Volume 2: Entering the Ghost Feast by Mistake Section 112: Soul Crystal Beads
Zhang Su didn't continue to practice after reading "The Other Soul Other", it was already night, and after feeding some of his own souls to the Tudun furnace and the Wraith Seed, Zhang Su fell asleep on the bed.
The next day, Zhang Su got up from the bed early, because of the good rest, the fatigue accumulated a few days ago has completely dissipated from the body, Zhang Su stretched his hands and feet, refreshed and walked to the small balcony of the rental house, opened the balcony window, looked at the bright morning sun through the clean window, breathed in the fresh morning air, and seemed to have all the sorrows disappeared after spitting.
Zhang Su looked at his mobile phone, there was no call from Pu Zitong in the caller ID, Zhang Su guessed that Pu Zitong should have chatted with He Lu and them late last night, and it was estimated that he would not get up very early today, so Zhang Su no longer waited for Pu Zitong's information, and after washing, he made hot tea with the teapot on the table, and then turned on the computer and started the Internet, and sent a message to his friend Wang Rui, who he hadn't contacted for a long time.
"I haven't been in touch for a long time, you said you came to Qicheng to find me for dinner, you didn't come, I'm still waiting." Zhang Su simply edited the message and sent it over.
thought that his friend might not have gotten up in the morning, so Zhang Su cut out to find some funny little video screen to watch, but as soon as Zhang Su cut out, the small icon of chat began to flash, obviously Wang Rui sent an echo.
"Damn, big brother, I thought you were fucking sold on a small black ship in Africa, why didn't you contact me for so long?" Wang Rui replied.
"You have no conscience, if I don't contact you, you won't contact me, you've been on vacation for more than a month, right? Why didn't you come to me? Zhang Su asked, adding a look of disdain to the end of the sentence by the way.
"Don't say it, how can you have a vacation after all the graduate students, follow the mentor to do projects, white and black every day, how can you have other thoughts." Wang Rui complained, with a sighing expression.
"It's a good thing, the tutor values you so much, it means that you don't have to worry about your future development, I heard that you can earn a lot of money by following the tutor to do projects in the university, whether it is the project investment of the country or the enterprise, you can also drink soup with the tutor taking the lion's share, isn't it." Zhang said.
"It depends on the face of the tutor, now in the university, the tutor takes the work, and then sends us the job, and the project is all assigned to us students, and then we are sent away by a grain of rice, how can there be any opportunity to drink soup." Wang Rui replied, with a sad expression on his face.
"Why, what are you going to do with him if you don't pay him, isn't this treating you as free labor?" Zhang said with an angry expression.
"Do you think I want to be a laborer? It's not that people have great power and hold my graduation certificate, if I accidentally annoy that person, I will have my good fruit to eat in the future, and if he keeps not letting me graduate, I can't do anything. Wang Rui said.
"And this kind of thing, then this kind of mentor is very bad." Zhang Su responded.
"I can't control that, it doesn't matter if it's good or bad, just let me graduate, haven't you seen the news that the tutor and professor let female students accompany me, don't accompany
If you don't graduate, although you can sue the royal court after accompanying you, but after all, you've been hurt, and you're dead, of course, we're not much better off boys, you don't have to sell yourself, just sell coolies. Wang Rui said.
"Are you still busy?" Zhang Su asked.
"A big project is in the hands of the three newcomers who have just entered the industry, learning and doing it, not busy, but quite busy, forget it, today just finished the third phase of the project, the rest of the project has not yet come, you can rest for a day or two, how are you? Got a job? Wang Rui asked.
"I guess I've found it." Zhang Su thought about it and typed slowly.
"What do you mean? If you find it, you find it, if you don't find it, you can't find it, it's been ten months since we last contacted us, right? Wang Rui asked, sending a surprised expression.
"I found it, but how can I tell you? You just thought of me as an employee of a headhunter, do you understand? Zhang Su thought about it for a long time, and finally found a position similar to the nature of the soul master.
"Headhunters? Did you go to human resources? This doesn't match your major, how about it? Okay? Wang Rui asked.
"Make do with it, it's a lot of money, but it's a little dangerous." Zhang Su explained.
