Douluo Dalu II: The Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 8: Soul Ring Selection Method! Death Attribute! (Requesting Recommendation Votes)

Today, Zhu Changhe will take him to hunt for his first spirit ring. This trip will take at least seven days, so when he returned home, the couple were preparing dry food and luggage.

"Yangyang's back! Let's go eat. After breakfast, we can set off," Liang Ying instructed Zhu Ziyang upon his return.

"Okay! Got it." Zhu Ziyang nodded and went to eat.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Zhu Ziyang and his father Zhu Changhe set off under the expectant gaze of his mother Liang Ying.

Their destination was Tianhui Canyon, west of Anyang City, a large canyon teeming with spirit beasts. While it couldn't compare to the famous forests and mountains of the continent, it was still one of the top spirit beast habitats near Anyang City. Spirit masters from surrounding cities flocked here to hunt for spirit rings. The reason was simple: Tianhui Canyon teemed with spirit beasts, primarily hundred-year-old ones, with a few thousand-year-old ones, and almost none ten-thousand-year-old ones.

In addition, Tianhui Canyon is home to a variety of soul beast races with the attribute of light, making it a very suitable location for Zhu Ziyang to hunt for soul rings.

Tianhui Canyon is about 200 kilometers away from Anyang City. According to the travel speed of Zhu Ziyang and his companion, it would take about three days.

The father and son chatted as they traveled, and time slowly passed as they drew closer to Sky Radiance Canyon.

"Yangyang, have you decided which spirit beast's spirit ring you want?"

"The first choice is the Blazing Mantis. If there isn't a suitable one, then the Radiant Wolf, White Shadow Sparrow, and Blazing Ironclad Beast are also acceptable soul beasts."

"Huh? Why did you choose these?" Zhu Changhe looked at Zhu Ziyang with some surprise.

"Of course, it's because these soul beasts possess the attribute of light!" Zhu Ziyang said matter-of-factly. "The soul rings of these soul beasts can enhance the light attribute of the Radiant Scythe, so they are naturally the first choice."

"That's indeed true." Zhu Changhe thought for a moment. He didn't understand the essence of this approach, but he felt that Zhu Ziyang's statement was correct, so he agreed with him. At the same time, he felt a little guilty and said, "It's a pity that Dad's strength is limited, otherwise I would definitely find those top-tier light attribute soul beasts to make soul rings for you."

"It's alright, Dad," Zhu Ziyang comforted him. "These soul beasts are fine too."

Zhu Ziyang was telling the truth.

The essence of a Soul Master absorbing a Soul Ring is to absorb and refine the bloodline of the Soul Beast contained within the Soul Ring to strengthen their own bloodline and promote its evolution. However, this simple and easy-to-understand principle is known only to a small group of people in the entire Soul Master world.

This is knowledge monopoly.

If Zhu Ziyang didn't have the Super Library, he probably would have followed the path of a normal commoner Soul Master, choosing Soul Rings based on the Soul Master's development direction rather than the Martial Soul's evolution path.

At that time, Zhu Ziyang might realize that he has taken the wrong path, and that he will probably waste his talent, ultimately causing his martial spirit to become ordinary, and he himself will become just another ordinary person.

He was very fortunate.

In the current world of Soul Masters, ordinary Soul Masters are limited by their knowledge and strength. When choosing Soul Rings, they usually only consider the direction of Soul Master development. That is, offensive Soul Masters will choose Soul Beasts with great strength and high attack, agile Soul Masters will choose Soul Beasts with fast speed and light body, and defensive Soul Masters will choose Soul Beasts with strong physique and high defense.

This method of obtaining soul rings may provide soul masters with decent soul skills, but it has very limited effect on the actual improvement of the soul master himself. The martial soul can only be slightly strengthened, and the bloodline will not only not be strengthened, but may even be damaged due to absorbing too much impure bloodline. Even the most talented soul master will be ruined if this continues.

Zhu Changhe chose his two spirit rings in this way: the first spirit ring came from the Scythe Bone Demon and the second spirit ring came from the Iron Wire Mantis. Neither of them had a light attribute spirit ring, which was a real waste of the sparse light element of the Dark Light Scythe spirit ring!

Conversely, Soul Masters from noble families or powerful clans prioritize the evolution path of their Martial Soul when choosing Soul Rings. They usually have a deep understanding of the characteristics of their own Martial Soul and bloodline, and are more cautious and accurate in their selection of Soul Beasts.

