"Leng Yaozhu, Leng Yulai, we've more or less finished everything we needed to take care of. It's about time we prepared to hunt Soul Beasts and obtain Soul Rings."
"My lord, I have a question. Why aren't you using the Soul Spirit Method?"
That was what Leng Yulai said.
Only after Kai heard that did he remember.
He remembered that in the era of The Legend of the Dragon King, people obtained Soul Rings through Soul Spirits. Electrolux had created Soul Spirits, and Huo Yuhao had brought them to prominence.
If he could form a contract with a powerful Soul Spirit, then a single Soul Spirit could provide multiple Soul Rings.
A ten-thousand-year Soul Spirit, for example, could provide four Soul Rings.
In that case, there should be no need to hunt down multiple Soul Beasts.
He could also use this technology to negotiate with the Ferocious Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest. Perhaps he could win them over.
This technology had not been invented yet. Huo Yuhao and Electrolux would develop it ten thousand years later.
Soul Spirits were a superior substitute for Soul Rings, causing less harm to Soul Beasts while maximizing the enhancement of a Soul Master's abilities.
High-level Soul Spirits could grant a Soul Master multiple Soul Rings and Soul Skills at once. Moreover, Soul Spirits could be passed down, left to one's descendants for continued use.
They were even more precious than Soul Bones, but this also stirred human greed and brought disaster upon Soul Beasts. (Soul Bones already drove Soul Masters to stop at nothing, let alone Soul Spirits, which were even more precious.)
The emergence of Soul Spirits meant that Soul Masters no longer had to rely on hunting Soul Beasts for Soul Rings to break through in cultivation. On the other hand, however, it was a disguised form of enslavement. Although Soul Beasts kept their lives, they lost their physical bodies and could only reside within Soul Masters, going wherever their Soul Masters went. It was tantamount to imprisonment. Even if their Soul Masters died, they could only choose to form contracts with other Soul Masters and continue serving them, never to be free for all eternity.
Thus, apart from Soul Beasts nearing the end of their lifespans, the vast majority were forced to become Soul Spirits.
The spread of Soul Spirits should have resolved the conflict between the two sides, yet humans and Soul Beasts not only failed to resolve their conflict, but instead deepened the Soul Beasts' hatred of humanity.
Huo Yuhao had originally hoped to ease the conflict between humans and Soul Beasts through Soul Spirit technology, but the problem was that he had left for the Divine Realm too hastily.
And the result? The Spirit Pagoda he established became an organization that brought harm to Soul Beasts.
An organization that should have worked with humans and Soul Beasts to ease their conflict became one that harmed Soul Beasts, and Soul Spirits, too, became something that brought them harm.
Had it been managed properly, it should have been able to change the relationship between humans and Soul Beasts, but this was how it had turned out instead.
To put it plainly, Huo Yuhao had left too early. He had made no preparations whatsoever, nor had he kept those who came after him under control, and this was the result.
"What are Soul Spirits? Um... Master?" Gu Luoyi did not know what she should call Kai either, but seeing even Leng Yulai, whom she admired, address Kai as "my lord," she felt she should call him Master.
"Don't do that. Just call me big brother from now on."
Kai really could not quite accept a six-year-old little girl calling him Master. Recalling his teachers' lessons from his previous life as well, he felt that this sort of behavior would lead to trouble sooner or later.
That was why he had told Gu Luoyi to call him big brother.
"We'll talk about this later. Go get some rest first. Stay on the second floor for a while. I'm going to talk to them."
"All right." Gu Luoyi did not know what to say either, so she obediently went to the second floor to rest.
"My lord, we can produce the Soul Spirit Method. Would you like us to help you and Gu Luoyi obtain Soul Spirits?
"After all, this method really can help you obtain Soul Rings more effectively."
Leng Yaozhu was a member of the Spirit Pagoda. How could she possibly not understand this technology? Developing it would therefore be easy.
"If we can use Soul Spirits, they really can help you grow stronger quickly, and a single Soul Beast can provide several Soul Rings.
"Moreover, using the Soul Spirit Method doesn't carry the same risks as absorbing Soul Rings. When Soul Masters absorb Soul Rings, absorbing one beyond their limits can easily kill them."
"But the Soul Spirit Method involves forming a contract with a Soul Beast. My lord, you exercised from childhood, and you have level-twenty innate full soul power, as well as a top-tier Martial Soul and a god-tier Martial Soul.
"In my view, you qualify to form a contract with a ten-thousand-year Soul Spirit at level twenty.
"But 'qualified' doesn't mean 'a sure thing.' If the Soul Spirit is willing and gentle-natured, and an expert stands guard, the success rate could reach sixty or seventy percent.
"If you force a contract with a ferocious-beast-type ten-thousand-year Soul Spirit, it'll still basically blow up."
After Leng Yaozhu said this,
Kai felt that it made a great deal of sense.
"That makes a lot of sense. Thank you for reminding me."
Kai thanked Leng Yulai then.
"In that case, whale rubber should come in handy too. We can use it to strengthen my physique, then try and see whether I can form a contract with a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast."
At this point, Kai already wanted to try forming a contract with a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Starting out with a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring would be a top-tier setup.
Even Tang San, this era's favored son of fortune, could not possibly have more cheats than he did.
"Then how old a Soul Beast should we find for Gu Luoyi?"
Leng Yulai asked. After all, she was the child Leng Yulai had brought back, so she did care somewhat.
"Judging by her physical condition, I think this child, this little girl, could only absorb a hundred-year Soul Ring at most, no older than around four hundred years.
"But with whale rubber, I think she could aim for a Thousand-Year Soul Ring. Shall we help Gu Luoyi get a thousand-year Soul Spirit when the time comes?"
Leng Yaozhu said. After all, this was someone her younger sister had brought back, so she was fairly concerned too.
"Then let's do our best to get Gu Luoyi the best possible one. We'll set out tomorrow. Once we've obtained Soul Spirits, we'll go to Nuoding Academy and start classes.
"At the very least, we have to learn about the Soul Masters of this era. A meal has to be eaten one bite at a time, and our studies are important too."
"But we'll need to arrange identities for you two as well. If Uncle Su Yuntao... discovers you two... it won't be easy for me to explain. Let's just say you're Titled Douluo from a secluded sect.
"We'll say the two of us are your disciples. That should let us bluff our way through, and it'll also make it easier for you to protect us."
"Understood, my lord," both replied.
The two agreed just like that. After all, it really was a good approach. They had no identities in this era, yet they needed to protect Kai and Gu Luoyi and had many operations to carry out. They did indeed need plausible identities.
"All right, then. Go explain it to Gu Luoyi. Tell her not to be nervous or say anything carelessly. She just needs to behave herself as usual."
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