Chapter 217: Researching Cultivation Techniques, Shattering Divine Souls to Scare the Dragon King

"Jerry, as far as I know, cultivation techniques are all very precious. Are you just giving us these techniques like this?" the Silver Dragon King asked with some surprise after finishing all the cultivation techniques.

"Silver Dragon King, this really is nothing. Aside from a few special techniques, I have already arranged for the Spirit Hall to make all other techniques public to the entire continent," Jerry said very casually.

"Public to the entire continent? Why would you do that?"

"It's actually quite simple. The continent can be considered peaceful now. In the past, humans kept cultivation techniques within their own families and did not pass them on easily. For some better techniques, if the people in their own family didn't have enough talent to learn them, no one would study that technique over time, leading to many precious techniques being buried."

"The Two Great Empires are now basically managed by the Spirit Hall behind the scenes; it can be said that they are all subjects of the Spirit Hall."

"Moreover, for something like a cultivation technique, it is only useful if someone succeeds in cultivating it; otherwise, it is just a piece of waste paper sitting there."

"What I can do is make all the techniques public so that everyone on the continent can learn them. As for the results of their learning, that can only depend on individual effort."

"Furthermore, the Spirit Hall has implemented universal compulsory education. Learning more knowledge can enlighten these commoners, which is more conducive to promoting the development of the continent."

"I have already made arrangements on the human side; the matters on the Soul Beast side will need you to arrange."

"So for me, these techniques are not important at all. The effects of cultivating the same technique also vary from person to person."

After Jerry finished speaking, he picked up a cup of tea, took a sip, and then stared at the Silver Dragon King, who was still in a daze.

Jerry's words undoubtedly gave the Silver Dragon King a great shock. In the past, everyone treated cultivation manuals as treasures, yet they ignored the fact that everyone's cultivation talent was different.

Those with good talent would learn it in a few days after receiving the technique, while those with poor talent would never succeed in cultivation in their entire lives, even if given a Top Grade technique.

Moreover, Jerry doing this had many other benefits. In the past, there were many talented people among the commoners who were only delayed in their cultivation because they lacked techniques.

Now that Jerry had made the techniques public, it would be possible to unearth those with excellent talent among the commoners. With a little cultivation, they would eventually become the top combat power of humanity.

If humanity continued like this, the Soul Beasts would inevitably fall behind. Because of Jerry, there would be no war now, but who could guarantee that Jerry wouldn't ascend after cultivating to a higher realm? Therefore, the Soul Beast side also had to hurry up and make arrangements.

The Silver Dragon King was indeed right to have this thought, but she underestimated Jerry's goal. Jerry was someone who wanted to bring about World Advancement; as for ascension, that was not what Jerry wanted.

Afterward, the Silver Dragon King went back to make arrangements, while Biji stayed with Jerry to cultivate.

While Biji was cultivating, Jerry also began to cultivate Soul-Nurturing Grass and refine Soul-Nurturing Pills.

Here, more and more ape-type Soul Beasts were transforming into human form. Jerry taught them how to build houses, how to use Soul Guidance Devices, how to cultivate, and a series of other human ways of living and cultivating.

At first, many Soul Beasts were not very accustomed to it, but Jerry discovered that most of these Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts still had cravings for food, so he taught these transformed Soul Beasts culinary skills and then opened a restaurant in the Soul Beast Forest.

Jerry had a culinary manual, which was compiled by over a thousand chefs in Wuhun City.

Speaking of gourmet food, no matter which world it is, there are many foodies. They spontaneously established a Gourmet Association in Wuhun City and even created chef levels, looking purely at culinary skills, not at cultivation or martial soul.

This culinary manual could be said to have conquered the appetites of the people of the entire continent; dealing with these Soul Beasts was simply too easy.

So much so that the entrance to the restaurant was lined with various Soul Beasts every day.

Because of their body size, it was very inconvenient to go to the restaurant to eat, so for the sake of a bite of food, they all ran to transform into human form.

As time passed, more and more Soul Beasts transformed, and the original small village now had the scale of a small town.

The Silver Dragon King took the opportunity to open a Soul Beast Academy in the small town, requiring all Soul Beasts to go to school.

At first, the food in the restaurant came from the Hundred Year and Thousand Year Regions, but then it was discovered that this food could not supply the eating and drinking of these Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts at all.

Jerry then handed over the breeding and planting techniques to the Silver Dragon King, letting her hurry to arrange the relevant matters.

The Silver Dragon King was also cunning; she secretly went to find the Fairy Queen and borrowed over five hundred little Fairies to help plant crops.

As for breeding, it was even simpler.

Ten Thousand Year pig-type Soul Beasts were used to raise pigs. With Bloodline Suppression, these farmed pigs were all very obedient; they ate when told to eat and slept when told to sleep.

For other chickens, ducks, geese, sheep, cows, rabbits, and some fish, the same method was used.

This operation stunned Jerry; even human society's breeding wasn't as impressive as yours.

