Soul Core Cultivation Methods

"Tap, tap!"

The sound of someone knocking on a blackboard came from the basement.

At that moment, Xiao Lin was holding a thin wooden stick and tapping the small blackboard in the basement.

Written across the top of the blackboard were several large words: Compressing Soul Power, Condensing.

"Soul Cores are our long-term goal from now on."

Considering that the greatest benefit of Self-Condensed Soul Rings was the ability to choose the Soul Skills one wanted, while the Soul Ring's cultivation still had to be made up for on one's own, Xiao Lin did not intend to bring up Self-Condensed Soul Rings at this time.

After all, finding outstanding, talented Soul Beasts was far easier than tackling this subject.

Xiao Lin could still distinguish priorities.

"According to my research, there may not yet be any Titled Douluo who have condensed a Soul Core. So once we condense Soul Cores, we may possess strength no less than that of a Titled Douluo."

"Next, I'll explain the principles behind it."

"According to my careful research, the amount of soul power we Soul Masters can store is limited. We store soul power within our Meridians."

"In other words, as Soul Masters grow up, their Meridians basically take shape at around the age of twenty. At that point, a Soul Master's talent for soul power is determined as well."

"This may be why the continent says that if one cannot break through Rank 30 by the age of twenty, they will never achieve anything particularly significant."

"Following this principle, once a Soul Master's Meridians take shape at the age of twenty, if they wish to continue absorbing soul power, the soul power must undergo its first stage of compression."

"The ability to Compress Soul Power is the key to whether we Soul Masters can continue breaking through one Soul Master rank after another. Gaseous soul power becomes mist, mist-like soul power becomes liquid, and finally comes the solid Soul Core I mentioned."

As Xiao Lin spoke, he drew a curve on the small blackboard. It roughly resembled two small peaks, with the first peak marked with the age of twenty.

After explaining the basics, Xiao Lin took a sip of water from his thermos to moisten his throat.

Xiao Lin looked toward Tang San and Xiao Wu, only to find them both frowning deeply. He asked directly, "Little San, Xiao Wu, do you two have any questions?"

"Brother Lin, I have a question."

At that moment, Xiao Wu raised her right hand high and sprang up from her seat to ask.

"According to what you said, Brother Lin, shouldn't our top priority now be widening our Meridians and making use of all the Meridians in our bodies? Why are we bothering with Soul Cores?"

"Good question. That's right, our top priority right now is not Compressing Soul Power."

Xiao Lin praised Xiao Wu. Even this foolish rabbit had a day when she caught on. His little brainstorming class had truly paid off.

"However, when it comes to widening Meridians, we have someone more professional—Little San. He can use soul power to help us open up some Meridians. As for the tiniest Meridians, we'll still have to rely on ourselves."

What Xiao Lin meant was actually very simple. Now that the matter of Meridians had been handed over to Little San, all they needed to do next was steadily fill their Meridians with soul power.

This would make both meditative cultivation and the massive increase in soul power from absorbing Soul Rings much easier, while the matter of Compressing Soul Power could begin as well.

"Brother Lin, we have cultivation methods to store soul power. Do we still need to spend so much time searching for tiny Meridians?"

Tang San had doubts about this as well. He was capable of handling several larger Meridians, but the extremely small ones...

For example, the tiny Meridians in one's fingers were far more difficult.

Tang San was worried about wasting time because the soul power stored in all those tiny Meridians combined might not even exceed what the Mysterious Heaven Skill's Dantian could store.

"Considering that time is the most important factor, I can only say that we should do our best. If possible, it would be best to open all the Meridians in our dominant hands."

Xiao Lin knew that his Indestructible Body soul power was difficult to compress, so he would prioritize opening all of his Meridians.

Mentioning Meridians reminded Xiao Lin of a section of Meridian he had repaired with soul power.

Perhaps in the future, he could create several sets of soul power Meridians within his body to store even more soul power.

"There's another problem. Our bodies haven't fully developed yet, so how are we supposed to Compress Soul Power?"

Tang San revealed a puzzled expression. The soul power in his body's Meridians had not even filled them yet. Once compressed, wouldn't it just flow somewhere else?

Without a sealed space, how could it be done?

As a genius at making Hidden Weapons, Tang San also possessed considerable engineering talent and understood the difficulty involved very well.

"That's also a problem. I originally had a solution: freezing. In the future, I plan to find myself an Ultimate Ice power-type Soul Beast and try using low temperatures."

Xiao Lin had only made some preliminary plans for this. The main purpose of this meeting was to brainstorm and hear the thoughts of Xiao Wu, the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Rogue Rabbit.

"Ultimate Ice?"

Tang San cried out in surprise. He had not expected Xiao Lin to casually mention a term that had never even appeared in the Soul Master world.

"If it's Brother Lin, then perhaps it really can be done."

Tang San muttered. Ice itself was solid, and Xiao Lin's Martial Soul was a metal staff. Combined with low temperatures and the theory of soul power circulation, Tang San seemed to glimpse a sliver of possibility.

"Besides that, I've also thought of Gravity compression and rotational compression. But I have no way to solve the rotational method. As for Gravity, finding a Soul Beast skilled in strength and Gravity won't be easy."

Before Xiao Wu, Xiao Lin still did not directly say that he had his eye on the Titan Giant Ape's Soul Ring.

Although Xiao Lin was currently confident that he could Become a God, and Tang San, who would hold two Divine Thrones in the Future, was beside him to lend support, Xiao Lin believed that even if he absorbed the Titan Giant Ape's Soul Ring, he could still bring it back to life.

Still, he would refrain from mentioning it in front of Xiao Wu for now.

In truth, a Soul Core's characteristic was to accelerate a Soul Master's soul power recovery. Thinking of how Tang San's Mysterious Heaven Skill would endlessly regenerate in the future, it would not be wrong to say that the Mysterious Heaven Skill itself was a Soul Core.

At that moment, the Rogue Rabbit did not say a single word.

As the most useless Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, she did not even know much about Soul Cores, yet she had muddleheadedly condensed one successfully.

Looks like she would have to find a chance to go home and ask Da Ming and Er Ming.

Xiao Wu was almost moved to tears by her own stupidity. She had not studied properly when she was a soul beast, and after becoming human, she still knew nothing whenever asked.

How was she supposed to get revenge like this?!

Meanwhile, Xiao Lin, who had been secretly watching Xiao Wu's expression, froze.

What was going on? He had been waiting for Xiao Wu to pool her wisdom!

Could it be that a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast like Xiao Wu did not have a Soul Core?

Xiao Lin was bewildered. No way, right? No way?

He still had another hypothesis.

Whether a soul beast had the potential to become a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast depended on whether it possessed a soul bone.

Whether it was a soul bone or an External Soul Bone, having one meant it had that potential. Without one, the chances were slim.

But wasn't Xiao Wu a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast with a soul bone?

Xiao Wu, as a soul beast, you just overturned two of my hypotheses at once!

You were seriously impressive! What a slacker!

Xiao Lin felt like crying, but he still forced out a smile. "All right, everyone work hard on cultivating your Soul Cores. Pack your things today—we'll leave for the Soul Hunting Forest tomorrow to broaden our horizons."

After assigning some homework, Xiao Lin left the basement alone.

It seemed that cultivating Soul Cores would still have to depend on Dugu Bo. Nearly all of Dugu Bo's poison arts were centered on his Poison Pill, and when the Poison Pill erupted, it could unleash tremendous destructive power. That also fit the concept of a Soul Core.