"This Fallen Heart Flame can truly refine soul power and enhance cultivation speed..."
Looking at Lin Ye, Meng Shu's face was filled with excitement and astonishment.
He never expected that such a peculiar martial soul truly existed in this world, capable of refining soul power and boosting cultivation speed. The bottleneck that had troubled him for years suddenly loosened after the Fallen Heart Flame refined his soul power.
If he could use this Fallen Heart Flame to refine all the soul power within his body, he estimated that he could directly break through to level 86.
Moreover, the difficulty of future cultivation might significantly decrease, and there might even be hope to break through to the Title Douluo level!
Although at his current age, even if he broke through to Title Douluo, he wouldn't gain much extended lifespan, probably only about ten years or so.
But if he could live another ten years, he might be able to see his granddaughter Meng Yi Ran grow up!
At this moment, Meng Shu was moved!
"How is it, Elder Meng Shu? The effect of my Fallen Heart Flame is quite impressive, isn't it?"
Seeing the expression on Meng Shu's face, Lin Ye smiled faintly.
"Rare in the world, unprecedented!"
Meng Shu pondered for a while, then sighed with emotion.
On the Douluo Continent, apart from commoners, basically all sects, soul master families, and nobles with resources would use various methods to help their younger generation of soul masters improve their cultivation. The most typical examples are spirit beast meat, medicinal herbs, and martial soul simulation training grounds.
For soul masters, the younger they are, the more golden their cultivation period is.
If one cannot reach a certain level of cultivation at a young age, future cultivation will become extremely difficult.
The recognized threshold in the soul master world, known as the "ice and fire duality," is twenty years old.
If a soul master cannot break through to the Soul Elder level before the age of twenty, then without any special opportunities, they will likely be stuck at the Great Soul Master level for life.
Of course, this is for ordinary soul masters; levels twenty and Soul Elder are considered the threshold of ice and fire duality.
But for some large soul master forces, whether sects or soul master families, breaking through to Soul Elder before the age of twenty is really nothing special.
Meeting this condition signifies that the soul master has the potential to break through to the Soul Sage level in the future.
But to go further, reaching Soul Douluo or even Title Douluo, achieving only the Soul Elder level before twenty is far from enough!
Thus, the Spirit Hall issued another standard.
That is, if one can reach the Soul Ancestor level before the age of twenty, their future potential can basically reach the Soul Douluo level.
And if one can reach the Soul King level before twenty, they have the potential to achieve Title Douluo in the future!
This standard proposed by the Spirit Hall has been recognized by many soul master forces.
To allow their heirs to gain further potential, most soul master forces provide various cultivation resources to their heirs before they reach twenty.
Among these, martial soul simulation training grounds are naturally essential, and spirit beast meat and medicinal herbs are also generally supplied in abundance.
But among these cultivation resources, martial soul simulation training grounds and spirit beast meat usually do not cause significant side effects.
However, excessive consumption of medicinal herbs can lead to side effects in the future.
Taking too many medicinal herbs can lead to drug resistance, and another harm is that it can cause impurities in the soul power.
These impurities accumulate over time, making the soul power impure, slowing down cultivation speed, and making it harder to improve cultivation.
At this point, one either takes more potent medicinal herbs to forcibly aid cultivation and improve cultivation level, or uses other methods to remove impurities from the soul power.
Currently, the most mainstream method in the soul master world is to use the soul power pressure of higher-level soul masters to remove impurities by cultivating under strong soul power pressure.
But this method might work below the Soul Sage level; however, once reaching Soul Sage, it becomes difficult to use this method to remove impurities from soul power.
Because only Soul Douluo and Title Douluo are stronger than Soul Sage.
But these two levels of powerhouses, Title Douluo suppress the fortune of a nation, and ordinary soul masters can hardly ever meet them.
Even Soul Douluo, most are either leaders of top soul master families or elders of sects, and without connections, it's not easy to meet them.
Even if Soul Douluo are employed by soul master academies, they are usually deans, and ordinary people can't meet them.
As for Soul Douluo, it's the same.
So for many Soul Sage and Soul Douluo level powerhouses, if they do not attach themselves to top forces like the Spirit Hall or the top three sects, it is very difficult to break through in the future, often stuck at a bottleneck for several years or even more than a decade.
Of course, if the martial soul is strong enough and the innate soul power is high enough at awakening, such as innate level nine or full soul power, such talent does not need to rely too much on medicinal herbs, and naturally, there won't be so many troubles in the future.
But most families in the soul master world have descendants whose innate soul power at awakening is between level five and below level eight.
These heirs of soul master families, under the cultivation of their families, can easily reach the Soul Sage level.
But to go further is very difficult.
And Meng Shu is actually one of the members of most ordinary soul master families. Under the cultivation of his family, he reached the Soul Sage level in his fifties, but it took him over forty years to go from Soul Sage to Soul Douluo.
There are many like Meng Shu across the Douluo Continent.
So upon learning of Lin Ye's Fallen Heart Flame's ability, Meng Shu was so shocked,
Because with a martial soul like the Fallen Heart Flame, as long as Lin Ye has enough strength in the future, he can completely attract countless such soul master families to pledge allegiance, and for breakthroughs and further progress, these soul master families are willing to serve Lin Ye.
