Eight Petal Immortal Orchid

"This is... the aura of the ' Radiant Holy Dragon '?"

In the ancestral hall of the Jade Dragon Mountain Range, Yu Yuanzhen's resolute long eyebrows slanted upwards towards his temples, and his majestic eyes now showed a complex mix of surprise and expectation.

Glancing, mesmerized, at the crystal ball emitting a white-gold glow in Yu Yuanzhen's hand, Yu Xiaogang nodded firmly and affirmed, "That's right!"

Raising his head, which had long been bowed, Yu Xiaogang's expression revealed barely suppressed pride and excitement. "This is the Dragon Power of the ' Radiant Holy Dragon,' nurtured through my blood and Soul Power!"

"Don't be fooled by the fact that its strength is only equivalent to the entire Soul Power of a level two Soul Scholar; in terms of quality, it's comparable even to the Soul Power of Soul Emperor!"

"To store this Dragon Power, the ' Martial Soul Research Institute ' in Lingyun City even specially manufactured this special edition ' Soul Storage Crystal - Dragon Soul No. 1'."

As he spoke, Yu Xiaogang took out several crystal balls that emitted different colored glows from his Storage Soul Tool.

"This contains the Dragon Power of the ' Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon,' this contains the Dragon Power of the ' Golden Earth Dragon King,' and this contains the ' Thunderfire Thunderbolt Dragon '..."

When Yu Xiaogang took out the fourth crystal ball and uttered the name "Holy Flame Winged Divine Dragon," he paused, a hint of hesitation flashing in his eyes. In the end, he put his hand down and did not touch the Storage Soul Tool on his wrist again.

Yu Yuanzhen didn't notice Yu Xiaogang's strange behavior; his gaze was drawn to the crystal balls that he had taken out one after another, each emitting a blue-purple, earthy yellow, purplish-red, and golden-red fluorescent light respectively.

The last three were alright; although their Dragon Power energy was of quite high quality, the one that caught his eye the most was the blue-purple crystal ball.

"Such a pure aura!" A glint flashed in Yu Yuanzhen's eyes as he stared intently at the "Soul Storage Crystal - Dragon Soul No. 1" that contained the Dragon Power of the "Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon".

As the patriarch of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and currently the strongest Titled Douluo in the clan, Yu Yuanzhen dares to say that no one understands the power of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon better than him!

But looking at the blue-purple Dragon Power that had been extracted, refined, and injected into the crystal ball, Yu Yuanzhen had to admit that even he couldn't do that.

If Soul Power were injected into the "Soul Storage Crystal," the quality of his Titled Douluo- level Soul Power would be several levels higher than this Dragon Power. Even this special edition "Soul Storage Crystal" might be burst from the pressure.

As for the amount of Soul Power, the Soul Power he recovered in just a few breaths far exceeded the strength of the Dragon Power, which was only equivalent to the full Soul Power of a level six Soul Scholar!

What truly amazed Yu Yuanzhen was the purity of this Dragon Power —a purity so high that it could be absorbed by almost any Soul Master whose attributes were not incompatible with it!

With the "Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon's" thunderous and masculine attributes, aside from those Soul Master whose Martial Soul possess dark, sinister, or bloody attributes, Martial Soul Master, regardless of whether they possess the attributes of metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, light, ice, magnetic, space, or even time, can absorb this—no! these five portions of Dragon Power before them!

Of course, the two Dragon Power that are clearly associated with fire are not suitable for Soul Master with water or ice attribute Martial Soul.

Even so, these five portions of pure Dragon Power, if placed outside and sent to auction houses, would all be treasures that could be the grand finale of the auction!

Most importantly—if his perception as a Level 95 Titled Douluo with the "Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon" Martial Soul is correct, then this pure Dragon Power, compared to the Soul Power of Soul Master with a personal imprint, seems to be absorbable by ordinary people?!

To put it simply, children under the age of six who haven't awakened their Martial Soul can temper themselves by absorbing this Dragon Power!

