The opening of Douluo Dalu: Cuscuta Martial Spirit

Chapter 141 Level [-] Soul Engineer

Lance City.

"Xiaoying, are you sure this is the place you mentioned?"

"That's right, Brother Lin, is there any problem?"

"Is this where a third-level soul engineer should live?"

Xu Ying took Tang Lin from the inner city to the outer city of Lansai City, and then from the outer city back to the inner city. Finally, the two of them came to an old and small shop.

The store has two floors and is entirely surrounded by a kind of gray-white building material. Tang Lin stepped forward and touched it, and then he discovered that it was a strange metal material.

"Brother Lin, people should not be judged by their appearance, and so is the house. You will know when you go in and take a look."

"Well, it's really not easy."

As she spoke, Xu Ying pushed Tang Lin into the store.

Before entering, Tang Lin looked up at the sign.

Mingde Hall.

It seems a bit familiar, take another look.

Tang Lin entered the store and was still wondering if he had seen the signboard before. Over there, Xu Ying was already chatting with the store owner.

"Lao Xuan! I'm here to see you!"

The old shopkeeper who was busy at the counter raised his head when he heard the voice, "Haha, it turns out it's you, girl."

"It's been a long time since I've been here, why don't you come over and have a look?"

"Do you want to come here or not? Anyway, the things are here. Do you want to come here or not?"

Xu Ying's arrogant expression did not offend the old man. She was obviously very familiar with the owner of Mingdetang.

"Then this is..."

The old man looked at Tang Lin with some confusion.

"I'm Lin Lin, a friend of Xu Ying's."

Tang Lin bowed his hand to Lao Xuan. The shop owner was at least 60 or [-] years old. This was probably not the friendship between Xu Ying's parents.

"Okay, since I am Xiaoying's friend, Xiaolin, just call me Lao Xuan."

Although Lao Xuan is older, he still has thick black hair and an unkempt white beard, which makes him look a bit unkempt.

The three of them sat down, and Tang Lin had time to look inside the Mingde Hall.

Sure enough, the house is not what it looks like. The outside looks like a junkyard with no building materials, but the inside is decorated with ancient elegance. It looks like a century-old store.

"Lao Xuan, do you have any books on entry-level soul masters for ordinary people? I'd like to see them."

Tang Lin got straight to the point and directly stated his purpose.

"Ordinary people, even if they have soul power, they are still ordinary people."

Lao Xuan shook his head and said with a smile: "There are books about the basics of soul masters, but it is impossible to expect to become a soul master."

Cultivation requires resources, and becoming a qualified soul mentor requires resources even more.

"Haha, I just wanted to take a look, I'm somewhat curious."

"Then let me take you to my study. Although there are no profound books there, I can still give you some popular science."

"Thank you very much, Lao Xuan."

Tang Lin held his hand again and followed Lao Xuan into the inner room.

……

After a while, Lao Xuan came out alone, leaving Tang Lin alone inside.

"Girl, how did you know such a person?"

Lao Xuan asked Xu Ying in a low voice, "I'm afraid this Lin Lin has a soul power of fifty or sixty. How do you know a fifth-level soul fighter?"

Tang Lin had previously requested to learn the knowledge of a soul master, so Tang Lin was naturally a soul fighter.

The point is that Lao Xuan estimates that Lin Lin is no more than twenty years old. He is probably a genius from some big city-state. His old bones cannot deal with such a genius!
"Lao Xuan, don't worry..."

"What should I worry about that makes me feel so relieved?!"

Lao Xuan blew his nose and glared, "I have been studying soul guidance devices for a few months, and you just brought me a little man back. I don't even dare to think about what else you can do in the future."

"Oh, Lao Xuan, listen to me..."

Xu Ying became anxious, pulled Lao Xuan and started pointing.

"Anyway, you listen to me!"

"Everything you say is right"

Lao Xuan touched his bald head. The original black and shiny wig had been torn off by Xu Ying, "You can't beat me anyway."

"Then why don't you give me some more life-saving gadgets, otherwise I won't be able to defeat those soul beasts."

It took Xu Ying a long time to convince Lao Xuan, and by the way, she put a wig on Lao Xuan's head.

"Why, your soul power has broken through and you want to get the third soul ring?"

The old man joked that he knew how hard Xu Ying worked to break through to the third level soul fighter some time ago.

"Oh, Lao Xuan, it's too slow for you to get the news."

