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

At the same time, I am also grateful for the information explosion in my previous life that gave me the brainpower to experiment with endless creativity.

The cultivation technique that Lu Yan was currently creating was named "Thick Earth Technique".

It draws inspiration from the philosophy of "The earth is receptive; the superior man, in accordance with this, carries the world with virtue."

Unfortunately, even though he had just been immersed in that state of enlightenment, he had only clarified part of the cultivation path.

It mainly focuses on the Ren and Du meridians, the spleen meridian, and the stomach meridian, with his original soul power circulation path as a secondary factor.

Even the routes of the spleen and stomach meridians were derived from his fragmented memories from his previous life. Whether they are accurate or not is another matter, but there is definitely no problem with the cultivation method.

There's also the mental discipline involved; simply relying on the phrase "The earth is receptive; a gentleman, in accordance with this, carries all things with virtue" is certainly not enough.

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He himself doesn't need this mental technique description because he has experienced it firsthand, but if he wants to pass it on to his family in the future, perfecting the mental technique is inevitable.

As for "external skills," he is even more clueless at the moment and can only deduce them little by little by examining the connection between physical movements and internal skill cultivation.

This will be a huge undertaking.

It's too difficult. Starting from scratch is really too difficult. You have to solve every problem yourself.

Thinking of this, Lu Yan couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Tang San is the best. One theft benefits him for life. He can use the Xuan Tian Bao Lu for ten thousand years without needing to change it.

As for his own Thick Earth Technique, it is still very crude so far, and it only has two layers: the first layer is the Small Heavenly Circuit, and the second layer is the Spleen and Stomach Meridians.

Lu Yan himself is currently in the second stage and has not yet completed it.

Having gone through the second stage of absorbing a spirit ring, his new spirit power circulation path included a part of the second layer, which saved him some effort.

However, he will need to rely on cultivating the Thick Earth Technique to gradually open up the remaining meridians of the spleen and stomach through a water-grinding method.

Alternatively, one could wait until the next time they absorb a spirit ring and then rely on external forces.

In that case, perhaps he could take advantage of the opportunity of the soul ring's feedback to enter the "enlightenment" state again.

Unfortunately, once Lu Yan emerged from that wondrous state, it meant the return of the spirit rings had ended.

He officially became a one-ring Soul Master.

But he wasn't in a hurry to come out of the rock envelope formed from the resonant clay. Instead, he began to summarize the changes and gains brought about by this additional spirit ring.

The significance of acquiring the first spirit ring for Lu Yan goes far beyond simply becoming a spirit master and obtaining his first spirit skill.

Rather, it was a realization of the path ahead and a tremendous transformation.

Even though he thought his first soul skill was quite good.

He named his first soul skill: Mud and Stone Transformation.

If we were to compare it to a novel I read in my previous life, it would be equivalent to a combination of the magic of "turning fossils into mud" and "turning mud into stone".

However, there may still be some differences, and further testing is needed.

Chapter 39 The Essence of Martial Souls and Soul Rings, Exploring Soul Skills

Thinking about the next step, I'll try out my first soul skill, Mud and Stone Transformation.

Lu Yan activated his first soul skill, preparing to remove the petrification state of the martial soul clay and resonance clay enveloping him.

As the soul skill was activated, Lu Yan began to carefully sense the process of its operation.

First, one's mental thoughts communicate with the martial soul and the soul ring. Then, the soul power, guided by the soul ring, runs along a certain route and is poured into the martial soul and the soul ring.

Subsequently, the spirit ring glowed and resonated with the martial spirit, and the two together emitted a special spirit power fluctuation, activating the spirit skill.

Under the influence of a special soul power fluctuation, the martial soul clay and resonance clay wrapped around Lu Yan's body.

Together, they transform from rock into clay at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Subsequently, Lu Yan began to prioritize controlling the resonance clay to store it in his storage soul ring, and then slowly stored the martial soul clay into his body as well.

To outsiders, it was clear that Lu Yan had successfully absorbed his first spirit ring and reclaimed his martial soul, and no one would think of any resonance clay.

And indeed, after Lu Yan removed the clay that had been covering him, the group immediately approached.

"Little Six, how are you feeling? Has your martial soul mutated and evolved? What is your first soul skill?" Old Man Su was the first to rush over and ask.

The others also looked at Lu Yan with curious expressions.

"Grandpa Su, I feel great!" After saying that, Lu Yan thanked everyone for their protection before addressing the curious crowd.

"It seems that the martial spirit has indeed mutated and evolved, and the degree of mutation and evolution is very large, mainly in terms of size. I believe you have just seen it as well."

"Then, in addition to its increased size, it also gained a slight elemental affinity, which was the final breakthrough transformation, making the clay easier to control."

"At the same time, I feel that the control range of basic aspects such as dryness, softness, and tackiness has also increased."

Was the degree of mutation and evolution significant? Lu Yan was obviously lying.

