Douluo Continent: Not enough bloodline? Make up for it with brains

Chapter 4: Martial Soul Characteristics Explained (Please add to your favorites!!!)

Choosing the right path for yourself isn't actually that difficult; simply rely on your own martial spirit and what aligns with your own ideas.

However, at the same time, we also need to consider how to deal with cheaters, which is a big problem.

Xu Yuan and Tang Wulin have never even met, and it doesn't necessarily mean they have a life-or-death relationship, but it's still a point that can't be ignored. Anyone with the ambition to stand at the pinnacle of the continent will inevitably encounter this hurdle.

"The path is a major problem. Putting Tang Wulin's problem aside for now, I need to figure out the characteristics of my martial soul first."

With innate soul power reaching level seven, the Heavenly Origin Brush martial soul must have undergone some mutations.

He gained some insight into this during his meditation last night.

Xu Yuan went to the backyard, ready to verify his thoughts.

He released his martial spirit, and the Heavenly Origin Brush fell into his hand. Holding the brush handle, he poured his soul power into it.

On the Tianyuan pen, the black stripes shimmered, gradually growing longer and larger, and even the originally soft pen tip instantly hardened.

"If I'm not mistaken, this should be a mutation caused by the influence of my father's martial spirit." Xu Yuan looked at the Tianyuan Brush that had transformed into a spear, lost in thought.

Rather than saying that his martial spirit was inherited from his mother, it would be more accurate to say that he inherited it from both his parents, but with his mother's Heavenly Yuan Brush as the carrier, and on this basis, he also incorporated the form of his father's spear martial spirit.

"It's not over yet. My martial spirit isn't that simple." Xu Yuan brandished the Heavenly Origin Pen Spear.

His father's martial soul was just an ordinary spear, and the Xu family had always been like that. Occasionally, one or two children might be born with innate soul power, but their aptitude was very low. Xu Shengqun was an exception. His martial soul mutated and became the Heavenly Saint Void-Breaking Spear.

The Xu family has always had a foundation in spear techniques, and Xu Shengqun further developed and perfected it, creating his own Tiansheng Spear Technique.

Xu Yuan hadn't been idle for the past year, having studied the basics of spear techniques, and now he wielded it with considerable flair. The difference was that his current mastery of the Heavenly Origin Spear possessed a unique charm compared to before he awakened his martial spirit.

"My martial spirit comes with a kind of momentum, a spear momentum. It doesn't reach the level of a domain, but it's already pretty good."

After practicing his marksmanship repeatedly, searching for the techniques that best suited him to harness the momentum, Xu Yuan finally put away his gun with satisfaction.

"The pen-gun form inherently possesses a certain momentum, and the pure Tianyuan pen is also in harmony with the primordial energy of heaven and earth."

The pen-gun in his hand returned to its original form. Holding the Heavenly Origin Pen, he swung it sharply, and his soul power condensed along the pen tip, merging with the primordial energy of heaven and earth, turning into ink that flowed out from the pen tip. This drop of ink formed a small crescent-shaped streak of ink with the force of the swing.

The ink splashed on the rock but left no mark.

"This ability needs to be developed before it can have any real lethality." Xu Yuan didn't overlook this characteristic of his martial soul just because the previous attack didn't seem particularly powerful. "Being able to draw upon the primordial energy of heaven and earth and fuse it with soul power, this martial soul characteristic is no simple matter."

Since Xu Shengqun was away from home these past few days, Xu Yuan cultivated on his own.

He memorized and explored the soul power circulation route in the meditation method, and quickly mastered it.

Five days passed in the blink of an eye.

"Is Uncle back?"

"Yes, young master. The master was very pleased to hear that you have been diligently cultivating these past few days."

Xu Yuan nodded, tidied himself up, and headed to the hall.

"Uncle."

"Xiao Yuan, I heard from Old Wu that you've been cultivating your soul power these past few days?"

"really."

"Oh? Did you gain anything?" Xu Shengqun asked curiously.

He knew in his heart that he should have no problem getting started with meditation. Under normal circumstances, he should be stuck on figuring out the steps of the meridians in meditation.

"I have basically mastered the meditation technique."

