Chapter 164: Hand of Life, Second Martial Soul
Chapter 164: Hand of Life, Second Martial Soul
If there were special structures inside a building-type Martial Soul, it was extremely rare among rarities.
It was sure to have even stronger effects!
“The first floor of the Myriad Treasure Dao Palace is the one with the largest space.”
Wang Che pondered. “I grew a wide variety of medicinal herbs inside. Besides that, there were several other areas. I didn’t know what kind of Soul Skill the Myriad Treasure Dao Palace would form in its Martial Soul form.”
Wang Che carefully sensed it as the Myriad Treasure Dao Palace slowly landed on the ground.
The size of a building-type Martial Soul after materialization was related to the Soul Power Level.
At Wang Che’s current Soul Power Level, after the first floor materialized, it looked like a tiny miniature tower.
He simply couldn’t enter it.
Moreover, only the first floor was in a materialized state, and he could clearly see all the external details of the first floor.
The upper floors remained in a dematerialized state.
“…With this situation, it seems I need a slightly higher Soul Power Level and more Hundred-Tempered Soul Force. Otherwise, the first floor is too small. Even if it materializes, I can’t enter. But I can sense the internal structures are neatly arranged Spirit Fields.”
Wang Che was speechless. He currently only had ten strands of Hundred-Tempered Soul Force, and his Soul Power Level wasn’t high, definitely not exceeding level ten.
If the area of the first floor was sufficient, perhaps after materialization, he could use the space of the first floor to grow various medicinal herbs.
Do some farming?
“Hmm, it seems the Soul Skill is emerging…”
Wang Che suddenly felt a stir in his mind. As the deep yellow Soul Ring of the Myriad Treasure Dao Palace flickered,
a mysterious feeling welled up in his heart.
Wang Che stretched out his hand, and a mass of green light appeared.
Within the green light was a rich vegetative life aura.
“It should be the first Soul Skill formed by combining the Plant Life Energy inside the Green Caterpillar.”
The mysterious feeling gradually formed a few large characters in Wang Che’s heart.
“First Soul Skill: Hand of Life!”
The Soul Skill formed on its own, and its name was also formed autonomously.
This was the rule of the Martial Soul.
Wang Che: “…”
Wang Che looked at the cluster of green energy coalescing in his palm.
The function and effect of the Soul Skill emerged.
Hand of Life: Condenses the Breath of Life in the palm through Soul Ring Soul Power, capable of causing slight growth in plant life. Simultaneously, it can restore energy and physical strength, making one feel happy.
“This Soul Skill… plus the Spirit Field space on the first floor of the Myriad Treasure Dao Palace… Is this really forcing me to farm and develop?”
Wang Che thought to himself.
The main feature of this Soul Skill was the mass of green energy in the palm, which was very dense.
Because it was a Soul Skill formed by combining the Green Caterpillar’s Soul Ring with the Martial Soul.
The Soul Skill itself would be closely related to the Green Caterpillar. It could be a Soul Skill similar to one of the Green Caterpillar’s moves, or it could be formed from the Life Energy within the Green Caterpillar.
He didn’t expect it to combine not with fire, but with plants.
“The Soul Skill has no offensive power at all… If I become a Soul Pact Master in the future… does that mean I can only play the role of a healer on the side, restoring health?”
The Soul Pet fights the battles, while he, a former great cultivator of the Ascension Realm, stays on the sidelines restoring health?
Wang Che smiled. He wasn’t disappointed, though.
Soul Skills were mainstream abilities for other Soul Pact Masters.
For Wang Che, they were just additional abilities.
“Let’s test it first.”
Wang Che looked at the Green Caterpillar and the Magnetic Sword nearby.
“You two, come here.”
Wang Che waved at the two of them.
The Green Caterpillar walked over.
“Next, I’m going to test this Soul Skill of mine. You go first!”
Wang Che looked at the Green Caterpillar.
The Green Caterpillar walked over. Because it had been used by Wang Che for alchemy for a long time, it was already very mentally and physically tired.
The earlier ‘real caterpillar experience card’ had greatly boosted its spirits, so it wanted to experience it again.
Unfortunately, Wang Che didn’t seem able to do it again.
Wang Che mustered a wisp of Soul Power and activated the Hand of Life Soul Skill. A mass of green energy gathered in his palm as he touched the Green Caterpillar’s head.
