Douluo: Dragon King's Star Devouring Wings

Chapter 668 Free Souls

It hurts so much! Tang Wulin felt as if his body was being torn apart.

When the warm energy was first injected into his body, he felt a tingling sensation all over his body, and even a sense of comfort. But soon, a strong heat surged from his limbs and bones, and this heat raged wildly in his body. Soon, he felt a sense of fullness, and the feeling of being about to burst made him suffer so much that he could not breathe.

I felt a tearing sensation throughout my body—bone, muscle, skin, everything ached.

"Hmm? What an interesting little fellow." The spirit master glanced at Tang Wulin with surprise, then took out a bottle of green potion from his storage ring and poured it down Tang Wulin's throat.

Upon taking the medicine, Tang Wulin instantly felt a cool sensation, followed by a significant reduction in pain.

Before long, the pain subsided, and Tang Wulin opened his eyes.

"Thank you. May I ask what that was just now?" Although Tang Wulin was still young, he understood that the Spirit Master had helped him.

The Spirit Master smiled and said, "This is a potion specially developed by the Spirit Pagoda, which can greatly alleviate the adverse conditions that occur when awakening a martial soul."

Tang Wulin nodded and said, "Thank you, I'll have my dad pay."

Tang Wulin remembered that Tang Ziran had said that awakening his martial soul today would be free, but the potion would probably cost money.

The spirit medium smiled and said, "No need, this is free too."

Then, the Spirit Master looked up at the window and said, "In the words of our Spirit Tower Master, His Majesty, it is not the old people who create the new era, but you young people."

"His Majesty also reimbursed all the expenses for awakening the martial soul."

"Really? Then I must thank her properly!" Tang Wulin had grown up listening to the legend of the Ancient Phoenix Feather.

But more often than not, she single-handedly defeated five opposing quasi-gods, forced both sides to end a year-long war, and swept across the universe to ascend to the throne.

Tang Wulin had no idea what she did after ascending the throne, since the battles between Soul Masters were more attractive than the intricacies of the official events.

The spirit medium couldn't help but chuckle upon hearing this. "It's not easy to see His Majesty. Your willingness to be a patriotic and helpful child is the best way to thank His Majesty."

"I understand, I will!" Tang Wulin shouted.

Seeing this, the spirit medium laughed and said, "Alright, let's go out. Your father will start to worry if we stay too long."

After meeting Tang Ziran, the Spirit Master began to tell him and Tang Wulin some details about Tang Wulin's martial soul: "Young Tang Wulin's martial soul is Blue Silver Grass."

"Blue Silver Grass?" Tang Wulin and Tang Ziran said in unison. It's no wonder they were disappointed, as Blue Silver Grass is now often considered a useless martial soul.

Tang Wulin's lips trembled slightly, a strong sadness filling his young heart. The excitement from before had long since vanished. He had been looking forward to it for so long, but in the end, all he had was a useless martial soul.

"Child, don't be sad, you have innate soul power." The spirit medium quickly said.

"I...I have soul power?" Tang Wulin looked at him in surprise.

The spirit master nodded. "I just did a simple test for you. Your innate soul power is level three. It's not great, but at least you have some soul power. With hard work, you can become a soul master too!"

Tang Wulin was stunned. "But...but my martial soul is Blue Silver Grass..."

Tang Ziran quickly comforted her, "Linlin, have you forgotten? The martial soul of Tang San, the ancestor of the Tang Sect, was Blue Silver Grass! Although he was morally corrupt and even a bit eccentric, his strength was indeed very strong!"

After the Thousand-Year Phoenix Feather ascended to the throne, criticizing Tang San, the ancestor of Shrek Academy, became a long-term activity that was carried out intermittently.

Thanks to Qian Gu Huang Yu's tireless efforts, Tang San's reputation is now not much better than that of Bibi Dong, the Rakshasa Goddess who was designated as the villain of the Douluo Continent.

"But...but isn't Tang San's martial soul still the Blue Silver Emperor?" Tang Wulin asked seriously.

The spirit master said, "Little friend, you don't know this, but Tang San's original spirit was Blue Silver Grass. It was only later that it evolved into Blue Silver Emperor. As long as you cultivate diligently, you may have a chance in the future."

Tang Wulin's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and he said, "I will try my best!"

Seeing that Tang Wulin had regained his fighting spirit, Tang Ziran cast a grateful glance at the Spirit Master, who simply smiled and nodded.

The spirit master asked, "Would you like me to explain the precautions and benefits after becoming a Soul Master?"

The spirit master naturally realized that Tang Ziran was not a soul master, which is why he asked that question. Aolai City was just a small border town with very few soul masters.

