Moreover, soul bones are also an important factor, as they can significantly enhance a soul master's physical attributes. After advancing to the Title Douluo level, soul rings can be added to the second martial soul. In this way, adding nine 100,000-year soul rings to the second martial soul isn't impossible.
Of course, the prerequisite is finding that many 100,000-year soul beasts.
"Father, don't worry. Before I become a Title Douluo, I'll only add soul rings to my first martial soul: the Mysterious Light Cross. Without a doubt, becoming a Title Douluo is no problem."
"Hmm, That works too."
Hearing his son's words, Wang Chengkun's tightly furrowed brows relaxed. Just then, a voice rang in Wang Teng's mind.
[Ding, host's awakened martial soul detected, dungeon system binding in progress.]
[...10%.....50%...80%...]
Wang Teng, still pondering his future path, was immediately startled upon hearing the voice in his mind.
'What?! A system?! Am I hallucinating?' "
[Ding, the dungeon system binding is complete. Host, would you like to open the attribute panel?]
Now, Wang Teng was certain he wasn't hallucinating; he had truly obtained the system. Looking at his family, still immersed in joy, Wang Teng didn't rush to check his newfound cheat ability. However, with this cheat, Wang Teng's mind was screaming, "I—Wang Teng—have the potential of a god!" Of course, he wouldn't say such an embarrassing thing aloud.
"Father, Mother, I'm going to cultivate!"
"Okay, Teng'er, remember to focus on meditation. After reaching level 10, I'll take you to acquire a soul ring!"
In the Douluo Continent, meditation is incredibly boring. And any Soul Master who has awakened their Martial Soul will naturally be able to meditate. Wang Teng's family wasn't without meditation techniques. Long ago, before awakening his Martial Soul, Wang Teng had obtained one from Wang Chengkun and had memorized it perfectly. Of course, while it was called a meditation technique, its effect was mediocre, similar to ordinary Soul Masters meditating using their Martial Soul—virtually the same as not having one at all.
In the Douluo Continent, the most important factors affecting a Soul Master's cultivation are the quality of their Martial Soul and their innate Soul Power level. A higher-quality Martial Soul results in greater strength at the same level.
Furthermore, some Martial Souls have a maximum level limit. For example, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, the inherited Martial Soul of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, cannot evolve regardless of one's innate Soul Power level, preventing them from advancing from Soul Saint to Soul Douluo.
Innate Soul Power, on the other hand, affects the speed at which a Soul Master cultivates their Soul Power and the heights they can reach in the future. Without external intervention, those with low innate Soul Power levels will be stuck at a bottleneck, unable to break through for life.
For instance, a certain Master Yu, with only 0.5 innate Soul Power, was stuck at level 29; had he not met a good disciple, he would have perished. Of course, generally speaking, the quality of a Martial Soul and the level of innate Soul Power are complementary; those with high innate Soul Power usually have a relatively high-quality Martial Soul.
Afterwards, Wang Teng returned to his room, closed the door, and began studying the system he had just acquired.
"System, open the attribute panel."
Instantly, a light screen appeared before Wang Teng's eyes.
Host: Wang Teng
Innate Soul Power: Level 9
Martial Soul: Mystic Light Cross, Flash Spirit Gloves
Soul Ring: None
Soul Bone: None
Domain: None
Description: A product with no attributes!
"..."
What does "a product with no attributes" mean? Instantly, Wang Teng felt insulted by his own system.
"Damn it! Bad review!"
"System? Are you there?"
... After a long while, there was no response.
"Looks like it's not intelligent, bad review again!" (T/N: I consider it good but MC consider it bad).
After complaining for a while, Wang Teng looked at a line of small text at the bottom of the attribute panel—Select a class template?
Below the small text were two options: Yes/No. In addition, next to the attribute panel, there were two categories—Dungeon Panel, System Shop.
"Class template? What the heck?"
Then, Wang Teng clicked Yes. Instantly, what appeared before Wang Teng's eyes were five options: Swordsman, Fighter, Gunner, Mage, and Paladin. And within each of the five options, there were also their respective class branches.
"...Isn't this DNF?"
Having two Martial Souls, Wang Teng could choose a class as a template for each. Looking at his two Martial Souls, he realized there was no choice. His first Martial Soul was the Mystic Cross, and his second was the Flash Gloves. Did he even need to choose?
[Ding, class template changed. Confirm Paladin and Fighter?]
He clicked "Yes," and then felt nothing.
"No class bonuses? What a low-level system!" Wang Teng had expected something special, but it was all for naught.
However, since he had class templates, they must have some use, though he didn't know yet. His first Martial Soul, the Mystic Cross, perfectly matched the Paladin template, and his second Martial Soul, the Flash Gloves, matched the Fighter. Both classes were light-attribute, one support and one attacker.
Then, Wang Teng opened the system shop. The system shop offered a wide variety of items, divided into consumables, equipment, and special items. There were only two types of consumables: HP recovery potions and MP recovery potions.
HP recovery potions are the red bottles, used to heal injuries, and are crafted by Norton. MP recovery potions are the blue bottles, used to restore soul power, and are made by Lorian. Both types of potions are divided into eight tiers: Beginner, Basic, Common, Proficient, Expert, Master, Grandmaster, and Supreme, corresponding to the Soul Warrior, Soul Master, Great Soul Master, Soul Venerable, Soul Sect Master, Soul King, Soul Emperor, and Soul Saint levels.
There are also Heavenly HP potions, Heavenly MP potions, and Heavenly Healing potions, all capable of 100% restoring injuries or soul power to Soul Masters below the God level.
These potions are quite expensive: Beginner potion 10 gold soul coins, Basic potion 30 gold soul coins, Common potion 100 gold soul coins, Proficient potion 300 gold soul coins, Expert potion 1000 gold soul coins, Master potion 3000 gold soul coins, Grandmaster potion 10,000 gold soul coins, and Supreme potion 30,000 gold soul coins.
The HP potion and MP potion in Heaven cost 100,000 gold soul coins, while the healing potion in Heaven costs 200,000 gold soul coins. The price of this potion shocked Wang Teng. However, after thinking about it, 100,000 gold coins wasn't too expensive, considering it could restore all the soul power of a Title Douluo.
If he could make a living reselling these potions, he'd have to add a zero to the price; otherwise, it wouldn't be fair to the potion's efficacy. Of course, he knew his own strength; he couldn't possibly keep it.
Unless a powerful Title Douluo was in charge someday, he absolutely couldn't sell it. Furthermore, he couldn't sell high-level potions; he could only sell Soul Emperor-level potions at most.
After all, in the Douluo Continent, regardless of the faction, Soul Saint-level Soul Masters were considered mid-level experts.
After looking at the consumables, Wang Teng turned to the equipment. At a glance, all the equipment was ordinary and unremarkable, without any special effects—a poor choice!