Chapter 45: Body Martial Soul Secondary AwakeningWhen Ye Feng woke up, the sunset had turned into early morning.He rubbed his head, which felt uncomfortable from pressing against the gravel, and his spirit power surged, shaking off the dust staining his body."I didn't expect to fall right asleep. Oh well, it was a good rest anyway."Ye Feng felt the condition inside his body, where the Spirit core was suspended in the center of his lower dantian.He hadn't looked closely before, but there were spiral patterns on the Spirit core, faintly emitting a golden light like a warm piece of Hetian jade.The circulation of spirit power inside his body had become smoother, and its speed had also increased.Ye Feng casually unleashed his self-created Spirit Ability, Tai Chi Force. A white sphere appeared, continuously rotating with a gentle force.Ye Feng casually dispersed the Tai Chi Force, feeling the consumption of spirit power within his body.His spirit power hadn't decreased at all, which meant that in this extremely short period of time, his body had automatically recovered this portion of consumed spirit power.This was like him getting a permanent blue buff; not only could it regenerate mana, but because the speed of his spirit power circulation had accelerated, Ye Feng would also be able to release Spirit Abilities much faster in the future.Ye Feng nodded in satisfaction. Condensing the Spirit core was indeed the right decision.After successfully condensing the Spirit core, Ye Feng began to busy himself with another matter.That's right, the purpose of this trip wasn't just to condense a Spirit core.However, speaking of this second matter, it was also somewhat related to the Spirit core.Ye Feng took out the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone that had been forgotten in the spirit tool for a long time.Ye Feng did not plan to absorb any Spirit Bone other than an external Spirit Bone.Perhaps to the people of Douluo, it was nothing, but for Ye Feng, he was unwilling to stuff things into his own body, especially a Spirit Bone.Just imagine, if one day you encountered a dead black bear, as long as you cut open its corpse and embedded one of its bones into your own body, you could gain powerful strength. Would you do it?Ye Feng wouldn't. Rather than absorbing a Spirit Bone to enhance his strength, it was more reliable to take it step-by-step with his own down-to-earth efforts.If one day his physical body could rival the gods, then every single bone of his could be considered a top-tier Spirit Bone, or even a divine bone.At this moment, Ye Feng took out the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone to cooperate with medicinal herbs in trying to stimulate the power of blood and qi.This idea had occurred to Ye Feng when he decided to condense the Spirit core.In Douluo II, wanting to break through to Limit Douluo required condensing two Spirit cores. Although it wasn't needed in the settings of Douluo I, Ye Feng still wanted to condense a Spirit core.In Douluo II, the person who condensed the most Spirit cores was Huo Yuhao, who condensed a total of three Spirit cores, stored respectively in the upper, middle, and lower dantians.Ye Feng affirmed Huo Yuhao's method of storing Spirit cores in three dantians.But he did not approve of the attributes of the three Spirit cores, or rather, that method only suited Huo Yuhao.According to Ye Feng's thoughts, the attributes of the Spirit cores should be condensed based on the three aspects of essence, qi, and Spirit.The lower dantian is located three inches below the navel, which is where Spirit Masters usually cultivate. It corresponds to "qi", and the Spirit core should be condensed according to the Spirit Master's own attributes.The middle dantian is at the Tanzhong acupoint in the exact center of the chest, close to the heart. Since the heart is the root of the body's blood and qi, it corresponds to "essence", and the Spirit core should be condensed using the power of blood and qi.The upper dantian is the Niwan Palace behind the Yintang acupoint between the two eyebrows, which is where the spiritual ocean is opened up. It corresponds to "Spirit", and the Spirit core should be condensed using mental force.These three types of Spirit cores were Ye Feng's most ideal Spirit core combination, and since the three were located in different dantians, they would not conflict with each other.But wanting to accomplish this was exceptionally difficult.The spirit power Spirit core had already been condensed, and the spiritual Spirit core was only a matter of time.The real difficulty lay in the power of blood and qi.The power of blood and qi came from the bloodline and physical body, a concept that only appeared in Douluo III.The cultivation methods and awakening conditions were completely unknown, so he could only grope his way forward on his own.Unlike Spirit cores, which at least had theoretical support, the power of blood and qi started completely from scratch.Ye Feng didn't expect to succeed in a short time and prepared to treat it as a long-term task to explore.In Douluo III, only