Self-struggle starting from Douluo

Chapter 9 The end of the soul hunt
The next morning, after walking a distance, Qing Huan said, "Captain, there are Nether Wolves ahead, in a pack, seven in total. The one with the highest shoulder height is about ninety years old, and the youngest is more than sixty years old."

The young man with wolf martial spirit's eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked at Tieyan with anticipation.

Tieyan ignored his expectations and changed direction: "Take a detour. We can't afford to offend a group of soul beasts."

The wolf spirit boy's eyes suddenly dimmed.

I thought we had missed each other, but when the team reached noon, Qing Huan spoke again, "Captain, it's another Nether Wolf, but there's only one. It should be alone. Judging from its shoulder height, it's about seventy to eighty years old."

The young man with wolf spirit regained hope, and his eyes were full of desire as he stared at Tieyan.

Tieyan asked seriously, "Do you want to choose this one?"

The boy nodded desperately.

"Qingshui, take the two of them as the rear guard. The others follow me and prepare for battle."

Following Tieyan's order, the other four members of the mercenary group approached Tieyan one after another, and then the five of them maintained their formation and moved towards the direction Qinghuan pointed.

Qinghuan was stunned for a moment before realizing that "Qingshui" was himself. He waited until they walked away and then followed them little by little with the two teenagers.

Not far away, I heard the sound of fighting coming from the front.

Although he couldn't see it with his eyes, Qinghuan could still "see" the battle scene clearly through his mental power.

Tiebi is a great soul master of the defense system. After being possessed by the Iron-Armored Turtle spirit, a layer of illusory shell appeared in front and back of his body, which directly withstood the attacks of the Nether Wolf.

Shadi summoned the sand spirit and blinded the Nether Wolf.

The other three attacked from behind, and in just a few moves the Nether Wolf lost its ability to move.

Tieyan remained in the state of being possessed by the martial spirit and called out, "Young Wolf, come quickly!"

The Wolf Martial Spirit hurried over and drew out his own dagger. Just as he was about to attack, He Zhong suddenly stopped him, took out a hammer from the bag behind Qing Huan, and said, "Use this."

The wolf boy took the hammer and gestured with it, somewhat confused.

Tieyan explained: "If you kill it with a knife, it will bleed a lot, and the smell of blood will attract other soul beasts... Hit its head with a hammer, and then cover its ears, nose and mouth with mud, which will eliminate the blood smell as much as possible."

So that’s it, learned something!

After hearing this, the wolf boy swung up the hammer and hit the wolf's head several times. Shadi, who was standing by, covered the wolf's mouth, which was bleeding, with mud.

The Nether Wolf died.

A faint white light emerged from the corpse, gathered in the sky, and slowly formed a white ring.

Qinghuan was not only watching with his eyes, his mental power was also fixed on the entire process, his expression seemed thoughtful.

Tieyan instructed the wolf boy, "Use your soul power to pull the soul ring to yourself, then meditate and absorb the energy of the soul ring."

The wolf boy sat cross-legged as white soul rings floated above his head and then sank into his body. Immediately afterwards, his body trembled and a look of pain appeared on his face.

The five members of the mercenary group scattered around and began to be on guard.

Qing Huan tried to condense his mental power and carefully invaded the wolf boy's body.

Violent energy was raging in his body. The wolf boy's mental strength was obviously weak and not condensed enough. He was barely able to guide the energy into his meridians.

But this is just a white soul ring after all. Although the energy itself is very violent, the "quantity" is very small. As long as time is spent, all the energy can be confined to the meridians.

It’s just that this process requires enduring the pain of energy raging in the body.

Qinghuan was "observing" silently.

It didn't take long before the wolf boy successfully guided all the energy into his meridians and flowed along them.

During this process, these energies not only helped the young man widen his meridians a little, but also opened up a section of the main meridian and some branch meridians.

Qing Huan suddenly had an epiphany: these opened branches, combined with the properties of the main meridian, with the blessing of the martial soul, are the so-called "soul skills"!
These energies seem to have independent consciousness, and the branches that are opened up are selective.

Soul power is a kind of energy combined with spiritual power. The soul power of the soul ring comes from the Nether Wolf. Then this kind of "self-awareness" may be the remaining soul power flow instinct of the Nether Wolf?
Or... was it the martial spirit's own active choice?
However, considering that there will be something called "soul" in the future, it can be seen that soul power is a bit like chakra, and consciousness can rely on energy to exist. Therefore, when the soul beast reaches more than ten thousand years old, its consciousness is strong, and in addition to its own energy, it can also launch a counterattack from the spiritual level.

That is the soul impact of the ten thousand year soul ring?

"Observing" the flow of soul power in the wolf boy's meridians, especially those branches - the energy of the Nether Wolf, which is less than a hundred years old, is limited after all. Most of those branches have only a small section opened, and even if they are completely opened, they are extremely tiny.

If the Nether Wolf had more energy, perhaps it could not only open up more branches, but also widen them.

So this is why the soul skills of a ten-year soul ring are not as good as those of a hundred-year soul ring?

If these branches in the wolf boy's body are completely opened up, it will be a complete soul skill. Is this ten-year soul skill considered a semi-finished product?
interesting!
Unfortunately, Qinghuan did not "see" how his soul power broke through level ten after obtaining the soul ring.

