Douluo Continent: The Legend of the Gods

"A second martial soul?!"

Wang Xian'er had just closed the dormitory door when she heard her disciple say those words, and she froze on the spot. She turned around, stared at Yun Qinglin, thinking she had misheard.

They had now returned to Wang Xian'er's secluded villa deep within the Star Luo Royal Academy, a place she had entrusted to her disciples.

Although it's called a dormitory, it's actually a residence specially prepared by the academy for the elders of the ancestral hall. It's quiet and secluded, isolated from the noise outside.

Winged Fire Douluo took his leave halfway and returned to the Hall of Worship, leaving only the master and disciple. Yun Qinglin thought about it for a long time on the way, and finally decided to tell them what had happened.

"Are you sure?" Wang Xian'er quickly walked up to him, squatted down, and stared intently into his eyes. "Are you sure it's your second martial soul?"

Yun Qinglin nodded, and with a thought, guided his second martial soul.

An invisible wave emanated from him, an indescribable feeling, as if something had gently swept across the room, illuminating every corner.

Wang Xian'er felt her thoughts become exceptionally clear in that instant, as if an invisible pair of eyes were observing everything around her.

The fluctuations lasted for less than three seconds before dissipating. Yun Qinglin opened his eyes, his face slightly pale. He seemed to have underestimated this ability to probe the surrounding environment.

That's right, his martial soul has a talent ability similar to Huo Yuhao's mental detection, but it cannot be shared. It can only scan the surrounding environment within 10m in all directions and present it in three dimensions in his mind.

In addition, it seems to enhance his thinking ability, but this remains to be verified.

Wang Xian'er took a deep breath and then slowly exhaled.

She felt that her disciple had brought her too many surprises in the past two days.

"The cultivation method for twin martial souls has already spread. Qinglin, since you have already attached the first soul ring to the Emerald Swan, you should focus on cultivating the Emerald Swan for now and do not attach a soul ring to your second martial soul for the time being."

"What's the name of your second martial soul?"

"The Pivot of Heavenly Jade," Yun Qinglin said frankly. "It seems to be a mental-type martial soul related to the brain. Its innate skill is to detect the environment within 10 meters. It can be improved. If it is a single-line detection, it should be able to detect further."

A spirit-based martial soul!

My disciple's future is limitless; becoming a Super Douluo is perhaps a conservative estimate.

"Qinglin, don't make your second martial soul public for now. Sometimes being too talented can attract more hatred," Wang Xian'er advised. She could probably still protect this disciple with just the Emerald Swan martial soul.

However, once the brain's spiritual body spirit is exposed, not to mention whether Shrek Academy will take any action, the group of madmen from the Body Sect will be difficult to deal with.

Yun Qinglin nodded: "I understand, teacher."

Wang Xian'er looked at him and suddenly sighed, "You're calmer than I am."

Yun Qinglin thought for a moment and said, "Because I trust my teacher. I know that if I tell my teacher about this, he will handle it for me. All I need to do now is focus on my cultivation."

Wang Xian'er smiled, "From now on, you should focus on cultivating the Emerald Swan, but don't slack off on training your mental strength. Mental strength is different from soul strength and won't be limited by your soul ring."

Douluo Continent 2 does not have a clear division of spiritual power cultivation levels. The original work only mentions things like tangible but intangible spiritual power, but in fact, the division of spiritual power in Douluo Continent 3 is not a very complicated thing.

However, he doesn't understand soul tools yet and needs to learn the basics first.

However, with Electrolux around, cultivating mental strength shouldn't be a problem.

"Get some rest. Tomorrow you'll start learning healing techniques from me, and I've found you another teacher for your soul power cultivation. Also, you can't slack off on your theoretical studies; your second martial soul needs a lot of knowledge to nourish it. It's a brain-based martial soul, so learning more won't hurt you."

Yun Qinglin responded.

Wang Xian'er turned and walked out, but stopped at the door and looked back at him.

"Also, don't let anyone know about your second martial soul for now. Including your Uncle Dan. It's not that I don't trust him, but the fewer people who know, the safer you will be."

"I understand, teacher."

Wang Xian'er nodded, pushed open the door, and went out.

After Wang Xian'er left, the room fell silent. Yun Qinglin sat on the edge of the bed, not in a hurry to lie down, but instead crossed his legs, closed his eyes, and immersed his consciousness in the sea of ​​his mind.

"Your teacher is very good," Electrox's voice rang out, tinged with approval. "He knows what's important and how to protect you. It was the right decision to have you focus on the Emerald Swan. Don't add a spirit ring to your second spirit yet; wait until you have a more refined control over your mental power."

Yun Qinglin responded in his mind, and then asked, "Elder Yi, how do I cultivate my mental strength? Although my mental strength is not weak, it is very crude in my use. Like just now, when I was probing the environment, I only lasted a few seconds before I felt exhausted."

Electrolux was silent for a moment, then said, "I do know a method that would be very suitable for your current situation."

"What method?"

"Distraction control." Electrox's voice became serious. "Using your mental energy to do multiple things at the same time, such as manipulating several objects simultaneously, making them each perform different movements. You can start with something simple, like controlling two leaves to draw a circle and a square in the air at the same time. Once you're proficient, you can increase the number and difficulty."

He paused, then added, "The advantage of this method is that it not only trains the strength of your mental power, but also the precision of your control over it."

