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However, because Zi Ji's soul power path is extremely complex, Bai Yu can only record each section in a book after exploring it, and then combine them after they are complete.
Time passed slowly, and by the time Bai Yu had finished recording everything, the sun had already set, and the cool moonlight shone down on the earth.
"Phew, finally finished. I'm so tired, this job is inhuman!"
Bai Yu breathed a sigh of relief, lay down on Zi Ji's back, raised his hands, and gently massaged his temples.
His soul power wasn't depleted much, because due to his cultivation technique, his soul power recovered extremely quickly, and unless it was used up in a fierce battle, it was difficult to completely deplete it.
However, exploring and recording the path of soul power consumes the most mental energy, so he now feels his head is throbbing and his temples are throbbing.
But Zi Ji didn't care about all that. When she heard that Bai Yu had succeeded and was still clinging to her back, she immediately opened her eyes, got up, and threw Bai Yu off.
"bump!"
Bai Yu didn't resist and fell directly to the ground. But as the saying goes, if you fall down, you should lie down there.
Since he was protected by his soul power, the fall didn't hurt, so he simply lay down on the ground with a peaceful expression.
Gu Yuena then walked over, bent down to pick up the book that had fallen next to Bai Yu, opened it, and read it with Zi JI, who had returned to human form.
"Huh, is this the circulation route of my soul power? Why is it so convoluted? It's so complicated! Is my soul power always moving around like this when I cultivate and unleash techniques?"
Bai Yu turned its head, glanced at Zi Ji with dead fish eyes, and chuckled.
"Heh, that's not called wandering around randomly, that's called instinct! Just like when a human absorbs a soul ring, they don't need to practice, they can use it directly."
"So this kind of power system is fucking awful. It's like playing a video game. You learn the skills and you can use them without even practicing."
Gu Yuena and Zi Ji turned to look at Bai Yu with strange expressions.
"Hasn't this world's power system always been like this? Is there something wrong with it?"
"Yes, Master is right. You humans are really strange, always researching these random things. And what are you talking about playing games? How do you play them? With your fists?"
Bai Yu gave a wry smile. "The problem? To be honest, there's no problem. Who says that power that can be used immediately isn't power?"
Besides, the Douluo Continent is a universally acknowledged top-tier fantasy world, so why ask for so much more?
(TL: top tier? Every fanfic I know describes it as the Chinese fantasy sewer lol)
However, Bai Yu still felt that this cultivation system was somewhat abnormal. Soul beasts were alright, because no matter what, they would gain new talents and abilities by increasing their own age.
Humans are different; without a Soul Ring, they cannot cultivate at all, which makes it an unhealthy cultivation system.
But to change this rule, unless one controls the central hub of the divine realm and reverses the entire plane, Bai Yu has no other way.
"Yes, that's always been the case, but I have a different idea. Let's talk about it later and see if it can be implemented then."
"As for playing video games... just consider me out of my mind and talking nonsense."
Zi Ji rolled her eyes, feeling that Bai Yu's brain had really fried. He was talking nonsense. It's just a game, why are you talking about fighting? How do you fight with that thing?
Gu Yuena's eyes were a little strange. She always felt that Bai Yu was going to cause some big trouble in the future, but after thinking about it for a while, she stopped caring. Anyway, no matter what Bai Yu did, it had nothing to do with her.
"You just wrote down the route of this soul power circulation in a notebook and that's it? Why don't you just make it into a soul-gathering seal?"
Upon hearing Gu Yuena's question, Bai Yu's lips twitched, and he waved his hand, saying:
"You can't do even a little bit, you'll just exhaust me!"
"The Soul Gathering Seal is a soul tool, and soul tools are graded. I can now easily make a level seven soul tool, and I can barely manage a level eight one."
"But to completely transform Zi Ji's soul power path into a Soul Gathering Seal, it would require at least level nine, because the higher the level, the more spiritual and soul power it would consume."
"Moreover, the higher the level, the more precious the materials required. To make Zi Ji's Soul Gathering Seal, the outer shell must be made of Hundred-Refined Black Iron, and the core must be made of Refined Gold and Deep Sea Silver, otherwise it simply cannot withstand such strong soul power."
As soon as Bai Yu finished speaking, Zi Ji immediately frowned and shouted:
"Bai Yu, are you kidding me? After all this time, this thing you made is completely useless? Haven't I just wasted my time?"
"And most importantly, you were on my back for so long! Now you're telling me you can't make it? Do you want to die?"
Bai Yu raised his hand to cover his face, and was about to speak when Gu Yuena stopped the nearly enraged Zi Ji.
"Zi Ji, be quiet. Didn't he say before that he could use high-level soul power to reverse-engineer low-level ones?"
"So he probably wanted to make the low-level one first, and then make the so-called level nine Soul Gathering Seal when the level is upgraded later."
Bai Yu nodded in agreement, then rolled his eyes at Zi JI and said:
"Don't be so short-tempered, it makes you look brainless. And just because I can't do it doesn't mean no one can. Don't forget I have powerful backers."
"Besides, even if I could do it, how much could I produce by myself? Even if I worked myself to death, I still couldn't cover the entire continent!"
"So I recorded the soul power circulation route only to send the data back, not because I intended to do it myself."
Zi Ji was really about to lose her temper, her eyes burning with rage. That bastard Bai Yu called her an idiot before, and now he's calling her brainless!
If Gu Yuena weren't around, she would definitely show Bai Yu what the wrath of a dragon is all about!
"Hmm? Bai Yu, what do you mean by writing 'darkness,' 'corrosiveness,' 'chilling,' and 'devouring' at the end? Are they Zi Ji's attributes?"
(TL: they don't even know her fucking attributes?)
Gu Yuena ignored their bickering and kept looking at Bai Yu's notes until she saw the attribute annotations at the back. She looked up with some confusion and asked.
"That's right, it's based on Zi Ji's attributes. The second most important part of creating the Soul Gathering Seal is the attribute simulation device, which is made according to the attributes of the soul beast itself."
"Without this, the Soul Gathering Seal would be half useless, and the resulting Soul Rings would have no attribute bonuses whatsoever."
Gu Yuena nodded in understanding. Indeed, as Bai Yu said, if a soul skill doesn't have attribute bonuses, then what is it? What's the difference between that and just using soul power to brute force it?
She hadn't seen Bai Yu use his self-created soul skills; most of them are enhanced by the four elements, rather than being used directly.
Because if you want to increase the power of a weapon by using it directly, you can only increase the output of your soul power to achieve the effect of "the brick flies with great force"!
Just like the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes of the Rat, which has no attribute enhancement, the more soul power is input, the bigger the hammer becomes and the greater its power.
"I understand. But taking Zi Ji as an example, she has four attributes. Does that mean that creating her Soul Gathering Seal requires four simulation devices?"
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