Chapter 11: Development Direction

The Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect acted extremely quickly; in just one day, the sect arranged dedicated personnel to help Yang Xiong's family Move House, moving every item big and small from the home, even the small tools Yang Xiong had been training with.

Only after truly entering the Inner Sect did Yang Xiong truly feel the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's splendor and wealth.

The entire Inner Sect is built in golden and jade splendor, with pavilions, terraces, lakes, artificial hills—everything imaginable; even the lake water is jade‑green, and the lingering aura resembles a mortal fairyland. Even a simple tree is exceedingly precious, and its emanation has a certain effect on Soul Grandmasters.

Yang Xiong's family was placed in a courtyard near the west side; although the family has only four members, even counting two subordinates it's at most six people, the residence alone has more than ten rooms, not to mention the courtyard includes a large training ground, a small pond, and even a secret room—truly an ideal living environment.

The most surprising part is elder brother Yang Wei; he was still studying in Heaven Dou City, but in the blink of an eye the whole family became Inner Disciple of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, and even the parents were reassigned jobs within the Inner Sect.

It should be noted that the Inner Sect and Outer Sect of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect have completely different treatment; the Inner Sect receives monthly subsidies of money and pills, plus various other benefits.

However, at this moment Yang Xiong is sitting in his own home, thinking hard, with a stack of papers before him, on which various things are written.

As for the choice of Soul Ring, Yang Xiong feels it is extremely important, and has pondered his future development for a long time.

Using the body as a martial soul indeed offers countless options, yet each option seems less than ideal.

Yang Xiong wrote on the paper Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Light, Darkness, Space—the most basic attributes that compose the entire Douluo Continent.

Beyond these, there are many other attributes such as Ice, Lightning, Wind, Poison, Power, Speed, Spirit attributes, etc.; these can only be considered extensions of the basic attributes—Ice is an extension of Water, Lightning arises from a combination of various attributes, and even Wind is not a basic attribute.

Light, Darkness, and Space belong to advanced basic attributes.

As for Power Attribute and Spirit Attribute, they are more like extensions of certain attributes, or new attributes generated by the combination of multiple attributes.

For example, the Clear Sky Sect's Clear Sky Hammer originally is just an ordinary hammer, whose material possesses the Metal Attribute, but the Clear Sky Sect adds a Power-type Soul Ring to the hammer, ultimately allowing the Clear Sky Hammer to display terrifying power, and it may even evolve into ultimate force in the future.

Another example is the Xing Luo Dai Family's martial soul White Tiger, which can basically be said to combine Power and Metal attributes.

As for the so‑called Power-type Soul Beast, it is more like a combination of Metal, Earth and other attributes, even mixed with some additional attributes.

For instance, Flaming Lion and Unicorn Fire Burst Dragon, whose bodies possess strong Power attributes but also Fire attributes, with the Fire attribute gradually taking precedence; likewise, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King is theoretically Water‑attribute, yet it also possesses Lightning and Power attributes.

Just like Tang Lie of the Clear Sky Sect, whose Clear Sky Hammer, although having the Power attribute, manifests both Power and Fire attributes, making its potency seem greater.

In summary, the Power attribute appears to be a kind of formidable display, akin to a combination of multiple attributes.

According to Yang Xiong's research on his Body martial soul, pursuing a pure Power attribute should be best, and his body would become increasingly robust.

However, after Yi Wan Nian, the Body Sect did not follow this path; whether it is the Poison‑Immortal or Poison‑Fatal, they both pursued the Poison attribute. Although the Body Sect's research on martial souls certainly produced Soul Grandmasters who followed pure Power, their development likely fell short of expectations.

As with the Force Clan of the Single Attribute Four Families, they also pursued a purely Power path; their martial soul, the Mighty Gorilla, is not inferior, yet they could not even produce a Title Douluo, and over time the clan gradually became extinct, showing that a purely Power path is not necessarily suitable for development.

After pondering for a full day, Yang Xiong basically decided on his development path.

