47: Soul Tempering Method

The Light Spirit Cat King, controlling the giant hand formed by its spiritual power, dug within the area Luo Chen had marked for it. Seeing Luo Yuheng, who was about to ask a question, it simply raised its paw and pointed at Luo Chen.

Luo Yuheng was about to ask Luo Chen something when he looked up and saw the expanded edge of the Secret Realm.

After he extended his spiritual power and measured the current size of the Secret Realm's space, he truly felt that the Secret Realm had indeed expanded by nearly a tenth.

"How was this done?" Luo Yuheng murmured, utterly confused by the scene before him.

In his forty-two years of experience, it was the first time he had seen a Secret Realm grow on its own. His bewildered gaze turned to Luo Chen, who was most likely to know the answer.

"Uh, a rock, a rock that can increase the size of the space within the Secret Realm."

Luo Chen couldn't give him a better explanation. The fact was already before him, so what more explanation was needed?

Seeing that Luo Chen found it difficult to give a reasonable explanation, Luo Yuheng realized it was related to his amazing Beast Master talent and buried the matter deep in his heart.

Luo Yuheng raised his chin, looking at the large pit, dozens of meters wide, dug by the Light Spirit Cat King. "Then what is this for?"

When that was mentioned, Luo Chen became a bit mysterious. "Wait a moment, once the pit is dug, you'll know."

The Light Spirit Cat King was very fast, and a 15m x 15m x 5m deep pit appeared in front of the wooden house.

Even some irregular edges and corners were repeatedly flattened by the Light Spirit Cat King's spiritual power, resulting in a rather perfect-looking large pit appearing before Luo Chen.

Luo Chen took out the fist-sized white ball and had the Light Spirit Cat King place it in the center of the deep pit.

The Light Spirit Cat King did as it was told, the white orb forming a stark contrast with the dark brown soil.

"You can unseal it now."

The system, following Luo Chen's words, silently removed the seal on the white orb, and then water droplets continuously seeped from the orb's surface.

As time passed, the speed at which water seeped from the orb's surface became faster and faster, practically turning into a small water pump.

Water accumulated at the bottom of the large pit, but it seemed more of it was seeping down. From Luo Chen's estimation, about half of the volume was seeping downwards.

In the end, the water in the pool only filled a small portion of the large pit, and the water level stopped rising.

"Spiritual energy?" Luo Yuheng took some water and smelled it in front of him, his eyes bright. "The spiritual energy concentration in this water is very high."

Luo Chen's focus was different from Luo Yuheng's. After the water level stopped rising, he saw that the orb at the bottom of the pool was still there, and he felt confident.

It seemed this Spirit Spring could be moved at any time in the future.

After Luo Yuheng took some spring water, he dripped it next to a Azure Nether Grass not far from the deep pit. The branches and leaves of the Azure Nether Grass visibly unfurled and became more vibrant.

The Light Spirit Cat King also used its spiritual power to take some spring water, secretly took a sip, and smacked its lips.

It had a unique sweetness, and at the same time, it could feel spiritual energy flowing through its limbs. Although this amount of spiritual energy was very weak for a King Beast like it, regular consumption would still bring great benefits.

While Luo Chen and Luo Yuheng weren't paying attention, the Light Spirit Cat King secretly drank several more large sips until it was full.

Luo Yuheng looked at the orb at the bottom of the pool with fervent eyes. This was truly a good thing; a spring that could produce spiritual energy-rich water should be considered a foundational treasure even among those great families.

His gaze towards Luo Chen became very complex. This kid kept pulling out good things, and he really didn't know when his limit would be reached.

"Xiao Chen, come with me to cultivate. I'll also explain some key points to you after becoming a Star Breeder."

He decided that for the next period, he would closely monitor Luo Chen's cultivation. Only by increasing his strength could he protect what he possessed.

Luo Chen had already intended to study seriously, so Luo Yuheng's request perfectly aligned with his own. Thus, he readily agreed.

Following Luo Yuheng into the small wooden house, from the outside, the small wooden house looked very ordinary.

But upon entering, he realized it really was ordinary.

The space inside the wooden house was less than a hundred square meters, but the left half of the entire house looked particularly messy, with several wooden tables covered in materials.

The tables were ordinary wooden tables, and although the materials on them were messily arranged, their value was considerable. The few that Luo Chen could recognize were all worth two to three hundred thousand.

The right side of the wooden house was probably where Luo Yuheng usually rested, with a low bed and several futons placed on it.

However, through the back window of the wooden house, it was also apparent that there was a backyard, where four cages were placed, three of which contained Beasts resting inside.

Two antelopes and a Azure Nether Grass, which seemed related to Luo Yuheng's recent research.

Luo Yuheng was the first to sit cross-legged on a futon on the low bed. Luo Chen followed his movements and also sat cross-legged.

In this simple small wooden house, the Luo family father and son began their first lesson.

