vncnus 47. People rely on divine power
47. People rely on divine power
"Don't fucking keep me in suspense!" Hearing this, Ling Yongsheng couldn't hold back any longer and slapped Ling An on the back of the head.
This time, a real slap landed on the back of Ling An's head, causing him pain and interrupting his attempt to keep him in suspense.
"Alright, alright, I'll just say it, I'll just say it directly." Ling An rubbed the back of his head, which was sending pain signals to his brain. He was speechless and amused that the old man didn't give him any face in front of the child. At the same time, he began to explain his feelings.
Five minutes later, everyone learned the truth about Ling An's cultivation from him.
Ling Bingtian's brain was working at lightning speed, processing what Ling An had just said.
According to Ling An's account, because of the existence of soul power, he completed his first step very easily, without needing to use any special techniques.
The reason it took so long was mainly because the amount of new ice-attribute energy attracted from the air was too small. Ling An cultivated for nearly ten minutes and only managed to introduce a tiny bit of energy from the blue light at his fingertips.
On the other hand, Ling An also noticed an important factor.
That is, when new energy flows in the meridians, it will subtly influence a portion of the soul power, thereby improving the quality of the soul power to a certain extent.
However, for a Title Douluo like Ling An, this amount of new energy is far from enough to completely improve the quality of his soul power.
Most importantly, after circulating the new energy throughout his body for one full cycle, Ling An vaguely sensed a change in his martial soul.
However, due to the lack of new energy, this feeling was not very noticeable.
If Ling An hadn't cultivated to the level of a Title Douluo, almost merging his Martial Soul into his own body, he probably wouldn't have noticed this subtle anomaly.
"Will your martial spirit react abnormally?" Upon hearing this, Ling Yongsheng didn't think too much about it and asked Ling An again, "Is it good or bad? If it causes problems with your martial spirit, then this martial path might not be suitable for us to cultivate."
"Father, I couldn't detect it for a moment either; that energy was just too weak," Ling An could only reply with a wry smile.
The new energy in the air was so thin that it was really difficult to absorb. The tiny amount of new energy in my body could not be used for anything other than to prove the feasibility of cultivation.
"However, I think that since it is a technique bestowed by the gods, it should not be harmful to us."
Although Ling An couldn't detect it, his devout faith in the Ice God led him to extend that faith to the so-called God of War, resulting in a high degree of trust in him.
Upon hearing this, the three elders, including Ling Yongsheng, nodded in agreement, while only Ling Bingtian felt somewhat ashamed.
After all, the so-called Martial God was just something he made up. It's hard to say what kind of effect it would have on Martial Souls.
However, for the Soul Masters on the Douluo Continent, although the cultivation techniques are good, they may not be as important as the other two things in the study.
One is the Absorption Technique, and the other is all sorts of martial arts techniques!
The reason why the Douluo Continent was widely jokingly referred to as a low-level fantasy world in Ling Bingtian's previous life was that the people in it had extremely weak creativity.
The Mysterious Heaven Technique has been used for tens of thousands of years without any significant improvement.
Self-created soul skills are for individual use only, and very few are passed down to future generations.
Thinking this, Ling Bingtian didn't stop. He quickly picked up the paper and pen that had just been handed to him and began to sketch.
Seeing Ling Bingtian start sketching again, Ling An and the three elders stopped their conversation and looked at him strangely.
"Could there be other types of cultivation techniques?"
With this in mind, the four of them slowed down their movements without making any noise that might affect Ling Bingtian's writing.
Ling Bingtian took longer to write this time than when he wrote the Frost Heaven Ice Technique; he wrote down three techniques in one go.
One is the general-purpose "Gathering Yuan Technique", another is the most common martial art "Stone-Shattering Fist", and the last is a body-strengthening technique with an extremely simple name: "Basic Body Refinement".
Although the Basic Body Refinement Technique and the Stone Shattering Fist are somewhat ordinary, they have one advantage: they are both very easy to learn.
Moreover, even ordinary people without soul power can use these three techniques.
In particular, the two most basic techniques, Basic Body Refinement and Stone Shattering Fist, are techniques that can greatly improve an individual's physical fitness.
These are actually two very suitable cultivation techniques for the Ling family, who have actual control over the Extreme Ice Army.
Soon, the three cultivation techniques were written down and Ling Bingtian handed them to the four elders for review.
This time, to Ling Bingtian's surprise, the elders were not particularly surprised by the latter two.
Only the Absorption Technique still garnered their attention. After all, it was a technique that could accelerate cultivation progress, so they couldn't afford to ignore it.
Ling Yongyi, the chief elder of the Ling family who had been stationed in the military camp for many years, also explained to Ling Bingtian why basic skills were not valued.
"Xiao Tian, these two basic techniques are actually not very useful. In military formations, what's valued isn't individual combat ability, but the overall combat ability that the whole team can exert. Your basic body training, doesn't it achieve the same effect as the training in the military?"
Ling Bingtian suddenly realized that he hadn't explained things clearly.
He quickly shook his head and said to the four elders again, "It's different, Grandpa. This basic body-refining method has more than just the effect of improving physical fitness. If a talented soldier can reach a high level, he may even be able to naturally absorb new energy."
"What?" ×4
The four elders of the Ling family could hardly believe their ears. According to Ling Bingtian, this was a highly versatile external martial arts technique. If they could possess an army composed entirely of Soul Masters or Martial Masters, many of their previous ideas might actually become a reality!
Ling Bingtian could only nod again, confirming what he had said.
In an instant, the four elders of the Ling family once again picked up the papers containing the basic body-refining techniques and caressed them as if they were precious treasures, their actions even more tender than when they held a newborn baby in the clan.
After being passed around for a while, the four elders reluctantly put it down.
Then, Ling Yongsheng said to Ling Bingtian, "Little Tian, let's not reveal this technique to the public yet. If your divine examination requires more believers in the future, then we can discuss it again. But for now, let's keep it for our family to use."
The other three also looked at Ling Bingtian with expectant eyes. What they prayed for was that the Ice God or the Martial God would not impose any restrictions on this. If they could use this to train an army for ten or eight years, then it would not be impossible to create an army with all its members being extraordinary.
"I understand, and the gods haven't imposed any restrictions on this either. Most importantly, there's one last thing." Ling Bingtian nodded first, acknowledging Ling Yongsheng and the others' eagerness. Seeing their excitement, Ling Bingtian decided to end the discussion tonight with one last topic that might dampen their enthusiasm.
"Go on," Ling Yongsheng said without much thought, letting Ling Bingtian continue.
"What I'm about to say is also the divine instruction. He told me that soul tools are the future trend of Douluo Continent. Therefore, as the guardian clan, we are commanded to start now to vigorously absorb and develop soul tools." Ling Bingtian finished speaking calmly, then sat quietly to the side, waiting for the adults' reaction.
His words astonished everyone present!