Chapter 92: The Heart of the Five Apertures
Honestly, the development of his separated martial spirit to this point was inseparable from the inspiration provided by Stone Monkey Sun Qi.
However, Yu Xiaogang was reluctant to admit this.
He was trying to avoid being like Stone Monkey Sun Qi, so he hadn't planned a stage for unleashing his own Spirit Skills in his training.
"Xiaogang, if you can't complete this step, then creating your own Spirit Skills will be essentially impossible," Flanders said.
As a veteran Soul Master, he knew the difference between mastering one's own Spirit Skills and relying on Spirit Rings to activate them.
If one couldn't achieve the former, then they wouldn't be qualified to create their own Spirit Skills.
"I'll consider it," Yu Xiaogang said, but he still wasn't ready to do it.
Couldn't Flanders see that?
This stage was easy to imagine, but Yu Xiaogang had missed it.
He sighed inwardly.
"Alas, Xiaogang, Xiaogang, you've been talking about it on paper for too long."
A Soul Master's training cannot rely on feelings.
If you are an ordinary Soul Master who honestly relies on Spirit Rings to release Spirit Skills, you can use feelings to explore and develop Spirit Skills, but if you want to create your own Spirit Skills, it is definitely not something you can do by feeling.
"It's this aura again, the Golden Holy Dragon..."
Golden Cudgel Sun Qi was curious about what Yu Xiaogang and the others were doing in the back mountain.
"It's only been a few days since they moved in, and they have already fused at least three times."
At the same time, he was also surprised by the cooling speed of the three.
How skilled do they have to be to be able to perform Spirit Fusion Skills at such a high frequency?
"Flanders and Liu Erlong are just too bored to help Yu Xiaogang, the lowest level one, as an assistant."
Golden Cudgel Sun Qi complained.
While Yu Xiaogang's weaknesses could be addressed, and supplementing them would maximize their effectiveness, Yu Xiaogang truly couldn't be helped.
According to Yu Xiaogang's theory, at his age, Soul Sect status was his limit, and he would always be a weak point.
"Never mind. None of this matters to me. My focus now is cultivation."
Five of the seven original bodies consumed the Immortal Herbs, resulting in a major shakeup in the Soul Power levels among the seven.
He, who had always been at the top of the ladder, had fallen to the bottom. Once Yin's original body obtained its second Soul Ring, it was likely he would catch up.
With that, his Soul Power would be at the bottom.
Truly pathetic.
"A suitable Immortal Herb for the Golden Cudgel..."
Golden Cudgel Sun Qi gave a wry smile.
There weren't any.
He had searched for a long time in the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire, using the Stone Monkey's original body's vision, but couldn't find one.
"If it really doesn't work, we can only use the Black Jade Divine Bamboo."
"No response yet?"
Ning Fengzhi frowned, looking at Armor Sun Qi.
Armor Sun Qi gave a wry smile.
"He needs to continue training with Poison Douluo for a while."
Ning Fengzhi sighed.
Stone Monkey Sun Qi had secured two rare treasures of heaven and earth for them, so he could only bear it and wait for Stone Monkey Sun Qi to arrive before letting Chen Xin take the three of them to hunt souls.
"Huh? We still have to wait." Ning Rongrong pouted.
It had been four months since she broke through to level 30, and she hadn't even started hunting souls yet, let alone soul hunting, which would take several more months. A nine-year-old Soul Master had been directly delayed to a ten-year-old Soul Master.
"Rongrong, your Soul Power has been directly upgraded from level 21. Although it is more condensed and stable, and of higher quality than that of a normal Soul Master, it comes from external things. It is essential to polish your Soul Power during this period," Ning Fengzhi said.
"Oh," Ning Rongrong replied glumly.
"Besides, your Grandpa Bone has gone to find you ten-thousand-year Whale Glue. You should have waited this long," Ning Fengzhi continued. "Your second Spirit Ring has already absorbed a higher level. Now that your third Spirit Ring's tolerance is already quite high, and with the effects of the Qiluo Tulip, it can easily withstand a three-thousand-year or even a four-thousand-year Spirit Ring. At this point, I actually want you to improve even further and try to reach the limit of an ordinary Soul Master's fourth Spirit Ring, which is a five-thousand-year Spirit Ring."
