A counterintuitive view

Linking the acquisition of Soul Bone to the new Soul Ring technique, requiring the absorption of Soul Ring rings using this new technique to obtain Soul Ring Soul Bone, seems like a very good idea.

On the one hand, it can make the new Soul Ring method quickly accepted by people; on the other hand, it can reduce the killing of Soul Master Soul Beast Masters to some extent.

But if you think about it more deeply, you'll find that this can lead to very bad results.

The impact of an event needs to be viewed dialectically.

It is an obvious fact that different groups of people have different levels of demand for Soul Ring and Soul Bone.

For example, lower-level Soul Master definitely have a greater need for Soul Ring because their Soul Power increases relatively quickly, making it easier for them to reach the level bottleneck every ten levels.

This gives them more opportunities to use the new Soul Ring technique to obtain Soul Bone.

However, the situation is completely opposite for high-level Soul Master and mid-level Soul Master whose potential has been exhausted. On the one hand, they have few Soul Ring slots left, which means they have few opportunities to obtain Soul Bone through the new Soul Ring method.

On the other hand, their Soul Power increases relatively slowly, and it may take many years before they reach the bottleneck of their cultivation realm and have the opportunity to obtain Soul Ring.

In this situation, lower-level Soul Master who can rapidly increase their Soul Power are able to absorb Soul Bone with great force. What would these higher-level Soul Master and mid-level Soul Master whose potential has been exhausted think?

Will I feel resentful? Will I have any dark thoughts?

This is almost inevitable, and thus the contradiction arises.

The imbalance between the power one wields and the benefits one gains inevitably leads to conflict—a lesson learned from history.

A typical example is the aristocratic families in Huaxia history, who controlled the channels of advancement and the right to acquire and interpret knowledge.

Although they possessed a certain level of military strength, it was insignificant compared to the vast majority of poor families and even Commoners.

So in the end, "The imperial treasury was burned to ashes, and the bones of officials were trampled all over the streets."

In the Douluo World, martial power is mainly in the hands of Soul Master, and the higher the level of the Soul Master, the stronger they are.

Even considering the number of people, mid-level Soul Master who have exhausted their potential still constitute a large group.

It's important to understand that most people in the Soul Master community have relatively average talent, and they may never be able to break through to become a high-level Soul Master in their entire lives, only remaining at the mid-level.

Furthermore, the power they wield is decent, at least not the best but not the worst either. The group they form with high-level Soul Master is far stronger than the group of low-level Soul Master.

Once the acquisition of Soul Bone is linked to the new Soul Ring technique, the damage that the former can cause will be enormous.

By then, acts of murder and theft of bones will likely become rampant.

You don't even need to carefully select your target; just kill a young person with multiple Soul Ring, and you'll likely get at least one Soul Bone.

Just like opening a blind box, there's a high probability of getting Soul Bone inside; the only difference is how many there are.

If this situation were to occur, the Douluo World would inevitably descend into massive chaos, even entering an era of war.

Moreover, such times of war are very difficult to manage, and even a powerful figure might not be able to handle them well.

If we were to alert the Soul Beast forces and get them involved, things would probably get even more chaotic.

By then, the Spirit Hall, the three upper sects, and the four lower sects will definitely have to be reshuffled.

Bibi Dong struggled with her entire life until becoming a god and still couldn't fully accomplish, Chen Feng can do now.

Of course, if he did such a thing, Chen Feng's reputation as a genius Scholar would most likely be completely ruined, and he might end up like the Baldy, labeled a devil.

However, due to the reckless behavior of a certain race, the reputation of Baldy on Earth has risen from overwhelmingly negative to a mix of praise and criticism.

Whether it will continue to rise to "Very Positive" or even "Overwhelmingly Positive" in the future is beyond Chen Feng's knowledge.

However, in any case, binding the acquisition of Soul Bone with the new Soul Ring technique is not a good choice.

If Chen Feng wanted to take revenge on the world, he could have used this move to create chaos, but unfortunately, he is mentally healthy and has not experienced painful things like Bibi Dong, so he naturally wouldn't do that.

Since this is not possible, we need to find a way to create a physical Soul Bone, and the prerequisite for this method is to be able to depict the circuits inside the Soul Beast's body.

To address this problem, Tang San first proposed a clumsy solution.

That is rote memorization, where the circuits within Soul Beast's body are gradually memorized and drawn down through the Soul Power Fusion.

