Moreover, unlike those brutes from the Essence Sect, if Shrek really attacks Mingde Hall to rescue Qian Duoduo and Fan Yu, they definitely wouldn't do it just for these reasons.
"The Soul Fighting Competition is held every five years, and for ten thousand years, Shrek has consistently won the championship. Their soul bones must be piling up..."
When Xuan Ziweng heard Su Yu say this, he was speechless.
Could you possibly run inside and snatch them away?
"There aren't that many soul bones.
After Shrek wins them, they're distributed among the participating students, and out of those who remain at Shrek, less than half stay.
Each generation of the Shrek Seven Monsters has three who remain to develop in the Inner Courtyard, which is already exceptional.
The students who leave Shrek go back to the Douluo Three Kingdoms.
Moreover, even those who stay in the Inner Courtyard, once they die, their soul bones will be recycled for the next generation's cultivation, thus nurturing new Shrek Seven Monsters.
Alternatively, they might be purely rewarded during the freshman assessment to opponents who do not meet the conditions of the Shrek Seven Monsters, eventually flowing back into various major forces within the Douluo Three Kingdoms.
The truly amassed soul bones won't be ridiculously large.
The real losers in this process are our Sun and Moon Empire.
Because no matter what, soul bones won't flow back to us.
And the total amount of soul bones is actually almost fixed.
With repeated losses and constant rewards, they naturally have to replenish from the Douluo Three Kingdoms."
Xuan Ziweng seems to understand this process well.
"Otherwise, how do you think the soul-guiding devices from the Douluo Three Kingdoms originally developed? They relied entirely on trades with our Sun and Moon Empire."
Xuan Ziweng looked at Su Yu with an expression that seemed to say you haven't learned this, have you.
This is a case explained in the Royal Soul Guide Academy's textbook.
Back then, even I, as a senior, was skipping grades. Who wasn't a genius, but I read the textbooks thoroughly.
"Even so, Shrek won't have few soul bones." Su Yu still insisted.
The total number of soul bones is basically fixed, but that's fixed for the same period.
Over ten thousand years, this fixed total has been slowly increasing.
And Shrek, having inherited traditions for ten thousand years, is the most terrifying accumulation in this process.
Each generation has at least double-digit Titled Douluos, at least five Sea God Pavilion members, each with no less than five ten-thousand-year soul rings.
A hundred-thousand-year soul bone will definitely explode, and though the chance for a ten-thousand-year one is smaller, it's still higher compared to a thousand-year one.
The probability of a ten-thousand-year soul bone exploding isn't said to be fifty percent, but at least ten percent.
With this ten percent probability, there are at least two soul bones among five elders.
Even if one generation counts as only three hundred years, just this accumulation alone amounts to seventy or eighty pieces.
Moreover, these Sea God Pavilion members, growing up, would collect other soul bones through various methods.
A Sea God Pavilion member without a soul bone is truly rare.
"Senior brother, you must be aware that many times the value isn't immutable. The input of human perception is most crucial."
Exchanging Qian Duoduo and Fan Yu might seem like a loss with ten or twenty top-grade soul bones.
However, it depends on the situation.
...
Su Yu did not delve into these details further with Xuan Ziweng.
"Senior brother, leave the matter of soul bones to me, you just focus on communicating with those in soul bone soul-guiding technology."
Seeing Su Yu full of confidence, Xuan Ziweng didn't refute.
Soul bones are precious, but if Su Yu guarantees them like this, Xuan Ziweng is willing to trust him.
To say nothing more, Su Yu's intrinsic value far exceeds these soul bones.
Neither Kong Deming nor Mirror Hongchen would be reluctant to invest.
"By the way, senior brother, bring this life seed along, I believe it will intrigue them."
Before leaving, Su Yu handed Xuan Ziweng a seed.
This was a life seed he formed by compressing his soul power using Blue Silver Seed.
It basically represents restoring every state, whether it's mental fatigue or physical, as long as this seed is carried, everything can be resolved.
