Douluo Continent: I am a biologist, and I have awakened a weapon spirit?

In fact, if Chen Feng were to choose, he would really like the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear as his metal-attribute soul ring.

But clearly, this is just wishful thinking.

He wasn't a chosen one like Huo Yuhao, who would encounter the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear that had wandered to the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

It's not the era of Dou Er anymore, and humanity hasn't explored the Star Dou Great Forest very deeply, so it's impossible for them to go deep in to hunt the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.

In short, forget about getting the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear; you'll be lucky to find the Golden Blade Mantis.

"Golden Blade Mantis, shouldn't we go to the Sand Gold Valley to find this kind of soul beast?" Xiao Wu said.

“Yes, both the Sand Gold Valley and the Death Desert have these soul beasts. To be on the safe side, let’s go to the Sand Gold Valley.” Chen Feng nodded and said.

"And what about Xiao San? What is your target soul beast?" Xiao Wu asked again.

"Xiao Feng suggested I acquire a life-type spirit ring back then, so I should probably continue down that path," Tang San said, looking at Chen Feng.

Chen Feng nodded and said:

"That's right, life-based is your foundation, and there are two directions for development on this path: one is pure support, and the other is to mainly enhance your own damage output."

"Support? Semi-DPS? Could you explain in more detail?" Tang San asked, puzzled.

"The so-called support means that while you need to enhance your vitality, you also need to add various functions to your Blue Silver Grass so that you can enhance your teammates or remove various negative statuses from your teammates, such as detoxification or enhancing your teammates' attributes in various aspects."

"However, I think Blue Silver Grass is not as good as a dedicated support-type martial soul, such as Nine Heart Begonia or Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. So I recommend a semi-offensive approach, which means focusing on enhancing your own vitality to make yourself unkillable and indestructible, and then defeating the enemy by entanglement and attrition."

If this development is taken to its extreme, it might even lead to a Tree World Advent, like Hashirama Senju.

As a top-tier life-type soul beast, the Blue Silver Emperor possesses the profound mystery of immortality within its Blue Silver Domain.

As long as she doesn't want to die, she basically won't die.

Even if they truly die, they can leave behind seeds, giving them a chance to start over.

However, Blue Silver Emperor is not without its flaws. Her biggest weakness is her lack of offensive options, which is because grass itself is not very strong.

As for this shortcoming, Chen Feng's solution was to use Hashirama Senju as a template to transform Tang San's Blue Silver Grass from a herbaceous plant to a woody plant.

In this way, Tang San will become a tanky warrior, greatly enhancing his combat power, which will also benefit his future training with the Clear Sky Hammer.

Of course, it still depends on Tang San's own choice. If Tang San is determined to be a support, then Chen Feng will not have any objections.

"Mistress, which path do you want to choose?" Chen Feng asked.

"Which path will allow me to regain the ability to resurrect faster?"

"That would of course be the second path: to focus all efforts on enhancing vitality and abandon all functionality."

"Then I'll choose the second path," Tang San said without hesitation. "Do you have any spirit beasts you can recommend?"

“If it’s the second path, then I recommend the Jade Bamboo. This kind of soul beast is extremely tough and grows very fast. Even if it’s cut down to just the roots, it can still grow back quickly,” Chen Feng said.

Bamboo is a plant that grows very quickly, and the Jade Bamboo in the Douluo Continent further enhances this ability.

Furthermore, bamboo is a herbaceous plant, but its properties are closer to those of a woody plant, which should be beneficial in promoting the transformation of Tang San's Blue Silver Grass martial soul into a woody plant.

"Jade Bamboo?" Tang San thought for a moment and felt that this soul beast was quite good. "Then this one will do. I feel that it should be able to enhance the growth rate of my Blue Silver Grass martial soul."

After the three of them decided on their target spirit beast, Xiao Wu left the academy.

Ostensibly, she was going home to ask her family for help in hunting spirit beasts, but in reality, she was going back to the Star Dou Great Forest to find the Howling Moon Wolf to condense a spirit ring.

The Starry Sky Forest is her home, so she doesn't need any help this time.

Meanwhile, Chen Feng and Tang San began their respective cultivation. They were both at level nineteen, not far from level twenty.

However, before Chen Feng could begin his cultivation, he had to do one more thing: reply to the letters from his pen pals.

At first, Chenfeng only had one pen pal, Dai Mubai. Not long after, Dai Mubai mentioned Zhu Zhuqing, and Chenfeng gained another pen pal.

Then came Ning Rongrong. Chen Feng wanted to prevent this little princess from reverting to her old ways, so he frequently corresponded with her.

He had to deal with three people all by himself, making himself seem like a master of time management.

Through these exchanges of letters, Chen Feng gradually became familiar with the three of them. He knew that Dai Mubai had recently gotten bored in the Star Luo Palace and had run away.

