Spiritual Growth, Bloodline Refinement

How could it not attract attention?

How could ordinary people recognize Chen Yumo's Martial Soul? Their first thought would be that he was riding a thousand-year Spirit Beast—especially a proud and unruly tiger-type Spirit Beast.

Chen Yumo was such a low-key person. Why would he do something so ostentatious?

Using the two soul skills, Simulation and Detection, to avoid risks not only spared him a great deal of trouble, but also trained his spiritual power to a certain extent.

At first, Chen Yumo's Spiritual Detection had only covered a diameter of one hundred meters. As he used it more often, it had now reached one hundred and five meters.

The increase was not substantial, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Without a systematic method of spiritual power cultivation, he could only rely on the clumsiest method: constant depletion and recovery.

This clumsy method was definitely not very efficient. Its only merits were stability and the lack of any cultivation threshold. As long as one was willing to invest time and effort, one could gain obvious returns at this stage.

"Brother System, did you hear that?" Chen Yumo began making wishes in his heart.

"I urgently need a spiritual power cultivation method right now. After the next evolution, remember to arrange something like that as a reward!"

[The host's reasonable request has been received. In the next evolution gift pack, another reward will be replaced with a spiritual power cultivation method according to the host's wishes. The quality of the method will be affected by the evolution rating. Host, please keep up the good work.]

"Love you, Brother System. Thanks!" A smile appeared on Chen Yumo's face beneath his straw hat.

The squeaky wheel got the grease.

He knew Brother System loved him.

At his current rate of growth, it was basically impossible for his third Spirit Ring to be a ten-thousand-year one. Chen Yumo estimated that the most he could absorb for his third Spirit Ring would be one seven- or eight-thousand-year-old ring.

If Martial Soul Evolution increased the origin of his Martial Soul enough, then he might have a chance to use the System's assistance attempts to turn all three Spirit Rings into acquired ten-thousand-year Spirit Rings.

But absorbing a ten-thousand-year ring directly was out of the question, unless Chen Yumo could enter the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well right now and gorge himself on every Immortal Herb there.

For now, he should think about how to make his third Metamorphosis stronger and more promising.

"The previous Metamorphosis was White Tiger Transformation. Of the Five Elements, metal generates water, so the stronger second transformation could drive the weaker first transformation. Then the third transformation should follow the same theory—absorb an earth-attribute Spirit Ring and use earth generating metal to amplify the previous Spirit Ring!"

An earth-attribute Metamorphosis...

In the east was the wood Azure Dragon, in the west the metal White Tiger, in the south the fire Vermilion Bird, in the north the water Black Turtle-Snake, and in the center the earth Qilin.

For the third transformation, was it definitely Qilin Transformation?

"But the Douluo Continent seems to have very little related to Qilins. Do I have to undergo Earth Dog Transformation first, then drink a strengthening agent to evolve the earth dog bloodline into a Qilin?"

Wasn't that complete nonsense?

Damn it, Tong Yu, your IQ was even higher than your height!

But Chen Yumo definitely could not use such an absurd method. Its feasibility was infinitely close to zero. Even if it really could work, he probably would not choose such a bizarre way to undergo Metamorphosis.

Could it be that during the Soul Grandmaster stage, he really had to feed Xueli pesticide until she reached rank thirty, then absorb an earth dog Spirit Ring as his third Spirit Ring?

Hiss...

The more he said it, the more he wanted to try and see what it would turn into...

Chen Yumo could not help shuddering. Xueli stumbled beneath him, somehow sensing the intense malice radiating from her Master.

She even knocked Chen Yumo's straw hat right off.

"Easy, easy. Don't be nervous, I was just joking. I didn't really plan to do that!" Chen Yumo hurriedly reached out and stroked Xueli's head to comfort her.

She let out a soft whine from her throat, and her running gradually steadied once more.

As Chen Yumo grew, Xueli's spirituality grew stronger as well.

When she had first awakened, she had almost no consciousness of her own. She possessed only a creature's instincts and acted entirely according to Chen Yumo's commands.

After evolving into the Frost Illusion Butterfly, she had developed some simple emotions. For example, when Chen Yumo fed her Sword Bamboo, she found it hard to chew and did not enjoy eating it.

Occasionally, Chen Yumo even needed to feed her some attribute-less food to change up the taste.

Only now could she communicate simply with Chen Yumo. She had her own thoughts and preferences, and no longer needed Chen Yumo to control her bit by bit like a puppet on strings.

This growth in spirituality was the most important advancement for an External Beast Martial Soul. It meant that she was gradually transforming from a mere accessory into a true Life.

Chen Yumo looked forward to seeing just how far his Martial Soul, as another part of himself, could grow.

Next, Chen Yumo began cultivating another ability recorded in the Bloodline Secret Art.

Since he could cultivate the inherited abilities recorded in his bloodline, he could naturally refine his bloodline as well. However, as Chen Yumo had said before, bloodline refinement was equivalent to squeezing out one's lifespan and life energy. Under normal circumstances, doing so was slow suicide.

The most important part of bloodline refinement was replenishing massive amounts of energy during the process to make up for one's losses.

And honestly, his previous Frost Illusion Butterfly bloodline had not needed refinement at all.

The Frost Illusion Butterfly had originally been a new form produced when the Ice Silkworm combined with the Ice Mist Cold Butterfly Spirit Ring. Its bloodline's skill points had all gone into Cocooning, leaving no room for further improvement through refinement. Only a higher-tier bloodline could raise its own upper limit.

The White Tiger bloodline was different.

Even the Bright White Tiger had the higher-ranked Holy Bright Tiger above it. The metal-attributed Slaughter White Tiger Chen Yumo had chosen likewise possessed enormous room for improvement.

What Chen Yumo was now attempting was to increase the proportion of slaughter and metal attributes in his White Tiger bloodline, allowing his White Tiger Transformation to become the Golden Holy Beast White Tiger completely.

This method of growing stronger truly deserved to be called life-burning. The moment he began using it, Chen Yumo felt as if his entire body were on fire.

That scorching discomfort was even close to what he had felt when consuming Whale Rubber before.

Likewise, the side effects of refining his bloodline without the System's assistance became apparent.

As the White Tiger bloodline grew stronger, Chen Yumo could sense Xueli's aura beneath him becoming sharper and fiercer. Her savage might grew more imposing and purer as she continuously evolved toward the Golden White Tiger.

At the same time, a huge amount of vitality and blood within his body was ignited, becoming nourishment for the White Tiger bloodline. In return, his body sent back feelings of weakness and depletion.

Two completely opposing sensations—strength and weakness—appeared within him at the same time.

After carefully experiencing the process of bloodline refinement, Chen Yumo stopped after a brief taste and did not deeply refine his bloodline.

After all, he was traveling. For now, he was merely using his spare time to familiarize himself with this method. To truly refine his bloodline in depth, he would have to wait until he reached Heaven Dou City and prepared enough vitality-restoring supplements.