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Another month passed.
It had been a full month since Xiao Lin and his group of four took a trip to Heaven Dou City and returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
During this period, Xiao Lin and the others made significant progress, each of them breaking through by one rank. Currently, Xiao Lin's soul power was at Rank 49, Tang San was at Rank 47, Xiao Wu was at Rank 49, and Tang Ni was at Rank 44.
Thanks to his Chaos Right Leg Bone and the abundant ice and fire spiritual energy, Xiao Lin's soul power cultivation speed was by no means slow. Tang Ni, on the other hand, progressed at a slower pace due to her Ultimate Strength attribute.
However, even though Tang Ni was only a Rank 44 Soul Ancestor, her actual combat strength was slightly superior to both Tang San (relying solely on his Blue Silver King Martial Soul) and Xiao Wu.
Even so, Xiao Lin found it a bit difficult to accept that his soul power rank was rising this rapidly. He couldn't help but wonder if he hadn't compressed his soul power enough. Otherwise, how could he possibly break through so quickly?
"Brother Lin, we're all about to hit Rank 50. Why don't we go out and hunt for soul rings? It's so boring staying here!"
Near the waters of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Xiao Wu looked at Xiao Lin—who was continuously growing stronger as he absorbed the ice and fire spiritual energy within the spring—and made a suggestion.
"Hunt for soul rings?"
Hearing Xiao Wu's words, Xiao Lin's eyes snapped open.
"That's a great suggestion. I actually happen to want to go to the Thunder Gorge to acquire a soul ring. It's quite far from here, so the travel time alone should be enough for us to reach Rank 50."
Xiao Lin nodded.
When it came to becoming stronger, he was always on board.
"Brother Lin, are you sure about that?"
At this moment, Tang San frowned slightly, a look of skepticism on his face.
"Xiao Wu is one thing; she has the King of Immortal Herbs, so the medicinal efficacy is more than enough to push her to Rank 50 rapidly."
"But in your case, Brother Lin, if you leave this place and stop cultivating here, your soul power progression speed won't be any different from an ordinary person's, right?"
Tang San stroked his chin, speaking with an earnest expression.
Going by Tang San's progression in the original timeline, it had taken him six years to grow from Rank 10 to Rank 29. Excluding the boosts provided by soul rings, he only averaged about three ranks per year.
Now, Xiao Lin was already a Soul Ancestor.
Under normal circumstances, taking half a year just to raise a single rank of soul power would be considered fast. The only exception would be if Xiao Lin chose to absorb that ten-thousand-year soul bone—the Chasing Wind Left Arm Bone.
Listening to Tang San's analysis, Xiao Wu finally remembered that Xiao Lin's swift cultivation relied entirely on the abundant ice and fire spiritual energy here. Without it, it would be absolutely impossible for him to match her speed.
Tang Ni also nodded silently from the side.
If they were really going to obtain soul rings, it would be better to wait until they officially reached Rank 50.
"Narrow. Your vision is too narrow."
Hearing Tang San's concerns, Xiao Lin wagged his index finger and gave a gentle laugh.
"To tell you the truth, during this past month, I have already formulated a brand-new theory. I call it the Soul Core Acceleration Theory. Simply put, a Soul Core can help us accelerate our cultivation."
At first glance, this theory sounded like common sense, but Tang San and the others knew Xiao Lin was absolutely not someone like Yu Xiaogang.
There had to be a deeper meaning behind it.
"Brother Lin, just tell us directly," Tang San asked impatiently.
Looking at the slightly excited expressions on Tang San and Xiao Wu, Xiao Lin felt incredibly satisfied.
Xiao Lin then glanced at Tang Ni.
However, Tang Ni maintained an arrogant facade, only looking toward him from the corner of her eye, pretending she didn't care.
Xiao Lin chuckled, then retrieved two ten-thousand-year soul bones.
"Look at these. Can you tell what's different about these two soul bones?"
Hearing this, Tang San immediately activated his Purple Demon Eye to observe them.
Very quickly, he discovered the secret hidden within the two soul bones, which were glowing with a faint, shimmering light.
"These two soul bones contain quite a bit of ice and fire spiritual energy!"
