"This is the origin power from the Sea God. I will temporarily keep it with me. To avoid any misunderstanding, let me first explain to you. Your martial soul was bestowed by the Sea God after your birth, which changed the original form of your martial soul."
"It is necessary to first trace your martial soul back to its source and return it to its original form before you can accept this origin power to nourish your comprehension of the laws and the god-seat."
"When I have finished writing the book, you can check the specific content yourself."
As he spoke, Lin Feng gently placed the ball of origin power, which was sparkling with a blue light, before him, and it transformed into a fluorescent light that was absorbed into his body.
"Change the form of a martial soul?" Bo Saixi frowned. "Can that really be done? Besides the ability of a god, I have never heard of such a thing."
"Of course it can," Lin Feng said with a confident smile. "A martial soul originates from oneself. It is just a projection of one's own origin. The evolution and degeneration of a martial soul are just choices made at the time of awakening."
"When a person's martial soul awakens, it will be shaped according to their soul's essence, their bloodline's power, as well as their potential talent. And your martial soul, its original form was not like it is now. It was under the influence of the Sea God's divine power that a mutation had occurred, thus becoming a martial soul related to the Sea God."
"In the final analysis, the path of martial soul cultivation is to pursue the path that is most suitable for oneself, the most perfect path for oneself, and to step by step cultivate the martial soul to a perfect state."
"That most perfect state is embodied in the origin power. Since the Sea God can change it, you can also change it. And, it will be the form that is most suitable for you."
Hearing this, a trace of enlightenment flashed in Bo Saixi's eyes.
"Wait," she suddenly asked. "I remember you said that the bead martial soul you had used that day was a projection? What is this projection? Where is the main body of your martial soul now?"
"Mmm, as for the main body, it is within my body, completely fused with myself, and cannot be separated. As for a projection, that is a special understanding of the use of a martial soul."
"To put it simply, it is to project the power of a martial soul out in some form, while the main body remains within the body. In this way, one can both use the power of the martial soul and also not have the martial soul itself be damaged."
"But... what is the point of this?" Bo Saixi followed Lin Feng's departing steps and asked with confusion.
"Let me ask you, in the traditional method of cultivation, when the human body's soul power breaks through its limit to add a soul ring to a martial soul, is it the martial soul that is strong, or is it oneself that is strong?"
Bo Saixi turned her head to the side. "Naturally, it is the martial soul that is strong," Bo Saixi replied without any hesitation. This was a publicly acknowledged common sense on the Douluo Continent.
Lin Feng smiled faintly and shook his head. "Not entirely right. Although a martial soul is strong, in the end it is just an external object, an extension of one's own power. If one only relies on the martial soul and neglects one's own cultivation, in the end, one will fall into the inferior class."
"You mean..." Bo Saixi frowned in thought, as if she had some enlightenment.
"True strength should be the perfect combination of oneself and one's martial soul. The two complement each other, and neither can be lacking," Lin Feng said slowly. "Why do you think a Soul Vein was born? The reason is precisely here."
"When your Soul Veins are forged, I will help you to remove what the Sea God has bestowed. At that time, your martial soul will return to its original form. And even because of your current foundation, it may transform into another form."
Bo Saixi's pupils moved slightly. "As you say, isn't martial soul evolution the simplest of things?"
Lin Feng shook his head. "Cultivation itself is to continuously perfect one's own martial soul. I am just advancing and improving this process. How many martial souls in the world truly have an evolutionary form?"
"From the current situation, for an ordinary soul master to learn the Soul Veins, they all have to reach Soul Sage to be able to understand if their own martial soul has the possibility of evolution."
Bo Saixi's expression dimmed. She sighed, "Even someone like you can't change the conclusion of a martial soul's bloodline?"
Lin Feng raised his eyebrows. "What my 'Innate Soul Evolution Art' has recorded is more than just this. You tell me, when a person can autonomously choose the law's power that a soul ring should bear, what kind of a scene would that be? There is a premise here. This soul ring is undoubtedly the most suitable for oneself. But he can choose the direction of its growth."
Bo Saixi's pupils moved. She fiercely turned around and looked back at Lin Feng. "You mean to say that a soul master can choose their own martial soul's mutation direction, and it must be a positive one? Isn't this evolution?"
Lin Feng laughed loudly. "Ten thousand years later, the number of martial soul types in this world may have doubled. The great Dao is thousands, and the evolution is endless. Every single soul master will have the opportunity to walk their own unique path. What a grand occasion that will be?"
Lin Feng's departing figure drew an elegant arc in the air. Bo Saixi looked at the gradually receding back, an unprecedented firmness and expectation surging in her heart.
A smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. It was a longing for the future, and also an endless trust in Lin Feng.
