Spirit Gathering Array Diagram
"Ugh—"
In the study, Ling Yi opened his eyes, feeling his Qi and Blood fully restored. With a thought, he cut off the life force that was constantly flowing from beneath his feet.
In Ling Yi's courtyard, in addition to the various Soul Power plants planted in the outer yard according to the five elements and eight trigrams, a huge Soul Guidance Array array was laid underground.
This array was created by combining the useless Soul Tool in the warehouse with Ling Yi's most familiar "First Soul Skill - Abundant Vitality" through repeated combinations and trials, and through hundreds of attempts.
Effect: All "Blue Silver Grass" within the array's influence range absorb the life force of each "Blue Silver Grass" and converge at the array's nodes, becoming subject to the dominion's control.
As the life force operates, the energy elements of the outside world will be affected by a "wind tunnel effect," and will be attracted to the location of the array by an invisible suction force.
As for the material used to lay the array patterns, it is a special spiritual alloy that Ling Yi named "Gold of Vitality".
"Gold of Vitality, Stage I" is a spiritual metal alloy made primarily of Iron Essence, combined with pure silver, purple copper, and a small amount of precious materials such as refined gold and Soul Beast powder. It is quenched and formed by mixing "Blue Silver Grass" juice with Cold Spring Water.
The idea comes from a rare treasure mentioned in some Douluo fanfiction: "Gold of Living Beings" that far surpasses even immortal Immortal Herb!
Four years ago, while still in the Cold Wind Grand Camp in the northern part of the [Water Wood Duchy], Ling Yi began to ponder how to gradually accelerate his progress.
At that time, Ling Yi clearly identified a series of issues he needed to address.
Innate Soul Power, Martial Soul quality, meridian width, mental strength, physical constitution, external environment...
With the absorption of two Soul Ring, Ling Yi's Martial Soul has evolved from the once truly useless Martial Soul "Blue Silver Grass" to Baron Rank "Blue Silver Grass" with a lifespan of 1,300 years. His Innate Soul Power Innate Soul Power Martial Soul has also been raised to level three or above!
Yes, it's 1,300 years, which is nearly a hundred years more than the 1,200 years when I first became a Grand Soul Master.
As his strength continues to increase and he acquires more Soul Ring, and as time goes by, Ling Yi's Martial Soul will spontaneously grow. One day, the quality of his Martial Soul will reach the ten-thousand-year King Rank, or even the hundred-thousand-year emperor level!
Innate Soul Power aptitude will also improve, all the way up to the point of having Innate Full Soul Power!
Other aspects, such as the width of the meridians, the strength of the spirit, and the physical qualities, are all cultivated step by step, whether it is "Beast Martial Soul: Xingyi Fist", "Crystal Meditation Method 4.0" or "Nine Syllable Mantra Hand Seals - Lin Character Seal 1.0".
The only external environment that Ling Yi could do was to plant "Blue Silver Grass" in his surroundings through various overt and covert methods, so that he could be in a "Blue Silver Mimicry Cultivation Environment" at all times, due to his own strength and the external forces he could draw upon.
However, this is far from enough!
Can an ordinary village compare to the Soul Beast Forest?
Can an ordinary Soul Beast forest compare to the beautiful and spiritual lands occupied by those powerful forces?
Is the stronghold of a major power comparable to the ' Star Dou Great Forest '?
Is the outer perimeter of the Star Dou Great Forest comparable to the Lake of Life at its inner core?
There's also the ' Spirit City ' in the center of the Douluo Continent, the ' Sea God Island ' in the West Sea, and the core area of the ' Land of the Far North ' where ' Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow ' can be born...
To catch up with prodigies like Tang Hao, Qian Xunji, and Bibi Dong, Ling Yi needs to emulate their qualities in every aspect.
As for Tang San, the protagonist of the original novel?
Those overpowered characters who have mysterious external forces granting them extraordinary abilities are not worth comparing with.
They were like puppets on strings, their entire lives predetermined, their very thoughts controlled by a mysterious force from outside the world—pitiful and pathetic.
Of course, he doesn't deserve sympathy. After all, he's a successful and accomplished individual, far beyond the comprehension of someone like Ling Yi, who is still at the bottom of society.
It's like those office workers who earn less than 3,000 a month are constantly pitying those glamorous people who make a fortune every day; they've become somewhat out of touch with reality.
We've gone off on a tangent.
While still in the Cold Wind Grand Camp, Ling Yi wondered if it was possible to replicate the "Spirit Gathering Array" from those Xianxia worldviews within the Douluo Continent.
