Douluo Continent: Martial Soul Clay, the Creator of All Things

Third Brother also worked as an apprentice at a Soul Master shop in Notting City, learning how to process Soul Master materials.

With his younger sister being too young, Lu Daguan devoted all his energy to Lu Yan.

Let him run then. Anyway, after so long, Lu Yan has gotten a little used to it.

Half an hour later, after finishing his morning exercise, Lu Yan began to enjoy a breakfast that was different from usual.

This is a meat porridge made from the meat of pseudo-soul beasts, that is, beasts that possess soul power but have not reached the level of "ten years" to condense soul rings.

After awakening his innate soul power, Lu Yan was able to truly digest the meat of soul beasts, and his diet naturally changed accordingly.

From now on, Lu Yan's daily meals may require several or even more than ten silver soul coins.

According to Lu Yan's current understanding and calculations, the purchasing power of one copper soul coin is roughly equivalent to one yuan in his previous life.

The base for Bronze Soul Coins, Silver Soul Coins, and Gold Soul Coins is 100.

In other words, Lu Yan's daily food expenses would be several hundred to a thousand yuan in his previous life.

That's tens of thousands a month, which is equivalent to several gold soul coins.

In fact, such expenses are not a negligible amount for a large family like the Lu family.

After all, even an ordinary Soul Master can only receive a subsidy of one gold Soul Coin per month from the Spirit Hall.

But Lu Daguan was indeed willing to invest resources in Lu Yan, and not just in his food.

Regarding the practice of meditation and the training of martial spirit control, Lu Daguan also personally taught him all the experience he had gained over the past few decades.

Although Lu Daguan was only a level six Soul Master, Lu Yan had to admit that, aside from lacking talent, he was still quite talented.

Watching the clay martial spirit transform freely in Lu Daguan's hands, shaping it into various complex forms, Lu Yan couldn't help but sigh in admiration.

Not everyone is brainless; Lu Daguan probably did consider the practical applications of clay modeling.

Furthermore, Lu Yan had even had practical experience with the mud-smearing tactic that Lu Da Guan had considered.

To some extent, the two can be said to be of the same lineage.

Lu Yan even felt that if Lu Daguan and Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang had switched backgrounds, Lu Daguan's strength might not have stopped at the level of a level 29 Great Soul Master.

He even figured out a method for cultivating clay martial souls by mimicking their forms, based on his own cultivation experience.

Yes, it is the Mimicry Cultivation Method, although Mimicry Cultivation is a common practice in the Soul Master world.

However, only advanced Soul Master academies typically have dedicated simulation training grounds.

Ordinary Soul Masters can only find a passable environment through their own cultivation practice to make do.

But Lu Daguan had the wild idea of ​​burying his martial spirit in the ground.

Then, they couldn't stop trying to compare different soil types, locations, depths, and so on.

In addition to different mental states and guidance methods, he eventually came up with an experience summary that he called the "Earth-entry Mimicry Cultivation Method".

He is a prime example of someone who is quick-witted and adaptable when faced with adversity.

Unfortunately, they were too "poor" and couldn't adapt.

His innate soul power was too low, and the quality of his martial soul was too poor.

Even with the "Earth-Entry Mimicry Cultivation Method," which can increase the cultivation effect by more than 50%, it's still a drop in the ocean.

It is worth mentioning that Lu Daguan discovered through practice that the "earth burial meditation method" can be practiced simultaneously.

It will also resonate with and assimilate some of the surrounding soil, increasing the volume of clay it can control for a certain period of time.

Although this assimilation was negligible, Lu Daguan didn't think it had any practical value and only mentioned it casually.

But Lu Yan thought about the future development and application of this ability.

Of course, this requires future experiments and verification of his conjecture.

Two months passed quickly as Lu Yan diligently cultivated.

During this time, Lu Daguan held a celebratory banquet to celebrate Lu Yan's awakening of innate soul power, inviting many relatives and friends.

However, Lu Yan could tell that Lu Daguan's main purpose was to build connections with Soul Masters.

Among those present were teachers from the Notting City Junior Soul Master Academy, who were Lu Daguan's old classmates.

At the same time, the level 29 Great Soul Master who runs the Soul Hunting Group is also prominently seated in the main seat.

At the celebratory banquet, the guests were all in high spirits, but Lu Daguan got completely drunk.

It must be said that even after living two lives, Lu Yan was still deeply moved.

Lu Daguan is going all out to pave the way for his future!

Even now, more than a month later, Lu Yan still can't forget the scene of Lu Daguan toasting the guests one by one and introducing himself to everyone.

"Ugh!"

Sitting cross-legged on his bed in his room, Lu Yan stopped thinking and stretched out his right hand, summoning his clay martial soul with a thought.

Compared to when it first awakened, the clay martial spirit has now grown a lot, reaching the size of an adult's fist.

Lu Yan's soul power also increased from level one to level two.

