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Chapter 96 The Cultivation Path of a Soul Beast! [Please Subscribe! Please Vote!]

What kind of plants and animals can be called soul beasts?

Chen Hong might not have known this in the past, but now he roughly guessed the answer: a creature possessing soul power.

Besides spirit beasts, there are also ordinary wild animals or insects in this world. It's unrealistic to imagine seeing a group of ants moving house on the road and suddenly finding yourself covered in white spirit rings after taking a step.

However, one thing is certain: as long as ordinary plants and animals in this world possess a certain level of intelligence and survive long enough, they also have the opportunity to advance from ordinary plants and animals to soul beasts.

The advancement path for beasts is much simpler, while that for plants is exceptionally difficult. Ordinary beasts typically survive for at least ten years, absorbing the essence of the sun and moon, and eventually have a very high probability of absorbing soul power to become the most common ten-year-old soul beasts. Plant-type soul beasts, however, rely even more heavily on 'innate' factors. If they lack soul beast bloodline, they may grow for hundreds of years and still remain just ordinary ancient trees.

The reason is that it is too difficult to awaken the intelligence of plant-type soul beasts. Perhaps the ancestors of the existing plant-type soul beasts were born with intelligence millions of years ago under many coincidences, thus forming a completely new plant-type soul beast race.

There is no doubt that the Philosopher's Ring seems to have a miraculous effect of accelerating the development of self-awareness in ignorant creatures, thus enabling them to absorb the spiritual power of heaven and earth more efficiently.

This is a very complex, extensive, and time-consuming observational experiment, and Chen Hong currently does not have much energy to devote to it.

However, a concept that would overturn the traditional common sense of Douluo Continent was vaguely growing in his mind:

Using 'time' to measure the strength and realm of a soul beast is utterly foolish.

If "ten-year soul beast" refers to an ordinary, ignorant, and clueless beast that spends ten years absorbing soul power to embark on the path of a soul beast, then, can a soul beast with intelligence absorb the soul power of heaven and earth more efficiently through its own initiative, thereby embarking on the path of a soul beast faster?

If so, then it proves that the intelligence of soul beasts has an extremely important influence on their cultivation speed. Based on this reasoning, it can be easily concluded that for soul beasts, their cultivation path may not be the accumulation of soul power, but the advancement of intelligence.

Unlike Soul Masters who advance to gain greater power, Soul Beasts advance to gain greater wisdom. In other words, for Soul Beasts, Soul Power is the least valuable thing, while wisdom is a rare and dazzling existence, like a diamond.

If we call the cultivation path of a Soul Master "cultivating strength," then the cultivation path of a Soul Beast is "cultivating the mind."

Hmm. Isn't this a very unconventional and groundbreaking statement that transcends conventional understanding?

"The world is always full of unknowns, and that's precisely why it's so interesting to unravel their mysteries?"

On the grass of Shrek Academy, Chen Hong watched Pigsy happily charging through the crowd from afar, and smiled slightly at Ning Quan beside him.

Because he had too many things to research, Chen Hong had to postpone his experiments on Bajie's spirit beasts for a while.

"Alright, I'm going back to continue my cultivation. Keep an eye on Bajie, make sure he doesn't get caught and roasted." Chen Hong smiled slightly at the distance, then turned and walked towards the Shrek Academy's Soul Tool Department.

Of course, Pigsy, the little mountain pig wearing the Philosopher's Ring, the symbol of the Tech Chamber of Commerce, is quite safe within Shrek Academy. As a clever senior pig among many students, he still enjoys considerable popularity within the academy. Now, people at Shrek Academy can no longer insult him by saying "as stupid as a pig," as Pigsy is very intelligent, possessing the mind of a six or seven-year-old child. Oscar, who possesses the Spirit Injection Rod, even modified his "Pig Transformation" skill overnight, replacing it with a more lethal "Chicken Transformation" for Ma Hongjun.

In the dean's research room of the Soul Guidance Device Department of Shrek Academy, Chen Hong took out a small, crystal-clear skull that emitted a faint red glow from his spatial ring, placed it in a soul guidance metal box that he had painted with secret soul divine patterns, and then carefully resealed it.

"My strength is still too weak right now. The mysteries of the ten-thousand-year-old head soul bone are too difficult for me to understand. I need to supplement it with the dissection of soul beasts. I'll wait until I advance to the second ring before looking into it."

The lights from the soul-guided devices inside the research room shone brightly, making the room as bright as day, even though it was still dark outside.

The Soul Guiding Lamp is a very simple life-use soul tool. After discovering Soul Guiding Mithril, Chen Hong casually improved and tinkered with this little thing, making it one of the soul tools sold by the Technology Chamber of Commerce.

Soul tools already existed on the Douluo Continent, but they were relatively few in number and very expensive. However, Chen Hong has now improved the manufacturing technology, significantly reducing the cost and making them one of the most popular soul tools in the Technology Chamber of Commerce.

The industrial revolution of soul-guided devices will inevitably give rise to the seeds of capitalist thought, and how can streetlights, which are essential to support capitalists, be missing? Right?

Besides their love for road construction, the Technology Chamber of Commerce also enjoys installing streetlights on densely populated roads.

"The soul skill on this soul bone seems to be clone swapping? It's a decent survival ability. I need to work harder to unlock this ability first and enhance my self-protection capabilities."

Chen Hong carefully sealed the ten-thousand-year-old soul bone, then put it into his spatial ring, muttering, "Clone replacement. What kind of name is this? From now on, let's call it 'King's Chariot Changing Position'."

After tidying up his belongings, Chen Hong sat cross-legged on the mattress in the corner of the research lab and began meditating to cultivate his spirit. His soul power swirled and compressed within his body, ultimately expanding the upper limit of his soul power capacity.

Oscar had recently broken through to level 30, and Shrek Academy was preparing to organize a Soul Hunting Operation, which Chen Hong happened to be in time for.

The following morning, as the first rays of sunlight shone into the Shrek Academy campus, the Shrek Seven Devils and Chen Hong and others had already gathered at the school gate.

In this Soul Hunting Operation, in addition to the original Shrek Seven Devils led by Zhao Wuji, Chen Hong and Ning Quan were added as extra members.

Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Oscar all have level 30 soul power, while Chen Hong has level 20 soul power. The four of them need to hunt for soul rings.

Soul Saint Zhao Wuji and Soul Emperor Ning Quan were responsible for protecting them.

Ten of the latest off-road Soul Engine vehicles produced by the Technology Chamber of Commerce appeared at the gates of Shrek Academy. Chen Hong took off a helmet and put it on, then randomly chose a Soul Engine vehicle and rode on it. He activated his Soul Power, and the engine roared to life.

hum!

Immediately afterwards, the roar of several engines sounded behind us!

hum!hum!hum!

"Let's go! Star Dou Great Forest!"

Chen Hong's second soul skill is coming soon. Guess what it is?

I don't follow the group much and quickly skip some of the original plot.

(End of this chapter)