Dai Mubai originally wanted to visit Chen Feng, but when he was wandering around Soto City, he heard about Shrek Academy, which was run by Flander. Out of curiosity, he went to check it out and then joined Shrek.

Chen Feng was somewhat surprised when he learned of this. He had thought that after resolving the conflict between Dai Mubai and his brother, the guy might join the Star Luo Royal Academy.

Unexpectedly, fate has its own inertia, and Dai Mubai ultimately couldn't resist his wandering nature and ran away from the Star Luo Empire.

I just don't know if this tiger will be like the one in the original story, spending his days slacking off and playing around with women.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing are both fine; they are staying in their respective families for training and there are no major issues for the time being.

A few days later, Xiao Wu returned.

Chen Feng and his two companions arrived in the grove. Chen Feng spoke first:

“Last time, the fusion of your soul power caused an anomaly. Now that Xiao Wu has obtained her second soul ring, you two should try again and see if there are any changes.”

"Okay." Xiao Wu couldn't wait.

This experiment was just a test of the spirit fusion technique for Tang San, but for her it was more than that.

On one hand, Xiao Wu wanted to see if she could imitate Tang San's soul power characteristics after her advancement, even if it was only a part of them.

On the other hand, Chen Feng wanted to use this experiment to see if Xiao Wu, after transforming into a human, could help people advance their cultivation level through the fusion of soul power.

Xiao Wu and Tang San sat down cross-legged facing each other to avoid falling again later.

The two summoned their respective martial souls. Xiao Wu grabbed Tang San's wrist, closed her eyes, and began to mobilize her soul power.

Soon, the same strange phenomenon appeared as before, with two phantom figures appearing above Xiao Wu and Tang San's heads respectively.

Just when Chen Feng thought the Blue Silver Grass phantom would approach the Soft Bone Rabbit phantom like last time, the Blue Silver Grass phantom shattered without his noticing.

Tang San also collapsed to the side, powerless. Xiao Wu's body went limp, but she quickly braced herself with her hands.

But her expression wasn't one of frustration; instead, it was one of excitement. "I'm starting to feel it! I feel like I'm about to succeed!"

Chen Feng reached out to help Tang San up and said:

"But your spirit fusion technique failed even faster than last time."

"Huh? Is that so?" Xiao Wu was taken aback.

“That’s right. I think it’s because the gap between your martial soul and Xiao San’s has widened.” Chen Feng analyzed. “Last time, it was because Xiao San’s martial soul phantom shattered first, which led to the failure of the martial soul fusion. Now that you have advanced in realm first, it is understandable that Xiao San’s martial soul phantom shattered even faster.”

"Oh, I see. It's alright. Next, let Xiao San get the second soul ring, and then we'll try again," Xiao Wu said.

Tang San woke up rubbing his forehead, looked at Chen Feng and Xiao Wu, and asked:

"Did it fail again this time?"

“Yes, it failed even faster than last time,” Chen Feng nodded and said. “By the way, did you sense anything this time?”

"Feeling?" Tang San assessed his own condition. "I don't feel anything special."

"Alright, it seems we'll have to wait until you get your second spirit ring before trying again," Chen Feng sighed softly.

The failure of this experiment indicates that humanoid spirit beasts cannot help humans break through realms through the fusion of soul power.

However, it is still unclear whether the problem lies in the method of soul power fusion or in the transformation of soul beasts into humans.

Therefore, further experiments are needed.

“Little San, when you’re acquiring your second spirit ring, I want you to do something,” Chen Feng said.

"What attempt?"

"I want you to use the life force characteristics of your Blue Silver Grass to communicate with your target soul beast and find a way to merge your soul power with it," Chen Feng said, revealing his idea.

"Younger plant-type spirit beasts lack intelligence, making them easier to communicate with."

Chapter 87 Conditions for Soul Power Fusion

"To fuse soul power with my target soul beast? Why would I do that?" Tang San asked in confusion.

Chen Feng explained:

"It's because I believe that a Soul Master obtains a Soul Ring and breaks through by merging with the Soul Power of the Soul Beast within the Soul Ring, thereby enhancing a certain characteristic of their own Soul Power. So I wanted you to try it out and see if you could break through your realm through this method."

“Low-age plant-type spirit beasts have almost no intelligence, only instinct. Your Blue Silver King Martial Soul has a life force, making you more attractive to plant-type spirit beasts. I think it would be easier for you to conduct this experiment.”

"I see." Tang San nodded, understanding Chen Feng's idea. "Alright, then I'll give it a try."

After finalizing the experimental plan, Chen Feng, Tang San, and Xiao Wu set off for the Sand Gold Valley.

