Two "Ordinary" Soul Skills?

Xu Yuan felt somewhat helpless.

He could not understand why Dream Demon's cry sounded like a snort.

However, since they were communicating through Spiritual Power, Xu Yuan could roughly grasp its meaning.

"You're saying you haven't grown up yet? That it's unfair?"

This was exactly the kind of defiance Xu Yuan had been waiting for from Dream Demon.

"But I'm only seven years old too. Among human Soul Masters, I've only just awakened my Martial Soul."

The little Dream Demon's furious eyes froze. For a moment, it seemed rather awkward, and the sight was quite amusing.

"I could forcibly fuse with you, but I don't want my partner to be hostile toward me in the future, so I need to make things clear before we fuse." Xu Yuan patiently persuaded it. "If you encounter a powerful Soul Master, you'll be fused with them sooner or later. The Soul Masters who chose you before may have been weak, while powerful Soul Masters who had already grown simply looked down on your cultivation."

"But you need to know that humans have the Spirit Ascension Platform. To truly powerful Soul Masters with influence, things like age aren't much of a threshold. If they take a liking to you, you won't be able to escape."

"Since you're going to be fused with someone anyway, why not choose me, the most talented Soul Master?"

Xu Yuan used the most common persuasion tactic he had seen.

In truth, it was also the most effective one.

The tiny Dream Demon stopped struggling wildly. It was seriously considering Xu Yuan's reasoning.

"Hum hum hum~~~" (You humans are all bad people.)

"Soul Beasts have good and bad ones too. It's also survival of the fittest among Soul Beasts. Humans need Soul Spirits, which is why they capture Soul Beasts, and besides, that's only what some Soul Masters do. You can't condemn all of humanity because of that, can you?"

The ghostly ball of light that was Dream Demon condensed two arm-like limbs. It crossed its arms and forcefully turned its head aside.

"Hum~" (What you said makes quite a bit of sense.)

"Then become my partner."

Xu Yuan extended the invitation.

"Hum~"

Xu Yuan began refining Dream Demon's Origin.

With its cooperation, the process went quickly.

Outside.

Zhen Hua and Mu Ye let out sighs of relief as they watched a Yellow Soul Ring begin to condense around Xu Yuan's body.

The yellow Soul Ring formed quickly, taking only half an hour. However, once the first Yellow Soul Ring settled around Xu Yuan, a second Soul Ring immediately began to condense as well.

An hour passed in total before Xu Yuan's two Soul Rings finally finished forming.

When he opened his eyes, Xu Yuan felt that his mind was moving faster than ever before.

"How are the Soul Skills?" Zhen Hua asked curiously.

Dream Demon was a Rare Soul Beast. Its abilities were strange, and it was a pure energy form. What kind of Soul Skills could it grant?

"They're alright. Both are Soul Skills within the normal range." Xu Yuan carefully sensed them before answering.

"Oh?"

Soul Skills within the normal range?

Zhen Hua and Mu Ye both looked at Xu Yuan, wanting to hear what exactly he meant by normal.

The Dream Demon Soul Spirit they had obtained at such cost could not possibly be trash, could it?

"My First Soul Skill is Mental Link. It can connect my Spiritual Power with someone else's, allowing for more efficient communication. It might be quite useful in group battles."

When Xu Yuan sensed this Soul Skill, his first impression was that it was comparable to Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sharing.

"As for my Second Soul Skill, it's Dream Realm Space. It's an Illusion Arts technique that can pull enemies into a Dream Realm Space I create and punish them there."

He could only sense the general scope of its abilities for now. The Soul Skill's actual effects would still have to be tested.

However, based solely on the basic perception of their abilities, Xu Yuan was indeed correct in calling these two Soul Skills normal.

"Mental Link? Is it a connection with Spiritual Power, or a connection with the soul?" Zhen Hua frowned.

"I don't know." Xu Yuan shook his head.

"Try using your First Soul Skill to connect with this." Without hesitation, Zhen Hua took a piece of Rare Metal from his Storage Soul Guidance Device.

Xu Yuan was startled.