Bo Saixi took a deep breath and also transformed into a stream of light to follow Lin Feng. In her heart, there was no longer the slightest bit of doubt or confusion.
She could be sure that to follow Lin Feng was the right decision. Otherwise, how could she have dared to make a move on the phantom formed from the Sea God's divine sense before?
The two of them, one in front and one behind, shuttled between the cloud layers, one gold and one blue, as if they were two meteors that had cut across the horizon, speeding towards the Spirit City to the southeast.
"Lin Feng, what kind of a person are you exactly?" Looking at the figure in front, Bo Saixi thought to herself. She discovered that she was getting less and less able to understand this man. But his every move, every decision, made her feel shocked and admire him.
Let's not talk about his own strength. Just his achievements in martial soul theory had already transcended this era. It was as if he had come from a more lofty and distant world, knew everything about the Douluo Continent like the back of his hand, yet was able to examine and change it from an unprecedented perspective.
Not just an expert, but also a reformer.
She then again recalled the appearance of him and the fake Xue Qinghe talking in that secret courtyard in Heaven Dou City. In her heart, she silently added another note: an occasionally annoying mastermind behind the scenes.
She chuckled lightly.
"What's wrong?" Lin Feng looked back.
"No... nothing," Bo Saixi blinked her eyes.
I really want to directly get my hands on that complete 'Innate Soul Evolution Art'. But this fellow hasn't finished writing it yet. How about I just take the finished product? But then I would be missing the one he personally wrote. That won't do... she thought silently.
In a flash, she gritted her teeth and cursed herself in her heart. Bo Saixi, oh Bo Saixi! You are really being eaten to death by this fellow. And you're still making a choice. Did he say he wouldn't give it? Even if he doesn't give the finished product, I can directly ask others for it.
That old fellow, Qian Daoliu, or that granddaughter of his. This stinking fellow doesn't respect me, and has even been my teacher for so long. To ride on my body and throw his weight around is one thing.
Their Angel clan is famous for being kind-hearted. With that Qian Daoliu's temperament, or that Qian Renxue's temperament, whom I have not yet met, I suppose to ask them for it would be the simplest of things.
The finished 'Innate Soul Evolution Art', I want it. This stinking thing personally written, I want it even more! An adult never makes a choice!
By the way, Qian Renxue...
Her gaze turned to Lin Feng. To be in such a hurry to leave, is it because he thought of that Qian Renxue? Is he in a hurry to go back and see her?
That's also true. After all, I had guessed before that he and that Qian Renxue were partners. But why would a sour feeling suddenly well up in my heart?
Bo Saixi frowned. This kind of an emotion was so unfamiliar to her, yet so real. It was as if something were quietly changing her inner world.
She quickened her flying speed, closely following behind Lin Feng's side. Her gaze was fixed on the golden back, trying to find a trace of an answer from it. Sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes. He is indeed handsome... pah!
"Lin Feng..." Bo Saixi once again called out softly.
Lin Feng slightly turned his head to the side. His gaze landed on Bo Saixi's body, a trace of doubt flashing in his eyes. "What's wrong?"
Bo Saixi pursed her lips. In the end, she still couldn't ask the words in her heart. She shook her head and squeezed out a smile. "Nothing. I just suddenly wanted to call you."
Lin Feng chuckled lightly and did not ask more. He turned his head back and continued to advance. And Bo Saixi silently followed behind him, her heart filled with mixed feelings. She frowned with frustration.
"So strange. What on earth am I thinking?" Bo Saixi shook her head. "Qian Renxue is a child of my granddaughter's generation. And this stinking fellow, if we're really talking about age, should be calling me 'grandma'. What am I thinking..."
Although Bo Saixi was mocking herself in her heart, the strange emotion was still there, difficult to calm. Closely following behind Lin Feng, her gaze became more and more complex.
If only you had been born on Sea God Island.
Spirit City gradually came into view. The majestic city looked even more solemn under the afterglow of the setting sun. Lin Feng and Bo Saixi slowly landed, retracting their flying posture.
"Have you been here before?"
Walking on the road to the Six-Winged Mountain, Lin Feng asked Bo Saixi softly.
Bo Saixi shook her head, her gaze flowing over the surrounding buildings. "No. This is my first time in Spirit City. I didn't expect that in this city, besides the children and youths, all are at least at the Great Soul Master's cultivation."
"Spirit Hall, its development in these few years has probably far surpassed my imagination. For such a huge and increasingly powerful force to be entrenched in the center of the continent, the two great empires are probably terrified, unable to sleep at night."
Lin Feng smiled faintly, his gaze deep. "The rise of Spirit Hall is the inevitable change in the continental pattern. The two great empires, having been separated from the common people, are destined to be unable to nurture the most talents."
