Chapter 17 Shadow Realm

"Are they true twin martial souls..."

Cheng Xiao frowned. Although he was able to initially use the two martial arts, Cheng Xiao did not feel happy.

Because the imbalance between the two martial spirits was irreversible, the Tai Chi array only acted as a buffer zone between the martial spirits and his body, preventing his body from being overwhelmed instantly.

However, the cracks in the shadow light ball are still increasing, and destructive power pours out from it from time to time, and the speed will gradually increase. Sooner or later, both forces will be fully liberated, and Tai Chi Formation will no longer be able to act as a buffer.

This is no different from entering the countdown of life. How can Cheng Xiao be happy?

Fortunately, the initial liberation of the two martial spirits is not all bad news.

"The soul power has broken through!"

Cheng Xiao felt the changes brought about by the liberation of the martial soul, and found that his soul power broke through two levels in a row, reaching level 20. As long as he obtains a soul ring, he can become a great soul master!

"And...field!?"

Cheng Xiao's eyes couldn't help but fluctuate. As soon as his mind moved, he could feel the shadows within a hundred meters radius. This was the shadow realm. At the same time, a soul curse emerged from his mind.

"stand up!"

When the soul curse emerged, despite Cheng Xiao's determination, his heart couldn't help but hit his chest twice, and even his breathing stopped for a moment.

There are only three words in the soul curse, but it is the ability that Cheng Xiao has been thinking about since he awakened his martial soul!

The effect of the domain is very simple. After Cheng Xiao recites the soul curse, he can extract the shadow of the deceased within the range covered by the domain. The shadow will obey Cheng Xiao's orders unconditionally!

The shadow extracted by him will be greatly reduced in strength compared to the deceased's life, but the shadow is immortal and can be reshaped immediately by consuming a certain amount of soul power.

But currently, he can only store 20 shadows, one carrot and one pit.

"Sure enough..." Cheng Xiao sighed.

He didn't want to become fat in one bite, otherwise he would go to the border of the two empires of Xingluo and Tiandou today, and tomorrow he would be able to pull out an army of shadows and directly subvert the two empires.

Pooh! What a beautiful thought!

The problem of martial soul conflict has not been solved yet, so I just keep daydreaming.

Cheng Xiao cursed himself twice, and then thought about the next plan: "In other words, we have to be careful..."

Now that the Wuhun has been initially liberated, it is natural that we cannot follow the original plan.

"First you have to get a soul ring, and then you need to screen out at least 15 shadows and leave 5 empty slots for emergencies."

With fifteen shadow guards, he can be considered to have some ability to protect himself. Although not as good as having a father with a titled Douluo...

"Extracting soul beasts or soul masters..." Cheng Xiao was a little hesitant.

The Shadow King is also known as the King of the Undead. His methods are not much different from those of the Necromancer. If he kills more people, he might be targeted by the Spirit Hall.

"It seems that for the time being, we can only make plans for soul beasts..."

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"What did you say!? Level 20?" Cheng Yu looked in disbelief.

He knew that his nephew's innate soul power was only at level one. If there was no chance in this life, it would be great if he could break through level twenty in his middle age.

But now his nephew told him that he had exceeded level 20?

"Well, we just made a breakthrough a few days ago." Cheng Xiao nodded.

Cheng Yu was slightly startled after receiving his nephew's affirmation.

He was not a soul master, but he knew some of the criteria for judging a soul master's talent. If he broke through level 30 and became a soul master before the age of twenty, his future would be limitless.

Level 20 at eleven years old!

The eleven-year-old great soul master!

This would be considered genius anywhere! When you graduate, there will be countless intermediate soul master academies rushing to send invitations.

In nine years, the possibility of breaking through level 30 is very high!

And after breaking through level 30, as long as they work hard, they might be able to win a title. Even the lowest baron, the Cheng family can jump from commoners to nobles!

After becoming a noble, the proportion of the market that can be captured will also expand. Those civilian businessmen will never dare to have a dispute with their family!