Instantly.
“Sii wuu~”
The Green Caterpillar’s body shuddered. It couldn’t help but close its eyes and let out a comfortable cry.
It felt so good!
So good that it lay down directly:
“(o′ω`o)”
The green light energy flowed into the Green Caterpillar’s body, rapidly restoring its spirit and physical strength.
Wang Che could feel the Hundred-Tempered Soul Force within him depleting quickly…
After a while, Wang Che withdrew his hand.
The Green Caterpillar opened its eyes blearily and nudged its head against Wang Che: “Sii wuu!”
Don’t stop! Rub me some more!
“Just experience it a bit is enough,” Wang Che said.
The effect of the Hand of Life Soul Skill was quite good.
Wang Che then touched the hilt of the Magnetic Sword.
“Zzz zzz zzz!”
The Magnetic Sword also emitted a happy response, and the light on its body grew brighter.
It perked up immediately!
“Recovery effects vary for Soul Pets of different attributes… but basically, it’s quite noticeable.”
Wang Che understood.
This Soul Skill was very practical.
When his Soul Power Level was a bit higher, and the first floor’s space was larger, he could use this Soul Skill to slowly cultivate some Natural Treasures himself.
Otherwise, finding resources for later stage cultivation would be really difficult.
Just the resources for cultivating Divine Sense were troublesome enough.
Back when he practiced Cultivation, he had arranged many Spirit Fields in the first layer space to grow various medicinal herbs and spiritual plants precisely so he wouldn’t be too short of various resources later on.
“The first layer of the Myriad Vault Dao Palace Martial Soul was temporarily completed, and the Little Caterpillar gained its basic Martial Soul Evolution form. My Soul Skill now had some security.”
Wang Che thought that the dragon shadow was the key to the Little Caterpillar’s Martial Soul Evolution.
Of course, it was not a real evolution.
After the dragon shadow entered the caterpillar’s body, only some bright patterns appeared on its body, along with a faint Dragon-shaped Phantom.
It could only be considered a specific state.
True Martial Soul Evolution meant a change in life form, which was not easy.
So, it was only called the basic evolution form, which was the True Caterpillar Form.
“The path of Soul Pet Martial Soul Evolution required various rare materials. As for the Green Caterpillar’s Martial Soul Evolution path, it seemed that I had to research it myself… Hmm…”
Researching it himself was fine; for Wang Che, it was not particularly difficult.
“Come, enter the Soul Domain Space.”
Wang Che retracted the Myriad Vault Dao Palace Martial Soul and pointed at the deep yellow Soul Ring, saying to the Green Caterpillar, “This will be your own home from now on.”
There was no need to carry it around anymore.
The Green Caterpillar nodded excitedly, looked at the Soul Ring on Wang Che’s body, and with a whoosh, turned into a green light and flew inside.
Wang Che naturally felt nothing.
But he could sense that there was now a little caterpillar inside the Soul Domain Space within the Soul Ring.
At that moment, it was happily running around in the empty Soul Domain Space.
Since no Soul Domain furniture had been purchased for decoration yet, the effect of the Soul Domain Space was not very strong, but it was still much better than training outside.
Most importantly, a private space was very special for a Soul Pet.
It gave them a strong sense of happiness.
At the same time, while Wang Che trained himself, he could also provide a certain boost to the training speed of the Soul Pet inside the Soul Domain Space.
There were many more benefits to the Soul Domain Space.
“Hmm… you should also enter the Little Caterpillar’s Soul Domain Space.”
Wang Che looked at the Magnetic Sword.
These two little guys had a sense of competition.
“Zzz.”
The Magnetic Sword shook, indicating it did not want to.
It did not want to go into someone else’s home.
“If you don’t go, the Little Caterpillar will keep getting stronger, and you’ll always be second-best.”
Wang Che said.
The Magnetic Sword thought about it and decided to go in after all!
After communicating with the Magnetic Sword, Wang Che also talked to the Green Caterpillar:
“The Magnetic Sword wants to come in too. If you don’t agree, it won’t acknowledge you as the big brother anymore.”
When the Green Caterpillar heard this, it knew it couldn’t let that happen!
Originally, as its new home, even though it was empty, the Green Caterpillar did not want other Soul Pets to come in.
