Douluo Continent: This Soul Master is Too Bizarre and Unpredictable

Chapter 19 "Taiyin Refining the Spirit"

More than ten days later.

Two days later, following Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang also mastered the "Extreme Flame Meditation Technique".

After seeing that his older cousin and older cousin had both learned it, Mu Yang pretended to have learned the Extreme Flame Meditation Technique the following night.

With this, the matter of secretly passing on the "Extreme Flame Meditation Method" to his four relatives was finally settled.

At the same time, Mu Yang also cleared his name of the Extreme Flame Meditation Technique he cultivated, and can now cultivate it openly in front of his aunt and the other three.

Meanwhile, in Tiandou City, inside a luxurious prince's mansion.

"What did you say? We can't buy whale glue anymore?"

Inside the luxurious hall, Imperial Prince Xue Xing asked the palace steward with a surprised expression.

"Your Highness, I've visited all the major merchant guilds in Tiandou City, and whale glue is out of stock everywhere. After making some inquiries, I learned that someone has been buying up the stock recently, seemingly trying to monopolize whale glue."

The middle-aged butler wiped the cold sweat from his forehead discreetly and answered truthfully.

"Does Qibao Trading Company also run out of whale gelatin?"

Xuexing asked again, unwilling to give up.

When people reach middle age, or even advanced middle age and are about to enter old age, there are some things that they really can't do.

If there's whale glue to enhance the experience, Xue Xing can transform into a vigorous and energetic young man. But without whale glue, he'll just be a dried radish.

The middle-aged butler shook his head.

"Damn it! Which bastard dared to ruin my mood?!"

Xuexing cursed angrily.

You know, tonight there's a pair of adorable twin cat-eared girls waiting for him to pamper them!

If he had known this would happen, he shouldn't have hosted such a large party last night, which resulted in the depletion of his whale gelatin stock.

This is like an LSP who is used to taking small pills, and if you suddenly stop letting him take them, he will feel completely uncomfortable!

"Do you know which force did this?"

Amidst her cursing, Xuexing asked the butler a question.

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged butler shook his head again.

Because of its limited efficacy and high price, everyone who buys whale gelatin is either rich or powerful, and they are all major clients. The major chambers of commerce would not disclose this information casually, not to mention that he, as the steward of the Prince's mansion, cannot truly represent His Highness the Prince.

Furthermore, even the Chamber of Commerce itself might not be able to identify the origins of the buyer.

After all, customers don't need to reveal their identity when buying things; they just need to pay.

Coincidentally, Xue Xing wasn't the only big shot who learned that someone was secretly buying large quantities of whale glue and was suspected of trying to form a monopoly.

Ning Fengzhi, the sect leader of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, who contributes a tremendous amount of effort to the prosperity of the whale glue market every year, also received a report from the president of the Seven Treasure Merchants Association under the sect.

Logically speaking, the whale glue industry is just an insignificant niche business. Although the Seven Treasures Chamber of Commerce under the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile School is also buying and selling this stuff, due to the limitations of the industry, it is not worth the attention of a big figure like Sect Master Ning.

But there's nothing we can do; it's just that Sect Master Ning has a particular fondness for this kind of thing.

Don't let Ning Fengzhi's youthful appearance fool you; he's actually over fifty. Without whale glue to enhance the atmosphere, how could he, the Great Sect Master Ning, frequently save the young ladies whose souls still exist at the Heaven Dou Grand Auction House?

"Sect Master, the Guild Master has asked me to consult with you on whether we should investigate the background of the people who went on the shopping spree."

A disciple of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile School who worked at the Seven Treasures Chamber of Commerce asked Ning Fengzhi.

"No need, it's just a little bit of whale glue, let it go."

Ning Fengzhi waved his hand.

Sect Master Ning is not like Xue Xing. He is a person who is good at long-term planning. Even if all the whale glue on the market is sold out, his private stock will be enough for him to live a life of luxury for several years.

In that case, whether or not someone goes on a shopping spree has no impact on him.

Moreover, with an unknown tycoon patronizing the Qibao Chamber of Commerce's business, he, as the behind-the-scenes leader of the Chamber, should be happy.

As for other people who need whale gel?

What does this have to do with me, Ning Fengzhi?! As long as I, Ning, have something to eat, that's all that matters.

Time flies, and two years have passed in the blink of an eye.

With the moon high in the sky, Mu Yang sat cross-legged on a cushion on the balcony with his eyes closed, quietly circulating his mental energy cultivation method, transforming the moonlight falling from the night sky into his own mental power.

As early as six months ago, Mu Yang had deduced a mental cultivation technique by working himself to the bone and relying on his talent for deduction.

The method of cultivating spiritual power: "Taiyin Refining Spirit" involves drawing in and absorbing the moonlight under the night sky, illuminating the Taiyin star in the sea of ​​consciousness, and transforming it into one's own spiritual power.

Unlike the "Extreme Flame Meditation Method," which is directly linked to soul power level, the "Taiyin Refining Spirit" is divided into five realms, from low to high: Illusion Moon, Half Moon, Full Moon, Radiant Moon, and Taiyin.

Illuminating a blurry, illusory full moon in one's sea of ​​consciousness is the beginning of the Illusory Moon Realm.

When the illusory full moon becomes clear and is about to solidify, it is considered the completion of the first realm of illusory moon, corresponding to a level 30 Soul Master in terms of spiritual power.

When the illusory full moon in the sea of ​​consciousness gradually solidifies and transforms into a real crescent moon, it is the second realm of the crescent moon in full bloom, corresponding to a level 60 Soul Master in terms of spiritual power.

The half-moon in reality transforms into a full moon in reality, which is the full moon of the three realms, corresponding to a level 90 Soul Master in terms of spiritual power.

The materialized full moon continues to refine itself, its brilliant moonlight reaching its peak, marking the completion of the Four Realms' Radiant Moon, while spiritual power faces the bottleneck of level 100.

The radiant moon, shining with dazzling light, is transformed into the eternal moon star, radiating the light of the moon, which is called the Five Realms of the Moon.

Undoubtedly, the final fifth realm, Taiyin, is equivalent to a mental strength level of 100 or above.

Moreover, once the Taiyin Refining Spirit is cultivated to the fifth realm of Taiyin, the Taiyin light within the cultivator's sea of ​​consciousness will never be extinguished, and the soul will be immortal.

As for higher levels?

After deducing the fifth realm, Taiyin, Mu Yang stopped deducing "Taiyin Refining God".

After all, levels above level 100 are still very far away from him, and spending a lot of time deducing them is meaningless for the time being.

Perhaps it was because Mu Yang's soul power was far beyond that of ordinary people that even after only half a year of cultivating the "Taiyin Refining God" technique, he still managed to reach the perfect state of the Illusionary Moon, and his spiritual power was no weaker than that of an ordinary level 30 Soul Master.

However, "Taiyin Lianshen" has a shortcoming, or rather a limitation.

Outside of nighttime, this mental cultivation technique cannot be practiced normally; even if the technique is activated, it can only be used to restore mental energy.

At the same time, the cultivation efficiency of "Taiyin Refining Spirit" is also affected by different dates and different weather conditions.

On rainy days, when the moon is obscured by clouds, or when the date is at the beginning or end of the month and the moon is not as large as it is in the middle of the month, cultivation efficiency will decrease to some extent.

If we exclude the influence of weather factors, the cultivation efficiency during the full moon in the middle of the month is almost twice that during the new moon at the beginning of the month and the waning moon at the end of the month.

(End of this chapter)