Furthermore, it subtly enhances the physique of Soul Guides.
In solidified soul power form, this seed can last at least a month.
Su Yu absorbed a two-hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor, and the process's soul bone was refined into a Blue Silver Seed by Ellex.
The greatest effect of Blue Silver Seed is collaborating with Su Yu's Sixth Soul Ring to perform the Immortal Blue Silver, this resurrection-type soul skill.
Besides this, it also has an additional soul skill, Life Seed.
Su Yu compressed and condensed his soul power into a life seed using this soul skill.
Among the soul skills brought by the Sixth Soul Ring, apart from Immortal Blue Silver, Su Yu also gained a soul skill—Sea of All Rivers.
This soul skill is a recovery skill that, unlike the First Soul Skill, Star Spirit Power, is a momentary recovery soul skill.
Swallowing all external energy to restore one's own soul power and spiritual power, it also restores life force.
Star Spirit Power might need time to accumulate effects.
But Sea of All Rivers doesn't, forcibly swallowing all surrounding energy in an instant, restoring one's state.
Within the life seed, incorporating the effects of recovering from mental and physical fatigue, includes the effects of Sea of All Rivers.
Moreover, Sea of All Rivers can cooperate with Blue Silver Domain.
Receiving the life seed, Xuan Ziweng immediately widened his eyes.
A wave of life force surged through his body, clearing all fatigue.
This feeling intoxicated him.
For a researcher who often stays up late working on soul-guiding devices, this is almost a divine artifact!
"Is this... this something you can mass-produce?"
Xuan Ziweng stuttered.
Su Yu shook his head.
"Mass production is definitely impossible.
This requires compressing my soul power and life force.
And each seed only lasts a month.
Without disrupting my normal cultivation and research, I can only condense at most five seeds a month."
Xuan Ziweng's eyes glimmered.
Five seeds!
"Xiaoyu, dear junior brother, you must save one life seed for me in the future."
Being shaken by Xuan Ziweng, Su Yu felt a bit uncomfortable, and quickly agreed.
Honestly, after becoming a Soul Master, Su Yu rarely experienced fatigue.
Many Soul Masters indeed feel the same, not showing signs of fatigue even if staying up three days and nights.
However, Soul Guides are different; their research consumes spiritual power, a rather painful affair.
Su Yu was fortunate, with abundant life attributes; even when his spiritual power was reduced to less than ten percent after research, his physical condition remained good. Upon waking, under the nurturing of life force, his spiritual power was restored by a large margin.
Other Soul Guides, though, didn't have such favorable conditions.
Especially those Soul Guides who are passionate about their research.
"I dare say, this life seed will be enough to attract those opportunists."
Xuan Ziweng guaranteed, if he produced one life seed per month, those money-eyed people would be tempted.
Su Yu never expected that the life seed would have such allure.
However, this could be good.
"I originally just intended to help you recover your state for quicker achievements..."
Thinking it was a sin, Su Yu hastily exited Xuan Ziweng's research lab.
Su Yu confidently entrusted Xuan Ziweng with the research of the bone pattern system, allowing him to fully focus on advancing to become an Eighth-level Soul Guide.
Kong Deming also knew about his advancement, handing him some Eighth-level soul-guiding theory materials.
In a blink, half a year's time flew by.
While wholly researching soul-guiding devices, Su Yu didn't neglect his cultivation of soul power or other conventional practices.
He's merely paused most development work, concentrating on soul-guiding device studies.
Yet even so, this Soul Emperor level only increased by one level of soul power over the past six months, breaking through after the month of initiation.
The research on the bone pattern system proceeded smoothly.
Xuan Ziweng summoned three eighth-level Soul Guides from the soul bone soul-guiding technology faction to steadily advance the bone pattern system.
Based on this, Su Yu started his cultivation in bone patterns.
In half a year, he achieved initial results.
Not to mention the transformation of bones into soul bone levels, on the physical side, he experienced qualitative improvements, with exceptionally vigorous Qi and Blood Power.