"One soul crystal per person. This is a Beginner Soul Crystal — keep it on you at all times. It'll remain usable until your Soul Power reaches five hundred. After that, you'll need to buy an Intermediate Soul Crystal!"
When they saw Nie Li offering them the soul crystals,
"Something this valuable — how can we accept it?" Wei Nan said. A single Beginner Soul Crystal was worth a full one thousand Demon Spirit Coins. Their living expenses for two years wouldn't even add up to that much, yet Nie Li was giving them away like they were nothing.
"That's right, we can't take this!" Zhu Xiangjun hurriedly tried to refuse.
Zhang Ming felt the same way. They were all commoners — when had they ever held anything so precious?
"If Nie Li gave it to you, then take it! Unless you don't consider us brothers." Du Ze furrowed his brow and spoke in a low, firm voice.
Though Du Ze was also of common birth, he carried a certain authority. The three of them exchanged glances, nodded, and accepted the Beginner Soul Crystals from Nie Li's hands, their hearts overflowing with gratitude.
"Nie Li, thank you. From now on, you're our big brother — just give us the word and we'll do whatever you need," the three said one after another. They had already accepted Nie Li in their hearts and decided to follow him.
Hearing their words, Nie Li smiled faintly. With good brothers like these, whatever he wanted to accomplish would be twice as effective!
"Du Ze, you test first!" Nie Li looked toward Du Ze. "Just like during the entrance exam!"
"Mm." Du Ze nodded. He carefully lifted the Beginner Soul Crystal and slowly fed his Soul Power into it. The crystal gradually began to emit a brilliant glow, growing brighter and brighter, illuminating his youthful face that carried a hint of maturity. Tiny motes of light danced and swirled within the crystal. That brightness was still somewhat short of the Bronze One Star level for a Demon Spirit Master.
With a quick glance, one could estimate the rough count — each mote represented a point of Soul Power.
"Du Ze, you've improved fast — you've already got fifty-two points of Soul Power!" Lu Piao exclaimed excitedly. At fifty-two points, Du Ze would probably be the first among them to reach one hundred and become a Bronze One Star Demon Spirit Master.
Du Ze looked at Nie Li, who was intently focused on the soul crystal.
In Nie Li's eyes, whether someone had fifty or five hundred points of Soul Power meant nothing. What truly mattered was the attribute and form of the Demon Spirit.
Inside the crystal, those white points of light shimmered with a grayish-red hue, occasionally merging together and shifting into various shapes, like a roiling cloud mass.
Seeing this, Nie Li's expression turned to one of surprise. He blurted out, "It's Thunder Fire, and the Soul Sea has the form of a Heavenly Qilin Thunder Cloud!" No wonder Du Ze had cultivated so much faster than the others in his past life. A Soul Sea with the Heavenly Qilin Thunder Cloud form, paired with Thunder Fire aptitude — it was a perfect match. The pity was that in his previous life, Du Ze had studied the Sacred Fire Sigil, so reaching Gold One Star had been his limit. But in this life, with Nie Li around, Du Ze's path would change dramatically.
"Thunder Fire? Heavenly Qilin Thunder Cloud?" Everyone looked puzzled.
"There's no such thing as a crippled Soul Sea. The seven colors — red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple — each represent a person's unique personality and talent. For various reasons, some Soul Seas are easier to cultivate than others. But that doesn't mean a red Soul Sea is useless. If you find the right cultivation technique, even a red Soul Sea can unleash tremendous power. Those who rank Soul Seas into tiers of superior and inferior — when it comes to Soul Power cultivation, they're nothing but amateurs!" Nie Li said with a faint smile.
His words hit Du Ze, Lu Piao, and the rest like a thunderclap out of a clear sky. It was almost impossible to believe. From the founding of the
In terms of understanding the Soul Sea, even a Legendary powerhouse was not on the same level as Nie Li. He could look down on any of them. In his previous life, Nie Li had already reached a realm beyond Legendary — one they could barely even imagine.
Nie Li continued, "As long as you find the right cultivation method, any type of Soul Sea can be cultivated to the legendary Heavenly Fate realm! Du Ze has a yellow Soul Sea belonging to the Thunder Fire element. Its form is the Heavenly Qilin Thunder Cloud, which means he's suited to Thunder Fire cultivation techniques and Thunder Fire sigils, and his ideal Demon Spirit is the Heavenly Qilin Demon Beast. If all those conditions are met, his achievements will be truly astonishing. But if he cultivates other types of sigils, his progress will be much slower."
Hearing this, Du Ze's face fell with dismay. "The problem is, all the Thunder Fire techniques in the City of Radiance are incomplete. Even if some ancient texts reference them, the writing is so archaic…" As he spoke, something suddenly clicked — Nie Li had been able to read even the Sacred Scripture of Thunder and Fire. His gaze filled with hope as he looked toward Nie Li.