Chapter 10: External Soul Bone, Upgraded Pill Fragrance
After hearing this, Gu Rong was a bit disappointed. He had hoped that Ning Bei could mass-produce innate full soul power, but then he realized that if that were the case, it would truly be against the heavens. After all, this was only the second soul ring.
Gu Rong collected his thoughts and then looked at the other pills in Ning Bei's hands.
"What about these? What do they do?"
Ning Bei first took out a purple pill.
"This one is called the Qi-Boosting Pill. It can temporarily increase a soul master's soul power by 30%."
"30%? It seems this soul skill has indeed inherited the auxiliary effects of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Tower. No wonder it mutated from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Tower."
Ning Bei awkwardly smiled. He was fully aware that his martial soul had mutated from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Tower, but he didn't explain it to Gu Rong. It was fine to let the misunderstanding linger.
He then pointed to a milky white pill in his hand.
"This is the Bone-Recovery Pill. It also helps heal injuries."
"Mm? Isn't this the same as the Injury Recovery Pill?"
Hearing Gu Rong's question, Ning Bei smiled faintly.
"The recovery effects of these two pills can stack!"
"What?"
Gu Rong's eyes widened in shock. If every soul ring could produce pills to heal injuries and their effects could stack, wouldn't that make them even more overpowered than the Nine Hearts Sea-Pearl?
Ignoring the old man's shock, Ning Bei continued pointing to a light blue pill.
"These last two are the Meridian Protection Pill and the Detoxification Pill. If taken before absorbing a soul ring, the Meridian Protection Pill can effectively protect the meridians and reduce the risk of damaging them with soul power. It can also increase the soul ring absorption age."
"The Detoxification Pill can neutralize some common toxins."
Gu Rong didn't know how many times he had been shocked already, and he could only click his tongue in amazement as he looked at Ning Bei.
"You really aren't human."
Ning Bei rolled his eyes in response, "Thank you for the compliment, old man." A mischievous smile appeared on his face. This wasn't the last time Gu Rong would be shocked.
"Grandpa Gu, the harvest this time isn't just these."
"Oh? What else? Tell me, so I can be happy too."
Ning Bei closed his eyes, controlled his soul power, and sent it to his back. To his delight, a pair of small wings appeared behind him.
Under Gu Rong's astonished gaze, Ning Bei slowly rose into the air.
"An external soul bone?"
Gu Rong, being a Title Douluo, recognized the external soul bone immediately. Ning Bei's soul bone clearly did not belong to one of the traditional six major body parts, so the only explanation was that it was an external soul bone.
This was a growth-type external soul bone, which had a value below that of a 100,000-year soul ring and soul bone.
Seeing Gu Rong's shocked expression again, Ning Bei smiled proudly.
"Grandpa Gu, let's go back! Now that I have wings, I can fly!"
Gu Rong, hearing this, moved up into the air and grabbed Ning Bei by the neck.
"Showing off, huh? You plan to fly back yourself? Aren't you afraid those with ill intentions will kill you for your bones?"
"Even though external soul bones won't drop from their owner after they're killed, there are still many ignorant people. They might think it's just a regular soul bone."
Ning Bei, hearing this, deflated like a wilting eggplant, realizing that he had to let Gu Rong carry him for the time being.
Returning to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, Gu Rong took Ning Bei straight to the council hall.
After explaining Ning Bei's soul skills and external soul bone to Ning Fengzhi, Ning Bei saw his father's shocked expression and couldn't help but smile. Gu Rong was quite satisfied with this reaction, but there was still one more person to shock—Old Sword.
"Bei'er, your second soul skill is very important for the sect, so it must not be exposed. The external soul bone should be kept secret as well."
After the initial shock, Ning Fengzhi's expression turned serious as he warned Ning Bei.
Ning Bei knew this was for his own good, so he didn't mind the lecture.
"I understand, Father."
Ning Fengzhi nodded with satisfaction at Ning Bei's attitude, then smiled and said, "Now, let's talk about how many pills your second soul skill can produce every day."
As the sect leader, the development of the sect was of great importance to him.
After summoning the Pill Tower and activating his second soul skill, Ning Bei checked his soul power.
After absorbing the second soul ring, his soul power level had reached level 22.
"It's about the same as when I got my first soul ring. I can make about 10 second-grade pills every day, but I can make almost 50 first-grade pills daily."
Ning Fengzhi nodded after hearing this, understanding Ning Bei's pill production capabilities.
"So, that means every day, you could make enough Foundation Building Essence to help 10 children increase their innate soul power?"
Although the Foundation Building Essence didn't have much of an effect on soul masters with innate soul power above level 5, that was a very small number. Most of the soul masters in the world had innate soul power below level 5, making up more than 90% of all soul masters.
These children, after using the Foundation Building Essence to improve their potential, would become the backbone of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.
After instructing Ning Bei to continue cultivating his soul power and working on producing Foundation Building Essence, Ning Fengzhi began arranging for Chen Xin and Gu Rong to capture soul beasts over 2,000 years old to test whether the additional effects of Ning Bei's Pill Tower had been enhanced.
In the following days, the two Title Douluo brought back dozens of soul beasts with appropriate ages. Ning Bei, while continuing his cultivation, tested them one by one under the watchful eyes of the two Douluo.
After two weeks of testing, everyone found that the Pill Tower's pill fragrance could now attract soul beasts around 5,000 years old with deadly force. However, its effect gradually weakened for soul beasts older than 5,000 years. By the time it reached 7,000 years, the effect was nearly negligible.
However, no one was disappointed. The fact that the pill fragrance's effect increased with Ning Bei's cultivation made them extremely excited.
Now, the pill fragrance could help soul beasts increase their cultivation by 2 years every day, which meant that Ning Bei could one day have an unlimited number of powerful battle pets. If he reached the Title Douluo level, or even the Soul Douluo level, he might be able to mass-produce 100,000-year-old soul beasts.
The thought alone made everyone excited.
Ning Bei's importance to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School grew even more, and his pocket money increased significantly.
The Foundation Building Essence produced daily by Ning Bei was given to Ning Fengzhi, who selected a group of orphans from Seven Treasure City and had them join the sect for training.
Over the next six months, Ning Bei focused on cultivating two hundred-year-old soul beasts.
One had reached 450 years of cultivation and was a Hurricane Hawk, capable of creating large amounts of wind blades by flapping its wings and moving at incredible speed—too fast for most battle soul masters to even touch.
The second was a Golden Armored War Bear, currently at 860 years of cultivation. This soul beast had significant defensive capabilities, and Ning Bei planned to have it protect him in battle.
These two soul beasts, after spending time with Ning Bei and receiving the nurturing effects of the pill fragrance, had formed a strong bond with him. Ning Bei had already mastered commanding them in battle.
As for why he didn't choose a thousand-year soul beast, Ning Bei had his own considerations. It was time to plan for the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well's fairy herb.
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