Ning Rongrong pricked up her ears.
She could hear a hint of excitement in Ning Fengzhi's tone; it was clearly for her own good, and he truly felt that wasting this little time was nothing.
"The second Spirit Ring absorbs the thousand-year Spirit Rings that only the third Spirit Ring can produce, and the third Spirit Ring absorbs the years of the fourth Spirit Ring. By the time you get the fourth Spirit Ring, you might be able to try for a ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring!"
Ning Fengzhi's words made Ning Rongrong's eyes widen.
"Really?" she exclaimed in delight.
"Theoretically, it's fine, but the Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring causes soul vibrations. So, Rongrong, you must practice distraction control diligently. Before fusing your fourth Spirit Ring, you must at least master the Five Apertures Dispersion Heart."
"Huh?"
Ning Rongrong said in disbelief.
"Dad, do you want me to never fuse a fourth Spirit Ring?"
Dispersion control is a secret technique unique to the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. It allows Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Masters to better direct the effects of their Spirit Skills to different Soul Masters in need. There are five levels of distraction control: the Three Apertures Control Heart, the Four Apertures Permanent Heart, the Five Apertures Dispersion Heart, the Six Apertures Wishful Heart, and the Seven Apertures Exquisite Heart.
"If I don't fuse my fourth Spirit Ring, I can only have three Spirit Skills at most. How can I practice the Five Apertures Dispersion Heart?" Ning Rongrong cried out in sorrow.
"If you want to practice, there's always a way. Just split your Spirit Skill into two."
"Isn't that really unnecessary?" Ning Rongrong looked at Ning Fengzhi eagerly.
Ning Fengzhi remained unmoved.
"A fourth-level Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring requires at least the mental strength honed by the Five Apertures Dispersion Heart to withstand it."
"But those Soul Masters in the sect who absorbed the fifth ring only had the Four Apertures Permanent Heart before they acquired it."
"Don't confuse the concepts. That's just the stage they need to cultivate to, not the stage where their mental strength has been honed enough to absorb a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring." Ning Fengzhi wouldn't be led astray by Ning Rongrong.
He had truly practiced distraction control and had endured the soul shock of a Four-Year Spirit Ring. He had a system of judgment and knew that the Five Apertures Dispersion Heart was essential.
"Xiao Qi, you should also take time to cultivate distraction control."
"Huh?"
Armor Sun Qi was a little surprised by the sudden mention.
"You should also cultivate to the Five Apertures Dispersion Heart," Ning Fengzhi said. "Before consuming the Earth Dragon Golden Gourd, you were already level 27. After obtaining the third Spirit Ring, you won't be far from level 40, even closer than Rongrong."
Ning Rongrong saw that Armor Sun Qi also had to practice, and she showed a gloating expression.
Someone was suffering with her.
"The Five Apertures Dispersion Heart?"
Armor Sun Qi pondered for a moment, and then began to condense the armor.
A set of armor began to condense on his body.
However, the condensation of the armor seemed a bit complicated. Instead of condensing a complete set of armor directly, it condensed separately.
Yes, the armor of different parts condensed at the same time, and condensed with different effects.
The chain mail covering the torso was golden chain mail, and a heavy earth-attributed aura permeated the air.
The helmet was a simple skull.
There were dragon-shaped patterns on the left and right arm armors, and a faint dragon's might was contained in them.
The left and right leg armors were covered with thorns, which was the characteristic of the soul beast corresponding to Sun Qi's first Soul Skill.
"Is that so?"
Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong were both stunned.
"No, you're only four-orifice!" Ning Rongrong couldn't accept it and immediately retorted.
Armor Sun Qi's mouth curled up.
He maintained his current "patchwork armor" and condensed a full set of armor outside his body that combined all the characteristics of his first and second Soul Skills and the Earth Dragon Golden Gourd.
"So?"
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