Douluo Continent: I am a biologist, and I have awakened a weapon spirit?

Therefore, Earth's scientists' research progress on the soul is practically nonexistent.

In this other world, souls do exist, but this world doesn't actually study them much.

Everyone is only concerned with their own military strength, and those who do research are extremely rare. It can be said that the average academic level is quite low.

If Chen Feng wants to delve deeper into the realm of the soul, the only way is to risk awakening the Yin Sword and using its power to perceive the soul.

This brings us back to the question he had agonized over many times: whether or not to awaken the Yin Sword, and how to ensure he wouldn't go insane after awakening it.

Perhaps I could try to acquire a soul skill to maintain consciousness, but if I can think of this method, surely no one in the Chen family for generations could have thought of it? Chen Feng's brows gradually furrowed.

If his lineage is truly reduced to just him because no one else could come up with this solution, then things are actually easier to handle.

Chen Feng was afraid that someone from previous generations might have come up with this method, but in the end, he would be the only one left, which would be a terrifying situation.

But no matter what, he still had to give it a try. In order to make the soul skill more effective, he planned to wait until level 40 to acquire this kind of soul skill.

As the Kan trigram is associated with water, Chen Feng feels it pairs well with mind-based soul skills, since it represents a calm and undisturbed mind.

He could even try ice-attribute skills and create a soul skill similar to Nie Feng's Ice Heart Technique. Although it might not work, it would be a good backup plan.

After Chen Feng finalized his plan, Meng Yiran's process of extracting the venom was nearing its end.

As the snake head on the staff stopped swallowing, Meng Yiran pulled the snake staff out of the venom sac of the human-faced demon spider.

The tip of the staff still had some purplish-black venom, but this venom was quickly absorbed by the snake staff and disappeared.

Chapter 102 Spring Arrives, All Things Revive

"Thank you for your consideration."

"By the way, my name is Meng Yiran."

Meng Yiran put away her martial spirit and clasped her hands in a fist salute to Tang San.

"You're welcome," Tang San said.

Meng Yiran looked at the others and asked:

"Did you come to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain spirit rings?"

Tang San nodded. "Yes, you arrived earlier than us. Did you encounter any particularly special thousand-year-old soul beasts?"

“A thousand-year-old soul beast…” Meng Yiran thought for a moment, then pointed in a direction and said:

"When we were chasing the human-faced spider, we encountered a crested snake over there, but it wasn't venomous, so I ignored it. You can go and take a look if you're interested."

"It's actually a Phoenix-tailed Crested Serpent?" Zhao Wuji's eyes lit up. "This kind of soul beast is quite rare. The fleshy crest on its head has many wonderful uses, and it would be quite suitable as a soul ring for my student. How far is the place where you found it from here?"

"It's hard to say exactly how deep it is in the forest, but it's probably around one or two thousand meters," Chaotianxiang replied.

"Thank you for informing me, Sister Chao," Zhao Wuji said in a good mood.

"It was just a small favor, nothing much. Do you need my help to capture that Phoenix-tailed Crested Snake?" Chao Tianxiang asked.

"No need for that, thank you for your kindness, Sister Chao," Zhao Wuji said with a smile.

"In that case, we shall take our leave. I will remember the kindness shown to my grandmother and me by the Immovable King today. You are welcome to visit the Meng family in the future, and we will treat you well." After saying this, Chao Tianxiang left with Meng Yiran.

Watching Meng Yiran's departing figure, Oscar clutched his chest and murmured:

"I think I'm in love."

Upon hearing this, Dai Mubai turned around and asked with a smile:

"What, you've taken a fancy to that Meng Yiran?"

"It's not so much that you've taken a liking to someone, but rather that you've developed feelings for them," Oscar corrected earnestly.

There are four girls among the new students at Shrek this year, and they are all very beautiful. Oscar originally wanted to find a suitable one among them and get out of being single.

However, he quickly realized that among the four girls, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing clearly had a good impression of Chen Feng, while Xiao Wu often hung out with Tang San.

So none of these three are suitable. After all, one shouldn't covet a friend's wife, and Oscar considers himself a very principled person.

As for the remaining white agarwood, it was a bit too immature, only ten years old. Oscar felt he couldn't bring himself to do it.

