Xiao Zhan's Suggestion (Please Favorite!!!)

"Wind element."

Once Su Wen began developing his ability over Wind Element Control, he discovered something different.

The gap between it and Fire Element Control was rather large.

"Xiao Wen, your control over the wind element is higher, so practicing it is easier for you. It isn't because the Soul Skills have different focuses," Xiao Zhan explained, clearing up Su Wen's confusion.

"Your Martial Soul is still a Book Martial Soul, after all."

Books were countered by fire elements.

Su Wen nodded, showing he understood.

The fact that he had gained a certain degree of affinity for fire elements under the tempering of the Three-Eyed Illusion Spirit Fox's Soul Ring was probably also thanks to his First Soul Ring strengthening his Martial Soul itself.

Otherwise, even if the Three-Eyed Illusion Spirit Fox possessed the Fire Attribute, it would still have been very difficult to modify his Martial Soul and grant it affinity with fire elements.

The wind element was not that difficult. The Soul Ring's modification of his Martial Soul was more thorough, and its affinity was higher.

"My suggestion is that you first train your control over wind elements, along with Flame Compression and excavation."

As for integrating it into Flame Fist and making his own body adapt to a higher degree of flame, Xiao Zhan no longer recommended it.

Although he temporarily could not truly unleash the power of Flame Fist, this was the most cost-effective arrangement.

"Before overcoming the characteristic of your Book Martial Soul fearing flames, it will be very difficult to raise your body's resistance to fire. Even flames formed from your own Soul Power will be difficult to adapt to, let alone flames transformed from Heaven and Earth Origin Qi."

Xiao Zhan shook his head.

Su Wen's displayed talent was a little too high. Many of his teaching plans had been disrupted, and for a moment, he had forgotten this point.

"My suggestion is to use your next two Soul Rings to solve this problem. First, you need to overcome your Martial Soul's fear of flames. Only then can you begin the next stage of Flame Fist cultivation as soon as possible. I suggest you try it with your Third Soul Ring. Then obtain another Soul Skill that converts Soul Power into flames. Although it will overlap somewhat with your Second Soul Skill, flames converted from Soul Power are less harmful to a Soul Master, and raising resistance to them is faster. Moreover, the two Soul Skills can be used at the same time. If the internally and externally transformed flames combine, their power might even be higher."

Even his Path of the Fire Demon had not been smooth sailing. It required the cooperation of one Soul Ring after another, constantly evolving his own Book Martial Soul so it could adapt to the path he walked.

"Fearing flames is actually still the essence of the Book Martial Soul. Paper fears fire, and it is the same nature as plant-type Soul Masters fearing fire."

Hearing this, Su Wen had, in fact, naturally already formed an idea.

Ice-Fire Alchemy Body.

The abilities of fire immunity and ice immunity were very important to his Book Martial Soul.

However, Xiao Zhan offered another path.

"Energization."

"Energization?"

"That's right. Use a Soul Ring to transform the Martial Soul into an energy form."

Even if it was fully released and manifested, it would still be an energy construct, not paper.

In this way, it would also avoid being countered by flames.

"Uncle Zhan, you have this kind of Soul Skill?"

"That's right."

By a lucky coincidence, Xiao Zhan had obtained such a Soul Ring and successfully completed this step.

"But even now, Lao Bai and I still haven't figured out how to obtain this kind of Soul Skill more reliably. So if you have a better idea, I won't force you to take my path."

Su Wen sank into thought.

The Soul Skills bestowed on a Martial Soul by a Soul Ring all came from the power of the Martial Soul itself.

This was a theory Su Wen had proposed in the past, and it was what he believed as well. More accurately, the Martial Soul had potential in this area.

As long as the conditions were met and it possessed this ability, the corresponding Soul Skill could be guided out.

The root of everything was still the Martial Soul. Otherwise, the Soul Ring was merely duckweed without roots.

Now that he had finished hearing Xiao Zhan's suggestions on developing the Book Martial Soul, Su Wen felt he had gained a deeper understanding of the function of Soul Rings.

Using Soul Rings to change the characteristics of a Martial Soul after the fact.

The power of a Soul Ring merged into the Martial Soul and would also modify it. Su Wen's initial understanding of this had leaned more toward strengthening identical traits that the Martial Soul already possessed.

He had overlooked the additional characteristics a Soul Ring added to a Martial Soul.

"Elemental affinity is actually an additional effect added by the Three-Eyed Illusion Spirit Fox's Soul Ring."

Even if it did not appear in the form of a Soul Skill, a Soul Ring would still modify the Martial Soul.

And Su Wen's process of absorbing Soul Rings was different from that of ordinary Soul Masters. His absorption was more thorough, and the Soul Ring's modification of his Martial Soul was more complete.

This was also why he could obtain other traits from a Soul Ring besides the Soul Skill.

Others had to rely on luck, but he was different. He could have it all.

"In that case, the process of absorbing Soul Rings still needs further research. If I can intervene in the Soul Ring's modification of the Martial Soul and manipulate the direction of the modification in finer detail..."

Of course, this goal definitely could not be completed in the short term.

"Uncle Zhan, I understand. I'll cultivate to rank thirty as soon as possible and first find a way to overcome my Martial Soul's fear of fire."

Although Xiao Zhan's suggestion was very good, Su Wen did not adopt it.

He had a way to overcome his fear of fire, so he could still choose his Third Soul Ring according to his own ideas.

It was just that, when it came to the specific planning for his Third Soul Ring, Su Wen felt he needed to rethink it carefully.

"First, I'll cultivate the techniques for Wind Element Control, Flame Compression, and excavation."

In truth, it was not limited to those two points. Su Wen's true Second Soul Skill was control—control over Heaven and Earth Origin Qi—and he was also trying to develop ways to mobilize origin qi.

For example, using it during cultivation to stimulate the speed of Soul Power cultivation with a higher concentration of external origin qi.

Although he could not display a stronger form of Flame Fist, Su Wen was not discouraged.

"This means that in the short term, I can devote myself fully to improving my mage methods."

Su Wen had been studying the compression and explosive nature of fire all along, and these techniques could be used for far more than just Flame Fist. Xiao Zhan used them that way only because he possessed the Fifth Soul Skill, Fire Demon Overlord Body, which made him better suited for close-range bursts.

"Wind element, fire element, mage."

Many ideas for using the two elements waited in Su Wen's mind to be tested.

Of course, before testing those ideas, he had to try developing flying techniques first.

"Propelling myself with air currents is the simplest and easiest method to achieve. It's quite convenient for acceleration, but it isn't suited to ordinary flight."

Despite saying that, Su Wen did not hesitate at all.

First, he would use air-current propulsion to develop the ability to fly.

As for whether it was convenient to maintain flight with air-current propulsion the whole time, that was a problem for the next step.

After adapting to the process of turning Heaven and Earth Origin Qi into wind element and converting it into powerful wind force, Su Wen began his attempt.

"Haha, it really works!"

As the soles of his feet left the ground, Su Wen breathed a sigh of relief.

Good. The initial development had gone smoothly.

He did not rush ahead recklessly. Attempts at flight required caution. Otherwise, if he fell from high altitude, even if it did not kill him, he would be badly injured, which would seriously affect his cultivation rhythm.

Sure enough, Su Wen's control over the wind force soon became unstable, and he began to sway.