For example, Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Soul Masters often choose dragon-type soul beasts and lightning-attribute soul beasts when selecting soul rings; they may choose dragon-type soul beasts, lightning-attribute soul beasts, or lightning-attribute dragon-type soul beasts.

This method of attaching spirit rings is undoubtedly better. It can not only fully develop the potential of the spirit, but also strengthen the spirit at a deeper level. The spirit master's bloodline can also be improved, and ultimately, as the spirit master's strength increases, the spirit evolves to a higher quality.

The two methods of choosing spirit rings yielded drastically different results, with the strong remaining strong and the weak remaining weak. This is the terrifying aspect of knowledge monopoly!

Zhu Ziyang was truly fortunate.

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The father and son arrived at Tianhui Canyon on the evening of the third day. They set up camp outside the canyon, preparing to enter the canyon again the next day to search for the soul beast.

That night, Zhu Changhe sat by the fire to keep watch, while Zhu Ziyang rested in the tent.

Zhu Changhe stared at the campfire, his mind replaying his son's words from the road. As he thought about it, a smile of relief crept onto his face.

It was truly a blessing from their ancestors; his son was not only gifted but also intelligent and decisive. He seemed to see a bright future for the Zhu family.

In the middle of the night, Zhu Ziyang came out of his tent, walked to Zhu Changhe's side, and told him to go inside and rest while he would keep watch. Zhu Changhe hesitated for a moment, but was then persuaded by Zhu Ziyang with the excuse that "he would need to do some work tomorrow."

Zhu Ziyang sat in the spot where Zhu Changhe had just been sitting, looked at the nearly extinguished fire, added some more firewood, and then fell into deep thought.

He had actually planned out his choice of spirit rings long ago.

When did it start?

It probably started after he read the book "On the Influence of Soul Ring Quality on the Development of Soul Masters." Zhu Ziyang was very interested in the conclusions in the book. After all, since both his parents had ordinary martial souls, there was a 90% chance that he would also have an ordinary martial soul. Having read so many books, he was very clear about the importance of martial soul quality for soul masters. Almost no one who has made a name for themselves in history has an ordinary martial soul.

How could he be content to live an ordinary life? But with a 95% chance of having an ordinary martial soul, it seemed he was destined to determine his future only through mutation!

However, having read so many books, he understood perfectly well that an ordinary scythe lizard spirit could not possibly mutate into the top-tier scythe frost dragon of the Reaper's Scythe spirit in an instant.

Therefore, when he saw this book about how ordinary martial souls could evolve into advanced martial souls or even top-tier martial souls, he was naturally unwilling to let it go. So, after reading it eight or nine times and reading many related theoretical books, he began to plan his own martial soul evolution path.

He devised two plans: one for the Dark Scythe and the other for the Snow Dragon Lizard.

According to various theories of Soul Masters, such as the theory of bloodline evolution and the theory of Soul Ring quality, the essence of cultivation is the self-improvement and self-strengthening of a life form, and is a process of leaping from a lower level of life to a higher level of life.

Specifically, a Soul Master cultivates their Martial Soul by absorbing Soul Rings to strengthen their Martial Soul and by refining Soul Rings to evolve their bloodline, thereby achieving the goal of elevating their own life level.

Taking Zhu Ziyang's Radiant Scythe Martial Soul as an example, as long as he continuously absorbs the Light attribute Soul Rings and strengthens the Light attribute of the Radiant Scythe through the Light element source contained in the Light attribute Soul Rings, then his Radiant Scythe Martial Soul will evolve step by step and advance to a top-level Martial Soul or even a super Martial Soul!

Zhu Ziyang's gaze was firm!

A pure white, long-handled scythe appeared in his hand. The handle was slender, the blade sharp, and the overall length exceeded one and a half meters, fitting perfectly in the hands of six-year-old Zhu Ziyang. This scythe was his martial spirit, the Radiant Scythe, radiating a light that seemed quite warm in the cold night. However, within this comforting light, a faint gray aura flowed. This gray aura was so unreal that it circled the Radiant Scythe once before disappearing at the tip of the scythe, on the light-colored skull.

Zhu Ziyang's eyes flashed with thought. His Radiant Scythe Martial Soul not only possessed a stronger element of light than the Obscure Scythe, but also awakened a faint attribute of death.

A martial spirit that coexists with light and death?

This was the first time Zhu Ziyang had ever seen such a martial spirit; at least, it was not mentioned in any of the books he had read.

Hopefully, this slight death attribute won't cause him any trouble.

With that thought in mind, Zhu Ziyang then put away his martial spirit.

He was both excited and nervous.

(End of this chapter)