Experiments and reflection

Dugu Bo did not leave for long; he soon returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with one of the experimental subjects.

When Chen Feng saw the appearance of the Soul Beast he was holding, he was stunned for a moment.

"White, the white snake?"

Yes, what Dugu Bo was holding in his hand at that moment was a long snake with a completely silvery-white body.

The long snake was as thick as a bowl, and its entire body was wrapped around Dugu Bo's shoulders and arms.

Rather than saying it was held in Dugu Bo's hands, it would be more accurate to say it actively relied on Dugu Bo.

And on the forehead of this long snake, there is a small, single horn.

This horn is also silver, and it has twists and turns in the middle, somewhat resembling the shape of a lightning bolt, making it look quite strange.

In addition, there are two rows of folded, fin-like organs on the back of this snake.

When the snake moves at high speed, these fin-like organs help it part the air and even allow it to take flight.

Having seen many Soul Beast illustrations, Chen Feng knew that this snake was called the Silver Electric Flying Snake.

When it moves at full speed, it's like a silver lightning bolt streaking across the Airborne.

Moreover, this Soul Beast also possesses the power to control lightning, mainly relying on the silver horn on its head.

The reason Chen Feng paused for a moment after seeing the snake was because he remembered that Dugu Bo also kept a Nine-Section Jade.

The color of that Nine-Section Jade was somewhat similar to cyan, and now with this white snake, could it be that Dugu Bo is going to form a bond between the cyan and white snakes and stage a reenactment of "The Legend of the White Snake"?

Suppressing his wild thoughts, Chen Feng said to Dugu Bo:

"I thought you would bring back a Jade Phosphorous Serpent, since that kind of Soul Beast is closer to your Martial Soul, which should facilitate communication."

"That was indeed what I was thinking, but then I realized something." Dugu Bo released the white snake from his body.

Then he pointed to the Metal Ball in Chen Feng's hand and said:

"We don't have many circuits at the moment. We only have the circuits for the Lightning Yuan Stone and the Storage Soul Tool. The latter is related to space, so we won't go into that. As for the former, if we want to make it into Soul Bone, it seems that Lightning Attribute Soul Beast would be more suitable. Luckily, I came across this Ten-Thousand-Year Silver Electric Flying Snake, so I brought it back."

Chen Feng raised an eyebrow but said nothing. He also felt that there should be compatibility between circuits and Soul Beast, but for the sake of experimental rigor, different types of circuits and Soul Beast should also be tested.

However, since Dugu Bo has already found a Lightning Attribute Soul Beast, it wouldn't be a bad idea to start experimenting with similar circuits and Soul Beast directly.

This way, they can first verify whether their previous ideas were correct. Once it is confirmed that Soul Bone can indeed be artificially created, it will not be too late to conduct expanded experiments.

"Then let's begin." Chen Feng and Tang San began preparing for the experiment.

Dugu Bo then took out a bottle and began to bleed the Silver Electric Flying Snake, attempting to communicate with this Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

After Soul Beast reaches Ten-Thousand-Year of age, its intelligence will be awakened, and it will become much smarter.

But no matter how intelligent they are, they cannot learn human language in a short period of time.

Therefore, Dugu Bo's reliance on language as a means of communication naturally resulted in a very unsuccessful attempt.

Fortunately, he was powerful and his Martial Soul was once the king of snakes. Now he has gone a step further and become Xiangliu. So even though the Silver Electric Flying Snake couldn't understand him, it was still obedient.

Seeing that Dugu Bo's communication efforts were in trouble, Chen Feng stepped forward to remind him:

"Senior, communicating with Soul Beast through actions would be better."

A hint of embarrassment flashed across Dugu Bo's face. "I don't know how to do this."

"It's alright, I know how." Chen Feng immediately used his traditional skill, which was body language specifically for dealing with Soul Beast.

It must be said that he has a natural talent for this; his body language is clear and easy to understand, and even the Flying Lightning Rat gave him high praise.

However, after Chen Feng finished his physical performance, the Silver Electric Flying Snake simply watched him quietly, showing neither understanding nor confusion.

Its eyes held only indifference, as if the Chen Feng before it were nothing more than air.

"Senior, is it looking down on me?" Chen Feng felt a little annoyed.

"Yes, it certainly looks down on you." Dugu Bo nodded.

