Blue Silver Grass Strategy

The one in the middle, however, is a black metal box with blue and white patterns.

According to Ling·Blacksmith·Yi's observation, it should be made of "Frost Patterned Cold Iron".

"Frost-patterned Cold Iron", one of the twenty-three types of "Cold Iron", its largest place of origin is the southeastern region of the "Far North" of Douluo Continent, very close to the [Shuimu Principality].

Although it ranks last among the twenty-three types of "cold iron" in terms of hardness and toughness, it is very popular among nobles from all over the Douluo Continent because of its beautiful natural texture.

In other words, this is the [Shuimu Principality]. If it were placed in the [Xingluo Empire] in the south, this box alone could be exchanged for two or three of the blue "Soul-Testing Crystals" that Yueqing just brought.

Just as Ling Yi was looking at the material of the metal box, Kang Zhan reached out and opened the two wooden brocade boxes on both sides, revealing what was inside.

One was a sharp claw about a foot long, slightly curved, brown and translucent, like an unpolished short blade of a dagger.

The other one was a pile of scales with a diameter of about seven or eight centimeters, about the same size as the palm of an ordinary person. They were dark and matte in color, like carbon stone buried deep underground.

People often say that a glimpse of the whole picture is hard to tell. Just based on these two, Ling Yi really couldn't tell what kind of soul beast they came from.

But when Kang Zhan opened the "Frost Patterned Cold Iron Box" in the middle and revealed something inside, Ling Yi's eyes immediately lit up and he showed an interested look.

This is not pretending, but a genuine interest. And in daily life, there is no need to wear a mask all the time, you just need to control your language and demeanor when necessary.

"Is this... the spinal cord bead of the Tongxi Earth Dragon?"

Ling Yi stared at the oval bead in the "Frost Patterned Cold Iron Box" that looked like a white and smooth jade, and asked in surprise.

Because of the characteristics of "Frost Patterned Cold Iron", there is a chill in the box. Once it is opened, a white mist lingers above the beads, making it look magnificent.

"Mr. Ling, you have good eyesight!" Kang Zhan praised again.

Then, he nodded with pride and said, "Yes! It is the spinal cord bead of the Tongxi Earth Dragon——!"

The "Tongxi Earth Dragon" is shaped like a rhinoceros and contains a faint trace of dragon blood. It has the three attributes of earth, stone, and gold. It has infinite strength, amazing defense, long endurance, and is extremely difficult to hunt.

The spinal beads are produced in the spine, one is produced every hundred years. Ordinary people can wear them to strengthen their bodies. Soul masters can grind them into powder and swallow them, which can greatly enhance the soul master's physique, and increase their defense, endurance and strength to a certain extent.

As far as Ling Yi knows, there was an auxiliary spirit master on Douluo Continent who swallowed a thousand-year-old "Tongxi Earth Dragon" spinal bead, which increased his strength by 500 kilograms!

Ling Yi followed Kang Zhan's lead and gave a thumbs up: "Amazing! Judging from the size of this spinal bead, the cultivation of the Tongxi Earth Dragon must be at least 700 years, right?"

Kang Zhan smiled proudly: "More than eight hundred years~"

"Wow~" Ling Yi raised his eyebrows upon hearing this, and congratulated with a smile: "It seems that you have gained a Soul Master-level master——"

The eight hundred year old "Tongxi Earth Dragon" spirit ring is not Ling Yi's eight hundred year old "Nvluo Blue Silver Grass", and not everyone can absorb it beyond the limit and use it as the second spirit ring.

According to the current normal situation of Douluo Continent, this should be hunted as the third soul ring for the purpose of advancing to Soul Master.

"Xiao Si~" Kang Zhan waved his hands to the people around him.

The young man who was holding the "Frost Patterned Iron Box" stepped forward and saluted Ling Yi: "Thank you Mr. Ling for saving my sixth brother. Kang Yao is very grateful!"

If Ling Yi hadn't taken action, his sixth brother Kang Zhao would have been basically dead.

If that happened, he wouldn't know how to go home and face his parents and third aunt.

You know, in terms of talent, my sixth brother Kang Zhao is the best among the younger generation in the family, with an innate soul power of level six!

Now, at the age of sixteen, he is already a twenty-eighth-level second-ring great soul master. He has the greatest hope of surpassing his eldest brother Kang Zhan, the Soul Master, and becoming the first Soul King in the family!

