Trash Martial Soul Experiment

Jerry felt he had discovered a new era of cultivation for Plant-type Martial Souls. Eager to test it, his first choice of subject was naturally his own Grandpa Jack.

He called over his grandpa and told him not to sever his connection to his Martial Soul, then had him plant his Carrot Martial Soul in the soil! Grandpa Jack initially felt that his grandson was delaying his farming, but seeing how excited Jerry was, he cooperated anyway.

Grandpa Jack's Martial Soul had no Soul Power, so at first it could only slowly absorb nutrients from the soil through the Plant-type Martial Soul's own characteristics. Under Jerry's observation with Spiritual Power, it absorbed very slowly at first, then faster and faster. On the fifteenth day, it finally absorbed enough to produce a trace of Soul Power that even Old Jack could feel!

"Grandpa, you have Soul Power! You're not a Trash Martial Soul anymore—you can cultivate!"

Grandpa Jack was stunned. A Trash Martial Soul being able to cultivate was, in his eyes, something only gods could accomplish. Yet his grandson had actually done it!

Jerry taught Grandpa Jack the Meditation Method and told him he had to cultivate in secret and never spread the news. This world was very dark. If the empire, sects, or Spirit Hall learned that Jerry could allow Plant-type Trash Martial Souls to cultivate and even improve their Cultivation Speed, it would bring enormous changes to the status of Plant-type Soul Masters. Such secrets would be kept tightly in their own hands. Jerry did not have great strength, so he figured that he would be locked up for Martial Soul research for the rest of his life!

Holding a secret without strength was still very dangerous on Douluo Continent! Jerry knew that one had to be strong oneself. He had thought about increasing his own strength, but for now, he could only increase his Soul Power. Although higher Soul Power brought greater strength, strength was not just Soul Power. There were also Soul Skills, combat techniques, and battle experience! None of those could be improved in the village!

It seemed that his plan to lie low in the village and increase his strength had major problems. Since he could not change that right now, he should raise his Soul Power as quickly as possible!

Time flowed by like water, and in the blink of an eye, three and a half years had passed. Jerry and Xiao Wu were both twelve years old. Xiao Wu was now a level 34 Soul Elder. In the Original Work, Xiao Wu was only level 29 by now. With Jerry's Carrots helping her, she was five levels higher than before.

Jerry, on the other hand, was only level 32 and had been successfully overtaken by Xiao Wu. Xiao Wu was extremely smug about it! It made Jerry grit his teeth, and he was almost ready to decide never to let Xiao Wu eat his Carrots again!

Jerry's Second Soul Skill came from a 999-year-old Blue Silver Grass! The Soul Skill it gave Jerry restored life! Sure enough, Blue Silver Grass possessed powerful vitality, and the Soul Skill it provided was also a healing type!

When the Wild Chrysanthemum had been cultivated to three hundred years, Grandpa Jack absorbed it. It gave him a detoxification Soul Skill. It was not very powerful, but it was enough. Whenever villagers were bitten by venomous insects, they would immediately recover after eating Old Jack's Carrot! Old Jack was also very satisfied with his Soul Skill. Because of his age, his Martial Soul's vitality had declined. Thus, after cultivating for several years, even with Jerry providing sufficient fertilizer, Old Jack's cultivation became very, very slow after reaching level 14!

Jerry's Third Soul Ring came from 999-year-old ginseng. Breaking through from a Hundred-Year Soul Beast to a thousand-year one still depended on the plant's own potential. Jerry had provided a great deal of fertilizer, but he still could not make the ginseng break through to a thousand years. Even Xiao Wu did not know why! So he could only absorb a 999-year Soul Ring!

Absorbing the ginseng Soul Ring caused Jerry's Carrot to undergo a Martial Soul Evolution. It looked a little like ginseng now. The Carrot had branched out, with the split portions resembling two tiny hands and two tiny feet! If its color had changed too, it would have looked just like ginseng!

After his Martial Soul Evolution, Jerry felt that his Innate Soul Power had increased, rising to roughly level three. His Soul Power cultivation speed improved greatly. His current speed of directly absorbing Soul Power from the air was 4.68 (the First Soul Ring increased it by 30%, the Meditation Method increased it by 20%, so 3×130%×120% equaled 4.68), while his speed of absorbing Soul Power from underground was 9.36. By absorbing Soul Power from both at once, Jerry was now faster than even those with Innate Full Soul Power!

After the Martial Soul Evolution, it gave him a skill that instantly restored Soul Power, vitality, and physical strength. However, it could only restore Soul Masters of the same level. He had tested it on Xiao Wu, instantly restoring her to full condition! There was no way to test it on anyone of a higher level.