Douluo: Martial Soul Research Diary

Chapter 37 The Origin of Blue Silver
Yang Wudi shook his head, his eyes looking ahead with a forlorn expression, and sighed.

I know what you're afraid of.

Han Tao remained silent.

Anyway, he couldn't possibly eat that bottle of weird stuff, whether it was a pill or some other liquid.

Starving to death, dying outside, jumping off this building—it's impossible!

"You're afraid I'll poison you, and there's nothing wrong with being cautious, so I won't blame you for that."

Yang Wudi was very stubborn, but he was also very straightforward, and he said it directly.

"I can tell you definitively that a rainbow is essentially a bottle of poison."

Han Tao was stunned, incredulous; this defied common sense.

Brother, this is the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. How dare you admit to poisoning me?
"Medicine and poison are not separate. This bottle of rainbow will give you a good night's sleep, look how tired you are every day."

"While you are sleeping, the rainbow's toxicity stimulates your soul power, forcibly opening the Yin Wei meridian in the Eight Extraordinary Meridians."

Han Tao didn't believe it and asked in return, "What's the price?"

Yang Wudi smiled, but the smile on his face turned into a ferocious expression.

"Haven't I already said the price? Sleep, a good, thorough sleep."

"Rainbow is my masterpiece. It contains a mixture of three different toxins, which will stimulate the middle and end of the Yin Wei Meridian, guiding the direction of soul power until it breaks through the Yin Wei Meridian."

"Why do the three toxins only work in the middle and tail sections? What about the third toxin?"

Han Tao asked instinctively.

"To make you crash while you sleep, you also need a kind of toxin," Yang Wudi said calmly.

He said no more, realizing that his expertise in pharmacology was far inferior to Yang Wudi's.

Give me the rainbow.

Seeing Han Tao's expressionless face, Yang Wudi took the rainbow back. Clearly, he cared a lot about the bottle of medicine.

Han Tao took out his gloves, put them on, took out the bottle, and handed it over.

Yang Wudi took it, then gently lifted it, opening the cap and releasing the odor of an unknown material inside.

He tried to dodge, but Yang Wudi stopped him: "Smell!"

Vomit after drinking, mixed with the aroma of fresh grass, creates an endless bitterness.

In addition, there was a faint smell of blood.

The smell of blood was very faint; you couldn't detect it at all unless you smelled it carefully.

After a while, Yang Wudi released his grip.

"Now, would you like to take Rainbow?"

Han Tao shook his head again; at this moment, he had even less desire to take it.

"It seems you lack intuition in that area."

Yang Wudi closed the lid and handed the rainbow to Han Tao again: "If you believe me, or if one day in the future you are willing to believe me."

"Trust me, the rainbow won't let you down."

Intuition is an essential talent for studying mixed pharmacology, which Han Tao lacks.

Nothing is nothing.

Money paves the way, and all troubles will be easily resolved.

Once Han Tao comprehends the essence of a martial soul, he can use money to hire soul masters of different elements to help his martial soul evolve.

Of all the elements, fire deals the most damage to Blue Silver Grass.

Han Tao once tested that a level 10 fire elemental soul master could easily burn down the blue silver grass in the wild.

With just a little force, the Blue Silver Grass died, its bones reduced to ashes, leaving not even a root.

Therefore, they had no choice but to settle for second best and purchase other fire-attribute potions to strengthen their martial soul.

Fire lizards are only hundred-year-old spirit beasts, mainly distributed around volcanoes, and have become tainted by fire due to their long-term survival.

Its saliva contains a trace of fire and a small amount of mineral metal, which has certain applications in the field of weapon forging.

Pharmacological knowledge has come to practical use.

Salamander saliva is a good material for evolving martial souls.

After testing the effects on several Blue Silver Grass Soul Masters, it began its own evolution. "Ye Lingling, I've come to ask you for a favor."

Upon returning to the library of the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy, I saw the quiet woman in the corner of a desk.

"Okay," Ye Lingling replied.

Han Tao summoned his martial soul: "Martial Soul, Blue Silver Grass!"

Compared to three months ago, the Blue Silver Grass is now more vigorous, with lush stems and leaves, and its strength is much greater.

Extract the salamander's saliva and pour it onto the blue silver grass.

The fire element was extremely destructive to the Blue Silver Grass, so Han Tao quickly circulated his soul power and unleashed his first soul skill, "Fluorescence".

Ye Lingling flicked her finger, summoning the Nine-Heart Begonia, its white and pink hues intertwined, its soul power spreading through the air.

"Third Soul Skill, Healing!"

Destruction and healing, decay and life—two forces intertwine on the Blue Silver Grass, each playing a corresponding role.

Time passed slowly, and Ye Lingling's soul power gradually depleted, but at the same time, the Blue Silver Grass's tolerance to flames gradually increased.

One minute, two minutes, one hour, two hours.

"Okay, let's stop here."

As he spoke, Han Tao put away his martial spirit.

The effects of the salamander saliva have been exhausted. To achieve further adaptation, more powerful fire elemental materials are needed.

So, can Han Tao hire a fire-attribute soul master next?

Of course not, evolving a martial soul is not that simple.

If a patch of Blue Silver Grass is burned, those that survive are considered to have adapted.

That's not adaptation, that's survivor bias.

Adaptation requires a gradual approach, taking it one step at a time, slowly moving forward.

With the salamander's saliva used up, the next step is naturally to use the salamander's blood.

"Thank you, Ye Lingling."

Meeting that cool, indifferent gaze, Han Tao expressed his gratitude once again.

She nodded slightly, said nothing, and turned to leave.

In the Douluo Continent, there are seven main attributes: the lower-level attributes are water, fire, wind, and earth, and the higher-level attributes are light, darkness, and space.

Han Tao discovered in his tests on other Blue Silver Grass Soul Masters that their Blue Silver Grass seemed unable to adapt to advanced elemental attributes.

Too short a time? Insufficient energy level?
These could all be reasons.

The transformation of the Blue Silver Grass is not something that happens overnight; it is a long and gradual process.

Over a long period of time, the Blue Silver Essence is gradually consumed to gain adaptation to the elements.

Yes, to complete the "adaptation", you need to consume Blue Silver Essence.

Han Tao recorded and organized the changes in his martial spirit, and then began to summarize his conclusions.

Take out your diary and write this down:

Tested:
For the same amount of damage, the more Blue Silver Origin a character has, the greater the change in their Martial Soul.

Based on the same origin, the greater the degree of damage, the greater the change in the martial soul.

Conclusion 1: The "adaptability" is positively correlated with the origin of the martial spirit and the degree of damage.

Conclusion 2: "Adaptation" will consume the essence of the martial spirit.

Before being locked in the dark room, Han Tao had already consumed less than 70% of his martial soul essence. Two months later, when he came out, his blue silver essence had recovered to half.

The recovery rate is very slow; after two months, less than 20% has been recovered.

Therefore, he can draw the conclusion.

Conclusion 3: Blue Silver Essence can be consumed and also restored.

Conclusion 4: When a Soul Master cultivates, a very small amount of Soul Power will follow the Martial Soul and be transformed into Blue Silver Origin.

At this moment, Han Tao made a guess.

Will a Soul Master's cultivation speed affect the recovery effect of their essence?

(End of this chapter)