She had to admit that Furina's discourse on the development path of Spirit Masters was by no means empty talk on paper, but rather true insight built upon keen observation and bold, innovative thinking. These ideas could be called "audacious," completely subverting the traditional concepts followed by Shrek Academy and even the entire Spirit Master world for thousands of years; it was truly unprecedented.
Savouring Furina's suggestion regarding the choice of the first four spirit rings, Zhou Yi discovered that it contained extremely strong practical feasibility.
In today's world where spirit tool technology is becoming increasingly popular, low-Rank Spirit Masters can completely make up for the lack of attack power in the early stages by equipping spirit tools. Especially for those auxiliary system Spirit Masters who lack self-preservation ability, a suitable attack-type spirit tool is enough to change their destiny.
If the New Student Assessment at Shrek Academy allows the use of spirit tools—in fact, there have already been discussions within the academy about this—then Furina's theory coincides with the existing development trend.
Investing early spirit ring resources into augmentation abilities such as defense, speed, and recovery, and supplementing them with spirit tools to provide means of attack, can indeed create more comprehensive and adaptable Spirit Masters.
"Of course," Furina's voice pulled Zhou Yi back from her thoughts, "I encourage everyone to be brave enough to try, but I must emphasize that exploration needs to be conducted within a reasonable scope. You must not blindly rush forward; otherwise, not only will it be unhelpful, but it may also waste your precious talent in vain."
She looked around at the eager faces below the stage, her tone turning steady: "This is a long road that requires patience and wisdom to explore. You can start by breaking fixed thinking and trying to conceive new paths that suit you."
"Or, for many students present who come from Spirit Master Families, you can also leverage the power of your Family, letting other members of the clan or affiliated personnel experiment first to reduce the risk of exploring personally."
Changing the subject, Furina introduced another more controversial topic: "In addition, regarding the choice of spirit ring absorption, I also have a different view. I believe that plant-type Martial Souls are best off absorbing spirit rings from plant-type Soul Beasts, especially species that are homologous or highly compatible in attributes with one's own Martial Soul. Similarly, beast Martial Souls should also prioritize absorbing spirit rings from Soul Beasts of the same or similar species."
Seeing the confused expressions of the students below, she explained further: "Why? Because this is more likely to promote the evolution of your Martial Soul Origin."
"When the absorbed spirit ring is homologous to your own Martial Soul, and its Bloodline quality is sufficiently strong and its attributes are sufficiently matched, the Martial Soul has a greater chance of producing a positive mutation, or even evolving. Do you think that a common Blue Silver Grass, by absorbing the spirit ring of a Ground Cave Demon Spider or a Mandala Snake, can directly transform into a so-called 'Grass King'? The rejection and instability involved in this are likely far beyond your imagination."
Hearing this, Zhou Yi couldn't help but frown tightly. She keenly sensed that Furina's words were vaguely pointing to that legendary figure from ten thousand years ago—the Thousand Hand Douluo, Sea God Tang San.
Didn't his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul absorb spirit rings from beast Soul Beasts in its early stages?
"Student Furina," Zhou Yi couldn't help but speak, her voice carrying a trace of scrutiny, "your words sound like you are questioning the theory proposed by Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang ten thousand years ago in 'The Ten Core Competencies of Martial Souls'? That is a work revered as the golden rule by the Spirit Master world."
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