Douluo Jueshi: Who made him a soul mentor?

After returning home, Wang Chen went straight into the cultivation room, locked the door, and began his seclusion.

Wang Chen held the Spirit Devouring Carving Knife, now resembling a cyan crystal after purification, in his palm. The original ferocious aura had completely vanished. The carving knife felt warm and smooth to the touch, giving off a vibrant feeling of life.

Wang Chen looked at the purified Spirit Devouring Carving Knife, or rather, the Essence of Life Metal, and couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement.

This Essence of Life Metal was definitely the most top-tier treasure on the continent. If graded, it would undoubtedly be a divine-level existence.

It was greatly beneficial to both the body and mental strength. The Silver Dragon King could use it to heal injuries, and Ilex could use it to stabilize his spiritual consciousness, no longer worrying about dissipating.

This kind of item, so useful even to divine-level powerhouses, was undoubtedly a divine treasure.

Even a soul master with ordinary talent, once absorbing the Essence of Life Metal, would undergo a complete transformation, like a caterpillar turning into Rayquaza, possessing the potential to reach the divine level.

In the original story, after Huo Yuhao obtained the Essence of Life Metal, Ilex used most of its power to repair and nourish his spiritual consciousness.

Even so, Huo Yuhao, only getting a taste of the leftovers, still received enormous benefits. Not only was his physique enhanced and his talent improved, but his injury recovery speed also greatly increased.

Even his Sea of Spirit expanded, and his mental power growth speed tripled. From this, one could imagine just how awesome the Essence of Life Metal truly was.

Of course, although Huo Yuhao only got a taste of the leftovers, he received Ilex's inheritance of necromantic magic. Whether it was a gain or a loss depended on one's personal understanding.

Wang Chen had no one to share the benefits with. He alone had the say in how to use such a large piece of Essence of Life Metal.

Of course, absorbing the Essence of Life Metal was also a technical skill; it couldn't be done haphazardly.

Like the original owner of the Spirit Devouring Carving Knife, that Evil Soul Master at the Title Douluo level, didn't know how to absorb the Essence of Life Metal. Thus, he could only inject his evil thoughts and curses into it, turning it into the Spirit Devouring Carving Knife. This act was a complete waste of resources, a pure squandering.

There was also the hundred-thousand-year soul beast, the Golden Sea Turtle, from Star Dou Forest, which secretly infiltrated the Lake of Life and took a bite of the Essence of Life Metal in the lake, swallowing it into its stomach.

Not only did it not receive any benefits, but it was instead absorbed by the Essence of Life Metal in reverse, ultimately heading towards destruction and forced to become a soul spirit.

The reason why eating the Essence of Life Metal resulted in being absorbed in reverse was because the life force contained within the Essence of Life Metal was simply too vigorous.

A small carving knife-sized piece of solid Essence of Life Metal like this required approximately two hundred thousand years for Star Dou Forest to condense.

Such a high concentration of life force crystallization, after being swallowed by ordinary soul masters and soul beasts, was like a normal person eating salt. Eating a small amount could replenish the body's needs, but eating too much would cause the water in the body to be absorbed by the salt.

Therefore, good things should also be taken in moderation and used correctly; otherwise, treasures can also become deadly poisons.

Wang Chen, as a transmigrator who had read the original story, naturally knew how to utilize the Essence of Life Metal.

He simply placed the Essence of Life Metal on his forehead, at the location of his brow center, and then, under the effect of his mental power, the Essence of Life Metal fluctuated slightly.

Immediately afterward, a vigorous life force, insignificant compared to the Essence of Life Metal but extremely concentrated relative to Wang Chen, instantly poured into Wang Chen's body through his brow center.

In that instant, Wang Chen's entire body was dyed cyan, even his Sea of Spirit was no exception and was covered.

An unprecedented feeling of comfort spread throughout his body. Wang Chen felt that his brain, internal organs, skin, muscles, bones, bone marrow, everything, even every cell, every pore, was being nourished by that vigorous life force.

Wang Chen's body was like parched land meeting sweet rain, greedily sucking in that vigorous life force.

Under the nourishment of the vigorous life force, Wang Chen's body began to undergo transformation.

First, his skin became more supple and radiant, his muscles became more powerful, and his meridians became more elastic, able to accommodate more soul power passing through.

His internal organs also became tougher, his bone density became greater, his blood and qi became more vigorous, and his entire being was undergoing a qualitative change.

Wang Chen's physique was rapidly improving under the effect of the Essence of Life Metal. If Wang Chen could only absorb soul rings of around two thousand years before absorbing the Essence of Life Metal, then now Wang Chen could absorb soul rings of at least five thousand years.

