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Regarding the topic of who should enter first, the four halls—oh no, the three hall masters—and Xiao Wu all said in unison, "Sect Master (Xiao Tian), you definitely have to go in first."
Yang Wudi continued, "Sect Master, your current spirit power is at level sixty-six. According to your talent, coupled with the cultivation boost over there, you are fully capable of increasing your spirit power by four levels within a year. When you come out, you can immediately obtain the seventh spirit ring and possess the Martial Soul True Body, which will be a qualitative improvement."
Suddenly, a translucent screen appeared before Xiao Tian's eyes.
A bounty quest has been issued. Please accept it according to your needs.
Quest: Raise your spirit power to level seventy within seven days, condense your seventh spirit ring with your own strength, and condense your own divine soul core.
Reward: Two hundred thousand points, Xuanyuan Sword Embryo.
Xiao Tian: ...
Well, I have to say, the quests issued by this system always hit the nail on the head with their rewards. If his Spirit wanted to evolve into the Xuanyuan Sword, then the Xuanyuan Sword Embryo was undoubtedly an indispensable and important element.
It should be known that Fifteen was merely a tiny gap in the Xuanyuan Sword, and the sword Spirit of the Xuanyuan Sword.
However, if one wanted to successfully evolve their Spirit into the Xuanyuan Sword, merely relying on the existing things in this World was far from enough.
According to the evolution method previously given by the system, in addition to obtaining the Xuanyuan Sword Embryo, his spirit power level also needed to break through to level one hundred (God Position or not did not matter).
Only when he successfully broke through to the hundred-level realm could he possess enough ability to completely separate his Spirit from himself, and then perfectly fuse it with the Xuanyuan Sword Embryo.
In this way, it would be able to evolve into a powerful existence surpassing a super Divine Tool in one step.
Of course, the Xuanyuan Sword Embryo itself was very likely an extraordinary existence that already surpassed a super Divine Tool.
It was just that given his current strength, he was indeed still unable to fully unleash its true power.
However, at this stage, temporarily using it as the core of the Sect-protecting grand formation was a relatively suitable choice.
With the Xuanyuan Sword Embryo as the core of the formation, as long as no Divinity above a first-class God appeared, the safety of the Shu Mountain Sword Sect would be guaranteed. He would then also be able to make a trip to the Polar North Land and the central area of the Star Dou Great Forest.
"Little freak, Tai Tan, Niu Tian, and Ah Yin are your Spirit Souls. If you enter, can they enter and cultivate with you? Does that count as four people or one person?" Dugu Bo asked his question.
Today's first choice would definitely be Xiao Tian, as for the other choice, it didn't really matter much.
Xiao Tian paused slightly, then shook his head and said, "Ah Yin should be able to, but Da Ming and Er Ming have already transformed, so it's probably not possible."
Upon hearing this, Dugu Bo felt a bit regretful, but this was also normal.
Er Ming chuckled beside him, "It doesn't matter if we can't go in. Anyway, it's only a year. Just by cultivating ourselves, we probably only gain ten or twenty years of cultivation, which is too little for us now. As long as Xiao Tian's strength can improve, all three of us can get cultivation feedback, which is much faster than cultivating ourselves."
Da Ming nodded slightly, "En, Er Ming is right. The two of us can just guard the Sect."
Xiao Tian: ...
Thinking of their unreliable personalities, Xiao Tian could only instruct, "Although your strength is not weak, you sometimes underestimate your enemies. If an external enemy invades, you must use your full strength immediately, instead of..."
Xiao Tian briefly explained, to prevent any accidents, but it was only for one day, what could happen?
Da Ming and Er Ming also looked embarrassed and immediately promised that such a thing would never happen.
And soon, the candidates for tomorrow were chosen: Xiao Tian and Zhu Zhuqing.
As for today, Xiao Tian still needed to make some preparations and arrangements, first placing the gravity crystals into the Spirit Time House.
After the meeting, Xiao Tian kept Dugu Bo behind and strolled around the Sect with him.
Ning Rongrong, on the other hand, was directly dragged away by Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing. They had already noticed earlier that there was something off about her and Xiao Tian's actions. Just absorbing a Spirit Bone? They didn't believe it.
The three close friends immediately engaged in a low, shy conversation in her room.
"What? Little freak, you said that when you reach level seventy, you're going to start trying to condense your own spirit ring? Do you have confidence?"
