Chapter 8: The Seed of the River Styx
As a former legendary-level master, Luo Sheng's learning ability is definitely not bad. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 The knowledge of up to 170 points on the info character panel is the result of Rasen's learning. Although this number cannot be compared to that of Legendary-level mages, it is definitely not worse than other Legendary classes.
However, Luo Sheng knew very well that just relying on his learning ability and study habits in his previous life, it was absolutely wishful thinking to master time-type spells. This is not only because temporal spells are the most profound and difficult to learn among all types of spells, but also because of the differences in learning methods and ways of thinking between druids and mages.
Essentially, a druid is a class that relies on the 'perception' attribute to master spells. When learning spells, it is more about understanding nature, and then relying on natural feedback to comprehend the essence of spells. Mages learn spells, mainly relying on 'intelligence', relying on their own memory ability, logical reasoning, and even mathematical analysis ability to analyze spell models, and then exercise to master spells.
For example, a druid is like a liberal arts student, who treats spells as writing essays, and needs to feel carefully, diverge his imagination, and then rely on nature to describe these things. Mages are like science students, they regard spells as application problems, they need to list various conditions, factors, and then reason, argue, analyze, calculate, solve, and even need to use 'sea of questions' to finally master spells. In terms of mindset, there is a huge difference between the two professions. Using the druid's way of thinking to learn the time spells that require the most mage's thinking can be said to be a fish for a tree. Therefore, in order to master the time-based spells, Luo Sheng must change his way of thinking and start studying hard again.
"But that's a good thing. With such a good foundation, it's time for a change. Although he knew that it would be painful and difficult to change his way of thinking and learn in another way, Luo Sheng definitely didn't want to give up this time. Because this change not only has the opportunity for Luo Sheng to master powerful time-type spells, but also has great benefits for Luo Sheng to deeply grasp the natural balance and life recovery spells. If Luo Sheng can integrate the two learning methods in the future, he will accelerate his comprehension of the laws of the realm, which is a necessary condition for breaking through the immortal level. For Luo Sheng, who aspires to reach the pinnacle of power, this is an opportunity that must be grasped with all his might.
Although he has made a decision, change is not a matter of a moment and a half, and there is no condition to learn now, so Luo Sheng put away the light screen of the character panel and turned his gaze to his own sea of knowledge. It is not too big a space, and in the center is a small green tree of more than one meter. And at the foot of the small tree, there is a pool of black water that is not too much. Other than that, the sea of knowledge is empty, and there is nothing else.
Looking at the thriving and growing green trees, Luo Sheng was in a very happy mood. This small tree is the embodiment of Luo Sheng's natural heart in the sea of knowledge, and it is also the manifestation of Luo Sheng's soul in the sea of knowledge. In fact, the source of the power of each profession, whether it is the source of the mage's arcane law, the soul of the shaman's ancestors, or the heart of the priest's Holy Spirit, is the soul of the caster and the extraordinary power mastered, such as elemental, shadow, light, nature and other energy of various natures, sublimated into a special energy organization, which not only exists in the body, but can also manifest in the sea of consciousness. It's just that the caster's profession is different, the attributes of the power and the nature of the mana are different, and the image of the source of power is different, and the name is also different, but it is essentially the same.
After the source of power is successfully condensed, the caster's casting and cultivation revolve around the source of power. When casting a spell, the consciousness needs to first give instructions to the source of power, and then the source of power mobilizes mana to complete the spell. When practicing, it is also with the help of the source of power to condense mana, learn spells, and then strengthen the source of power through exercise and meditation.
And the strength of the source of power not only means that the caster has more mana, masteres stronger spells, and is promoted to a higher class level, but also means that the caster's soul is strong. And the meaning of the immortal rank at the pinnacle of a professional is that the source of power has grown enough to immortalize the soul.
At present, Luo Sheng is only one level, and the heart of nature is still quite weak, so the embodied little tree is still in a young state. However, when Luo Sheng felt the vitality from the growth state of the small tree. The branches representing the three major power systems are thriving, and although the leaves representing spells on the branches are still sparse, they are faintly glorious, roughly forming a loop, and the green brilliance representing mana circulates between the leaves, growing this small tree that is growing rapidly little by little. If it grows at this rate, it won't take long for the small tree to break through two meters, and at that time, it means that Luo Sheng's career level has reached the second level.
After confirming the growth rate of the Heart of Nature, Rasen's attention shifted to the waterhole at the base of the small tree. Old Pike's glowing golden soul is soaked in black water. As time passed, the body of the soul dissolved little by little, turning into a part of the black water. The golden light in the soul also scattered out dots and pieces, falling to the bottom of the water, constantly washed by the black water.
This pool of black water is called soul pulp, which can refine the soul and extract the soul source, which is one of the foundations of the seed of the River Styx. The Styx seed itself has been fused with Rasen's soul, and most of its functions are realized through the heart of nature, but there are some exceptions, and the soul refining function of the soul pulp is one of them.
For a long time, the Styx Seed, a treasure of symbiosis and co-prosperity with Luo Sheng's soul, has been Luo Sheng's greatest reliance. Previously, Luo Sheng had also tried his best to study the origin and function of the Styx Seed, but even after Luo Sheng advanced to the legend, at the cost of selling his body to work, he entered the libraries of several major forces to check the materials, but he could not find out the origin of the Styx Seed.
