landbeastnovel Chapter 323 The Mountain Dweller's Surprise, Soul Binding
Chapter 323 The Mountain Dweller's Surprise, Soul Binding
Chapter 323 The Mountain Dweller's Surprise, Soul Binding (4.2K)
It must be said that after learning the Mind Cultivation Method, Chen Yuan did feel somewhat different from before.
Most importantly, as soon as he started practicing the Sitting Meditation Technique, his primordial spirit body began to connect with the Origin Land at a deeper level, as if a single thought could penetrate the sea of primordial laws.
With a thought, Chen Yuan's primordial spirit body connected with the ocean of thunder laws.
As the two merged into one, Chen Yuan clearly felt that the rejection he had experienced from other laws after his ascension to immortality had now disappeared.
On the contrary, his perception of the Law of Thunder became incredibly clear, almost at the speed of his comprehension when he gained the recognition of the Origin as a Realm Lord.
Chen Yuan understood that this was one of the effects of the Sitting in Oblivion Technique: it helped him integrate his will into the laws.
"I just didn't expect the Sitting in Oblivion Technique to be so effective. I've only just begun to cultivate it, yet I'm already able to integrate my will into the laws."
However, after thinking it over, he rejected the idea: "No, the reason I was able to succeed so quickly is ultimately because my own realm has reached the state of forgetting oneself."
"The Sitting in Oblivion Technique can only help me master the special abilities of this realm, but these abilities are innate to this realm. It's just that I've lacked guidance and haven't been able to figure them out."
Chen Yuan realized that ever since he broke through the Silent Meditation Realm, he had possessed the ability to integrate with the laws, but he had never found a way to do so.
Now, with the aid of the cultivation method, he can immediately find the correct path through guidance and successfully integrate into the laws.
"Excellent! This way, I can add another task—comprehending the Law of Thunder—while my four clones are cultivating."
Chen Yuan was secretly delighted and immediately tried to use part of his consciousness to comprehend the laws while practicing the Sitting Meditation Technique.
Unfortunately, he had to quit this state not long afterward.
"My willpower isn't enough."
Chen Yuan frowned slightly. "In order to fight against the Star Tower, my will has already occupied about 80% of my power. The remaining 20% of my will has been distributed to my four avatars for cultivation."
"I now want to carve out a fifth part of my will to comprehend the laws, but I have no extra will to allocate, unless I draw it from the will that fights the Star Tower, but that would increase the risk of my will collapsing."
This part of our will cannot be compromised.
If we compare the will to resist the Star Tower to a war, then the main will he uses to resist the Star Tower is the front line of the war, while the will that is divided among his other physical cultivation is the logistics.
Logistics are important, but the front line is even more important because it concerns his life.
If there are signs of collapse in the will of the front line, he may even have to suspend the missions of his other clones and call on the will of the rear for support.
Similarly, only when he still has the strength to fight against the Star Tower's will can he spare a portion of his will for his other clones to cultivate.
However, he would never divert too much of the Star Tower's will for the cultivation of his other clones; that would be tantamount to suicide.
"No matter how important cultivation is, it's not as important as this life."
Chen Yuan thought to himself, "Since that's the case, I can only put the matter of comprehending the laws aside for now. I should focus my energy on cultivating the Sitting Meditation Technique. After all, cultivating the Sitting Meditation Technique is the most important thing. Only in this way can I rapidly improve my willpower and keep up with the pace of the Star Tower."
Thinking of this, Chen Yuan withdrew his will from the source of the Law of Thunder and began to concentrate on cultivating the Meditation Technique.
Under the will of the third-order universe master, this mental cultivation method triggered a proficiency bonus, progressing rapidly and exceeding 10% in just a few days.
On this very day, the Mountain Hermit finally finished explaining the techniques for refining the Primal Soul, then stopped and asked, "Disciple, how are you feeling now? Can your will still hold?"
He thought to himself that his disciple's expressions had become rather varied lately, sometimes frowning and sometimes smiling.
The mountain dweller was unaware of the matter of the mental cultivation method. He thought that his disciple's clone was too engrossed in studying the treasure-refining technique, which was why he had such a variety of facial expressions.
This worried him, fearing that his disciple was too engrossed in refining treasures, thus neglecting the willpower resistance from the Star Tower.
"Don't worry, Master." Chen Yuan saw his teacher's worry, smiled slightly, and said, "This disciple has been paying close attention to the changes in the Star Tower's will; there won't be any problems."
"Moreover, I have recently gained some insights, my will has improved, and I am more confident in completing the Star Tower's recognition of its master."
