Chapter 14: Main ingredients of Psychiatrist Potions
"You're right, but to get that treatment, you must be considered a genius. The minimum requirement is to have level 7 innate soul power or possess a top martial spirit," the receptionist said and explained slowly.
Spirit pagodas provide souls for free, that's true, but only to soul masters they deem worthy enough. The cost to create a spirit soul is unknown, but looking at the spirit pagodas scattered throughout the Douluo Continent, if they gave a free spirit soul to every soul master on the continent, then the spirit pagodas would probably go bankrupt.
Well, maybe not that severe, but there would be a significant loss of income, especially among soul masters with low talent.
A white soul costs around 70,000 federation coins, and a yellow soul costs as little as one million federation coins.
And if you can't afford all of that, then you can gamble all your fortune on the gacha machine and hope your luck gives you a spirit soul that may or may not be a useless spirit.
What a brilliant idea. Using spirit souls in a gacha machine? The one who proposed that idea deserves a promotion and leadership of the Spirit Pagoda.
Adam simply smiled brightly and released his soul power into the air. "Elder Sister, don't worry. I awakened with full innate soul power. Is that enough?"
The receptionist was stunned for a moment and speechless when she sensed the aura of level 10 soul power.
Although in this era, bloodline is far more important than innate soul power, full innate soul power is something that cannot be ignored.
Although they are no longer as valuable as those with a top martial spirit, that doesn't mean the Spirit Pagoda will ignore a genius like this.
"Please wait a moment. I will immediately take care of everything you need to join the Spirit Pagoda." The receptionist immediately went to the back, leaving Adam alone.
Soon, she returned with a form in her hands and a person who was the manager of the Aolai City Spirit Pagoda.
"Hello, you must be the one who wants to join the Spirit Pagoda, right? May I have your name?" The manager asked nicely.
"Adam. Just call me Adam."
"Adam… got it. Haha, I apologize if Spirit Pagoda offended you and didn't send you a direct invitation. Come, let's discuss the various benefits you'll receive at Spirit Pagoda." The manager gently took Adam's hand and guided him.
"Lingshan, help our little member fill out the information. Don't bother her with things like this."
Lingshan, the receptionist, nodded slowly. To find a genius in a small city like Aolai City and bring him to Spirit Pagoda, that's a promotion!
Forget about martial spirits. It's very rare for someone with a low-level martial spirit to possess full innate soul power. A case like Tang San's can't even be compared because Tang San's martial spirit is Blue Silver Emperor, not Blue Silver Grass.
"Hmm… my salaries… my promotions…" Lingshan hummed happily as she went to the administrative office in Aolai City.
"She seems too happy," Adam commented.
"Haha, well, she'll get a promotion after this, of course she'll be happy." The manager shook his head and immediately led Adam to where the spirit pagoda stored all their souls.
As they walked, the manager explained various things about the spirit pagoda.
"Well, the spirit pagoda values the hard work of its members. Every task we soul masters complete will award contribution points to your account, which can be used for a variety of things. Contribution points can be used for many things." The manager took out his soul guide communicator and handed it to Adam.
"Discounts on spirit souls, natural treasures, knowledge of second professions, and even tickets to the ascension platform. Additionally, you can also purchase spirit souls that are not for sale publicly and are only available to certain members."
Adam listened intently and flipped through the various encyclopedias about soul beasts inside. The various types of spirit souls available, and even explanations of the various soul beasts recorded in the spirit pagoda's archives, were truly revealing.
"Oh, you're interested in soul beasts? Well, the spirit pagoda also offers discounts for trips to the Star Fortress and sells firsthand soul beast hunting experiences," the manager chuckled as he reminded him. "But don't fall for that. Those things are only sold to the great families on this continent. It's not worth it because you can get yourself killed by the fierce beasts inside the star fortress."
Adam nodded in understanding. Who would want to sacrifice themselves when a spirit soul could be bought with money? Even ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts can be purchased if you have enough money.
Soon, his eyes fell on several names listed in the communicator's soul guide.
"Does the spirit pagoda sell this type of soul beast?" Adam showed a photo of a soul beast that resembled a dragon, but its body and scales resembled a mirror.
A Fucking Mirror Dragon.
This world has them. Although the description said that this soul beast only had the appearance of a dragon but had mixed blood between a mirror beast and a dragon soul beast, and a mirror dragon is also just a lesser species of dragon, these things are the main ingredient in psychiatrist potions.
These things really do exist in this world.
The manager looked at the image of the Mirror Dragon and nodded. "Well, if the image is still in the archives, no one should have bought it, or there should be some in stock. But if I remember correctly, mirror dragons are a problematic species."
Adam looked confused when he heard this. "Problematic?"
"Yes. That species is a mixed blood between a mirror beast and a subspecies of a dragon soul beast. How should I put this? The soul skill they grant is kind of weird. It puts too much pressure on the soul master and has very strict spiritual power requirements. Basically, it has a clone ability that will mirror you, but because it's not a true mirror soul beast, there's a problem."
"Problem?" Adam frowned, but his heart was filled with joy. If these things weren't in high demand among soul masters, then he could get them when he needed them.
"Yes, a problem. Basically, because of the dragon blood's influence on the mirror beast and because they are technically spiritual soul beasts, the resulting clones always try to kill the soul master who summoned them, believing that they are the real ones and the soul master is just a mirror of themselves."
"The more spiritual power you have, the more the clone will try to kill you. It's a kind of weird soul skill, and it even once killed a Soul Saint. Because of this, almost no one wants a mirror dragon as their spirit soul."
The manager shook his head as he recounted this story. It's an absurd story, but it really happened.
"So, can I get this kind of soul beast?" Adam asked with an innocent and seemingly naive face.
"Well, if I'm not mistaken, there are 70,000-year-old mirror dragons in the Spirit Soul Tower, and you can get them by participating in tower attacks. But below 10,000 years old, they're basically extinct. If I'm not mistaken, Donghai City has an 8,000-year-old mirror dragon that's still unsold."
Donghai City, Adam noted this information in his head.
If they have a mirror dragon spirit soul there, they likely also have a pair of mirror dragon eyes and mirror dragon blood. A perfect place to find the main ingredients of the psychiatrist potion.
"As expected, joining the spirit pagoda was truly the right decision." Adam laughed with satisfaction in his heart.