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"I really don't understand, Ling Xiao. Why have you been so averse to things that can boost your cultivation since you were a child?"
"True, for soul masters with exceptionally high innate soul power, it's not suitable to consume too many cultivation-boosting medicinal pills."
"But it shouldn't go as far as you completely abstaining from them like this. Do you really intend to never touch these types of things for the rest of your life?"
Faced with Hu Liena's questioning, Ling Xiao did not hesitate and nodded directly, "Yes, that is exactly what I plan to do."
"Uh..."
Hu Liena was rendered speechless.
She truly could not fathom why on earth Ling Xiao detested consuming things that advanced one's cultivation to such a degree.
Despite Ling Xiao being so indifferent to the cultivation-boosting effects of the Blood Bodhi, within the soul master world, medicinal pills capable of advancing one's cultivation were incomparably precious.
For those soul masters whose innate soul power was low, because their soul power progressed slowly, they had no need to worry about their soul power rising too quickly or losing control over their Martial Souls.
Consequently, they flocked to these kinds of medicinal pills like ducks to water. Even if they sought them with hefty sums of money, there was often a price but no supply.
As for a heavenly material and earthly treasure like the Blood Bodhi, which essentially carried no side effects, they desired it even in their dreams.
Naturally, they were also extremely fond of making acquaintances with alchemists; their pursuit of an alchemist companion was not secondary to their pursuit of an auxiliary system soul master in the slightest.
Furthermore, although the capabilities of auxiliary system soul masters and food system soul masters overlapped to some extent with alchemists regarding combat and recovery, neither of the two offered any help in advancing a soul master's cultivation.
Because of this, alchemists were also extremely precious and rare existences within the soul master world.
"Stop daydreaming, hurry up and accept it," Ling Xiao urged.
"Oh," Hu Liena replied softly.
She carefully took the brocade box, then raised her head to look at Ling Xiao. Her beautiful eyes shimmered with a clear light as she asked softly, "Ling Xiao, why... why did you want to give the Blood Bodhi to me?"
"As you know, for us soul masters, consuming medicinal pills or similar items can be done in two ways."
"The first is to ingest it directly with one's physical body, refining and absorbing it with soul power to let the medicinal force take effect on the body. This is precisely how you consumed the Blood Bodhi before."
"The second method is to refine it using one's Martial Soul, allowing the Martial Soul to absorb the medicinal force."
"This method works best when consumed directly while in the state of Martial Soul Possession, or even in the state of Martial Soul Avatar, as it can maximize the effect of the medicinal force on the Martial Soul."
"This Blood Bodhi is a fruit born from the dripping blood of a Fire Qilin onto the earth, containing the essence of the Fire Qilin's lineage."
"For the human body, it has the effect of boosting cultivation and healing internal injuries. But for a Martial Soul, it possesses the merit of strengthening the Martial Soul itself."
"Although the power of the Fire Qilin contained in just this one Blood Bodhi isn't massive, it is still exceptionally pure."
"It holds immense benefits for a fire-attribute soul master, as it can strengthen the fire-attribute power within their Martial Soul and elevate the quality of their flames."
"While Yan's Flame Lord Martial Soul is also fire-attributed—and fire is his primary attribute—the Flame Lord is already a top-tier fire-attribute Martial Soul. The Fire Mountain Rock Flame he commands is also one of the ultimate flames."
"Forget about this single Blood Bodhi; even the essence blood of a Fire Qilin at an equivalent cultivation level would struggle to bring about a noticeable, qualitative change in his Martial Soul or flames."
"But you are different, Nana. The primary attribute of your Charming Fox Martial Soul is spiritual, but your sub-attribute happens to be fire."
"If you refine and absorb this Blood Bodhi using the origin power of your Charming Fox Martial Soul, it can significantly enhance the quality of your Charming Fox's flames."
