Chapter 7: Goals and Outlook

After Wang Che left, Xu Haifeng and the others went to check out the second, third, and fourth floors. They did not leave slowly until the sun set.

“Miss Xi, your classmates are all quite good.”

After everyone else had gone, Lin Xi and Professor Yan arrived at the sixth floor, the administration level.

“Is there still a way for him?”

Lin Xi asked.

“Given the current conditions, the only way is probably to dissolve the Life Soul Pact and wait a few years to choose another Soul Pet.”

Professor Yan shook his head. “And by then, the initial Soul Pet he can get won’t be very good either. Young Soul Pets haven’t developed Spiritual Intelligence yet. They choose humans as partners based only on a human’s natural affinity with Soul Beasts.”

“For thousands of years of the Life Soul Pact, we humans evolved genetically. We are born with a naturally high affinity with Soul Pets. So the first Life Soul Pact with a Soul Pet never fails. But if you dissolve it and try again later, it gets more troublesome.”

“Unless you try to form a pact with a Soul Beast that has already developed high Spiritual Intelligence. But in that case, the Soul Pet chooses the human, not the human choosing the Soul Pet.”

“That kind of Soul Beast definitely won’t choose a human who hasn’t awakened their Martial Soul to be their Soul Pact Master.”

“The difference in strength is too great. A Soul Beast with high Spiritual Intelligence would weigh the pros and cons.”

At this point, Professor Yan smiled slightly and said, “Actually, Miss Xi, you don’t need to worry. Although the Green Caterpillar has low Racial Potential, a short lifespan, and is very weak… if raised seriously, your Martial Soul can still awaken. It’s just that your initial Soul Power will be much lower.”

“Also, the Green Caterpillar evolves quickly. After it becomes a Green Phantom Butterfly, it does have some combat ability.”

“It’s just that its future achievements are very limited.”

“You asked me to come today, surely it was because of this classmate, right?”

Professor Yan seemed to think of something, and a strange expression involuntarily appeared on his face. “Honestly, it’s the first time I’ve heard of the idea of raising a Green Caterpillar to a million years. It’s really something else.”

“Also, you asked me to keep him at the Research Base, but I just met him for the first time. It was too obvious. He probably knew it was because of you.”

“Why did you do this…”

Professor Yan looked at Lin Xi, somewhat puzzled.

“I didn’t have any other intention in doing this,” Lin Xi said. “He rejected my suggestion, and I felt a bit displeased. But no matter what, he’s a genius at the school. Now his Soul Pet Egg hatched into a Green Caterpillar… As a classmate, I just wanted to give him a hand.”

Hearing this, Professor Yan couldn’t help but smile slightly. He didn’t expose her true feelings.

Although he didn’t know what happened between the two of them.

Professor Yan, being old and wise, knew that what Miss Xi truly hoped for was that classmate to come to her for help…

That was why he had said so much to that student named Wang Che today.

But unfortunately, if that student had left without a word, it might have meant there was some chance he would seek Miss Xi’s help.

But when that student left, he actually thanked Miss Xi.

This made it clear that the student understood the situation too.

So, it was basically impossible for him to come back and ask for her help.

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After Wang Che left the Soul Pet Base, he went straight home.

This trip was quite worthwhile.

He saw many different Soul Pets and caught a glimpse of this world.

Wang Che’s memories of his first eighteen years were mostly ordinary.

What the school could teach was really limited. Especially since it was just high school.

Coupled with his ordinary family background, the knowledge he could access was also very limited.

And this was despite Wang Che himself studying hard enough.

Although this world had the internet and was technologically advanced…

Online, you could also look up a lot of knowledge, but that was ultimately superficial, basic information.

For example, what Professor Yan mentioned about the mutated evolution between the Green Caterpillar Soul Pet and the Speech Spirit Tree Martial Soul.

That mutation evolution happened in the Mingdu War Zone.

The detailed reasons for how that evolution occurred were not publicly revealed.

Online, it was even difficult to find any news about it.

Professor Yan didn’t mention this point, but Wang Che could guess.

Because the path of a mutation evolution was too influential.

Although the Martial Soul Federation was highly unified, the Seven War Zones each had their own characteristics and strengths.

Naturally, there was competition between them.

They couldn’t just publish the complete evolution path directly.

Because the Green Caterpillar itself was a very weak young Soul Pet.

But being weak also meant they were numerous, found everywhere in the wild, and cheap.

If there was a new evolution path that could change its Racial Potential, turning it into a powerful Soul Pet…

What would that mean?

For the various War Zones, it went without saying.

How could such information be casually revealed?

At most, they might leak a little rumor.

Detailed information was directly sealed.