It's important to understand that, unlike adults whose bodies are fully developed, children under six years old are relatively fragile in terms of their bones, flesh, blood vessels, and even their mental and physical well-being.

Ordinary adults without Soul Power can eat food made from the flesh and blood of Soul Beast with a cultivation level of less than a hundred years to replenish their vital energy; food made from the flesh and blood of Soul Beast with a cultivation level of more than a hundred years can only be eaten by Soul Master, who can use their own Soul Power to aid digestion.

Of course, this doesn't mean that ordinary people can't eat any food made from the flesh and blood of high-age Soul Beast. It's like saying that "talking about toxicity without considering dosage is irresponsible." When the amount is small enough, ordinary people can eat a little bit, but compared to the large amount of flesh and blood of low-age Soul Beast, the nutrients are not much more, and the ease and efficiency of human absorption are also significantly different.

The higher the cultivation level of Soul Beast, the more difficult it is to cook its flesh and blood successfully, and the higher the strength required of the consumer.

Like Soul Beast, Soul Master also have similar constraints on their Soul Power.

Soul Master with the same Martial Soul, or even blood relatives, can share some commonalities in their Soul Power. While it is difficult to draw each other's Soul Power into their bodies, it is something that can be overcome.

If one is strong enough and has precise control over their own Soul Power, they can naturally use their Soul Power to explore and even nurture the bodies and meridians of younger generations with lower strength.

Alternatively, the Soul Power attributes of Soul Master are more universal, such as water, wood, light, etc., Martial Soul are more positive to the human body. They can also directly affect the Soul Power of others without relying on the energy converted from Soul Skill.

However, such nurturing is subject to certain limitations.

Because the stronger Soul Master is, the more of their own spiritual will is contained within their Soul Power!

Thanks to the long period of time and the large number of spies planted in Lingyun City, Yu Yuanzhen has obtained a lot of valuable information that should have belonged exclusively to Lingyun City.

According to the contents of some books left by Ling Yi in the "Lingyun Library", the essence of Martial Soul in the Douluo Continent is a product of the combination of human bloodline, will, essence, energy and spirit, and a concrete manifestation of rules guided by the special method of "awakening ritual".

Ling Yi's book, "A Brief Analysis of Martial Soul," states:

One obtains Martial Soul through the inheritance of bloodline characteristics, the nurturing of spirituality by the soul, and the bestowal of form by the rules of heaven and earth.

Once the Martial Soul is formed, it serves as a guide, with essence, energy, and spirit as the source, drawing the power of heaven and earth into the body, fusing and merging them into one, and the Soul Power is formed naturally.

This is called: Innate Soul Power!

In other words, high Innate Soul Power is because your Martial Soul Innate Soul Power is strong enough.

Those cases where the Innate Soul Power is high but the quality of the Martial Soul is not high only show that, when the bloodline inheritance is not advantageous, the host's own talent forcibly elevates the other planks in the barrel.

Of course, this situation is extremely rare, much rarer than the chance of having Innate Full Soul Power; it is almost one in ten thousand.

Because when the host body's own talent is strong enough, this power originating from the host body's own essence, energy, and spirit can in turn strengthen the genetic factors from the bloodline. This can lead to benign mutations in the Martial Soul, making it not impossible for a pheasant to turn into a phoenix or a water snake to turn into a dragon.

Conversely, if one's own talent is too poor, then even if the level of power inherited in one's bloodline is high, malnutrition will occur during gestation, leading to the tragedy of malignant mutation of the Martial Soul.

In this situation, Innate Soul Power naturally cannot be high.

It is perfectly accurate to say that the strength of a Soul Master's Innate Soul Power represents their potential, because this accuracy rate has reached over 99% over the thousands of years in the Douluo Continent!

Innate Soul Power is essentially the same as the Soul Power that Soul Master cultivates later. The only difference is that it is extracted in one go at the moment of the Martial Soul Awakening.

Subsequent enhancements to Soul Power primarily manifest in two aspects: quality and quantity. The former is slightly more important than the latter.

The difference between Soul Master of different levels lies more in the quality of their Soul Power.