This is not surprising, as the Silver Electric Flying Snake is at least Ten-Thousand-Year -old Soul Beast, and Chen Feng's strength is insignificant in front of it.

The Silver Electric Flying Snake might submit to Dugu Bo's strength and Martial Soul, but that doesn't mean it would pay any attention to Chen Feng, this human cub.

Silver Electric Flying Snake's indifferent attitude infuriated Chen Feng. He had been enjoying smooth sailing since his debut, and although he had occasionally encountered setbacks, they were insignificant.

Everyone who came into contact with him was extremely polite, and even the Ape God did not disregard him.

But today, the white snake completely ignored him, as if watching a clown performance. How could Chen Feng tolerate this?

He immediately started gesturing wildly again, and this time the Silver Electric Flying Snake reacted.

A look of fear appeared on its face, and it subconsciously looked towards Dugu Bo.

"Senior, scare it a little," Chen Feng said at the right moment.

Dugu Bo released some of his aura as instructed, his face hardening as he stared at the Silver Electric Flying Snake.

Now the Silver Electric Flying Snake dared not pretend to be aloof anymore. It first nodded to Chen Feng, and then lay down to show its submission to Dugu Bo.

This demonstrates that Chen Feng's communication through body language was effective.

"Hmph! Xiao Bai, how laughable." Chen Feng put his hands behind his back, held his head high, and walked away like a proud rooster.

Xiao Wu, who had watched the whole thing from a short distance away, curled her lip and said, "Tch, isn't it just a case of the fox borrowing the tiger's power?"

Chen Feng's method for dealing with the Silver Electric Flying Snake's aloof attitude was simple: he used Dugu Bo to threaten it.

His body language just now meant that if you don't listen to me, the person next to me will tear you apart.

The threat proved effective; the Silver Electric Flying Snake immediately backed down and indicated its willingness to cooperate.

After resolving the communication issues with the Silver Electric Flying Snake, the experiment proceeded without further obstacles.

Before long, all the necessary elements for the first Artificial Soul Bone experiment were ready.

These are the Lightning Yuan Stone (including its circuitry and material), the Flesh and Blood and blood and Soul Power of the Soul Beast, and Tang San's Life Force.

Looking at the prepared elements before him, Chen Feng suddenly felt a sense of unease, as if something was amiss.

However, after careful consideration, Chen Feng couldn't find anything wrong.

These elements were all discussed and came about by the group of people, and theoretically, they should include all the possibilities that could be thought of, so it's unlikely that anything was missed.

Even if any of these elements were superfluous, judging from the events of that night, these superfluous elements would not have caused the experiment, which would otherwise have succeeded, to fail.

After failing to reach a conclusion, Chen Feng suppressed his inner turmoil and decided to conduct an experiment first.

He first smeared the blood of the Silver Electric Flying Snake onto the Lightning Yuan Stone, and then had Tang San and the Silver Electric Flying Snake respectively infuse it with Life Force and Soul Power.

A minute later, nothing happened on the Lightning Yuan Stone.

Ten minutes later, nothing had happened.

Even as Tang San struggled to hold on, the Lightning Yuan Stone, smeared with blood, remained unchanged.

This scene made Chen Feng frown. "This shouldn't be happening. Why is there no change?"

"Could it be that there's something extra?" Tang San also felt that nothing should have been missed.

Chen Feng shook his head. "Even if there's something wrong, we won't let a successful experiment fail."

"How do you know you can't?" Dugu Bo asked in surprise.

Chen Feng hesitated for a moment, but still said, "Actually, we have one successful case."

"You've successfully created Soul Bone once before? Is that why you want to try again?" Dugu Bo asked, looking surprised.

Tang Hao, who was watching from the sidelines, was also somewhat surprised, as he was unaware of this matter.

"No, we obtained the Soul Bone from Soul Beast," Chen Feng said, shaking his head.

"What's so special about it?" Dugu Bo asked, puzzled. "Aren't all Soul Bone obtained from Soul Beast?"

Chen Feng looked at him and said seriously:

"We obtained the Soul Bone from a living Soul Beast, and after obtaining the Soul Bone, the Soul Beast was completely unharmed."

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Dugu Bo expressed his disbelief without hesitation.

Tang Hao's face also showed deep astonishment, because what Chen Feng was saying was too counterintuitive, even to the point of being mind-blowing.

To obtain Soul Bone from a living Soul Beast, and for the Soul Beast to remain alive and unharmed afterward, is simply a fantasy.

