Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul is the Black Dragon, I am the Lord of the Gods

Chapter 162 Betting on Life
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"Did the Education Commission of Meng Shenji explain why this is?" Yu Xiaogang asked.

"It seems that his beast spirit has mutated, causing him to have a great problem with his sense of direction," Qin Ming said.

"However, I suspect it is largely related to his alternating high-pressure training of his two thoughts."

"Two ideas?" Yu Xiaogang looked puzzled, clearly not quite understanding Qin Ming's words.

"What do you mean?"

"Due to the mutation of his beast martial soul, Xuanming developed a peculiar form of mental splitting, which resulted in him having two distinct thoughts," Qin Ming said.

"He controlled these two thoughts and used them to meditate continuously for 24 hours a day."

"Twenty-four hours a day without interruption?" Everyone looked bewildered.

Flander frowned slightly. "No wonder there was always a faint fluctuation of soul power around him, even when he was eating or walking. I thought it was due to the characteristics of his beast spirit."

“Continued... Can he handle it? Won’t he have a mental breakdown if this continues?” Zhao Wuji asked doubtfully.

"Does the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy have a way to deal with this kind of psychological pressure?" Yu Xiaogang couldn't help but ask.

Qin Ming gave a wry smile. "Master, if the Heaven Dou Royal Academy really had such abilities, how could it still be in this state?"

Meditation is incredibly boring!

Prolonged meditation can cause significant psychological stress!

Excessive meditation, when psychological stress accumulates to a certain level, can lead to mental breakdown!
This is just like how overeating can lead to death; it's an objective fact.

After a long period of meditation, it is essential to get sufficient rest and relieve psychological stress; otherwise, the results will be less effective and may even harm the body.

"How did he do that?" Yu Xiaogang asked, puzzled.

Qin Ming shook his head. "I don't know. He probably figured it out himself."

"Impossible!" Yu Xiaogang said definitively.

"Soul Masters below level 30 are still very fragile in both body and mind. If they try to cultivate their spirit without someone to teach them, they will only turn themselves into idiots!"

"Could it be that Poison Douluo taught him?"

"It shouldn't be that. Even Dugu Yan couldn't do something like that. If Poison Douluo taught Xuanming, then Dugu Yan couldn't possibly not know how," Qin Ming said.

"Moreover, I think his method is most likely impossible to replicate, or carries a great risk."

"Why?" Yu Xiaogang asked.

"Have you looked into it?"

Qin Ming shook his head. "Master, if others could learn this method, Dugu Yan and the others would have learned it long ago."

"Not necessarily. This special cultivation method is extremely valuable, so it's normal that he's unwilling to share it," Yu Xiaogang said.

Qin Ming sighed slightly and continued, "Master, although I haven't delved into the specific details of the Xuanming cultivation method, from my current observation, it is definitely not something that can be easily taught. Not to mention that his own mental split caused by the mutation of his beast martial soul is already special, and the two thoughts switch back and forth during meditation, if there is a slight mistake, his mind may fall into chaos."

Xuanming can easily understand and handle complex problems, but he seems at a loss when it comes to many simple things in life. This is probably a side effect of his cultivation method.

"Alright, stop guessing. I know his cultivation method." Ning Rongrong couldn't stand it anymore.

"You can do that?" Everyone turned their gaze towards them.

“My father asked him before, wanting to exchange a secret technique from our sect for this special cultivation method,” Ning Rongrong said.

"You don't seem to know how, do you?" Xiao Wu asked curiously.

"Or do you know how, but you're just lazy?"

Ning Rongrong rolled her eyes at Xiao Wu, "His method is not something a normal person can learn. Even my Grandpa Sword and Grandpa Bone wouldn't dare to mess around with it."

After thinking for a moment, Ning Rongrong picked up two wooden planks from the table.

“Look closely, these are the two thoughts that arose from his split personality. He usually uses one thought to control the flow of his soul power for meditation, while the other thought is used for daily activities. It is somewhat similar to the distraction control of our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, but his is a little different.”

As she spoke, Ning Rongrong overlapped the two wooden boards slightly.

"He can switch between meditations without interruption by partially overlapping two thoughts. This overlap is very complex. One thought has the psychological pressure after meditation, while the other does not. After the overlap, he uses the non-existent thought to forcibly block out the existing part."