The reason your ability to probe your surroundings only lasts a few seconds isn't because you lack mental strength, but because your control is too crude and consumes too much energy. Once you learn finer control, you can use the same amount of mental strength for much longer and farther.

Yun Qinglin nodded thoughtfully.

"You can try cultivating using this method."

Electrolux passed on his method of mental strength training to Yun Qinglin.

As expected of a top expert from another world, he could make any cultivation method he casually picked up seem very promising.

Yun Qinglin carefully studied this method of spiritual power, and the more he pondered it, the more exquisite it seemed.

Distraction control sounds simple, but it requires immense mental resilience and precision to master.

Electrolux's approach wasn't simply to have him think about several things at the same time, but rather a complete training system: from the most basic two-object separate control, to multi-object coordination, to maintaining awareness of the outside world while separate control, and finally reaching the state of being able to concentrate without being distracted and manage multiple tasks without being chaotic.

Interestingly, the core logic of this method is quite similar to the distraction control method of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul requires the simultaneous support of multiple people, demanding extremely high mental strength. Therefore, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect has passed down a sophisticated technique for controlling distraction for generations.

Although Electrolux's method comes from another world, it is strikingly similar to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School in its essence of "multitasking".

"What you need to do now is to master the most basic two-object control. I'll set a goal for you: within a month, use your mental power to simultaneously control two leaves, one to draw a circle and the other a square, for a continuous fifteen minutes without them becoming scattered or disordered."

If you can do this, your mental control precision will be sufficient to support your daily use of detection skills.

Yun Qinglin always felt that soul skills were quite mysterious. He had been completely clueless about them before, but after acquiring soul skills, it was as if he had been enlightened by some powerful being.

In the Douluo Continent, if people awaken their martial soul but do not master soul skills, even if you awaken a fire dragon martial soul, you cannot even launch a fireball. What does this mean?

Once a martial spirit is sealed, it's like being a useless person.

He could only master the spiritual detection of his own martial soul through self-cultivation, but he always felt that this method would be more beneficial to him.

At least they won't be completely clueless about how to use soul power and mental power after leaving their soul skills.

After picking two leaves outside and returning, he closed his eyes and, following the method taught by Electrolux, slowly released his spiritual energy.

The moment his mental energy touched the leaves, he felt a subtle resistance, like trying to catch a slippery fish with his hand, only to have it slip away as soon as he grasped it.

The first leaf barely managed to float up, swaying and drawing a crooked circle in the air.

The second leaf fell off the table as soon as it left the table. Yun Qinglin was not discouraged; he picked up the leaf and started again.

Electrolux didn't say anything more and quietly watched him practice.

Half an hour later, Yun Qinglin opened his eyes, a light sheen of sweat on his forehead. He could manage to make two leaves float up at the same time, but getting them to draw circles and squares separately would only last a few seconds before they became disordered.

"Not bad." Electrox rarely praised you, "Better than I expected. Your mental strength foundation is indeed very solid, but your control is too rough. This training method is just right. Half an hour a day is enough. Don't be greedy. Mental strength recovers slower than soul strength, and overdrawing it is bad for your body."

Yun Qinglin responded and then asked, "Elder Yi, besides spiritual power, I also have some ideas about cultivating soul power."

Tell me about it.

Yun Qinglin carefully considered his words before expressing his thoughts on meridians.

The traditional Chinese medicine knowledge he learned in his previous life taught him that the human body's meridians form a complete system, consisting of the twelve regular meridians, the eight extraordinary meridians, and countless smaller collaterals. The basic cultivation method that Uncle Dan taught him only involved a few major meridians, not to mention the other main meridians, and many branches were not utilized.

If we channel our soul power into those branch meridians, will it improve our cultivation efficiency?

"I don't understand the cultivation system of this world, and I need to observe it further before I can make a judgment." After thinking for a while, Electrox replied. After all, he had only been in this world for a short time, and if he rashly gave Yun Qinglin guidance on cultivation, it would be counterproductive.

"But you're right, the meridians in the human body are indeed a complete system. If you can also unblock the branch meridians, the efficiency of energy circulation in the body will indeed improve. But you have to think clearly, unblocking the meridians is not an easy thing, especially those small branches, you can hurt yourself if you are not careful."

"It doesn't need to be completely opened up; soul power only needs to flow through it," Yun Qinglin said. However, he wouldn't change his cultivation method now; he needed to discuss it with his teacher and learn more about soul power cultivation methods.

Actually, he was quite curious about the Mysterious Heaven Skill, which emphasizes balance and tranquility and allows one to cultivate soul power independently...

But considering the Tang Clan is such a hot potato, I'd better give up.

Yun Qinglin sighed, realizing that there were still many secrets about his second martial soul, the Heavenly Pivot, waiting for him to uncover. It seemed that things had become increasingly complicated after the awakening of his martial soul.

"First, cultivate your mental strength. Enveloping your soul power with mental strength might have a miraculous effect," Electrox gave him an affirmative answer.

Yun Qinglin didn't speak again. He stood up, walked to the window, and opened it. The night breeze rushed in, carrying the fragrance of flowers and grass. Moonlight spilled into the courtyard, bathing everything in a silvery-white glow.

He took a deep breath, suppressed those chaotic thoughts, turned around and went back to the bed, sat cross-legged, and began to cultivate his soul power.