Even for soul masters, the inverted day-and-night routine of the past few days had been a bit too much to handle.
At lunchtime,
Jiang Ming dropped subtle hints for his precious son that the soul ring was hunted, the spirit object was eaten, and the technique was created, so he should honestly quiet down for a spell.
Jiang Dongjun also felt that he had put his old man and old lady through the wringer lately.
So, following the flow of the conversation, he expressed that he wanted to settle down and consolidate his foundation for a while.
He said one thing and meant another.
The promises made at the dinner table were soon digested along with the hundred-year-old aurochs beef.
Right, the hundred-year-old soul beast ingredients had been delivered by the Soul Tool Department, with the message that more would come in the future, showcasing how much importance the Soul Tool Department attached to the Jiang Family.
While tucking in with gusto, Jiang Dongjun felt a sense of wastefulness; he would not hypocritically stand on the side of soul beasts to criticize Shrek Academy, he simply felt it was a pity.
If only he had the soul spirit secret method of the Spirit Pagoda's improved version in his hands-slaughter a hundred-year-old aurochs, harvest the soul ring to make a soul spirit first, and then eat the beef.
Eh? Wait, would the soul spirit secret method leave a corpse behind? He couldn't quite remember.
After a hearty meal,
Jiang Dongjun returned to his room to continue pondering his martial soul.
Just kidding, his soul liquid reserves were not yet full, his martial soul could still continue adding points, and the new functions after the "Light of Time and Space" recovered hadn't been tested yet (Chapter 6), so how could he possibly stop his path of making trouble?
Fireball Martial Soul
Classification: Elemental Type
Reality Side:
--Density: 2.5 tons/cubic meter (0/15)
Elemental Side:
--Fire Element Control: Advanced (623/1000)
--Light Element Control: Advanced (101/1000)
"Confirmed beyond a doubt, the point-allocation opportunity for the density item on the reality side is linked to physical load-bearing capacity, and the most intuitive scale in the Douluo World is how many years of soul rings you can bear."
"After acquiring the sun soul ring, my body underwent a minor transformation, and the maximum bearable soul ring age is roughly 1,100 years;
A thousand-year crystal peach swallowed down raised the upper limit by about 800 years;
A portion of thousand-year whale rubber raised the upper limit by roughly 600 years [Note 1];
A portion of completed ten-thousand-year whale rubber raised the soul ring upper limit by another roughly 1,500 years [Note 2];
Therefore, with my current physique, the upper limit of the soul ring age I can bear is around 4,000 years! The old man's margin of error is a bit outrageous..."
"Too bad this body is starting to develop a drug resistance to whale rubber. If I consume ten-thousand-year whale rubber again in the future, the effect will gradually diminish, and it will be a cliff-like drop. Unless it's consuming hundred-thousand-year whale rubber, it won't bring an immediate, dramatic improvement to physical strength."
Hunt a hundred-thousand-year demonic whale?
Heh, without the protagonist halo attached, and not being a sea soul master, a level 95 super douluo probably couldn't pull it off. Besides, whale-type soul beasts basically all live in the deep sea, and the ocean is so vast that without fortune attached, it's hard to bump into one.
Jiang Dongjun was already very satisfied with his current physical strength, and he took out the small metal bottle from his storage ring.
Soul liquid, let me see your limit!
Give me points!
Fifteen drops of soul liquid flew out, plunging into the gilded fireball to once again increase the density of this suspected "plasma".
--Density: 2.5 tons/cubic meter (0/15)
↓
--Density: 4 tons/cubic meter (15/15)
Boom!
Revisiting familiar territory, facing the scorching blazing sun head-on.
Jiang Dongjun used the same old trick, fiercely stealing the Great Sun charm in order to nurture his own "Great Sun Visualization Method".
Until he was kicked out.
Looking at the freshly baked martial soul data, Jiang Dongjun froze for a second at first glance.
The data was too intimidating!
Fortunately, his mind was flexible. Looking at it from another angle, his sense of elation instantly receded, and he felt it was just so-so.
To give a few examples-
Aluminum, 2.7 tons/cubic meter
Titanium, 4.51 tons/cubic meter
Copper, 8.96 tons/cubic meter
Gold, 19.32 tons/cubic meter
With ubiquitous substances as reference points, did he sober up a lot?
