The Dark Gold Bear crossed his arms over his chest and puffed out his chest. He looked up at Su Ming, seemingly uncomfortable, and his entire body grew larger, transforming from a small Dark Gold Bear back to his original size.
His head was tilted back, his eyes looking down, as he gazed down at Su Ming, his expression seemingly signaling Su Ming to continue speaking.
"You continue, so what do I need to do?"
Su Ming found the Dark Gold Bear's posture amusing.
This Dark Gold Bear actually had such a personality.
"Do you know your own advantage?"
The Dark Gold Bear blinked and shook his head.
The advantage of a Soul Spirit?
He didn't understand.
Su Ming said, "I'm referring to your own advantage."
The Dark Gold Bear's eyes began to show impatience, and he roared, signaling Su Ming to stop rambling and get straight to the point.
A bear's brain isn't for beating around the bush.
"Thanks to the Meteorite Iron Mine, your talent in the metal attribute has been fully unearthed, and you're on the verge of a bloodline evolution," Su Ming reminded him.
The Dark Gold Bear suddenly understood.
Right!
This is my advantage.
"You are still in the form of a Soul Spirit; you are no longer just one bear. You have a Spirit Master to help you evolve together, a smart Spirit Master who can help you plan your future growth path!"
A glimmer of wisdom flashed in the Dark Gold Bear's eyes.
"Roar!" (That makes sense, I acknowledge you!)
"Haha, then from now on, we are partners who will advance together," Su Ming said.
Regarding Soul Spirits, he always felt that they could be cultivated like a beast-taming stream, where as the Soul Spirit progressed, the Spirit Master himself would also progress. It's just that, under normal circumstances, a Soul Spirit cannot cultivate to increase its cultivation level.
However, a Soul Spirit is a tangible individual, possessing a spiritual origin, and still has the potential to evolve and improve.
Contracting a Soul Spirit, nurturing a Soul Spirit, and then receiving feedback from the Soul Spirit.
It was also a good direction.
Of course, it's not good to put the cart before the horse; one must be strong oneself. If one receives feedback from the Soul Spirit but fails to perfectly integrate the Soul Spirit's abilities into one's own system, then it's a waste of effort.
"From now on, I'll call you Little Gold."
The Dark Gold Bear roared, not very pleased.
Little?
Am I, this bear, little?
He gestured to his height, comparing himself to Su Ming.
"Let's talk about serious matters. Your primary goal now is bloodline evolution."
"Roar!" (Right!)
"And the greatest contribution to your current state is the Meteorite Iron Mine, which allowed you to absorb sufficient metallic elemental energy and stimulate a beneficial bloodline evolution."
"Roar!" (Right!)
"So, if you want to achieve bloodline evolution, either you need to obtain some fortuitous encounter, or you continue to steadily rely on the development of the metal attribute to complete your bloodline's self-awakening."
"Roar!" (Right!)
The Dark Gold Bear secretly felt an increased trust in Su Ming.
Oh my goodness, it turns out a Spirit Master's brain is so useful. This bear never used to be able to organize his thoughts so smoothly.
"Do you know what I do?"
"Roar!" (Right!)
"Roar." (No, I don't know.)
The Dark Gold Bear roared twice.
Su Ming pointed to the Dark Gold Bear's back.
The Dark Gold Bear turned around, feeling a bit uncomfortable in the small room, and reverted to his smaller form.
After turning around, he saw the appearance of the blacksmith shop.
"Roar~" (So it's a blacksmith~)
"That's right, I'm a blacksmith. I'm with metal every day, and I can also help you evolve," Su Ming said.
"Roar!" (Right!)
"However, bloodline evolution is not so easy to achieve."
"Roar!" (Right!)
"Therefore, Little Gold, you also need to personally participate in the forging and help me complete the forging of metal."
"Roar!" (Right!)
"Just coming into contact with metal isn't enough. It's best if the metal can provide feedback. This situation exists in the Blacksmith Association; you just need to forge the Spirit of the metal. However, it seems that metals that can be forged with Spirit are rare in the world and inherently have unique properties. The blacksmith is merely a catalyst." Su Ming finished in one breath this time: "This relies too much on materials, which is not suitable for your situation where you need to continuously enjoy the feedback from forging. Therefore, we need to find a way to make ordinary metals also capable of giving birth to Spirit."
This time, Little Gold didn't immediately follow with a roar. Su Ming had said a bit too much, and he needed some time to understand.
After a while, he let out a roar.
"Roar!" (Still right! As expected of a Spirit Master!)
"If metal has no Spirit, then we will grant them Spirit. You are a Soul Spirit; you have Spirit."
"Roar… Roar?"
Little Gold felt something was wrong.
He roared twice, questioning Su Ming.
"Roar!" (You're so smart, don't you have Spirit?)
Su Ming helplessly said to Little Gold, "I have a physical body, and my soul is hidden within it, so I can't separate it. You are different; you are a purely spiritual entity, very stable because of our contract, and as long as your origin isn't damaged, you can recover in my spiritual sea."
Little Gold indicated that he didn't understand anymore.
Su Ming smiled.
It's good that he doesn't understand.
"It's okay if you don't understand. You just need to do as I say. We are now in a relationship where we prosper or suffer together. If you evolve, I will also benefit. I am definitely thinking of you."
"Roar!" (Right!)
"You just need to cooperate with me. When forging, try to separate your Spirit into the metal. I will use forging techniques to imbue the metal with spirituality. Then, as the spirituality grows, it will feed back to you. It's a win-win."
"Roar?" (If I separate my Spirit, and it feeds back, will it increase?)
"Yes!" Su Ming said, "The feedback from creating life is immense, and synchronized improvement from weak to strong is also the simplest. For example, a living being's Spirit is 1 at birth. As it grows from birth to childhood, its Spirit will increase to 10, and then to adulthood, it will reach 100. You are currently at that 100, having already experienced this process, and further improvement is difficult. But metal is different. After successfully giving your 1 point of spirituality to metal, once the metal gains Spirit from nothing, it will then undergo repeated growth, growing to 100. Even if only one-tenth feeds back to you, that's 10 points of Spirit! Moreover, the biggest advantage of metal growth is speed. As long as the forging technique is in place, this growth process might be completed in just a few days!"
This time, Little Gold thought for a full two and a half minutes before hesitantly nodding his bear head.
"Roar." (Alright, I pretty much understand.)
Su Ming smiled.
Very good.
Although it wasted a bit of time, he ultimately made his Soul Spirit understand the purpose of what he was about to do.
"Then, let's try to create the Spirit Forging system."
Little Gold also looked very energetic.
Can he progress now?
Su Ming didn't make unlimited guarantees at this point.
"Let's be clear, we don't have the correct method yet, so we still need to explore. The early stages might be very difficult, perhaps even only input with no output. But as long as we find the right method and successfully develop Spirit Forging, there will be an infinite future!"
"Roar!" (Let's go!)
Brave bear, not afraid of difficulties!