From the Soul Motion Machine onwards, the Mechanized Douluo

Chapter 106 The Third Realm! The Realm of Harmony Between Heaven and Man! [Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets]

"During the sacrifice, the berserk baboon's mind was enhanced by my soul skill, which caused its soul ring to temporarily change color, Uncle. This makes me wonder, what do you think is the reason for the color of the soul rings on human soul masters?" Chen Hong took out a soul guide carving knife from his spatial ring, facing the berserk baboon's corpse with his back to Ning Quan, and asked.

Ning Quan was taken aback upon hearing this, because he had never thought about this question before. In fact, if Chen Hong hadn't asked, he would have subconsciously believed that the color of a spirit ring was innate, and that the color would naturally change when a spirit beast reached a certain level, just like an unchanging truth.

"I have never thought about this question," Ning Quan answered truthfully.

Chen Hong then chuckled and said, "Uncle, let me tell you a story. There was a noble young man who had always lived in a big city and had never been to the countryside. One day, someone asked him, 'Do you know where the rice you eat comes from?' Guess what the noble young man's answer was?"

Ning Quan stared at Chen Hong, his gaze sharpening. After a moment's thought, he subconsciously asked, "Produced on a farm?"

As a member of the Ning clan of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, which places the greatest emphasis on talent cultivation, Ning Quan received a very comprehensive education.

Zeng Zhichen smiled slightly and said softly, "That noble young master said: Isn't rice just what appears in rice shops? It's refreshed regularly every now and then."

Ning Quan remained silent, but his clear-sighted mind instantly grasped the truth contained in Chen Hong's story.

Just as the noble young master in the story ridiculously believed that rice came from a rice shop, the human soul masters on Douluo Continent also ridiculously believed that the color of their soul rings was naturally the same.

After a moment of silence, Ning Quan turned to Chen Hong, who had his back to him, and said in a deep voice, "So what you mean is..."

Since descending the mountain, in less than half a year, Ning Quan has found that his understanding and views of the world are undergoing drastic changes. He has more confidence in his martial spirit, a deeper understanding of his sword intent, and even his views on the world are quietly changing dramatically!

All these changes in his thinking were brought to him by Chen Hong!

"What I mean is..." Chen Hong easily cut open the berserk baboon's body with his soul-guided carving knife, and the bright red liquid flowed into the glass that Chen Hong had prepared in advance.

"The thirst for consciousness shown by the withered vine, and the sudden transformation of the soul ring into a purple symbol of a thousand years during the berserk baboon's sacrifice, all of these have led me to a conjecture: the color of the soul ring represents the soul beast's realm, and the soul beast's realm is deeply influenced by the soul beast's soul. This is the only way to explain why the hundred-year soul ring generated from the berserk baboon's soul suddenly changed color to a light purple symbolizing the beginning of a thousand years."

"Because of the blessing of the Sage state, the quality of the berserk baboon's soul was temporarily enhanced. It was already over eight hundred years old, and in terms of consciousness, it directly reached the level that only a thousand-year-old soul beast should have. As a result, its soul ring temporarily advanced and was directly anchored to me through a sacrifice."

Chen Hong told Ning Quan in detail about his speculations regarding the changes that had occurred in him.

"Thanks to the method of soul ring sacrifice, my second soul ring contains more soul power than a traditional second soul ring, which allows my soul power to be directly increased by four levels. Thus, I have developed a new theory of soul beast cognition."

Ning Quan's eyelids twitched slightly. He realized that he seemed to be unable to keep up with Chen Hong's thought process. The other party was always able to see more from one point of change after another, while he could not, and could only keep repeating the things that traditional soul masters knew.

At this moment, Ning Quan finally understood the profound wisdom that Chen Hong possessed.

If all the talent in the world were measured in bushels, Yu Xiaogang would occupy one bushel, then Chen Hong would occupy one bushel and nine bushels, meaning the world owes Chen Hong nine bushels.

"The new theory of soul beast cognition is that the total amount of soul power in a soul beast's body is enormous, and the soul ring may only account for 10% of it. A small portion of this 10% of soul power will be absorbed by the soul master to enhance their soul power, while the rest will be stored in the soul ring as the energy support for the powerful soul skills of the soul ring."

"During this period, the spirit rings obtained through sacrifice will bear more spirit power, which will specifically mean that the spirit master's level will increase more and the spirit skills will become more powerful. Based on these points, I have gained a completely new understanding of spirit rings."

Ning Quan opened his mouth, but then consciously closed it again.

Ning Quan has come to a profound realization that the gap between people is perhaps even greater than the gap between people and dogs.

"Of course, a completely new understanding of spirit rings is too far off. I'd rather talk about one of my more realistic discoveries from my many new understandings."

As Ning Quan looked slightly dejected, Chen Hong picked up a glass filled with the blood of a soul beast with one hand, turned around to look at Ning Quan, whose eyes were shining with a clear, foolish light, and smiled brightly.

Under the starry night, in the quiet, glowing forest, Chen Hong's smile, holding a glass of blood, appeared both eerie and sacred to Ning Quan.

His strange yellow-purple eyes held a sacred tranquility as calm as still water, a steadfast calmness toward the path he had chosen. Yet, the smile that appeared on his lips was so sinister and eerie amidst the quiet, strange glow of the surrounding lights.

For a moment, Ning Quan felt as if he were hallucinating hearing "hehehehehe" in his ears.

Perhaps for spiritual masters, mediocrity is their greatest act of kindness towards the world.

For some reason, as Ning Quan looked at Chen Hong, who was standing beside the soul beast's corpse by the stream and giving him a bright smile, he felt a strange sensation similar to the one he had when he first saw the evil soul master Qian Yu.

"...You...that evil spirit master still had an effect on you, didn't he?" Ning Quan's eyes were solemn and complicated.

If only he had been a little stronger back then.

"I suppose so. I saw his research on the soul in Qianyu's memories." Chen Hong's smile faltered slightly, then he continued to smile brightly.

Evil Soul Master Qianyu could be considered Chen Hong's mentor in certain areas, a fact Chen Hong does not deny.

"Let's get back to the main topic." Chen Hong sighed helplessly. He activated his mental power, and under the control of his mental power, the blood in the glass in his hand was outlined by Chen Hong with his mind into an extremely complex pattern under the night sky.

"Spirit rings only account for a small portion of a spirit beast's spirit power. And now, this is just one part of the remaining spirit power!"

The purple light in Chen Hong's eyes burst forth! The blood-red divine runes under the night sky instantly ignited with a bang!

(End of this chapter)