"The condition for an Apprentice Breeder to become a Star Breeder is to successfully advance three different nine-star Fierce Beasts into Spirit Beasts during the assessment.

Only as a Star Breeder can one truly be considered a member of the Breeders."

Luo Yuheng placed his hands on his knees. "However, there is a most important prerequisite for becoming a Star Breeder: you yourself must first become a Spirit-Rank Beast Master."

"And then, above that, are Star Breeders from one-star to five-star. We classify one-star to five-star based on the source within the spiritual power.

Once you become a Star Breeder, your spiritual power will form a small star-like point in your mind. As your spiritual power increases, this small point will gradually enlarge.

When it reaches a certain degree, new star points will regenerate, which is the origin of Vanishing Star Five-star.

Although five-star sounds like a small number, it is very difficult to accumulate. Some Breeders spend their entire lives stuck at this realm."

Luo Yuheng emphasized this very solemnly here, lest Luo Chen truly stumble at this point.

"Next is the Bright Moon Breeder. At this time, the Vanishing Stars within the spiritual power will merge into a Bright Moon, which is an improvement in both the quality and quantity of spiritual power.

Similarly, upon reaching the Sun realm, spiritual power will be as vast as the sun, illuminating the entire spiritual world.

However, these are still quite far from you now. You only need to have a general concept. The key focus is what comes next."

Luo Yuheng cleared his throat, and Luo Chen also straightened himself, indicating that he was listening carefully.

"Ever since your Eye of Truth talent awakened, your spiritual power has also greatly improved. Every time you use the Eye of Truth, you consume your spiritual power.

Whenever you continuously observe the information of different Beasts, after many times, do you always feel dizzy or a stinging sensation in your mind?"

Luo Chen thought for a moment and nodded, as he had indeed experienced such feelings.

"That's because you've consumed too much spiritual power and need sufficient rest for your spirit to recover.

And our spiritual power can also be trained. This is the Soul Forging and Tempering Method I obtained at an auction house, which can greatly enhance the toughness and strength of the spirit."

Luo Chen took the jade slip handed to him by Luo Yuheng and, following Luo Yuheng's instructions, placed the jade slip on his forehead.

Then, a surge of information instantly poured into his mind.

"Soul Forging and Tempering Method"

Simply put, this thing, which seemed like a cultivation method, explained in various aspects how to temper one's soul. However, this jade slip was probably left behind by that old scholar.

Because there were many obscure and incomprehensible parts, but fortunately, there were special illustrations demonstrating how to temper, so it wasn't too difficult for Luo Chen to follow the instructions.

So Luo Chen quickly entered the State and began to temper his soul.

Seeing him enter the State so quickly, Luo Yuheng nodded in satisfaction.

Within the Qingyou Secret Realm, the passage of time was imperceptible.

In Luo Chen's spiritual world, Luo Chen, following the descriptions in the jade slip, tempered his soul five times before stopping. This was because he had reached his limit and had no more spiritual power left for tempering.

Moreover, he would not be able to use the Eye of Truth today, as his spiritual power had been exhausted during the tempering process.

Opening his eyes, he found that Luo Yuheng had already left at some unknown time.

Luo Chen got off the low bed and went outside the wooden house, finding Luo Yuheng's figure by the Spirit Spring not far from the door, as well as Su Muqing, who had arrived at some unknown time.

The two of them were currently planting something by the Spirit Spring.

As he got closer, Luo Chen saw that they were planting Azure Nether Grass. Nearly a dozen Qingyou Grasses were planted in this area.

If it weren't for Luo Yuheng, a King-Rank Beast Master, and Su Muqing, a high-star Spirit Rank Beast Master, being so close, Luo Chen estimated they would have already started fighting.

"How was your cultivation?" Su Muqing, having learned from Luo Yuheng that Luo Chen had studied the "Soul Forging and Tempering Method" today, asked with concern.

"Not bad."

Hearing Luo Chen say this, Su Muqing felt relieved.

"There's no need to rush with cultivation. Take your time, you're still young," Su Muqing's voice was very gentle.

Luo Chen wanted to say that he was already eighteen and not that young, but seeing Su Muqing's eyes, he swallowed his words.

"Are all the Qingyou Grasses in the entire Secret Realm being brought here?"

Luo Chen said, looking at Luo Yuheng and the Light Spirit Cat King, who were busy in this area.

Su Muqing curled her lips. "Your dad said that putting these Qingyou Grasses together makes them easier to look after, and with the nourishment of this Spirit Spring water, he's not worried about them not having enough energy."

"Won't they fight?"

"No, those who dared to fight have already been taught a lesson," Su Muqing's words were profound.

Luo Chen looked carefully and indeed found that some of the Qingyou Grasses had very obvious scratches on their leaves.

Some even had one or two leaves missing, clearly having been severely punished, and quite miserably at that.