Douluo Continent: From Blue Silver Grass to Nine-Leaf Sword Grass

Chapter 6 Meditation

"Sigh, let's just take it one step at a time. If he can become a Soul Master, then we'll have done right by him," the man sighed.

The man's surname was Zhang. He was a teacher at the Coconut Grove City Soul Master Academy, a level 38 Soul Master, and his martial soul was a sword. He was considered outstanding among ordinary people.

Meanwhile, Jiang Li left the office and went to his dormitory.

Pushing open the door, the interior furnishings are immediately apparent.

This includes, but is not limited to, the most basic furnishings such as beds, cabinets, and bathrooms.

After tidying up his room, Jiang Li decided to go to the library to look at some books. After all, if he wanted to cultivate properly, he needed to understand some basic things. Moreover, he needed to plan his choice of spirit rings as soon as possible. Although they might be taught in class, it would still be beneficial to learn and read more.

Furthermore, his cultivation method also needs to be updated. The low-level meditation method he has is too slow in absorbing soul power. Even if he finds a place with Blue Silver Grass, it is still slow. So he plans to go to the library to see if there are any more advanced meditation methods to find inspiration. After all, each level is a different world.

Of course, this is just a plan. Even if he can't find it, it doesn't matter. He can always talk about it when he reaches a higher level. After all, he has just started cultivating. Even if he studied the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic in his previous life, he still couldn't create a technique directly. Besides, even if he really had the ability to create a technique, his leveling speed would not be proportional to his innate soul power. He might even be captured and dissected for research.

Upon arriving at the library, rows of bookshelves were filled with densely packed books, making one feel dizzy just looking at them.

The library was empty at the moment, probably because it was the beginning of the semester and most of the people there were students and teachers, making the library seem rather deserted.

"Tsk, what is this?" Jiang Li muttered, looking at the book in his hand. "Oh, it's this one. Never mind then."

Jiang Li randomly picked up a book to read, but when he opened it, he saw the sentence "There are no useless martial souls and no useless soul masters". Then he saw the book title "Martial Soul is the Core Competency" and the publisher Yu Xiaogang.

He just chuckled at Yu Xiaogang's words. There's never a useless martial soul. Does that mean top-tier martial souls are top-tier from the start? How are martial souls formed? Why are there so many types of martial souls? Why do martial souls mutate, or even degenerate? Is it only possible to rely on innate talent? If it's only possible to rely on innate talent, why can soul ring attributes and immortal herbs supplement the foundation? At most, it's just a matter of insufficient energy. No martial soul is strong from the start; they are all passed down through generations of bloodline after absorbing soul rings. The only thing that's useless is the person. If you're useless, even if you're given the best resources, you won't improve.

Take Luo Sanpao for example. First, it's a physical martial soul. Second, it possesses intelligence. Third, the three-person martial soul fusion skill uses Luo Sanpao as the main body, with the owl granting it flight ability and the fire dragon providing the physical body, fusing into the Golden Sacred Dragon. Based on these points alone, it's not an ordinary martial soul. The cultivation direction was completely wrong. If properly cultivated, it could easily become a Soul Saint or Soul Emperor, let alone a Title Douluo. With immortal herbs, a Title Douluo would be a certainty. But going any further is out of the question; it's impossible.

Of course, all of this is based on having soul power. If you don't have soul power, it's all for nothing no matter how much you talk.

As for the level of martial soul, it's simply that high-level martial souls are easier to awaken soul power and have a certain attribute, while low-level martial souls are difficult to awaken soul power and have no attribute. After all, high-level martial souls are inherited through bloodline, and are usually obtained through intermarriage within the clan or by marrying into the family. Low-level martial souls are for ordinary people to awaken soul power by luck.

"Tsk, although the theory is a bit useless, the information on soul beasts is quite comprehensive," Jiang Li commented after turning the last page.

Although the ten core competencies of a martial soul are pieced together from various sources and their theories are contradictory, there is still a lot of knowledge about soul beasts among them. At least for now, these things are of great help to Jiang Li. As for the others, let's just ignore them.

Putting the book back in its place, Jiang Li began searching for a book on meditation techniques. His main goal this time was to find a foundation in meditation techniques and knowledge about soul beasts. Of course, he also needed to find basic sword techniques, since that was also related to protecting himself.

Jiang Li quickly found the meditation method, and also found the basic sword technique.

"I see, that's how it is," Jiang Li said, activating his meditation technique.

The meditation technique Jiang Li was holding was an intermediate-level meditation technique. Compared to the low-level meditation technique, the intermediate-level meditation technique was more complex to operate and had a better efficiency in absorbing soul power. As for the speed, it depended on the individual's physique, and could be up to 30% faster, since everyone's physique was different.

"Never mind, let's give it a try." After understanding the intermediate meditation method, Jiang Li prepared to start experimenting.

Jiang Li sat cross-legged on the ground, entering a meditative state, feeling something subtle slowly entering his body, a feeling that was very comfortable.

The energy in the air slowly entered Jiang Li's body and merged with the soul power within him. The soul power slowly increased. Soul masters open the channels of the body to soul power through cultivation methods such as meditation, introduce the compressed soul power into the meridians, form a concentration difference, and thus utilize the soul power.

The cultivation method is similar to a program, instructing Soul Masters on how to safely and effectively absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and transform it into their own Soul Power. However, in this era, meditation methods, to be precise, this kind of not-so-top-tier meditation method, are not very effective.

After cultivating for a while, Jiang Li opened his eyes and sensed his soul power. It was about 10% higher than before he started cultivating, and the solidity of his soul power was also much higher. His cultivation speed was 20% higher than that of the low-level meditation method.

"My cultivation speed has increased by 20%, it seems my physique is not bad. However, this is only at the Soul Warrior level, it may not be the case in the future. It seems I will have to collect meditation techniques in the future," Jiang Li said with emotion.

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The further one progresses in Soul Master cultivation, the slower the pace becomes. The Soul Warrior stage is the easiest to cultivate. Relying on intermediate meditation techniques and Tai Chi, Jiang Li might be able to break through to Soul Master in two or three years. But what happens after breaking through to Soul Master? Won't his cultivation speed slow down again? Therefore, he plans to collect meditation techniques to create his own cultivation method. Putting aside everything else, at least his cultivation speed cannot slow down, since he wants his Martial Soul to evolve.

"However, creating new laws is still a long and arduous task."

Jiang Li envisioned that the method he created would be fast to cultivate, have a large capacity, high quality, and strong recovery ability. It would also connect the twelve regular meridians and the eight extraordinary meridians, which means combining the strengths of a hundred schools. However, it would be very difficult to collect such methods. Not to mention, top-level meditation methods are basically secrets that are not passed on to others. How could anyone give them to you unless you have the help of a master?

"Forget it, let's talk about it later. Creating a new technique is something for later. Right now, the most important thing is to break through to level ten and practice basic swordsmanship. We can talk about the rest later," Jiang Li thought to himself.

The goal is there, but the channels are not. We can only wait until we reach a higher level. Right now, the important thing is to master basic swordsmanship and break through to level 10. Then we can ask the school to hunt for a soul ring.

(End of this chapter)