Xu Ying was so proud that she had no reservations in front of the old man: "I have already broken through level [-] and absorbed the third soul ring!"

"Ah...you girl!"

Xu Ying's words startled the old man, "How did you hunt the soul beast by yourself? Didn't I tell you that the Lansai Intermediate Soul Beast Forest is very dangerous recently?"

"Uh-huh, I can't wait a little bit..."

Xu Ying was dejected. She knew when she came here that she would not be able to escape being lectured, but she still had to say it after all.

I thought I could get through it, but Lao Xuan noticed it anyway.

Lao Xuan frowned. He was shocked by Tang Lin before and didn't pay attention to Xu Ying. Now he looked carefully and found that Xu Ying's soul power fluctuations had indeed reached the standard of a third-level soul fighter.

"It's really a soul power above level [-]."

"Hmm~╯^╰"

Lao Xuan took out a crystal ball with scale marks, "Let's see what level of soul power it is exactly?"

Xu Ying stretched out her hand to hold the crystal ball and began to release her soul power, "It's level 31, how much higher can it be?"

As he spoke, an orange-red light ball appeared in his right hand, and three soul rings, two yellow and one purple, appeared beside him.

"The soul power is solidified...not bad."

Lao Xuan's eyes were complicated.

12 years old, level 31.

This is a unique genius in Ming Dou City.

"To defeat the Millennium Soul Beast... you didn't secretly use my soul cannon, right?"

"Hey!"

"That thing can't be locked!"

Xu Ying shrank back. As a good friend of her parents, she usually took care of Xu Ying.

When Lao Xuan got serious, Xu Ying didn't dare to talk back.

"Did that come in handy?"

Lao Xuan suddenly realized something was wrong.

"It works, but only a little bit..." "So this is where the saving grace lies?"

Lao Xuan pointed to the inner room.

"Yes."

Xu Ying admitted honestly, "So my third soul skill is pretty good."

Lao Xuan sighed, "Forget it, just come back. Don't do this next time."

If something happened to Xu Ying because he studied behind closed doors for several months, how would he explain it to Xu Ying's parents in the future?

"Also, hand over the soul cannon."

"Oh……"

Xu Ying obediently handed the black metal pipe that Tang Lin had seen to Lao Xuan.

"Oh what, it's not like I won't pay you back?"

Lao Xuan said angrily: "I'll give it to you after I add a locking function to it!"

"Ah good!"

Xu Ying smiled and applauded, "Lao Xuan, you have made a breakthrough, congratulations! You couldn't add a locking function to the third-level soul cannon before!"

Although Xu Ying didn't like soul guidance tools, she still had some understanding of soul guidance tools.

To achieve this level, one must be at least a fourth-level soul engineer, and Lao Xuan's strength has been stuck at the third-level soul instructor stage because he was seriously injured in his early years.

Hearing Xu Ying's words, Lao Xuan's face turned a little gloomy: "There is no such a good breakthrough, it's just that I have some new ideas."

"Why do you, girl, care so much? Go, go, go...don't disturb me."

Xu Ying walked away with a smile, then turned around to pick out some soul tools that suited her. After going through life and death, she was no longer so resistant to the use of soul tools.

If Xu Ying had had a bottle that could restore her soul power when dealing with the Flame Lion, at least she wouldn't have lost her life even if Tang Lin wasn't there.

……

Tang Lin didn't pay attention to what was going on outside. He was completely focused on the soul master's introductory manual in front of him.

After a long time, Tang Lin raised his head and sighed. This soul mentor was very good, but he really didn't meet Tang Lin's requirements.

This introductory manual provides Tang Lin with a lot of knowledge, allowing Tang Lin to have a certain understanding of the soul mentor profession.

At the beginning, the manual boldly states:
Within the eighth level, our soul masters have the absolute advantage. After the eighth level, our soul masters still have the absolute advantage!
Because there is no ninth level Soul Fighter!

Due to the rich metal resources in the Sun and Moon Continent, pure soul masters here are born to be unhappy existences.

In the Sun and Moon Continent, relatively speaking, the use of the soul guidance system is obviously more popular, and it is easier for soul masters to have strong combat effectiveness in a short period of time.

Although soul fighters can also use ordinary soul guides with storage space, similar to "baby bottles" for replenishing soul power, they are somewhat powerless when faced with the use of lethal soul guides.

Most of the soul guides related to combat are made by the soul masters themselves. Letting these soul masters reveal their designs is no different from killing them.

