Two and a half years
Xu Zhengyang made two copies of the obtained Hidden Weapon blueprints and gave one to Jing Hongchen and the other to Xu Tianyuan.
Both of them were Level 9 Soul Engineer and top-tier blacksmiths. They could see the key to the Hidden Weapon at a glance, especially the Hidden Weapon device structure. This greatly promoted the development of Soul Tool, especially when installed on a fixed Soul Tool, the effect was even more obvious.
The two then began to acknowledge what Xu Zhengyang had learned from the Holy Spirit Cult and felt that their trip had been worthwhile.
However, Xu Zhengyang has no intention of passing on his most crucial skills, such as the Mysterious Heaven Technique, for the time being. These are the trump cards he has painstakingly acquired.
Time flies, and two and a half years have passed in the blink of an eye.
Over the past two and a half years, Xu Zhengyang's Soul Power has increased from level 44 to level 50. The rate of increase can only be described as average, but Xu Zhengyang clearly felt that his foundation had become incredibly solid and his Soul Power was now much stronger.
Xu Zhengyang has basically mastered all the Tang Sect's unique skills and has reached the level of Level 4 Soul Engineer.
After two and a half years of cultivation, Mysterious Heaven Technique has reached the fourth level, very close to the fifth level; his Soul Power Level has also reached the Soul King level. Now he only needs one more Soul Ring. As long as he absorbs the Fifth Soul Ring, not only will he be able to break through, but Mysterious Heaven Technique will also be able to break through.
Moreover, in the past two and a half years, in addition to the improvement of the Mysterious Heaven Technique itself, Xu Zhengyang has also gained some understanding and made some improvements to the Mysterious Heaven Technique.
The current Mysterious Heaven Technique lacks the most crucial method for cultivating the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, and the concept of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians doesn't even exist in the entire Douluo World.
However, Xu Zhengyang was a genius of traditional Chinese medicine in his previous life on Blue Star, and the most crucial part of traditional Chinese medicine is the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, which every traditional Chinese medicine practitioner needs to experience and understand.
Over the past two and a half years, Xu Zhengyang has gradually figured out the cultivation method for the Eight Extraordinary Meridians through the application of the Mysterious Heaven Technique. He has already opened three of them. If he continues to develop at this speed, his cultivation will only get faster and faster, and he will open more and more of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians.
Xu Zhengyang even believed that as long as he followed his own cultivation method, he would eventually be able to develop the complete Mysterious Heaven Technique.
In contrast, Xu Zhengyang has delved deeper into the cultivation of the Purple Demon Eye, and has now reached the peak of the second realm, the Minute Detail Realm. This is thanks to Xu Zhengyang's External Soul Bone, the Devil Tiger's Eye. Every morning, Xu Zhengyang uses his three eyes to absorb the wisp of purple energy before the sunlight appears. The cultivation effect of the Devil Tiger's Eye is even better than that of cultivating with normal eyes.
During the cultivation of the Purple Demon Eye, the Devil Tiger's Eye, due to careful nurturing, improved at an extremely rapid pace, reaching the level of a ten-thousand-year Thousand-Year Soul Bone Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone from its initial thousand-year level.
Even Xu Zhengyang felt that both the Mysterious Heaven Technique and the Purple Demon Eye seemed to be unique skills tailor-made for him, and the speed of improvement was extremely fast for him.
Especially during his daily extreme training, through the application of the Mysterious Heaven Technique and his understanding of the surrounding environment, his body became more rhythmic and better able to adapt to the environment, which greatly benefited his cultivation.
Besides cultivating Soul Power and training his body, Xu Zhengyang also conducted some other research. Mainly, after reaching the Level 4 Soul Engineer, he was able to forge more Soul Tool and manufacture more weapons, which was the biggest surprise for the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion.
Xu Zhengyang is still a student. Although he is already a member of the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion, he goes to the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion almost every week. On the one hand, he communicates and trains with the members of the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion, and on the other hand, he increases his research on weapons. The Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion has now developed all kinds of weapons, including rifles and sniper rifles, and even some light artillery.
The Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion now has a complete Blue Star weapon research system, but it is still in its early stages and large-scale weapons, especially artillery, have not yet been developed. However, this development direction has been basically determined, which is one of the secrets of the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion.
Xu Zhengyang also gained more attention from Xu Tianyuan and held a certain position within the strict Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion, even being able to participate in some decision-making.
It's important to know that the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion is basically composed of members of the royal family, and the resources invested are enormous. It has a wide reach and a great influence within the entire Sun Moon Empire Imperial Family. Through his research on weapons, Xu Zhengyang has gained everyone's recognition and has gradually established a certain status within the royal family.
Many people even believe that if Xu Zhengyang continues to develop in this way, as long as his Soul Power Level is high enough and his Soul Engineer cultivation is strong enough, he will definitely be one of the candidates for the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion Corps in the future. Even several vice-captains are now convinced that...
Xu Zhengyang admired it greatly.
Xu Zhengyang is still somewhat behind the rest of the team. In the entire Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy Team, apart from Xu Zhengyang, everyone else has reached the Soul King level. Even Lan Xiu and Ye Nongfeng, after two and a half years of hard training and various training methods proposed by Xu Zhengyang, have reached the Soul King level at least half a year ago.