Tang San was greatly shocked.
Wasn't it said that this kind of thing was impossible? Wasn't it supposed to require a long period of accumulation to achieve?
If they could find a way to inject soul power into the interior of a soul bone, they would have a method to make the soul bone absorb their own soul power. If they did that, the year-age of the soul bone could be increased to some extent.
Could Brother Lin have already completed his Soul Bone Evolution Theory?
At this thought, Tang San looked at Xiao Lin with a face full of admiration.
"Exactly. The ice and fire spiritual energy inside them is what I'll use to maintain my original cultivation speed while on the road. However, my Soul Core Acceleration Theory isn't about that."
Xiao Lin nodded and began to explain.
"A Soul Core itself is high-density, rapidly rotating soul power, so it can absorb our soul power to make it more condensed, allowing more of our soul master meridians to passively absorb greater amounts of Heaven and Earth spiritual energy."
"My idea is to use soul bones to substitute for a Soul Core, using them to set up a Spirit Gathering Formation to accelerate our cultivation."
As Xiao Lin's voice fell, a look of sudden realization dawned on Tang San.
"So that's how it is. But for this to work, we would also need the soul bones to rotate and actively absorb the surrounding spiritual energy. How can we achieve that?"
Tang San understood the basic logic, but beyond that, everything went black before his eyes—he was completely in the dark.
Tang San already knew how to construct various soul power formations, but when it came to something like a Spirit Gathering Formation, he was still unable to comprehend it even now.
If it were just a matter of simple high-speed rotation, Tang San actually had ways to accomplish it using a soul tool.
"Little San, a Spirit Gathering Formation isn't as high-and-mighty as you imagine."
Xiao Lin smiled faintly and continued to explain, "In fact, as long as the gravity inside the Spirit Gathering Formation is heavy enough, it will work."
"As long as the gravity inside the Formation is heavy enough, when the Heaven and Earth spiritual energy enters the Spirit Gathering Formation, it will naturally be compressed."
"Subsequently, a brief vacuum will appear around the Formation, allowing the spiritual energy to continuously stream into it without end."
As Xiao Lin finished speaking, Tang San fell into deep thought.
Right at that moment, Tang Ni asked curiously out of inquisitiveness.
"But how are you going to ensure that the spiritual energy inside the Formation doesn't escape? Can you guarantee that this spiritual energy will be continuously compressed by you?"
"You have to ensure that the Spirit Gathering Formation is a sealed formation, so the spiritual energy can't escape, right?"
Tang Ni's words hit right on the crucial point.
However, while this question might be a problem for others, it wasn't a problem at all for Xiao Lin.
"I can use my Chaos Domain to help capture the spiritual energy, making it impossible for it to escape. As for whether it gets compressed or not, that matters even less. There are four of us in total; we can definitely drain all the spiritual energy dry no matter what."
Xiao Lin's Chaos Domain could even decompose an enemy's attack into its most basic components before absorbing it.
Dealing with mere spiritual energy would be even simpler.
"In that case, I'll work overtime starting now to forge a soul tool within the next few days that utilizes gravity and accelerated rotation."
Hearing this, Tang San also felt his fighting spirit ignite.
Although Tang San wasn't very skilled with things like gravity, after receiving Xiao Lin's guidance on electricity and circuits, a simple accelerated rotation wouldn't pose much of a problem.
Wasn't it just using electricity to generate magnetism, and then using magnetic force to make magnets rotate? But how was he going to handle the gravity part?
Tang San had just promised everyone that he would manufacture a gravity-accelerating rotating soul tool, and now he had immediately hit a snag.
"Little San, don't worry. As long as an object's density is massive enough and it possesses enough weight itself, it will naturally carry its own gravitational pull. If all else fails, we can also use atmospheric pressure. We will complete these parts together."
As if seeing through the difficult problem in Tang San's mind, Xiao Lin placed his palm on Tang San's shoulder in a warm, friendly gesture, conveying his trust.
"Alright!"
Looking at Xiao Lin's encouraging smile, Tang San instantly felt the bond between the two of them and a surge of new strength.
He agreed cleanly and directly.
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