Life-and-Vitality Dual Cultivation and Extremes

Qian Mo thought for a moment, then added.

"Don't be fooled by the fact that I'm only a Soul Elder right now. When it comes to cultivation theory, I'm confident that few on Douluo Continent can compare to me.

"So if you become my disciple, I can guarantee that you will become a Title Douluo in the future."

Upon hearing the words "Title Douluo," Dan Lei's previously calm eyes trembled violently for the first time, shining with longing.

Ordinary people might not know all the specific ranks of Soul Masters, but they definitely knew about Title Douluo.

Because that rank stood at the pinnacle of Soul Masters. In this era, they could even be called the greatest beings beneath emperors!

But after a brief surge of excitement, Dan Lei quickly calmed down and began weighing the two choices in his heart.

In just the blink of an eye, Dan Lei abandoned the path of becoming a work-study student.

Because he had figured something out.

Although the path of a work-study student could grant him the freedom he had originally wanted, he had been free before. And what had that gotten him?

He had nearly starved to death!

Dan Lei had no desire to experience that kind of desperate situation again.

In contrast, although becoming a disciple also meant taking on certain responsibilities, everything else about it was beneficial!

Dan Lei then gave Qian Mo a slight bow.

"My lord, please allow me to become your disciple."

As for what Qian Mo intended to do with the group of orphans at the orphanage, and what the faction he had formed was for—

Dan Lei still had doubts, but he did not ask.

After all, what did other people's affairs have to do with him?

And so, Dan Lei officially became Qian Mo's second disciple.

The next day, Golden Ear City's Artificial Spirit Beast Forest—

Though things had moved rather quickly, after Dan Lei mastered the Meditation Method in a single night, Qian Mo brought him to obtain his first Soul Ring.

Although Qian Mo was only a prospective Soul Elder without a third Soul Ring, and was even a Support-type Soul Master, making him seem even more outrageous than Yu Xiaogang, who would foolishly take Tang San hunting for Spirit Beasts alone in the future—

Anyone who knew Qian Mo's true strength would understand that within this Artificial Spirit Beast Forest, where the strongest Spirit Beasts were only thousand-year-old ones, Qian Mo was invincible.

Qian Mo had not concealed any of this from Dan Lei.

Instead, he took the opportunity to instill in Dan Lei the idea that soul power was not everything, and that Life-and-Vitality Dual Cultivation—training both the body and spirit—was stronger.

Dan Lei was deeply shocked after hearing this. He had never expected his teacher to be so terrifying, capable of cultivating the universally acknowledged combat-inept Support-type Martial Soul into one with combat power!

For a time, Dan Lei gained another measure of faith in Qian Mo.

Along the way, Qian Mo explained the basic knowledge of Spirit Beasts and Soul Rings to Dan Lei.

At the same time, he steadily headed in one direction, as though he had long had a destination in mind, rather than searching for Spirit Beasts like ordinary Soul Masters and running around like headless flies.

After all, Qian Mo was the vice hall master of Golden Ear City's Martial Soul Hall, and Martial Soul Hall managed most of the Artificial Spirit Beast Forest.

Having some internal information about Spirit Beasts was perfectly normal, right~

After half an hour of traveling, Qian Mo and Dan Lei finally stopped atop a cliff.

Looking at the cave below, Qian Mo said calmly,

"Xiao Lei, I just explained to you the distinction between Balanced Style and Extreme Style Soul Masters.

"Although the Balanced Style has fewer weaknesses, that also means its strengths are fewer and less pronounced.

"While the Extreme Style is indeed powerful in a certain aspect, it also has obvious weaknesses in other areas and can easily be targeted.

"So, which path of Soul Master do you think I will have you choose?"

Dan Lei, still unfamiliar with using soul power, was breathing slightly hard, but his mind was working rapidly as he answered seriously,

"Teacher, you want me to choose the Extreme Style, don't you?"

Qian Mo smiled faintly. "What makes you say that?"

Dan Lei smiled as well. After spending the previous day with Qian Mo, he had found him easy to get along with and comforting to be around.

Now, the wariness from yesterday was gone, and he replied with a more relaxed air between his brows.

"Because, Teacher, you taught me to use Life-and-Vitality Dual Cultivation to make up for my weaknesses.

"In that case, I should develop one aspect of my Martial Soul to the extreme. That way, I'll be stronger in the future.

"On the other hand, being somewhat skilled in every aspect with the Balanced Style means being mediocre in every aspect.

"So, Teacher, you surely don't want me to become a mediocre Soul Master either."

Seeing that his disciple was so clever, Qian Mo naturally smiled in gratification.

But soon, Dan Lei threw out another question. He asked in confusion,

"But Teacher, didn't you say that obtaining Soul Rings is random? Then how exactly am I supposed to follow the path of an Extreme Style Soul Master?"

This was precisely the core argument Qian Mo had once used to refute Yu Xiaogang.

But Qian Mo was not an incompetent fool like Yu Xiaogang.

At first, the Martial Soul Hall Team did show some signs of the Extreme Style, but Soul Masters had nine Soul Ring slots in total.

At that time, the team members had obtained at most four Soul Rings. Later, they would certainly make up for their shortcomings by obtaining other Soul Rings.

Thus, there were no Extreme Style Soul Masters within Martial Soul Hall.

And when it came to the most famous Extreme Style Soul Masters on Douluo Continent, almost everyone would think of the Four Single-Attribute Clans under the Haotian Sect.

But just like Titan, their weaknesses were far too obvious.

Once members of the four clans failed to form a team, they could easily be targeted. That was why Martial Soul Hall had abandoned the cultivation of the Extreme Style long ago.

Because this cultivation system was acceptable in group combat, but once it reached high-level one-on-one battles—

It was like fighting a cripple.

There was no need to worry about anything else. Just keep kicking his good leg. They were openly telling their enemies where their weakness lay, making them far too easy to target and suppress.

That was why Yu Xiaogang could search through Martial Soul Hall's collection and still fail to find any books on the Extreme Style.

Because it had been eliminated long ago!

Still, Qian Mo had to admire Yu Xiaogang's luck.

Because under his guidance, Tang San had actually become an Extreme Style control-type Soul Master!

His first four soul skills were all control! Control! Control!

But when Qian Mo thought of Tang San's control skills, which had control effects but were limited by the inherent strength of his Martial Soul, he shook his head slightly. That was not a proper Extreme Style Soul Master.

As for the true orthodox Extreme Style, it was naturally the Four Single-Attribute Clans that Qian Mo had criticized.

But Qian Mo was also somewhat curious.

Yu Xiaogang had been so obsessed with the Extreme Style. Had he never considered looking through information on the Four Single-Attribute Clans?

If Yu Xiaogang truly had not researched this, Qian Mo could only say that he always fell just short at crucial moments.

He had already won over Bibi Dong. Would it have been so hard to sweet-talk Tang Yuehua as well?

He had even dared to break into Martial Soul Hall, yet he was scared of the Haotian Sect?

He truly deserved to fail his entire life.

Although Qian Mo had not personally looked through such information either, he had read the original work. Naturally, he knew the secret behind how the Four Single-Attribute Clans could follow the Extreme Style.

It was by hunting the same kind of Spirit Beast!

And Spirit Beasts with extreme abilities at that!