Chapter 167: Great Room for Improvement
Chapter 167: Great Room for Improvement
Li Yanming took Wang Che outside the fortress.
A soldier walked over to Wang Che and gave him a brooch, saying:
“This is a specially made Soul Guiding Device, the Source Power Brooch. After wearing it, it can provide some resistance to the domain of powerful beings based on your own strength. If you get to see the Empty God Dragon, this item can offer some resistance for you and your Soul Pet.”
Wang Che nodded slightly.
In fact, whether it was the Soul Guiding Device here or the various magic tools in the Cultivation World,
no matter how powerful they were, they required a certain level of strength as a foundation.
Otherwise, they couldn’t unleash much effect.
This brooch was specially made and quite expensive. It was also the only help they could give him here.
“By the way, wait a moment,”
the soldier continued.
“Is there something else?”
Wang Che asked.
“If you want to see the Empty God Dragon, you first need to defeat those Illusion Guard Beasts to find the space node. Those Illusion Guard Beasts were left behind by the Empty God Dragon and are not easy to deal with. We have Art Soul Masters in the army who can give you various buffs, making it easier for you to face those Illusion Guard Beasts.”
Li Yanming explained.
“Is there enough time?”
Wang Che asked.
The various buffs provided by Art Soul Masters had limited durations.
It was a long distance to the central area.
“Don’t worry, I’ll fly you there. We should reach the central area within two hours. The Art Soul Masters in the army can provide buffs that last up to eight hours, though the effects are much weaker accordingly.”
Wang Che understood and released Green Caterpillar and Magnetic Sword.
Soon, three soldiers came before Wang Che, each using their Martial Souls to apply various buffs to Wang Che, Green Caterpillar, and Magnetic Sword.
The buffs covered aspects like strength, constitution, defense, speed, and so on.
They even included rare boosts to Life Energy.
Wang Che thought the effects were quite good.
It was about a twenty percent improvement overall.
If it were a short-term buff, the improvement could be even greater.
These Art Soul Masters were around level thirty in Soul Power Level.
If an Art Soul Master had a higher Soul Power Level, the buffs would have a negative effect at Wang Che’s current stage.
Because if the Soul Power Level was too high, the overly strong buffs couldn’t be controlled to a level Wang Che could handle.
No matter how much you buffed, it still depended on the recipient’s strength.
If the strength was too low, an Art Soul Master couldn’t turn you into a superman.
In comparison, a twenty percent improvement was quite significant.
Moreover, it was a full attribute buff, increasing everything by twenty percent.
Wang Che felt that even that two-thousand-year Rain Demon Butterfly would be instantly destroyed by Green Caterpillar’s Blazing Charge now.
Green Caterpillar and Magnetic Sword, covered in faint multicolored light, looked very eye-catching.
Different attribute buffs produced different energy colors.
Blended together, they became semi-colorful.
From a distance, they seemed to glow faintly.
Experiencing the strength from buffs for the first time, Green Caterpillar felt even more capable.
The soldiers also gave some potions for supplies.
Wang Che didn’t refuse, though he had made some himself when he came.
“We can set off now.”
Li Yanming felt a bit complicated. Soul Wings sprouted from his back, and he quickly took Wang Che into the barrier.
You needed the special permit on you to enter the barrier; otherwise, you couldn’t force your way in.
If you tried to force your way in, an alarm would sound.
Such a large barrier wasn’t something that could be set up casually.
After entering the barrier, Li Yanming flew diagonally upward at a not very fast speed.
If he went too fast, it would create strong Soul Power fluctuations. At such a sensitive time, the slightest mistake could fully wake the Empty God Dragon.
The Floating Forest had changed a lot now.
The higher you went, the stronger the pressure became.
Even the berserk Soul Beasts in the Floating Forest that had lost their minds couldn’t endure this pressure for long.
Driven by instinct, they had already moved down from the middle and upper areas.
So, the middle and upper areas were actually relatively safe now.
“These Soul Sacrificial Trees have all withered,” Wang Che observed the scene in the Floating Forest as they went upward.
“Soul Sacrificial Trees can’t move. After enduring this pressure for a long time, it’s normal for them to wither,” Li Yanming shook his head.
Mist was everywhere.
Wang Che felt a bit sorry.
They continued upward.
In less than two hours, they reached the upper area.
Li Yanming placed Wang Che on a Floating Earth Clod and first asked:
“How do you feel now? The pressure here is mostly blocked by the Source Power Brooch on you.”
“It’s alright,” Wang Che nodded.
He didn’t really feel anything himself.
“What about your Green Caterpillar? How is it doing? If we go up a bit more, we should see those four special Floating Earth Clods.”
Li Yanming continued asking.
Wang Che released Green Caterpillar again.
As soon as it came out of the Soul Domain Space, its body instinctively shrank.
“Sii wuu?”
There was a strong pressure in the air that made it uncomfortable.
Even though Wang Che wore the Source Power Brooch, it couldn’t completely cancel out the pressure.
“Sii wuu sii wuu!”
Green Caterpillar called out to Wang Che twice.
Don’t let me out, I want to go back!
The Empty God Dragon was a Soul Beast, and its pressure was strongest against Soul Beasts.
Li Yanming shook his head repeatedly and said:
“You see, even your Soul Pet doesn’t want to stay in this place for long, let alone fight those Illusion Guard Beasts later.”
