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--- Chapter 34 ---
After making the students' blood boil, Han Yuan sliced the massive tail of the Tyrant Dragon into several slabs of meat and asked Han Yue to roast them while he started teaching.
Liu Erlong stayed behind, sitting on a rock and watching Huan Yuan teach these new students. Honestly, she wasn't good at teaching and preferred to give her students a real combat experience, befitting her title as the female tyrannosaurus.
Han Yuan stared at the eight students, "Since this was our first lesson, I will give personal advice, and you can follow it to determine your path in cultivation."
"Before that, can someone tell how many types of martial souls there are?"
Zhang Lie raised his hand and answered, "Headmaster, martial souls split into two, beast-type and tool-type spirits."
Han Yuan nodded and smiled, "Anyone else?"
"Well, I don't expect much."
"In fact, the classification of martial souls is more than beast-type and tool-type spirits."
"There are also elemental-type and body-type spirits, which your fellow student Du Buzi possessed."
"Each type of spirit can split into subsystems like plant-type, food-type, and summoning-type, though the last one is rare."
"Of course, we also have to understand that the quality of martial souls also determines the spirit master's future path. It's like comparing two people with sword martial souls, but one sword made of wood, and the other made of steel."
"The question is, which sword is stronger?"
"The steel one?" Ye Shan answered in confusion.
Huan Yuan shook his head gently, "Wrong! It depends on the origin of the martial souls. If the wooden sword originated from ancient wood and possesses life attributes, and the steel sword is rusty with a chipped edge, the former will dominate in frontal exchange."
"That's why you should focus on repairing and strengthening the origin of your martial souls, further increasing their quality."
"Most of you have low-level martial souls, which not only slowed your growth but also limited the options you can pick."
"Can we really do that?" asked Hong Jia with a raised hand. "I have never heard of this before, Headmaster."
"This is my research, which was 'thoroughly' confirmed by helping some villagers nearby hunt and absorb more suitable spirit rings, and led to a boost of martial soul's origin." Han Yuan answered casually.
"One villager kid awakened a boar martial soul with spirit innate power of level 3, and after absorbing a spirit ring from a boar-type spirit beast with similar nature, attribute, and better bloodline, the kid's boar spirit became stronger, mainly the bones structure and fleshy strength."
"His cultivation speed becomes faster because that spirit ring repaired the origin of his martial soul, cleansing the impurity out of his body."
"Wow!" Upon hearing this, the eyes of eight students couldn't help but sparkle in wonder.
"Then, what is the classification for martial soul's quality?" asked Luo Li because she felt her Wood Mouse was too weak.
Hang Yuan nodded, "Good question, Luo Li. After some research, I split the martial soul's quality into seven."
"A trash quality, bottom of the bottom, martial soul with no redeeming quality. The origin of this martial soul is zero to none."
"Low-grade, martial soul with some potential, possibly developed with proper spirit rings. The origin of this martial soul mutated, reaching 10% concentration."
"Middle-grade, martial soul with the attribute, whether fire element or extreme sharpness. The origin of this martial soul has stabilized someway, reaching 40% concentration."
"High-grade, martial soul with the top-tier attribute higher, more robust and resistant than the middle-grade ones and more efficient in wielding that attribute. The origin of this martial soul was nearly perfect, around 70 to 80% concentration, which means there is no need to absorb spirit rings with "extra origin" to enhance its origin. One can start developing this martial soul and focus more on cultivation."
"Most Title Douluos possessed high-grade martial souls."
"The next grade is Top-tier. These martial souls are superior to anything I told you beforehand. They possess special abilities or ancient bloodlines. They can either mutate (or evolve) from ordinary martial souls or appear from companion martial souls of the same category."
"The origin of Top-tier martial soul is perfect. They are 100 to 120% more concentrated, which allows them to mutate/evolve."
"Above the Top-tier martial soul is the super martial soul. They are much better in all aspects. They usually possess "extremely" strong abilities or a god-level bloodline. The awakening ritual for a super martial soul typically requires special steps."
"A branch of the super martial soul is an Ultimate-type martial soul, which possesses a pinnacle of element attributes in the mortal world. A spirit master with fire ultimate attribute can easily bully fire-type martial souls, rendering them useless!"