Correspondingly, if the parents are not Soul Masters, they may not be fully aware of some things that happen after becoming a Soul Master.

The reason why the queue was so slow before was not because they were constantly awakening their martial souls, but because after they awakened their martial souls, we explained the relevant policies to them.

After Tang Ziran nodded, the Spirit Master said, "Every time a Soul Master reaches a level that is a multiple of ten, they need a Soul Ring to complete the breakthrough. In the distant past, Soul Rings could be obtained by hunting Soul Beasts."

"However, after tens of thousands of years of research, it has been found that spirits have more advantages than spirit rings. High-level spirits can also grow and can be manufactured to a certain extent by humans."

"Moreover, humans and soul beasts have now reached an agreement that hunting soul beasts without authorization is illegal, and if discovered, the penalty is at least life imprisonment, and in more serious cases, the death penalty."

"A soul spirit is equivalent to the spiritual existence of a soul beast. Different levels of soul spirits can grant a soul master one or more soul rings."

"The simplest way to obtain a Soul Spirit is to purchase it directly from the Spirit Transfer Tower. Currently, the Soul Spirits available for purchase from the Spirit Transfer Tower are divided into ten-year Soul Spirits, hundred-year Soul Spirits, thousand-year Soul Spirits, and ten-thousand-year Soul Spirits."

"The price of a basic ten-year soul spirit is 70,000 Douluo coins, the price of a basic hundred-year soul spirit is one million Douluo coins, and so on, just add 'ten thousand' after the age limit."

Douluo Coins were introduced after Qian Gu Huang Yu ascended the throne, abolishing the original currencies of the Three Kingdoms and unifying them into Douluo Coins.

Tang Ziran felt bitter inside. His family's financial situation was not good. A ten-year soul spirit was still possible, but a hundred-year soul spirit was definitely out of the question. However, as a father, he did not want his son to lose at the starting line.

Seeing Tang Ziran's expression turn ugly, the spirit medium quickly said, "Ahem, of course, this is under normal circumstances."

"However, in order to show care for the new generation of young soul masters and help them grow up quickly, these soul spirits are actually free."

"As early as fifty years ago, His Majesty believed that the Spirit Pagoda, as a major sect, should shoulder more social responsibility and provide spirits to junior spirit masters free of charge."

Upon hearing that there were free spirits, Tang Ziran's eyes immediately lit up, and she asked, "Is this true?" The spirit master smiled and said, "Of course it is true. His Majesty never breaks his promises."

Then the Spirit Master looked at Tang Wulin and said, "As long as you cultivate to level ten, you can come to the Spirit Master to fuse with a hundred-year-old soul spirit that is suitable for you for free."

"A hundred-year-old soul spirit can provide you with two yellow hundred-year-old soul rings."

"When you reach level 30, you can come to the Spirit Transfer Tower to fuse with a suitable thousand-year-old soul spirit."

"However, there is one thing you need to be aware of: the Thousand-Year Soul Spirit can provide you with three Thousand-Year Soul Rings, but you only need to absorb two of them."

"Because when you reach level 50, you can come to the Spirit Transfer Tower to fuse with a ten-thousand-year-old soul spirit for free!"

Tang Ziran's breathing suddenly became rapid. Although he was not a Soul Master, he still knew how high the price of a ten-thousand-year Soul Spirit was.

That's an astronomical figure!
The spirit medium then looked at Tang Ziran and said somewhat apologetically, "Of course, since it's all free, the spirits are all artificial, and the quality won't be the best batch."

Take the Thunderous Hell Vine Soul of the Thousand-Year Phoenix Feather as an example. Under normal circumstances, you can't even see it without special channels, let alone buy it.

"It's alright, it's alright," Tang Ziran quickly replied. As a member of society, he understood this kind of thing perfectly well. It's already good enough that people are willing to give you something for free, so why be picky? If you want something, go buy it yourself!
In Tang Ziran's mind, he could only provide Tang Wulin with a ten-year soul spirit, but this was only a temporary solution, as a ten-year soul spirit could only provide a ten-year soul ring.

So when Tang Wulin reaches level 20, the problem will reappear.

And now, the free spirits provided by the Spirit Pagoda alone are enough for Tang Wulin to cultivate to the level of a Title Douluo!
It's important to know that a thousand-year-old soul spirit can provide three thousand-year-old soul rings. If Tang Wulin doesn't absorb a ten-thousand-year-old soul spirit when he's at level five, but instead absorbs one when he reaches level sixty, then he can directly cultivate to the title of Douluo!
Although Tang Wulin didn't quite understand, seeing Tang Ziran's excitement, he thought that his cultivation path had been secured, and he was even more excited about it.