You must know that every soul guidance device made by hand must be completely suitable for the use of the maker. While utilizing its strengths and avoiding weaknesses, it also contains the soul master's understanding of his own soul guidance device.

To release such a soul guide would be to hand over one's research to others. In the face of such a great terror, one's own life would become less important.

Therefore, most of the soul guidance devices currently circulating in the world are ordinary soul guidance devices like "milk bottles". The occasional existence of soul guidance cannons has no bright spots and only does average damage.

But even this is a rare good product on the market. Most of the things in Lao Xuan's shop fall into this category.

Even so, these soul tools can only be obtained by a very small number of soul fighters who have no connections and no money.

It can be seen from various signs that the current Sun Moon Continent is far less prosperous than it will be ten thousand years later.

But it is obvious that, except for the crystal ball that detects soul power, the research on these soul guidance devices does not involve the lives of civilians.

Also, even five or six thousand years after the merger of Sun Moon Continent and Douluo Continent, the research on soulless soul guidance devices has only made a small breakthrough, so how could it appear now?
……

Tang Lin closed this thick soul master manual. Although he only read half of it, it was enough because the second half of the manual was announcing the title of the book.

I reported the titles of half a book!

No wonder Xu Ying is unwilling to become a soul mentor, and even has a shadow on soul guidance tools.

Big brother, don't laugh at second brother. If you want to become a soul mentor, Tang Lin's conditions are much worse than Xu Ying's.

In addition to talent, another necessity to become a qualified soul mentor is resources.

Huge metal resources.

In the Sun and Moon Continent, a soul master cannot be said to be a soul master of a certain level only if his soul power has reached a corresponding level.

This requires passing an exam.

If you want to become a first-level soul engineer, then you must successfully make a first-level soul guide independently.

There is no limit to the theme of the soul guidance device, but it must be one level higher than your current soul guidance device.

Before making a soul guide, you have to pass an exam, which is a theoretical test on soul guides.

The scope of the exam is the second half of the titles in the Soul Master Introductory Manual.

Tang Lin has experienced enough things like exams in his memory, and he will never step into this dead end again.

Besides, Tang Lin had no money.

If Xu Ying wanted to learn about soul tools, at least Lao Xuan would provide some funding.

But if Tang Lin wanted to find an enemy to help him learn the soul tool from scratch, that might be a fantasy.

After the basic training of forging, shaping, molding, quenching, polishing and other processes, and the most important step in making the soul guide, the study of inscribing the core array.

From studying theory to memorizing the magic circle, then starting to try the inscription practice, and completing the first level soul guide magic circle, it is all very costly.

And also consider the possibility of failure. If you have to say what is possible:
The flower language of the steel ball is wealth and forbearance.

The existence of the soul master is a bit like the magician in Tang Lin's memory. He can make money quickly as he spends it.

But no matter what, as long as you have the information, then you are the master.

"What, do you have any ideas?"

Lao Xuan looked at Tang Lin with a smile. He did not expect that Tang Lin would actually read the manual honestly.

"A soul mentor is a costly thing, but it's also very profitable, um... and it's definitely safer than hunting soul beasts."

"Lao Xuan, to tell you the truth, this thing makes my head buzz."

Tang Linyang raised the book in his hand and answered with a wry smile: "Besides, I'm new here and haven't settled down yet. I'll talk about the soul master later."

Although he said this, Tang Lin actually didn't want to give up on learning soul tools.

Even if you choose not to become a soul engineer, you must not lose a certain amount of knowledge about soul guidance tools.

"Hahaha! Xiaoying also told me about your situation."

"I want to thank you first. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be able to see Xiaoying. This girl's character will really suffer a big loss."

Lao Xuan looked at Tang Lin: "I don't know how to repay you, and I can't figure out Xiaoying's thoughts."

"But you seem to be somewhat interested in soul guidance tools. I wonder if you would like to stay here to learn soul guidance tools?"

"Being respectful is not as good as obeying orders, so I won't be polite."

Tang Lin didn't hesitate. Although he might not be able to find a better animal learning environment in Lansai City, there would definitely be various restrictions and expensive fees attached.

With Lao Xuan's help, that would be the best thing.

"Haha, then from now on you will be an employee of my Mingde Hall!"

"Then Lao Xuan, you have to provide food and accommodation!"

Tang Lin said jokingly.

"Haha, don't worry, I'll pay you back!"

(End of this chapter)