The common cultivation method on the Douluo Continent is to use meditation to promote one's Soul Power to absorb one's own essence, spirit, and external energy to increase its quantity. As the amount of Soul Power increases, and the physical body and meridians are strong enough to resist the feedback force generated by the compression of Soul Power, it is gradually condensed to the Realm Gate.

Within the system of Martial Soul, before reaching the Soul Elder, Soul Power attributes are primarily maintained by the Soul Master's own bloodline. However, as strength increases, both physical strength, representing 'essence,' and spiritual will, representing 'spirit,' are further influenced by the Martial Soul, which permeates the 'qi' of Soul Power.

Upon reaching the Soul King realm, Soul Master's physical body will undergo another qualitative leap in enhancement, building upon the foundation laid by the Soul Elder. Their spiritual power will begin to awaken, granting them the foundation to absorb Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring. Whether facing the oppressive Soul Power of even more ferocious Soul Beast or the mental impact of remnant Soul Beast, a Soul Master must possess corresponding levels of 'essence' and 'spirit' strength to withstand it.

As for the subsequent qualitative change in spiritual power at the Soul Saint level, the integration and enhancement of essence, energy, and spirit, and the simultaneous transformation of essence, energy, and spirit at the Titled Douluo level... these have not yet been compiled into a book and included in the ' Lingyun Library '.

According to Yu Yuanzhen's speculation, Ling Yi's current strength is only at the Soul Emperor. He has not personally experienced the later realms, which is why he did not write down those "guesses".

But the fact that Ling Yi didn't write it doesn't mean that Yu Yuanzhen can't make his own extensions based on it.

As the patriarch of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, a long-established top-tier force in the Douluo Continent, and also a Level 95 Titled Douluo, Yu Yuanzhen clearly has his own insights into the essence of the Martial Soul system. He believes that while his understanding may be slightly less broad than Ling Yi's, it is definitely more profound!

In his book "A Brief Analysis of Martial Soul", Ling Yi also proposed an argument that Soul Power is influenced by each person's own essence, energy and spirit. The stronger the individual, the higher the proportion of spiritual imprint in their Soul Power.

If the cultivation direction of Martial Soul is inconsistent with one's own essence, energy, and spirit, for example, if the attributes added by the Soul Ring are inconsistent with one's own Martial Soul attributes, or if one's own attributes are 'contaminated' by other attributes during cultivation, it will inevitably create obstacles on the path of cultivation. The higher one goes, the more difficult the path becomes, until one reaches a dead end and can hardly move forward.

Many long-established Soul Master families on the Douluo Continent have a profound understanding of this point.

Many powerful Soul Master have wanted to create a better foundation for their children and descendants, using their Soul Power to nurture their bodies and meridians.

In the beginning, the effect was indeed very obvious. Whether it was the strength of the muscles and bones or the width and toughness of the meridians, it was much stronger than that of peers who had not been nurtured.

However, as their strength increases, those Soul Power Soul Master whose bodies and meridians have been imbued with the spiritual imprint of their elders often find that, apart from their own spiritual imprint, their Soul Power has some slight inconsistencies!

Although extremely faint, this slight discord may eventually become an insurmountable chasm between realms.

Therefore, any established Soul Master family with a certain foundation would rather not use their Soul Power Soul Power nurture the bodies of their younger generation than to control their Soul Power with such precision and shield themselves from the influence of the spiritual imprint within their soul power.

Compared to the Soul Power of Soul Master, the primary resources for major powers to cultivate the next generation are food made from the flesh and blood of low-level Soul Beast and Beast of Peculiarity beasts, as well as rare flowers, herbs, and fruits.

Of course, aside from the various natural resources mentioned above, there is another method that is considered the most cost-effective option by all parties.

Soul Skill of Support System Soul Master.

Soul Power food created by Food System Soul Master, healing Soul Skill cast by healing -Healing System Soul Master, and amplification and recovery Soul Skill Soul Skill by Support System Soul Master...

