"Slap!"
In the underground basement, the sound of a blackboard being hit echoed.
At this moment, Xiao Lin was holding a thin wooden stick, tapping it against the small blackboard in the basement.
At the top of the blackboard, the words "Soul Power Compression and Condensation" were written in large characters.
"Soul Core is our long-term goal going forward."
Considering that the biggest advantage of self-condensing soul rings is being able to choose the desired soul skills, but still needing to find ways to supplement the soul ring's cultivation, Xiao Lin decided not to discuss the self-condensing soul ring at this moment. After all, finding a soul beast with excellent talent is much easier than this particular topic.
Xiao Lin knew how to prioritize his tasks.
"Based on my research, there currently might not be any Title Douluo who has successfully condensed a soul core (this was not mentioned in the first part). So once we condense our soul core, we may have strength equivalent to a Title Douluo."
"Now, let me explain the principle."
"According to my detailed research, the amount of soul power a soul master can store is limited, and we store our soul power in the meridians."
"This means that when a soul master grows up, around the age of 20, their meridians are basically fully formed, and at that point, their soul power talent is also determined."
"This might be the reason why people on the continent say that once a soul master reaches 20, they can't break through level 30 and won't achieve great accomplishments."
"Following this principle, when a soul master is around 20, after their meridians are formed, in order to continue absorbing soul power, the soul power must begin the first wave of compression."
"The ability to compress soul power is the key to whether a soul master can break through various soul master levels. Gas-like soul power turns into mist, mist-like soul power turns into liquid, and finally, as I mentioned, it becomes the solidified soul core."
As Xiao Lin spoke, he drew a curve on the blackboard, which resembled two small mountain peaks, with the first peak labeled "20 years old."
After explaining the basic concept, Xiao Lin took a sip of water from a thermos to moisten his throat.
Xiao Lin looked at Tang San and Xiao Wu and noticed both of them had furrowed brows. He directly asked, "Little San, Xiao Wu, do you two have any questions?"
"Brother Lin, I have a question."
At this moment, Xiao Wu raised her right hand and jumped up from her seat, asking.
"According to what you said, isn't our primary goal right now to widen our meridians and utilize all of them? Why are we focusing on the soul core?"
"Good question. Indeed, our primary goal isn't to compress soul power right now."
Xiao Lin praised Xiao Wu. This silly rabbit had finally come around; thanks to their brainstorming sessions, she was learning.
"However, we have someone more professional, like Little San, who will help us open up some meridians using soul power. As for the finer meridians, we'll still need to handle them ourselves."
Xiao Lin's explanation was quite simple. Now that the meridian issue was entrusted to Little San, they just needed to follow the plan to fill their meridians with soul power.
This would make it easier for them whether they were meditating, cultivating, or absorbing soul rings to increase their soul power, and the task of compressing soul power would also begin.
"Brother Lin, we have cultivation methods for storing soul power. Do we still need to spend a lot of time finding these tiny meridians?"
Tang San also had his doubts. He was capable of handling the larger meridians, but the very fine ones—such as the small meridians in fingers—were much harder.
Tang San was concerned about wasting time because the soul power stored in these small meridians might not be more than what was stored in the Dan Tian from the cultivation method, Xuantian Kung.
"Considering the importance of time, I can only say that we should do our best. If possible, it would be best to open up all the meridians in our dominant hand."
Xiao Lin knew that his Indestructible Vajra Soul Power was hard to compress, so he would prioritize opening all his meridians first.
Speaking of meridians, Xiao Lin recalled a place in his meridians where he had used soul power to compensate. Perhaps in the future, he could create a few soul power meridians within his body to store more soul power.
"Also, about the soul power compression, how can we compress it when our bodies haven't fully grown yet?"
Tang San showed a puzzled expression. The soul power hadn't filled his meridians yet, so if he compressed it, wouldn't it spill into other areas?
Without a sealed space, how could this be accomplished?
Tang San, as a genius in creating hidden weapons and with a talent for engineering, understood the difficulty of the task.
"This is also a problem. I originally had a solution, which is freezing. I plan to find a soul beast with extreme ice powers in the future to try low temperatures."
Xiao Lin only had a preliminary plan for this. During this meeting, the main goal was to brainstorm ideas, and he was particularly waiting for the input from the ten-thousand-year soul beast, Xiao Wu.
"Extreme Ice?"
Tang San exclaimed in surprise. He didn't expect Xiao Lin to casually mention something that was unheard of in the soul master world.
"If it's Brother Lin, maybe it really can work."
Tang San mumbled to himself. Ice is inherently solid, and with Xiao Lin's martial soul being a metal rod and the theory of low temperature and soul power circulation, Tang San seemed to see a glimmer of possibility.
"Aside from that, I also thought about gravity compression and rotational compression. However, I can't solve the rotational method, and gravity would require finding a soul beast good at strength and gravity, which is no easy task."
Xiao Lin didn't directly mention that he was eyeing the Titan Giant Ape's soul ring in front of Xiao Wu.
Although Xiao Lin was confident about becoming a god in the future, with Tang San helping him, Xiao Lin believed that even if he absorbed the Titan Giant Ape's soul ring, he could resurrect it.
However, he chose to hold off on mentioning it in front of Xiao Wu for now.
In fact, the characteristic of a soul core was to accelerate a soul master's soul power recovery speed. Thinking about Tang San's future Xuantian Kung, it could almost be said that Xuantian Kung was itself a soul core.
At this moment, the mischievous rabbit hadn't said a word.
As the most "useless" ten-thousand-year soul beast, she didn't even fully understand what a soul core was. She had condensed one by herself without much thought.
Looks like I'll need to find an opportunity to go back home and ask Da Ming and Er Ming.
Xiao Wu was a bit frustrated with herself. When she was a soul beast, she hadn't studied hard, and now as a human, she still didn't understand anything.
How could she possibly take revenge like this?
Meanwhile, Xiao Lin, who had been secretly observing Xiao Wu's expression, suddenly froze.
What's going on? I was waiting for you, Xiao Wu, to brainstorm ideas!
Aren't you a Hundred-thousand-year soul beast? Could it be that you don't have a soul core?
Xiao Lin felt somewhat confused. Could it be? Could it be?
He had another guess.
That is, whether a soul beast has the potential to become a hundred-thousand-year soul beast is determined by whether it has a soul bone.
Whether it's a soul bone or an external soul bone, if it has a soul bone, it has the potential. If it doesn't, the hope is slim.
But Xiao Wu, you're a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, and you have a soul bone, right?
Xiao Wu, you've just completely overturned my two guesses!
You're really something! Such a rogue!
Xiao Lin wanted to cry but forced a smile. "Alright, everyone work hard on cultivating the soul core, and let's prepare our luggage. Tomorrow, we'll set off for the Soul Hunting Forest to broaden our horizons."
Xiao Lin left behind an after-class assignment and walked out of the basement alone.
It looks like the cultivation of the soul core will depend on Dugu Bo. Dugu Bo's poison skills are mostly in the poison pills, and since poison pills have explosive power, they could also align with the concept of a soul core.
(End of Chapter)