Chapter 22: The Effect of the Seal Spirit
Each condensed Phantom Clone delivered the desired effect, without compromise.
Under this premise, the condensation of an additional Phantom Clone consumed no additional Soul Power!
Seal Sun Qi looked up at the Seal pattern formed by his own Soul Power and knew the answer lay within it.
"The Seal Spirit seems to be quite capable."
Sun Qi realized at that moment that his Seal Spirit was not ordinary.
"My guess was correct. After acquiring a Soul skill, as I release it, the Seal pattern will become fixed, forming a unique Seal, thus exerting its effect."
"Self-created Soul skills can also fix the Seal pattern."
"So, it's not the Soul skill that's responsible."
"The key should be..."
Seal Sun Qi's eyes flickered as he observed the fixed Seal pattern.
He dissipated the Phantom Clone and then began to practice the Stone Monkey technique.
This was his first attempt at studying his Spirit while practicing his technique.
Under his active urging, the Seal Spirit emerged and transformed above his head.
It was clear that the Seal was becoming more stable, though some of the lines were still blurred and unable to be completely fixed.
"Sure enough, I can't fix the Seal. It's not that it can't be fixed, but my method is wrong." He
couldn't forcibly prevent the Seal from changing, but rather allowed his Soul Power to undergo some kind of transformation and effect.
The Seal Spirit would automatically transform into a corresponding form based on his Soul Power.
"Evolving into a corresponding form will amplify my Soul Power, allowing me to double the power of my Phantoms. Perhaps even the effectiveness of the Stone Monkey's technique will be enhanced."
With this idea in mind, Seal Sun Qi immediately instructed the Stone Monkey to quickly complete the Stone Monkey's technique.
The Seal hadn't been fixed yet, clearly indicating that the Stone Monkey's technique was not yet complete.
"The Seal seems to be following the path of laws. Each Seal style corresponds to a different law."
Sun Qi had an epiphany.
At the same time, he felt his lifeless Soul Power fluctuate, as if becoming active.
"This is not the result of my enlightenment, but my Seal Spirit has incorporated new Seal styles!"
Sun Qi had a guess in his mind, but he couldn't verify it for the time being.
"If my guess is correct, then each Seal style is very important to me, which means my cultivation speed and even the upper limit of cultivation." Seal Sun Qi felt that he had also found the direction of Spirit cultivation.
Spirits are all kinds of strange and wonderful.
Innate Soul Power limits the upper limit, but it does not completely limit the upper limit. The Soul Master's own practice can still break this point.
The characteristics of the Seal Spirit undoubtedly have the effect of naturally breaking the upper limit.
All he needs is to continuously practice his own Soul skills.
"I wonder how long it will take for the Stone Monkey to fuse more Spirit Rings and translate my 'self-created' Soul skills. I'll have to do it myself."
Seal Sun Qi had a goal.
"I should go the route of self-created Soul skills. First, my self-created Soul skills will benefit from the Seal, so even if it's a simple idea, as long as it's realized, the effect will be excellent."
"Second, and most importantly, my Seal Spirit might serve as a tester for self-created Soul skills."
He extended his hand, and the Seal pattern above his head landed on his palm.
"Is the Stone Monkey's technique imperfect here?"
Sun Qi carefully controlled the flow of his Soul Power, altering some of its paths, and discovered that the Seal pattern had a large amount of blurred areas.
He smiled, a brilliant smile.
"Haha, what a good Spirit."
This simple experiment verified a very important piece of information.
His Seal Spirit could indeed reflect the flow of his own Soul Power.
Which parts were useful, incomplete, or lacking in subtlety could all be revealed through the changes in the Seal.
"Thus, the Stone Monkey's technique will improve quickly, because I can help the Stone Monkey identify the imperfections within it."
This also applies to his own Soul skills.
He only needs to compare the changes in his Seal Spirit to confirm whether the Soul Power flow in his own Soul skills is incorrect.
"Well, although I've discovered these benefits, Soul Power is the foundation, the fundamental. I still need to break through to level ten first."
Seal Sun Qi didn't rush into creating his own Soul skills. Instead, he planned to coordinate with the Stone Monkey to perfect the technique and solidify its Seal pattern.
"Breaking through level ten is just around the corner. I should also consider how to obtain my first Soul Ring."
He also looked forward to the changes in his Spirit after receiving the ring.
...
"Xiao Sun, cooperate with me."
Sun Qi's two original bodies communicated with each other without any obstacles. He found the problems in the Stone Monkey's skills and then asked the little stone monkey to correct them.
Because of his ability to translate, if there was a problem with the Stone Monkey's skills practiced by his original body, it also meant that there was a problem with the practice on the little stone monkey's side.
After all, this was the operation of his Soul Power after he tapped into his instincts, not an inheritance that he was born with. The excavation of instincts cannot be excavated just by digging.
However, with the location provided by Sun Qi, the little stone monkey also knew where his Soul Power was not running properly.
He sorted it out again, letting the Soul Power in his body run naturally, as close to his instincts as possible.
Sure enough, after deliberately ignoring a few problematic locations, his Soul Power operation changed again.
So, the little stone monkey was responsible for correcting the Soul Power operation by instinct, and Sun Qi was responsible for verification.
After nearly two weeks, the Stone Monkey technique finally solidified a Seal pattern for Seal Sun Qi.
With the technique solidified, Seal Sun Qi's cultivation entered a new era.
"My cultivation speed has doubled!"
Seal Sun Qi was astonished.
So, was this acquired cultivation?
Seal's Spirit possessed powerful mechanics, but was inherently deficient. Sun Qi, through his acquired cultivation of the Stone Monkey technique, overcame the slow growth of his Soul Power, which had been caused by his innate deficiency.
A technique...
perhaps, the Soul Masters of Douluo Continent should develop a technique.
Having a technique and not having one are completely different concepts.
Sun Qi knew that advanced meditation techniques involved the circulation of Soul Power, with efficient pathways for its circulation. However, these techniques were not considered techniques, as they only aided meditation, serving the purpose of meditation, not purely for the purpose of refining Soul Power.
A truly perfect meditation method should have both a meditation component and a complete cultivation technique, with the two components perfectly integrated and mutually reinforcing.
"Breakthrough."
With the cultivation technique Seal, Seal Sun Qi broke through the bottleneck in just two weeks and reached level ten.
In total, it took him only three months to advance from level nine to level ten!
Even faster than before when he hadn't encountered a major bottleneck.
All this was thanks to the perfect Stone Monkey technique and the cultivation technique Seal.
"It's time to hunt Souls."
Seal Sun Qi stood up and left the remote courtyard.
His original body's parents had left him a house, so his situation was quite good; this was Heaven Dou City, after all.
In addition to his parents' inheritance, he also received financial support from Armor Sun Qi, so he had enough gold Soul coins.
He had obtained this first Soul Ring through hiring.
[end of the chapter]