"Don't joke with me, we're talking about something very serious right now." Dugu Bo looked at Chen Feng, his face still full of disbelief.

But Chen Feng just looked at him quietly and didn't offer any explanation.

After a while, Dugu Bo scratched his hair. "How is this possible? This is impossible."

He's already in his forties or fifties, and his values are basically set.

And now, this mind-blowing thing has suddenly and quickly come crashing down on him.

This was clearly very unfriendly to the old man, Dugu Bo.

If this were in a fantasy novel, he might have his Dao heart shattered.

Dugu Bo remained silent for a moment, then looked at Chen Feng and asked:

"Are you serious?"

I'm very serious.

He then looked at Tang San and Xiao Wu, "You two know about this too?"

"Um."

"Know."

Dugu Bo took a deep breath and said in a serious tone:

"I understand. Don't worry, I swear on the name of the Dugu Clan that I will never leak this matter."

He didn't ask where the Soul Bone had gone or who it was with, but instead steered the conversation back to the experiment.

"Since you say that extra factors won't cause a previously successful experiment to fail, then it's possible that we missed some factors, or that some factors were incorrect."

"But I can't figure out what the problem is," Chen Feng sighed.

The others thought about it for a while, but they also came to no conclusion.

In this matter, the two adults can't be of much help; it mainly depends on Tang San and Xiao Wu, since they witnessed what happened that night.

But if Chen Feng had no clue, the two of them were naturally just as baffled.

Seeing Chen Feng's dejected expression, Dugu Bo patted him on the shoulder and comforted him:

"Don't be discouraged, little genius. Soul Bone, these rare items that condense the essence of Soul Beast, are naturally not so easy to create artificially. Failure is normal. I did it myself back then."

"What did you just say?" Chen Feng suddenly interrupted Dugu Bo.

"I said that failure is a normal thing," Dugu Bo said.

Chen Feng shook his head. "No, I was asking about the previous sentence."

"Soul Bone are rare items that condense the essence of Soul Beast."

"Yes, Soul Bone is a rare object that condenses the essence of a Soul Beast!" Chen Feng repeated Dugu Bo's words, his eyes gradually brightening.

"Soul Bone is formed from the essence of Soul Beast, so its circuit should also come from the Soul Beast, not from some Lightning Yuan Stone," Chen Feng said excitedly.

"But we've already added the Soul Power and Flesh and Blood of Soul Beast to it." Tang San was somewhat confused.

"No, that's not enough. We need to accurately depict the Soul Beast's circuits before adding these elements. Soul Power and Flesh and Blood alone are not enough," Chen Feng said, shaking his head.

"How is that possible? Can Xiao San see the circuits in a Soul Beast?" Xiao Wu asked doubtfully.

Tang San's eyes shone with a golden-purple light as he stared at the Silver Electric Flying Snake for a while, then shook his head and said:

"I can't see anything."

"Yes, that's the problem." Chen Feng frowned.

He had now figured out where the error in the previous experiment lay; the root cause was the incorrect choice of circuit.

That night in the Star Dou Great Forest, Chen Feng first transferred his Soul Power into the Flying Lightning Rat's body and circulated his Soul Power with it for a period of time before withdrawing his Soul Power.

The energy of the Lightning Yuan Stone was first absorbed into the Flying Lightning Rat's body and circulated before entering Chen Feng's body.

In other words, the internal circulation pathways within the Flying Lightning Rat must have played a certain role in the formation of the Soul Bone.

If there is some kind of circuit within Soul Beast's body, then Chen Feng believes that the circulation route of Soul Power within a Soul Beast Soul Beast should be its own circuit.

Similarly, if we were to extract the meridians through which Soul Power circulates within Soul Master's body and visualize them as lines, wouldn't that form a complete circuit?

But then a problem arises: how do we observe and depict this kind of circuit?

The reason Chen Feng was able to successfully obtain the Soul Bone was because he used New-Style Soul Ring Acquisition Method, transferring Soul Power into the Flying Lightning Rat's body and participating in its Soul Power circulation.

Even so, he only had a general impression of the Flying Lightning Rat's Soul Power path. He even almost went into qi deviation when Self-Created Soul Skill a few days ago, let alone now that he had accurately drawn out the circuit.

Does this mean that in the future, anyone who wants to obtain Soul Bone will have to acquire one when obtaining Soul Ring Soul Bone?