Chapter 213: Pre-war encouragement, military merit system, obtaining resources based on strength (2-in-1)
Shui Bing'er's face flushed slightly, and she whispered, "I told my Masters that I can use the Martial Soul Fusion Skill with either Xue Wu or Yue'er, hoping they could give me some cultivation resources."
"After all, the power of a Martial Soul Fusion Skill is not determined by a single Soul Master, and I feel that since I can have a Martial Soul connection with Xue Wu or Yue'er, perhaps in the future, the three of us can even use a three-person Martial Soul Fusion Skill."
"Of course, that's just my idea; I don't know if it will work out in the future, hehe."
"Anyway, my Master, seeing the potential of the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, gave me these medicinal pills, and also two half-Immortal Herbs for Xue Wu and Yue'er to improve their talents."
"It was for a specific reason, and I couldn't get more resources for the other sisters, so I can only apologize to them."
Shui Bing'er knew that these medicinal pills and Immortal Herbs were extremely precious in Spirit Hall, especially these two half-Immortal Herbs.
If she hadn't acted spoiled and cute, her master would have only wanted to give her one first.
After all, it was enough for just one partner to be able to use the Martial Soul Fusion Skill with her; as for the three-person Martial Soul Fusion Skill Shui Bing'er mentioned, that hope was too slim.
If they could truly use it, they should be able to now, and wouldn't need to wait until later.
Xue Wu and Shui Yue'er excitedly took the items, and then Xue Wu asked, "Binger, what is your current strength? I can feel that you are very, very strong now."
Shui Bing'er chuckled, and her four soul rings slowly rose from beneath her: "I am already at level forty-five!"
The fourth red soul ring!
Holy cow!
The oppressive aura generated by the appearance of the red soul ring instantly made Xue Wu and Shui Yue'er's faces turn pale. Fortunately, Shui Miaomiao was there to support them in time; otherwise, they might have fallen to the ground.
And even Shui Miaomiao, upon seeing the fourth soul ring and facing the hundred-thousand-year oppressive aura, felt some pressure.
It was as if she were facing a hundred-thousand-year soul beast!
However, this was only for a moment; after all, it was just a hundred-thousand-year soul ring, not a real hundred-thousand-year soul beast!
"Binger, how is your fourth soul ring a hundred-thousand-year-old one?" Shui Miaomiao asked with some difficulty.
Shui Bing'er giggled: "This was from a hundred-thousand-year soul beast that Brother Bai had sacrificed for me, and I even have a hundred-thousand-year soul bone."
Afterward, Shui Bing'er recounted her previous experience in the Star Dou Great Forest.
It could be said that she completely won by just lying there.
While Shui Miaomiao was shocked, there was also some complexity in her eyes. No wonder her daughter liked Hu Bai so much.
Not to mention a young girl like Shui Bing'er, who would be moved; even she herself probably couldn't resist the temptation of a hundred-thousand-year soul ring and soul bone.
Perhaps, as she was older, she still had some resistance (not much), but what about Bing'er?
She was at the age of first love, and Hu Bai's generosity was such that no one could not be moved!
Those were hundred-thousand-year soul rings and soul bones!
Things that countless Soul Masters on the continent dreamed of!
Seeing that the two of them could not bear the pressure of the hundred-thousand-year soul ring, Shui Bing'er quickly put it away: "I'm sorry, Sister Xue Wu, Yue'er."
Xue Wu shook her head, her face pale: "It's fine, it's fine, it's good to experience it beforehand."
Shui Yue'er also said: "Yes, yes, Sister, don't take it to heart."
At this time, Xue Wu was already a level thirty-two Soul Elder, while the younger Shui Yue'er, who often slacked off in cultivation, only had level eighteen soul power.
In the Soul Master Tournament, her cultivation was also the lowest, with only thirty-something levels of soul power.
"You two, first eat the Foundation Establishment Pill, then the Immortal Herb, and finally start with the Body Tempering Pills of the lowest age. Quickly improve your talent and soul power so that when the war begins, you'll have a better ability to protect yourselves," Shui Bing'er said urgently.
If the war started, even if Xue Wu and Shui Yue'er didn't go to the battlefield, they would still need to help in the logistics department.
When the war began, the other side might use any means, and unexpected things might happen.
Xue Wu and Shui Yue'er nodded and immediately ate the Foundation Establishment Pill.