It took more than two months to increase one level of soul power, although it was only at the Soul Master stage, and because the soul power level was relatively low.

But Lu Yan felt that this speed couldn't be described as slow at all.

He remembered that there was a character with innate soul power level one in some part of the original novel, and the protagonist was named Huo Yuhao.

It took a full five years to cultivate from level one of innate soul power to level ten.

Unfortunately, Lu Yan had only read the first part of Douluo Continent, and most of his information came from fan fiction and comments from fellow readers.

Nowadays, we can only use the other party as a simple horizontal comparison.

However, Lu Yan's ability to cultivate at such a speed is largely due to the Minor Heavenly Cycle Soul Power Cultivation Method that he developed during this period.

The fundamental practice of the general meditation method relies on the innate soul power circulation channels that one possesses after the awakening of a martial soul.

With the intervention of spiritual power, the circulation is accelerated, and the absorption of energy between heaven and earth is also accelerated.

Knowing that his innate soul power is low and his martial soul quality is low.

The affinity and energy resonance with the primordial energy of heaven and earth are greatly affected by the quality of the martial soul, and without strong spiritual power to forcibly guide the energy of heaven and earth, it is impossible to open up the source.

So Lu Yan's idea was to focus on improving the energy conversion rate.

The conversion rate is affected by the low innate soul power, which is accompanied by narrow and fragile soul power channels, limiting the "flow" and "speed" of soul power circulation.

This is information that Lu Yan recalls mentioning in the original work, and that Lu Daguan has confirmed through his experience.

Because Lu Daguan and Lu Yan had the same idea, which was to improve or change the innate soul power circulation channel.

This means developing a proprietary, advanced meditation method.

Clearly, Lu Daguan failed.

He said he used to be a tall, thin, and handsome young man, the kind with striking good looks.

This can be seen from the good looks of Lu Yan and his siblings; Lu Da Guan was not lying.

His weight gain was not a result of aging, but a side effect of failing to develop his own advanced meditation method.

Lu Yan could hear the despair and despondency in Lu Daguan's voice.

Lu Daguan had tried his best, fought hard, and struggled with all his might.

Ultimately, he was defeated by his birth, by the theory of bloodline, and by his inferior talent.

It was through Lu Daguan's calm recounting of his cultivation experience that Lu Yan truly realized...

Lu Daguan desperately had children and devoted himself to raising them, which is why he lost control of his emotions when he awakened his innate first-level soul power.

He sacrificed so much to become a Soul Master, so it's no wonder he's so obsessed with training his child to become a Soul Master.

Lu Yan was able to develop the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Soul Power Cultivation Method thanks to Lu Daguan's experience.

This made him realize that a small part of his innate soul power circulation channel seemed to overlap with the spleen meridian he knew from his previous life.

The overlapping section of the passage is clearly more "resilient" than the other parts of the path.

The spleen meridian belongs to earth, and his martial spirit is clay.

Based on a rudimentary understanding of meridians, they are actually divided into main meridians and collateral meridians.

In addition to the meridians commonly known as the twelve regular meridians and eight extraordinary meridians, there are actually countless dense and extremely fine collaterals that are distributed throughout the human body.

Therefore, Lu Yan boldly guessed that perhaps a large part of his innate soul power circulation channels were located in these tiny veins.

This also explains why one's innate soul power channels are narrow.

There is no complete theory of meridians on the Douluo Continent, so the development of techniques for soul power channels is out of the question. At most, there are some advanced meditation methods.

Therefore, they rely heavily on the innate awakened soul power channel for cultivation.

Of course, thinking about all this was of no use to Lu Yan.

Because he doesn't understand the theory of meridians at all!

If one tries things recklessly, Lu Daguan's fate serves as a cautionary tale, which is still considered a good outcome.

However, there was one thing he knew: the Spleen Meridian and the Conception Vessel have a meeting point at the Xiawan acupoint.

And the pathways of the Ren and Du meridians are indeed simple.

So after some careful experimentation, the Small Heavenly Cycle Soul Power Cultivation Method was successfully completed.

Compared to the narrow, fragile, and winding channels of innate soul power circulation, the Ren and Du meridians are much wider and more resilient.

The comparison between the two is like that between a mountain path and a highway.

The small circulation of energy in the Ren and Du meridians can greatly accelerate the circulation of Lu Yan's soul power, allowing it to surge forward at an unprecedented rate.

Although perhaps because the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Soul Power Cultivation Method is not "exclusive" to clay martial souls.

The efficiency of converting soul power in each small cycle is actually lower than the efficiency of converting soul power in one cycle of the innate soul power channel.

However, with increased "flow" and "speed," the efficiency of the Small Heavenly Circuit Soul Power Cultivation Method is naturally far superior to that of the general meditation method.

Furthermore, the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Soul Power Cultivation Method consumes significantly less mental energy compared to the general meditation method.

This allows Lu Yan to choose to extend his daily soul power training time or use his mental power for shaping and controlling his clay martial soul.