Meng Shu could not imagine how many Soul Douluo would emerge from countless Soul Sages if Lin Ye cultivated them.
And how many Title Douluo would emerge from those Soul Douluo!
If the Fallen Heart Flame martial soul showed Meng Shu the potential for Lin Ye to create a terrifyingly large force in the future.
Then Lin Ye's earlier feat of punching a bird spirit beast with at least three to four thousand years of cultivation in mid-air also showed Meng Shu Lin Ye's potential and strength!
The combination of the two made Meng Shu, after some deliberation, ultimately decide to join Lin Ye.
But before that, he wanted to verify if his previous speculation about Lin Ye was correct.
"Master Lin Ye, I, Meng Shu, am willing to lead the Dragon Snake Family to serve you, but could you tell me, master, your origin? This concerns how I and my family should assist you..."
Having made his decision, Meng Shu cupped his hands towards Lin Ye and asked very solemnly.
Hearing that Meng Shu, tempted by the Fallen Heart Flame, finally chose to submit, Lin Ye couldn't help but smile faintly.
But after glancing at Zhu Zhuqing, Lin Ye did not intend to speak here, instead saying,
"Elder Meng Shu, come with me, let's find a place and I'll tell you..."
After speaking, Lin Ye got up and walked towards the woods beside the clearing, with Meng Shu following.
Arriving at a secluded spot in the woods, Meng Shu cupped his hands towards Lin Ye and said,
"Master, can you tell me now?"
"Of course, but Elder Meng Shu, are you sure you haven't guessed my identity?"
Lin Ye smiled faintly.
"Not completely sure, but I do have some speculation..."
Hearing Lin Ye's words, Meng Shu narrowed his eyes slightly and said.
"Then Elder Meng Shu, please share your speculation."
Lin Ye said slowly.
"Master, you don't look very old, but your cultivation should at least be at the Soul Ancestor level or above, and you possess such a treasure as an external soul bone, with a powerful Title Douluo expert following you for protection."
"On the Douluo Continent, there are only a few forces that possess Title Douluo: the Spirit Hall, the top three sects, and the Star Luo Imperial Family. But the martial soul of the Title Douluo expert following you is not one of the top three sects, nor is it the Star Luo Imperial Family's martial soul."
"Besides the top three sects and the Star Luo Imperial Family, the most likely place to have a powerhouse like the Title Douluo expert following you, master, I can only guess is the Spirit Hall. I wonder if my guess is correct..."
Meng Shu spoke slowly, laying out his speculations one by one.
"Haha! Correct, absolutely correct!"
After listening to Meng Shu's words, Lin Ye couldn't help but clap his hands and laugh: "That's right, I am indeed from the Spirit Hall!"
"Hehe, it seems I guessed correctly, but I just don't know, master, what is your status within the Spirit Hall? Currently, the Spirit Hall has announced the Golden Generation, but you don't seem to be among them (Bibi Dong has blocked Lin Ye's information). May I ask what your status is?"
Meng Shu asked puzzledly.
"Who said the Golden Generation doesn't include me? You might have heard that the Golden Generation only has three members, but in fact, there are four, and I am one of them. However, I was ordered to carry out a secret mission for the Pope, so the main hall should have blocked my news. But besides being part of the Golden Generation, I have another identity, and that is the current Holy Son of the Spirit Hall!"
Lin Ye smiled faintly, then said slowly.
"Master, you are the Holy Son of the Spirit Hall? But hasn't the Spirit Hall already established a Holy Maiden?"
Hearing Lin Ye's words, Meng Shu couldn't help but open his mouth wide, somewhat disbelieving.
"That's right, our Spirit Hall has indeed established a Holy Maiden, named Hu Liena, but the Holy Son and Holy Maiden should not conflict, right?"
"She was established as the Holy Maiden over a decade ago, but I was established as the Holy Son about five years ago. Since a Holy Maiden had already been established, the main hall did not deliberately publicize my existence, so many within the Spirit Hall might not even know this news, and it's normal for you not to know."
Lin Ye said indifferently.
"But with my talent and ability, if I weren't from the Spirit Hall, I wouldn't need to rely on the Spirit Hall's glory, would I?"
As he spoke, Lin Ye flipped his hand and summoned the Nine Spirit Immortal Tang martial soul. When the yellow, purple, black, black, black five soul rings rose from under Lin Ye's feet one after another, Meng Shu was once again shocked.
This... is actually a Soul King!
And this soul ring configuration, it's monstrous!
As long as he doesn't die prematurely, he will definitely become a Title Douluo level powerhouse in the future!
"Elder Meng Shu, how about it?"
Seeing Meng Shu staring dumbfounded at the five soul rings on his body, Lin Ye couldn't help but smile faintly again,
"Master, you are truly a genius of the ages. I, Meng Shu, am willing to lead the Dragon Snake Family to serve as your vanguard!"
Originally, because of the Golden Crocodile Douluo's presence, Meng Shu had no doubts about Lin Ye's words.
And after Lin Ye displayed the Fallen Heart Flame and his own soul rings, Meng Shu became even more fervent in his heart, immediately half-kneeling before Lin Ye to show his loyalty.
Following such a prodigy, they are bound to create a new era in the future!
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