Chapter 16: Soul Skill Replication

Chapter 16: Soul Skill Replication

"I never expected that you would actually persist, and for so long too." Chi Qianxue stroked her chin, eyeing Wang Si with a look of surprise.

Chi Qianxue's original plan was simple: as long as Wang Si had strong enough willpower and could withstand the burning power of the sun for a while, that would be enough.

But she didn't anticipate that this guy would last for two hours, or rather, that he would be allowed to last that long.

It was the Porcuprime Douluo, the Stinging Pork, who called a halt after those two hours, as he noticed that Wang Si was becoming a little dehydrated.

As he drank the warm saline water, the salt seemed to act as a diuretic, and sweat instantly poured from his pores, soaking his clothes in an instant.

"The reason you were able to endure for so long seems to be related to a rather unique method of enhancing your bones with soul power. Is that your first soul skill?" Chi Qianxue curiously pinched Wang Si's shoulder, sensing that along with his unusually strong bones, there was also a trace of...solar power!

Wang Si couldn't help but grimace as his shoulder was "kneaded" by Chi Qianxue. "Yes, my first soul skill is bone enhancement, which results in my high tolerance for pain," he admitted.

As soon as Chi Qianxue brought up this topic, Wang Si knew what she was getting at.

She must have noticed him cultivating his martial arts technique.

After all, he cultivated daily in close proximity to Chi Qianxue, and while the two Title Douluos, Snake Lance and Stinging Pork, might not notice anything amiss in the short term, they were bound to eventually become aware of his activities.

However, he couldn't stop cultivating: it was better to be a thief for a day than a guard for ten.

So, Wang Si attributed his progress to his soul skill.

Bone tempering was not a simple matter of allowing soul power to rampage through one's bones.

It was akin to laying tiles—one couldn't just pour cement and then throw the tiles on top.

To properly enhance one's bones, a specific method was required, and this was not something that ordinary people could easily master, so Wang Si's claim that it was a soul skill held water.

"Your first soul skill? Release it and let me see." Chi Qianxue instructed.

Wang Si complied, but he also secretly activated his martial arts technique while using his first soul skill.

He just hoped that they wouldn't notice anything amiss.

As Wang Si demonstrated his skill to the group, he suddenly felt a large hand on his shoulder, followed by a surge of powerful soul power.

"Continue to operate your soul skill and don't mind what I'm doing," the Stinging Pork Douluo said in a low voice.

Wang Si dared not utter a sound and could only continue to operate his first soul skill and martial arts technique.

"After my soul power is diluted in your body, then operate that peculiar soul power cultivation method of yours. Don't worry, the soul power I leave in your body won't affect your future cultivation. I'm just using my soul power to sense the flow of your soul power," the Stinging Pork Douluo explained.

Wang Si could only nod in response.

However, he couldn't help but complain inwardly. Did a Title Douluo really not know how to control the amount of soul power he was using?

Why didn't he just say that he wanted to target Wang Si to make Chi Qianxue feel better?

[Congratulations, Player, for obtaining the trait 'Poison Absorption']

Just as Wang Si was inwardly criticizing the Stinging Pork Douluo for being underhanded, his game system suddenly sounded a prompt that took him by surprise! Poison absorption?

Wang Si's expression immediately became strange, as he realized that this was probably the Stinging Pork Douluo's trait.

He recalled that the Stinging Pork Douluo's ability was to devour poisons and use them to enhance his own power.

And it was because of this ability that, in future battles, he would completely suppress the Poison Douluo.

He never expected that he would also obtain the "Poison Absorption" trait.

Wasn't this better than having "Poison Resistance"?

As for the low level of "Poison Absorption," it wasn't a problem for Wang Si, who could upgrade his traits through his game panel.

"Kid, don't space out. My soul power is diluting quickly, so if you keep dawdling, I'll have to inject more soul power."

Wang Si snapped out of his surprise at obtaining the new trait and continued to activate his first soul skill and martial arts technique.

"His soul skill does indeed have the effect of strengthening the bones, and the principle behind it is quite simple. It just requires circulating soul power along a specific trajectory."

Upon hearing the Stinging Pork Douluo's words, Wang Si couldn't help but feel his eyebrows twitch in surprise. Could it be that simple? Yet, the Stinging Pork Douluo's next words put him at ease.

"However, the method he uses to circulate his soul power is quite intricate. I couldn't figure it out in a short period of time. If I could observe the flow of soul power within his body for a bit longer, I should be able to summarize a cultivation method for tempering the bones."

Are you kidding me? Wang Si couldn't help but feel like cursing inwardly. How can I let you observe my cultivation and then summarize a training method?

Chi Qianxue raised an eyebrow at Wang Si.

"Little guy, are you willing? Don't be in a hurry to refuse. If the Stinging Pork Douluo is telling the truth, you'll definitely gain some benefits from this."

Wang Si smiled awkwardly and said, "Of course, Senior. You can observe for as long as you like."

...

It took half a month for the Stinging Pork Douluo to summarize the cultivation method.

It wasn't because he was careless, but because Wang Si was too busy.

Every morning, Wang Si would go out to exercise his body, and Xue Qinghe was also quite concerned about Wang Si's cultivation progress.

Although he didn't invite any Soul Douluos or Title Douluos, Xue Qinghe had invited a Soul Sage, and one who was a supportive healing-type Soul Sage at that! While a supportive healing-type Soul Master might not be as powerful in combat as a Soul Master of the same level, they could easily overwhelm Wang Si.

Because the Soul Sect had healing skills, they didn't need to worry about injuries during close-quarters combat.

In the afternoons, Wang Si would go to the Moon Pavilion to study, and he would only return to his room in the evenings.

During this time, Chi Qianxue didn't always stay in Wang Si's room waiting for him.

She had successfully replaced the maid who was in charge of serving Xue Qinghe daily, and now she followed Xue Qinghe around, learning his speech and behavior.

The one who stayed in Wang Si's room the entire time was the Stinging Pork Douluo, or to be precise, he stayed in the disguised cultivation field within the room.

He had been researching Wang Si's first soul skill, and he had successfully compiled a cultivation method for tempering the bones.

As Wang Si looked at the cultivation method that the Stinging Pork Douluo had compiled, he fell into deep thought. He could somewhat understand how the Stinging Pork Douluo had replicated his "Hundred Refinements of the Bone" technique.

But how was what the Stinging Pork Douluo had compiled different from the "Hundred Refinements of the Bone" technique?

"This cultivation method is based on your first soul skill. You can try cultivating it and let me see the effects," said the Stinging Pork Douluo.

Summarizing a technique and practicing it were two different things. One required careful observation, while the other required a certain level of proficiency.

At the moment, the Stinging Pork Douluo could only summarize the technique and wasn't able to use it directly.

With the guidance of the Snake Spear Douluo, Wang Si quickly got a feel for the technique.

Fuck, isn't this the effect of my "Hundred Refinements of the Bone" technique combined with my first soul skill?

Could it have been replicated?

Wang Si suddenly thought of a detail about the Future Body Sect. In the distant future, once they found someone with a native soul beast, they would take them away.

Was it because they could replicate the soul skills of native soul beasts one-to-one?

If the soul skills of native soul beasts could be replicated and turned into cultivation techniques, then Wang Si understood why the Future Body Sect was so powerful!

Fuck, if the entire sect consisted of native soul beasts, and they could research their soul skills and turn them into "cultivation techniques," then how many cultivation techniques would the Future Body Sect have? And how many soul rings would they be able to save?

That's why, when they found disciples outside, they would take them back immediately, for fear that the possessors of native soul beasts would become the research subjects of other forces!

(End of Chapter)

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