Douluo: I am a biologist, awakening the weapon spirit?

Chapter 206 Conversation in the Palace
After Chenxin left.

Chen Feng looked at the person on the throne, carefully considered his words, and then said:
"I am able to understand sacrifice because it has happened in the human world."

"Oh? There was a 100,000-year-old soul beast that sacrificed itself in the human world?" Xue Di asked with some surprise.

“Yes, and it was a sacrifice after being transformed into a human,” Chen Feng said.

"Is that so?" A hint of emotion flashed in Xue Di's eyes.

She didn't continue the topic, but instead asked:

"Judging from what you just said, you developed the cyclic topography method yourself?"

"My companions also gave me some help."

"But the main thinking and research process is done by yourself."

"Indeed."

The Snow Empress rested her arm on the armrest of the throne, propped her chin on her hand, and said:
"Your physical age is very young, yet you have achieved so much. You are a very talented person. There must be very few people like you among humans."

"It's not that there aren't many."

"Oh?"

"It is absolutely unique."

Xue Di smiled, "I thought you would be more modest."

“Meaningless humility is hypocrisy. From an academic research perspective alone, there is indeed no one in the Douluo Continent of this era who can compare with me,” Chen Feng said calmly.

He was stating the facts, and at the same time demonstrating his own value.

Ten thousand years later, the Snow Emperor failed to break through to the 700,000-year mark and had no choice but to forcibly transform into a human using a 100,000-year-old snow lotus. Unfortunately, she encountered a human who had ventured deep into the core of the far north and was then sealed in the Conferred God Platform.

So, did the Snow Emperor already face a predicament 10,000 years ago?
For such a long-lived species, ten thousand years is really not a long time. Perhaps the Snow Empress is already in trouble.

Then the talent that Chen Feng has shown will be able to win him more things.

His fourth spirit ring requires the spirit ring of the Snow Maiden, and the Ice Snow Maiden is also a Snow Maiden.

Is there even the slightest possibility that he could take a gamble?

"What was your initial motivation for studying the ring-topography method?" Xue Di suddenly asked.

"When I first hunted a spirit beast to obtain a spirit ring, I felt something was very wrong," Chen Feng said, summoning his martial spirit and pointing to his first spirit ring.

"What's wrong?"

“Nothing is right,” Chen Feng said calmly. “The growth rates of humans and soul beasts are extremely unbalanced, yet human soul masters need the life of a soul beast to advance. It takes at least several thousand years for a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast to grow to its full potential, but it can be killed by humans and turned into a soul ring in the blink of an eye. Is that right?”

Xue Di remained silent and did not speak.

“Even setting aside things like morality, humanity, and balance, from the perspective of efficiency alone, this is wrong,” Chen Feng continued.

"Utilization efficiency?"

Chen Feng nodded. "Yes, there is no energy that comes out of thin air. Soul beasts have extremely long lives and absorb a great deal of energy. Part of this energy comes from the sun and the moon, and a large part comes from our planet."

"When a soul beast is killed by humans and transformed into a soul ring, how much of this energy is actually utilized? And how much is directly wasted? Isn't this kind of loss a continuous drain on our planet?"

Xue Di slowly lowered her hand that was supporting her chin and sat up straight. "You said before that your ability is unique in this world, and now I'm starting to believe it."

"Thank you for your recognition, Snow Empress." Chen Feng smiled slightly, then became serious and said:
"Getting back to the main point, such continuous blood loss is naturally nothing to worry about for short-lived species. Most people think that after I die, who cares about the world? A human's lifespan is at most a few hundred years. When such blood loss has adverse effects, it is uncertain whether humanity will still exist after hundreds or thousands of generations. But it is different for a long-lived species like you, Snow Emperor."

In many science fiction novels and even in reality, the overdevelopment and abuse of resources by humankind leads to the destruction of the ecological environment, and this destruction will eventually become a boomerang, hitting humanity itself on the head.

The Douluo World was no exception, and its subsequent development foreshadowed this pessimistic future.

The weakening of a plane would lead to a decline in the world's energy level. In the end, Tang Shenwang was driven to desperation and thought of pulling a plane from the outside to be swallowed by the Douluo plane. This became the so-called grand plan of ten thousand years.

