Douluo: Lord of Arms

Chapter 12 Future Plan

Lin Xingyu said excitedly: "In addition, my soul has given me a small magical power that allows me to sense the spirituality of most gold and stone."

Upon hearing this, Lin Cheng blurted out in shock, "Amazing! Don't tell anyone about the effects of this soul skill. In my opinion, even a ten-thousand-year soul skill can't compare to your first soul skill. The magical power of the soul alone is equivalent to many soul masters' thousand-year or even ten-thousand-year soul skills!"

After all, Lin Cheng had never seen a more powerful hundred thousand year soul skill, and had no way to compare it, but he felt that even compared with the legendary hundred thousand year soul skill, this first soul skill was not inferior at all.

"Come on, how about trying your first soul skill?" Lin Cheng said as he took out a bunch of metals from the storage soul guide, including ordinary metals, hundred-forged metals, thousand-forged metals, and even a piece of top-level spirit-forged tungsten steel.

Lin Xingyu picked out all the tungsten steels and wanted to test the degree to which the soul ring could absorb tungsten steels of different qualities, starting with ordinary tungsten steel.

He directly summoned his martial soul and used his first soul skill.

In an instant, a metallic luster flashed on his body and merged into the tungsten steel in his hand.

More than ten minutes later, a stream of light flew back to Lin Xingyu from the tungsten steel. At the same time, he slowly opened his eyes.

Lin Xingyu murmured, "Ordinary metals also have an effect, but it's minimal. I'll try hundred-forged, thousand-forged, and spirit-forged metals."

An hour passed in a flash, and a streak of light returned to Lin Xingyu, signaling the end of the test. The metals he had chosen seemed to have been drained of their life force, becoming dull and lifeless, especially the soul-forged metal, which was devoid of any spiritual energy.

Lin Xingyu slowly opened his eyes, looked at Lin Cheng, and said, "The test results are in. Whether it's ordinary metal, hundred-forged metal, thousand-forged metal, or spiritually forged metal, there are obvious effects. However, the effects of ordinary, hundred-forged, and thousand-forged metals are not very significant, while the spiritually forged metal has brought about a qualitative change. After absorbing this spiritually forged metal, I gained the ability called 'Solidity', which can make my martial soul, body, and even internal organs more resilient."

He paused, then added, "But the effect is very weak, not even comparable to a ten-year soul skill, and the effect is negligible. To increase the effect, I'm afraid a large amount of spirit forging metal is needed. I estimate that about ten pieces are needed to make this ability reach the level of a ten-year soul skill."

After hearing this, Lin Cheng felt a toothache and thought to himself: It turns out that this soul skill is not as powerful as I imagined, it consumes too much energy!
Although Lin Cheng felt a little disappointed, he soon felt relieved. He knew that the soul skills that could help soul masters grow should have some limitations, otherwise it would be too outrageous.

Lin Cheng pondered for a moment and began to analyze, "If you want this ability to grow strong enough, I see two ways. One is to increase the age of your soul. With a higher age, the soul skill will definitely be more effective and consume less energy. The other is to accumulate a large amount of soul forging metal. I'm just not sure if there's an upper limit." He then added, "But it shouldn't be a big problem, at least not at the soul level. The strength of this ability depends on the metal absorbed and the age of the soul."

After hearing this, Lin Xingyu nodded in agreement.

Lin Cheng couldn't help but admire: "It seems that your soul skill has no major flaws except that it costs money. It can be considered a perfect soul skill!" After all, in this era, the age of souls can be improved.

At this time, Lin Xingyu said to Lin Cheng with a firm gaze, "Father, I plan to become a blacksmith. I have good physical fitness and strong mental strength. The abilities bestowed by the soul are magical skills for blacksmiths, and they will definitely help me grow rapidly on this path."

Lin Xingyu elaborated seriously: "Moreover, if I want to maximize the effect of my first soul skill, I need various high-grade metals. No one can give me these, so I can only rely on myself. The amount of metal I need is huge. For any person or force, that is a huge amount of high-grade metals, not just one or two. If I want to maximize the improvement of this soul skill, I must collect all the top-level metals. The soul has given me the ability to perceive the spirituality of metal and stone, which at least guarantees my foundation to become a blacksmith. I can try to forge high-grade metals myself. People say that high-level blacksmiths are short of money, but I have never heard of them being short of metal."

Lin Cheng had already made up his mind after hearing this, and said earnestly, "Your reasons are very valid, but there's no need to rush. You're still young, and this is the golden age for improving your soul power. Don't let your first soul skill distract you. The most important thing right now is to improve your soul power, develop your martial soul, and lay a solid foundation."

"You should know that for the strong, soul power level is crucial. Any secondary profession that wants to reach the top must have high-level soul power to support it. Even for the truly strong, soul skills are not the key; creating your own soul skills is enough to dominate the world. Your current practice should focus on improving your soul power level."

"Although your spirit has given you powerful abilities, it doesn't mean you have a good talent for forging. I don't have the time to teach you forging myself, so I'll first arrange for you to be taught by a spirit-forging-level forger to test your talent. If your talent is good, I'll try to get you to demonstrate it in front of Mu Chen, the Eight-Star Saint Craftsman, the president of the Donghai City Forging Association."

"I've also found teachers for you on mecha design, manufacturing, and repair. Don't refuse. Let's first see your talent for these professions. After all, these professions require a lot of mental strength and are mostly theoretical knowledge, and your mental strength talent is terrifying. Choose the profession you have a good talent for. Even if you don't have a good talent for other professions, you can still lay a foundation."

"If you have good talents in other secondary professions but not in forging, don't force yourself to be a blacksmith. You can make money in other professions as well. Which secondary profession can't make a lot of money at a high level? If all else fails, spend a little more money on high-level metals. You can buy even the most precious ones."

"A soul master's soul power is the foundation. Don't let one soul skill disturb your mind. You can only have eight soul skills in the future. You are still young now. In the past few years, you should focus on laying the foundation and improving your soul power. You don't need to spend too much time on your secondary profession, and don't worry too much about your first soul skill."

(End of this chapter)