Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 108: Matthew's Promotion, Tang San's Discovery of the Jade Bone Technique

three days later.

After passing on the position of temple master of the Notting City branch to Su Yuntao, Matthew bid farewell to everyone and boarded the carriage to Tiandou City with his son, daughter-in-law, and grandson.

Goodbye, Grandpa Matthew!

Tang San, with Xiao Wu and Guang Ling by his side, waved to the departing carriage outside Notting City. He watched it until it disappeared from sight before turning to Su Yuntao and asking, "Brother Tao, you've finally gotten what you wanted! Aren't you happy?"

"Happy, of course I'm happy."

Su Yuntao stood tall and proud, "I never thought I, Su Yuntao, would one day become the Hall Master of the Spirit Hall. I owe it all to you, Little San."

"I only offered my opinion on your choice of the second spirit ring, it's nothing." Tang San didn't take credit, but instead asked about something else, "That Fallen One, Blood Sword Norman, have you caught him?"

No.

When Blood Sword Norman was mentioned, Su Yuntao's expression became serious. "Recently, there have been no more missing persons in Notting City and the surrounding area. I estimate that he has fled to other cities or remote towns."

The Fallen are Soul Masters who have lost their humanity. They use the flesh and blood and soul power of others as their main means of improving their cultivation. Their thoughts are different from ordinary people and are extremely wicked.

Although their thinking logic is different from ordinary people, it does not mean that the Fallen Ones are stupid. They usually do not stay in one place for too long, precisely to avoid being captured by the Spirit Hall.

"Is that so?"

Tang San breathed a sigh of relief, but his gaze also turned slightly serious.

He was relaxed because he didn't have to worry about Blood Sword Norman attacking Old Jack; he was also serious because there was a place in this world where a large number of fallen people gathered—the Killing City.

That place is a paradise for the fallen.

The Spirit Hall will imprison a large number of fallen individuals there to create the illusion that it is a paradise for fallen individuals, thereby attracting fallen individuals from the outside world to go there.

It could be described as a peculiar, unguarded prison.

only--

Is an unattended prison still a prison?

Tang San felt that once soul guidance technology developed on this continent, he must find a way to keep an eye on the Killing City and manage it professionally.

However, the City of Slaughter is the place where the Asura God inherits his legacy. Doesn't this offend the Asura God of the God Realm?

Although the gods are forbidden from descending to the mortal realm, those rules were made by the members of the God Realm Committee themselves, not by any kind of world rules. As an enforcer of the gods and one of the five great god kings, the Asura God had plenty of reasons to persuade the other four great god kings and the two enforcers if he wanted to descend to the mortal realm.

After all, the power of the Asura God is undeniable. For the sake of the stability of the God Realm, the other four God Kings and two Enforcers will not make things too difficult for him, at most saying "this will not happen again."

Therefore, the future Asura God cannot bypass the city of slaughter.

Thinking this through, Tang San shook his head and chuckled to himself, "Honestly, I'm only a Soul Master now, why am I even thinking about gods and all that?"

With this in mind, Tang San bid farewell to Su Yuntao and went to the house that Matthew had sold to him.

Matthew's home in Nottingham was a small manor, covering more than 200 square meters. In addition to a three-story European-style building, there was a garden and a training ground.

Tang San spent 50,000 gold soul coins to buy this place.

"Are we going to live here from now on?" Xiao Wu looked at the three-story building, her eyes sparkling like stars. "It's so beautiful."

"That's right."

Tang San was filled with emotion. In his previous life, he had to rack his brains and work hard every day to afford a house and a car. But in this world, he actually had his own little manor.

Good luck tricks people.

Nothing could be more true.

Afterwards, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Guang Ling began to move their luggage inside. The three of them each chose a room and began to unpack and tidy up.

It wasn't until noon that the three of them finished getting ready.

After the meal, Tang San began to conduct detailed tests on Guang Ling. After obtaining the thousand-year-old spirit ring, Guang Ling's data was as follows:

Strength: 4. It has become even stronger after being enhanced by the Golden Sun Eagle.

Defense: 3. The bow is more rigid, but it is not suitable for defense.

Speed: 5. Attack speed remains unchanged, but with the addition of light attribute, the firing rate is faster.

Energy: 4. The energy for archery has increased considerably.

Endurance: 4. Increased due to increased soul power.

Special: 4. The arrows formed by the Soul Skill have the attribute of light and the ability to penetrate armor.

Total score: 24.

"Judging from the current situation, Guangling, after adding two spirit rings, your martial soul's attributes are more balanced, but the path of ranged output and strong attack remains unchanged. This is the advantage of your two spirit skills. However, the Sun Chasing Bow has added sharp blades on both sides of the bow, which can also be used as a unique melee weapon. Its sharpness is quite good, so you can also go for a melee control and strong attack path."