"Of course, there is a drawback. The Ultimate-type martial soul's growth is ungodly slow, especially when the spirit master reaches the Spirit Elder Realm until the Spirit Sage Realm. After that, all those accumulated potential erupted instantly, speeding the cultivation growth again."
"The origin's concentration of the super martial soul is around 150 to 200%, which gives the owner more feedback when training and absorbing spirit rings. So, don't easily compare your attribute against someone with super martial souls. Their physique, mental quality, and spirit energy are higher quality than you despite the same spirit rank and age."
"Headmaster, you have said six... What is the last grade?" Sun Yi shyly asked.
Han Yuan sighed and stared at the sky, "The last grade is rare, and only a few people possess it. I called it the divine martial souls, which is self-explanatory because they are involved, connected, or bestowed by divine beings in some ways."
"The prime example is Spirit Hall's inherited martial soul, Six-winged Angel, also known as Seraphim."
"I don't have data about Seraphim besides its name and history, so I can't correctly calculate its origin. Nevertheless, it must be between 200% to 1,000%."
"This makes it possible for someone with the "Seraphim" martial soul to have innate full spirit power of level 20!"
"What?!" Let's not mention the students first because even Liu Erlong was shocked by the information bomb Huan Yuan dropped.
"Level twenty from the beginning, that's insane!" Liu Erlong whispered to herself. "I can't imagine how strong a person with "Seraphim" could be in a mere twenty years."
"Becoming a title douluo doesn't seem hard for them."
"Hehe, you've got no idea..." Han Yuan laughed. He knew the irony behind the current possessor of "Seraphim" martial soul, who awakened with an innate full spirit power of level 20.
Instead of focusing on training "Seraphim" martial souls, she becomes a spy in the enemy's territory for a chance to usurp the throne.
What a foolish, brain-dead decision that is.
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As Huan Yuan taught many people at once for the first time, a teacher and disciple also met in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan.
Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, Guest Room.
Ning Fenzhi, the current head of the clan, is sitting near a handsome man in a white suit. "Qinghe, have you heard about the recently built academy on the Desolate Mountain?"
The handsome man is Ning Fengzhi's disciple, Tian Dou Empire's Crown Prince, Xue Qinghe.
However, Ning Fengzhi didn't know that this "Xue Qinghe" was not a "real" crown prince but a faker who killed and replaced Xua Qinghe.
The faker is Qian Renxue, the supposed saint of Spirit Hall, the daughter of the former and current pope, and the granddaughter of Qian Daoliu, Angel Douluo.
Xue Qinghe (Qian Renxue) smiled politely and responded, "I heard of this academy before. It's called Dao Academy, and promoted themselves as the pathfinder for commoner spirit masters."
"What's the matter with this academy, teacher? Is there anything I should pay attention to regarding Dao Academy?"
Ning Fengzhi smiled, "Yes, Dao Academy is not simple."
"You might not know, but the background of Dao Academy is deeper than anyone thought. This academy somehow gained support from the golden member of the currently rising group, Merchant Union, a renowned genius in the business world."
"The golden member of the Merchant Union. I heard the worth of this person is about the same as Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan." Xue Qinghe (Qian Renxue) mumbled thoughtfully. "Many people, including Teacher, have been looking for this person."
"Well, I'm dying to meet this person." Ning Fengzhi gave his disciple a chuckle. "However, anything related to him is either fake or covered with too many things."
"So, since this person invested in Dao Academy, she/he must have seen its prospect."
"Should I extend my hand to Dao Academy, Teacher?" Xue Qinghe (Qian Renxue) asked for advice.
Ning Fengzhi shook his head, "No, not now. If we barged in suddenly, we might provoke that business genius."
"We shouldn't make a rash move."
"Let's wait a few months, if not a year, to see if Dao Academy is really something."
"I will listen to your advice." Xue Qinghe (Qian Renxue) nodded in understanding.
After chatting for half an hour, Xue Qinghe (Qian Renxue) excused himself and boarded a royal carriage back to the Tian Dou Palace.
On the way to the palace, Xue Qinghe's eyes flashed with golden holy light as she looked at the far distance, where Dao Academy was 'strategically' located.
"Dao Academy... There are no useless martial souls, only spirit masters who can't train. Such wise words."
"There is also the mysterious golden member of the Merchant Union. I wonder if they are worth recruiting into my Spirit Hall."