"Hmm~ Hmm?" Xu Shengqun nodded twice, then noticed Xu Yuan's choice of words.

It's not that I've mastered the basics of meditation, but rather that I've mastered the basic methods of meditation!

"You've also mastered the circulation of your soul power?"

Xu Yuan nodded, and said with emotion, "I have to say that the effect of a systematic soul power circulation is very obvious. When I completed this cycle, my soul power also broke through the bottleneck."

Xu Shengqun was numb.

He stepped forward to check Xu Yuan's physical condition, sensed the general direction of Xu Yuan's soul power, and checked the key points of soul power operation in the meditation method he had taught him one by one before he breathed a sigh of relief.

While he breathed a sigh of relief, Xu Shengqun was also very shocked.

"Could this be the advantage of having strong mental power in cultivation?"

Xu Shengqun was, after all, a Spirit Transmission Envoy and had seen quite a few geniuses, but he had never seen anyone master the entire Advanced Meditation Technique in just three days. Of course, he had never seen anyone like Xu Yuan, who had a spiritual power of up to 81 points right after awakening his Martial Soul.

"Hmm, not bad." After acknowledging Xu Yuan's cultivation progress, Xu Shengqun continued, "I've contacted the Body Sect for you. Get ready, you'll be coming with me to Tiandou City again tomorrow."

"Great!" Xu Yuan exclaimed in delight.

"Is there anything you don't understand about cultivation?"

Although Xu Yuan had mastered the meditation method, there were still aspects of cultivation he didn't understand.

Xu Yuan asked about some of the points of confusion he had encountered in his cultivation, but he was more concerned about the doubts he had about practicing his spear techniques. Over the past five days, he had not only been practicing meditation but also spear techniques, while simultaneously developing the unique characteristic of his Heavenly Yuan Brush. All the questions he had accumulated were now being asked.

So many questions have arisen in just five days.

And it's not the kind of problem that you can't think of without thinking.

Xu Shengqun was very satisfied with this, knowing that his nephew was really cultivating seriously, and at the same time, he could roughly sense Xu Yuan's talent in cultivation.

Perhaps his physical talent is only at the innate level seven of soul power, but his talent in comprehension and perseverance is top-notch.

"Uncle, I have a question while I was studying the materials." After asking his cultivation question, Xu Yuan hesitated for a moment before continuing.

"Oh? What's your question?"

"According to the information I've read, the True Dragon Martial Soul is a top-tier Martial Soul. It naturally exerts pressure on dragon-type Soul Beasts. Even non-dragon Martial Souls, such as Beast Martial Souls, will be suppressed. Even weapon Martial Souls will be oppressed by the dragon's might. How should we deal with such enemies?"

Xu Shengqun was surprised that Xu Yuan could ask such a question.

Upon encountering a description of the True Dragon Martial Soul, place it on the side of the enemy.

Although it is extreme, this kind of thinking is also very reasonable and is something that every Soul Master must possess.

Understanding a martial spirit, then imagining it as an enemy, and contemplating how to defeat it—this is essentially a way to hone one's combat awareness.

"There aren't many martial souls with true dragon bloodlines, and they are extremely rare on the entire continent. However, they do exist. If you really join Shrek Academy in the future, the probability of encountering one will be quite high, since it gathers the most outstanding geniuses on the entire continent."

After thinking for a moment, Xu Shengqun began to explain the situation to Xu Yuan.

Let's take precautions here to prevent some people from distorting the narrative.

Don't tell me the protagonist is arrogant. How can he compare himself to the Golden Dragon King's bloodline before even starting to cultivate? Every transmigrator has some pride, even those who resign themselves to their fate should have made a choice after serious consideration and comparison, right? The protagonist is just not desperate yet, and still has hope. Why not strive to be number one?

As for the idea that there are no unnecessary considerations, that's definitely wrong. Tang Wulin may seem to have a low starting point and have to rely on himself step by step. In fact, even without luck and with everything going in the worst possible direction, he has Tang San's backup plan and Tang Hao, the master of the plane, watching over him. The first nine seals, and even all the seals except the last three, will definitely not go wrong.

As for whether Tang Hao is conscious or not, we certainly can't gamble on that, right?

(End of this chapter)