He had thought he would continue to be alone, but after seeing Meng Yiran today, Oscar's heart was suddenly stirred.

Seeing Oscar's lovestruck expression, Dai Mubai smiled, put his arm around his shoulder, and said:

"If you like her, just go for it. Didn't that old snake woman just say that Teacher Zhao can visit her later? You can go with Teacher Zhao then."

“That’s not quite right, it sounds like a polite remark.” Oscar subconsciously glanced at Zhao Wuji.

Zhao Wuji grinned and said:

"It's not impossible. We can go and take a look when we have time."

Who cares about polite words? Does he care about such things? As long as you're thick-skinned enough, you can take polite words as truth.

However, he misunderstood Chao Tianxiang on this point. What Chao Tianxiang said just now was not just polite talk, but a genuine invitation to Zhao Wuji and his students.

Tang San had just asked for information about thousand-year-old soul beasts, and Chao Tianxiang immediately realized that some of these children had reached level 30 in cultivation, and there was likely more than one.

Otherwise, Zhao Wuji wouldn't have needed to bring such a large group of people to the Star Dou Great Forest.

However, these children looked very young, which made their talent quite formidable, and Chaotianxiang immediately had the idea of ​​befriending them.

If we could find a genius among them to be our granddaughter's husband, that would be even better. Even if it's a marriage rather than a live-in son-in-law, Chao Tianxiang would accept it.

So her invitation just now was sincere, but she didn't tell Meng Yiran about these thoughts. Instead, she planned to discuss them with Long Gong later.

After Oscar expressed his affection for Meng Yiran, everyone became interested and offered him suggestions.

Most of them were bad ideas, since none of the people present had any romantic experience.

At this moment, Chen Feng spoke up:

"Actually, there's another way. Just invite her to our Shrek Academy. That would solve the problem easily. Being in the same academy as her would make it much easier for Oscar to pursue her."

Zhao Wuji was taken aback upon hearing this, then stroked his chin and thought for a moment before saying:

"Hmm... This girl doesn't look very old, but her cultivation level has already reached Soul Master. Moreover, as a Soul Master specializing in artifacts, she was able to obtain the Foundation Establishment Ring, which does indeed meet the criteria of a monster."

"However, whether or not to accept them into the academy depends on Boss Fu's opinion. I can't make that decision myself, and they might not even be willing to come. The Peerless Dragon and Snake are quite famous in the Soul Master world, and they might not even look up to our academy."

"That's a matter for later. Let's go find a soul beast for Xiao Ao first. If we're too late, that Phoenix-tailed Crested Serpent might already be gone," Dai Mubai said.

Zhao Wuji nodded and said, "Alright, then let's maintain our formation and speed up our advance. Tang San, since you can communicate with the surrounding plants, you'll be in charge of finding the Phoenix-tailed Crested Serpent's location."

"No problem," Tang San replied.

The group returned to their original formation and began running in the direction Meng Yiran had pointed out earlier.

Throughout the journey, Tang San maintained communication with the surrounding plants, searching for the location of the Phoenix-tailed Crested Serpent.

Of course, the information provided by plants is not that accurate, and they don't know what a crested snake is either.

Therefore, Tang San mainly searched for the location of long, narrow soul beasts.

Having received instruction from the master alongside Chen Feng, Tang San possesses considerable knowledge about spirit beasts.

He knew that the characteristics of the thousand-year-old crested serpent were its pale red wings on its back and its body several meters long.

Following this characteristic, Tang San quickly discovered the trail of the Phoenix-tailed Crested Serpent.

After catching track of the target soul beast, Chen Feng and his group slowed down. At this point, they were still several tens of meters away from the Phoenix-tailed Crested Serpent.

"Your detection range is quite large, Tang San," Zhao Wuji said in a low voice, glancing at Tang San with some surprise.

"I only discovered I had this ability after I came here," Tang San said in a low voice. "Teacher Zhao, how do we catch this Phoenix-tailed Crested Serpent?"

"You find out my location, then I'll make the move. You all stay put and remain on high alert," Zhao Wuji said after a moment's thought, offering a feasible plan.

Tang San nodded, pointed in a direction, and then maintained formation with the others, protecting the two support-type Soul Masters and Chen Feng in the center of the formation.

Zhao Wuji looked in the direction Tang San pointed and roughly estimated the distance.