“Think it over. It’s not too late to go back now.”
He probably knew what Green Caterpillar’s cry meant.
Wang Che shook his head and looked at Green Caterpillar.
“Two hours, one chapter,” Wang Che said, uttering five words that only Green Caterpillar could understand.
Stay for two full hours, and there will be an extra chapter.
Instantly.
Green Caterpillar straightened its body with a whoosh, becoming extremely excited, with no hesitation on its face!
It seemed to have entered battle mode immediately! Fearless and unstoppable!
What spirit!
“Sii wuu!”
Let’s go, go, go!
Green Caterpillar let out a loud cry.
Li Yanming, standing nearby, was stunned for a moment.
What’s going on with this little caterpillar?
How could just a few words change Green Caterpillar so much?
“Is this some kind of mantra for raising Soul Pets?” Li Yanming couldn’t help but ask. “Two hours, one chapter. What does it mean?”
“Yes,” Wang Che nodded. “It’s a mantra, and it’s very effective for Green Caterpillar.”
“I’ll try it when I get back,” Li Yanming said, not believing it, feeling there must be something more to it that the kid wasn’t saying. “I’ll leave you here. If you can’t manage, try to come back safely.”
After speaking, Li Yanming still looked at Green Caterpillar with some doubt.
He then turned and left.
Soon, Li Yanming returned to the barrier outside the fortress.
“You came back alone. It seems Wang Che is very determined.”
He Huan, seeing only Li Yanming return, knew that Wang Che had gone to the upper area and had no intention of coming back.
Li Yanming was still thinking about the meaning of the mantra.
How could a Green Caterpillar that was clearly uncomfortable with the pressure and extremely reluctant just moments ago change so suddenly?
It looked so spirited, as if it feared nothing.
This was totally unscientific.
“It shouldn’t be. Even if he’s very confident, his Soul Pet should be extremely uncomfortable with the pressure in the upper area, right?”
The old man said in surprise, “It would be hard for it to even fight. Did you not try to persuade him?”
Clearly, they still hoped Wang Che would know his limits and not go through with it.
This was a matter of life and death.
“I tried. His Soul Pet… hmm… is quite interesting.”
Li Yanming didn’t know how to respond. “At first, it was indeed uncomfortable, but under Wang Che’s guidance, it adapted quickly.”
“How did it adapt?” He Huan asked curiously. “I know about Wang Che’s talent for raising pets… but even the wild Soul Beasts with thousands of years of cultivation in the upper area instinctively fear this pressure and have migrated downward. How could a Green Caterpillar with only seven or eight hundred years of Centennial Soul Power Cultivation adapt so quickly?”
“It’s hard to explain,” Li Yanming thought for a moment.
The mantra seemed simple on the surface. Was it some kind of profound secret code?
When it came to raising Soul Pets, Li Yanming’s talent was average. He was better at fighting.
So he really didn’t get it.
So, Li Yanming directly called for two somewhat listless Green Caterpillars.
These were Green Caterpillars found during field cleaning, with only a few hundred years of cultivation.
They were far inferior to Wang Che’s in every way.
Li Yanming walked over and said, “Every two hours, add one chapter.”
The two Green Caterpillars: “???”
The two listless little cuties looked at Li Yanming with confusion, then closed their eyes and ignored him.
“No effect at all.”
Li Yanming shook his head repeatedly. “This is no mantra for raising Soul Pets. That kid tricked me!”
“Hahaha…”
He Huan, who understood, couldn’t help but laugh, lightening the tense and serious atmosphere.
“I think I get it. Wang Che probably didn’t trick you.”
He Huan explained while laughing, “That mantra only works on his Green Caterpillar. It must be some kind of hobby he cultivated for the little caterpillar. But achieving this level isn’t just because of the mantra. The mantra only serves as motivation.”
He Huan’s words confused Li Yanming.
The others didn’t get it either.
They weren’t experts in Soul Pet research.
He Huan had to explain further:
“The pressure from the Empty God Dragon affects Soul Pets with lower Racial Potential more strongly. For it to adapt so easily, this little caterpillar might have evolved mentally under Wang Che’s care.”
Some of those with experience in raising Soul Pets understood now.
They looked thoughtful.
“Evolved mentally?” Li Yanming roughly understood but not completely.
He Huan explained again:
“In other words, this little caterpillar now believes it’s not just a little caterpillar. It thinks it’s a powerful Soul Beast! Does that make sense, Deputy Commander Li?”
“Deputy Commander Li, you still have a lot of room for improvement in raising Soul Pets.”
Li Yanming: “…”
“Is that possible?” Li Yanming was astonished. “Isn’t that a change in cognition? Is it that easy?”
“Of course not. It needs to be cultivated from the early stages of a Soul Pet’s development,” He Huan said. “Moreover, Soul Pets have limited cognitive abilities when they’re born, especially ones like Green Caterpillar. How he managed to change its initial education, I don’t know.”
“That’s why I said Wang Che is truly a genius in raising Soul Pets.”
He Huan glanced at Zhou Xing.
Her gaze seemed to be asking something.
“I’ll try.”
Zhou Xing understood He Huan’s meaning. “A Titled Heavenly King isn’t someone you can easily persuade.”
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