Five days later.
Star Valley.
Su Yu and his disciple arrived.
"Xiaofeng, we're here. Stop studying for now. Always be prepared during the Soul Beast hunt to prevent sudden attacks from Soul Beasts."
Bai Feng put away the thick book of Level 1 Soul-guiding Theory and notes given to him by Su Yu.
Although he had already killed the Evil Soul Master who slaughtered his village, it seemed that this experience, coupled with the influence of his Martial Soul, gave Bai Feng an obsession with killing Evil Soul Masters.
To deal with Evil Soul Masters, powerful strength is indispensable.
Having heard Su Yu's description of Battle Armor, he became more enthusiastic about the study of Soul-guiding Devices, while also changing the concepts formed under the influence of the village elder's stories in recent years.
The abilities of a Soul Guide are important.
But the abilities of a Soul Master cannot be ignored either.
The teacher said that the Soul Master is the foundation of everything, and the Battle Armor, as the most successful crystallization of the fusion path between Soul Guides and Soul Masters, is also based on Soul Masters.
Strong Soul Master qualities combined with the further enhancement of Soul-guiding Devices are the strongest path.
As for the fact that learning and cultivating both require a lot of energy?
The teacher said that his own talent is more than enough, so he should pursue all of them!
"The Power of the Stars is really dense in this Star Valley."
As soon as they entered Star Valley, Su Yu felt the dense Power of the Stars.
"Xiaofeng, take advantage of the Power of the Stars here, I'll teach you some simple applications."
Since the Martial Soul naturally possesses the ability to manipulate the Power of the Stars, it should be well developed.
Any technique that can be self-developed should not waste a Soul Ring slot.
For instance, the entangling parasitism of Blue Silver Grass, which is the innate ability of plants—it's easy and simple to obtain a Soul Skill, but it undoubtedly wastes a Soul Ring slot.
Having an active enhancement-type Soul Skill is far better than the first Soul Skill being Blue Silver Entangle.
Under Su Yu's guidance, Bai Feng began to try to sense the Power of the Stars through his Martial Soul. The level of density of the Power of the Stars in the valley needed no further mention; by the third time, Bai Feng could clearly sense this power.
On the second day, under Su Yu's guidance, Bai Feng completed the simple manipulation of the Power of the Stars.
On the third day, Bai Feng started to use the Power of the Stars to operate his cultivation technique within his body, refining the partially refined Power of the Stars through the advancement of the technique, tempering every part of his body.
On the fourth day, Bai Feng practiced running the Power of the Stars through his meridians in a technique-like form, and deployed the Starlight Shield.
The Starlight Shield, a product developed by Su Yu under a unified theory of cultivation technique, simplifies self-created Soul Skills, making it more convenient for beginners to learn Soul Martial Skills.
"The Starlight Shield is just a simple Soul Martial Skill that condenses the Power of the Stars into a shield, with defensive capabilities barely useful in battles at the level of Grand Soul Master and below. The level you've mastered is still shallow, its effect is only about half that of a Centennial Soul Skill, the casting speed is too slow, and it needs more practice."
The Starlight Shield is a decomposition of Su Yu's Star Guardian, which only contains a simple operation of condensing a shield using the Power of the Stars. Although its protective strength is not great, in battles at the Grand Soul Master level, it has appreciable effects compared to a Centennial Soul Ring Skill.
To continue to cultivate in this way, becoming more adept at using this Soul Martial Skill and reaching the normal casting speed of a Soul Skill, this will become an additional half Soul Skill for Bai Feng!
Moreover, this is just a relatively basic technique.
As he becomes more proficient in using Soul Power and the Power of the Stars, he can attempt to enrich and perfect it, making this Soul Martial Skill increasingly powerful.
For instance, Su Yu's mastered Star Guardian is a Soul Skill comparable to a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring Skill.
The fact that Bai Feng managed to barely learn to cast the Starlight Shield in one day is an effect of his Martial Soul's high affinity with the Power of the Stars.
However, the slow release speed is its biggest drawback.
Though he's entered the basics, it doesn't have much effect yet.
"The Starlight Shield is a Soul Martial Skill obtained by simplifying, as much as possible, the pathway of running Soul Power through the meridians. To improve the effect of this Soul Martial Skill, one needs to increase proficiency and speed up the casting speed, or learn the Core Array, and when able to perform Void Inscription Rune, this Soul Martial Skill can be transformed into a Rune Soul Skill."
With Su Yu's introduction, Bai Feng felt as if he had entered a whole new world.
His previous understanding of Soul Masters was just about Soul Masters and Soul Guides, and Soul-guiding Devices.
He had never heard of Soul Martial Skills or Rune Soul Skills. Soul Skills only came from Soul Rings; he hadn't even heard of self-created Soul Skills.
Now, under Su Yu's guidance, he quickly gained knowledge and saw many of the most cutting-edge techniques in Soul Master cultivation.
"Xiaofeng, stop practicing for now, we'll have plenty of time to practice when we get back to Mingdu. Your Soul Ring is here."
Su Yu's Spiritual Power had already found a suitable target.
With a full ten meters in length and three meters in height, it had a fierce appearance, giving off a razor-sharp feeling, with spikes on its back like swords, imbued with a bluish-purple Star-like sword gleam.
The Sword Scale Dragon is a variant of the Earth Dragon, covered with sword-like scales providing excellent defense and attack capabilities.
The Celestial Star Sword Scale Dragon is a rare individual, mutated with Star attributes on the basis of the Sword Scale Dragon.
If it weren't for Xuan Ziweng's information about the presence of a Celestial Star Sword Scale Dragon here, Su Yu wouldn't have set this as the target for Bai Feng's first Soul Ring.
This is much rarer than his first Soul Ring of Star Spirit Grass.