Chapter 141: How Can a Person Who Loves to Laugh Be a Bad Person? Kekeke!
Seven days to complete the entry-level Soul Refining Technique—this would probably shock Hulei, right?
Whether Hulei would be shocked, Jiang Lin didn't know, but Hulei knew that Jiang Lin entering the technique so "instantly" would definitely make him explode on the spot. After all, it had taken him one or two years to master the entry-level version of the technique.
"I thought I was the peerless genius who only emerges once in a thousand years, but it only took me less than a week to learn the Soul Refining Technique. It turns out my soul realm was inherently strong, reaching the Perfect Mortal Realm level right away... Well, I guess this could also be considered a talent?" Jiang Lin, lying on his back in his 404 room, opened his eyes and looked at the tools scattered around. He then collected them into his Thunder Mark Storage Ring.
Being able to complete the entry-level Soul Refining Technique in a week, Jiang Lin believed that one factor was his powerful soul realm, which made him immune to fatigue. The other factor was his auxiliary method, turning the abstract process of 'concentrating the self' into something concrete, allowing him to use a reference object that boosted his efficiency.
"Soul refining, soul refining... So this is the method of refining the soul," Jiang Lin mused, looking inward at his body. After entering the Soul Refining Technique, he felt like he had created a 'Schrödinger's Soul Mini-Me' inside his mind. Whenever he focused or looked inward, he could see the soul mini-me, and when he didn't focus, it existed in a superposition of existence and non-existence.
The soul mini-me in Jiang Lin's mind looked like a small, cute version of himself, emitting a faint gray-white glow. However, what was different about this mini-soul was the eyes—his eyes were a bright cyan-golden color.
As Jiang Lin quietly operated the Soul Refining Technique, the soul mini-me would emit tiny soul patterns that shimmered with a gray-white glow, and Jiang Lin felt his soul burning.
"Abo." Jiang Lin stopped practicing the Soul Refining Technique and couldn't help but scratch his head.
"Soul refining, soul refining, so it's literally refining my soul with fire..." Jiang Lin thought. The Soul Refining Technique consumed his soul power, continually hammering and refining it, making his soul body more solid, and after restoration, it would be stronger. This was why the entry-level stage of the Soul Refining Technique required Jiang Lin to gather all the soul power he didn't know how to control, forming his soul mini-me. Then, through refining this mini-me, Jiang Lin's overall soul strength would gradually improve.
The two ways to practice the Soul Refining Technique also branched from the concept of 'refining.' Soul Clan cultivators faced a difficult choice: should they refine others externally or consume their own souls internally? This was truly a tough decision.
"Ah, so the Soul Refining Technique and the Fire Forging Technique work together, both focusing on the idea of water feeding fire, right?" Jiang Lin thought, feeling the strong burning sensation in his soul. His headache flared up as he remembered the burning sensation of the Fire Forging Technique.
"But ultimately, my soul power, stronger than even Hulei's, seems to have found a place to be used. The greatest function of the Soul Refining Technique is that it opens up the soul power treasury inside me. I feel like my cultivation of Dou Qi has sped up slightly. After I fully familiarize myself with my Mortal Realm soul power, I should be able to forcibly cultivate the Fire Forging Technique to the Great Fighter stage."
Before cultivating the Soul Refining Technique, Jiang Lin's soul power was strong, but it was scattered and not solid. He could only unconsciously use his soul power in subconscious activities like controlling Dou Qi or sensing.
"Also, soul perception is a specialized ability, not something that comes naturally with a strong soul realm," Jiang Lin thought, looking at the cyan-golden eyes of his soul mini-me in his mind. Now he understood.
"But... there's still one problem. The Soul Refining Technique says that the soul of a normal person is a faint white or light blue, but why is mine gray-white?" Jiang Lin scratched his head, more and more puzzled. The more he studied, the more he discovered unique aspects of himself.
"Could it be that my soul got polluted because I'm too cunning?" Jiang Lin wondered briefly, but quickly dismissed the thought. How could he possibly be that kind of person?
"Tomorrow's the assessment... Damn, I got so caught up in this, I haven't even looked at the Soul Forging Technique."
Suppressing all the doubts in his mind, Jiang Lin suddenly realized that today was already the seventh day. Tomorrow, Hulei would likely assess his progress in learning the Soul Forging Technique. Startled, Jiang Lin quickly took out the unused Soul Jade Slip from his Storage Ring, sat cross-legged, calmed his emotions, and placed the Soul Jade Slip on his forehead.
The next instant, the Soul Jade Slip glowed faintly, and a lot of text and knowledge began to emerge in Jiang Lin's mind.
At this moment, Jiang Lin realized that his method of receiving soul messages had changed.
In his Soul Sea, his mini-self sat cross-legged in an empty space. In front of him, golden characters kept appearing in the air, eventually forming into a complete scroll. The mini-self opened his cyan-golden eyes, waved a hand, and the scroll automatically closed, shrinking until it became a small jade slip that fit perfectly into his palm.
The mini-self then unrolled the jade slip, and a series of complete content appeared in Jiang Lin's mind.
Soul Forging, Fusion of Souls, Hundred Forging to Endow Souls—this vast amount of knowledge flooded Jiang Lin's mind, allowing him to understand and memorize the Soul Forging Technique without extra effort.
"No wonder… no wonder Hulei said that Soul Forging would subdue every stubborn Weapon Refiner." Jiang Lin stretched out his hand, and his mini-self in the Soul Sea also extended his hand. Jiang Lin noticed that in his Soul Perception vision, a faint gray-white glow appeared on his palm. The first step of Soul Forging: Soul Attachment.
The process was to attach one's soul power to the refining material, aligning it with the Dou Qi patterns inside. Then, the second step was to refine and embed one's soul power into the material. Some pain was inevitable, but no matter how painful, the soul power had to be repeatedly attached to the material, constantly observing the flow of soul power within the Dou Qi patterns. After a hundred refinings, the material would gain spiritual properties and be able to carry more advanced powers such as space, thunder, and flame.
No wonder... high-grade weapons are rare, and high-quality ones are even rarer.
Jiang Lin silently looked at his hand, realizing that he would have to repeatedly hammer his head with the hammer.
Suddenly, he thought, perhaps he had misunderstood the Soul Hall, the infamous faction that always laughed eerily?
After all, how could someone who loves to laugh be a bad person?
Kekeke!
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