The Snow Empress rose from her throne, descended the steps, and stood before Chen Feng, no longer as aloof as before.

"But you are a human being, you have no reason to worry about this."

Chen Feng smiled and nodded. "Indeed, that's a long way off, but since I can see such a future, it would be hard for me not to do something about it."

Cultivation is all about realizing that your fate is in your own hands, not in the hands of heaven. If you can't achieve anything great, why bother with cultivation?
"So, that's why you started your research on the ring-topography method?" Xue Di asked.

"That's one reason."

"What about the other reasons?"

"For my friends."

"what kind of friends?"

"Soul beast transformed into a human."

"Did she tell you her identity on her own initiative?"

"I figured it out myself. The flaws weren't obvious, but they couldn't fool me."

The hall was quiet for a while. Xue Di looked at Chen Feng with a scrutinizing gaze, and Chen Feng met her gaze calmly.

After a few seconds, Xue Di said softly:

“You previously said that to understand the effects of the Ring-Turning Technique on Soul Beasts, you need 100,000-year-old Soul Beasts as experimental subjects, and I am also very curious about this issue.”

"what do you mean?"

"Since you need the Snow Maiden's spirit ring, then I'll do it for you."

Chen Feng took a deep breath to calm his pounding heart.

“It is my honor,” he said in a slightly hoarse voice.

At that moment, Chen Feng explained the process of the Tuohuan method to Xue Di in detail.

Then the two sat down cross-legged, palms facing each other, and Chen Feng transferred his soul power out.

The moment he came into contact with Xue Di's soul power, he felt an extreme coldness and a terrifying heaviness.

It was like a Great Wall of ice and snow, as solid as a rock and insurmountable. And this was even with the Snow Empress holding back her power.

It can only be said that she truly deserves to be the top-tier soul beast overlord with 700,000 years of history. If Xue Di hadn't been unafraid of Chen Feng, he probably would have been frozen to death the moment their soul powers made contact.

Chen Feng naturally did not have the ability to actively merge with Xue Di's soul power; Xue Di had to actively reduce the frequency of her soul power, which was a novel experience for her.

Although sacrifice is an ability that all 100,000-year-old soul beasts possess, most soul beasts are probably not familiar with it, because it is a skill that can only be used once in a lifetime.

The kind that will kill you after you use it.

Therefore, this was the first time Xue Di had tried to weaken her soul power to match Chen Feng's soul power strength.

However, a 100,000-year-old soul beast is still a 100,000-year-old soul beast. It has extremely strong control over soul power, and this is especially true for a top overlord like the Snow Empress.

After a few attempts, she easily separated a tiny wisp of her soul power and downgraded its frequency, bringing it to a level slightly stronger than Chen Feng's soul power.

Thus, the soul power of the two sides finally merged.

However, a problem arose when proceeding to the next step. When Chen Feng's soul power was inputted into Xue Di's body, it was like a drop of water entering the ocean, instantly disappearing without a trace.

This is because the difference in strength between Chen Feng and Xue Di is too great, and he is simply unable to complete the normal process of circulating soul power within the target soul beast's body.

But this wasn't a problem for Chen Feng, because in the beginning, the Tuohuan method was meant to allow the soul beast's soul power to enter the soul master's body in order to increase the soul master's soul power frequency.

It was only during the first ring-opening ceremony that, because the Flying Thunder Rat couldn't understand Chen Feng's meaning, Chen Feng performed a reverse operation, inputting soul power into the Flying Thunder Rat's body to complete the soul power frequency increase.

When others tried the ring-expansion method later, they directly adopted Chen Feng's operational experience, and thus the process of the ring-expansion method was fixed.

Now that the classic version we've been using isn't working, we need to switch back to the original concept version.

So Chenfeng explained the situation to Xuedi, but Xuedi didn't seem to care.

She had several reasons for offering to help Chen Feng this time.

The first thing to do is to experience the ring-loop method firsthand and see what it's all about.

The second reason is to help this human go further, because the emergence of the Ring-Expanding Method is beneficial to the soul beast group, a principle that even Titan Snow Demon King understands.

As for the third objective, Xue Di wanted to find a way out of her predicament.

Chen Feng guessed correctly. Although Xue Di has not yet reached a dead end, it has already encountered some initial difficulties.

That is, how to get through the next 700,000 years.

