Douluo: Son of the Stars

Chapter 33: First Encounter with Soul Guide
After collecting a large number of forging books and some fragments of forging techniques, Tong Rui went to find Tong Qingtian to build a forging room.

"You want to learn forging? If you need it, can't you just go to a blacksmith shop to help you forge it?" Tong Qingtian asked with a frown.

It’s no wonder Tong Qingtian thought so. In the current era, blacksmiths are one of the lowest professions. They are all people from poor backgrounds who rely on their strength and skills to make a living.

Tong Rui was still thinking about how to explain it when he suddenly remembered the purpose of learning forging, so he took out the meteorite iron armor from the treasure house.

"Dad, do you still remember this meteorite armor?"

"Of course I remember. I saw you wearing this armor when you were ambushed. What is its purpose?"

Tong Rui attached the armor to Tong Qingtian and let him feel it for himself. After all, his own set of battle armor was forcibly upgraded, and there was no need to wear it. It was just weaker than the normal one-word battle armor.

After Tong Qingtian put it on, he immediately understood the function of this armor. He even felt that he could easily defeat himself without the armor in this state.

"I can understand your purpose of learning forging, but isn't this something you forcibly upgraded with your martial spirit?"

Tong Rui put the armor back into the treasury and replied: "No, actually this is an incomplete version. Next, I will learn how to make soul guides and improve the forging process at the same time."

"Normally, this set of armor should be a five-ring battle against a seven-ring. It will also achieve different levels of improvement depending on the level, and the highest can even be comparable to a nine-ring."

"Five-ring vs. nine-ring? I know you've seen Titled Douluo, but the gap between a five-ring soul master and a nine-ring soul master is huge. I don't think a single set of armor would have such an effect."

Seeing that Tong Rui had no intention of explaining, Tong Qingtian also knew that his son's thoughts were obviously going in one ear and out the other.

Reluctantly, he said, "Okay, I understand. Tomorrow I will find someone to build a forge for you. Not to mention fighting the fifth ring against the ninth ring, I think if you can upgrade this armor to a higher level, my eighth ring against the ninth ring will still be no problem."

"But do you have time to do all these things? You have to go to the hospital to collect faith, and learn soul guides and forging. You are now far beyond the level of your peers, so there is no need to push yourself so hard."

Tong Rui smiled and said, "It's okay. I'm not in a hurry to make the soul guide and forge it. I'll take it out and have a look at it slowly when I go to the nearby village to treat the villagers."

"Okay, as long as you know it in your mind. Your talent is beyond ordinary people. When you get the title, you will have plenty of time to study these things." After saying that, Tong Qingtian went to help Mo Yun.

Tong Rui returned to the room and took out some broken soul guides that he had bought on the black market in Tiandou City.

The soul guides currently being researched on the market are all functional products such as space soul guides that serve soul masters. There is no concept of producing soul guide cannons, soul guide shields, flying soul guides, etc.

Therefore, all Tong Rui could buy were things like soul guide lamps and space soul guide devices.

Tong Rui took out a pair of glasses from the treasure house of time and space and began to observe the soul guide.

This pair of glasses was made by Tong Rui based on a soul beast with a talent for detection. When activated by mental power and soul power, the flow of soul power can be observed.

Because the scope was too small, Tong Rui placed it in the treasure house of time and space for nurturing after it was completed.

But even after a long period of upgrading, its extended function is just to observe the changes in soul power more accurately. However, at present, this thing is just right for observing soul guides.

Soul guides are essentially man-made props that are made by carving core arrays on rare metals and gemstones. Therefore, for high-level soul masters, it is not difficult to learn how to make soul guides. The difficulty lies in learning how to carve the core array and making the outer shell.

Therefore, what Tong Rui can do now is to copy the core formations he observed on paper, and then study the function of each formation.

Because Tong Rui didn't know the function of these formations, the proficiency panel only showed a bunch of unnamed soul guide progress.

However, the best research idea at the moment is the soul guide lamp. After all, this is the most common, simplest and easiest to identify formation.

The soul guide lamp does not have high requirements for metal, so Tong Rui re-melted the Golden Wolf Shield into a carving knife and melted all the remaining materials into a lump of spare metal.

To make the soul guide lamp, Tong Rui certainly would not use the precious metal extracted from the golden wolf as the test material. Instead, he took out the most common refined iron, polished it into a circle, picked up a carving knife and began to replicate the formation on it.

With the spiritual power of Lingyuan Realm and the lines simulated by the spirit of the ice silkworm skull, even an elementary school student can hold a knife and carve along the lines.

The carving was completed quickly. Tong Rui used his soul power to circulate it and found that it did not explode. He placed it on the table with satisfaction.

Observing the proficiency panel, he saw that the progress of the "Soul Guidance Lamp" had reached 80%. He then took out the defective Soul Guidance Lamp shell and carefully observed every channel on the shell that guided the soul power.

He took out the refined iron again and polished it according to the redesigned shell. Finally, he placed the soul guide core in the corresponding position, and soon a soul guide lamp that was not even a first-level one was completed.

He took out a glass that could emit light through soul power as a bulb and placed it in the lampshade. As Tong Rui released his soul power, the soul guide lamp quickly emitted a strong light.

"This is a simple soul guide lamp that cannot automatically store soul power. It's better to say it's a flashlight than a lamp." As Tong Rui reduced the release of soul power, the light also dimmed.

"Very good, I declare that I am now a glorious level 0 soul guide." Tong Rui raised the soul guide lamp in his hand and said to himself.

After the second-year illness was over, he casually placed the soul guide lamp in the treasure house of time and space. Just as he was about to study the next formation, he realized that the sun outside was about to set.

So he took out the books related to soul guides and continued to understand the structure of the formation channel, waiting to practice soul power at night.

Although he has now established a connection with the stars with the help of the Vulcan Moth's left arm bone, the speed of cultivation at night is still higher than that during the day.

The practice of meditation has limitations. Meditation, as the name suggests, is a process of using mental power to capture soul power into the body, thereby increasing the upper limit of one's soul power.

But everyone will feel tired after expending a lot of energy, so the time for practice every day is limited.

But the exercises are different. Since Tong Rui modified the exercises, it has been possible to practice them 24 hours a day.

Because the difference between the exercises and meditation lies in that the soul power in the body is circulated through the soul power in the body, which drives the soul power in the surrounding environment into the body.

Although one needs to devote all his energy to maintaining the operation of soul power, the consumption of simply maintaining the operation is much lower than using mental power to capture soul power.

The skills also have tendencies, so "Star God Art" is more suitable for practice at night.

(End of this chapter)