bookbashuk Chapter 6, First Soul Ring
Chapter 6, First Soul Ring
Chapter 6 First Soul Ring (Part 1)
After more than half a month of cultivation, Li Luochen was somewhat moved. If he were to cultivate his soul power through meditation, it would probably take him several months to reach level ten.
Eight and a half level soul power is considered excellent, but it is still inferior to innate full soul power. If he continues to cultivate, Li Luochen is confident that he can become a Soul Master at the age of twelve, but the speed will slow down after becoming a Soul Master.
Next, we need to think about how to obtain a spirit ring. The Dragon Pattern Staff is related to dragons. Is it possible for a spirit beast that absorbs dragon blood to evolve the Dragon Pattern Staff into the Coiling Dragon Staff? Or even higher?
"I remember that the Dragon God, the ruler of all soul beasts, possesses nine elements and has an incomparably strong physical body. Can I refine the Dragon Pattern Staff in the same way?"
Isn't this a bit suicidal? Who is the Dragon God, and who am I? I can't be too ambitious. I can't achieve the Nine Ultimate, so let's go with Seven. After all, I can only absorb nine soul rings.
The seventh spirit ring is a complete martial soul true form, so attributes aren't taken into account, right? Besides, the seventh spirit ring requires a certain age; how about a 100,000-year spirit ring for the ninth? 100,000-year spirit beasts are extremely rare; quality and age are more important than attributes. As long as the attributes aren't too far off, it's usable.
Another question is, what if something goes wrong when absorbing an attribute? For example, if you've already absorbed a dragon spirit ring with a light attribute, and then try to absorb a dark attribute one, will it cause a disaster?
The person in history who failed with twin martial souls probably had their second martial soul explode when it was absorbing a spirit ring. It was probably due to a conflict between the spirit rings and their body being unable to withstand the pressure. It was a tough situation.
Balancing the seven elements is crucial. Hmm, let's absorb the elemental dragons that won't conflict first. Elements like fire and water, or light and darkness, are likely to ruin us.
Let's map the seven elements to the seven elemental gods: fire, water, earth, wind, light, darkness, and space.
As for the space, the soul beasts are relatively simple. Li Luochen has already planned to find the Thorn Dragon, a space-attribute dragon-type soul beast, and the Golden Earth Dragon King with the light attribute.
For my first spirit ring, I want to find an earth-attribute dragon spirit beast. Earth represents the land, which is vast and abundant, encompassing all things, and represents the balance of yin and yang. However, it seems that a hundred-year-old earth spirit beast is not enough. How can a hundred-year-old earth spirit ring balance a thousand-year-old or ten-thousand-year-old spirit ring?
Ugh, headache. Looks like I'll have to postpone getting the Earth elemental weapon. Maybe I should hunt for a wind-attribute dragon spirit first. Wind doesn't seem to conflict with other attributes, and it's very likely to increase my speed. Speed is still crucial for a spirit master in the early stages.
Moreover, since they all absorb dragon-type soul beasts, and dragons are all skilled in strength, they should be no worse than all strength-type soul rings. If possible, it would be worthwhile to try and snag the right leg bone of the Blue Silver Emperor.
The path I'm taking is a bit dangerous. The Blue Silver Emperor can enhance my vitality, and vitality encompasses all things, so perhaps it's worth a try. But right now, Tang Hao should still be a Soul Douluo, since there's still no news of him on the continent.
"Never mind, I'll deal with it later," Li Luochen said, opening the Soul Beast Encyclopedia to check if there were any wind-attribute dragon-type soul beasts. The Azure Wind Dragon, the Wind Demon Dragon, the Blue-Eyed White Dragon, and the Storm Dragon were all dragon-type wind-attribute soul beasts.
However, there shouldn't be any dragon-type soul beasts in the Royal Soul Hunting Forest, but there might be in Sunset Forest and Star Dou Great Forest.
Li Luochen went out to ask his grandfather or other teachers if they had any wind-attribute dragon-type soul beasts, and if they were of a suitable age, since he didn't currently have any plans to absorb soul rings beyond his level.