Was he disenchanted from that terrifying numerical value?
Jiang Dongjun looked at the basin-sized, heavy gilded fireball in front of him, and the moment he thought that its weight still couldn't even compare to a copper ball or gold ball of the same volume, let alone a stellar core, he instantly felt he still had a long way to go.
Hanging can't stop!
"Adding points" can't stop!
Jiang Dongjun didn't care about squandering the newly acquired point-allocation chances for the density item.
What?
What if he ran into a situation like impacting the tailbone gate again and needed to go to the mysterious space to ask the "Blazing Sun Ancestor" for help?
Don't be so foolish.
As long as he still had soul liquid in his hands, turning right around and shoving it into the elemental side column to raise the mastery of either the light or fire element would also allow him to meet the "Blazing Sun Ancestor".
The latter two point-allocation options didn't have the restriction of physical load-bearing capacity.
Putting the stopper back on the small metal bottle, he picked it up and shook it, listening to the subtle "swish" sound coming from inside, and Jiang Dongjun's expression turned wistful.
"Only 109 drops left; soul liquid is consumed like running water."
"Right, I also need to reserve 100 drops of soul liquid to use at level 20, to see if the second opportunity inside the "Golden Disc" is a second sun soul ring."
"I have to go stock up based on my deductions about the source of soul liquid."
Jiang Dongjun thought to himself.
Afterward, he sat cross-legged on the bed to carry out the next item.
--Sensing the state of the "Light of Time and Space" in his sea of consciousness.
Ever since the martial soul awakening began and its rules for analyzing the awakening stone recovered, Jiang Dongjun had harbored a lingering intuition-could it be that it could take him on unknown shuttle travels again?
Communing with the "Light of Time and Space", the information fed back by the other party, however, caused Jiang Dongjun's brows to furrow slightly, his eyes revealing hidden worries.
Wait for now.
The moon fell and the sun rose, another new day.
Old man Jiang Ming had already coordinated with the Elementary Soul Master Academy yesterday afternoon; today he would just be taken straight there to report.
On the current Douluo Continent, the standard school system for soul master academies was six years for the elementary academy, three years for the intermediate academy, and the advanced academy had a threshold-those with poor aptitudes couldn't pass the exams to get in.
For soul masters with passable aptitudes, they basically skipped grades directly after graduating from the elementary academy to study in the advanced academy.
There were also those who, after completing private tutoring at home, transitioned to pursue further studies at an advanced soul master academy.
In short, speaking with strength, the school system was very flexible.
The affiliated elementary soul master academy was also in the East City District, close to Shrek Academy, but a wall blocked the middle, causing Shrek Academy and the many areas in the city to be severed from one another, disconnected.
Thinking of it always made Jiang Dongjun feel an itch to complain; such a bizarre architectural layout, it must have been planned on a sudden brain cramp.
Entering the elementary soul master academy, looking at the swarms of little kids on the playground, Jiang Dongjun was startled.
"Holy shit! How can there be so many students?"
"Making a fuss over nothing."
Jiang Ming first glared at his swearing son, then explained to him:
"Shrek City is a major city with a population of five million after all. Even though the floating population accounts for a portion, this doesn't mean the permanent population is low. The number of newborns in the city exceeds ten thousand every year, or even tens of thousands.
Moreover, aside from basic service personnel, soul masters make up a large proportion of the city's permanent population, and the descendants of soul masters will more or less have innate soul power and be able to cultivate.
It's not just the student sources in Shrek City; nearby towns and villages will also send children with soul master aptitudes to board and study.
So, isn't it normal for the elementary soul master academy to have a lot of students?
However, the overwhelming majority of them will only have two-ring or three-ring cultivation in their lifetime, with no chance of stepping into the Shrek Academy separated by a single wall.
Transferring to the intermediate soul master academy after six years to complete their studies, and another three years later, without the chance to enter the advanced soul master academy, they step directly into society and become a member of the masses, until they finish out a mediocre life."
[Note 1]: Chapter 73, Golden Radiance Left Arm Bone
[Note 2]: Chapter 80, Alternation of Cold and Heat
--Flawed ten-thousand-year whale rubber + Phoenix Flame body forging, increasing Huo Yuhao's 3,000-year physical load-bearing capacity by 1,000 years.
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