He quickly understood and immediately activated his Soul Skill.

"First Soul Skill, Mental Link!"

Xu Yuan instantly felt his Spiritual Power connect with something chaotic and vague.

He looked up at Zhen Hua and nodded.

"This piece of metal has undergone Soul Forging. Now try Spirit Forged metal."

Zhen Hua switched to another piece of Rare Metal.

Xu Yuan tried again.

"I can connect to it, but it's very chaotic. It's difficult to communicate."

"Mm, that makes sense. Although Spirit Forged metal is already full of spirituality and has had its life awakened, its intelligence is still very low." Zhen Hua switched to another piece of metal. "This is Thousand Refined First Grade Rare Metal. It already possesses faint spirituality. Try and see whether you can connect to it."

Xu Yuan activated his Soul Skill again.

He did not connect with any specific target.

However, he could sense that faint cluster of spirituality.

After hearing Xu Yuan describe what he had sensed, Zhen Hua laughed.

"The use of your First Soul Skill in battle is roughly what you imagined, but its scope is much broader. The targets you can connect with are not limited to human Soul Masters. You can communicate with any intelligent existence, and you can even establish a faint connection with the faint spirituality of Rare Metals."

Xu Yuan pressed his lips together.

He knew what this Soul Skill represented.

It meant that communicating with metal would become extremely smooth for him.

Whether it was advancing in forging to the fourth level, Thousand Refined First Grade, and awakening a metal's spirituality, or communicating with metal spirituality while advancing to the fourth level in his other Sub-Professions, it would all be countless times easier for him than for other Soul Masters.

Moreover, it was not limited to advancing to the fourth level. In every aspect of dealing with Rare Metals after reaching the fourth level in the Four Great Auxiliary Occupations, its effects would become apparent.

This single Soul Skill alone would greatly ease the pressure of Xu Yuan simultaneously cultivating the Four Great Auxiliary Occupations.

"Your Second Soul Skill shouldn't be bad either. If there's a chance, you can try it out." Zhen Hua and Mu Ye's Spiritual Power was too high, so they did not let Xu Yuan use it on them.

Illusion Arts like this were generally very prone to backlash.

Even if they restrained their Spiritual Power, the two of them might instinctively resist, which would still be dangerous for Xu Yuan.

"When are we going to the Spirit Ascension Platform?" Mu Ye asked.

"How about we carry out the Qi and Blood Contract first?" Xu Yuan suggested.

"That works. Your brain must be working better now, so go over the Qi and Blood Contract technique again first." Zhen Hua said, "Review the arrays I need to prepare and give them to me first."

"Alright."

The entire Contract Array was extremely complex. It would take Xu Yuan most of the day to review it.

He first spent three hours organizing the outer array and handed it to Zhen Hua.

Zhen Hua began engraving the required array in the Forging Room for Xu Yuan.

Xu Yuan continued reviewing the other two sections. Once everything was confirmed to be correct, he began analyzing the combined effects of all three sections.

By the time he had fully confirmed there were no mistakes, Zhen Hua had also finished engraving the array.

"Take a look and see whether there are any errors or omissions." Zhen Hua asked.

"No problem, Martial Uncle. Let's begin."

"We can, but remember: today, your only goal is to incorporate Bloodline Power into the contract and sign a Pseudo-Soul Spirit Contract with the Five Elements Spear Spirit. Don't attempt anything else for now." Zhen Hua gave one final reminder.

People are always saying that cultivating so many things will spread the protagonist's energy too thin.

Honestly, in Douluo, what's wrong with using learning ability that has the potential to rival God Level to learn four occupations below God Level?

Why not cultivate all four, reach the peak of existing techniques in each one, then integrate the four occupations and seek an even higher opportunity—that is, a God Level opportunity?

Learning more is fine as long as he can keep up with all of them, isn't it? The more he learns, the more accumulated knowledge he will have when he hits a bottleneck, and the more likely he will be to find a breakthrough from that accumulation.

As for anyone saying he's too confident or comparing himself directly to gods, I won't argue with you. Can't one have even a little ambition?