Think about it, in most fantasy worldviews, you can use spirit stones to set up a "Spirit Gathering Array", and you can also inscribe array patterns on magic artifact array plates to form array plates or array flags for a "Spirit Gathering Array".
The most important of these is the array pattern!
A kind of array pattern that allows spiritual power and magical power to circulate, thereby attracting the spiritual energy of the outside world!
In the world of the Douluo Continent, the Soul Tool unearthed from ancient ruins happen to have array patterns that allow Soul Power to circulate!
It's not that no one has studied the array patterns on these Soul Tool, but unfortunately, the current Douluo Continent is still in an environment where Martial Soul are revered.
Talented Soul Master strive to cultivate their Soul Power and seek out high-age Soul Beast in hopes of obtaining better Soul Ring and powerful Soul Skill...
Therefore, research on Soul Tool is only conducted by certain individual enthusiasts, or by some individuals with limited Martial Soul potential assigned by major forces.
Limited by the considerable value of Soul Tool themselves, coupled with the high requirements for the researchers' own strength, only top-tier forces with strong foundations like the Spirit Hall can achieve certain results.
It's difficult for individual enthusiasts to achieve significant results.
After all, without sufficient outward mental power, it would be too difficult to obtain the array structure inside the Soul Tool by simply relying on repeatedly inputting Soul Power to sense it!
Aside from certain spirit-type Martial Soul, the ability to project one's spiritual power outwards is only possible after obtaining the Seventh Soul Ring, becoming Soul Saint, and experiencing the first qualitative change in one's spiritual power.
Even Ling Yi's ability to project his spiritual power wasn't due to a qualitative change in his mental strength. He was able to project his spiritual power outward by relying on his naturally strong mental strength, as well as the methods and techniques he gradually created, such as the "Crystal Meditation Method" and the "Nine Syllable Mantra Hand Seals - Lin Character Seal," which enabled him to achieve abilities similar to those of mental-type Soul Master.
Looking at the prelude to the first era of the Douluo Continent, there are very few Soul Master with Spirit-type Martial Soul.
Those who can truly develop and utilize their mental power are extremely rare.
In Ling Yi's memory, the treasure-delivering boy who was second only to Dugu Bo, Shi Nian "Remnant Dream" was one, Hu Liena, who gave away the fox-eared girl for free, was another. As for the other extras from the Canghui Academy, such as those trained by Shi Nian who were turned into idiots by the backlash of the protagonist Tang San's spiritual power, none of them were worthy of being mentioned.
After solving the problem of researchers, the next hurdle in the research of Soul Tool was materials.
Materials that can satisfy the requirements for inscribing and operating Soul Guidance Array Patterns!
According to Ling Yi's extensive research, only the Spirit Hall in the Douluo Continent has successfully replicated the production of the "Soul Testing Crystal".
The raw material for the "Soul Testing Crystal" is a natural crystal that allows Soul Power to flow with minimal resistance.
The material is very ordinary; it's the kind of material that can be broken with a slight drop.
Such crystals are certainly not up to the task of making weapons, but they are perfect as raw materials for making auxiliary "Soul Testing Crystal"!
In other words, the Spirit Hall itself doesn't value these "Soul Testing Crystal" much, and the selling price isn't high for any power with even a little strength. As a result, the crafting techniques for these "Soul Testing Crystal" remain limited to a small number of people within the Spirit Hall and haven't been leaked.
It is unknown whether the craftsmanship of "Soul Testing Crystal" will be preserved if the Spirit Hall is suddenly destroyed one day in the future.
Anyway, when Ling Yi purchased a batch of "Soul Origin Crystal" through the channels of the [Blacksmith Association - Water Wood Duchy], he learned that the reserves of this raw material were not small, but the production was small only because the demand was low.
Upon learning this news, Ling Yi decided that the production of "Soul Storage Crystal" should also be controlled, and only the initial version, namely the "Level 10 Soul Scholar Version," should be released to the public.
On the Douluo Continent at present, it can be said that apart from the path of excavating ancient ruins to obtain Soul Tool, there is almost no fertile ground for the birth of new Soul Tool.
After all, Soul Master focus on developing their own Martial Soul, while Blacksmiths consider the hardness, toughness, sharpness, ductility, weight, corrosion resistance, and other properties of various metal materials. Only a small number of Grandmaster Blacksmith and Divine Craftsman consider profound topics such as Soul Power Conductivity and Energy Resistance.
However, Soul Tool are still a niche area.
Only someone with foresight like Ling Yi would dedicate a portion of his energy, financial resources, and materials to investing in this project that was not well-regarded by others, even when he was still relatively weak.
A fantastic harvest! The large-scale Soul Guidance Origin Gathering Array— "Abundant Vitality"—is ready!
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