The Spirit Pagoda Master was extremely satisfied with this, as the Spirit Pagoda had its own set of rules regarding how to explain its policies.

For children from ordinary backgrounds, they would first emphasize the value and price of the spirit, putting pressure on the child and their parents.

Then it was explained that because Lord Qian Gu Huang Yu cared about the growth of the young Soul Masters, in order to allow them to cultivate with peace of mind without any worries, the Spirit Pagoda would provide the young Soul Masters with Soul Spirits free of charge.

Moreover, the fact that they are all hundred-year-old souls right from the start, with the initial suppression followed by a rise, will inevitably make them feel very favorable towards the Spirit Pagoda and the Ancient Phoenix Feather that created all of this.

This is to continuously enhance the status and image of the Spirit Pagoda and the Eternal Phoenix Feather Pavilion in the hearts of the people.

In fact, due to the advent of Soul Armor, the Spirit Pagoda has gradually stopped relying on Soul Spirits as its main source of profit.

Because soul armor is essentially custom-made battle armor for a soul spirit, its price is often astronomical.

Therefore, the current business model of the Spirit Pagoda is to send artificial soul spirits on a large scale to support soul masters' cultivation. Then, once their cultivation level improves, they will have the purchasing power, and the spirit armor will be sold to them.

They only make money from the rich, not from ordinary people.

What if you send a bunch of souls but none of them manage to cultivate?
Well, consider it money spent to build a good reputation!

Anyway, the Spirit Pagoda already possesses a lot of monopolized resources such as Soul Armor, Beast Platform, and Inherited Soul Spirits, so it doesn't care about the money for artificial Soul Spirits.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be a situation where even ten-year-old soul spirits are being eliminated, and people wouldn't even give away ten-year-old soul spirits, but instead choose to give away hundred-year-old soul spirits.

Of course, the artificial soul spirit given away is just the ordinary kind. Customized artificial soul spirits and high-quality artificial soul spirits still need to be purchased with money.

Seeing that Tang Wulin's eyes were already sparkling, the Spirit Master was very satisfied. Although Tang Wulin only had level three soul power and his martial soul was the worst of the worst, Blue Silver Grass.

But now one of the principles of the Spirit Pagoda is that every Soul Master deserves to be taken seriously!

Always greet customers with a smile, making them feel like they're bathed in a gentle breeze at the Spirit Pagoda.

This way, they'll want to come back again, making it easier to keep popping rice in the future.

The spirit medium smiled gently. "Do you have any questions? If not, I'll take you to register first. You can contact me anytime if you want any type of spirit."

"I'll keep an eye out for you then, and you can come and collect it once your cultivation level is high enough."

"What are the requirements or restrictions of the Spirit Pagoda's welfare policy?" Tang Ziran asked somewhat uneasily.

The Spirit Master smiled and said, "This is a gift from Her Majesty the Empress to all the junior Soul Masters in the Empire. If you have to put it simply, it's just to highlight the status of different regions."

"Soul Masters from the Douluo Region can only receive Soul Spirits from the Spirit Transfer Tower in the Douluo Region, while Soul Masters from the Star Luo Region can only receive Soul Spirits from the Spirit Transfer Tower in the Star Luo Region."

"Soul Masters from the Douling Region can only receive their Soul Spirits from the Spirit Transmission Tower in the Douling Region."

"But there's nothing we can do about it. During the period when the policy was issued, people in each region were quite resentful of people from other regions."

“The Sun and Moon Region, which is the mainland, thinks that the people in the other two regions are the losers. The people in the other two regions think that the mainland is a warmonger, and they also think that the other side dragged them down and caused them to lose the war.”

"It's also to take into account the feelings of all parties and to reflect the 'privileges' of each region. People in a region can only receive their souls from the Spirit Pagoda in their birthplace."

Because Qian Gu Huang Yu really couldn't do anything to make its own people second-class citizens, it did give people from different places a slight sense of superiority.

However, this was not a problem at all in Qian Gu Huang Yu's eyes. In fact, even though Douluo Star had been unified for decades, there was still very little cross-continental communication.

The vast majority of people have never even traveled across continents, let alone settled on other continents.

Furthermore, since they have the confidence to settle on other continents, they shouldn't be short of money to buy spirits.

Therefore, Qian Gu Huang Yu felt that this was not a problem at all.

Since the tower master thought this way, the spirit master naturally felt there would be no problem, as the entire human world was ruled by an empire.

If you really can't survive in one place, moving to another continent won't make a difference! You're not changing countries, the policies are still the same, and you might even lose some other benefits.

It's simply not worth the loss.

However, seeing Tang Ziran's increasingly pale face, the spirit medium's heart skipped a beat, and he tentatively asked, "Do you have any other questions?"

(End of this chapter)