In the [Shuimu Principality], what is the concept of a Soul King?

[Shuimu Principality] One of the five generals, the controller of the Cold Wind Camp, Marquis of Cedar Song Yao, was a level 69 Soul Emperor five years ago, and he is still a level 69 Soul Emperor today!

The [Shuimu Principality] lacks the inheritance of a high-end system, and even if its innate soul power is high enough, it may not be able to convert it into strength.

Shallow water cannot produce a true dragon!

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Chapter 95 Frog in the Well

Innate soul power is a qualification and represents the upper limit of a soul master's future.

However, there are too many external factors that influence whether this qualification can be converted into real strength.

A person as talented as Ah Xing in "Kung Fu World" is a rare martial arts genius, but if he had not been beaten badly by the Fire Cloud Evil God and his potential was not stimulated by fate, he would not have been able to achieve the final transformation from cocoon to butterfly.

If he was given a small business to run in the beginning and lived a stable life, he would probably be a bug with amazing recovery ability until his death, and would not be able to become the 'Bruce Lee' who could destroy a building with a slap.

A true dragon cannot be raised in shallow water, and a thousand-mile horse raised in captivity will have its healthy muscles and bones ruined.

With the foundation of the [Shuimu Principality], it is extremely difficult to cultivate a truly strong person.

Just like the [Tiandou Empire] officially has no Titled Douluo, the entire [Shuimu Principality] does not have any Soul Douluo-level existence.

The few old Soul Saints were either the elders of Grand Duke Mufeng or the elders of several marquises of the Principality. However, the dean of the [Botanical College] was originally a control-type Soul Saint in the wild. He was sincerely invited by Grand Duke Mufeng's father to semi-join the Principality to cultivate and retain high-quality talents for the [Shuimu Principality].

In the entire [Shuimu Principality], almost all the talented spirit masters have this idea: to go to the territories of the [Tiandou Empire] and the [Xingluo Empire], or to join the [Spirit Hall], jump out of the small pond of [Shuimu Principality], and head to the wider lake and the sea.

For those whose innate soul power is above level six, the stewards of the Spirit Hall will basically extend an olive branch at the first opportunity. Unless they are from a soul master family with some background, most people, whether they are civilians or some small families, will not refuse such an opportunity to join the number one force in Douluo Continent.

The Spirit Hall also uses this opportunity to recruit a large number of talented soul masters from civilians and small families every year.

Of course, as long as one has innate soul power and can become a soul master and wants to join the [Spirit Hall], the [Spirit Hall] will not turn them away. After all, it is a foundation, and future children may not be born with high qualifications and talents.

But even if you have the qualifications and a good training environment, it still does not mean that you will definitely have the best growth trajectory.

Many people only focus on the various cool soul rings and soul skills of the protagonists, but they don’t know that the optimal soul ring age configuration in the Douluo Period alone is something that 90% of the soul masters in Douluo Continent desire but cannot reach.

In the original novel, Tang San revealed his yellow hundred-year-old first soul ring, which immediately stunned the city lord's son, extra Xiao Chenyu, who was overthinking.

Of course, in a sense, Xiao Chenyu was right. Tang San's background was indeed one of the strongest and most powerful forces in Douluo Continent.

Later, when the supporting role Ye Zhiqiu, the director of the Foreign Affairs Department of Canghui College, showed his Soul King strength, the onlookers exclaimed. The description of the Soul King's strength is that it is rare in Douluo Continent. The strength is quite strong. In some kingdoms, it can already have the title of Viscount or even Earl.

Where were you at that time?

The market town more than a hundred miles away from the "Star Dou Great Forest" can be said to be a place where soul masters gather.

Therefore, the Soul King definitely plays an extremely important role in the [Shuimu Principality].

But even Ye Zhiqiu, who was described in this side light, only had one white, two yellow, and two purple spirit rings.

After being stepped on the face by the protagonists with the words "Those who don't dare to cause trouble are mediocre" for a few moves, probably knowing that the protagonists who have not yet developed are no match for him, "Acalanatha" Vice Dean Zhao Wuji appeared at the right time, and with the strength of a Soul Saint, he imitated Tang Hao's beating and slapped the opponent away without using his martial soul, pretending to be a very smooth playboy.

