"Dean, Dean, what's wrong with you, old man? Are you too tired?"
Seeing Jing Hongchen's slightly dazed expression, Xu Tianxi waved his hands repeatedly, trying to rouse him.
He had only just condensed a small Soul Power Vortex at the Soul King stage, it wasn't like he had created a Soul Core. There was no need to be so excited, was there?
Jing Hongchen took a deep breath, suppressed the chaotic thoughts in his eyes, and waved his hand.
"It's nothing, nothing, just a little surprised."
Young people these days were too terrifying, completely different from his era, which left him feeling a bit at a loss.
"I don't know much about Soul Master cultivation, so I won't show off my limited knowledge here. Tianxi, what do you plan to do with this successful Soul Spirit experiment of yours? Should Ye Yulin and I report it for you now, or do you have other plans?"
Jing Hongchen, having experienced many trials and tribulations, quickly calmed down and shifted his focus to the immediate priority.
He stared intently at Xu Tianxi, his voice fervent. "Although I'm not a pure Soul Master, I know this is a groundbreaking invention. With this technology, you are bound to become the first person in this era who can never be overshadowed, achieving eternal fame."
"One could say this invention has changed the entire cultivation system for Soul Masters and Soul Engineers."
Upon hearing this, Xu Tianxi calmly shook his head and said, "No, Dean, this technology has only completed its initial phase. Essentially, it's still a pairing of one person and one Soul Beast. It's just that after the Soul Beast transforms into a Soul Spirit, it can provide the Soul Master with more powerful Soul Skills."
"I want this technology to develop to a deeper level."
He held up two fingers and stated his goals:
"First, I want these Soul Spirits, which have formed contracts with Soul Masters, to be inheritable. In that case, it would be one Soul Spirit paired with countless people."
"Only by achieving this goal can Soul Spirits truly become a groundbreaking invention."
"Second, I want these Soul Spirits to have the ability to grow stronger as the Soul Master's cultivation improves. At the very least, they should retain the ability to cultivate as they did in life. Such Soul Spirits would be truly living entities."
"I can roughly sense that a ten-year Soul Spirit can only provide a Soul Master with one Soul Ring, a hundred-year Soul Spirit can provide two, and a thousand-year and ten-thousand-year Soul Spirit can provide three to four. This is the limit."
If a ten-year Soul Spirit could evolve into a hundred-year, a hundred-year into a thousand-year, a thousand-year into a ten-thousand-year, or even a ten-thousand-year into a hundred-thousand-year... that would be a truly enduring inheritance."
In short, Xu Tianxi's goal was to make Soul Spirits inheritable through generations and continuously grow stronger, becoming a complete part of human society.
Compared to the first goal, the second one seemed easier. He remembered that ten thousand years later, Tang San's first two Soul Spirits were significantly nourished by his Golden Dragon King Bloodline. Before the Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well transformed into Soul Spirits, they also required choosing Soul Masters whose attributes matched their own.
Furthermore, Lifebound Soul Spirits in the Spirit Transfer Pagoda were also the Soul Masters' favorite Soul Spirits, capable of progressing as the Soul Master's own cultivation improved. He even noticed signs of significant growth in the Silver Moon Wolf King's cultivation after forming a Soul Spirit contract with it, and it conveyed feelings of joy and excitement to him.
This indicated that Soul Spirits could benefit after choosing a compatible Soul Master. The problem, however, was their short lifespan; they would accompany the Soul Master to the afterlife upon their death. Unless it was a situation like Tang San's, a mere century of cultivation wouldn't show any significant changes.
As for inheritability... Xu Tianxi remembered that the Angel family, ten thousand years later, had Inherited Soul Spirits. A vice-master of the Spirit Transfer Pagoda even possessed a unique family-exclusive Inherited Soul Spirit. This wasn't a concept Xu Tianxi had conjured out of thin air; it was something already proven to exist.
The current challenge was whether he, along with Electrolux, could transcend the boundaries of time and bring out this inheritable characteristic early, and then popularize it so it wouldn't be monopolized by a select few.
Jing Hongchen listened to Xu Tianxi's two goals, and just a brief contemplation of these ideas in his mind caused sweat to break out.
Soul Spirits that could be inherited and grow stronger—wouldn't that be equivalent to several sustainably inheritable Soul Rings and a guardian beast capable of assisting in combat? One could get a glimpse of this just by observing Xu Tianxi's Silver Moon Wolf King.
With Soul Spirits passed down through generations and growing stronger, the benefits to future generations of a family would increase, and their corresponding status would rise accordingly.
This way, Soul Masters might no longer need to risk their lives hunting Soul Beasts in Soul Beast gathering places; they would only need to serve their ancestral Soul Spirits well.
Hmm... if this happens, perhaps in the future, battle scenes like "Ancestor, grant me strength!" or "Having inherited the ancestor's power, I fight alongside the ancestor!" might truly occur.
And Xu Tianxi, who accomplished all this, would undeniably be a legendary figure, the pioneering generation in the history of Soul Masters!