Tang Wulin's power of blood and qi was described.But his power of blood and qi came from the Golden Dragon King, so it had no reference value.Ye Feng could only start by dissecting the words. Since this power was called the power of blood and qi, he would just eat some herbs that replenished blood and qi.Jade Angelica, Dragon Blood Grass, ten-thousand-year ginseng...Ye Feng didn't dare to use Immortal Herbs for fear of blowing himself up, but he didn't let himself off easy either.What he took were all top-tier medicinal herbs one grade lower than Immortal Herbs.After taking about five or six plants, Ye Feng felt his whole body burning with unbearable heat, his blood and qi fluctuating, and his skin swelling and turning crimson red.There was a scorching sensation like jumping into a furnace in the middle of summer. Seen from afar, he looked like a boiled red shrimp.Then he grabbed the Blue Silver Emperor Spirit Bone, continuously extracting its vitality and spirit power until the Spirit Bone lost its luster and its surface was covered in cracks. Only then did he stop, a wave of dizziness washing over his mind.Ye Feng knew that the time had come. He began to practice Tai Chi, hoping that the circulation of "qi" in Chinese martial arts would allow him to successfully grasp a trace of the power of blood and qi.The medicinal power lasted for a whole day, and he practiced for a whole day as well.Although he didn't unearth the power of blood and qi, it wasn't without gains.By a fluke, Ye Feng's Spirit successfully underwent a secondary awakening.Regarding this accidental awakening, Ye Feng himself was completely dumbfounded.Without the blessing of the Body Sect's secret techniques, he had originally wanted to wait until reaching Titled Douluo to seek a way for his Spirit's secondary awakening.But he never expected that planting willows unintentionally would provide shade, nor did he expect that the nine-deaths-and-a-lifetime secondary awakening described in the original work would be endured by him so easily.Ye Feng thought about it; thanks to the blessing of Immortal Herbs and self-condensed spirit rings, his Spirit's quality was already extremely high to begin with.Now, relying on the vitality within the Blue Silver Emperor Spirit Bone and the medicinal power of numerous herbs to achieve the secondary awakening of his Body Martial Soul was a matter of course.Ye Feng activated his Spirit possession, his body flickered with a gentle white light, and a huge silver humanoid phantom emerged behind him, looking exactly like Ye Feng.Ye Feng understood that the secondary awakening of his Body Martial Soul was of the silver grade.Regarding this, he was not surprised. His Body Martial Soul was himself, not a specific organ, so its potential and advantages were much greater than other Body Martial Souls.The secondary awakening of a Body Martial Soul was divided into four grades: Black Iron Grade, Bronze Grade, Silver Grade, and Gold Grade.Among them, the Gold Grade required Silver Grade awakeners to undergo a tertiary awakening when breaking through to Titled Douluo.The secondary awakenings of other grades had no restrictions and were basically related to the body part of the Body Martial Soul.If the Spirit was an important body part, such as the brain, heart, or bones, it could awaken to the Silver Grade.If it was a single-part Spirit like the left hand or right hand, it was much worse and could only awaken to the Black Iron Grade.If it was a composite Spirit like both hands or both feet, it could awaken to the Bronze Grade.The secondary awakening of a Body Martial Soul could greatly enhance a Spirit Master's combat power.From Black Iron Grade to Silver Grade, it could respectively increase combat power by 30%, 60%, and 100%.As for the Gold Grade Spirit awakening, it could burst out up to three times the combat power.Solely in terms of Spirit quality, a Body Martial Soul secondary awakening (Silver Grade) could rival an Ultimate Spirit.Only a Body Martial Soul tertiary awakening (Gold Grade) could reach the threshold of a divine-grade Spirit.But Ye Feng didn't take it to heart. Even fighting Qian Renxue at the same realm, he had the confidence to kill her in one punch.This was the confidence brought to him by extreme numerical stats.Besides, as his cultivation improved, his Spirit quality would also passively increase. By then, he might not be unable to try a quaternary awakening of his Body Martial Soul.By then, let alone a divine-grade Spirit, he could even clash with a Dragon King-grade Spirit.(The Spirit quality grades in this book are divided into: Dragon King-grade Spirit, divine-grade Spirit, Ultimate Spirit, top-tier Spirit, ordinary Spirit, and trash Spirit.)(If there are different opinions, just treat it as private settings. Douluo I does not have the concept of ultimate attributes, so just default that anything from Ultimate Spirits and above possesses ultimate attributes.)(Spirits like the Blue Silver Emperor, Clear Sky Hammer, and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon are categorized as top-tier Spirits.)