Soul Beasts actually share a common point with wild beasts: eating raw food easily triggers beastly nature, while long-term consumption of cooked food suppresses this beastly nature.

More and more Soul Beasts were transforming, and there were so many benefits after transforming.

Soul Beasts that were originally unwilling to transform also began to transform one after another.

Previously, Jerry's biological chamber was mainly used for animal-type Soul Beasts. One day, a plant-type Soul Beast, whose cultivation had already reached the limit of its bloodline, would not break through no matter how it cultivated if it didn't have a fortuitous encounter.

With the idea of trying it out, it went to transform. Unexpectedly, it succeeded in the end, and after transforming, it could actually continue to cultivate.

Once this news spread, some plant Soul Beasts that had reached their limits all ran to transform.

This caused the trees in the Star Dou Great Forest to decrease sharply. These trees played a very important role in the forest; just the point of converting soul power at all times was like a natural Spirit Gathering Array.

Although it was much slower compared to a real Spirit Gathering Array, it couldn't withstand the sheer quantity.

Moreover, after the Fairy Clan appeared, many of these trees still had the opportunity to break through their limits.

Now it was fine; they all ran to transform, especially in the core area. The concentration of soul power here was high, and many large trees had cultivated to their limits. This time they all ran to transform, directly causing a clearing to appear in the core area.

Because there were many trees, it was called a forest. Now that they had all gone to transform, could it still be called a forest in the future?

Jerry hurriedly found the Silver Dragon King.

The Silver Dragon King was very happy every day seeing the Soul Beasts developing prosperously.

"Silver Dragon King, I know you are anxious, but you need to control the number of transformations. Animal-type Soul Beasts are fine, but you need to control the plant-type Soul Beasts. Look at the core area; it's bare now, and there isn't a single large tree left. You must know that the forest is the home that Soul Beasts rely on for survival," Jerry interrupted the Silver Dragon King, who was still daydreaming, and asked her to consider the reality of the problem.

"Uh, I didn't notice this before. I only thought about rapidly developing the Soul Beast Race, and after having your techniques, their strength increased several times after transforming, so I ignored it," the Silver Dragon King said embarrassedly, looking at the bare core area.

"I won't talk about those that have already transformed, but you must control those plants that haven't transformed yet. Let them leave seeds first to develop offspring, and they can only go to transform after the offspring have at least a thousand years of cultivation."

It was fortunate that Jerry discovered it early. Because the plants in the core area were strong, they ran to transform first. If he hadn't paid attention, and those from other regions had all come to transform, then the Star Dou Great Forest would probably only be called the Star Dou Grassland in the future.

"Jerry, I want to ask you for a favor. Can you also research a cultivation technique for the transformed Soul Beasts? Your previous Universal Meditation Method can only be used by those who have transformed into Fairies. If these transformed Soul Beasts don't have this basic cultivation method, their cultivation will still be very slow."

During this period, the Silver Dragon King also discovered this problem. Other soul skill techniques could be cultivated, but once it involved Meridians, there was no way to cultivate them. Moreover, without a meditation method, they were still relying on instinct to cultivate after transforming, which was too slow.

"Silver Dragon King, I really can't help with this. Even if different races of Soul Beasts transform, their Meridians are different. I've looked at it before; there is simply nothing in common. With so many races of Soul Beasts, if I were to develop a meditation method, let alone whether it could be developed, I don't even know how long it would take."

"No, Jerry, listen to me. I didn't understand Meridians before, but recently, after reading your techniques, I have a new understanding of Meridians. Because of different races, Soul Beasts have changes in their Meridians, but I have discovered a common point."

"A common point? Is there one? Soul Beast Meridians are a mess, and they have a common point?"

"I'm not talking about a common point for all. I'm talking about a common point for a race. For example, ape-type Soul Beasts are further divided into Blazing Apes, Vajra Apes, Vegetation Apes, Long-armed Apes, etc., but they can be seen as the same race, the Ape Race. Because Soul Beasts have different attributes, different specialties, and different development directions, there will be many different Meridians, but as they all belong to the ape type, they still have common Meridians."

"Oh, you still had time to study this during this period?"

After listening to the Silver Dragon King's analysis, Jerry realized that he had indeed overlooked this.

For example, before, he treated the Blazing Ape, Diamond Ape, Vegetation Ape, and Long-armed Ape as four separate species; if he wanted to develop cultivation techniques, he would have to develop four, but after hearing what the Silver Dragon King said, one would actually suffice.

"Hmm, when you were experimenting with transformation into fairies, you referred to them all as ape-type Soul Beasts. That made me think of this point, and then I checked all the Soul Beasts that had transformed. According to your classification, they are roughly divided into apes, birds, fish, dragons, cats, dogs, tigers, leopards, wolves, horses, cattle, sheep, rabbits, trees, flowers, grasses, and vines. As for those with fewer species, I didn't classify them."

"Stop, I just want to ask, isn't your current classification already quite a lot? It's almost twenty," Jerry interrupted the Silver Dragon King and said. If he didn't interrupt, he didn't know how many more categories she would list. Look at the Human Race, just one category, but when it comes to Soul Beasts, she divided them into so many categories so easily.