What a terrifying improvement this was! In a short period of time, Wang Chen's physical fitness had more than doubled.

This enormous improvement directly rendered the body-strengthening pills Wang Chen had taken before worthless. Compared to the Essence of Life Metal, they were simply worlds apart, like a dragon and an ant, like the bright moon and a firefly.

Moreover, the improvement in physical fitness was only the most insignificant aspect.

As the life force continuously washed over Wang Chen's body, a trace of extremely foul-smelling and nauseating filth began to rapidly be discharged from Wang Chen's pores.

These filth were impurities in Wang Chen's body, affecting Wang Chen's talent and cultivation speed.

With the discharge of impurities, Wang Chen's talent became even more outstanding. If described simply with data, it would be that Wang Chen had now broken free from the shackles of innate level nine soul power and could completely compare with those geniuses with innate full soul power.

This cleansing did not improve Wang Chen's cultivation level, but it caused Wang Chen's body to undergo a tremendous change.

Under the nourishment of this rich life force, Wang Chen's body was like returning to its original state, as clean and clear as a newborn infant, unprecedentedly pure.

Wang Chen felt that his body had become so light, very light, and his whole body was filled with endless vitality, and even his breathing became smoother.

This feeling made Wang Chen feel like he had come to paradise above the nine heavens, it was so beautiful and happy.

The vigorous life force not only nourished Wang Chen's body, but also entered Wang Chen's Sea of Spirit through his brow center, washing over his spirit.

Under the effect of the pure and ultimate life force of the Essence of Life Metal, Wang Chen's Sea of Spirit became more spacious, more pure, and the mental power in the Sea of Spirit also became more condensed.

Transformation, an unprecedented transformation, was happening to Wang Chen.

Under the nourishment of the ultimate life force of the Essence of Life Metal, Wang Chen, from body to spirit, underwent earth-shaking changes.

Time flew by, and a quarter of an hour had passed.

Just as Wang Chen was immersed in the nourishment of the vigorous life force of the Essence of Life Metal, the tattered black book deep in his soul suddenly vibrated.

Along with the vibration of the black book, Wang Chen suddenly woke up.

Immediately afterward, Wang Chen immediately removed the Essence of Life Metal from his brow center.

Wang Chen took a deep breath and muttered, "I almost got lost in it. Fortunately, the Black Book warned me, otherwise, absorbing excessive life force would inevitably lead to being too weak to handle it, even being killed by the nourishment.

I'm still too weak. If I had the strength of a Limit Douluo right now, I would definitely be able to truly utilize this piece of Living Gold to its fullest, and even use it to raise my physique to the level of a god."

Wang Chen came back to his senses, looking at the Living Gold in his hand, not even noticing any reduction.

Obviously, the life force injected into Wang Chen's body earlier was just a drop in the bucket for the Living Gold, not worth mentioning.

After all, this Living Gold, the size of a carving knife, is equivalent to a treasure that can only be condensed in the Star Dou Great Forest for two hundred thousand years. How could it be consumed so easily?

Such a vast amount of life force would be enough to burst even a hundred thousand-year soul beast, let alone Wang Chen, a small level thirty quasi-Soul Grandmaster. Even a hundred of him combined couldn't absorb it all.

Wang Chen felt the life force within his body, knowing that he couldn't absorb the Living Gold again for the next few months. He had to wait until his body digested this life force before he could absorb it again.

Otherwise, that hundred thousand-year Golden Snapping Turtle would be a lesson for him. If he didn't want to end up like that Golden Snapping Turtle, he had to restrain his greedy desires.

Eat as much as your stomach can handle. Eating too much can easily lead to bursting. Wang Chen understood this principle very well, so he immediately packed the Living Gold in a soul-guided device box that concealed its aura, and then put it into his storage soul-guided device.

After putting away the Living Gold, Wang Chen looked at the impurities discharged from his body and immediately took a good bath. Then, he sat down cross-legged and began to explore the changes in his body and spiritual power.

After some exploration, Wang Chen found that his physical fitness had greatly improved. Absorbing a five-thousand-year soul ring would be no problem at all.

Regarding the soul ring problem, Wang Chen had an idea, which was to wait until his spiritual power reached the Soul Saint level in the future.

When he could use the Black Book's second function, the Crystal Imprint, to perform a secondary deduction of the Soul Ring Tempering Secret Technique, he wanted to see if he could deduce a secret technique for replacing soul rings.

At that time, he could replace all the previous hundred-year soul rings, thousand-year soul rings, and ten-thousand-year soul rings with soul rings of one hundred thousand years or more, and his soul power cultivation would definitely improve by leaps and bounds.