That is to follow the Power path, accommodating all attributes: every Soul Ring chosen will be a Power-type Soul Ring, each bearing the attributes Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Light, Darkness, and Space.

Among all these Soul Rings, the truly hardest to find is a Power-type Soul Beast with the Wood attribute; other Soul Beasts can be found to varying degrees.

Yang Xiong intends this development mainly because the Power path can indeed boost his combat ability, even allowing his muscles to improve significantly, and perhaps he can use higher‑level Soul Ring absorption to trigger a Second Awakening of his martial soul.

Beyond attributes, of course he must choose stronger Soul Beasts, especially those with a Dragon‑attribute bloodline, which might be better.

The foundation of all this is the unique compatibility of the Body martial soul; the Body martial soul, based on his own body, can absorb Soul Rings of any attribute, and there is no repulsion among Soul Rings.

Yang Xiong even feels that if he truly possessed all attributes, his body might undergo a qualitative change, reaching unprecedented strength.

The next morning, Yang Xiong approached the homeroom teacher with his Soul Ring request.

When Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect students need to obtain Soul Rings, dedicated personnel assist in analyzing and selecting Soul Beasts.

Especially, the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect breeds a large number of Soul Beasts, mostly under a thousand years old; the sect even possesses a unique Soul Beast Forest spanning over fifty kilometers in length and width, containing only Soul Beasts younger than Yi Wan Nian, while Soul Beasts older than Yi Wan Nian must be hunted outside.

However, ordinary students can only obtain Soul Beasts up to the thousand‑year level; only the stewards of the Soul Ancestor require Ten‑thousand Year Soul Beasts, and those are beyond the school's jurisdiction.

Moreover, acquiring Ten‑thousand Year Soul Beasts is difficult; one must make a certain contribution to the sect, especially since some Soul Beasts must be obtained from the Star Dou Great Forest, which is fraught with danger.

The homeroom teacher Lin Gong directly produced a thick book that listed the various Soul Beasts possessed by the sect.

After Yang Xiong opened the book, he found the total number of Soul Beasts listed was enormous, covering virtually every age category; of course, common Soul Beasts are more numerous, while rare Soul Beasts are fewer and prepared for a few geniuses.

On the first page of the book, it surprisingly recorded the Thousand‑Weight Ant, complete with a detailed description.

'Thousand‑Weight Ant, pure Power-type Soul Beast, 100‑year age, quantity seventeen; 200‑year age, quantity nine, …'

The second page lists the Soft‑Bone Rabbit; although the Soft‑Bone Rabbit rarely appears as a very powerful Soul Beast, it is fairly decent for a Speed-type Soul Grandmaster.

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Yang Xiong flipped through the records page by page, yet never found the Soul Beast he desired; the breedable Soul Beasts were generally too ordinary, lacking the exceptional quality Yang Xiong sought.

At that moment Yang Xiong's eyes lit up, and after a careful look he said, 'Teacher Lin, I want to choose this Soul Beast.'

Lin Gong, looking at the page, was also taken aback: 'Yang Xiong, you must think this through; although this Soul Beast's quality is good, its age reaches 540 years, far exceeding the absorption limit of the First Soul Ring, and it is a defensive‑type Soul Beast, which does not match your martial soul well.'

'This Soul Beast has actually been kept in our sect for many years, but no one wanted it, mainly because turtle‑type Soul Beasts have severe limitations; at most they provide defensive‑type soul skills and only suit turtle‑type martial souls. The Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect has few turtle‑type Soul Grandmasters, let alone students.'

Yang Xiong hurriedly replied, 'Teacher Lin, I've decided; I want this one, I think it suits me perfectly.'

Lin Gong nodded: 'This matter is of great consequence; I must report to the Sect Leader and also inform your parents, otherwise a slight mishap could render you incapacitated, which would be truly troublesome.'

Due to the New Year schedule, only two chapters can be posted today; tomorrow will be the usual three chapters.

If I obtain an External Soul Bone turtle shell, will people scold me to death?

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