44 Chapter 44: Xiao Zhan's Bottleneck
Salas at this moment felt a sense of superiority as if everyone else was intoxicated while he alone remained sober.
As for the true identity of Qian Renxue, the people who knew included the elders of the Spirit Hall at the level of Titled Douluo, and the Spirit Masters responsible for executing this plan.
And Salas was one of them, as the Hall Master of the Saint Spirit Hall in Heaven Dou City, many of the Spirit Masters' movements here required his cooperation, so he knew about this plan.
"Hall Master, are you asking me to pretend to join Crown Prince?"
With the Crown Prince's status, it could indeed resist many prying eyes, and if both sides got along well, it was still possible for the other side to arrange several Spirit Emperor-level guards.
After all, Su Wen's activities were generally only at the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy and the Great Spirit Arena.
It's almost right under the Crown Prince's nose, and very easy to arrange.
"Yes, you also need to demonstrate enough value." Salas pretended to ponder for a moment before speaking.
If it was only the fact that he was a thousand years old Second SPirit Ring and was well suited to inherit Xiao Zhan's way, it would not be enough for a country's Crown Prince to specially arrange guards for him.
"Is the Hall Master referring to my identity as a scholar?"
"Exactly." Salas nodded, with a meaningful tone: "Su Wen, you need to understand, although Spirit Hall is powerful now, in terms of history, the two great empires have the longest history, and they may possess more information than Spirit Hall."
Spirit Hall has many strong individuals, but its development time is short. However, the existence of many special Spirit Masters in history can be known through basic information, but their specific information is not so easy to collect.
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After leaving Spirit Hall, Su Wen went directly back to Heaven Dou Imperial Academy.
"Xiaowen, there may be many forces approaching you after today. Don't worry about their pressure." Xiao Zhan saw Su Wen and patted his shoulder
"Uncle Zhan, I don't mean to doubt, but you're just a Spirit Saint, right?"
"Just?" Xiao Zhan widened his eyes, looking at Su Wen with a surprised expression.
"You don't think being a Spirit Saint is a high status?"
Being a Spirit Saint is already a high-ranking official, isn't it? What's more, is Xiao Zhan an ordinary Soul Saint?
"I don't, I didn't mean that," Su Wen denied.
The status of a Spirit Saint is quite high, he didn't look down on it, but he subconsciously questioned it because the major forces that might come knocking on the door could have Spirit Saints or even stronger experts presiding over them.
"Hmph, kid, do you know what level my Soul Power is at?"
"How much?" Su Wen asked curiously.
"Seventy-nine levels!"
Although he has been stuck at this level for nearly ten years, having such a high Soul Power level puts him at the peak among Spirit Saints.
Moreover, Xiao Zhan is renowned for his self-created Spirit Skills. He can fight as he pleases, with his Fire Demon Style and Spirit Skills that covers offense, defense, close combat, and long-range attacks, making him invincible among peers at the same level!
Even with his numerous self-created Spirit Skills combined, he has a real chance of contending with Spirit Douluo.
"Seventy-nine levels!" Su Wen widened his eyes. "Doesn't that mean, Uncle Zhan, you could become a Spirit Douluo at any time?"
Xiao Zhan, who had been looking proud, suddenly stuttered.
"Ahem, it might not be easy to break through to level eighty."
"What's going on?" Su Wen was curious.
Xiao Zhan put on a desolate expression and said, "I pursued both the quantity and quality of Soul Power too eagerly during my cultivation, which led to my Soul Power's liquefaction progress and accumulation far surpassing Spirit Masters of the same level."
Su Wen stared in disbelief.
Uncle Zhan! What did you say?
Could you repeat that?
"Well, since you asked, I might as well warn you," Xiao Zhan said. "Our Book Martial Spirit isn't suitable for combat, so we have to find ways to improve our combat power, and the quality and quantity of Soul Power are the most obvious paths."
"You can enhance the total amount of Soul Power by getting Spirit Rings, or improve the speed of Soul Power recovery, or enhance the quality of Soul Power, but never compress Soul Power during the cultivation process based solely on your cultivation technique!"
Xiao Zhan's tone was stern.
But the more he spoke, the more Su Wen's expression became eerie.
"So, Uncle Zhan, is this how you cultivate?"
No wonder he dares to claim invincibility among Spirit Saints. It's not just because of the Fire Demon Style and his Spirit Skills, but also because of the quality and quantity of his Soul Power.
"Yeah." Xiao Zhan nodded. "The cultivation of Spirit Masters involves storing Soul Power in a gaseous state within the body until reaching Spirit King. Breaking through to Spirit King rank requires condensing it into a liquid state, giving birth to liquid Soul Power. It's only when you reach level eighty-nine that the meridians in the body are completely filled with liquid Soul Power."
"At that time, breaking through the bottleneck leads to level ninety, and the liquid Soul Power will also solidify."
"Now, my body is already filled with liquid Soul Power, which means that to break through level eighty, I need to solidify Soul Power. This is the bottleneck for breaking through to Titled Douluo, and my other conditions are far from the level of those peak Spirit Masters who are Spirit Douluo."
Some may struggle to break through level eighty-nine, let alone him, a Spirit Saint whose other conditions are much inferior.
"But, Uncle Zhan, aren't there techniques to solidify Soul Power?"
Xiao Zhan shook his head.
To break through, one can only rely on opportunities and luck.
Su Wen breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself that this is normal. Nowadays, in the cultivation of Spirit Masters in Douluo Land, it's still at a primitive level, lacking techniques for condensing Spirit Cores. Breaking through level ninety probably relies on luck.
The Poison Pill of the Poison Douluo is probably the key to his breakthrough, and other Titled Douluo likely have similar cores.
Thinking about this, Su Wen suddenly had an idea.
"Nowadays, the titled Douluo on Douluo Continent don't have soul cores, and their potential doesn't seem to be bad, either?"
In this era of Douluo Land, there are also quite a few Limit Douluo. However, there are still differences. For example, the number of Titled Douluo is very scarce, whereas in later generations, there are many more Titled Douluo.
"Perhaps the vortex form of the Spirit Core is more convenient to condense, making breakthroughs easier, but after level ninety-nine, you have to condense the second Spirit Core."
Even further, breaking through to the God level might require condensing a third one.
But nowadays in Douluo Land, there's no such saying.
"Perhaps, the Titled Douluo breaking through in this era, although not condensing Spirit Cores, are condensing forms more in line with their own Martial Spirit's true form."
Seeing Su Wen deep in thought, Xiao Zhan nodded satisfactorily. It seems like he's taking it in.
In reality, he didn't know that Su Wen was already pondering what the conditions would become if, according to the current cultivation methods of Douluo Land, solid Soul Power was condensed at level seventy and then broke through to Titled Douluo.
This might involve the conditions for breaking through to Limit Douluo in Douluo Land today, and to find out the answer to this question, one would have to ask a Limit Douluo.
"Do I have the opportunity to come into contact with a Limit Douluo?"
Su Wen isn't sure whether the methods of the current era or the Spirit Core Method of later generations are better. But he knows one thing: the Spirit Core Method of later generations is clearer, the breakthrough method is more solidified, and it's easier to break through.
So he presented this idea to Xiao Zhan.
Xiao Zhan was surprised, but he didn't have an earth-shattering reaction. He shook his head and said, "It's not that simple."
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