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[Xiao Yan: Haha, I succeeded! My different-type martial soul has been revealed! It's a pity my teacher can't download the martial soul cultivation method and can't condense a martial soul, otherwise I would have let him get a few spirit rings to play with!]

[Lin Dong: I used my Ancestral Stone as a medium to condense an Ancestral Stone Martial Soul as well, and it looks pretty good!]

[Xiao Yan: Wait a minute, you've turned your ancestral stone into a martial soul, so can we still borrow it in the future?]

[Lin Dong: No problem, this martial soul is just a medium for attaching soul rings...]

After condensing their 'Martial Soul', Xiao Yan and Lin Dong immediately returned to the chat group.

Both of them looked extremely excited.

The martial spirit is ready; the next step is to go to the Douluo World to hunt spirit beasts and obtain spirit rings.

The initial boost to the status of 9 layers is just around the corner.

However, after seeing Lin Dong use the Ancestral Stone as a medium to create his Martial Soul, Zhu Chen immediately gave him a piece of advice.

[Zhu Chen: Brother Lin Dong, the martial spirit you condensed using the Ancestral Stone as a medium may not provide you with direct status enhancements.]

[Lin Dong: Why?]

Lin Dong's mind went blank.

Isn't a martial spirit just a medium for attaching spirit rings?

Is there really a difference?

[Zhu Chen: It's my fault for not explaining this clearly beforehand. Soul skills are abilities attached to a martial soul. Xiao Yan's strange fire originates from himself, making it a kind of natal element. When a soul skill is attached to him, it directly amplifies his status. But your ancestral stone is different. If you use your ancestral stone as a soul ring, the status amplified by the soul skill might be transferred to your ancestral stone.]

[Lin Dong: Brother, why didn't you tell me about this sooner? What should I do now?]

Lin Dong was completely flustered.

What he wanted was the boost to his stats from stacked Soul Rings.

This amplification status has now been given to Zu Shi.

Wouldn't he end up with nothing at all?
[Zhu Chen: The Martial Soul Technique we cultivate was downloaded from the chat group. Since we don't have a Martial Soul ourselves, we have one chance to choose our own. Now that you've used up that chance, you can only use this Martial Soul. But don't worry, the Ancestral Stone is a kind of auxiliary item. Next time, you can become a support-type Soul Master and also stack buffs.]

[Lin Dong: Really? You scared me to death! I thought I was crippled.]

[Zhu Chen: But your future soul skills can only be used on others, not on yourself.]

[Lin Dong: What? You can only apply status effects to others?]

[Zhu Chen: Right, otherwise why would it be called a support class?]

[Lin Dong: Then I'm still crippled, aren't I?]

[Zhu Chen: Not at all. In team battles, support-type Soul Masters are far more valuable than other Soul Masters. They are the ones everyone needs to protect, so your importance is self-evident.]

[Lin Dong: But I don't need anyone to protect me!]

Lin Dong's world has collapsed again!
He never dreamed that one day he would become a support role.

[Xiao Yan: Haha~, Brother Lin Dong, you're sacrificing yourself for us!]

[Luo Feng: Fifth Brother, next time there's a battle, remember to apply a few more buffs to me!]

[Han Li: Brother Lin Dong, I'm counting on you from now on.]

[Lin Dong: ???]

Some are happy and some are sad.

While Lin Dong was frustrated by accidentally becoming the 'team support', it was a good thing for everyone else.

With a support player in the team, the combat power of the others will be elevated to another level.

……

[Xiao Yan: By the way, Seventh Sister, I remember you said last time that the way to acquire soul skills is by hunting soul beasts, right?]

After settling the matter of the Martial Soul, Xiao Yan began to inquire about Soul Beasts from Qian Renxue.

After all, they're going to the Douluo World to hunt soul beasts and obtain soul rings next time, so it's quite necessary for them to know some things about soul beasts in advance.

This will prevent a repeat of the embarrassing incident involving Lin Dong!

[Qian Renxue: Yes, the older the soul beast, the better its soul skill effects.]

[Xiao Yan: So, how many years old are the highest-level soul beasts in your area?]

[Qian Renxue: Soul beasts that are close to a million years old are the strongest, because like human soul masters, they can become gods. However, soul beasts of this age are very rare. Generally speaking, a soul ring of 10 years is something countless people aspire to!]

[Xiao Yan: Okay, then next time we'll go hunt those 100,000-year-old soul beasts.]

[Qian Renxue: No, the maximum age for the first spirit ring is 423 years. You cannot absorb a 100,000-year spirit ring.]

[Xiao Yan: Holy crap, there are such restrictions on absorbing spirit rings? Who set this rule? Is it the Great Dao Rules of your Douluo World?]

[Qian Renxue: No, these are the ten core competitiveness standards for martial spirits proposed by the Grandmaster.]

[Lin Dong: Master? That name sounds familiar!]

[Xiao Yan: Seventh Sister, the master you're talking about, could it be Yu Xiaogang, Tang San's teacher?]

[Qian Renxue: Yes, it's him.]

[Xiao Yan: That's fine then. We can ignore his bullshit theory. What use can a theory from a nobody below level 30 be? It's probably just empty talk.]

[Qian Renxue: But many people have tried his theory on the age limit of spirit rings. There have been spirit masters who failed and died because they ignored his advice and forcibly tried to absorb spirit rings that were too old.]

Qian Renxue's words sent a chill down Xiao Yan and the others' spines.

Damn it, someone dies from absorbing a spirit ring?
What kind of bullshit restriction is this?
Just then, another comment from Zhu Chen appeared in the chat group:

[Zhu Chen: Actually, Xiao Yan is right. We don't need to worry about the age limit of spirit rings. As far as I know, the age limit for absorbing spirit rings is determined by a person's soul strength. Everyone has cultivated the Extreme Divine Sense and the Great Evolution Technique, and their soul power has already surpassed that of others. I can't guarantee a million-year spirit ring, but absorbing one starting from a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring should be no problem.]

Huo Yuhao in Douluo Continent II absorbed the million-year-old Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm because his soul strength far surpassed that of others.

Of course, there's also the reason why Tianmeng Ice Silkworm actively chose Huo Yuhao.

But which of the people in his group doesn't have a stronger soul power than Huo Yuhao?

A mere 100,000-year soul ring is nothing to me.
[Xiao Yan: Haha~, Seventh Sister, did you see that? Even Big Brother said so. I think you guys have definitely been brainwashed by that so-called master, which is why you believe in his theories so readily. To be honest, in my previous world, there were also many self-proclaimed 'masters' and experts who spouted all sorts of empty rhetoric all day long. In the end, it was all bullshit, with absolutely no credibility.]

Seeing that Zhu Chen supported his idea, Xiao Yan became even bolder.

Qian Renxue wanted to refute, but after thinking about it carefully, what Zhu Chen said seemed to make sense.

The master's theoretical knowledge is only suitable for ordinary soul masters, and has no binding force on the people in this group.

Because they are not ordinary people!

...(End of chapter)