Douluo Continent: Awakening the Original Martial Soul at the Start.

Chapter 103 The Body Sect's Prestige Spreads Far and Wide

"This is because of my original martial soul. My martial soul has awakened three times, including the initial awakening. In terms of martial soul quality alone, it has surpassed all martial souls on the continent. Even god-level martial souls cannot compare. This is also the reason why my body is so unique!" Li Fei said with a smile. The Body Sect has been established, and the secrets of the original martial soul will be known sooner or later. There is nothing wrong with telling people about it!

Moreover, his strength was already sufficient to establish himself on the continent, so there was no need to hide it. He could use this battle to spread his fame across the continent and recruit more people with the Body Martial Soul.

Active recruitment is too slow; it's better to let all the awakened martial souls across the continent come to us.

"What?! Three times?!" Ning Fengzhi and the others all stared at Li Fei in disbelief.

"What?! You don't believe me?! If you don't believe me, you can ask Senior Dugu Bo?!"

Seeing that everyone's attention was on him, Dugu Bo swallowed the food in his mouth and said, "That's right, Li Fei's last two martial soul awakenings were completed by me!"

Seeing that Dugu Bo admitted it, Ning Fengzhi and the others had no choice but to believe the fact, and their throats involuntarily moved.

"Sect Leader Li, can other martial souls also be awakened a second time?!" Ning Fengzhi looked at Li Fei with hopeful eyes. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda had too many flaws, and it could not break through to level 80 in one lifetime. If it could be awakened multiple times, perhaps this flaw could be solved.

"No, multiple awakenings of a martial soul are exclusive to the original martial soul. I've researched this extensively over the years, but I haven't discovered a way to awaken other martial souls besides the original martial soul!" Li Fei shook his head.

While there are instances of Blue Silver Grass awakening a second time to become Blue Silver Emperor, these are mostly due to the suppression of the Blue Silver Emperor's bloodline, which allows for a second awakening.

Ning Fengzhi lowered his head in disappointment; his last hope had been shattered.

"Does that mean all the disciples outside who possess a physical martial soul will eventually reach your level?!" Sword Douluo asked in shock.

"If only it were that simple. Besides being rare, the innate soul power of those with a true martial soul is generally low, and awakening it again is extremely difficult. I would be grateful if one or two of those kids outside could awaken it again! To awaken it a third time, unless you have an opportunity like mine, it is absolutely impossible." Li Fei shook his head with a wry smile.

"I see!" Gu Rong and the others looked enlightened and were inexplicably relieved. If the entire Body Sect was like this, then all the sects on the continent would have to unite to destroy it. No one wants to have an unshakable mountain pressing down on them. After all, people's prejudices are hard to bear when they see others doing well.

Thinking of the academies outside, Ning Fengzhi asked curiously, "But since your sect is called the Body Sect, why do you recruit so many food-type Soul Masters?! I think there are more than three times as many food-type Soul Masters as Body-type Soul Masters in your sect!"

"Sect Leader Ning, you'll understand once you taste these dishes!" Li Fei said with a smile, gesturing with his hand. Ning Fengzhi and the others had been chatting and hadn't touched their chopsticks.

Curious, the group picked up their chopsticks and began eating the dishes on the table.

"This is..." Even Sword Douluo was stunned for a moment as the food entered his stomach.

"How could I not have thought of that?!" Ning Fengzhi muttered to himself, his eyes shining as he looked at the food on the table.

"Sect Leader Ning must have noticed by now! These ingredients are made from food-type Soul Master Martial Souls combined with common Soul Beast meat, and each dish has beneficial effects for Soul Masters. As for the children outside who possess food-type Martial Souls, unless they have a clear goal of becoming support-type Soul Masters who can participate in combat, I have carefully selected their Soul Ring configurations to assist their cultivation. This is also why Rongrong was able to reach the required level of endurance within half a year," Li Fei explained with a smile.

Li Fei had thought of this method when he first learned about Shen Chenyan. He also gave this method to Bibi Dong when he had searched around but had difficulty finding a true martial soul. In exchange, Bibi Dong would send a portion of the food-type martial soul awakeners and all the true martial soul awakeners to the Body Sect every year.

Given the methods of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, it's simply impossible for them to compete with the Spirit Hall for food-type Soul Masters. They'd be lucky to find one or two each year.