"Oh?" Upon hearing this, the Mountain Hermit reached out and tapped Chen Yuan's forehead, then exclaimed in surprise, "That's strange! Your willpower has really improved a lot. How did you do that? Is it some kind of secret willpower technique of yours?"
In the past few days, due to his practice of the meditation method, his willpower has indeed increased slightly.
Even compared to the increase in the Star Tower, his increase was even greater, which is why the Mountain Guest was surprised.
"That's part of the reason," Chen Yuan said with a smile. "Now, can you rest assured, teacher?"
"If you can maintain this growth rate, there is indeed a good chance of completing the recognition ceremony."
The Mountain Guest nodded. "However, disciple, you still need to be careful. The Star Tower's willpower is getting stronger and stronger. You must remember to reserve enough willpower to deal with it."
"I understand, disciple," Chen Yuan replied respectfully.
In reality, if the pressure from the Star Tower really increased to the point that he couldn't withstand it, he would definitely withdraw the will he left for his clone to fight against the Star Tower, since this was a matter of life and death.
Currently, with the combined help of the Meditation Technique and the Primordial Spirit Sword Intent, his willpower has increased slightly more than the Star Tower's strength, so he won't encounter any difficulties in the short term.
Therefore, Chen Yuan said, "Teacher's explanation of the Tribulation Armor and Origin Soul techniques is very useful. This disciple has gained a lot of insights and hopes that Teacher can continue to explain. This disciple wants to learn the relevant techniques for refining the most powerful treasures."
"You've gained a lot of insights? And you want to learn how to refine the most powerful treasures?" The Mountain Guest's expression was strange. "With the 500 treasure-refining manuals you've learned, you should only be able to barely refine peak-level treasures."
"Let alone the most powerful treasures, even the techniques of the Calamity Armor and the Primal Soul, you wouldn't understand their meaning without studying them for tens of thousands of years." Chen Yuan chuckled, "But has Teacher forgotten that this disciple also possesses the talent to analyze all things?"
"Although I do not yet understand the principles behind these techniques, with the help of my talent, I am able to put them into practice."
With a thought, the optimized Heavenly Light Battle Suit appeared directly, and he said, "Teacher, please look, this is the result of my efforts over this period of time."
"This battle suit," the Mountain Dweller examined closely, then suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "is this a piece of your previous peak set of battle suits? You reforged it into a supreme treasure?!"
"Moreover, I could also sense traces of the technology used in the armored vehicle inside."
"Teacher is right," Chen Yuan replied with a smile. "This battle suit has indeed become an ultimate treasure, and it has incorporated some of the abilities of the Calamity Armor."
"By activating this battle suit, this disciple can increase his base combat power by a hundredfold, with a maximum of a trillion times the power of a World Lord!"
"You're absolutely right." The Mountain Guest's eyes lit up, and he nodded repeatedly, saying, "It's truly amazing. Your battle suit can actually increase combat power a hundredfold. This is even stronger than the Calamity Armor."
"In fact, when I was forging the Armor of Calamity, I had envisioned this result, but the higher the basic strength requirement, the more difficult it is to provide a higher amplitude effect."
"Like the derivatives of the 'Robbery Armor,' such as the Soldier Armor and the General Armor, because of their low base strength, they can increase their base combat power by a thousand times and a hundred times respectively. However, the King Armor only increases it by ten times, and the Imperial Armor only increases it by one time."
The Mountain-Sitting Guest shook his head and sighed, "The same goes for the Calamity Armor! I tried my best to perfect it, but I could only achieve a tenfold amplitude in the first two forms. The third form only had a onefold amplitude!"
"Unexpectedly, after you reforged your talent analysis, you were able to further improve this part of the technology, making it maintain a constant hundredfold amplitude effect."
Nine. "It's simply unbelievable how you did that."
"It's all thanks to talent; I only have a superficial understanding." Chen Yuan naturally knew nothing about it and attributed all the credit to "talent."
In reality, there is no essential difference between attributing a system's functionality to a talent and not at all.
"What an amazing talent," the Mountain Dweller exclaimed, then suddenly remembered something: "Wait, this battle suit must have been reforged by your clone, right? How did you deliver it?"
He's been by Chen Yuan's side for the past two years, so how could he not know whether the other party had time to refine treasures? The only possibility is that it was done by a clone.
However, the disciple's clone was personally delivered to the human territory, and it can be confirmed that the clone did not return here. So how was this battle suit transmitted?
Faced with his teacher's question, Chen Yuan thought for a moment and answered truthfully, "Because this battle suit has been bound to my soul, as long as my soul still exists, I can instantly retrieve this treasure into my soul with a single thought."
