The Meaning Behind It

In the end, Emperor Xue Ye did not even know how he had returned to his seat. Seeing the three pairs of eyes staring fixedly at him—and even at the map clenched tightly in his hand—he abruptly stuffed the map into his robes, afraid they would snatch it away.

This made them curious. What kind of information could possess such magic?

"How was it?"

Seeing Emperor Xue Ye in such a state, with none of his earlier dominance left, Li Ming was delighted inside. Yet he kept a composed expression and asked lightly.

"Mysterious City Lord, your methods are impressive. I concede defeat wholeheartedly!

I am willing to accept the loss. I owe you a city. Whenever you wish to claim it, you may come and take it, and I will hand it over immediately.

This place truly is a land all Soul Masters yearn for!

But this map... if I wished to buy out this information, what price would it require?"

Emperor Xue Ye had shed his previous indifference and spoke with great warmth and courtesy, though he felt somewhat uneasy inside.

He had only thought that since the other party claimed to sell intelligence, it should naturally be possible to buy it outright.

"This is easy to discuss. There is no rush.

Please, have a drink."

Li Ming picked up the teapot and poured a cup of cola for Emperor Xue Ye.

Looking at the black, bubbling liquid, Emperor Xue Ye gulped it down before he could even taste it properly, then praised it with a full face of admiration. "Excellent tea!"

Watching Emperor Xue Ye completely lose his composure, the others shook their heads inwardly. They reckoned that from now on, it would be difficult for him to hold his head high before this man.

Once that proud head had been lowered, it would likely remain lowered for the rest of his life.

"Besides finding people, I also sell information on Soul Beasts.

If any of you—or your disciples, children, or nephews—reach a Soul Power Barrier and need to fuse a Soul Ring, you may come to me for intelligence.

No matter what Soul Beast you need, or what age Soul Beast you require, as long as it exists, I can immediately provide you with a detailed map marking its exact habitat, with an error of no more than a hundred meters."

Li Ming then continued introducing his intelligence business.

The moment they heard this, the others became interested.

That did sound rather good.

Generally speaking, if one wanted to find a Soul Ring to fuse, one had to search aimlessly through forests inhabited by Soul Beasts. Even if one found one, its age might not necessarily suit one's wishes.

With such intelligence, things would be much more convenient. They could even determine highly suitable Soul Ring routes for their sect disciples.

They nodded. With Emperor Xue Ye's example before them, they no longer needed to doubt whether the Mysterious City Lord possessed such capabilities—unless Emperor Xue Ye was actually his planted accomplice.

"Yes, for sect disciples, this kind of intelligence could indeed save them some time.

For ordinary Soul Masters, this intelligence would be an enormous help.

Many Soul Masters hunted Soul Rings in forests purely by luck. They would take whichever one they encountered. Unless they killed it and caused its Soul Ring to appear, they could not even tell how many years it had lived.

Calling this a place all Soul Masters yearned for would not be an exaggeration."

Ning Fengzhi affirmed the value of Li Ming's intelligence. Still, calling it a place yearned for by all Soul Masters based on this alone was somewhat excessive, but there was no need for him to deny it now.

"If you have enemies, you may also come to me for intelligence. As long as you have a portrait, and they are within the Heaven Dou Empire, I can mark down exactly which city, which building, and which room they are in."

Li Ming continued explaining.

This made the eyes of those present flicker slightly. Compared with the previous offerings, this one tempted them more.

After all, having lived for so many years, who could claim not to have a few enemies?

At their current status and position, they had mostly already avenged themselves against any enemies they could find. Those remaining were either impossible to locate or impossible to touch.

"This is the first service. What do you think?"

After speaking, Li Ming asked.

"Not bad."

"Acceptable."

"Extraordinary."

Although they had different thoughts, they all approved of this service. At the very least, it deserved a favorable evaluation.

Only Emperor Xue Ye called it extraordinary. This was not flattery, but his sincere opinion.

"The second service is what I call the Personal Cultivation Assistant.

It can provide every Soul Master with the most suitable advice and help them choose a Soul Ring plan based on their own circumstances.

They need only cultivate according to this plan, and they will walk the most correct path.

Beyond that, it can also help Soul Masters create Self-Created Soul Skills.

It can create Soul Skills best suited to their circumstances.

It can guide the direction of your Soul Skill creation, quantify increases and decreases in power during the improvement process, and continuously correct problems that arise while creating a Self-Created Soul Skill, until the Soul Skill has been fully created.

Moreover, in Dream Space, you need not worry about injuries to your body while creating Soul Skills. After all, this is only a dream.

I believe the Personal Cultivation Assistant is the best mentor for every Soul Master. It would not belong to any Advanced Spirit Master Academy."

Li Ming explained in detail.

As soon as these words were spoken, Emperor Xue Ye's expression remained relatively calm, but the others had already turned extremely solemn. They had sensed the extraordinary nature of this Personal Cultivation Assistant from Li Ming's words.

Providing a complete set of Soul Ring choices was one thing. Whether they were truly the most suitable still needed to be verified, so they did not care too much about that.

But the claim that it could help Soul Masters create Self-Created Soul Skills seemed somewhat exaggerated to them.

As everyone knew, Self-Created Soul Skills were the mark distinguishing ordinary Soul Masters from gifted Soul Masters.

Only top-tier gifted Soul Masters were qualified to create Self-Created Soul Skills. The process was extremely difficult and accompanied by immense risks, requiring vast amounts of time. One mistake could produce severe side effects.

Quite a few Soul Masters had been crippled in this process. Once something went wrong, they would suffer serious injuries at best, or a permanent decline in cultivation at worst.

Of course, even so, a constant stream of top-tier Soul Masters still attempted to create Self-Created Soul Skills.

Because Self-Created Soul Skills were truly irresistible.

The number of Soul Skills a Soul Master possessed was generally limited by Soul Rings. They had one Soul Skill for every Soul Ring.

Even a Title Douluo above level ninety only had nine Soul Skills, naturally excluding Soul Bones.

And Soul Skills differed from one another. Soul Skills came from Soul Rings, and Soul Rings had ages.

The power of a Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring was worlds apart, and a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring was even more so.

Once a Soul Master reached a sufficiently high realm, the Soul Skills obtained from the Soul Rings they had absorbed at the beginning could no longer keep up in power and would basically be abandoned.

Self-Created Soul Skills, however, had many benefits. Not only were they additional to one's Soul Rings, but they were also Soul Skills best suited to oneself.

A Self-Created Soul Skill was a Soul Skill created with one's own Martial Soul. Its power depended on one's own Soul Power level and would not fall behind as one's Soul Power increased.

It could almost unleash one's strongest power.

Once one mastered a Self-Created Soul Skill, the boost to one's combat strength would be enormous.

Therefore, when they heard that this Personal Cultivation Assistant could assist them in creating Self-Created Soul Skills, they naturally understood its significance.

Of course, whether it was truly as impressive as Li Ming claimed still required verification.

But even if it possessed only ten or twenty percent of the effects described by the Mysterious City Lord, it would still be immensely valuable.

Because anything capable of increasing a Soul Master's strength carried tremendous significance for a sect!