This difference in talent even made Xu Zhengyang a little envious. Even Ye Guyi and Xu Tianzhen, who joined the competition the latest, had both reached the Soul King realm, and their Soul Power Level was not low. Judging from their training speed, they would definitely reach the Soul Emperor realm before the next Soul Master Tournament, or even the mid-level Soul Emperor realm.
Among the entire team, the two with the highest Soul Power Level are naturally Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen. These two have already reached the Soul Emperor realm. Xiao Hongchen has reached an astonishing level 64, and Meng Hongchen has reached level 63. Judging from their cultivation speed, Xiao Hongchen has a chance to reach the Soul Sage realm before the next Soul Master Tournament, while Meng Hongchen should also be able to reach the top Soul Emperor realm.
Besides Xu Zhengyang's cultivation methods, another reason for this is that after the Zhengtian Academy joined, it introduced a complete Soul Master cultivation system. In addition to normal cultivation, all students also need to study pure Soul Master courses.
Even within the Soul Tool Department, the academy requires everyone to fight using pure Martial Soul, without allowing the use of Soul Tool. They can only fight using their Martial Soul and bodies, or by using Self-Created Soul Skill, causing everyone to complain endlessly.
But precisely because of this, everyone's combat skills and the use of Martial Soul have improved significantly, and the introduction of the Zhengtian Academy has gradually gained the approval of all the higher-ups.
Currently, the entire Martial Soul Department has begun to gradually recruit students who cultivate purely Martial Soul, and there are also quite a few students who cultivate both Martial Soul and Soul Guidance.
The academy requires some exceptionally talented students to choose the Martial Soul Department and achieve certain accomplishments within the Martial Soul Department.
It can be said that the entire Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy has undergone unprecedented strengthening and transformation, especially the improvement of the Sun Moon Team, which has further solidified the determination of the royal family and the academy's leadership to carry out reforms.
Xiao Hongchen is the most typical example in the entire academy and is a recognized peerless genius. If Xiao Hongchen had followed the traditional methods of Soul Engineer cultivation, he would never have reached his current Soul Power Level, nor would he have such powerful combat strength. In terms of combat, many Level 7 Soul Engineer would not be a match for Xiao Hongchen.
It's important to understand that in the past, the strongest members of the Soul Master Academy were only Soul Emperor. However, given Xiao Hongchen's current development, he has a very high chance of reaching the Soul Sage realm before the next Soul Master Tournament, which would be equivalent to making history for the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy.
Moreover, considering the overall situation of the Sun Moon Team, besides Captain Xu Zhengyang, there may be more than six Soul Emperor, including outstanding players like Lan Xiu.
It is precisely because of this that the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy has re-established many new departments, and the students are divided into more detailed categories, no longer the broad categories of the previous War Department.
Besides his regular Soul Master training, Xu Zhengyang has also begun learning Necromancy from Electrolux. (Since he only has a few remnants...)
Soul, Electrolux's education was intermittent, and he didn't teach Xu Zhengyang any powerful skills, but rather imparted the entire framework of Necromancy.
The Necromancy system is vast, essentially an evolved form of necromancy that can subdue all evil in the world. Its core abilities include summoning undead creatures, undead evolution, and Divine Sense Shock. Xu Zhengyang is not yet able to summon undead creatures, but he can already perform Divine Sense Shock.
This is mainly because Electrolux is attached to the Devil Tiger's Eye and connected to his spiritual power. Combined with Xu Zhengyang's cultivation of the Purple Demon Eye, the three greatly enhance the power of the Devil Tiger's Eye. In addition to its original spiritual attack, the Devil Tiger's Eye can also impact the divine sense over a wide range, and it is especially effective against Evil Soul Master.
Xu Zhengyang was even able to use the Devil Tiger's Eye and the Purple Demon Eye, along with his Divine Sense Shock, to find the Soul Seal that Zhongli Wu had placed on his Martial Soul.
The mark Zhongli Wu placed on Xu Zhengyang was not a simple mark, but rather a fusion of countless remnant soul puppets and a curse. It was imperceptible and could constantly affect the curse, making it more powerful and breaking the existing balance between the curse and the Martial Soul.
Judging from Zhongli Wu's appearance, he probably wanted to gradually expand the effects of his curse, and even enhance the devouring effect, so that he could only achieve balance by absorbing souls and gradually degenerate into Evil Soul Master.
This method is indeed ingenious, and it can gradually and imperceptibly affect people. If it were an ordinary person, they would probably have already been affected by the curse.
Unfortunately, Xu Zhengyang's constitution was special, and he also possessed the Necromancy taught by Electrolux. This minor curse had no effect on him, and the so-called Soul Seal could not corrupt his soul. After all, when it came to mastering and controlling the undead, there was no one in this world who could...
No one is stronger than Electrolux.
However, neither Electrolux nor Xu Zhengyang intends to remove the Soul Seal for the time being. If they were to remove it, Zhongli Wu would probably find out immediately and know that Xu Zhengyang has a way to deal with the Soul Seal. At that time, he would definitely take new measures to deal with Xu Zhengyang.
Rather than inviting new trouble, it's better to keep the current Soul Seal under control, at least giving myself time to improve.