Douluo: What the hell is the academic master development system?

Chapter 810 Now, let's work on soul cores?
"Hmph, you'll get your share of rare metals."

Seeing Chen Ping's smug expression for a long time, Xu Jiujiu snorted twice in great dissatisfaction: "You miser, you cheapskate! No matter how we called you, you wouldn't wake up. The marshal and I had a brief discussion about how to compensate you for the blood you lost, and you immediately woke up with a start."

Chen Ping simply rolled his eyes at this: "You said it yourself, this time it was my blood that was spilled, so I'd definitely feel at ease if there was any compensation, right? But with your words, Your Highness, I'm at ease now."

Chen Ping jumped down from Xuanji Douluo's arms, swaying a few steps unsteadily before regaining his balance.

"However, besides that, I have a few more questions I'd like to ask the Marshal and Her Majesty Xuanji. I wonder if you two have the time?"

Chen Ping cupped his hands in greeting to Dai Hao and Xuanji Douluo, and said with a serious expression.

"Does the Prince of Wu'an wish to discuss important military matters and troop deployment plans?"

"If that's the case, why not bring Her Highness the Princess along? Her Highness is exceptionally intelligent, and she is in charge of the reinforcements that were transferred from the country. Many troop movements require Her Highness's approval."

Xuanji Douluo also saw through Xu Jiujiu's little scheme at this moment, and quickly spoke up to please him.

Although for Xuanji Douluo, reaching the position of commander of the first soul master legion in the Northwest Frontier Army is basically the limit of advancement, it's still good to gain an extra favor for his son and grandson.

Seeing the joy that flashed in Xu Jiujiu's eyes, Xuanji Douluo knew that he had indeed said the right thing.

"Uh, no, that's not it."

Chen Ping shook his head: "Now that this matter is settled, I should return to the academy. First, I caused a huge disturbance in the Sun Moon Empire and rescued the hostages. After resting for less than a month, I've run to the Star Luo border. It's time for me to take a break and reflect."

"The matter I wish to consult with you two today is not a matter of military or national importance, nor am I a member of the Star Luo military. In the past, due to the urgency of the situation, I interfered a little with the military's arrangements. Now that things have settled down, it is naturally inappropriate for me to meddle in these matters again."

Chen Ping's words were quite appropriate, but they diminished some of the joy in Xu Jiujiu's eyes.

Dai Hao asked, somewhat puzzled, "If that's the case, what exactly does Prince Wu'an wish to ask us?"

Back when Shrek Academy was on a mission in the Mingdou Mountains to capture evil spirit masters, he overheard Chen Ping's series of military arrangements from behind the tent.

That's why Dai Hao wondered what Chen Ping wanted to ask him and Xuanji Douluo for advice.

“It’s a Soul Core,” Chen Ping said calmly. “What I would like to ask you two Your Excellencies is about the Soul Core.”

"Although the trip to the Mingdou Mountains was dangerous, it was also a great opportunity that brought me to the brink of death. It allowed my soul power level to rise by more than half a level, reaching the perfect level of 69."

"However, even so, I can sense that there seems to be another bottleneck between me and the level 70 bottleneck."

Chen Ping's words caused everyone present to change their expressions.

As the saying goes, one must listen to the underlying meaning. For example, due to his own cultivation level, Xu Jiujiu only heard that Chen Ping was about to break through to the Soul Saint realm, which greatly surprised him.

She was level 53 during the competition, and five years later she is only level 68, which is three levels a year, a pretty good rate of improvement.

Chen Ping, without making a sound, has only been around for a little over five years, and he's already about to leap from Soul Venerable to the level of Soul Saint? Is this for real?
Unlike Xu Jiujiu, who was shocked by Chen Ping's cultivation level, Dai Hao and Xuanji Douluo focused on the second half of Chen Ping's words.

"You mean, when you broke through level 70, there was still one more bottleneck?!"

Xuanji Douluo frowned. Level 70 was already a bottleneck in the Soul Master cultivation system, just like the previous levels 60, 50, and 40. It required absorbing a Soul Ring to continue advancing.

It is extremely rare for a level 69 Soul Douluo to encounter a bottleneck before reaching level 70. In the Douluo Continent, the most common similar situation is encountered when a level 89 Soul Douluo is moving towards level 90 Quasi-Title.

Ten thousand years ago, whether or not this bottleneck could be overcome depended solely on whether the Soul Master's cultivation foundation was solid and whether their Martial Soul level was high enough. As long as both were in place, the bottleneck could be overcome, and one could naturally become a Quasi-Title Douluo and, after acquiring a Soul Ring, become a true Title Douluo.

Nowadays, most Soul Masters would choose to condense a Soul Core if they wanted to break through level 90.

A Soul Master with weak talent can break through the shackles that they would never be able to break through in their entire life if they did not condense a Soul Core by condensing a Soul Core.

Talented Soul Masters, by condensing Soul Cores, can achieve a Soul Power recovery speed far exceeding that of Soul Masters without Soul Cores, thus gaining a significant boost.

The situation Chen Ping described at this moment falls into this category.

His foundation was so thick and solid that he reached this level at just level 69 and encountered a bottleneck.

In theory, Chen Ping is capable of overcoming this bottleneck.

Just like how powerful figures from ten thousand years ago didn't have single or dual soul cores, yet titled Douluo and peerless Douluo still existed, didn't they?

However, as long as such a bottleneck exists, Chen Ping will need to waste precious time to consolidate his skills before he can continue to improve. And for Chen Ping right now, the thing he has the least of is time!
If Chen Ping had plenty of time, he could have spent twenty or thirty years cultivating a peerless ancient Douluo without even working on a single soul core. But he didn't have enough time!

In this situation, after realizing that he couldn't break through the bottleneck of level 70 in a short time, Chen Ping's first thought was to directly condense a soul core and break through the barrier by force!
"You, you want to condense a soul core at level 70 and forcibly break through the soul power level barrier?"

Xuanji Douluo guessed Chen Ping's thoughts and was immediately horrified.

"exactly."

Chen Ping nodded.

"Nonsense!"

Dai Hao said, "Everyone in the world needs to reach level 90 to condense a soul core. You think you can condense a soul core at level 70? Isn't that just nonsense?"

In response, Chen Ping explained helplessly, "But looking back thousands of years, before the Soul Core technique was invented, there were no Soul Cores on the Douluo Continent."

"Back then, let alone level 90 Soul Masters, even level 99 Soul Masters didn't have Soul Cores. It's arbitrary for the Marshal to use this as a basis to say that my idea is nonsense, isn't it?"

"Ah, this..." Dai Hao raised an eyebrow, feeling that Chen Ping's words seemed to make some sense, and was immediately speechless.

(End of this chapter)