"Especially after the birth of the 'Innate Soul Evolution Art'. Among some of the soul masters who have received a cultivation acceleration and have had a martial soul transformation after breaking through level ten, there are quite a few who have defied the heavens and have changed their fate."
"All the heroes under heaven have fallen into your net," Bo Saixi sighed. "Looking at that fake Xue Qinghe, Heaven Dou has probably already been taken. Then what about Star Luo? The situation over there, I remember the heir apparent is not so easy for you to replace, right?"
Lin Feng shrugged his shoulders. "Who knows?"
Seeing that he was not saying more, Bo Saixi also did not pursue the question. She just thought to herself, I'm afraid Star Luo also already has an arrangement. This Spirit Hall is afraid that it is going to unify the continent.
Besides the two great empires, the duchies and provinces were nothing but clay chickens and pottery dogs, the kind that would surrender upon entry.
To unify the world...
The two continued to advance and soon arrived at the Pope's Hall, which was located on the mountainside. Among the two, who were hiding their auras, Lin Feng had dispersed his own.
Inside the Pope's Hall.
"Teacher~~~ why do you want me to review the memorials? I am still just a Holy Maiden! I am still a child~~~"
Looking at the memorials that were piled up like a mountain before her, Hu Liena, holding a golden pen, had a helpless look on her face. She looked at the Bibi Dong who was slacking off at the side with grief and indignation. What on earth is this teacher doing? In the past, didn't she like to deal with these unlucky matters the most?
Why did she have to pull me over to suffer this torture? My heart hurts so much. I can't take it anymore...
"Hehe, Nana, this is a good opportunity to train you," Bibi Dong said with a smile, but a trace of cunning flashed in her eyes. "As the Holy Maiden of Spirit Hall, you can't just be good at fighting. Governance, decision-making, and overall planning are all skills you must master."
Hu Liena pouted and mumbled with dissatisfaction, "But teacher, these memorials are so boring. I can't understand them at all, nor can I handle them."
"Nana!" Bibi Dong's tone was stern. "As the future successor of Spirit Hall, how can you give up so easily? If you can't understand, then learn. If you can't handle them, then practice."
"Could it be that you want me to be disappointed, to have the future of Spirit Hall be entrusted to an incompetent person?"
"Could it be that you don't want to share the worries of your Big Brother Lin Feng in the future, to help him?"
The miserable Hu Liena, hearing the last sentence, her pupils lit up. She bit her lower lip, as if having made some kind of a decision. "Teacher, I understand. I will work hard to learn. I will not let you be disappointed, nor will I let Big Brother Lin Feng be disappointed!"
She bent over the desk and began to think.
Bibi Dong nodded with satisfaction. Sure enough, it was most useful to bring out Lin Feng. This girl, Hu Liena, had always been obedient to Lin Feng's words. This kind of a boring memorial, she herself didn't want to read. To cultivate Hu Liena as soon as possible and have her take charge of Spirit Hall...
She herself could then get rid of the shackles of this Pope sooner. When in the future she had been the emperor for a few years, she would just directly give the position to this girl, and then go and be carefree with Xiao Feng. Hehe.
Seeing Hu Liena occasionally pout, Bibi Dong gave a light cough in her heart and secretly grumbled: "Consider this your teacher's compensation. In the future, I'll see to it that you get what you desire."
To have been constantly PUAing Hu Liena, to have drawn a pancake and not given the pancake to eat, she suddenly felt she couldn't get over it in her heart.
Just at this time, her expression moved. "Nana, I'm going out for a bit."
The next moment, her figure had appeared on a quiet, long corridor outside the Pope's Hall. She directly rushed into Lin Feng's embrace, her two arms wrapped around his neck, a shy smile on her face. She said softly, "How come you're back so soon? I thought you would be outside for a long time."
As she spoke, her alluring, tender vermilion lips moved closer to Lin Feng's face.
"Mwah—"
Bibi Dong smiled radiantly. Suddenly, her smile gradually converged. Just now, she had not sensed carefully. Only after having come to Lin Feng's side did she discover, how come there was another female soul master behind Xiao Feng? Looking at her aura, she should be a Titled Douluo?
Where was she dug out from?
And this appearance... although not as stunning as Gu Yuena's, it can also be called devastatingly beautiful. Her beauty comes more from her temperament, noble, elegant, and also a warm and gentle feeling.
Her temperament and figure are not inferior to my own...
And, it's this damned white hair again!!!
She raised her pupils to look at Lin Feng, her eyes narrowed, with an imperceptible, hidden, dangerous meaning. She said with a smile, "Xiao Feng, aren't you going to introduce me to this little sister?"
As she spoke, the arms she had around Lin Feng tightened a little, as if to show it to Bo Saixi. She then gave another kiss on Lin Feng's cheek.