"Simply put, he forced himself to forget the psychological pressure after meditation!" "Mind manipulation?" Flander's expression froze.

"Isn't he afraid of making himself an idiot?"

This sounds simple, but in practice it's not as simple as just overlapping them like this.

Even a Soul Saint like him wouldn't dare to casually manipulate his own spirit. How old is Xuanming? Why would he play such a thrilling game?

"That's why he sometimes looks a bit dazed," Ning Rongrong said, pursing her lips.

"Stunned?" Oscar looked puzzled.

"His aloofness...could it be..."

“Although he can switch between two thoughts for meditation, these two thoughts ultimately overlap, so he can’t think too much, nor does he have the energy for it,” Ning Rongrong said.

"You usually see him as someone who keeps people at arm's length, but actually he just doesn't have that much time to think about things."

“You think he’s strong and looks down on everyone, but actually, he didn’t even look at them.”

Xuanming's mind is mostly in a state of relaxation and emptiness. He doesn't think about too many things, so he doesn't talk much. The idea that he is deep-thinking is just everyone's guess.

She had known Xuanming since childhood; they were practically childhood friends. What others couldn't understand, she could see clearly.

That guy is Da Tou Long.

"By the way, Master, haven't you always been curious about how Xuanming solved the mutation defect of his Blood Spear?" Ning Rongrong looked at Yu Xiaogang.

"I can tell you very clearly that he didn't solve it."

"He can't solve the problem of the Blood Spear's devouring ability, and neither can my father and the others."

“I know you don’t believe me. After all, if the problem hadn’t been solved, he wouldn’t be able to cultivate at such a fast speed.”

"But that's the truth. He has been using his soul power and blood to feed his blood spear, so even though he puts in several times the effort of ordinary people, his actual cultivation level is not much higher than others. His cultivation is equivalent to one person doing two jobs."

Zhao Wuji's expression was somewhat unnatural. "No wonder his martial spirit is so strange."

Soul Masters cultivate Martial Souls, and Martial Souls grow on their own as Soul Masters' Soul Power levels increase. Normally, the level of a Martial Soul is the same as the Soul Master's Soul Power level. However, Xuanming's Martial Soul is very strange. Even though he is only a Soul Master, the blood spear gives him the feeling that only a Soul Emperor can possess a Martial Soul!

"If the martial spirit grows faster than itself, won't it get out of control?" Tang San couldn't help but ask.

The stronger a martial soul becomes, the more difficult it becomes to control. This is very evident in his Clear Sky Hammer. When he first awakened it, although it was very heavy, he could still barely control it. But now that he has reached the Soul Master level, his Clear Sky Hammer has also grown stronger, and since he doesn't use it often, it is very difficult to control.

This is only a martial soul with the same power as his own. If Xuanming's martial soul exceeded his own cultivation, how did he control that thing?
“Of course he will, but he has twin martial souls,” Ning Rongrong said.

"If he unleashes the full power of the Blood Spear, his own soul power will be unable to control that thing. Then, his Beast Martial Soul will enter a berserk state, and all his attributes will surge, allowing him to forcibly control that thing for a short period of time."

"Just like when we first enrolled, he had that fight with Teacher Zhao."

Zhao Wuji's expression froze. "Can we not talk about that matter?"

"Then in that match we had at the Great Soul Arena, wasn't he..." Oscar's expression became somewhat unnatural.

Tang San and the others could no longer maintain their composure, and their expressions turned serious.

Xuanming didn't use Berserk mode back then!

“He’s just relaxing.” Ning Rongrong said with a strange expression.

"You guys don't actually think he's serious, do you?"

"..."

"According to you, his appetite for that blood spear is also constantly growing. Even if he can afford it now, what about later?" Yu Xiaogang was still somewhat skeptical.

"The gap between Soul Masters widens as they progress in their cultivation. What will happen to him if he feeds his Martial Soul in this way?"

"Let's take it one step at a time," Ning Rongrong said.

"My father also said that Xuanming's current cultivation is a gamble with his life."

"Either he feeds the Blood Spear first, or he gets swallowed by it. It's a matter of who's faster."

(End of this chapter)