"Furthermore, with the emergence of the disciple's clones, since the four clones are all the disciple's souls, these soul-bound treasures can also be transferred between the souls of the various clones."
To be honest, Chen Yuan only recently discovered the effects of this soul transfer.
Since there is room for optimization, his clones can simply take items directly from the optimization space, which is very convenient.
It wasn't until his clone returned to the human territory that the Soul Devouring Beast clone retrieved the Primordial Palace that was originally stored on his main body. Only then did he realize that he had retrieved the Primordial Palace without optimizing the space!
It was at this moment that he discovered the ability to transfer items after they were bound together by soul.
To be honest, this feature isn't very meaningful to Chen Yuan.
Since he already has room for optimization, storing and retrieving treasures between his various clones is already very convenient. Using soul transfer simply saves the time of putting the treasures in.
However, Chen Yuan naturally couldn't explain the existence of the optimization space in front of his teacher, so the matter of soul binding wasn't that important.
But even the soul binding function surprised the mountain dweller enough, because as the reincarnation of a god-king, he had never heard of such an ability.
"What kind of ability is soul binding?" The mountain dweller asked with interest.
After all, in his previous life, he was a god-king level being, and a god-king who was skilled in refining treasures. How could he possibly possess treasure-refining techniques he had never seen before?
How could he not be surprised?
"Oh?" Chen Yuan didn't expect his teacher to react so strongly.
After thinking for a moment, he explained to the Mountain Guest the various effects of soul binding, such as the soul anchoring effect, which means that items will disappear as the soul dissipates and reappear after the soul is resurrected.
For example, the Soul Nourishment effect allows items to grow along with the bound target. Chen Yuan regretfully noted that because he grew so fast, he had to manually update all the treasures on his character, so he had never experienced this feature.
Another example is that after soul binding, items automatically acquire soul-related abilities. For instance, the Heavenly Armor gains a soul defense effect and can be used as a half-soul defense treasure.
Finally, there's the soul transfer function that Chen Yuan newly discovered. Well, this ability can currently only be used by people who have clones.
In fact, as the explanation went on, Chen Yuan also discovered that this soul binding ability seemed to be quite extraordinary. However, because he had grown up too quickly and his soul had never perished, he had never paid much attention to this ability.
But upon closer reflection, before the Optimization Space appeared, if he wanted to bind a soul to an item, he would need an optimization energy a hundred times its own value. How could such an ability be simple?
Therefore, when the Mountain-Sitting Guest heard about the effects of soul binding, his eyes lit up and he hurriedly said, "Good disciple, do you know the principle behind soul binding? Can you teach me?"
"Teacher, I'm sorry." Chen Yuan shook his head repeatedly. "These are all effects I achieved through my talent. I've never studied this before, so naturally I don't know the principles behind it."
"I see." The mountain dweller's tone was clearly disappointed.
"Teacher, is this ability very powerful?" Although Chen Yuan had already vaguely sensed the importance of soul binding, he didn't understand why his teacher was so excited, considering that the other party was a God King.
"Disciple, your cultivation level is still too low; you probably don't understand the meaning behind this."
The mountain dweller, with a serious expression, advised, "If you have the ability, I suggest you study the principles behind this 'soul binding' ability more thoroughly; it might greatly benefit your future."
"Great benefits?" Chen Yuan asked doubtfully. "Teacher, could you explain it more clearly? I don't quite understand."
"Well, let me put it this way," the Mountain-Sitting Guest hesitated for a moment, then said, "When you become a true god in the future, if you want to continue to become stronger, then you need to comprehend even more powerful forces."
"Let's assume this power is above the laws; you can call it - the Primordial Dao."
"And your ability to bind souls, in my view, may be a branch of the Great Dao related to the soul."
"The Great Dao of the Soul's Origin?" Chen Yuan blinked.
"Disciple, there are some things I cannot explain in detail due to the rules—" The Mountain Guest hesitated, as if he had to carefully consider each word before speaking.
"You just need to remember that there is no Great Dao related to the soul in the whole world, or rather, there is only an incomplete Great Dao."
That's all I can say; the rest is up to you to figure out.
"No soul Dao? Dao incomplete?" Chen Yuan's heart stirred: "I remember that the Dao of the entire Origin Continent is divided into nine types: time, space, life, destruction, immeasurable, matter, extreme point, world, and causality. It seems that there is indeed no soul."
"Does the teacher mean that I should study the soul binding function, master a branch of the Great Dao of the Soul, and then open up the complete Great Dao of the Soul?!"