Then he took a deep breath, assumed a running start, and launched himself out like a cannonball.

"Bang!" Zhao Wuji's footsteps created a sizable crater in the ground.

Everyone was secretly astonished by what they saw, and Xiao Wu even stuck out her tongue and said:

"If you kicked someone with that, wouldn't they be covered in bruises?"

“I think it’s more likely to be piecemeal,” Chen Feng said.

Zhao Wuji did not leave for long; only about ten seconds later, his bear-like body emerged from the forest.

He held a long red snake in his hand and said with a smile:

"Wow, it really is a crested snake! Oscar, you're lucky. That little girl didn't lie to us."

"Tang San gave her the Human-Faced Demon Spider, she wouldn't lie to us, would she?" Oscar said with a beaming smile as he looked at the Phoenix-Tailed Crested Serpent.

"That's hard to say. You always have to be careful when you're out there. But it seems this little girl is quite honest." Zhao Wuji handed the Phoenix-tailed Crested Snake in his hand to Oscar.

"Go ahead and stab it from under its crown."

"Wait!" Xiao Wu suddenly said.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Wuji looked at her, and the others also looked over with some curiosity.

Xiao Wu then said to Chen Feng:

"Xiao Feng, how about we try that experiment?"

“We can give it a try, but it depends on how smart this snake is,” Chen Feng nodded and said.

He had previously thought that Oscar had never performed soul power fusion before, and that there might be problems if he tried it with a thousand-year-old soul beast on the first try.

Therefore, Chen Feng originally planned to conduct some experiments himself first, summarize some experience, and at least personally verify the feasibility of the theory.

However, now that Xiao Wu has brought it up, Chen Feng thinks it's worth a try. Whether or not he can condense a soul ring is another matter, but at least he should see how intelligent the thousand-year-old soul beast is.

"What do you mean? What are you trying to do?" Zhao Wuji asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Well, I have an idea..."

At that moment, Chen Feng gave a brief explanation of his ideas on condensing soul rings.

"There is a huge gap between the growth rate of Soul Masters and Soul Beasts. If we don't come up with a solution, the extinction of Soul Beasts will be inevitable, and the extinction of the Soul Master profession will follow closely behind."

“But that’s many years from now, isn’t it? We’ll be long dead by then,” Ma Hongjun muttered.

"Can you stop being so short-sighted, you fatso?" Dai Mubai punched Ma Hongjun. "If we don't take advantage of the emergence of a genius to solve this kind of problem, are we going to rely on the wisdom of future generations?"

"Oh right." Ma Hongjun suddenly realized, "We have a genius like Brother Feng, so we should take advantage of this opportunity to solve this problem."

Zhao Wuji scratched his buzz cut and frowned as he asked:

"Chen Feng, do you mean to condense a soul ring by fusing soul power with a soul beast?"

"Yes."

"Can this soul beast cooperate?"

"Then it depends on our communication skills."

"Hmm... it wouldn't hurt to give it a try." Zhao Wuji thought about it and figured it wouldn't take much effort, so he agreed.

So everyone began to wait for the crested snake to awaken, and in the meantime, they discussed what methods they could use to communicate with the snake.

"How about food?" Oscar said, producing a clove of garlic.

“Snakes don’t eat garlic, right? I remember snakes are carnivorous, how about we catch a rabbit for it to eat?” Ma Hongjun suggested.

"I think we should catch a free-range chicken. Your fat free-range chicken would be perfect," Xiao Wu said, arms crossed.

"I wasn't talking about you, so why are you talking about me?" Ma Hongjun said angrily.

"Hmph!" Xiao Wu turned her head away and ignored him.

"Alright, alright, stop arguing." Tang San smoothed things over. "We still need to see if we can communicate with this snake. We've already done an experiment before, but we couldn't communicate with that soul beast at all, not even with food."

Ning Rongrong tapped her chin with her finger, pondering:

"So, would a more mature soul beast have a higher success rate? After all, the older the soul beast, the more intelligent it is."

"That's what we were thinking too, so we wanted to see if a thousand-year-old soul beast would work," Tang San nodded and said. "We need to successfully perform a soul power fusion at least once to know if this idea is feasible."

After waiting for a while, the crested snake finally woke up.

To everyone's surprise, the crested snake appeared dazed after waking up and didn't even try to escape.