"Hey bro, what's wrong with you? How can you just blurt out such a blunt truth?"
Wang Teng gave Wang Chong a death stare, glaring at him fiercely. Suddenly, Wang Chong shivered, sensing something was off about the atmosphere, and immediately tried to run away.
But Wang Teng was quick; before Wang Chong could escape, he grabbed him by the back of his collar and lifted him into the air.
"Do you know you're wrong?"
"Ah! Brother, let me go!"
Wang Chong struggled, but clearly, it was futile. As an ordinary little kid, Wang Chong couldn't break free from Wang Teng's grip.
"Hmm, looks like you still don't know, Then why are you running? Feeling guilty?"
"No, nothing!"
Seeing his older brother's strange look, Wang Chong immediately backed down.
He was suffering inside, but he couldn't say anything, or he'd get a beating!
"Now tell me, does this thing look like it?"
Wang Teng conjured another scribbled chrysanthemum pattern in his hand, glaring fiercely at Wang Chong.
Instantly, Wang Chong's face resembled the chrysanthemum pattern in Wang Teng's hand.
"Very similar, very similar! Brother is the best!"
"Hmm, that's more like it! Kids shouldn't be naughty."
Wang Teng nodded in satisfaction. His little brother had finally gotten back on the right track, and his future looked brighter. Then, Wang Teng released Wang Chong.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Wang Teng let go, Wang Chong took off running.
"Hmph, I'm going to tell Mom, brother, you bullied me!"
"???"
When did this little brother learn this trick?
It seems his previous guess was wrong; his little brother's future path was indeed narrowing. He needed to be taught a lesson. As the saying goes, you should discipline your younger brother early, and the same applies to Wang Teng's family.
Wang Chong hadn't even awakened his martial spirit yet; he was just an ordinary kid. Naturally, he couldn't outrun Wang Teng, a Soul Master-level 'expert.' He wasn't far before being caught.
With a sinister laugh, Wang Teng dragged his younger brother into the room, closed the door, and gave him a good, loving lecture.
—Wang Chong: No!
...
Time passed, eight months later.
Dungeon - Deep in the Dark Forest.
With a Soul Power bullet bursting from Wang Teng's rifle, the distant lord—the Dark Curse Cat Demon—spiraled into the sky, leaving only a lord's treasure chest behind.
Hint: Cleared the dungeon - Deep Dark Forest, obtained 200 Lord's Essence.
"System, open the attribute panel."
Wang Teng:
Soul Power: Level 16
Martial Soul: Mystic Light Cross, Flash Spirit Gloves
Soul Ring: Yellow (500+)
Soul Skill: First Soul Skill: Weapon Blessing
Soul Bone: None
Domain: None
At this moment, Wang Teng not only reached level 16 in Soul Power, but also accumulated over 100,000 Lord's Essence. That's right, for some time now, Wang Teng's Lord's Essence had been steadily increasing. After clearing the dungeon this time, combined with what he had saved up before, he had exactly 100,000 Lord's Essence.
After collecting his loot, Wang Teng returned directly to the outside world. He opened the system shop and purchased a magic box worth 100,000 Lord's Essence.
The exciting moment had arrived. Just as Wang Teng was about to open the magic box, he seemed to remember something and stopped what he was doing.
Afterwards, Wang Teng took a nice bath, then rummaged through the storage room at home and found three sticks of incense and an exquisite incense burner.
Soon, a small long table was set up in the courtyard outside Wang Teng's room. An exquisite incense burner sat on it. Wang Teng lit three sticks of incense and began to bow.
One bow, two bows, three bows—the ceremony was complete!
"Heavens above, earth below! Bless me!"
He placed the three sticks of incense in the burner, then opened his inventory and looked at the magic box worth 100,000 Lord's Essence. The magic box looked mysterious, shaped like a cube, with a large question mark on each of its six faces.
Having gone through the entire feudal superstition process, it was time to open the magic box. Without much hesitation, Wang Teng opened it.
Hint: Obtained—Radiant Meditation Method.
Hint: Obtained—Illustrated Compendium of Heavenly Treasures.
Hint: Obtained—Soul Core Condensation Method.
"Damn, is my luck that good? Or were there already good things inside?"
Judging from the names, all three items were valuable.
The first item, the Radiant Meditation Technique, appears to be a cultivation method, but its effectiveness remains to be seen.
The second, the Heavenly Treasures Compendium, is exactly what Wang Teng has been seeking. After all, a bounty of immortal herbs awaits him in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well of Sunset Forest!
However, Wang Teng has no idea how to harvest those herbs, as he has long forgotten Tang San's harvesting methods from the original story—who would pay attention to such details?
Furthermore, the third item, the Soul Core Condensation Technique, is also a valuable item.
In the current era, there are only about twenty publicly known Title Douluo on the entire Douluo Continent. Although some are hidden, there are definitely not many—only a few dozen in total.
Many, however, are stuck at the level 89 Soul Douluo bottleneck, unable to break through. Wang Teng has heard of Soul Cores; while they don't directly boost combat power, Soul Masters with Soul Cores can accelerate the recovery of their Soul Power, improve the quality of their Soul Power, and increase their cultivation speed, making it easier for them to break through bottlenecks.
Especially after reaching the Title Douluo level, each level is a hurdle to overcome.
With the popularization of the Soul Core Condensation method, the number of Title Douluo-level experts in later generations of the Douluo Continent far exceeds that of the current era. As long as one is a genius, becoming a Title Douluo is inevitable.
Returning to his room, Wang Teng picked up the "Illustrated Compendium of Heavenly Treasures." He noticed it looked like a deluxe edition book and began to read it with great interest.
As Wang Teng expected, the "Illustrated Compendium of Heavenly Treasures" recorded information on various immortal herbs, rare parts of various soul beasts, and various special metals.
"Not bad, not bad!"
After casually flipping through it, Wang Teng knew this thing was truly a treasure. Furthermore, he discovered that this "Illustrated Compendium of Natural Treasures" was also a soul tool, not just an ordinary book.
Closing the compendium, Wang Teng turned to look at the "Soul Core Condensation Method."
The method recorded the specific steps for soul masters to condense soul cores at three stages.
Previously, Wang Teng knew about soul cores, but he couldn't actually perform the actual operations. Randomly experimenting would only lead to problems.
However, with the specific methods, there was no need to worry. The "Soul Core Condensation Method" book stated that a soul master could condense a maximum of three soul cores, distributed precisely in the upper, middle, and lower dantian.