"What's wrong? Is it still easy to get beaten by headhunters and poachers? Aren't companies and employees just buying and selling? Why are you still beating people when you are poached? Wang Rui said, with an incredible expression.
Zhang Su looked at the message sent by Wang Rui with a wry smile, he didn't know how to explain the profession of the soul master, saying that it was a profession, it was more like another group of people who existed in this world, similar to those aliens with special abilities in the movie, and the things he did were even more difficult to explain, how could he say this to an ordinary person like Wang Rui with a bounty, I guess he wouldn't believe it after hearing it, Zhang Su finally decided not to reveal the matter of the soul master to Wang Rui.
"Well, the beating, the beating is fierce, do you think, the people who can make money in other companies have been poached by you, can the boss not be in a hurry? The dog jumps over the wall when he is in a hurry, and the boss can't beat people when he is in a hurry? Zhang Su covered his mouth and snickered as he typed.
"Well, it's reasonable, no, it's not right, you don't know how much your family is worth when you are the boss, how can you blame the headhunter for being poached, market economy, this statement is tantamount to strong words under the logic of robbers." Wang Rui replied.
"My brother Da Rui has made progress, and he has learned the market economy, don't talk about that, when will you come to me, I still owe you a meal." Zhang Su replied with a smile.
"After completing the project at the beginning of August, it is estimated that I can take half a month off, and I have to go home for a while, and I will go to you at the end of August, it's not too late, and I said that I invited you to eat the entry meal, and you have now joined the company, so I will invite you to eat a promotion and salary increase meal." Wang Rui said.
"Okay, I'll wait for you." Zhang Su replied.
"I won't talk to you, my girlfriend is coming to me, and I have to go out shopping with her today." Zhang Su replied for a while, and Wang Rui suddenly sent it back.
"You also said that the project is busy, and the feelings are outside
I'm looking for someone, let's go, don't come and feed me dog food. Zhang Su responded, sending a disdainful expression.
Zhang Su and his old friend chatted on the Internet for about ten minutes, and looked at the time It was still early, and Pu Zitong hadn't contacted him yet, so he got up and went downstairs, and went to a stall outside the community to drink porridge and eat steamed buns.
"Zhiru." Zhang Su approached Qu Zhiru's side and said hello.
"Brother Zhang, why are you here?" Qu Zhiru asked in surprise.
"Come to dinner, are you going to school?" Zhang Su saw Qu Zhiru carrying a schoolbag and asked.
"Brother Zhang is really stupid, it's a holiday, I'm going to the extracurricular cram school for the first grade, I signed up for a whole holiday class, and I go to school from Monday to Friday as usual." Qu Zhiru explained.
"No wonder, it turns out that Zhiru works so hard, don't you have to take any taekwondo classes on the weekend? Won't it be tiring? Zhang Su asked with concern.
"No, my father is busy, my brother is also busy, it's fun for me to be at home alone, I won't be too bored to go to some cram schools, it's good." Qu Zhiru explained with a smirk.
Zhang Su knew Qu Zhiru's loneliness, but after his Nirvana, things were increasing little by little, and he couldn't spare time to accompany Qu Zhiru at all, so he could only let Qu Zhiru fall into the situation of being alone again, and Zhang Su's heart suddenly felt a little guilty.
"Is the cram school far away? Do you want me to send you there? Zhang Su blurted out and asked.
"It's not far, it's just two streets from here, and I can't walk for more than ten minutes." Qu Zhiru looked at Zhang Su and replied with a little joy.
"Then I'll send you over when I'm done eating." Zhang Su nodded.
Seeing that Zhang was going to send herself, Qu Zhiru lowered her head with a flushed face, and she didn't know what to say, but she was just eating thoughtlessly.
Zhang Su originally wanted to ask about Qu Zhiru's current situation, and wanted to know if she had recovered from her panic after encountering the incident of being possessed by her mother's ghost, but seeing that Qu Zhiru was just eating with her head bored, Zhang Su didn't want to mention the incident that made her sad anymore, and she just ate quietly after the meal.
After breakfast, Zhang Su accompanied Qu Zhiru on the road slowly, when crossing the road, Zhang Su unconsciously took Qu Zhiru's hand, as if leading a child to lead Qu Zhiru on the zebra crossing, waiting for the light to stop, Zhang Su and Qu Zhiru quickly crossed the street, and soon arrived at Qu Zhiru's cram school.
