Douluo: My Spirit Pidgeot

Chapter 123 Is it really impossible to cultivate without soul power?

Just as Mo Hui was feeling emotional, Jiang Xing suddenly mustered up her courage and came up to Mo Hui.

With a hint of resentment mixed with a hint of hope in his eyes, he asked Mo Hui, "Brother Mo Hui, is it really impossible to cultivate without soul power?"

After hearing Jiang Xing's words, Mo Hui fell silent.

Does the lack of soul power necessarily mean one cannot cultivate? Of course not. If one possesses a cultivation technique similar to the Mysterious Heaven Technique, or some top-tier rare and precious materials, or other extraordinary opportunities, an ordinary person can acquire the ability to cultivate.

But how could an ordinary person possibly have access to these things? For an ordinary person, achieving these requirements is countless times more difficult than directly awakening innate soul power.

Even now, Mo Hui cannot enable someone without innate soul power to cultivate.

Seeing that Mo Hui remained silent for a long time, the light in Jiang Xing's eyes dimmed more and more, and he already had a guess in his heart.

Seeing this, Su Yuntao sighed and said, "Little friend, I can understand your feelings, but it is an ironclad rule that one cannot cultivate without soul power. There has never been a person who could cultivate without innate soul power."

"Plop~~"

Mo Hui's silence and Su Yuntao's advice shattered Jiang Xing's hopes, causing him to collapse to his knees.

Then two glistening tears slid down Jiang Xing's face, and this strong child began to sob.

In this era of aristocratic rule, the inability to cultivate without innate soul power meant that his future was already sealed, and all his past dreams vanished in an instant.

"Hey~"

Upon seeing this, Mo Hui couldn't help but shake his head and sigh softly.

In the current Douluo Continent, ordinary people are indeed helpless when faced with such a situation and can only accept their fate. Not everyone is Tang San, who has a skill like the Mysterious Heaven Skill that allows him to cultivate without innate soul power.

Wait... the cultivation technique!
Suddenly, a streak of light flashed through Mo Hui's mind.

Perhaps, he could try to create a technique similar to the Mysterious Heaven Technique, a technique that can influence innate soul power, a technique that everyone can cultivate!

But then, Mo Hui shook his head with a self-deprecating smile.

Creating cultivation techniques is not so easy. If it were just a technique exclusive to oneself, that would be fine, given Mo Hui's own abilities. But to make it accessible to everyone and also capable of influencing innate soul power, the difficulty is on a completely different level.

Especially in a world like Douluo Continent, where even true meditation methods may not exist, creating such a technique is extremely difficult!
After bidding farewell to Mo Hui, Su Yuntao left Jiangrong Village with the Awakening Stone. He was pressed for time as he needed to go to other villages to help others awaken their martial souls.

Not long after Su Yuntao left, a knight riding a tall horse and wearing chainmail arrived at the entrance of Jiangrong Village and shouted into the village, "Jiangrong Village, why aren't you coming out?"

The knight's voice was loud, and soon the villagers of Jiangrong Village arrived at the village entrance.

Upon seeing the group arrive, the knight glanced down at them and asked, "Which of you is the village chief?"

"Yes, yes, may I ask what brings you here, Sir Knight?"

Upon hearing the knight call his name, the village chief of Jiangrong Village quickly stepped forward and inquired.

The knight said, "Your taxes for this year are due. The lord has ordered me to collect them." "The poll tax is ready; please, Sir Knight, take inventory!"

The village chief of Jiangrong Village, with a forced smile, handed a small bag to the knight and said...

The knight weighed the bag in his hand, then grabbed the gold soul coins inside and glanced at them. He nodded and said, "The quantity is correct, but you'll need to prepare for the subsequent taxes. I'll come to collect them in three days. The tax payment deadline has been brought forward this year."

"Ah! This... Sir Knight, could you please grant me some leeway?"

Upon hearing the knight's words, the village chief of Jiangrong Village was dumbfounded. Although one tax was nothing to them, all these taxes added up to a considerable sum, and it would be difficult to raise the money in a short period of time.

The knight glanced at the village chief of Jiangrong Village and said, "This is the lord's order."

Upon hearing this, the village chief of Jiangrong Village slumped back a few steps, wondering where they were going to raise so much money in just three days.

"I'll pay all the subsequent taxes for them!"

At this moment, Mo Hui, who had been watching from the side for a while, came out and said to the knight.

"Who did this...?"

The knight frowned, about to reprimand him, but then sensed the unique aura emanating from Mo Hui and the soul tool at his waist. He immediately smiled and said, "Oh, it's a Soul Master! I didn't even see you just now. I'm so sorry. Their subsequent tax amount is..."

After hearing the number the other party announced, Mo Hui nodded, took out the corresponding gold soul coin from his soul tool, and threw it to the other party.

After accepting Mo Hui's gold soul coins, the knight wanted to invite Mo Hui to visit their lord's house, but Mo Hui naturally declined, as he had no time to waste on a lord from a small place.

Meanwhile, Jiang Xing, standing in the crowd, was deeply shocked to see the knight, who was so arrogant in front of them, behaving so humbly in front of Mo Hui.

It turned out that Soul Masters were even more noble than he had imagined, but unfortunately, he would never become a Soul Master in his lifetime.

After the knight left, Mo Hui looked at the villagers around him who showed him gratitude and sighed.

He had survived on his own for a period of time and knew about the situation of people at the bottom of the Douluo Continent.

Are ordinary people in Douluo Continent living poorly? In his view as a transmigrator, they certainly are. But if they were really placed in ancient society, ordinary people in Douluo Continent might actually be living quite well.

This is not because the national system of Douluo Continent is so good, but because the enormous productivity brought about by Soul Masters is far beyond what ancient society could achieve through fraudulent means.

A Soul Master of the Soul Venerable level, specializing in food, can feed 500 soldiers. In ancient times, it would have required at least several thousand people to grow food to support those 500 soldiers.

Many tasks that required manpower in ancient times can be entrusted to Soul Masters, who will only perform them better.

With far fewer deadly corvée labor and taxes, the common people of Douluo Continent naturally lived much better lives, and it was rare for them to starve or die from exhaustion.

But that's it.

Ultimately, Douluo Continent is just a medieval society that has only recently abolished slavery. Although the existence of Soul Masters makes life less miserable for ordinary people, it is impossible for their living standards to be significantly higher.

(End of this chapter)