In addition to the supporting role Ye Zhiqiu, there is the minor supporting character Qin Ming, who is known as the second youngest Soul Emperor in the history of Douluo Continent according to the records of the Spirit Hall. This genius who graduated from the first class of Shrek Academy, his soul ring configuration still has a purple thousand-year-old fifth soul ring.

Several decades later in the original novel's timeline, in the 'Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Competition' that the protagonists participated in, so many talented young people emerged. It was purely to highlight the strength of the protagonists, as if their luck had exploded, causing so many talented people to appear in large numbers.

However, the best young soul masters from the entire [Shuimu Principality] and the main players from the [Botanical College] were still defeated by Ma Hongjun with a score of 1 to 7.

The vast majority of contestants are not the teenagers like the protagonists of the original novel, but are basically under 25 years old.

Among the seven main players of the [Botanical College], there are only three Soul Masters, and the other four are Soul Lords.

One of them is a control-type fighting soul sect with a martial soul named "Red Flame Thorn". This little dragon who doesn't even have a name has three yellow and one purple spirit ring configuration.

There are also two powerful supporting characters, 'Snake Spear Douluo' She Long and 'Spiky Porpoise Douluo' Cixue. Although they are powerful Titled Douluo-level masters, their spirit ring configurations are only two yellow, three purple, and four black!

Who in the entire Douluo Continent can say that those who are able to cultivate to the level of Titled Douluo have poor aptitude?

The longer he stayed in this small place called [Shuimu Principality], in addition to the growing sense of security, the feeling of shackles that followed him like a shadow often lingered in Ling Yi's heart.

If he was a native citizen of the principality, Ling Yi would have been like those guys who traveled thousands of miles to study in the Advanced Soul Master Academy in the [Tiandou Empire]. Two years ago, he would have been eager to follow Lou Gao to [Gengxin City] and find a Soul Saint-level soul master to become his disciple through the [Heavenly Swords Association].

But Ling Yi didn't.

It's not that he didn't want to have a Soul Saint-level master as his backer, but he knew that what he wanted to learn could not be taught by a Soul Saint-level master, and even if Titled Douluo Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen came, they would not be able to teach him!

He, Ling Yi, is not like the original protagonist Tang San, who has a fake and useless martial spirit "Blue Silver Grass", but is a true genius with the bloodline of the real "Blue Silver Emperor" and the top martial spirit "Clear Sky Hammer".

Oh, and he also possessed a series of mysterious skills from the "Xuantian Baolu", the highest inheritance of the Tang Sect in his previous life's martial arts world.

Ling Yi is the owner of the truly useless martial spirit "Blue Silver Grass"!

Half level of innate soul power is enough to explain everything!

Yu Xiaogang also has half-level innate soul power. His father is the patriarch of the [Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex Family] and a Titled Douluo above level 95. He cannot solve the cultivation problems brought about by Yu Xiaogang's innate qualifications.

Bibi Dong, the Saint of the Spirit Hall, was so in love that she abandoned her status as a saint and the Spirit Hall that had taught and raised her for many years. Has she ever thought of helping Yu Xiaogang solve the problem of his low innate talent?

Even if the price is high enough and Spirit Hall is unwilling to pay, if there is a chance, would Bibi Dong not tell Yu Xiaogang after finding out?

Given Yu Xiaogang's identity, it might be possible for him to go home and ask his father for help.

The biggest possibility is that over the years in Douluo Continent, there have been very few cases of solving the innate qualifications of soul masters.

The lucky ones who happen to get lucky will basically keep such news to themselves and treat it as a secret worthy of being passed down from generation to generation.

Or, it cannot be copied?

Just like Dugu Bo, the first famous "Green Phosphorus Snake" spirit master in history, was it because he became a Titled Douluo that his spirit evolved into the "Green Phosphorus Snake King", or was it because his spirit evolved into the "Green Phosphorus Snake King" that he became a Titled Douluo?

It’s not mentioned in the original book, and no one knows where Dugu Bo is now, so all of Ling Yi’s guesses are just guesses.

Anyway, Dugu Bo's son died from the backlash of his martial soul, and his granddaughter Dugu Yan's martial soul was the "Green Phosphorus Snake". She did not inherit the qualities of the "Green Phosphorus Snake King", but her body was still corroded by the martial soul poison.

