Yang Xiong still cultivated diligently every day, but he spent less and less time in the Library because he had already read most of the useful books over the past few years.
Body tempering, meditation, extreme weight training, researching Self-Created Soul Skills, and basic combat training with Wooden Dummies and sandbags basically made up Yang Xiong's entire day.
The most time was spent on meditation and extreme weight training. He basically spent every evening meditating, while mornings were dedicated to basic combat training. Wooden Dummies and sandbags could not only train his fists and feet but also his reaction speed, and even his body's resistance to strikes.
Moreover, ever since Yang Xiong absorbed his second soul ring, the weight he carried increased again. Now he carried sixty jin of weight every day and never took it off, no matter the time.
Developing Self-Created Soul Skills took about two hours every afternoon. Besides the Rasengan, there was another soul skill.
Body tempering still involved Ice, Fire, and Poison, but as his strength increased, the medicinal herbs used became more potent, and the pain became more intense. However, these also made Yang Xiong's body even stronger.
Half a year after absorbing his second soul ring, Yang Xiong's soul power increased by another level, reaching level twenty-four.
This afternoon, Yang Xiong condensed a high concentration of soul power in his palm and continuously injected soul power into it. The soul power rapidly circulated in his palm, like a small typhoon.
Yang Xiong focused all his mental power on this small typhoon in his palm. Under the control of his mental power, the typhoon finally gradually took shape, eventually forming a pale blue sphere.
At this moment, Yang Xiong was exceptionally surprised. He held the pale blue sphere in his hand and smashed it directly onto the ground. The entire ground instantly shattered, eventually forming a large pit about a meter in diameter.
Yang Xiong couldn't help but be ecstatic: "I succeeded, I finally succeeded. My Rasengan will sooner or later become one of the most terrifying soul skills in the Soul Master world."
After continuously using it for many days, Yang Xiong was basically able to quickly condense the Rasengan for combat. Unfortunately, Yang Xiong's soul power level was still too low. Even using all his soul power, he could only condense the Rasengan three times. This was already the effect of using Distraction Control to reduce soul power consumption.
However, the power of the Rasengan was indeed good, already comparable to a Soul Master's Third Soul Skill. Moreover, as his strength and soul power increased, reaching the power of a ten-thousand-year soul skill was probably only a matter of time.
Over the years, Yang Xiong had developed a total of two Self-Created Soul Skills. Besides the Rasengan, the other Self-Created Soul Skill was developed by dissecting his First Soul Skill, Dark Tortoise Displacement, or rather, by displacing himself with the surrounding air through Dark Tortoise Displacement, gradually developing it into the Self-Created Soul Skill: Teleportation.
Compared to Dark Tortoise Displacement, Teleportation consumed less soul power and didn't require the use of soul ring energy at all. It should be usable in any scenario, which was the application of the Space attribute by his Body Martial Soul.
With these two Self-Created Soul Skills, Teleportation and Rasengan, Yang Xiong was confident that he could fight any opponent below the Soul King level. Even if he couldn't win, he could still escape.
Now Yang Xiong was eleven and a half years old, only a few months away from twelve. Next, Yang Xiong planned to go out and travel alone. On one hand, it was for solo training, and on the other hand, to gain some combat experience, especially experience fighting soul beasts. After all, Soul Masters still needed to kill their way out of blood.
Of course, the most important thing was that the entire Douluo Continent was about to become lively, and he needed to improve his strength as quickly as possible. Especially since there were some opportunities Yang Xiong absolutely didn't want to miss. Yang Xiong had even planned out his next steps.
However, there was still a most important question: should he hand over the Self-Created Soul Skill, Rasengan, to the sect?
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul had two major flaws. One was that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda itself only had seven layers, so it could never break through to the Soul Douluo realm. The other was that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda was an auxiliary Martial Soul after all. Without attack power, it was ultimately a level weaker than others.
The Rasengan could, to some extent, compensate for the shortcomings of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and even give Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Masters attack power, allowing them to truly become combat auxiliary Soul Masters.
Personally, the Rasengan had cost Yang Xiong a lot of effort over the past few years. It was a soul skill truly created by himself, and handing it over was a bit reluctant.
But Yang Xiong had lived in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect since birth, especially now that he was an Inner Sect disciple, enjoying many resources from the sect. At the very least, the sect provided him with a stable environment to grow.
Don't think these things were simple and common. For an ordinary Soul Master family, they wouldn't even be able to obtain the first two top-grade soul rings, let alone the fact that he didn't produce anything and had no experience in making money or surviving independently. The entire Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had truly become his home.
Especially when Yang Xiong thought about the Soul Hunting Operation that Spirit Hall would launch about seven years later, when not only the sect but also his parents would face great danger, and even their current life could be destroyed.
Over the years, Yang Xiong had cultivated alone. Although he didn't interact much with others, he could feel the effort the sect had put into him. Especially when he wanted his second soul ring, Teacher Lin Gong didn't hesitate at all besides showing concern for him, which clearly indicated he had received instructions from the sect.
Yang Xiong even felt that the sect was giving him special care, because some things were too smooth. Even the extreme body tempering medicinal herbs for cultivating "The Way of Defense" were directly provided by his parents. Looking at them, it didn't seem like they bought them. It was likely that a certain big shot in the sect knew he was cultivating and provided them.
Having lived in the sect for more than ten years, Yang Xiong had a certain sense of belonging to the entire Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. He basically hadn't encountered any troublesome matters, or even any trouble at all. Perhaps this was the truly terrifying aspect of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, being able to make basically all Soul Masters regard the sect as their home.
There was also one more point. Next, Yang Xiong needed several top-grade soul rings, especially after the fifth soul ring. Those soul beasts were ones he couldn't defeat, and even his parents couldn't defeat them. The only way was to rely on the power of the sect.
Yang Xiong had even tested his parents. They seemed to completely regard the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as their home and were even willing to go through fire and water for the sect. They had no intention of leaving at all and even reprimanded Yang Xiong, telling him that he absolutely must not have any thoughts of leaving the sect.
Finally, Yang Xiong sighed, "Forget it, let's just consider it for the future safety of my parents. I hope Ning Fengzhi doesn't disappoint me."
Actually, there was another point. Yang Xiong would use the Rasengan outside sooner or later. When that time came, the sect would naturally inquire. Instead of being passive then, it was better to proactively offer it now, which might bring more benefits.
Just as his father had said, within the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, they weren't afraid of you showing off; they were afraid of you being unknown.
This wasn't a matter of taking sides. Being born into a sect in the Douluo world came with various restrictions, but also many benefits. To put it bluntly, just the identity of an Inner Sect disciple of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was enough that few in Heaven Dou City dared to provoke them casually. Even a Soul Saint with high soul power wouldn't dare to touch Yang Xiong. This was the strength and foundation of the sect.
Furthermore, there was a small foreshadowing here. The protagonist being alone was not a long-term solution; he would find a master sooner or later.
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