Douluo Continent: The True Body and Blood Soul, Starting from Blacksmithing

Considering that this was the first time everyone had eaten medicinal cuisine and needed time to digest it, Wei Min thoughtfully canceled the first practical training session in the afternoon.

However, Wei Min required everyone to attend the evening cultivation session, as she would be discussing some important matters.

Since there was nothing to do during the afternoon's combat training, Lin Yu went to the forging room and started a fire to forge iron.

This forging room was originally the academy's repair workshop, and it also contained the blacksmith's furnace and forging table.

Because it's a holiday, there's no one here right now. Wei Min rented the place to Lin Yu for 500 copper soul coins a month for him to use for forging.

The reason for choosing this time to forge is that the activity of forging iron can accelerate blood flow and help absorb the residual medicinal power in the body.

The most important reason is that he had some insights into perfecting his breathing techniques on the playground and now wanted to put them into practice.

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After an afternoon of experimentation, Lin Yu figured out a technique that could combine forging and cultivation.

Although the newly discovered techniques are somewhat rough, they allow one to fully utilize the characteristics of their martial soul during forging.

Finding out on her own wasn't a good idea, so Lin Yu decided to take some time to talk to her homeroom teacher and ask her to help her see if she had gone astray.

Dinner was a normal meal, which didn't surprise Lin Yu. Her homeroom teacher had said that medicinal cuisine was very rare and took a long time to digest. It certainly couldn't be eaten at every meal.

After finishing his meal, Lin Yu went to the library to look up information related to soul beasts.

Lin Yu didn't walk to the classroom until ten minutes before class started.

Although Lin Yu was the last to arrive at the classroom, he didn't feel embarrassed since the teacher hadn't come yet.

Finding a secluded corner to sit down, Lin Yu began to think about what important things her teacher would talk about tonight.

Courses? Training? Or just motivational speeches?

Just as Lin Yu was pondering, a fragrant breeze wafted over, causing Lin Yu to wrinkle her nose.

Hu Liena surprisingly moved closer to him again.

This troublesome woman, I don't think I've offended her, right?

Just as Lin Yu was about to question her about what she was trying to do, a series of tapping sounds came from outside the classroom.

Ha, they really know how to time things perfectly. Not only do they know how to time things perfectly, but their perception is even sharper than mine.

Since the other party didn't bother her, Lin Yu remained silent.

Upon arriving at the classroom and seeing that all the students were present, Wei Min nodded in satisfaction.

"What I'm about to say is very important, so listen carefully."

Wei Min turned around and wrote two large characters on the blackboard: Characteristics.

Amidst the expectant gazes of her classmates, Wei Min slowly began to speak.

"Classmates, today I'm going to talk to you about the characteristics of Martial Souls."

"I think some students have already realized that the innate soul power level when awakening a martial soul is not equal to the strength of the martial soul. It does not mean that the higher the innate soul power, the stronger the martial soul effect."

As she said this, Wei Min turned her gaze toward Lin Yu's location, and the other students in the classroom also looked over.

Wei Min skillfully changed the subject to avoid embarrassing someone.

"To give a somewhat inappropriate example, consider a Blue Silver Grass Soul Master with innate Soul Power Level 10 and a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Soul Master with innate Soul Power Level 1."

"If they were to both obtain their first spirit ring at the same time, which spirit master do you think has a better chance of winning?"

The answer to this question is simple: the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex is the number one beast spirit in the world, and a one-ring Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex spirit master is definitely more powerful than a one-ring Blue Silver Grass spirit master.

Many students were confident in their answer, and Wei Min nodded in agreement.

"That's right. No matter how high Blue Silver Grass's starting point is, or how low Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus's starting point is, there is still an insurmountable gap between the two, and that is their ability."

"Blue Silver Grass has many characteristics, the most obvious being its small size and fragility. Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex has even more characteristics, the most obvious being its strength, lightning, and beast transformation."

"The Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex Martial Soul has many strong characteristics, which is why it is stronger than the Blue Silver Grass under the same Soul Rings."

As the trainees looked on with an "I see" expression, Wei Min posed a question at just the right moment.

"Now that we've come this far, can anyone step forward and analyze how Blue Silver Grass could possibly defeat Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex in this situation?"

Did Blue Silver Grass defeat Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex?

How is this possible? The Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex is so strong, how can the Blue Silver Grass fight it?

When all the classmates shook their heads, indicating "no solution," Lin Yu stood up.

"It's not impossible to defeat Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus with Blue Silver Grass. Although Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus has a stronger ability than Blue Silver Grass, it also has its weaknesses."

"From what I understand, the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex focuses on training its upper body in the early stages. If the Blue Silver Grass's first soul skill can acquire an entangling or paralyzing skill that targets the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex's lower body, it can greatly restrict the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex's movements. Once its soul power is exhausted, there is a chance of victory."

Lin Yu actually wanted to directly state the effect of Tang San's first soul skill from the original work.

But the person next to me will definitely meet Tang San in the future, and if she remembers this matter then, I will inevitably have to waste my breath explaining it to her.

The less trouble, the better.

Wei Min nodded in agreement with Lin Yu's answer, but did not approve: "Lin Yu's answer is quite accurate. When the number of spirit rings is the same, the only option is to find the opponent's weakness. Does anyone else think there's a problem with this answer?"

The classroom was completely silent.

Wei Min breathed a sigh of relief, though somewhat helplessly, but also as expected. She then gestured for Lin Yu to sit down.

"I think when you heard the question I posed, you were all thinking about how to win. It's this get-rich-quick mentality that made you overlook a very important premise, which is what I'll be emphasizing in this lesson!"

Wei Min turned around and added two words after the two big characters "characteristics": choice.

"Each Soul Master's absorption of a Soul Ring enhances a certain characteristic of their Martial Soul, but this enhancement depends on the quality of the Soul Beast that provides the Soul Ring."

"You are not yet able to access ultimate characteristics; this is knowledge only high-level Soul Masters can obtain. But you certainly know about the Three Upper Sects and their Martial Souls!"

"That's right, the martial souls of the three upper sects are all extremely powerful in a certain aspect: the power of the Clear Sky Hammer, the support of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex's ability to transform its body into a dragon..."

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It's probably a common problem for all teachers: once they start talking about a certain area, they like to go on and on. Wei Min, this excellent homeroom teacher, is no exception.

However, based on Wei Min's explanation, Lin Yu had a guess: after a martial soul is stacked to its ultimate characteristics, it is very likely to become a divine artifact, whether it is the Asura Demon Sword, the Trident of the Sea God... In the original work, they were all condensed by high-level gods using martial souls.

This also explains why Tang San, who achieved dual godhood in the original work, did not turn his martial soul into his own divine weapon. This is most likely related to the fact that Tang San's martial soul attributes are mixed.

According to Wei Min, the cumulative effect of spirit rings of different ages on attributes is also different.

Tang San's final set of black and red spirit rings failed to produce an ultimate characteristic, which speaks volumes.

Tang San's thinking was rather feudal, and he respected Yu Xiaogang. If it were him, and he found out that he didn't have the ultimate special ability because Yu Xiaogang guided him to add special abilities to his martial soul haphazardly, he would probably have skinned Yu Xiaogang's entire family alive.

After recounting the development history and the attainment of the ultimate characteristics of the three sects, Wei Min finally steered the conversation back to the main topic.

"Now, do you still think it's incredibly foolish for a future genius destined to reach the Title Douluo level to abandon strengthening their Martial Soul's inherent characteristics and instead add another one during the first ring?"