This Child Is Destined to Be My Disciple!

Early in the morning, the sky was still dark. After breakfast, Minghui followed his mother to the Sect's Soul Tool Warehouse.

The Qing Luan Family's assessment of soul tools was this: they were tools that drove the development of the times, but martial souls remained the foundation of soul masters.

A martial soul was one's own power, and cultivation could not be neglected. Soul tools were man-made implements, and implements only needed to be understood and used.

Therefore, during one's golden years of cultivation, there was no need to spend too much time studying them. It was enough to learn the basics as a hobby, understand them, and know how to use them.

When traveling outside in the future, he could not have an enemy pull out a soul tool that he could not even recognize. That would make it easy to suffer a loss. Besides, soul tools could indeed make up for one's own shortcomings to a certain extent, so he needed to learn how to use them and carry some for attacking enemies and defending himself.

As for those who truly researched and manufactured them, there had never been a shortage of suitable talent in this world. They could simply recruit them from outside.

What a thoroughly capitalist move!

But Minghui found it reasonable. His previous life had been much the same. Talent was merely a social resource, not the true driver.

"No matter the world or era, there will never be a shortage of intelligent people with ideas ahead of their time."

Minghui was glad he had been born into the Azure Family. They had money, power, and open-minded thinking, which spared him plenty of trouble.

"It's just that there's a slight problem with the martial soul inheritance." With a silent sigh, he began selecting soul tools under his mother's introduction.

He had already awakened his martial soul and possessed Soul Power, so he could now use soul tools.

As for how to use them, the family had taught him the basics long ago. Today, he could finally put them into practice himself.

After excitedly picking through the options, Minghui first chose a belt-type storage soul tool inlaid with twenty-four gemstones. Each gemstone could provide three cubic meters of storage space, and four of them could store fresh living creatures.

With this thing, his mother would no longer have to worry about him being stuck eating only dried rations when he traveled outside in the future.

There was also the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Even if the hope was slim, he felt he should still make the necessary preparations. What if an opportunity arose?

Minghui then selected several attack-type soul tools, defensive soul tools, and functional soul tools.

Their grades were not high. They were all things he could drive in the early stages.

This was also the bottleneck currently facing soul tool research in this world. Limited by materials, they had yet to develop a portable, high-output power supply.

As a result, soul masters could not rely on their own Soul Power to drive soul tools above their level.

So, the soul tools Minghui had just taken could actually display only limited power in his hands.

But there was nothing he could do about it. He had never handled firearms in his previous life. Otherwise, he could have had someone make him a gun, which would have been more useful in the early stages.

"What a pity!" Thinking this, he returned to his residence and began practicing on targets to familiarize himself with them, satisfying his old urge to shoot guns that he had never gotten to indulge in during his previous life.

After that, he devoted more time to practicing archery and cultivating his Soul Power.

Two days passed quickly.

That morning, his father finally returned, bringing an outsider with him.

Led by his mother into the reception room, Minghui spotted the outsider at a glance. He had a muscular build, green hair, green eyes, and green clothes.

Green from head to toe.

Isn't this just an upgraded Dugu Bo of Douluo I? Minghui really wanted to say.

"Greetings, Senior Du." Qingyi slightly bowed in salute.

"Greetings, Senior." Minghui bowed as well.

Du Busi gave a slight nod. A smile tugged at his stern face, and his voice was hearty and full of vigor. "No need for such formalities."

He then appeared somewhat impatient. At a glance, he was clearly the sort who acted decisively and without delay.

"Child, quickly activate that Body Martial Soul of yours and let Old Man take a look. We can confirm exactly which part it is."

Although he had already made a guess based on the description before coming, he still wanted to experience it firsthand and confirm it.

"Yes, Senior." Minghui stood straight without arrogance or servility. Closing his eyes, he moved his thoughts and activated the Body Martial Soul within his brain.

The next instant, a faint silver radiance shimmered at his brow, and a field of vision emerged in his mind.