"Let's go in, don't forget to eat on time at noon." Zhang Su instructed Qu Zhiru like his own child.
"Then I'll go to Brother Zhang, Brother Zhang, don't just care about maintaining the safety of others, but also pay attention to your own safety." Qu Zhiru nodded, and also said with concern to Zhang Su.
Zhang Su said "um" and watched Qu Zhiru walk towards the cram school.
Hulala, hulala......
Just as Zhang Su was walking back after sending Qu Zhiru, the mobile phone rang suddenly in his pocket
Come, Zhang Su took out a call that was Pu Zitong, and quickly pressed the answer button and asked, "Hey, did you talk to your best friend late yesterday?" ”
"Well, I didn't go to bed until three or four in the morning, and I slept for less than four hours." Pu Zitong replied sleepily.
"Why don't you rest a little longer, and you can't go soul hunting in a daze." Zhang Su suggested.
"No, the soul master's spiritual power has already surpassed ordinary people after cultivating spiritual sense, and after sleeping for three or four hours, the spirit will be restored, and there is no need to rest too much, but the body is still a little tired, so I still need to let the body rest for an hour, and then take a hot bath to relieve fatigue, and I will go to you again in two hours." Pu Zitong explained.
"Well, okay, by the way, I have a question for you." Zhang said.
"Say it." Pu Zitong responded without thinking.
"In addition to absorbing soul dust, what other methods do you know to enhance your soul power?" Zhang Su asked.
"Why did you think to ask this question? Do you feel that the improvement of soul power is slowing down? Pu Zitong asked with a smile.
"There's a reason for this, since I entered the first order of the soul king, I feel that my soul power has slowed down a lot, it only took three months in the Heavenly Soul Castle to advance from a newcomer who has just become a soul master to a senior soul master, and I have advanced five times, and when I advanced from a senior soul master to a junior soul king, it took me two months at the first level, and then it took me almost five months to advance from a junior soul king to an intermediate soul king, although I was a little negligent in cultivation during this period, But I can clearly feel that my progress is slowing down, so I'd like to ask you for some solutions. Zhang Su explained.
"This is normal, using exercises to absorb soul dust is the basic way to improve soul power, but with the increase of soul power, the soul dust of the heaven and earth realm is so thin, the improvement that this basic method can bring is very slow, our Pu family has carried out statistical calculations, based on the current average density of soul dust in the heaven and earth realm, even if the soul forging rate of a soul master is 80%, without eating or drinking, he only relies on exercises to absorb soul dust, and it will take one hundred and seventy-four years to advance to the level of soul immortal. So as long as you are a soul master, you will encounter this question you ask me. Pu Zitong responded with a smile again.
"One hundred and seventy-four years? I'm sure I won't live to that age, which means that I won't be able to enter the Soul Immortal level in my life by relying on the ordinary method of refining souls and forging souls? That's not right, like your father Pu Linggong, Mr. Nan Guo of the Soul Hunting Company, and Guan Zhizhi, the talented daughter of the Guan family, aren't they all at the level of soul immortals? In other words, there are other ways to become a soul immortal, right? Zhang Su asked.
"Of course there is, there is more than one, for example, the soul building room in the Heavenly Soul Castle can help the soul master accelerate the absorption of soul power, and for example, some heavenly and earth treasures that can assist in the improvement of soul power can also supply a large amount of soul power, all of which can make the soul master quickly promoted, I used some materials brought out from home to advance from the primary soul king to the current intermediate soul king, I thought you could quickly advance to the intermediate soul king is also what kind of heavenly and earthly treasure,
If you are asking me about this now, it means that I was wrong in my previous guess. Pu Zitong replied.
"I know the soul building room, it's because of some kind of formation blessing that can attract souls and gather souls, that kind of should be made by people who specialize in making horcruxes, I don't have that ability, what are the heavenly and earthly treasures you are talking about, or what are the heavenly materials and earthly treasures you are using?" Zhang Su asked.