Tang San devised a future plan for Guang Ling: "Main focus: ranged attacks; secondary focus: melee control, and even armor penetration. This is the path you will take in the future."

"I understand, Third Brother. But, can I study soul tools?" Guangling thought for a moment and then asked what was on his mind. "I think I can study soul tools through the patterns on my bow."

"Soul tools? Are you interested in soul tools?" Tang San stroked his chin, thought for a moment, nodded in agreement, and said, "Okay, no problem. I will pass on my current research on soul tools to you over the next two years, but you must not slack off in your cultivation."

"Don't worry, Third Brother, I won't." Guangling nodded vigorously. "After all, our research on soul tools is only in its initial stage; our own strength is the most important thing."

"It's good that you know."

Tang San adjusted his glasses and said to Guang Ling and Xiao Wu, "In the past two years, I have come up with a new soul skill that can enhance the strength and flexibility of your bones."

After saying that, Tang San taught Xiao Wu and Guang Ling the improved method of condensing jade bones, and personally used his soul power to help them operate it three or five times, so that they could remember how to use soul power to drive the blood and qi of their bodies, thereby tempering the bones of their whole body.

"This method...it feels a bit familiar?" Xiao Wu frowned slightly, then, as if realizing something, asked in shock, "You've combined it with the soul power flow method of my True Spirit Bone Soul Skill?"

"That's right."

Tang San nodded. "I originally had a method for practicing my hands. By chance, I combined it with my blood and qi and refined the bones of my hands into jade. I discovered that it could be strengthened as my soul power increased. So, I thought about cultivating all the bones in my body into jade bones, but I didn't know how to deal with so many bones in the human body... Fortunately, your True Spirit Bone gave me inspiration to cultivate the spine. After all, the blood in the human body comes from there, so it can be said to be the source of the human body's blood and qi power."

"Start your training with your spine as the center, and then continuously cleanse your entire skeletal system, including your skull."

"After two years of continuous experimentation, I have finally perfected this Jade Bone Cultivation Method."

At this point, Tang San recalled his adventurous actions over the past two years, and a bead of cold sweat appeared on his forehead: "To be honest, if it weren't for my Blue Silver Grass providing me with a continuous source of vitality, I really wouldn't have dared to try."

Xiao Wu was shocked.

This Jade Bone Technique allows one to cultivate jade bones that can be strengthened as soul power increases. Isn't that the same as the legendary external soul bones?

Aside from lacking soul skills, it is the only method that allows a soul master to condense a 100,000-year soul bone!

And it costs 206 yuan! It's the most suitable "soul bone" for a human soul master!

"You've succeeded in your cultivation?" Xiao Wu asked in disbelief.

"Of course, otherwise would I let you train with it?" Tang San asked back, then changed the subject, "However, I haven't refined all 206 bones in my body into jade bones. That would require a lot of blood and soul power. At my current cultivation speed, if I don't have any other opportunities, I estimate I would have to reach the Soul Saint level to complete the cultivation."

"As for you, since this is your first time encountering this cultivation method, it may take you a while. I predict that you may need to reach the Soul Douluo level before you can do it."

"However, there are great benefits to cultivating the entire skeleton into jade bones. First, it enhances physical fitness and increases the number of years we can absorb soul rings."

"Secondly, it allows us to access spiritual energy earlier."

"By manipulating our soul power to circulate our blood and qi, and tempering our bones, our minds are always in a state of concentration. Doing this for a long time during cultivation can greatly enhance our spiritual power."

"Thirdly, it is my premonition that if we can transform all the bones in our body into jade bones, our lives will undergo a qualitative change."

"Of course, I'm not sure what will happen, but I'm sure it will be all benefits and no harm."

"Furthermore, after completing the Jade Bone cultivation, I have other ideas. I want to use similar methods to temper our internal organs and brain, and then strengthen our muscles and skin from the inside out."

Generally speaking, body-refining methods work from the outside in. However, this is a real world. If you practice external skills first, your skin and muscles will become rough. Moreover, while your muscles and meridians will become stronger, your internal organs and bones will remain as fragile as before, and your entire body will be overburdened.

Therefore, according to Tang San's research, the truly superior methods of body refinement are all from the inside out.

The skeleton is the foundation for a person to stand upright, so it must be trained first. Next comes the internal organs, then the brain, and finally the muscles, fat, and skin.

Overall, it's difficult at first and then easy.

After all, during the tempering of the jade bones, the soul power and blood will also circulate through the five internal organs, brain, muscles and skin, causing these organs to be passively strengthened.