If the Mingdu War Zone managed to cultivate large numbers of that kind of Speech Spirit Insect King, the landscape of the Seven War Zones would change.

“Trying to understand the deeper knowledge of this world through the internet is unlikely. That Professor Yan really knows a lot.”

After returning, Wang Che searched online for many questions.

For example, those methods Lin Xi mentioned about increasing a Soul Pet’s lifespan.

He could only find one or two. The rest couldn’t be found.

However, Wang Che could confirm a few things.

Wang Che lay on his bed. The whole house was quiet, only he was there.

His parents were at work and usually didn’t come back at noon.

He took the Green Caterpillar out of his pocket and placed it in the egg nest by the bedside.

The little thing was still sleeping. Threads similar to human drool came out from the corner of its mouth…

Wang Che closed his eyes and carefully felt.

In his soul, there was a faint connection between him and this little creature.

“Martial Soul is the foundation of human cultivation in this world. In other words, to absorb Soul Power from the world, one must have a Martial Soul. Otherwise, Soul Power cannot be absorbed by the human body.”

Wang Che muttered to himself. “Soul Beasts are different. Soul Beasts don’t have Martial Souls, but Soul Power from the world can enter their bodies. However, without the power of a Martial Soul, it’s hard for Soul Beasts to actively absorb Soul Power from the world. They can only absorb it passively, and the speed is very slow.”

“Unless their cultivation reaches a certain level or they develop high Spiritual Intelligence, they might find a cultivation method suitable for them to absorb Soul Power from the world.”

Humans have latent Martial Soul power.

Usually, awakening relies on external Soul Power stimulation.

In the Ancient Era, most humans awakened very early.

But in modern times, because Soul Pets are very powerful, awakening the Martial Soul too early is equivalent to possessing great power.

For underage children, their worldview and understanding of the world are not sufficient for them to control the power of the Martial Soul and Soul Pets.

Therefore, the Federation stipulated awakening around eighteen years old.

At the same time, delayed awakening also allows one to cultivate a Soul Pet through the Life Soul Pact and improve their own innate talent.

This way, to a certain extent, one might not even need external Soul Power stimulation.

They could awaken directly on their own. Their subsequent cultivation speed would also be stronger.

Accumulating strength over time to make a better future achievement.

“Martial Soul…”

Wang Che closed his eyes in thought.

He wasn’t practicing Cultivation now, had no Divine Sense, and couldn’t look inward to examine himself directly.

For this kind of latent power, Wang Che couldn’t sense it either.

“The Life Soul Pact, this is a kind of rule…” Wang Che murmured. “It was created by the ancients of this world, a rule-changing power that altered this world. This power has been recognized by the world’s will, by the Heavenly Dao… The ancient person who created this Soul Pact was probably a peerless master who had already surpassed this world.”

Pulling back his thoughts, Wang Che looked at the Green Caterpillar, which was still spitting silk in its sleep, and said quietly:

“So for now, I should try my best to raise this little guy, deepen the Life Soul Pact, and thereby awaken my Martial Soul.”

The vitality of a Soul Beast cannot directly improve a human’s innate talent.

It is converted through the Life Soul Pact to enhance innate talent.

Without a Soul Pet bound by a Life Soul Pact, the vitality of a Soul Beast has no effect.

Therefore, deepening the Life Soul Pact between both parties allows the vitality provided by the Soul Pet to be converted to the maximum extent.

The human’s innate talent receives a greater boost.

Especially before the Martial Soul awakens!

And the most direct way to deepen the Life Soul Pact is to increase the Soul Pet’s cultivation level.

Besides that, playing together, feeding, interaction, battle training, etc., also affect the depth of the Life Soul Pact.

After a Soul Pact Master awakens their Martial Soul, the increase in the Soul Pet’s cultivation level is accompanied by the strengthening of the Soul Ring.

The benefits for the Soul Pact Master are even more comprehensive.

“If I can awaken my Martial Soul, even if it’s very poor. But with a Martial Soul, I can absorb Soul Power from the world. Then, I can deduce some cultivation methods for Soul Power.”

Understanding the rules, recognizing the essence, deducing cultivation methods.

For ordinary people of this world, that would naturally be a fantasy.

But for Wang Che, it was as easy as turning over his hand.

“Once I have Soul Power inside my body and cultivation methods, then techniques, martial skills, movement techniques, supernatural abilities, alchemy, artifact forging, formations, talismans, and so on, I can adapt and create them one by one.”

Having set his goal, Wang Che gazed at the sleeping Green Caterpillar.

Perhaps sensing Wang Che’s gaze, the little creature’s body shrank slightly. It drowsily opened its eyes…