"This is already considered few; I initially divided them into over a hundred categories and have already been shrinking them," the Silver Dragon King said silently. She had been researching this for some time, trying her best to find commonalities and then categorize them.

"Silver Dragon King, the development of anything requires a process; it cannot be achieved overnight. Just like human cultivation techniques, they were also slowly researched by generation after generation. Even if you develop them for them, you are a different species from them, so what you develop might not necessarily be suitable for them."

"Do you know why I am implementing universal education? It is to enlighten their wisdom."

"Right now, only a small portion of Soul Beasts have transformed and are receiving education. We only need to teach them the methods; over time, every species will give birth to some scholars with relatively high intelligence."

"These scholars might not have great combat power, but don't underestimate them. The advantage of these scholars is that they have their own ability to think and will develop cultivation techniques and soul skills suitable for their own species."

"This is much better than you developing cultivation techniques and soul skills one by one that might not be suitable for them. Although this time might be a bit long, the truly suitable cultivation techniques and soul skills are all developed by oneself according to one's own characteristics."

"So let's not try to help the shoots grow by pulling them upward, okay?"

Jerry's words were very concise, and the Silver Dragon King understood instantly. Indeed, what one develops oneself is what is suitable for oneself. Soul Beasts slowly formed their own soul skills during years of cultivation and fighting; although some Soul Beast soul skills were not very strong, they were undoubtedly the most suitable for themselves.

After thinking it through, the Silver Dragon King no longer struggled with the matter of cultivation techniques and soul skills.

Before, she was indeed too impatient, to the point where she hadn't seen many things clearly.

Since she was awakened and recovered from her injuries, looking at many unfamiliar things, as well as the two powerful existences of Jerry and the Fairy Queen, and knowing there were two gods on the human side, and that Jerry had already clashed with the God Realm, the Silver Dragon King became anxious.

The Silver Dragon King looked at Jerry, and Jerry was as calm and composed as ever. That's right, even if the God Realm attacked now, they would look for Jerry's trouble first. He wasn't anxious, so why was she? However, looking at Jerry's appearance, he seemed to have everything under control and wasn't worried about the God Realm at all.

"Jerry, besides the God King, the God Realm also has First-Class Gods, Second-Class Gods, Third-Class Gods, and many hunters and divine officials. Every hunter or divine official is at the Hundred Level. People like Qian Daoliu, Poseidon, Tianmeng Iceworm, and the Deep Sea Demon Whale King would only be equivalent to hunters or divine officials if they reached the God Realm. So, the overall strength of the Douluo Continent right now is far inferior to the God Realm. Aren't you worried?"

"What is there to be worried about? Let them all come down. The world consciousness is not a pushover now. After the World Advancement, its control over the Rules is even more powerful. If those hunters or divine officials dare to descend, it will instantly make them return to their Origin. Back then, they ran to the God Realm; at that time, the world consciousness had just been born and could do nothing about them, so it had long been holding back its anger. Now, let them come down and try, and see who dies first."

"You actually know about the world consciousness?"

"Of course, I have already cultivated to this level; how could I not know this?"

"But gods cannot be killed. If they find an opportunity, they will still revive."

"That was in the past. Now, if they dare to come down, I will directly shatter their Divine Soul. Previously, there was a Rakshasa God whose Divine Soul has already been shattered by me; there will be no chance for revival in the future."

"What? You can shatter a Divine Soul!"

Upon hearing Jerry say he could shatter a Divine Soul, the Silver Dragon King stood up in surprise.

What is a Divine Soul? That is the Origin of a god. Killing a god's physical body is simple, but if the Divine Soul is not extinguished, they have a chance to revive.

This is also why the God Realm has always sealed the Golden Dragon King; firstly, they dare not kill it, and secondly, they cannot kill it.

If the people of the God Realm were to kill the Golden Dragon King's physical body now, the other half of the Dragon God's Divine Soul within the Golden Dragon King's body would follow the aura to find the Silver Dragon King, and finally merge with the Silver Dragon King, making the Dragon God's Divine Soul complete, and ultimately the Dragon God would revive.

The revival of the Dragon God is no small matter; the strength of the Dragon God far exceeds that of these God Kings.

Back then, they concentrated the power of all human gods to split the Dragon God into two halves, but they didn't expect that even being split into two halves could not kill the Dragon God's physical body, and it transformed into the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King.

Then, after paying the lives of over a hundred gods, they finally sealed the Golden Dragon King, while the Silver Dragon King escaped to the lower realm.

The world consciousness did not act against the Silver Dragon King, but that did not mean it would not act against them, so no one dared to chase to the lower realm, which allowed the Silver Dragon King to escape a disaster.

And now that Jerry said he could shatter a Divine Soul, wouldn't that mean he could kill any god, including the Dragon God?

Looking at Jerry, a trace of fear could not help but appear in her eyes.

She did not think Jerry would lie to her; there was absolutely no need, because Jerry's strength was far greater than hers.

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