One day passed quickly.
Early the next morning, Xue Wu and Shui Yueer felt refreshed. Xue Wu's soul power directly rose to the fortieth level, while Shui Yue'er's rose to level twenty.
There was no time to hunt Soul Beasts for them now; they could only wait until all of this was over.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—"
Just then, the horn for assembly sounded outside.
Shui Miaomiao: "Alright, it's time. Let's hurry over. It should be a pre-war assembly now."
Then, the four of them quickly arrived in front of the military camp.
At this moment, Tianshui City, having entered a state of war preparedness, had many areas requisitioned, but even so, there wasn't enough land.
The Soul Master Legion could only set up camp behind the city, and this was also the assembly point.
The Soul Master Legion's discipline was excellent; in less than a quarter of an hour, the ten-thousand-person Soul Master Legion had already assembled.
Dugu Bo stood at the very front, facing the crowd, and beside him stood the Angel Legion's Archangel, the high-level Soul Douluo expert Qian Feng, who was the deputy commander of this legion.
The main commander was, of course, Dugu Bo.
Dugu Bo stood on the temporarily erected high platform, looking at the dense crowd below. After pondering for a moment, he began: "Many of you should have heard my name. I am Dugu Bo, a ninety-fourth-level Titled Douluo, and I am quite reclusive."
"You might think that I, a poison user skilled in area-of-effect attacks, would be like a fish in water in this war, as there are almost no Heaven Dou Empire soldiers who can withstand my Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor poison."
"If I were to set up a poisonous barrier in front of the city gate, it would certainly poison a large number of people to death."
"But what I want to say is, in this war, unless necessary, I will not make a move!"
As soon as these words came out, many Soul Masters below immediately burst into an uproar. Some people indeed thought this way, believing that with Dugu Bo, a Titled Douluo skilled in area-of-effect attacks, making a move, wouldn't military merits be easy to obtain?
Dugu Bo's aura suddenly rose, and he pressed his hands down, causing the scene to become silent once more.
"Don't look at me like this; I actually hate war. I am an egoist; as long as it benefits my cultivation, I will obtain it by any means necessary. This is actually human nature; who doesn't want to become stronger?!"
"But war is not just my personal affair. War will kill many people, whether it is our Spirit Empire or the Heaven Dou Empire on the other side. Many people are actually forced to fight!"
"They fight for their country, needing to defend their homes. Perhaps they haven't married yet, and they are the only ones in their family. Perhaps they are already married, but their wives and children are waiting for them to return home."
"If possible, I actually hope that wars between nations would be decided by high-level combatants, but that is easier said than done."
"Our Empire's Empress, and several Worship Elders, might be able to directly act and eliminate the opposing imperial family. But what then? The Heaven Dou Empire would fall into chaos, and you, the Empire Soul Master Legions, would not gain the experience you need!"
"The moment you became Soul Masters, you embarked on a Dao of contending with Heaven, contending with Earth, and even more so, contending with people! And war, though cruel, is the best way for people to grow!"
"And Spirit Hall recruits you not to let you live idly, but to have you contribute to the prosperity of the Empire and to protect the safety and stability of the Empire!"
"And normally, if you want to receive better treatment, or even power, within Spirit Hall, you can only speak with your strength!"
"But war is different!"
"Although war is dangerous, it can temper you, and it is also one of the fastest ways to gain military merits!"
"In the upcoming war, Soul Masters who charge forward, for every enemy killed, will receive corresponding military merits, which are points!"
"An enemy of Soul Warrior strength earns 1 point, a Soul Master earns 10 points, a Soul Grandmaster earns 50 points, a Soul Elder earns 150 points."
"The more you kill, the more points you get. These points can be used to exchange for resources opened by Spirit Hall, such as Foundation Establishment Pills, Soul Ascension Pills, Body Tempering Pills, various spiritual plants, and so on."
"For the logistics team, food system Soul Masters earn 1 point for every 100 portions of food provided, ordinary meals earn 1 point for every 1,000 portions made, and healing system Soul Masters earn points for every injured person healed: Soul Warriors earn 1 point, Soul Masters earn 10 points, and so on, which is equivalent to the above."
"Support system Soul Masters…"
Dugu Bo meticulously explained the incentives for going forward to kill enemies, which greatly boosted the morale of the legion!
