"Hmm, that's strange. Why did your level not increase much after I gave you a ten-thousand-year spirit ring? This is too odd, isn't it?"
Da Ming was a bit confused.
Xiao Tian then voiced his guess: "This should be a limitation brought by the Spirit Soul Contract. After all, you became Spirit Souls; you didn't die. It's understandable that a Spirit Master obtaining a spirit ring wouldn't see a drastic level increase, as the Spirit Soul Contract surely has disadvantages if it has advantages."
Xiao Tian paused, then continued: "However, for Spirit Beasts, this might actually be a good thing, as it can better alleviate the conflict between Spirit Masters and Spirit Beasts."
"Brother, how so?"
Xiao Wu was no longer shy at this point, pulling on Xiao Tian's arm with a curious look.
Xiao Tian pondered for a moment and said: "After a Spirit Beast becomes a Spirit Master's Spirit Soul, it can improve as the Spirit Master's cultivation increases, which means it can also accelerate the Spirit Beast's original cultivation speed. After all, you both know that Spirit Masters grow much faster than you Spirit Beasts."
"Then what does that have to do with alleviating conflict?"
Er Ming foolishly rubbed his head, somewhat puzzled.
Xiao Tian said: "Of course it's related. As you just saw, the spirit ring granted by a Spirit Soul only allows the Spirit Master to possess Spirit Abilities and continue cultivating, without drastically increasing the Spirit Master's level due to the high age limit."
"Under normal circumstances, if I absorbed a ten-thousand-year spirit ring for my fourth spirit ring, it would at least give me a three-level increase, but now, it only raised me to level forty-one."
Da Ming's eyes lit up slightly, beginning to understand the meaning behind Xiao Tian's words.
"I generally understand what you mean. Now that it's known that contracting a high-age-limit Spirit Soul initially doesn't significantly boost one's level, those Spirit Masters won't excessively pursue contracts with high-age-limit Spirit Beasts, especially for Spirit Douluo or even Titled Douluo."
Because a Spirit Soul will improve as the Spirit Master's strength increases, and the age limit of the granted spirit ring will do the same, there's no need to overly concern oneself with contracting high-age-limit Spirit Beasts.
However, Da Ming immediately realized something was off. Titled Douluo?
No, the Spirit Soul Contract still had a very serious flaw.
"Xiao Tian, I suddenly realized, the Spirit Soul Contract seems to have another very serious flaw!"
Xiao Tian said calmly: "Are you worried that because of the Spirit Soul Contract, one Spirit Soul can grant a Spirit Master multiple spirit rings, so some Spirit Masters might abuse this to kill Spirit Beasts for their Spirit Bones?"
"So you knew?"
Da Ming looked at Xiao Tian with some surprise.
Xiao Tian said calmly: "Of course I've thought about this problem. So, if we have the opportunity to promote the Spirit Soul Contract in the future, we will definitely need to establish strict regulations, and even a dedicated patrol team. If anyone is found to be wantonly killing Spirit Beasts, they will be handed over to the representatives of your Spirit Beast World for handling!"
Xiao Tian had naturally thought about this matter before. The promotion of the Spirit Soul Contract and the subsequent formulation of rules would best be handled by Spirit Hall.
After all, Spirit Hall is the most friendly towards commoners.
If this method were given to the Two Great Empires, it would be very likely that they would exploit it.
However, Xiao Tian also had a major concern. Thinking about Bibi Dong accepting the Rakshasa God's trial until now, it should have been over ten years, and her mindset itself was influenced by the Rakshasa divine sense, making her extremely prejudiced.
So, in Xiao Tian's view now, it's not ideal for Spirit Hall to promote the Spirit Soul Contract method.
That leaves only one last option: creating his own faction!
However, this made Xiao Tian feel a great headache again; creating his own faction was clearly an extremely troublesome matter.
To establish his own faction, he would have to win over a portion of people, and this would very likely lead to a confrontation with Spirit Hall later on.
Even if Bibi Dong might have had a good relationship with A Rou before, and even let Xiao Wu go, after so many years of being influenced by the Rakshasa divine sense, it's hard to say whether she would be an enemy or a friend!
Otherwise, after the original Soul Master Competition ended, when Bibi Dong discovered Xiao Wu's Spirit Beast identity, she wouldn't have tried to capture her alive.
Of course, there's also a possibility that Bibi Dong was trying to protect Xiao Wu because her identity was exposed, and she had no choice, but Xiao Tian believes this possibility is extremely low!
Because five years later, Bibi Dong even sent Ju Gui Douluo to lead a team to the Star Dou Great Forest to try and capture Xiao Wu!
Thinking about it carefully, joining Spirit Hall later on doesn't seem like a good option either, unless he can obtain something from the system that can help Bibi Dong purify the Rakshasa divine sense and restore her to normal. Otherwise, it would be better to create his own faction.
And as he thought about possessing various skills of the Drunken Sword Immortal, and then remembered that the Drunken Sword Immortal belonged to Shu Mountain, could he emulate Tang San and establish a Shu Mountain Sword Sect in the Douluo World?
Heh heh.
Xiao Tian was startled by the thought in his mind, and chuckled self-deprecatingly. To think of founding a sect with his current strength, his ambition was a bit too grand.
It's better to focus on the present first.
Immediately, Xiao Tian said to Da Ming and Er Ming: "Regarding this Spirit Soul Contract matter, there are naturally advantages and disadvantages. You don't need to worry too much now. Solving this issue will be a very long process, and it cannot be rushed at all right now."
Da Ming and Er Ming exchanged glances and nodded.
Indeed, they were a bit anxious now.
So they looked at the Spirit Bone in Xiao Tian's hand and said: "Xiao Tian, why don't you absorb these two Spirit Bones now? They should be able to directly help you cross the threshold of level fifty!"
On the other side.
Due to the sudden appearance of Da Ming and Er Ming, two hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beasts, in the outer forest, many weaker Spirit Beasts all hid in fear.
Flender and the others therefore flew out of the Star Dou Great Forest very smoothly.
As soon as they left the Star Dou Great Forest, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
And because they flew quite hastily on the way, the originally unconscious Ning Rongrong also frowned and gradually woke up.
She shook her head, looked around, and was a bit confused. Had they escaped?
She immediately assessed her own condition and found that her spirit power had recovered quite a bit, but due to the instantaneous depletion of spirit power in her body, that feeling still lingered slightly, making her feel very uncomfortable.
"Rongrong, you're awake?"
Zhu Zhuqing was the first to notice the awakened Ning Rongrong and said with surprise.
And this exclamation also drew everyone's attention.
Ning Rongrong looked around but didn't see Xiao Tian and Xiao Wu. A bad premonition immediately arose in her heart, and she tentatively asked: "Where are Xiao Tian and Xiao Wu?"
Ning Rongrong didn't want to believe that Xiao Tian and Xiao Wu were still left behind, and she looked at Zhu Zhuqing with a nervous expression.
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