The Soul Master from commoner backgrounds will never know that while they are frantically training their bodies for a day, frantically eating bowl after bowl of food to replenish their nutrition, and patiently waiting for their bodies to recover naturally, the scions of large families have Support System Soul Master creating a more efficient training environment, Food System Soul Master preparing high-energy, easily absorbed Soul Power food, and Healing System Soul Master helping them recover...

Commoner Soul Master Innate Full Soul Power. Even if they join an academy later and receive its training, they may not be able to cultivate to the Four-Ring Soul Ancestor until they are over twenty years old. However, the heirs of powerful forces Innate Full Soul Power and can become Four-Ring Soul Ancestor at the age of fifteen or sixteen. Similarly, they can become Five-Ring Soul King by the time they are in their twenties.

Looking at the five "Soul Storage Crystal" in front of him, Yu Yuanzhen's eyes gradually began to shine with an unprecedented light.

"You're saying all of these were cultivated and refined based on your blood and Soul Power?"

Yu Yuanzhen suddenly looked up, his eyes gleaming with divine light. "Tell me, what is the cost of creating these ' Dragon Power '?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Xiaogang almost instantly guessed what his father really wanted to ask, and immediately shook his head, saying, "If you want to mass-produce these ' Dragon Power,' I can only say that the feasibility is extremely low."

"What do you mean?" Yu Yuanzhen asked in a deep voice, his long, resolute eyebrows meeting in the center.

Sensing the urgency in his father's voice, Yu Xiaogang said decisively, "City Lord Ling has kept the entire process of creating these ' Dragon Power ' from me. If we have enough materials, I am confident that I can replicate it."

"Then..." Yu Yuanzhen's eyes lit up upon hearing this.

"But!"

Yu Xiaogang spoke again, stopping his father from saying what he was about to say, and continued, "The other materials are easy to find, but one of the ingredients, specifically used to refine ' Dragon Power,' has an extremely low yield of its catalyst!"

Hearing Yu Xiaogang's words, Yu Yuanzhen did not give up and directly asked, "What kind of medicinal ingredient? Since Lingyun City can obtain it, surely my Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan can find it?"

"It's hard to say," Yu Xiaogang shook his head first, then said, "But that's also why I came back to find my family."

After a pause, glancing at the platinum crystal ball in Yu Yuanzhen's hand, Yu Xiaogang continued:

"I hope the family can find a kind of Immortal Herb called ' Eight Petal Immortal Orchid.' It is recorded in the records of the Spirit Hall and the Breaking Clan. Its medicinal properties are mild and mellow, and it is easily absorbed. Although it takes a long time, it can strengthen the body's foundation, nourish the vital energy, and expel impurities."

"The potion used to refine ' Dragon Power ' requires the addition of ' Star-Moon Dew ' from the petals of the ' Eight Petal Immortal Orchid.'"

"According to City Lord Ling, this dew is not simply morning dew, but rather it must be condensed on the petals for nearly a month, absorbing the 'celestial energy' belonging to the ' Eight Petal Immortal Orchid,' in order for the potion to have the effect of removing impurities from the ' Dragon Power.'"

"If I have enough ' Star-Moon Dew ', I can continuously produce this pure ' Dragon Power '."

"According to City Lord Ling's calculations, as long as I feed ' Luo Sanpao ' the equivalent of the entire Soul Power of a Soul Elder from the ' Radiant Holy Dragon Power,' ' Luo Sanpao ' can complete the first stage of evolution."

"When I first awakened my Innate Soul Power, it was half a level. Now, after testing by the research institute, my aptitude is roughly equivalent to level two Innate Soul Power, or even close to level three."

"But as long as ' Luo Sanpao ' completes the first stage of evolution, my aptitude can be upgraded to the fifth level of the Innate Realm, or even the sixth level of Soul Power!"

"Such talent is already enough for me to cultivate to the Soul King and Soul Emperor realms!"

"With the right fifth and Sixth Soul Ring of ten thousand years, Luo Sanpao has a great chance of undergoing a second evolution, and my aptitude will also improve to at least level eight of Innate Soul Power!"

"And then..."