As these food-type Soul Masters' cultivation increases and they acquire more Soul Rings, the various amplifications beneficial to their cultivation will become stronger and stronger. In this way, even those with low innate Soul Power can grow rapidly during the Golden Stage.

As for Dugu Bo and Qian Renxue, Li Fei would send people to deliver large amounts of food to them every day, and they ate at every meal. Dugu Yan's strength growth was no slower than Li Fei's at the time.

Watching Ning Rongrong devour her food, Ning Fengzhi felt extremely fortunate to have sent her to the Body Sect. With such a nurturing environment, Rongrong's future achievements might even surpass his.

But when he thought of the flaws in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's martial soul, his eyes dimmed again.

With an insurmountable flaw, even if Rongrong surpasses him in the future, she won't surpass him by much.

He was even more determined to hold onto Li Fei, his ally, firmly.

"Sect Leader Li, I wonder if you could provide some food for my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School every day? We don't need much, just enough to feed ten people. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is willing to exchange some of its treasures for this!" Ning Fengzhi said.

As the wealthiest sect on the entire continent, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's intelligence network is no joke. They know all about the Spirit Hall's secret and frantic recruitment of food-type spirit masters over the past two years, making it virtually impossible for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School to recruit food-type spirit masters.

Fortunately, there were already some food-type Soul Masters in the sect. With proper training, they could achieve the same result. It's just a pity that these Soul Masters' previous skills were all supplementary or auxiliary combat skills.

"One or two people is fine, I agree!"

"Thank you, Sect Leader Li!"

With these ingredients, it wouldn't be bad to go back and focus on cultivating one or two geniuses.

Ning Fengzhi and Li Fei then discussed the ingredients and precious materials, while Chen Xin and Gu Rong were not interested in these matters and instead coaxed Ning Rongrong to eat more of the food on the table.

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"Old monster, could you stay at the Body Sect for a while and help oversee things? I have many thoughts after the battle with Sword Douluo, and I need to go to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to cultivate in seclusion for a period of time!"

After Ning Fengzhi and the others left, Li Fei looked at Dugu Bo beside him and said with a smile, "After this battle, the Body Sect will definitely not be at peace. All the major forces will definitely come to test us to some extent. Having a Title Douluo in charge should be able to keep all the troublemakers in check."

"Sure! But you have to give me a set of the defensive soul tool you crafted. The one you gave me before was a men's version, which isn't suitable for Yan'er!" Dugu Bo nodded and smiled.

"Okay, I'll refine it for you after my seclusion ends. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School just happened to send a lot of materials!" Li Fei affirmed, then transformed into a stream of light and flew towards the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye, landing between the two immortal herbs.

The Eight-Cornered Ice Grass and the Fiery Apricot Vegetable sensed Li Fei's arrival and began to mobilize the energy of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eyes to rush towards him. After each cultivation session, Li Fei would drip a few drops of blood onto the two immortal herbs. Because of the terrifying vitality contained in the Undying Body, the two immortal herbs became much more intelligent and felt very close to Li Fei.

Therefore, every time Li Fei comes, the two immortal herbs will help him absorb energy for cultivation, which is also very beneficial to both of them.

"Now I can properly feel the sword intent of Sword Douluo, which gives me direction in gathering my own fist intent. I no longer need to blindly try things out and waste time like before!"

Li Fei gently touched the two immortal herbs and began to ponder. In his view, both sword intent and fist intent were spiritual sublimations, the result of spiritual power merging with mental power, in other words, the initial form of the Dao.

As his spiritual power grew, his memories of his past life became clearer. He also recalled a lot about Chinese martial arts, especially the classic representative "Dragon and Snake" and its sequel "Galaxy". He also remembered more of the contents of the two books.

"Although my martial arts were created based on the content of the book, the two have no relation whatsoever. The world of Douluo Continent is not lacking in energy. Logically speaking, my Core Formation should be able to absorb enough energy to condense something like a Holy Embryo and then draw energy from the second dimension. But all I've managed to do is shrink the power to its limit."

"In the end, it all comes down to mental strength. Because I took shortcuts in my cultivation, my mental strength is insufficient. Based on my performance, all I can do now is enter a state of deep meditation in the Milky Way, and it's only a minor state. I can barely dispel my inner demons and clear my mind of distractions, which is why I can't cultivate to the corresponding state of 'seeing the spirit without decay'. In my next stage of cultivation, I can't neglect mental meditation. I need to firmly adhere to my inner path and try to create a meditation method similar to entering deep meditation. I need to continuously retrace the path of traditional Chinese martial arts, understand my mind and see my true nature, and first reach the corresponding state of 'embryo breathing'."