"Back then, in order to fuse and strengthen your sub-attribute, you chose fire-attribute soul beasts for both your second and third soul rings. This allowed the fire-attribute power within your Charming Fox Martial Soul to reach the level of a Three-Tailed Flame Fox when you were a Soul Elder."
"Only your first soul ring absorbed a spiritual-attribute soul beast to strengthen your primary attribute, reaching the level of a Two-Tailed Charming Fox."
"Even though you practiced the Taiyi Soul Technique to gain additional spiritual power and make up for the deficiency of the Charming Fox Martial Soul's spiritual attribute in the early stages—stacking the two to reach the realm of a Three-Tailed Charming Fox..."
"...According to Her Holiness the Pope's blueprint for your Dual-Fusion style path, the fire attribute of your Charming Fox Martial Soul has now taken initial shape."
"To prevent the sub-attribute from permanently suppressing the primary attribute, your fourth soul ring, as well as your future fifth soul ring, will both be obtained by hunting spiritual-attribute soul beasts to reinforce the Martial Soul's primary attribute."
"Going by the Pope's intentions, she hopes that four years from now, you will manage to cultivate and evolve the Charming Fox Martial Soul to the realm of a Six-Tailed Charming Fox."
"At that time, the spiritual primary attribute within your Charming Fox Martial Soul will reach the six-tailed tier. However, because you won't be absorbing soul rings for it, the fire sub-attribute won't be able to rapidly increase in power or undergo fusion and evolution."
"It will only grow through the slow nourishment of your soul power as your cultivation increases, using your cultivation rank to drive the breakthrough."
"In the soul beast world, members of the Flame Fox clan grow a fifth tail once they step into the ten-thousand-year realm. But the cultivation speed of us human soul masters is far faster than that of soul beasts."
"Even if you break through to the Soul King realm in four years—making your cultivation comparable to a soul beast that has just entered the ten-thousand-year realm—a mere four years is not enough to massively boost the fire-attribute origin power of the Charming Fox Martial Soul through soul power nourishment alone."
"Nurturing the fire attribute within the Martial Soul to the five-tailed tier is impossible; at most, it would only reach the four-tailed level, and its fire-attribute power wouldn't match the Soul King level."
"Meanwhile, the spiritual attribute you primarily focus on will have already reached the six-tailed level, and its origin power will have accelerated in growth by absorbing soul rings to reach the Soul King realm."
"The gap between the two would be quite significant. By then, the fire-attribute power would appear somewhat lacking for your Soul King realm."
"But as long as you refine and absorb this Blood Bodhi with your Charming Fox Martial Soul after absorbing your fifth soul ring, it will definitely boost the fire-attribute origin power within your Martial Soul, accelerating its evolution."
"Perhaps by the time you become a Soul King, you can elevate your fire-attribute power to the five-tailed level and bring its origin power up to the Soul King realm. That way, you'll be able to fully unleash the true might of the Charming Fox Martial Soul's Dual-Attribute Fusion style."
"Oh, so that's how it is," Hu Liena said, sounding a bit disappointed. Nonetheless, she nodded and said to Ling Xiao, "Thank you, Ling Xiao."
"It's nothing. Since that's settled, I'll be leaving first." Ling Xiao smiled faintly and shook his head indifferently.
Although the Blood Bodhi was precious, he didn't care much for it.
Just as he was about to turn and leave, he suddenly remembered something and asked, "Right, Nana, is Her Holiness the Pope currently handling affairs in the main hall? There's something I want to request from her."
"Teacher is in the study next to the inner hall. You can look for her there. But what exactly are you going to request?" Hu Liena didn't know what Ling Xiao was up to and couldn't help asking after giving him the directions.
"Heh, it's a secret. You'll find out in the future." Ling Xiao smiled faintly without revealing anything. He turned and walked out of the Saintess Palace, leaving Hu Liena behind to knit her brows, clearly dissatisfied with his answer.
Nana, consider this my farewell to you for now. We'll meet again in a year, Ling Xiao thought with a smile, sensing Hu Liena's slight annoyance behind him.
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