Dugu Bo was very worried about this. It was important to know that the seventh spirit ring was extremely important to a Spirit Master. The higher the spirit ring's age, the greater the boost the Martial Soul True Body provided to the Spirit Master.
Although Little freak's talent was extremely monstrous, what if he failed, or succeeded but the age was not high, then...
Dugu Bo's worries were not unfounded. After all, what Xiao Tian was about to do was unprecedented and extremely difficult.
He had initially thought that Xiao Tian planned to let the lower-cultivation Spirit Masters within the Sect try first, with the help of elixirs. He had not expected Xiao Tian to start with himself!
Xiao Tian smiled, his face filled with determination: "Old freak, don't worry, I will definitely succeed! Now that all the conditions are met, it's time to start trying."
"However, I am not a transformed Spirit Beast after all. If I want to condense a spirit ring myself, I can only stimulate the bloodline within my body and connect with my Spirit. The spirit ring condensed in this way, I will call it a Qi and Blood spirit ring!"
"Qi and Blood spirit ring?" Dugu Bo paused slightly, a little puzzled.
"Why call it that?"
"I used to think that as long as the spirit power operation was precise enough, the external energy provided was large enough, and the mental force was strong enough, one could condense a spirit ring on their own. However, this method is not suitable for Spirit Masters below Spirit King. Old freak, you also know that mental force, this ethereal thing, can only be controlled a little by Spirit Kings and above. Without suitable mental force cultivation techniques, ordinary Spirit Masters who want to achieve externalized and precise control of mental force would probably need to reach Spirit Saint and above.
Of course, among the Spirit Masters I mentioned, those with mental attribute Spirits should be excluded, as controlling mental force would definitely be easier for them.
So, during this time, I also found another way in my previous theoretical assumptions. Spirit is inherited from parents, and if we delve deeper, it is actually inherited from the bloodline power one possesses. The stronger the bloodline power, the higher the quality of the Spirit might be, and the higher the innate spirit power.
Since Spirit originates from the bloodline, can the spirit ring needed by the Spirit also originate from the bloodline? If it really can succeed, then the Qi and Blood spirit ring we condense will definitely be the most suitable for ourselves."
Dugu Bo stared at Xiao Tian, somewhat dumbfounded. After a long while, he let out a deep breath: "Sometimes, I really want to cut open your head to see what's inside, to actually think of such a layer."
Xiao Tian smiled. He couldn't possibly say it was because he suddenly thought of one of Tang San's descendants who could condense his own spirit ring, and he was inspired by him.
That's right, it's Lan Xuanyu!
Initially, Xiao Tian didn't think too deeply about him, believing that he could condense his own spirit rings perhaps because he had little human bloodline in his body, mostly Spirit Beast bloodline, which allowed him to condense spirit rings on his own.
But now that he was involved in condensing spirit rings on his own, how Lan Xuanyu condensed spirit rings became a very important reference for him.
Lan Xuanyu's body simultaneously possessed human, Blue Silver Emperor, Soft Bones Rabbit, Golden Dragon King, Silver Dragon King, and other bloodlines.
Among them, the most concentrated bloodline power was the Golden Dragon King and Silver Dragon King bloodline power of his parents, and Lan Xuanyu's Qi and Blood spirit ring was also condensed based on the Dragon God bloodline formed by the fusion of these two bloodlines.
As for why transformed Spirit Beasts can condense spirit rings on their own, the main reason is that they have enough foundation to support them in condensing the first six spirit rings.
But Lan Xuanyu doesn't have the foundation of these hundred-thousand-year-old Spirit Beasts.
Subsequently, Xiao Tian thought of Lan Xuanyu's two main bloodline powers: the Golden Dragon King bloodline power and the Silver Dragon King bloodline power.
The Dragon God bloodline power, formed by the fusion of these two bloodline powers, is the strongest Spirit Beast bloodline power in the DouluoWorld; no other bloodline power can compare to it.
And this powerful bloodline power supported the foundation for Lan Xuanyu to condense spirit rings on his own. The spirit rings condensed are called Qi and Blood spirit rings, which means Lan Xuanyu used a certain method to stimulate the bloodline power within his body, and his bloodline power erupted with powerful Qi and Blood, thereby condensing Qi and Blood spirit rings.
In other words, to condense a Qi and Blood spirit ring, the strength of one's own bloodline is crucial. The stronger the bloodline, the higher the probability of condensing a bloodline spirit ring, and the stronger the Spirit Ability effect of the Qi and Blood spirit ring.