However, Luo Sheng has grown up with the seed of the river Styx for so many years, and he also has a general understanding of the seed of the river Styx. It is basically certain that the seed of the Styx should be related to the Styx, which is said to be able to communicate with the infinite universe, recycle and give birth to the soul, and the seed contains the authority of the three realms of death, soul, and rebirth. And this pool of soul syrup that can refine the soul is the most basic embodiment of the power of these powers.
Judging from Luo Sheng's experience, the power of the Styx seed should be higher than that of a god with the same priesthood. This can be seen from the fact that after the breath of the Styx Seed leaked, more than one god joined the encirclement and suppression of Rasheng. And Luo Sheng's success in rebirth this time is also indispensable to the power of the Styx seed. After all, the Time Crystal can only allow Luo Sheng's soul to reverse time and space, and without the authority of the Styx Seed in the soul and rebirth realm, Luo Sheng can only be a soul that is about to collapse, and it is impossible to be reborn in himself.
However, although the power of the Styx Seed is so powerful that it is somewhat against the sky, it is not without cost to use. Like Luo Sheng's rebirth this time, not only did he exhaust the power accumulated by the Styx Seed for decades, but he also degraded back to the state he had just awakened, and even lost his basic power reserves. If Luo Sheng couldn't advance to the Black Iron Rank alone this time and condense the Heart of Nature, the Styx Seed might even die with Luo Sheng.
However, fortunately, Luo Shengfei is comparable to his previous life, and with the help of the soul slurry in the Styx Seed, he completed the purification of the blood element, and while advancing perfectly, he also used the feedback power of nature to make up for the lack of power of the Styx Seed. Although the current Styx Seed is also in its original form, because there is no forced awakening, the consumption potential helps Luo Sheng advance, and the state is better than in the previous life. The most intuitive reaction is that the soul pulp in the sea of knowledge is now more than twice as much as in the previous life.
Of course, as the foundation of the seed of the River Styx, the ability of soul pulp to refine souls is not as simple as ordinary soul alchemy to refine the power of souls. After the soul is soaked in the soul pulp, it will be divided into three parts. Most of the memories, emotions, will, and energy will be refined by the soul pulp and become a part of the soul pulp.
And the purest and most fundamental soul source is extracted and sent into the heart of nature. These soul origins are the best nourishment for soul growth, not only can they allow Luo Sheng to quickly strengthen his soul and natural heart and improve his career level, but also allow Luo Sheng to quickly master some special skills and secret methods by burning the soul origin.
From the perspective of the game before Rasen's time travel, the function of the soul origin is basically equivalent to the 'experience value' in the game, but the soul origin cannot be directly used to upgrade like in the game, and it still needs a process of refining and absorption. Even so, a large number of soul origins also gave Luo Sheng an advanced speed far beyond ordinary people, so Luo Sheng jokingly called the reserved soul origin 'soul power' according to his evil taste, and recorded it in the character panel. The reserve soul power of 27/250 that Luo Sheng saw before means that Old Pike's soul can refine 250 soul origins, that is, 250 soul power, and now only 27 points have been refined.
In addition to the part that has been turned into soul pulp and the soul origin that has been extracted, some souls will have some remnants after they have been refined. These remnants often contain the strongest obsession of the soul, the most unforgettable experience and the strongest power to grasp. This part will be condensed into soul crystals by the seeds of the River Styx, and Luo Sheng can learn the secret information in his soul by 'reading' these soul crystals, and even learn some precious knowledge and secret methods from them. With the special effect of soul power, Luo Sheng can even quickly master some secret methods. And this is also the main reason why Luo Sheng lacks the guidance of famous teachers, and most of the time he relies on his own exploration and improvement, but his combat power is not inferior to the geniuses of the same level in the major forces.
Of course, in addition to the above advantages, soul slurry soul refining has a more powerful point, that is, it can refine all the power integrated into the soul. Whether it is the divine power of the gods, or the abyssal evil energy carried by the demons, or the hellish magic power on the demons, they can all be refined by the soul pulp. Although these transcendent powers will not produce soul power after refining, they can refine part of the source power and some micro-law information.
Source power is the most fundamental energy in the Yimir Continent, and after absorption, it can directly improve the quality of people, that is, improve various attributes. And the law information is the most precious knowledge in the Emyr Continent, only when you advance to the golden level can you start to dabble in the law, and then you must have enough comprehension of the corresponding law to advance to the legendary level and even the immortal level. Therefore, any transcendent power, after refining, will be a great supplement to Luo Sheng.
However, although the extraordinary power is of great help to Luo Sheng, the refining speed is much slower than that of ordinary souls, like the little golden light in the soul of Old Pike, which is the divine power of Kosha, the god of fishmen. Old Pike's soul refining didn't take ten days, but these divine powers took more than a hundred days. Therefore, in his previous life, Luo Sheng did not consciously hunt the existence of abyss demons, hell demons, evil god messengers and the like until he grew to the golden level, the soul pulp had gathered into a lake, and the refining speed had greatly increased, refining the transcendent power in their souls to improve their perception of the law and various attributes. Luo Sheng's ability to advance to the legend so quickly is inseparable from this important help.
"Luo Sheng, don't be in a daze, get up and eat. Just when Luo Sheng was speculating on how much benefit he could bring to himself by refining the divine power of the god of fishmen, Fei Li's crisp voice came from the restaurant. Before I knew it, Fili had finished her morning exercise, and Daddy York had made breakfast, just waiting for Luo Sheng to be alone.