, Dad, what are you thinking? I'm just considering how to develop my martial soul in the future. I'm very satisfied with this martial soul and my innate soul power. Perhaps I'll reach heights that our family has never seen before."
Sun Yu patted Yang Xiong's small head, her face showing some confusion. "Xiaoxiong, is something wrong with your martial soul after this awakening? A martial soul that's part of the body is extremely rare, but it's also recognized as a useless soul, difficult to cultivate."
Yang Xiong quickly responded, "Mom, my martial soul is not a useless one! It's a top-tier martial soul. While it may be challenging to cultivate, it's definitely one of the best in the soul master world."
Yang Lin and Sun Yu exchanged glances. There were indeed many types of martial souls in the world, but the body martial soul was so rare that it was considered almost impossible to find one.
After thinking for a moment, Sun Yu spoke, "Xiaoxiong, I've gone through all the records of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. In the soul master world, there hasn't been any expert with a martial soul like ours. Even Soul Saints are very rare. How can it be considered a top-tier martial soul?"
Yang Xiong replied, "Mom, I've read many books. A martial soul like ours, one that's part of the body, I call it a Body Martial Soul. The main way to cultivate this martial soul is not through meditation, but by constant physical training. Only by continuously pushing the body's limits can the martial soul grow stronger."
Yang Lin and Sun Yu were both even more confused. Both of them were from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, with broad knowledge, but they had never heard that the main way to cultivate a martial soul was through physical exercise. The recognized method in the soul master world was through meditation to absorb the world's spiritual energy.
Seeing the confusion on their faces, Yang Xiong didn't press the issue any further. After all, the development of a body martial soul was a difficult journey. It wouldn't truly rise until many millennia later, and the body martial soul did have its own limitations.
Yang Lin and Sun Yu sighed in relief as Yang Xiong wasn't too discouraged. Although they didn't understand what he was saying, they were glad that their son remained optimistic.
Suddenly, Yang Lin seemed to remember something. "By the way, Xiaoxiong, your innate soul power is impressive. The sect will definitely take notice of you. According to the sect's rules, everyone will be arranged to attend school soon. You'll have to go to school in a while."
Yang Xiong's expression drooped. "Father, this school sounds so boring. I'd rather stay home and study. Plus, it's better for me to train at home."
Yang Lin said, "It's the sect's rule. No one is exempt. Besides, you'll be learning with others your age. You can make more friends in the sect. All the children from both the inner and outer sects will study together. With your innate soul power, you'll eventually enter the inner sect."
"Later, I'll personally teach you how to meditate. Starting today, you can begin practicing meditation on your own."
(END CHAPTER)
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