Cultivation Direction

"However, if Whale Rubber won't work, we still have Secret Medicine."

As Du Busi said this, a clear struggle appeared on his face.

The Body Sect's Secret Medicine naturally all had drawbacks. After all, what method of improving one's physical constitution didn't rely on the principle of self-destruction followed by recovery?

Take Du Busi himself, for instance. He used Body Tempering with Poison. Otherwise, why would his Body Martial Soul have Poison Cultivation in one hand? The Body Sect's Poison Quenching Method, combined with Poison Attribute Soul Rings, had opened up the path of Poison Cultivation for his Body Martial Soul.

"Little Ming, you'll have to choose for yourself which secret technique of the Body Sect to cultivate."

Du Busi led Chen Ming all the way to a massive hall within the sect.

In the entire village-like sect, this was the only especially conspicuous building. It was clearly built at great expense, and eleven concealed auras surrounded the hall.

Normally, the auras of such experts could not be sensed. However, Chen Ming's perception had reached the godly level, so he easily detected eleven auras that were at least at the Soul Douluo level.

Three of them were unmistakably Titled Douluo!

In fact, Chen Ming's perception had already spread throughout the entire valley, giving him a very clear understanding of the Body Sect's distribution of strength.

Within the sect alone, there were at least ten Titled Douluo and more than twenty Soul Douluo!

In other words, nearly half of the Body Sect's experts were guarding this place.

The words "Skill Transmission" were written above the hall, making its purpose self-evident.

"This Skill Transmission Tower records the many secret techniques our Body Sect has developed for Body Martial Souls. It is the foundation of our Body Sect."

He brought Chen Ming into the Skill Transmission Tower. The first floor was filled entirely with books.

They looked like a bunch of martial brutes, yet the Skill Transmission Tower was full of books. Chen Ming also saw quite a few tall, burly disciples seriously studying the contents of the books in different sections.

"This is the secret arts section. The secret art you choose often determines the future cultivation direction of your Body Martial Soul. The corresponding section on the second floor contains the experiences left behind by the sect's predecessors for those secret arts. The third floor contains Self-Created Soul Skills categorized by Body Martial Soul parts. Of course, there are only a limited number of truly complete Self-Created Soul Skills. Most are merely prototypes. But precisely because they are prototypes, they are more suitable for cultivation, allowing you to develop Self-Created Soul Skills better suited to yourself."

"Our Body Martial Souls will rely heavily on Self-Created Soul Skills. If you want to become a true powerhouse, developing your own ultimate technique is essential."

"..."

After giving him a round of instructions, Du Busi began explaining the various secret techniques to Chen Ming.

"Most Body Martial Souls consist of only certain parts of the body. Your Body Martial Soul is your entire body, which is an advantage. You can attempt almost every kind of secret technique, whether it is Poison Cultivation, other mutation paths, or strengthening methods."

"I follow the path of Poison Cultivation. You're still young, so it isn't suitable for you. I recommend that you try other mutation paths—that is, develop your affinity for Exotic Energy, then fuse your own power with the corresponding Exotic Energy, gaining control over that Exotic Energy and materializing the power of your own body."

As Chen Ming listened, he quickly understood what he meant.

So-called mutation was actually the mutation of Bloodline Power.

Only when one's blood and qi became tangible could Bloodline Power be condensed. However, the threshold involved was extremely high, and in this era, it was nearly impossible to achieve.

One had to know that even in the cultivation of Spiritual Power, achieving materialization was extraordinarily difficult.

Bloodline Power seemed to belong to the body and thus appeared easier to cultivate than the intangible Mental attribute. In reality, however, the body was subject to even greater limitations.

Intangible Spiritual Power was difficult to begin cultivating in the early stages, but once one delved deeper, it was actually easier to cultivate than blood and qi. Even those with extraordinary talent in the Mental attribute generally could only touch upon Spiritual Materialization after reaching the Titled Douluo level, or even the Super Douluo level.

As for the materialization of blood and qi?

It was extremely difficult to achieve!

Without special talent, it was virtually impossible to condense Bloodline Power.

Body Martial Souls clearly possessed this talent and had hope of doing so. Yet if one proceeded step by step, even after successfully undergoing a Second Awakening, one would only have a chance of successfully condensing it at the Soul Douluo stage.

That was clearly agonizingly slow.

Thus, the many predecessors of the Body Sect had summarized their experiences. During the early stages of cultivation, they fused blood and qi with other forms of energy, drawing out the power of blood and qi ahead of time.

Du Busi's Poison Cultivation worked this way.

Unlike the Poison Cultivation of ordinary poison-attribute soul masters, the dark green energy displayed by the Body Sect's Poison Cultivation was connected to blood and qi. Aside from being highly toxic, it was also incomparably violent, raising its power by an entire level. Meanwhile, its drawback of easily poisoning the cultivator was mitigated.

"Besides Poison Cultivation, the sect also has Lightning Cultivation, using lightning to temper the body. But it is far too dangerous and can be cultivated alongside other paths later on. Beyond that, there are also Yang Attribute Secret Techniques, cultivated using the sect's environment and manifested in the form of fire attribute power—"

"Teacher, what kind of secret technique do Brother Lei's Blade Techniques belong to?"

Chen Ming spoke up with a question.

The reason he asked was that he was rather surprised.

The Body Sect had always been dismissive of external objects. Although it no longer rejected Soul Tools because of several influences from his previous lives, it still did not think much of Soul Engineer cultivation. This was not simply a matter of changing one's mindset; the key was that the cultivation of Body Soul Masters placed tremendous importance on oneself.

Lei Zhen's cultivation, which combined his body with Blade Techniques, was quite compatible with Soul Tools. After all, his martial soul was only his body. If his weapon was an external blade, then a Soul Tool could completely serve as a replacement and produce even better results.

"His path also exists within the Body Sect, but there are very few who take it. It is Unity of Man and Weapon, and it requires the disciple to hold an obsession with a certain type of weapon."

"He is one of the few disciples in the sect to take this path. Besides him, you actually have a senior sister who is even more suited to this path. Your senior sister's conditions are much better than his."

"By the way, among all these paths, is there any that particularly interests you?"

After thinking for a moment, Chen Ming said, "Teacher, I want to take the pure path of Bloodline Power, and also try Unity of Man and Weapon."

"Mm?"

Du Busi frowned, seemingly not very approving of Chen Ming's decision.

However, he did not immediately object. Instead, he prepared to ask for the reason.

If Chen Ming truly had special talent with a certain type of weapon, then Unity of Man and Weapon might actually be the path best suited for him.

Could it be that this disciple of his was also proficient in Blade Techniques?

Du Busi thought of Lei Zhen, and of Chen Dong, who possessed the Wolf Lord Martial Soul as Lei Zhen had mentioned. He assumed that although Chen Ming had not inherited Chen Dong's Wolf Lord Martial Soul, he might have inherited a talent for Blade Techniques.

Chen Ming had no intention of concealing his talent for Twin Martial Souls.

His cultivation path for martial souls was destined to differ from that of ordinary Twin Martial Souls. He did not need to hold back his second martial soul from cultivation just to assemble the so-called full set of Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, or even Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings.

"Teacher, I have Twin Martial Souls."

"What? You have Twin Martial Souls too?" Du Busi cried out in shock.

Since when could the Body Martial Soul repeatedly appear as Twin Martial Souls paired with other martial souls?