In fact, the degree of mutation and evolution is not significant at all, after all, it is only a soul ring with a lifespan of about 400 years, even for a rare species of soul beast.

What can we do? It's just like that!

Although Lu Yan didn't lie about anything except "size," once you deduct the size...

The mutation and evolution of clay martial souls is quite ordinary.

Even a tiny bit of elemental affinity—that's really just a tiny bit.

As for the range of manipulation of other physical properties, although he hasn't tried it yet, Lu Yan doesn't feel that the improvement will be too exaggerated.

However, the size of the Martial Soul Clay has increased considerably, reaching the size of a sphere with a diameter of eighty centimeters.

However, at most, his martial soul will only evolve from the first-level innate quality to the second or third-level innate quality.

At most, it will shed its "useless martial soul" label and become a low-level martial soul.

However, Lu Yan could disguise himself as having a highly evolved martial soul, reaching a mid-to-high level, comparable to a martial soul of level four or five innate soul power.

After all, it is a rare species of soul beast with a lifespan of around 400 years, and Lu Yan himself has a "mutated martial soul," so in the eyes of outsiders...

It's not impossible that absorbing a soul ring as suitable as the Earth Rock Lizard could lead to another significant mutation.

Therefore, Lu Yan would have a legitimate basis to express himself in the future.

"As for the first soul skill, it is to turn mud into stone. What we can confirm at present is that it can temporarily transform my clay martial soul into rock."

Normally, there's no need to explain one's own soul skills to others, but since everyone is Lu Yan's friend and elder, it's natural to satisfy their curiosity.

Of course, Lu Yan only mentioned some of the effects.

Lu Yan continued to explain to everyone, then said, "I need to try other possibilities."

So, amidst everyone's sighs, Lu Yan began to test his abilities.

Lu Yan summoned a lump of martial soul clay and placed it in his hand, causing the yellow soul rings floating around his body to light up.

The clay of his martial spirit instantly petrified, turning into a rock.

After repeating this process several times, Lu Yan began to speculate on the activation of soul rings and soul skills.

Compared to directly using soul power to control the martial soul, activating a soul skill involves an additional process of soul ring guidance and intervention to transform special soul power.

The feeling he got from the spirit rings was clearly that they were a "skill black box"!

A pre-packaged external skill module for martial spirits.

Lu Yan pondered, recalling his speculations about the essence of martial souls over the past two years, as well as the verification of this additional soul ring.

Martial spirit, perhaps, is the product of the condensation of spirit, soul power (which is also vital energy or energy), and bloodline laws in some form.

Therefore, it is influenced by bloodline inheritance and innate soul power level. At the same time, Lu Yan also guessed that it is influenced by personal mental will.

The reason comes from what I think I read in a book review in my previous life: evil soul masters have martial soul mutations after extreme mental stimulation.

Furthermore, the current speculation about the prevalence of clay or pottery martial spirits in Tao Tao Village stems from the fact that people's subconscious is most exposed to pottery.

The awakening of martial spirits, limited by bloodline inheritance and innate soul power, leaned towards pottery clay.

Influenced by the spirit of martial soul awakening passed down through generations, it is not surprising that one can awaken any kind of martial soul.

In Lu Yan's view, the martial spirit bloodline was somewhat like the sorcerer bloodline in novels from his previous life.

It is a gift, but also a constraint; it is flawed.

That's why you need to absorb a soul ring every ten levels, using the bloodline essence and soul power of the soul beast to help you break through.

Lu Yan believed that this was the reason why Soul Rings were the black box of skills.

To be precise, a Soul Ring is more accurately described as a "Bloodline Law Skill Black Box".

With all this in mind, Lu Yan's first thought was naturally to open the black box and break the shackles.

However, it can only be said that this road is still very long.

Lu Yan then focused his attention on testing his soul skills.

First Soul Skill: Mud and Stone Transformation.

It allows his clay martial spirit and even the resonating clay to freely and permanently transform between clay and rock.

The claim of a temporary transformation is just empty talk and difficult for outsiders to verify.

Moreover, his first soul skill is a continuous skill, but it completes the transformation of mud and stone very quickly, while the resonance clay may be slightly delayed.

However, his own martial soul, clay, can almost instantly transform mud and stone!

This means that when he uses a soul skill, the consumption of soul power is only a matter of a moment.

Compared to the transformation of resonance clay and mudstone, the transformation of martial soul clay and mudstone consumes much less energy, and his own soul power is more than enough to support him in long-term battles.

Of course, there's no need to talk about soul power consumption with Resonance Clay, since its own soul power reserves are already frighteningly large.

Although its size has not changed, its maximum soul power has reached twelve times that of Lu Yan.

Note that it is twelve times the level after Lu Yan's breakthrough, not twelve times the level of a level ten Soul Master.

Clearly, the quality of the resonant clay also evolved during its fusion with Lu Yan's martial soul and absorption of the soul ring.

Furthermore, the first soul skill can also be applied to external soil and rocks.

Similarly, Lu Yan publicly attempted to turn mud into stone.