Qian Feng, who was beside him, had originally been sweating over Dugu Bo's earlier speech. How could a pre-war mobilization be conducted like that, saying he didn't want to start a war?
Wasn't that ridiculous?
And saying he wouldn't enter the battlefield unless necessary, didn't that imply a bit of shaking the army's morale?
But the military merit rewards mentioned later caused the legion's morale to surge by several degrees!
Dugu Bo looked at the spirited crowd below and nodded with some relief. This military merit system was suggested by the Little Monster.
Initially, a large part of bringing these Soul Masters here was for training purposes. Many of these Soul Masters had never even seen blood before, as they were all students, but now they suddenly became soldiers.
No, that's not right. They had seen blood, but only the blood of Soul Beasts. Killing people and killing Soul Beasts are two different concepts.
After the mobilization ended.
Inside the commander's tent.
Qian Feng respectfully bowed to Dugu Bo, then said, "Poison Douluo Senior, your military merit reward system is truly unique."
This reward system was actually not unique; after all, as legion commanders, their legions also had strict promotion systems, which were essentially a form of military merit.
The more people killed, the more contributions made, the higher the soul power, and the better the treatment.
But this time's rewards involved medicinal pills and various spiritual plants, which could be said to be a grand gesture!
Without approval from above, even Dugu Bo probably wouldn't have been able to make such a decision.
Dugu Bo smiled: "This is actually the Holy Son's idea. He feels that going to the front lines to kill enemies is inherently difficult, with a high chance of casualties. Creating a reward system with medicinal pills and spiritual plants gives these warriors something to look forward to, so even if they are severely wounded, their will to live will be very strong!"
Not to mention those warriors, even he felt a bit moved upon hearing it.
These types of medicinal pills were very attractive to them.
"Then, Senior Dugu Bo, how many points are needed to exchange for these medicinal pills?" Qian Feng asked.
Dugu Bo thought for a moment and said, "Foundation Establishment Pills require 50,000 points, Soul Ascension Pills 1,000 points, ten-year Body Tempering Pills 10 points, hundred-year Body Tempering Pills 100 points, thousand-year Body Tempering Pills 1,000 points, and various spiritual plants start at a minimum of 10,000 points depending on their rarity and age."
Hiss~~
Upon hearing the points required for the Foundation Establishment Pills and spiritual plants, Qian Feng also took a sharp breath.
The required points were too high!
However, considering that these two types of items were very rare in Spirit Hall, it was normal for them to be a bit expensive.
These points, for Soul Masters with insufficient strength, might require a long time to accumulate before they could be exchanged, but for a Soul Douluo expert like him, it was actually not too difficult.
He just needed to kill a few more Soul Saints or Soul Douluo experts.
This might seem unfair to lower-level Soul Masters, but in reality, it was already the fairest system. If you wanted resources, you had to strive for them with your own strength.
Furthermore, the simulated environments and Soul Beast meals provided by Spirit Hall were top-tier.
True unfairness would be if you had the corresponding points but couldn't exchange them for the relevant medicinal pills.
Spirit Hall could only achieve relative fairness; absolute fairness was impossible.
And when Dugu Bo posted these medicinal pills, spiritual plants, and other resources on the bulletin board, Xue Wu and the others all saw them.
Xue Wu and Shui Yue'er truly realized how precious the resources Shui Bing'er had given them were!
Shui Yue'er whispered, "Sister, is the half-Immortal Herb we ate even more precious than spiritual plants?"
Shui Bing'er nodded: "That's right. If classified by age, spiritual plants generally don't exceed ten thousand years, while half-Immortal herbs are herbs over ten thousand years, and immortal herbs are over a hundred thousand years."
"But according to the different qualities of each herb, some immortal herbs are only ten thousand years old but are still immortal herbs, while some spiritual plants reach ten thousand years but can only be spiritual plants. Do you understand this?"
Xue Wu nodded: "Wow, spiritual plants start at 10,000 points. If it's a half-Immortal Herb, wouldn't it start at 100,000 points? Even support from others my whole life probably wouldn't earn that many points."
Shui Bing'er said helplessly: "There's no way around it. The growth period for this type of herb is extremely long; for us, it's a non-renewable resource. One less is gone, so it's naturally not easy to obtain one."
And as the sun slowly rose, the first battle was initiated by the Heaven Dou Empire!
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