But after hearing Wang Che’s words,
the Green Caterpillar personally went out and pulled the Magnetic Sword into its Soul Domain Space.
There was no other way; Wang Che was still far from solidifying the second layer of the Myriad Vault Dao Palace, and his Soul Power Level was way too low.
Even if the Magnetic Sword condensed a Soul Ring, it could not attach it to the Martial Soul to create a Soul Domain Space.
Attaching a Soul Ring required the Martial Soul to reach a fixed Soul Power Level.
The higher the Soul Power Level, the more Soul Power was needed.
The further one progressed, the greater the gap between each level.
So, for now, letting the Magnetic Sword also stay in the Green Caterpillar’s Soul Domain Space would help the two little guys bond.
“Next, I need to sense what my second Martial Soul is…”
Wang Che had some guesses.
His Spiritual Power was enough to sense the second Martial Soul; it just took time.
Previously, most of his time was spent sensing the Myriad Vault Dao Palace until he reached 100%.
During the three weeks of competition, Wang Che had been sensing the situation of his second Martial Soul. While he had not fully sensed it, he had a general idea.
Now that his Divine Sense had improved a bit, sensing the second Martial Soul should not be difficult.
Having two Martial Souls was rare these days, but not unheard of.
Moreover, the Martial Soul awakening test usually could not detect a second Martial Soul.
Because the Martial Soul awakening test only detected the first Martial Soul one had sensed.
Normally, students spent most of their time sensing their first Martial Soul.
Even if they had a second Martial Soul, students themselves might not sense it for a while.
Only after they became stronger and entered university would they have the chance to slowly sense it.
Besides, cultivating two Martial Souls required higher demands. At least in the early stages, students with two Martial Souls would only cultivate one.
Wang Che just wanted to see what this Martial Soul was and had no intention of cultivating it.
He calculated the time; there were still two or three hours until dawn.
By then, Li Yanming would come to pick him up and take him to the Floating Forest.
Wang Che calmed his mind and used his Divine Sense to scan deep within his soul.
There was a slender Martial Soul figure because he had already sensed it to some extent.
“A Humanoid Martial Soul.”
Wang Che knew.
From the vague overall shape, Wang Che could tell it was definitely a Humanoid Martial Soul.
Humanoid Martial Souls were very rare in the current world.
In the Primordial Ancient Era, there were no Humanoid Martial Souls.
Humanoid Martial Souls appeared at the end of the Fallen Ancient Era.
At the end of that era, when humans and Soul Pets were nearly wiped out, humans awakened Humanoid Martial Souls of powerful figures from the Primordial Ancient Era.
These Martial Souls attached to their bodies, providing immense combat power to the humans at that time!
Many modern scholars theorized that perhaps the sages of the Primordial Ancient Era, who had either vanished or left this world, looked down from the distant starry skies and could not bear to see the world they once lived in and their descendants perish. Thus, they descended their wills to become Human Martial Souls, helping humans and Soul Beasts fight against the otherworldly invaders.
After the Fallen Ancient Era, Humanoid Martial Souls began to shine brightly in the human world.
But as time passed and civilization flourished in the recent ancient era, the number of Humanoid Martial Souls gradually decreased, though they never went extinct.
“What could my Humanoid Martial Soul be?”
Wang Che focused his Divine Sense and carefully perceived.
Gradually, the Martial Soul became clearer from the bottom up.
When it was fully clear, Wang Che was stunned, his expression rather strange…
It was an ethereal, peerless figure, wearing very ancient-style robes, unlike the clothing of this world.
It was not simple plain clothing but celestial robes and magical attire, with a dark red-patterned crown on the head and cloud-treading frost-walking shoes on the feet…
Though it was an illusory figure, the shoes, the clothes, the accessories…
And finally, the face.
It bore some resemblance to Wang Che’s current face, about two or three parts similar.
But it was handsomer by countless levels.
This handsomeness was not about the facial features.
It carried an immortal aura, a Dao charm, as if the face contained the vast cosmos and the changes of the heavens.
It gave a feeling of profound mystery and unparalleled excellence.
However…
Wang Che was truly a little baffled:
“Isn’t this my own soul when I was transcending the tribulation?”
“My Martial Soul is actually myself?”