"You brat, you're really going to give me a hard time!"

Cheng Yu's face was gloomy and he frowned tightly.

If my nephew can't practice cultivation, then everything will be easy. He can just go home and inherit the family business after graduation.

But now his nephew's ability is far beyond that of ordinary people, which puts him in a bit of a dilemma.

What is support? Still not supported? For a while, Cheng Yu didn't dare to make a decision easily.

Cheng Xiao knew his uncle's concerns, so he didn't say anything. Instead, he kept silent and let his uncle think more.

He knew very well that the cost of supporting a soul master was not small, and it would be difficult for an ordinary family to support an excellent soul master. It takes a lot of determination to get his family to fully support him.

Not to mention anything else, hunting soul rings is a difficult problem for some families to solve.

Regardless of the fact that the participating students in the Soul Master Competition are all equipped with the best soul rings, who can participate in the competition is not a genius in each academy?

In fact, for most low-level soul masters, the first and fifth soul rings are not the optimal soul ring configuration.

The first soul ring was because poor families couldn't afford to hire powerful soul masters to hunt century-old soul beasts, so they had to settle for the next best thing and choose ten years.

The dangers of a ten-year soul beast and a century-old soul beast are not at the same level, and the cost of hiring a soul master is naturally different.

Look at the Junior Soul Master Academy in Notting City. There are countless students. The first ring is just a white ring?

You really are a teacher running a charity. If you don’t give me money, who will risk your life to help you hunt the four-hundred-year-old spirit beast? At most, the college's fees are much cheaper than outside, but don't expect people to work for free.

As for the fifth ring...

It is extremely difficult to determine the age of a soul beast. A hundred-year soul beast will only have distinctive features every hundred years, a thousand-year soul beast will undergo a major change every thousand years, and a ten-thousand-year soul beast will only have one obvious feature every ten thousand years.

The optimal age of the fifth ring is 10,000 years to 1.20,000 years. The selection range is too small. Soul beasts with ten thousand years have to find out the differences of thousands of years from them. A slight negligence will lead to mistakes. If it is too high, it will be life-threatening. , if it is lower, the optimal soul ring configuration will be dropped.

Those big sects and families with good foundations naturally don't have to worry. They have the support of their elders and the sect's foundation and detailed information. They almost all hunt soul beasts according to the optimal soul ring configuration.

But many free soul masters, without the help of their elders, can only hunt on their own, and it is easy to miss them in these two stages.

Therefore, if ordinary people with no background want to raise their children to be better, they must spend a lot of money, and it is not an exaggeration to even go bankrupt.

"Well, it would be easy to say that you are useless. You are neither good nor bad, which is worrying." Cheng Yu smiled bitterly: "Obviously your innate soul power is only at the first level, how come you can practice so fast."

It was surprising that my nephew broke through level 20 at the age of eleven, but his martial spirit was a mutated martial spirit. His innate soul power was only one level, and his future was full of uncertainty.

No one knows whether he will be stuck at level 29 and unable to break through for the rest of his life. I heard that the Notting City Junior Soul Master Academy where my nephew studied had such a teacher.

If his family fully supports him but he is stuck at level 29 and cannot break through, wouldn't it mean that all his money has been wasted?

Cheng Yu touched his forehead, sighed, and asked: "You are only at level 20, so hunting a six to seven hundred year old beast is enough, right? Why do you want to kill a two to three thousand year old spirit beast?"

It's just a hundred-year-old soul beast, but the Cheng family can still afford it.

But two to three thousand years of soul beasts, this is almost the configuration of the soul sect. If the family supports Cheng Xiao, it will have to break their bones.

PS: I set "Stand Up" as a domain ability. Otherwise, if it is arranged as a soul ring skill, the thousand-year soul ring is not worthy of this bug skill. If it is ten thousand years, it is too far back. There must be many people coming in. I wanted to see this, but it would be boring if I delayed it until later. After much deliberation, domain skills are the most suitable, and I hope Qingqing will do the same.