Ye Chen actually didn't care about Xuan Kongzi's last words.
Although chance is full of uncertainty, Ye Chen, who is familiar with the original work, knows that there is more than one way to significantly improve his soul realm.
Of course, these methods are often accompanied by great dangers, or the time has not yet come for them to be introduced, so it is useless to say so much now.
For him, who is currently only a sixth-grade alchemist, the most important thing is to improve his alchemy skills to the seventh grade, and then work hard to raise his soul realm to the spiritual realm...
These are the things Ye Chen urgently needs to do.
But before that, Ye Chen still planned to study the soul handprint he got from Xuan Kongzi to see what the difference was...
In a room inside the Danta Tower, Ye Chen sat cross-legged on a cushion in the center.
This room looked very monotonous. Apart from some bookshelves for scrolls and books, there was not even a table. It looked like an ascetic monk's room.
At this moment, Ye Chen, who was sitting cross-legged, was holding a light grey scroll in his hand. It was the soul skill that his teacher Xuan Kongzi had taught him before, the Soul Handprint!
The palm of his hand slowly unfolded the scroll, and an invisible wave emanated from it...
Ye Chen raised his eyebrows, spread out the scroll, and found that there was not a single word on it. There were only some slightly twisted invisible wrinkles.
Seeing this, Ye Chen pondered for a moment and then understood. Then he held the scroll and gently placed it on his forehead.
The scroll touched his forehead, and invisible waves immediately surged up. Soon, Ye Chen felt a stream of information pouring into his sea of consciousness like a tide.
After the influx of information was complete, Ye Chen gently put down the scroll, immersed himself in his thoughts, and began to sort out the somewhat strange flow of information...
That stream of information contained a detailed explanation of the Soul Handprint. The Soul Handprint, or perhaps Soul Seal, was a high-level Xuan-level soul skill, comprised of three forms. Each form doubled the power of the attack. With this geometric accumulation, the third form could reach eight times the power of a normal soul attack...
What a terrifying power!
Although the level of this soul skill at the advanced Xuan level is not very high, its power has already made Ye Chen very satisfied.
What's more, soul attacks are invisible and intangible, making them difficult to defend against. They pose a huge threat to those who have not seen them.
Even if his fighting spirit strength is much greater than Ye Chen's, as long as his soul power is not as good as his, he will be in danger of being killed when facing this pure soul attack.
It can be said that this soul skill is the greatest advantage of the alchemist over ordinary practitioners!
What a pity, it has been lost...
Ye Chen shook his head slightly, feeling that there seemed to be some conspiracy here. Was it because someone was afraid of the alchemist's power and deliberately took action to cut off the inheritance of the ancient soul cultivation secrets and soul skills?
The reason why Danta still possesses these secret techniques today is probably not only due to his own strength, but also because of the accumulation of knowledge from ancient ruins during his ten thousand years of inheritance...
Shaking his head, Ye Chen gave up his gradually loosened imagination.
In fact, the reason why Xuan Kongzi first taught Ye Chen the Soul Handprint was not just for this reason. The most important reason was to let Ye Chen understand how to maximize the power of the soul through this Soul Handprint...
The soul is inherently difficult to control. Even an alchemist needs constant practice to increase control and use of his own soul power.
Therefore, the difficulty of practicing soul skills is countless times higher than that of fighting skills.
The advanced Xuan level is not a high level, but it is not so easy to learn, so it can be regarded as a small test given to Ye Chen by Xuan Kongzi.
Although Ye Chen did not know the deeper intention of his teacher, for him, if he could learn the Soul Hand Seal, even if he encountered an enemy much stronger than himself in the future, he would not be completely powerless to resist, so he still practiced very actively.
"call..."
Taking a deep breath, Ye Chen's mind gradually focused, and his palm slowly stretched out, and then began to slowly change according to the seals in his mind.
At first, Ye Chen's hand seals changed quite slowly, but he was serious and not impatient at all. The soul power between his eyebrows also flowed out slowly, and then condensed in conjunction with the changes in the hand seals...
Bang!
It wasn't that Ye Chen had directly launched a soul attack, but that the soul handprint suddenly became disordered at the moment of formation, causing the condensation to fail...
Ye Chen frowned, thinking back to the scene just now. He felt that there was a tiny flaw in his soul control at the last moment, and it was this tiny flaw that caused the failure of the soul handprint to condense.
"It seems that the current me is still quite different from Xiao Yan when he participated in the Alchemy Conference in the original novel..."
Ye Chen thought silently in his heart.
This is not because Ye Chen is underestimating himself, but in the original work, when Xiao Yan tested his soul value, even if he left some strength, the measured soul value was nearly 1,400, which is much higher than Ye Chen's current value.
Moreover, he had already touched the threshold of the spiritual realm at that time. It could be said that he was only one step away from transcending the mortal world and entering the spiritual realm. Coupled with his powerful soul control ability, he was able to secretly learn the soul handprint just by observing Cao Ying perform it...
In the room, Ye Chen was still patiently performing hand seals over and over again. Although this kind of practice was boring, it was necessary.
After all, whether it's cultivating soul skills or fighting skills, the only way to fully master them is to practice diligently...
After an unknown amount of time, Ye Chen's hand seals changed like lightning into a series of dazzling phantoms, and then suddenly stopped at a strange hand seal.
At the moment the handprint took shape, a vast and boundless spiritual force rapidly formed in his palm. Faintly, a faint handprint could be seen through the distorted space...
"Soul Seal Palm!"
As the shout fell, the immense soul power in Ye Chen's right hand solidified instantly, and a soul handprint similar to his palm flew out at lightning speed, actually vibrating the space in front of him and creating ripples visible to the naked eye...
"Bang!"
Like a huge bell, this soul-struck handprint directly hit a pitch-black metal pillar not far in front of him, leaving a clear palm print.
This scene made Ye Chen's eyes light up, and he became excited. "I finally performed the first move of the Soul Mysterious Seal Palm. It took three hours. I wonder how fast this kind of training will take..."