On the surface, Chen Feng didn't ask anyone for help this time, but secretly he had Lao Meng following him and Tang Hao protecting him, so Chen Feng didn't need to worry about encountering danger in the Sand Gold Valley.

The three of them, familiar with the route, rented a horse-drawn carriage and arrived at Sand Gold City. After resting in the city for one night, they went directly to the valley.

The first target to search for was naturally the immovable Jade Bamboo, and Chen Feng also wanted to verify his conjecture as soon as possible.

Thanks to the protection of Lao Meng and Tang Hao, the three of them encountered virtually no danger and found several jade bamboos, the oldest of which was nearly eight hundred years old.

The Jade Bamboo is a soul beast with little offensive capability; its safety is protected by a soul beast called the Bamboo Bear.

The bamboo bear looks somewhat like a panda on Earth, appearing rather endearing. It feeds on jade bamboo, but does not damage the roots of the jade bamboo, thus not endangering its life.

Jade bamboo grows quickly, providing ample food for bamboo bears, thus forming a unique symbiotic relationship between the two.

There weren't any high-level soul beasts in the Sand Gold Valley, so Lao Meng was able to handle it easily. After driving away the bamboo bears, Chen Feng and the other two arrived near their target.

"I'll choose the nearly eight-hundred-year-old Jade Bamboo." Tang San made his decision as he looked at the thick, jade-like bamboo in front of him.

"Let's do the experiment quickly!" Xiao Wu said impatiently.

"Hmm." Tang San nodded, sat cross-legged in front of the jade bamboo, placed his hand on the jade bamboo, and then closed his eyes.

The Blue Silver Grass martial spirit spread out around his body, radiating the aura of life.

Chen Feng and Xiao Wu waited quietly, while Lao Meng paid attention to the surrounding movements. He didn't quite understand what the three children were going to do, but he didn't care and just focused on doing his guard duty.

After a while, Tang San frowned and withdrew his hand.

"No, Xiao Feng, I can't merge my soul power with it."

"Cannot merge? Why?" Chen Feng asked with some surprise.

Tang San thought for a moment and said:

"When Xiao Wu and I were merging our soul power, I could clearly feel Xiao Wu's active cooperation. It was only through our joint efforts that we were able to successfully merge our soul power."

"But this jade bamboo..."

"But they lack wisdom, so they won't consciously cooperate with you, right?" Chen Feng sighed.

"Yes, I channeled my soul power into the Jade Bamboo, but the Jade Bamboo didn't react at all. It was like a stagnant pool of water. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't merge my soul power with it," Tang San said, somewhat frustrated.

“Without intelligence…” Chen Feng frowned. “I originally thought that plant-type soul beasts without intelligence would be easier to fuse soul power with, but I didn’t expect it to be more difficult. This is really… sigh.”

Xiao Wu said with some doubt:

"But if we're really talking about it, doesn't the soul power inside a soul ring also lack intelligence? Even soul rings that are hundreds or thousands of years old don't contain complete soul beast souls, so why don't we encounter this situation when absorbing a soul ring?"

Chen Feng pondered for a moment, then guessed:

"Could it be a problem with the way the soul power circulates?"

"The route of soul power circulation?" Xiao Wu asked, puzzled.

“Here’s what I think: the soul power in a human body operates along a certain path, and most soul beasts do the same. Xiao Wu, you should be able to understand that, right? After all, you’ve also practiced the Mysterious Heaven Technique,” ​​Chen Feng said, looking at Xiao Wu.

Yes, not long after Tang San passed on the secret techniques from the Xuan Tian Treasure Record to Chen Feng, he also passed them on to Xiao Wu.

Compared to the Tang Clan in his previous life, Tang San cherishes his two current friends even more.

However, Xiao Wu did not choose to practice them all. Instead, she only practiced the Purple Demon Eye, Ghost Shadow Steps, and Mysterious Heaven Skill. She was not interested in the others.

After hearing Chen Feng's words, Xiao Wu nodded and said:

"Yes, I understand. The soul power within a soul beast should also run along a certain route. This logic makes sense."

Having received Xiao Wu's confirmation, Chen Feng felt reassured and continued:

"If it operates along a certain route, then as long as the soul beast is still alive and doesn't actively mobilize its soul power, it will be difficult for the soul power to leak out. It's like water in a pipe; as long as the pipe is intact, the water won't leak out, and naturally, it will be difficult for us to use the water for anything."

Tang San understood what he meant, "After the soul beast dies, it's like the water pipe has broken, so we can take the water and use it."

“That’s right.” Chen Feng nodded. “So if we want to merge with the soul power of a soul beast, we either need to find a soul beast that is willing to cooperate, or we have no choice but to kill the soul beast.”

"Actually, the water pipe explanation isn't very accurate, because it doesn't explain why spirit rings can only be absorbed by those who kill spirit beasts."