After a soul beast abandons the idea of ​​transforming into a human to break through 100,000 years of cultivation, every 100,000-year mark can be considered a life-or-death struggle, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to describe it as a near-death experience.

In many cases, it's a one-way street to certain death.

There are quite a few 100,000-year-old soul beasts in the far north, but to this day, only the three Heavenly Kings have a cultivation level of over 100,000 years, and the dangers they face are unimaginable.

Xue Di was indeed confident in breaking through the barrier, but confidence can't put food on the table, so she naturally wanted to see if there were any other paths she could take.

If Chen Feng were just an ordinary human soul master, or some kind of cultivation genius, Xue Di wouldn't be too interested in him.

However, he happens to be an academic genius, which gives Xue Di some hope, because such a person has a good mind.

Perhaps, even if there's only a one in ten thousand chance, Chen Feng might be able to help her come up with a solution, even if it's just some useful advice.

After Chenfeng adjusted the process, the concept version of the ring-tracing ceremony started again, and this time the process went very smoothly.

Xue Di extracted an extremely weak wisp of her soul power, weakened it to a level slightly stronger than Chen Feng's soul power, and then transferred it into Chen Feng's body.

Chen Feng then incorporated this soul power into his own soul power circulation path, integrating it into himself through repeated circulation. Each integration would increase the strength of his soul power, at which point Xue Di would send him the next wisp of soul power.

The soul power that Xue Di transferred was extremely weak for her, but it was enormous for Chen Feng, to the point that he almost suffered from indigestion.

Fortunately, Xue Di had strong enough control over her soul power, which allowed Chen Feng to gradually absorb it.

As Chen Feng's own soul power increased, his body gradually experienced swelling, pain, and tearing sensations, which was a sign that the strength of the soul rings was gradually exceeding the body's tolerance.

Faced with this situation, Chen Feng had only one option: to resist.

Grit your teeth and endure it until you can't take it anymore.

Obtaining a spirit ring from Xue Di is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and this spirit ring is also related to whether Chen Feng can properly use the Yin Sword. He must do his best to get the best result.

As time passed, Chen Feng felt increasingly intense pain; blood oozed from his mouth and nose, and a layer of white frost appeared on his body.

It is well known that cold can intensify pain because it increases nerve sensitivity.

At this moment, Chen Feng was suffering greatly, his whole body was cold and in pain, and the pain was doubled by the cold, as if he were being tortured.

Under such intense pain, Chen Feng's consciousness soon became somewhat blurred, and blood also overflowed from his eyes and ears, making him truly bleeding from all seven orifices.

It's just missing the word "death".

"That's enough." Xue Di looked at the pitiful boy in front of her and suddenly spoke.

This sound seemed to penetrate straight to the soul, making Chen Feng, who was already in a daze, shudder and barely regain his senses.

He had lost the ability to think at this point and could only act according to the sudden female voice, beginning to finish his ring-tracing ritual.

Chen Feng was extremely familiar with the process of the Ring-Raising Ceremony. Even when his mind was not clear, he still completed the last part of the process by instinct.

As four spirit rings—two yellow, one purple, and one black—appeared on Chen Feng's body, his vision went black and he collapsed to the ground. The four spirit rings that had just appeared also disappeared.

Xue Di withdrew her hands and stood up. She looked at the boy on the ground and whispered:
"Is this the toroidal method? You've given me some pleasant surprises."

After saying that, she summoned a snow maiden to escort Chen Feng to a side hall to rest, and informed Chen Xin outside about the situation there.

Chen Xin was naturally anxious when she learned that Chen Feng was injured, and she rushed to the side hall to check on Chen Feng's condition.

"Phew, thank goodness, it didn't affect his foundation." Chen Xin breathed a sigh of relief as he wiped the blood off his disciple's face.

As long as his foundation isn't affected, it's not a big problem. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School has enough resources to heal Chen Feng's injuries.

Compared to that, this experience was quite magical. Not only did he meet the Snow Empress, the leader of the three Heavenly Kings of the Far North, but the Snow Empress also allowed Chen Feng to obtain the Snow Maiden's soul ring.

Yes, that's what Chen Xin knew. He never imagined that his disciple had obtained the Snow Emperor's soul ring.

(End of this chapter)