"It turns out that you want to know what kind of material I used, it's really annoying, and I go around such a big bend, just say no, it's not something unseemly, the thing I use is called the soul crystal bead, the soul crystal bead is originally a kind of soul storage container, the people of the major families will break the collected soul crystal stone or other soul power materials, and then introduce the soul power into the soul crystal bead, and the soul crystal bead will store a large amount of pure soul power for people to absorb directly." Pu Zitong explained.
"Soul Crystal Beads? Why don't you just absorb the soul power in the soul crystal? Why do you need to use soul beads in one more move? Zhang asked puzzled.
"You don't know this, taking the soul crystal stone as an example, our Pu family has several soul crystal veins, if you want to move the entire vein away, it is impossible, and once the soul crystal stone is damaged, the soul power inside will be leaked and lost, and it cannot be retained, so you can only use special soul crystal beads for soul power storage, the steps are very simple, let the miner knock a small hole in the brittle point of the soul crystal stone, and then introduce the soul power in the soul crystal stone into the soul crystal bead, and the soul crystal bead will be transported to our Pu family's warehouse by a special person after it is full. Then according to the level of condensation of the soul power in the soul crystal, it will be classified and stored, and it will be taken out again when it needs to be used, and this is the case for all major families. Pu Zitong said.
"There are still veins? Why did the miners collect these soul powers and transport them to your families? Wouldn't it be okay if they themselves continued to absorb it in it, then they wouldn't be promoted to a very high level soon? Zhang asked puzzled.
"What you can think of, how could the major families not think of it? Generally, the ore veins are explored by the family owners and professionals, and after having accurate information, the exclusive pioneer team formed by the family is responsible, and the collectors in the ore veins are the people of the pioneer team, and there are also ordinary people temporarily hired from the outside as short-term workers, and the pioneer team needs to plant the family soul contract before each pioneer mission, and it is necessary to be set up to block the technique that cannot absorb soul power, so they can only look at the ore vein but cannot use it, not to mention the short-term labor, they are all ordinary people, they only know how to work with money, and collect according to a certain procedure, I don't know what I'm collecting at all, so it's rare for a pioneer team to covet soul power. Pu Zitong explained.
"I see, it's heavily guarded, that soul crystal bead is very precious." Zhang Su asked.
"This is also divided into grades, the soul crystal stone is divided into several levels according to the soul power contained, the lower grade, the middle grade, the upper grade, the boutique, the peerless, this is according to the amount of soul power contained and its purity, and the preciousness of the soul crystal stone is related to the soul power of the soul crystal stone of that level of storage, the soul crystal bead I stole from home is a boutique level, even in our family, there is only no
There are twenty pieces, so you know whether they are precious or not. Pu Zitong giggled.
"Boutique? In other words, the purity of the soul power essence is at the level of the soul ancestor, have you absorbed it all? Zhang asked puzzled.
"My soul power essence purity is much lower than that of my soul ancestor now, how can I absorb it all? When I absorb soul power that is purer than my own soul power, I need to degrade and dilute it before I can use it, and I can't absorb too much at one time, otherwise it will be difficult to assimilate, and I have to gradually turn it into my own use without damaging my soul, and if I absorb all the soul power in it over time, then I will not be far from the first level of the soul ancestor. Pu Zitong said proudly.
"Well, I know, I also have to find a way to get some of this kind of thing, otherwise I will be thrown farther and farther away by you, presumably the elites of those other families are also using this method to improve their soul power, I feel that I will be slowly left behind, I may not be able to resist your competitors before the competition, hey." Zhang Su pretended to sigh.
"Hmph, don't you just want to extort some soul beads from me?" Hearing Zhang Su's sigh, Pu Zitong snorted coldly,
"I didn't say it, don't guess if it's good or not." Zhang Su hurriedly retorted, but in fact, he secretly smiled in his heart, he really wanted to get some soul crystal beads from Pu Zitong to try, but he was embarrassed to ask for them directly.
"It's not impossible to want the soul crystal bead, I can't get the high-quality ones, but I still have the confidence to get the medium-grade and high-grade ones, but you have to pay some price." Pu Zitong said playfully.
"At what cost?" Zhang asked puzzled.
"We'll talk about it when we meet." Pu Zitong replied.
(End of chapter)