Martial Soul Resonance

For instance, many structures within the Dragon Elephant Sect had been built from special materials that were extremely sensitive to the aura of Evil Soul Masters. The moment an Evil Soul Master's aura appeared, many of those materials would instantly change color.

No one knew whether that was true, but the sect claimed that this technology had once been used by Spirit Hall.

Unless it was a legendary Evil Soul Master who was both incomparably evil and incomparably powerful, capable of completely concealing all the evil within themselves, even a Super Douluo-level Evil Soul Master would trigger an immediate reaction the moment they used Soul Power.

Special Soul Tools capable of detecting fluctuations in an Evil Soul Master's Soul Power had also been placed throughout countless corners of the sect. The instant such fluctuations were detected, they would immediately sound an alarm throughout the sect.

The Inner Ancestral Hall, where the ancestors rested, was even more heavily guarded. Every single brick had been specially enchanted, effectively preventing evil power from threatening the remains of the forebears.

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Whether it was the ability Evil Soul Masters commonly used to command malicious ghosts or techniques like Blood Escape, neither could easily penetrate the Dragon Elephant Sect's Inner Ancestral Hall.

Over the past four thousand years, the Dragon Elephant Sect had killed nearly a hundred brazen lunatics who had tried to steal the sect's ancestors' corpses and refine them into zombies. Among them had even been a vicious Super Douluo-level Evil Soul Master.

In response to Jing Hongchen's concerns, Chen Li quickly offered several methods for guarding against and countering Evil Soul Masters. Out of caution, he also took out a set of blueprints for a special Soul Tool designed by the Dragon Elephant Sect's ancestors to detect the aura of Evil Soul Masters and handed it to Jing Hongchen.

Although this special Soul Tool was more structurally complex than ordinary Soul Tools, given Jing Hongchen's mastery of Soul Tools, he would not need long to fully grasp its workings. He could even make further improvements to it.

"If it hadn't been for Brother Chen, I'm afraid I would've fallen into an Evil Soul Master's trap without even realizing it."

Jing Hongchen accepted the Soul Tool blueprints and looked at Chen Li and Chen Ming with deep emotion.

"The evil nature of Blood Medicine is well concealed from a Soul Douluo, but it is much harder to hide from a Titled Douluo."

"As long as one isn't blinded by profit and recklessly refines the Blood Medicine directly, a Titled Douluo will notice that something is wrong with it after conducting a thorough inspection."

"Even if they don't know exactly what it is, they can still sense the evil nature contained within."

"The reason those Evil Soul Masters tried to corrupt your butler was probably because they were wary of you. As a level 94 Titled Douluo and a Rank 9 Soul Engineer, your spiritual power surpasses that of ordinary people. You could spot the problem at a glance. Even without me, you would have reacted quickly enough."

"If a Titled Douluo can see the problem, then Your Majesty..." Jing Hongchen opened his mouth, then closed it again, choosing to skip over the matter.

"Forget it. Xiao, Meng, Xiao Ming, after the Third Prince... Crown Prince Xu Tianran took you away, did anything happen between you?"

"Yes, yes!" Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, whose minds had been a mess, finally heard something they understood. They immediately began talking over each other.

Chen Ming then added why he had chosen to let the three of them accept the gifts.

A piece of metal capable of making Martial Souls resonate was something no Soul Master could possibly pass up. Whether it was used directly in cultivation or forged into a Soul Tool, it was an exceptionally valuable boon to any Soul Master.

After learning that Meng Hongchen had received a White Jade Toad Inner Core, Xiao Hongchen had received a piece of Meteorite Iron, and Chen Ming had received a Seven-Rank Purple Ganoderma, both Chen Li and Jing Hongchen furrowed their brows slightly, seemingly pondering the meaning behind it all.

They definitely had to keep the items. Since they had already received them, there was no possibility of returning them.

Not to mention that these were genuinely useful treasures for all three of them. Even if they had no use for them, returning them would only turn the interests between both sides into pure hatred.

To prevent Evil Soul Masters from having tampered with the items, the three of them took out their respective gifts.

The first thing opened was Chen Ming's Seven-Rank Purple Ganoderma. The instant the box was opened, a rich medicinal fragrance eagerly wafted out.

That dense medicinal fragrance was completely different from the Crystal Human Blood Ginseng created by the Evil Soul Master earlier. Even Chen Li could not detect anything wrong with it.

The two Titled Douluo inspected it by their own methods for a long time. They even tasted a tiny bit of the Purple Ganoderma before finally confirming that it was a genuine Treasure Herb, not some evil object cultivated by an Evil Soul Master.

After the Purple Ganoderma was placed back into its box, the White Jade Toad Inner Core in Meng Hongchen's hands also passed inspection.

The greatest trait of such a rare treasure condensed from pure life force was its purity. Even the slightest mixture of ordinary elements would show clearly.

Once it was contaminated by evil power, even by the tiniest amount, it would be extraordinarily obvious.

It would stand out like a Nigga among a crowd of white people, a copy of My X Is Kang X among a pile of male-oriented novels, or a Guo Jingming among a group of Yao Mings.

Finally, the item brought out for inspection was the metal in Xiao Hongchen's hands, which Jing Hongchen had originally believed to be the least valuable.

The moment that metal was taken out of Xiao Hongchen's Storage Soul Tool, Chen Ming and Chen Li were immediately drawn toward it again.

Chen Li's Soul Power unconsciously spilled forth, and his Martial Soul Possession quietly activated. The diamond-like protrusion atop his head glimmered with a faint golden radiance, a sign that the Golden Bloodline inherited from the Diamond Mammoth had been stirred.

As the holder of the Vajra Dragon Elephant Martial Soul, Chen Ming's reaction was even more complicated.

When he carefully sensed the metal before him, the Martial Soul and bloodline within his body began to throb restlessly. Yet unlike Chen Li, who felt only familiarity and whose Golden Bloodline had been activated—

Chen Ming also sensed a familiar aura from the metal, but alongside that familiarity arose a terror and disgust as though he had encountered his natural enemy.

One feeling told Chen Ming that this metal would bring him enormous benefits. It was related to the source of his bloodline, and if he could uncover its mysteries, it might give his Martial Soul a chance to advance even further in the future.

But another feeling told Chen Ming that this metal was exceedingly inauspicious, a remnant of some great evil. It would bring him no benefit whatsoever, and the farther away he stayed from it, the better.

Without realizing it, drawn by Chen Li's aura and the metal itself, Chen Ming also unconsciously entered a state of Martial Soul Possession.

Yet as large-scale Dragon Transformation spread through his body due to the Martial Soul Possession, the instinctive disgust Chen Ming felt toward the metal ultimately gained the upper hand.

Watching the two of them be drawn in by its aura, Jing Hongchen wiped at the corner of his eye. He seemed to understand why Chen Ming had chosen to accept such a gift, but he said nothing.

By now, his family was bound together with Chen Ming and the Dragon Elephant Sect. Chen Ming was his disciple, while the Dragon Elephant Sect was his ally.

No matter which of them grew stronger, it would bring him nothing but benefits.

Still...

As the metal's nominal owner, Xiao Hongchen could not help but feel an indescribably strange sensation as he watched the two of them being drawn in by it.