Douluo: Emerald Poison King

Chapter 44: Understanding the Mechanism

Although there is only a slight and undetectable connection with Long Dan, having it and not having it are two completely different things.

After entering into meditation, Chen Ming could feel that the dragon pill in his arms seemed to have become a dantian outside his body.

Although there is no way to use the dragon pill to directly absorb soul power from the outside world for the time being, Chen Ming can inject the soul power in his body into the dragon pill and retrieve it when needed.

And what is the capacity of Dragon Pill?

In Chen Ming's perception, if his full soul power is regarded as 10 units, then this dragon pill has a capacity of at least 1 units. And as the dragon pill recovers, the capacity should increase further.

And because its own properties carry the ultimate life and it is fused with the magical metal gold of life, this dragon pill also has a special function.

The soul power that Chen Ming injected into the dragon pill was quickly consumed. After some purification and transformation, it turned into pure vitality, and then was injected into Chen Ming's body along the skin that was connected to the dragon pill.

Chen Ming, who was originally feeling weak due to excessive blood loss, recovered quickly under this vitality. His originally slightly pale face regained its rosy color in an instant, and his whole body felt comfortable, as if his whole body was much more relaxed.

Although he did not perceive it carefully, Chen Ming could feel that the impurities deposited in his body due to the long-term use of various drugs were gradually being eliminated by his body under the flushing of this vitality, and the hidden injuries caused by the original training were also slowly recovering.

"It's really a miraculous effect. From now on, I will have an excellent healing spirit master by my side."

Chen Ming opened his eyes and stretched comfortably. Although his mental and spiritual power were still far from being sufficient, the physical comfort made him feel happy.

But after the joy, Chen Ming looked at the dragon pill in his hand which seemed to have become slightly rounder, and he still felt a little confused.

"This life force is of extremely high quality. But why do I always feel like it's still a little inferior to the Nine-Hearted Begonia..."

In terms of numerical value, the vitality that Chen Ming just transformed exceeded what Ye Lingling showed that day by a lot. But even so, Chen Ming still did not feel the existence of "Preemptive +1" in this vitality.

The difference lies in the mechanism, not the value.

Just like Tang Chen's Clear Sky Hammer can smash mountains, and the explosion ring can deliver a blow that rivals that of a god. But no matter how hard Tang Chen explodes, he can't use his Clear Sky Hammer to turn into a sausage.

Before, Chen Ming thought that he was ignorant and that some special martial souls actually had special mechanical abilities. But after watching the life of Tianqing Yulong, Chen Ming felt that the special thing should be the Nine-Hearted Begonia martial soul itself.

Because the mechanism of Nine-Hearted Begonia seems to be fundamentally different from that of Douluo Continent, and it is the result of a higher version.

"If you have time, go visit Ye Lingling more often and take the opportunity to observe the Nine-Hearted Begonia."

"Thinking about it carefully, the Seven Treasures Glazed Tower seems to be a good object for observation. A fixed percentage increase that ignores the level difference, a soul skill that will not change no matter what soul beast's soul ring is equipped with. Maybe the Seven Treasures Glazed Tower is also a strange mechanism?"

Chen Ming touched his chin, with a myriad of thoughts in his mind.

"What about the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus? What about the Clear Sky Hammer? What about the Blue Silver Emperor? What about the Seraph?"

"Are these famous spirits numerically or mechanically weird, or both?" "Do the spirits of those Titled Douluo hide something different? Do the inherited spirits of Poseidon Island and the Seraph of the Spirit Hall have any special secrets?"

"Angel Realm, Sea God Realm, Killer God Realm, Demon-Breaking Realm, Bipolar Stillness Realm..."

"Invincible golden body, teleportation, martial soul fusion skills..."

Thinking of this, Chen Ming slapped his thigh, feeling as if he had a hint of inspiration for future development.

"Although the Green Phosphorus Snake spirit seems to have neither mechanism nor value, Dugu Bo's Green Phosphorus Snake King is the pinnacle of the Green Phosphorus Snake spirit. It should be quite different from Dugu Yan's Green Phosphorus Snake. I can find a way to observe it up close then..."

"Wait, let me tell you, the fact that Dugu Bo's lineage can poison itself is also considered a special mechanism? Although it is a negative mechanism, it should still be a mechanism to some extent, right?"

"Then let's assume that those martial spirits that are born with domains are the embodiment of a mechanism. If humans create a mechanism or use the characteristics of martial spirits to imitate a mechanism, can they use it to gain a domain?"

"The place where the Ice Dragon King and the Fire Dragon King were buried turned into the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire. Is it possible for me to use this to peek into the true nature of the two former Dragon Kings?"

"Now that I think about it, does the fairy grass also have its own mechanism?"

"Is it because of these mechanisms that have a higher priority than attribute stacking that the so-called fairy grass, domain, and god-level martial spirit appeared?"

A sudden enlightenment is better than ten years of hard training. Chen Ming's mind gradually became insane, and he seemed to have fallen into a special state.

Unconsciously, he seemed to have entered a special world, and two gaps appeared before his eyes.

Through the gap, Chen Ming seemed to be able to feel the manifestation of various laws. If he needed, he could stick his consciousness out of the gap to peek into the world of laws.

When he stepped into the first gap, Chen Ming understood the nature of the gap.

That was his first soul ring, which came from the manifestation of the first soul ring of the five hundred year old Green Phosphorus Seven Wonders Flower.

If ordinary people absorb soul rings like eating blind boxes of pre-prepared meals, then Chen Ming's previous behavior of absorbing soul rings was like selecting pre-prepared meals. Although it was much more precise than eating blind boxes, it was still within the scope of pre-prepared meals themselves.

Now Chen Ming's behavior of entering this gap is equivalent to sneaking into the hotel's kitchen.
Although there were no pre-prepared dishes, there were kitchen utensils and ingredients in front of him that he could use as he pleased. Whether he wanted to cook according to the recipe or mix and match as he pleased, the choice was in Chen Ming's hands.

It’s just because I sneaked in after all, so there is a limit to the random choices I can make.

Whether it was kitchen utensils, raw materials, or finished products, Chen Ming could only keep them in the kitchen and could not take them out. Even if he ate them, they would disappear when he left the kitchen. This was because these things still did not belong to him in essence.

And once a certain bottom line is exceeded and greed is unlimited, then the thief Chen Ming may be left directly in the kitchen and become part of these kitchen utensils or ingredients.

But compared with the benefits, these possible negative costs are far too insignificant to mention.

(End of this chapter)