Strictly speaking, Qi and Blood spirit rings do not have an age limit, but because they are condensed by stimulating one's own bloodline, the effects they provide to the Spirit will also increase with the Spirit Master's strength.
After all, the stronger the Spirit Master's strength, the more their internal bloodline power will awaken, thereby enhancing the effect of the Qi and Blood spirit ring.
Therefore, to increase the probability of Xiao Tian condensing a Qi and Blood spirit ring now, a large amount of items to supplement Qi and Blood are needed: Qi and Blood potions and Qi and Blood Pills!
And the higher the quality, the better.
Ordinary Qi and Blood potions and pills, Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi should have some on them, but they are basically used for healing and restoring physical strength.
Their Qi and Blood potions are taken when someone is injured, bleeding continuously, and losing physical strength, used to replenish their own blood and then restore physical strength.
And the Qi and Blood potions Xiao Tian wants, in addition to these effects, are most importantly used to stimulate bloodline power and produce a large amount of Qi and Blood. The quality of this type of potion cannot be compared with existing ones.
"Old freak, there's something I need to ask of you." Xiao Tian looked at him with a serious expression.
Dugu Bo said without hesitation, "What is it? Just say it. Is it related to condensing the Qi and Blood spirit ring?"
Xiao Tian hummed, then handed him the recipes for the Qi and Blood potion and Qi and Blood Pill, saying, "These are the recipes for making Qi and Blood potions and Qi and Blood Pills. They can stimulate the bloodline power within the body and increase the probability of condensing a Qi and Blood spirit ring. You only have one day, make as much as you can. Let all the core disciples of the Medicine Hall help refine them..."
Dugu Bo took the two pieces of paper and looked at them. The refining method for the Qi and Blood potion was simpler, and relatively, the effect was a bit weaker, while the Qi and Blood Pill had a better effect.
However, to refine Qi and Blood potions and Qi and Blood Pills, Spirit Beast blood is needed. At this point, he looked at Xiao Tian with some difficulty.
Xiao Tian knew what he was worried about and could only say, "I'll talk to Da Ming and Er Ming about this, and ask them to give you some blood, which you can then dilute and use. Old freak, you must remember, although we say we want to resolve the conflict between Spirit Beasts and Spirit Masters, it doesn't mean we won't kill any Spirit Beasts.
We are changing the interdependent relationship between Spirit Masters and Spirit Beasts from a macro perspective. And what we need is just blood, not essence blood. With Qi and Blood potions and Qi and Blood Pills, combined with certain methods, Spirit Masters can condense spirit rings on their own, instead of having to hunt Spirit Beasts. This can already greatly alleviate the conflict with Spirit Beasts."
In Xiao Tian's opinion, only needing a little blood to condense a spirit ring was more cost-effective than buying and selling, and even more convenient than contracting Spirit Souls.
After all, low-aged Spirit Beasts, unless they have high bloodline, simply cannot understand human speech. And high-bloodline Spirit Beasts, even if they can understand, why would they contract with you?
Although it's mutually beneficial, once they become Spirit Souls, their activity range becomes smaller, which restricts their freedom to a certain extent. For many Spirit Beasts, this is actually unacceptable.
Dugu Bo suddenly realized that he was indeed being a bit too constrained. He also understood that no matter what they did, there would inevitably be conflicts and casualties between Spirit Masters and Spirit Beasts.
And those of them who stood at the peak of the continent should naturally have a longer-term vision. What they needed to consider should not only be the conflict between individual Spirit Beasts and Spirit Masters, but rather the conflict between the entire Spirit Beast group and the Spirit Master group.
Looked at this way, it might seem a bit cold and ruthless. However, since some things exist in this World, there must be a reason for their existence. Some problems, no matter how hard one tries to change them, are difficult to fundamentally cure.
They couldn't even completely resolve the conflicts between people, let alone thoroughly resolve the complex and profound conflicts between Spirit Masters and Spirit Beasts.
Contradictions will never disappear; they will only shift from one form to another.
And what they could do was to do their best to minimize these contradictions, reducing their impact to the lowest possible level.
"Okay, then you go find Da Ming and Er Ming first. I'll go to the Medicine Hall and have Yang Wudi gather all the core disciples of the Medicine Hall to quickly refine the Qi and Blood potions and Qi and Blood Pills. He has that youxiang qiluo immortal product on him, so the success rate of refining should be greatly improved."
The two exchanged glances, then flashed away from their original spots.
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