Chapter 96 Being distracted

After bidding farewell to Kang Zhan and his group, Ling Yi took Zhang Mufeng and the other two, as well as the four brocade boxes, back to the wooden house between Xiaofeng Market and the sentry post guarding the "Xiaofeng Canyon".

After instructing his three friends to concentrate on their training, Ling Yi put all the medical fees he received today into the storage room in the wooden house.

Arriving in this wooden house full of "blue silver grass", Ling Yi's thoughts, which had been running wild, were finally brought back to his sight by a pull of the reins.

In a small room of about seven or eight square meters, three sturdy wooden shelves are filled with containers of various sizes.

These containers include the wooden boxes and iron boxes sent by Yueqing and Kangzhan today, as well as some stone boxes, pottery jars, and trays, which are made of different materials or shapes.

It has to be said that becoming a doctor with powerful healing abilities has much more "money prospects" than being a blacksmith at the master level!

Just the eight hundred year old "Tongxi Earth Dragon" spinal cord bead that Kang Zhan took out today has a market value of at least one thousand gold soul coins, and it is the kind that is out of stock!

Well, the effect of the centenary-year-old "Tongxi Earth Dragon" Spinal Beads will be greatly reduced for soul masters with strong bodies and strength exceeding a thousand kilograms, so this price can be considered fair.

After all, if a Soul Master of the Soul Master class were to take advantage of the subsidies from the Spirit Hall, it would take ten months to earn 100 gold soul coins a month...

By the way, according to the subsidy regulations of the [Soul Hall] for soul masters, after breaking through the Soul Sect level, they will no longer enjoy subsidies. If a soul master remains in the Soul Master realm, wouldn't he be making 100 gold soul coins a month for the rest of his life?

When Ling Yi was calculating how many gold soul coins the things in this room were worth, he suddenly had a divergent idea.

It's just like Yu Xiaogang in the original novel. Without Tang San's help, he would have been stuck at level 29 his entire life. As long as he swallowed his pride and didn't care about his information being exposed in the intelligence system of the Spirit Hall, he could have really been able to get subsidies forever.

A soul master with average qualifications, as long as he works hard to cultivate to the Soul Master level, and then only practices to the minimum to ensure that his strength does not decline, has a livelihood to support himself, or is awarded the title of baron, he can receive a subsidy of 1,200 gold soul coins a year from the [Soul Hall].

Ten years, that’s twelve thousand!

If a Soul Master achieves a breakthrough at the age of thirty, does not participate in fights, and lives peacefully until he is ninety years old, in sixty years, he can receive seventy-two thousand gold soul coins!

As long as there is a person with good qualifications among the descendants, it is possible to cultivate a master by using a little "money ability".

In this way, wouldn't a high-end soul master family take shape?

Ling Yi shook his head and shook off the thought that was flying further and further away. As the quality of his martial soul evolved, his own mental strength became stronger and stronger, and this thought became more and more out of control.

This is one of the few worries Ling Yi has now.

Immediately clasp the ten fingers of both hands together, extend the index fingers and connect them together, make the "Lin" hand seal, collect the mind, and put oneself in a state of "keeping quiet and still".

This was taught to him by a cosplay girl who specialized in making short videos in his previous life. At that time, one of them dressed up as the fifth Hokage and the other as the sixth Hokage, and they performed a ritualistic foreplay before the battle...

Well, suppressing the memories that became clearer due to the clarity of mind, Ling Yi pulled the tight hem of his clothes, and recalled an ancient book recommended by another Chinese major girl to him when he was performing the Naruto hand seals for her in the library the next day.

In the 17th chapter of the inner book of Baopuzi by Ge Hong of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it is said: "When facing a battle, all the troops will march forward in formation. You should always keep an eye on them and avoid everything."

Emmm...

To be honest, after traveling through time for so long, my mental strength has become much stronger than at the beginning. My spiritual realm can also, with the help of the "Blue Silver Grass" martial spirit and the convenience of sowing "Blue Silver Grass" everywhere, allow me to initially achieve a harmonious unity of the external environment, the surrounding environment, and my own body.

In a sense, it is a little bit like the unity of man and nature.

But I still feel confused about the "Tao" and "principles" of those ancient great men in my previous life.

It's typical to know what it is but not know why it is so.

Thinking of this, Ling Yi looked down at himself and cursed himself inwardly for being so disappointing.

He's almost sixteen.

He's almost sixteen!