After hearing his suggestion, Chen Feng nodded and said:

"This is indeed a feasible approach, but it takes a long time and involves a large amount of work."

With a few decades of time and a sufficient number of people, this task certainly has a chance of being completed.

At the very least, we could compile a list of the most common and useful circuits found in Soul Beast, and create something like a comprehensive encyclopedia of Soul Beast circuits.

However, Chen Feng was still somewhat unwilling to give up, as he felt there were other solutions to this problem.

At this moment, Xiao Wu asked:

"If the elements that form Soul Bone include the Soul Power, Flesh and Blood and blood, and Soul Power Circuit of Soul Beast, then what's the difference between these three combined and a complete Soul Beast?"

Chen Feng paused for a moment, then looked at her and said:

"You mean... to directly use a complete Soul Beast as one of the experimental elements, and then add other experimental elements to complete this Soul Bone experiment?"

"Uh, I... I don't know if this will work," Xiao Wu said hesitantly.

"Using a complete Soul Beast to obtain Soul Bone is just hunting Soul Beast, isn't it?" Dugu Bo said from the side.

"But the probability of obtaining Soul Bone by hunting Soul Beast is very low, and the probability of obtaining Soul Bone from living Soul Beast... uh..." Xiao Wu paused mid-sentence.

To this day, there has only been one instance of obtaining Soul Bone from a living Soul Beast.

The success rate is 100%, but that success rate is hardly convincing.

"Actually, I've thought about a question before," Chen Feng said slowly.

"What's the problem?" Dugu Bo asked.

"One theory is that if Soul Beast experiences strong emotional fluctuations at the moment of its death, such as resentment or hatred, it is more likely to produce Soul Bone."

Upon hearing Chen Feng's words, Xiao Wu's expression darkened.

Chen Feng continued:

"What I'm pondering is whether the key to this condition is the intensity of the emotion, or the resentment or hatred it evokes?"

He paused, then said:

"If the key lies in resentment or hatred, then I have nothing to say. But if the key lies in intensity, then the death of Soul Beast is not a necessary condition for the formation of Soul Bone. In fact, I think the probability of a living Soul Beast forming Soul Bone is even greater!"

"Because living Soul Beast are more prone to strong emotions," Xiao Wu continued.

"That's right." Chen Feng nodded.

"That's a bit counterintuitive," Dugu Bo said, scratching his chin. "Just because you succeeded once on a living Soul Beast?"

Chen Feng shook his head. "No, there's actually another excellent example."

What example?

"Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast."

Tang Hao raised an eyebrow. "Tell me in detail."

"As we all know, Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast will inevitably produce Soul Bone, and their soul can remain intact after death. Is there a causal relationship between the two?" Chen Feng raised a thought-provoking question.

"Are you trying to say that a complete soul is the reason why Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast will inevitably produce Soul Bone?" Dugu Bo understood what Chen Feng meant.

"Isn't that very possible? The patterns we know about the formation of Soul Bone don't contradict this statement." Chen Feng shrugged.

"Whether it's Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, a living Soul Beast, or Soul Beast with strong emotions at the moment of death, their will is more complete than that of other Soul Beast after death."

Dugu Bo pondered for a moment and said:

"It seems... that's indeed the case. Those Soul Beast that are too young and lack intelligence have almost never been seen to have Soul Bone."

After recalling for a moment, Tang Hao nodded and said:

That makes sense.

"So, Xiao Feng, you believe that the soul and will are the key to forming Soul Bone?" Tang San asked.

Chen Feng nodded. "That's right. The probability of Thousand-Year Soul Beast producing Soul Bone is not high, the probability of Hundred-Year Soul Beast producing Soul Bone is extremely low, and Ten-Year Soul Beast will not produce Soul Bone at all. This pattern perfectly matches the soul strength of Soul Beast at each age level."

In fact, the occurrence of Soul Bone from Hundred-Year Soul Beast has not broken this pattern, because the only century-old Soul Bone that Chen Feng knows of is the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear Soul Bone from Douluo Dalu 2.

As Soul Beast with extremely high innate racial stats, the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's soul and will are probably unmatched by ordinary Thousand-Year Soul Beast, so it's not surprising that it can drop Soul Bone.

"Alright, you've convinced me. The idea that living Soul Beast are more likely to produce Soul Bone does make sense. So, how do you plan to use a whole Soul Beast as an experimental element?" Dugu Bo asked.