This was too big of a matter for his Hongchen Family to let others snatch away the credit. He needed to quickly figure out a way to maximize their benefits.
"So Tianxi, what are you planning to do now? Continue with discreet research?"
Jing Hongchen's Adam's apple bobbed, and he asked with a dry throat.
Xu Tianxi thought for a moment, then shook his head. "The current Soul Spirit experiments are basically sound. I plan to first promote this technology internally among our own people, and then open it up to the outside when the time is right."
"I don't know if anyone will try to obstruct me once this technology is developed, so I want to use it to unite as many people as possible around me—make more friends, fewer enemies."
"In this regard, I need your help, Dean, to ensure secrecy. I know this technology can't be kept secret for too long, but until then, I don't want any malevolent forces disturbing our great creation."
"Once this technology matures, we can use it as a foundation to establish a power, independent of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and Mingde Hall. This is the core interest shared by our Xu Family and the Hongchen Family. As long as Soul Spirits exist, the inheritance of both families will never cease."
Upon hearing this, Jing Hongchen paused, then burst into laughter, patting his chest and guaranteeing:
"Don't worry! My influence in the Sun Moon Empire is considerable. No matter who dares to stand in our way, I will tear them apart mercilessly!"
As he spoke, a hint of killing intent flickered in Jing Hongchen's eyes, only to vanish instantly. What Xu Tianxi said resonated deeply with Jing Hongchen's heart—the shared interests of the Xu Family and the Hongchen Family...
Excellent. Now, if anyone dares to snatch food from his tiger's mouth, he'll make sure those audacious fools know the methods of him, the Mingde Hall Master!
Hmm, the Xu Family... the imperial family's main lineage also has the surname Xu. They are not the same "Xu," but Xu Tianxi's "Xu" is clearly more to his liking than Xu Guozhong's and others'. Although those imperial relatives are not entirely incompetent, what they do is truly disgraceful...
Shaking off the thought of slandering the Imperial Family, Jing Hongchen smiled and asked, "Oh, right, Ye Yulin also knows about this plan. He helped you allocate death row prisoners from various prisons in Mingdu. He's not part of the secrecy, is he?"
"Of course not. Without Senior Brother Ye and your strong support, I wouldn't have been able to start the experiments so quickly," Xu Tianxi said with a smile.
He was able to acquire a large number of death row prisoners and Soul Beasts in such a short time because Ye Yulin and Jing Hongchen, two highly respected Rank 9 Soul Guidance Masters, personally went out of their way to procure a large batch of experimental materials.
Previously, Ye Yulin had no idea he could achieve such significant experimental results. He had done it solely out of trust in him. By all accounts, Xu Tianxi had no reason to keep it from him.
Glancing at the sky outside, Xu Tianxi systematically brought up the next big matter:
"Dean, after tomorrow's court debate concludes, that Rank 9 God Sealing Platform should become useless. Could you hand it over to me? I want to talk to that Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast Embryo."
"Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast Embryo? Tianxi, what are you trying to do? From what I've observed, that embryonic Soul Beast isn't a hundred thousand years old; it's at least one hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred years old. It's an existence close to a Ferocious Beast, very dangerous."
"You haven't even attempted to contract a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast. You absolutely cannot attempt to contract something close to a Ferocious Beast. I think we should wait a few more years."
When the topic of the Soul Beast Embryo, which had cost over a hundred million Gold Soul Coins, came up, Jing Hongchen's expression turned serious. He couldn't help but explain the pros and cons to Xu Tianxi.
The Starlight Auction House claimed that the treasure could grant a Soul Master a Second Martial Soul. Jing Hongchen wasn't sure if this was true yet and had originally intended it for Xiao Hongchen. While he was a bit reluctant to give it to Xu Tianxi, he wouldn't be stingy, but he absolutely couldn't risk any issues.
Xu Tianxi shook his head, smiling faintly. "Don't worry, Dean. I wouldn't have brought this up if I didn't have confidence. I've encountered several top-tier powerhouses in the Soul Beast world before, so I have experience dealing with these types."
The key to conversing with Snow Empress and gaining her trust was to make Ice Emperor appear and stop Snow Empress from self-destructing. Once that was resolved, everything else would be easier.
He didn't think he could necessarily convince Snow Empress to stake everything alongside Ice Emperor, but he at least had to defuse this ticking time bomb first. He couldn't have a repeat of the original story, where the Body Sect's sneak attack stole the God Sealing Platform and caused Snow Empress to self-destruct.
Oh right, how did those Body Sect guys dig tunnels to find Mingde Hall's location and steal Snow Empress's embryo? There must be an insider in Mingde Hall!
Another thought occurred to Xu Tianxi, and he couldn't help but ask, "Dean, in all these years, have you noticed any spies from the Three Great Empires within Mingde Hall?"
"What we're doing is extremely important. We absolutely cannot let any information leak out right now, especially not to the Three Great Empires or Shrek."
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