Li Fei had a guess about how he managed to successfully cultivate to the Dan stage; he must have used spiritual power far exceeding the requirements for Dan formation to forcefully achieve it.

Li Fei sat cross-legged with his five hearts facing the sky, and began meditating after a long absence. Ever since he created a cultivation method that could comprehensively improve his spirit, physique and soul power through countless secret manuals in the Spirit Hall Library, Li Fei had never meditated again. Now it seems that he lost the watermelon and picked up the sesame seeds, ignoring the other benefits of meditation that come with a slow growth rate.

A week has passed since the battle between Li Fei and Sword Douluo. Most of the forces and soul masters on the continent know that Li Fei, the sect leader of the Body Sect, is a Soul Saint with the combat power of a Title Douluo. Soon after, news spread from within the Body Sect that the Body Martial Soul can actually be awakened a second time, and only Li Fei knows the method.

All of this was arranged in advance by Li Fei, and Qian Renxue took over with the help of him. Otherwise, the news could not have spread so quickly. In a short time, the Body Sect was directly classified as a sect that was only below the top three sects.

For a time, all the major forces wanted to send people into the Body Sect to investigate its strengths and weaknesses, but before they even entered the sect, they were shot through the body by a wisp of green poisonous light and died. Even a Soul Saint died, which made the major forces on the continent realize that Poison Douluo Dugu Bo was an elder of the Body Sect.

This firmly establishes the Body Sect as the strongest sect below the three upper sects. If it weren't for the insufficient number and strength of its disciples, with the combat power of two Title Douluo, it could very well have directly leaped to a position no less than the three upper sects.

Many Soul Masters on the mainland who had unfulfilled ambitions despite possessing their own Martial Souls also chose to go to the Body Sect as soon as possible, especially those under the age of ten, who all wished they could enter the Body Sect at any moment.

Inside Notting City, after hearing this news, Yu Xiaogang felt that since the original martial soul could awaken a second time, Luo Sanpao, who possessed the bloodline of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex, could definitely also awaken a second time and become an existence comparable to the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex. He also began to study it with great enthusiasm.

Tang San learned of this news through Li Fei's deliberate arrangement and felt that Master Yu Xiaogang was just so-so. If he hadn't already become a disciple, he would have even wanted to cultivate on his own.

However, at this moment he also began to have his own ideas, instead of completely following Yu Xiaogang's ideas, and began to judge the right and wrong of Yu Xiaogang's theory.

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Li Fei's seclusion lasted a full month, during which his demeanor became more serene. He was now able to achieve deep sleep, further unlocking his body's potential and enhancing his physical strength and control over it.

Although it's still at the Lesser Stillness level, it's already much stronger than before.

As soon as Li Fei arrived at the sect, he noticed that there were many more tents outside the sect. Inside the tents were Soul Masters whose strength was below the Soul Master level. In addition, there were also more than a dozen Body Soul Masters under the age of ten inside the sect.

"Please, Sect Master Li, accept us into the Body Sect. We are willing to serve you to the death!" Upon seeing Li Fei's arrival, the people in the tent all got up, knelt before him, and pleaded loudly.

"I'm sorry, your foundation is already solid, and the golden nurturing period has passed. It will be difficult for you to awaken again, so our sect will not accept you!" Li Fei's icy voice rang out.

In fact, Li Fei could also recruit them. Having found a way to induce deep sleep, he could rapidly increase the foundation of these people, thereby achieving an awakened state and improving the strength of the Body Sect in a short period of time.

But these people's minds are already set; too many of them are affiliated with various powerful forces, so how could he possibly recruit them?

"This..." The middle-aged man in gray robes, who was at the head of the group, was momentarily speechless. He glanced around at his companions, gritted his teeth, and said, "Then please tell us, Sect Master Li, is our inability to reach a bottleneck in strength related to our martial spirits not awakening again?!"

Most of these people are Soul Masters who have reached a bottleneck in their cultivation and cannot break through it; only a small number of them are Soul Masters below the second ring.

"yes!"

"Then, Sect Leader Li, could you tell us how to awaken a second martial soul? Rest assured, we will never reveal it to outsiders!" Seeing Li Fei nod, the gray-robed middle-aged man hurriedly asked.

(End of this chapter)