"It really is the Pineal Gland!" A sharp light burst from Du Busi's eyes as he looked at Minghui with blazing intensity.

This child is destined to be my disciple!

Not bad! He saw through it so accurately. Minghui was inwardly surprised, but he asked, "Senior, what is the Pineal Gland?"

Opening his eyes, he looked at Du Busi with great curiosity.

Ming Chen and his wife also looked puzzled as they turned their gazes toward Du Busi, waiting for him to explain further.

Du Busi was quite satisfied with the reactions of the three. When it came to understanding Body Martial Souls, no one in the world could surpass his Body Sect. He immediately puffed out his chest slightly and explained, "The Pineal Gland is a small human organ located in the center of the brain, shaped like a pine cone."

"It's about this big." As he spoke, he bent the little finger of his right hand and pointed between his brows.

"It's behind this spot."

"Though small in size, its position among the human body's organs is extremely important." He lowered his hand, his expression turning solemn.

"Because it connects the physical body, the soul, and the Spiritual Sea at the same time. It is like an anchor point, an important hub."

After a pause, he continued:

"For any living being, the soul is its true essence. The physical body is merely a vessel for the soul."

"The soul gives rise to consciousness, consciousness gives commands to the brain, and the brain controls the body. Only then does life activity exist. A physical body without a soul is nothing more than an empty shell, a walking corpse without thoughts."

"But how does the soul give rise to consciousness, and how does consciousness issue commands to the brain?"

"You must know that every human action consumes energy, just as one needs to eat one's fill before having the strength to move."

"Spiritual Power?" Seeing Du Busi staring at him, Minghui answered instinctively.

"Correct." Du Busi nodded approvingly. "It is Spiritual Power."

"Spiritual Power is the kinetic energy consumed when the soul generates consciousness, and it is also the medium through which the soul transmits consciousness. The Spiritual Sea spoken of by soul masters is where living beings store Spiritual Power. It can also be called an energy reservoir. Once it is exhausted, a person will fall into a deep sleep."

"Generally speaking, the stronger the living being, the stronger its soul, and the greater the intensity of Spiritual Power it can produce."

"The amount it can store follows the same principle. The size of the pool determines how much water it can hold."

"From a certain perspective, Spiritual Power is the external manifestation of the soul's strength."

"However, strong Spiritual Power does not necessarily mean a strong soul, because there are things in this world that can increase Spiritual Power."

"For example, Soul Rings. Absorbing Soul Rings can greatly increase a soul master's Spiritual Power, especially Spirit Attribute Soul Rings. But they may not bring an equivalent increase to the soul, because other factors also affect the strength of the soul, such as the life force of the physical body."

"The soul also consumes energy when generating Spiritual Power, and life force is one such form of energy."

"This is also why, after Soul Beasts lose their physical bodies, their souls disperse. Without the physical body to provide life force for consumption, they cannot endure."

No wonder every plane had something like a Core of Life. The God Realm did as well, requiring the Ancient Tree of Life as its core. Without the life force emitted by the Ancient Tree of Life to sustain them, those divine souls that had lost their physical bodies would probably disperse eventually too, Minghui thought.

"So, the physical body and the soul complement each other." He voiced his opinion, making his presence known.

"Strong Spiritual Power does not necessarily mean a strong soul. But if the soul is strong, then without question, that person's Spiritual Power must also be strong."

He could draw inferences from one example. His comprehension is quite good. Du Busi grew even more satisfied inwardly and nodded with a smile. "Correct."

He then returned to the topic. "And the Pineal Gland happens to be located at the springhead through which the soul sends Spiritual Power into the Spiritual Sea. In other words, it is the central hub that links the physical body to the soul, generates Spiritual Power inwardly to control the body, and releases Spiritual Power outwardly to sense the outside world."

So it's basically the main base station. Minghui nodded slightly, wearing an enlightened expression.