If you only focus on building muscle, your muscles will become stronger, but your bones will still be brittle. You might break your own bones before the other person kills you with a little force.

"How can we improve our Qi and blood? Do we have enough gold soul coins?" Xiao Wu knew that to improve Qi and blood, she needed to eat a lot of nutritious food.

Although Tang San is not short of money now, good tonics are hard to buy. Whale glue is no longer available on the market, and even if it were, it would be snatched up immediately, leaving no chance for them.

Xiao Wu even thought that when she was about to obtain her fourth soul ring, she would go back and ask Di Tian to help prepare some edible soul beast meat. She figured that Di Tian and the other ferocious beasts must also have some soul beasts they didn't like.

"Come with me."

Tang San turned around, waved his hand behind him, and led the two women to the bathroom.

Tang San took out a crystal-clear, deep blue bead, about the size of a human head, from his white jade belt, placed it in the bathtub, poured in hot water, and then infused it with his soul power.

Instantly, the beads in the bathtub began to spin, emitting a peculiar fragrance, and the hot water in the tub changed from white to red.

This shade of red doesn't resemble the red of blood, but rather the clear, lustrous red of a ruby.

"This is the whale pearl of a ten-thousand-year-old whale spirit beast. I bought it along with the ten-thousand-year-old whale glue back then," Tang San explained. "Back then, the ten-thousand-year-old whale glue was as cheap as cabbage... cough cough, I digress. At that time, I didn't know how to use this thing. Finally, while taking a bath, I took it out and injected it with the spirit power of the Xuan Yu Hand. It actually guided out the blood energy inside. This energy can be refined and absorbed by spirit masters."

"However, I have already absorbed most of the blood energy in this bead. The remaining amount is just a drop in the ocean for me, so I'll give it to you two."

After saying that, Tang San took out another bathtub, filled it with hot water, put in the whale pearl, and used the Xuan Yu Hand to activate it, turning it red.

"Xiao Wu, Guang Ling, you two should give it a try, it should work well."

After Tang San finished speaking, he retrieved the whale pearl and walked out.

Xiao Wu and Guang Ling looked at each other, not embarrassed at all. They took off their clothes and climbed into the bathtub.

My first impression was that it was hot.

My second feeling was exhilaration.

Then, the two exchanged a glance and, following the Jade Bone Technique that Tang San had previously taught them, circulated their soul power, channeled their internal energy and blood, and absorbed the blood and qi energy from the bathwater to begin strengthening their spines...

···

One hour later.

Xiao Wu was the first to come out. Because her third soul skill was True Spirit Bone, she absorbed it very quickly and the effect was extremely strong. Xiao Wu felt that her spine was stronger and more resilient than before.

While the Light Feather was still absorbing, Xiao Wu found Tang San and saw him studying the whale pearl. She asked, "Are you still researching its other uses?"

"That's right, a whale pearl, a pearl inside the body of a ten-thousand-year-old whale soul beast. Soul beasts can condense them, and humans should also be able to condense corresponding blood and qi cores, soul power cores, or spiritual power cores."

Tang San shared his thoughts: "Although this kind of core probably won't directly increase cultivation level, it will most likely accelerate the recovery speed of soul power, mental power, and blood and qi."

Xiao Wu thought for a moment and said, "Actually, my mother told me how to condense a core using soul power, and that core also has a corresponding name, called a soul core. However, it has requirements for the quality of soul power, so I wouldn't have considered it before..."

"Soul core?"

Tang San seemed to be deep in thought.

"That's right, a soul core." Xiao Wu glanced at Tang San, who was deep in thought, and carefully chose her words before slowly saying, "It is said that it is an ancient method that has been lost in the world of soul masters."

Lost to history?

It's not good at all!

Tang San secretly complained, because according to the original timeline, soul cores would not be discovered and condensed until ten thousand years later, and would be gradually controlled by soul masters.

But Tang San didn't expose him. Instead, he asked, "So, you have it?"

"nature!"

Soul beasts possess energy cores such as inner cores, whale pearls, and pill pearls, which may be the origin of the earliest soul cores.

As for the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent, it seems to be a demonic beast in the original work. However, in the world of Douluo Continent, it seems that any non-human supernatural creature can drop a spirit ring after death. The reason why it didn't drop one in the original work, or why there was no related performance, is probably because it is a city of slaughter, where spirit rings cannot be displayed.

In short, according to the setting of this book, Xiao Wu knows about the Soul Core.

Moreover, to put it bluntly, the soul core does not increase cultivation level; it only has two basic functions: first, to increase the quality of soul power, and second, to improve the energy recovery effect, which means it lasts longer. However, this book wants to try something new.

(End of this chapter)