"Last time we successfully formed Soul Bone, but it was Soul Bone. If we repeat this process..." Chen Feng pondered, stroking his chin.

If it were a complete repetition, it would essentially be a new type of Soul Ring technique, but what Chen Feng wanted was to create a physical Soul Bone.

"Then what if we cut off the last step?" Chen Feng narrowed his eyes slightly.

Or, to put it more directly, could we replace the Soul Master's position in the new Soul Ring Technique with something else?

With that in mind, Chen Feng immediately resumed the experiment.

He took out a large number of Lightning Yuan Stone from the Blood Sky Vault, which made the Silver Electric Flying Snake, which had been lying obediently beside him, raise its head and stare intently at the pile of stones rich in lightning energy.

Seeing Chen Feng's actions, Tang San quickly understood his meaning and asked:

What do you plan to use to replace the Soul Master?

"I'm going to try it out." Chen Feng took out a metal plate with a small corner missing.

"Star Soul Mithril?"

"That's right, this metal reacts to Soul Power, so it might be effective."

"Then let's give it a try," Tang San nodded and said.

Chen Feng began communicating with the Silver Electric Flying Snake once again. He wanted the Silver Electric Flying Snake to evoke strong emotions during the experiment, but it was unable to express them through body language.

However, he quickly came up with another solution: to arouse the greed of the Silver Electric Flying Snake.

Chen Feng used body language to tell the Silver Electric Flying Snake that as long as it could make the small ball made of Star Soul Mithril bigger, Chen Feng would give it more Lightning Yuan Stone.

Greed is also an emotion, and it can naturally arouse the will of the Silver Electric Flying Snake to a certain extent.

Chen Feng asked Tang Hao to cut off a small portion of the Star Soul Mithril and shape it into a small ball.

Actually, the shape isn't important, but Chen Feng still thinks a sphere looks better.

After creating the Star Soul Mithril Sphere, Chen Feng soaked it in the blood of the Silver Electric Flying Snake.

Although the Silver Electric Flying Snake itself has already participated, the more complete the experimental preparations, the better.

After completing these preparations, Tang San suddenly asked a question.

"Should I channel my Life Force into the Silver Electric Flying Snake, or into the Star Soul Mithril Orb?"

Chen Feng thought for a moment, "Let's try sending it to the Silver Electric Flying Snake first."

Although the object that initially received the Life Force was Chen Feng, the Star Soul Mithril Sphere was, after all, an inanimate object, unlike Chen Feng who would actively absorb Life Force.

Therefore, the Life Force should be allowed to enter the Silver Electric Flying Snake's body, so that it, the energy of the Lightning Yuan Stone, and the Soul Power of the Silver Electric Flying Snake can fully react within the Silver Electric Flying Snake's body, and finally be transported into the Star Soul Mithril Sphere.

If that doesn't work, then change the recipient of the Life Force.

After the experimental procedure was determined, the Silver Electric Flying Snake began absorbing the energy from the Lightning Yuan Stone under Chen Feng's instructions.

According to Chen Feng's plan, the Silver Electric Flying Snake needs to absorb the energy of the Lightning Yuan Stone, circulate it within its body several times, and then, after its Soul Power and Tang San's Life Force are mixed in, output it into the Star Soul Mithril.

Although the Silver Electric Flying Snake was reluctant to eat and then spit out the lightning elemental energy, it did as Chen Feng instructed because Silver Electric Flying Snake Dugu Bo was standing nearby and Chen Feng had promised to give it more Lightning Yuan Stone later.

However, when it was transferring the mixed energy, which had been circulated several times within its body and combined into one, into the Star Soul Mithril Sphere, it still felt a strong sense of reluctance.

At this moment, Chen Feng was closely monitoring the changes in the Star Soul Mithril sphere.

At first, the ball only partially lit up because the Silver Electric Flying Snake was supplying it with mixed energy.

This is a characteristic of Star Soul Mithril itself; the part that comes into contact with Soul Power will glow.

After a while, the entire surface of the ball began to glow.

This scene thrilled Chen Feng; what he feared most was that nothing would happen again, just like before.

After the small ball continued to glow for a while, the blood that had been soaking in the ball silently seeped into it.

The moment the blood completely seeped into the sphere, a burst of intense lightning erupted from it.