Without experience in absorbing spirit rings, absorbing a spirit ring above one's level is either cheating or courting death. Moreover, he wants to absorb a dragon-type spirit beast. Can dragon-type spirit beasts be treated the same as other spirit beasts?
Three years later, Li Yusong was fifty-one years old. His cultivation was getting slower and slower, but he still advanced one level in three years. He was only one step away from becoming a level sixty Soul Emperor. He felt that he might be able to level up soon.
"Grandpa, are you there? Oh, yes, Grandpa, I have to tell you, I've reached level 10, and I can now hunt for spirit rings."
Li Luochen arrived at Li Yusong's residence and said upon entering, "Oh? Really? So fast? I thought it would take you at least a month. It just so happens that I had already prepared your spirit ring. There are a few four-hundred-year-old solitary bamboos in the Soul Hunting Forest of the Barak Kingdom, which are very suitable to be your first spirit ring."
Li Yusong had been preparing his grandson's spirit ring for a long time. The Lone Bamboo is a tough plant-type spirit beast, and the Dragon Pattern Staff can greatly enhance its toughness attribute after absorbing it.
"No, Grandpa, I don't want to absorb Guzhu. I want to absorb a wind-attribute dragon-type soul beast..."
Li Luochen told his grandfather, Li Yusong, about his thoughts.
"Xiao Chen, you're right. Although Gu Zhu is good, our family's Dragon Pattern Staff is not an ordinary staff. It has dragon attributes on it. My fifth soul ring absorbed a nine-thousand-year-old earth dragon soul beast."
Grandpa was confident that although his fifth spirit ring was only a thousand-year-old one, it was no worse than some ten-thousand-year-old spirit rings. He added that dragon-type spirit beasts were indeed a good match for their Dragon Pattern Staff. "Okay, Grandpa will go talk to the Dean and see if there are any wind-attribute dragon-type spirit beasts available."
Li Yusong left to find Flander. Flander's Cat-Owl Martial Soul was good at flying reconnaissance, which was very suitable for finding soul beasts. After all, he was his own little genius, so he would definitely focus on cultivating him.
Li Luochen returned to his courtyard and summoned his martial spirit, a scarlet staff with black gold hoops at both ends and dragon patterns adorning its body. Li Luochen, in a playful mood, began to twirl the staff.
After all, who hasn't idolized the Monkey King? When I was a kid, if there had been a stick like that, the rapeseed flowers for miles around wouldn't have survived.
Li Luochen was twirling a set of staff techniques. The staff is the ancestor and the head of all weapons. Even if you haven't learned staff techniques, you can still swing it a few times. It is very practical, especially for a transmigrator like Li Luochen.
Playing the bachelor. Bah! Playing the bachelor is something ingrained in my soul.
Li Luochen doesn't know any staff techniques. His grandfather, Li Yusong, did create his own Dragon Pattern Staff Technique, which Li Luochen has practiced, but the key is to create a staff technique that suits him.
Constantly relying on other people's skills will prevent you from forging your own path.
In Li Luochen's previous life, the most famous staff technique in the world was undoubtedly the Shaolin staff technique. Staff techniques also include picking, chopping, parrying, thrusting, sweeping, blocking, flicking, scooping, pointing, stabbing, twisting, chopping, dancing, pressing, twisting, and deflecting.
However, Li Luochen plans to take a bold and unrestrained approach, absorbing dragon-type soul beasts, which will definitely greatly enhance his own strength.
After all, Douluo Continent was once a plane of the Dragon God's realm, and dragons are versatile in many planes anyway.
Absorbing dragon-type soul beasts might allow the Dragon Pattern Staff to advance even further. Dragons have always been known for their strength; Titan Apes and Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bears, once fully grown, can rival dragons. Dragons have always been relegated to the background.
So even if the attribute method doesn't work, it's not impossible to use force to overcome all methods. In fact, Li Luochen has a bit too much ambition. Although he is somewhat compliant, he wants to refine the Dragon Pattern Staff into his own exclusive divine weapon.
(End of this chapter)