The Effects and Benefits of the Spirit Rhyme Turtle Soul Ring

"Among Spirit Rhyme Turtles at the thousand-year level, those that have already grown plants on their shells can grant Soul Masters only one Soul Skill. It is known in the Soul Master World as the Martial Soul Fusion Premonition!"

At the mention of Martial Soul Fusion, Tang San immediately recalled the term "Martial Soul Fusion Skill" he had seen while reading.

Since he had yet to awaken his Martial Soul and the book's descriptions had been vague, Tang San could only understand it in the simplest terms: combining two Martial Souls to achieve an effect greater than one plus one.

Zhou Qing explained, "A Martial Soul Fusion Skill isn't such a simple combination. It fuses two Martial Souls into an entirely new Martial Soul. It's like combining steamed buns and meat to make buns with filling or meat pies."

"Oh, I get it."

Tang San nodded and thought to himself, Combining steamed buns, dough wrappers, and meat filling to make buns with filling or meat pies—that's what a Martial Soul Fusion Skill means.

Buns with filling and meat pies tasted far better than plain steamed buns, pie crusts, or meat filling.

Applied to Martial Soul Fusion Skills, it meant that two Martial Souls fused into one, whether in offensive ability or support ability, becoming far stronger than a single Martial Soul alone.

"However, Martial Soul Fusion Skills require 'Martial Soul Compatibility' as a prerequisite. In other words, the two Martial Souls need to resonate with each other. Since neither of us has a Martial Soul yet, we don't know for the time being..."

At that point, Zhou Qing brought the topic back to the Spirit Rhyme Turtle before them. "As for a thousand-year Spirit Rhyme Turtle, the purpose of the 'Martial Soul Fusion Premonition' Soul Skill granted by its Soul Ring is to strengthen the connection between one's own Martial Soul and those of other Soul Masters. Even two completely unrelated Martial Souls may develop a slight degree of compatibility."

"Of course, that doesn't mean fusion will definitely succeed. After all, going from zero percent Martial Soul Compatibility to 0.001 percent is still an improvement, but it's completely useless."

"Even so, plenty of Soul Masters are willing to try their luck for that alone."

"Spirit Rhyme Turtles over ten thousand years old are practically nonexistent. When other Soul Beasts cultivate for ten thousand years, that doesn't mean they have truly lived for ten thousand years. But a Spirit Rhyme Turtle's cultivation is genuinely measured in the passage of time. According to Spirit Hall's research, most turtle-type Soul Beasts are the same, so ten-thousand-year Spirit Rhyme Turtles are nearly impossible to find."

"Therefore, Spirit Rhyme Turtles currently only reach a maximum age of one thousand years. And after obtaining this Soul Skill, once a person chooses someone with whom to undergo Martial Soul Fusion, they can no longer choose another Soul Master... Later generations gave this trait meanings such as devotion and loyalty."

Zhou Qing wanted to make a sarcastic remark about that, but he did not know how.

Love...

On the Douluo Continent, it really was praised and celebrated, even dragged into something as unrelated as a Spirit Rhyme Turtle.

"Ahem, let's not talk about that for now." Zhou Qing returned to the subject. "Still, I think the Soul Skill of a thousand-year Spirit Rhyme Turtle does more than strengthen the resonance between Martial Souls. It may also prevent one's own Soul Skills from conflicting with each other."

"Soul Skills can conflict too?"

Tang San froze. But considering that Soul Masters hunted Soul Beasts, it was impossible for all their Soul Rings to come from the same type of Soul Beast. Yet all Soul Skills were released through their Martial Souls, so naturally, Soul Ring Skills from different Soul Beasts could not coexist perfectly.

Unlike his Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, Mysterious Jade Hand, Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, Purple Demon Eye, and other techniques, all of which could work together with the circulation route of the Mysterious Heaven Skill, which connected upward to Baihui, downward to Yongquan, and ran through the upper, middle, and lower dantians.

It seemed that after awakening his Martial Soul, he would also need to consider whether the Soul Skills granted by Soul Rings would conflict with Tang Sect techniques... Hmm, if my Martial Soul is also Blue Silver Grass, then it would be best to just keep stacking vitality-type Soul Skills!

"Of course they can conflict!"