In addition to his physique, Wang Chen's spiritual power had also been greatly improved, directly reaching the Soul King level.

Of course, none of these were the most important. The most important thing was the improvement of his aptitude, the improvement of his potential, and the improvement of his cultivation speed.

Wang Chen clenched his fists. With his current aptitude, cultivating to the Title Douluo level in the future would be smooth sailing, without encountering any bottlenecks.

Most importantly, there was still so much Living Gold left, enough to support him in cultivating to a very high level.

In the next few years, Wang Chen's strength was destined to improve rapidly at a terrifying rate.

If the speed of ordinary soul masters' cultivation was walking, then Wang Chen was riding a high-speed train, a completely cheating existence.

It was really hard to imagine what level Wang Chen's cultivation and strength would reach when the curtain opened and Xu Tianran was assassinated a few years later?

Wang Chen thought to himself, "Today, I will adapt to my greatly improved physique and spiritual power, and by the way, sort out the life force in my body and store it in my dantian, wrapped in soul power, so as not to be discovered.

Then, tomorrow, I will go to a soul beast gathering place with the family's experts to hunt soul beasts, absorb the third soul ring, and become a true Soul Grandmaster."

After making his plans, Wang Chen immediately began to cultivate.

Time flew by, and the next day arrived.

After Wang Chen got up in the morning and finished eating, he told his family that his cultivation had reached level thirty.

Hearing this news, Wang's father and Wang's mother hugged each other happily.

Wang's father and Wang's mother: 罒ω罒, our son is getting more and more amazing. It won't be long before we can enjoy a comfortable life.

After the family learned about it, they quickly dispatched two Soul Saint-level elders to take Wang Chen to Jingyang Mountain Range to hunt soul beasts.

Jingyang Mountain Range is located in the north-central part of the Sun Moon Empire, only a little over a thousand miles away from Mingdu. It is the closest large soul beast gathering place to Mingdu.

If Star Dou Great Forest is the undisputed first soul beast gathering place, then this Jingyang Mountain Range can also be ranked in the top five.

Jingyang Mountain Range has extremely rich mineral resources, and at the same time, many special soul beasts that like metal energy have been born.

These soul beasts are powerful, of good quality, extremely aggressive, and produce excellent soul rings.

Xiao Hongchen's several soul rings were obtained in Jingyang Mountain Range.

In the morning, the sun was shining brightly, and a handsome young man, led by two old men in their fifties or sixties, came to the periphery of Jingyang Mountain Range.

Because Wang Chen's cultivation was weak and he could not use flying soul-guided devices for long-distance travel, he was being flown by the Soul Saint elder at this time.

Looking from the high altitude, the overall shape of Jingyang Mountain Range is like a large spider.

Among them, the eight legs of this large spider are the eight branch veins. These eight branch veins are coiled, protecting the central mountain range that looks like the spider's belly.

The Soul Saint elder carrying Wang Chen on his back was Elder Wang Yuan, who had previously presided over the family competition.

Wang Yuan said, "Chen'er, what type of soul beast do you plan to absorb for your spirit tool martial soul's third soul skill?"

Wang Chen had already considered the type of soul beast he wanted to absorb.

Wang Chen planned to take the path of extreme attack flow. There is a saying that goes, 'Quality over quantity, one trick is enough to dominate the world.' Rather than covering multiple directions and being mediocre in everything, it is better to focus on one direction and attack fiercely.

As for defense and movement, Wang Chen planned to use soul-guided devices to make up for it.

Wang Chen said, "Elder Wang Yuan, I hope to choose a soul beast with strong attack power for my third soul ring."

Wang Yuan nodded and said, "It seems that Chen'er, you are planning to take the path of extreme flow. In that case, this old man must catch a high-quality powerful soul beast for you."

After speaking, Elder Wang Yuan and another elder named Wang Xiaoming bypassed the branch veins and headed directly towards the central mountain range of Jingyang Mountain Range.

The two Soul Saint-level seventh-level soul tool master elders charged straight all the way, and all the soul beasts blocking the way were easily driven away.

The reason why they didn't kill wantonly was because the Sun Moon Empire's soul beast resources were relatively scarce, and everyone was consciously protecting them.

With two Soul Saint experts escorting him, Wang Chen quickly found a suitable target.

Wang Yuan looked at the golden giant tiger, his mouth twitched, and said to Wang Chen, "Chen'er, this giant tiger's cultivation is estimated to exceed five thousand years. If you want to absorb it, it will be difficult even with the help of special drugs."

Wang Chen said, "Elder Wang Yuan, I recently absorbed a soul bone, and with the resources provided by the family, my physique has improved very quickly. I want to try."