Because the wolf boy was about to wake up, Qinghuan could only helplessly withdraw his mental power.

The wolf boy who woke up excitedly summoned his martial soul to possess his body. A circle of white soul rings appeared under his feet. He then activated his first soul skill, and waved his hands in a grabbing shape twice in front of him.

"First soul skill, Nether Wolf Claw!"

"Swish!"

Two black claw marks flashed by.

Tieyan had to interrupt his excitement and said, "Let's do the experiment after we get out. We have to hurry and leave here now."

The wolf boy came back to his senses and smiled awkwardly. Tieyan stepped forward to push away the dirt and knocked out the two sharp fangs of the Nether Wolf. Before the smell of blood spread, he led everyone away quickly.

……

When luck comes, nothing can stop it.

Not long after obtaining the Nether Wolf Soul Ring, Qing Huan's spiritual power detected a suitable soul beast: "Captain, the Black Wind Python, nearly seven meters long, and nearly seventy years of cultivation."

Pythons are different from venomous snakes. Venomous snakes rely on poison to hunt, while pythons rely on their bodies.

So for a venomous snake like the mandrake to have a body length of seven meters, that would mean seven hundred years of cultivation, but for a python, it would only mean seventy years.

"It looks like we don't have to stay in the forest for three full days. We can return today."

Tieyan smiled, then his expression became serious again: "Get ready for battle."

Once again, Tieyan took the damage while the others dealt damage. Shadi threw sand to blind the eyes, quickly ending the battle.

The young man with the hemp rope spirit killed the black wind python with his own hands. After absorbing the spirit ring, he obtained the entanglement skills as he wished.

The Wuhun hemp rope was thrown out and directly wrapped around the tree. As the boy pulled the hemp rope, the rope became tight and could actually make the bark of the tree crackle.

This soul skill was unexpectedly powerful, which made the hemp rope boy very excited, and he kept expressing his gratitude to Qinghuan.

After cutting open the belly and taking out the Black Wind Python's gallbladder, Tieyan looked at the Black Wind Python's corpse with regret, turned around and led the team back.

"The meat of the Black Wind Python is very compact. If you take it outside, you can buy at least three gold soul coins."

Tieyan explained: "Unfortunately, your detection range is only one hundred meters, which is too close for soul beasts. If we carry the body back, we will not be safe along the way... It would be better if there was a soul guide for storage."

Qing Huan asked curiously, "Are soul guides expensive?"

Tieyan said: "Not only are they expensive, but they are also very rare. Even if they are available on the market, they have all been bought by powerful forces and nobles. It is not our turn."

……

With Qinghuan's spiritual power to explore, the way back was very easy. It was not yet dark when they reached the exit and left the Soul Beast Forest.

After paying the commission, the two boys left satisfied.

Seventy gold soul coins per person, and one hundred and forty for two people.

Qing Huan's entire net worth was less than one gold soul coin, which also included the salary he received from the academy in the past year.

Soul Master is indeed a lucrative profession.

Tieyan directly distributed the money, giving each person fifteen gold soul coins.

Putting fifteen gold soul coins in Qinghuan's hand, Tieyan said: "Your exploration is very useful. I will give you the normal remuneration as agreed."

Qinghuan's eyes fell on Tieyan's bag of money.

One hundred and forty gold soul coins, divided among six people, that shouldn't be fifteen, right?

Tie Yan said angrily: "You little brat, I didn't cheat you. You need a warrant to enter the Soul Beast Forest, and you can only get a warrant if you have a noble guarantee.

Therefore, we need to give a portion of our wages to the nobles. Not only do we have to give it, but the mercenary groups here have to give it as well."

Qing Huan was shocked and said, "Isn't this just like sitting there and collecting money?"

"Otherwise, he is a noble."

Tieyan laughed and said, "Let's go, this soul hunting trip went smoothly, thanks to Qingshui boy's investigation. I'll treat you all, let's go eat something delicious!"

"The leader is mighty!"

……

The mercenary group had a base not far from the market. After the group had eaten and drunk their fill, Tieyan cleaned up a room for Qinghuan to stay in, without charging any money.

At night, lying on the bed, Qinghuan opened the "Book of Systems" and read the comments first.

"Did the boy go to get the spirit ring?"

"Didn't you say before that you weren't in a hurry to put on the spirit ring?"

"Where did you go to see soul beasts? The Royal Forest of Tiandou? The Soul Beast Forest? Or Xingluo? The Grand Canyon? The Vast Ocean? The Desert... You couldn't be going to the Xingdou Great Forest, right?"

"This kid is only level 10, how could he possibly go to the Star Dou Great Forest? This is not the way to seek death."

"Haha, this guy is very smart. Even if you try all kinds of tricks, you won't be able to get any information about him."

"People are always careless, what if?"

"By the way, did you succeed in your visualization method? Can you really communicate with your own martial spirit?"

"No, he said the day before yesterday that his "Visualization Form" was not enough. He should not dare to exhaust his mental power in the past few days!"

“Today, when one of my juniors was absorbing a spirit ring, he was planning to use the energy from the spirit ring to open up his meridians, but he didn’t find the right way. Not only did he fail to absorb the spirit ring, he ended up lying on the bed half dead.

Boy, is there any hope for this situation?"

(End of this chapter)