Zhou Qing said, "You've read books about Soul Masters too, right? Battles from the Soul Master Tournament have also been recorded in writing. Whenever Soul Skills are released, one Soul Ring lights up and one Soul Skill is used. I don't know about high-level Soul Masters, but I suspect most Soul Masters cannot release Soul Skills simultaneously and have to use them one at a time. During battle, they must carefully consider the purpose and ability of each Soul Skill in order to calculate the best time to release them."

Tang San frowned slightly, realizing that while Soul Master Soul Skills might be fairly powerful, they were far inferior to the Tang Sect's Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record in terms of continuity.

After all, the Mysterious Heaven Skill could simultaneously support techniques such as Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, Mysterious Jade Hand, Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, and Purple Demon Eye. In other words, all of those techniques could be used at the same time under the effects of the Mysterious Heaven Skill.

Yet Soul Skills actually had to be used one at a time!

Although that did not mean Soul Masters were weak, Tang San still found it rather absurd. It was like someone in his previous life cultivating several martial arts, each immensely powerful, but needing to employ the internal energy method corresponding to each one in order to unleash its power... That would make it far too easy to explode and die!

Yet such a situation existed in this world, and it was extremely common! And because of Martial Souls, there was no need to worry about exploding and dying!

Only when absorbing Soul Rings was there perhaps some danger...

"Martial Souls truly are amazing!" Tang San sighed.

"Mm, Martial Souls really are amazing."

Zhou Qing did not understand what Tang San was thinking and merely agreed before returning to the Spirit Rhyme Turtle. "Soul Masters who obtain a thousand-year Spirit Rhyme Turtle Soul Ring exhibit a certain phenomenon: when using Soul Skills, they can release them more easily, and when releasing the next Soul Skill, the transition from the previous one is faster as well."

"So, I speculate that a thousand-year Spirit Rhyme Turtle's Soul Ring can also make a Soul Master's other Soul Rings and Soul Skills more closely connected to their Martial Soul."

"After all, the Spirit Rhyme Turtle is an animal, yet it can coexist with plants. This trait may also be added to the Martial Soul through its Soul Skill—that is why some plant-type Soul Masters choose thousand-year Spirit Rhyme Turtles as Soul Rings. It isn't only for the Soul Skill, Martial Soul Fusion Premonition, but also because there is a chance that the Spirit Rhyme Turtle's non-elemental trait can be inherited by their Martial Soul. Spirit Rhyme Turtles are also extremely tenacious. And Plant Martial Souls are not truly plants."

"Plant Martial Souls can choose Soul Rings produced by animal Soul Beasts, but their attributes need to match in order to gain the greatest benefits. Still, Soul Rings produced by Plant Soul Beasts are definitely the most suitable for Plant Martial Souls. Plant-type Soul Masters who choose thousand-year Spirit Rhyme Turtles either want the Soul Skill 'Martial Soul Fusion Premonition' and faster activation of their other Soul Skills, or they are Commoner Soul Masters who do not understand Martial Soul cultivation but have fortunately cultivated to Level 30 or Level 40."

Tang San nodded slightly, then pointed at the aquatic grass growing on the shell of the two-hundred-year Spirit Rhyme Turtle and asked in confusion, "Did this Spirit Rhyme Turtle plant vegetation on its own shell in advance?"

"Probably."

Zhou Qing was somewhat uncertain, but he still voiced his thoughts. "The books I had someone buy did not provide a more detailed explanation, but I guess that before reaching one thousand years, Spirit Rhyme Turtles mainly accumulate Spiritual Power. After all, judging by how Hundred-Year Spirit Rhyme Turtles can grant the 'Sleep' Soul Skill, they should be the same themselves. Perhaps only with sufficient Spiritual Power can they constantly monitor how the plants on their shells will grow in the future."

"Just like how villagers farm: every day, they need to weed their fields and check on their crops, which consumes a great deal of energy. The Spirit Rhyme Turtle grows plants on its shell, even within its flesh and blood, so it must constantly watch the growth of their roots and stems while also detecting outside dangers."

As for the Spirit Rhyme Turtle before them—

In Zhou Qing's view, its shell had been broken fifty years ago by a strong man from a village near Holy Soul Village, and it had even suffered severe injuries. Its instinct to survive had forced it to temporarily stop accumulating Spiritual Power and instead plant seeds ahead of time.

This twenty-meter stretch of stream, much deeper than the surrounding areas, had been dug out by the Spirit Rhyme Turtle to serve as its home.

And that Great White Carp had most likely been raised by this Spirit Rhyme Turtle!