Douluo's Holy Lord at the Start

Chapter 7: Future Planning, Ancient Banyan Tree's Gift

"Pure Yang!?"

Gu Xuan stared in disbelief at the unremarkable little sword in his hand, which looked like an ordinary iron sword.

He knew exactly what the Pure Yang Sword was.

The sword used by Lü Dongbin in legend.

Even in Jackie Chan Adventures, it was the sword used by an immortal god.

It is also the main material used to seal the Holy Lord. How could it not be powerful if it can serve as a medium for sealing the Holy Lord?

As Gu Xuan reached out and grasped the Pure Yang Sword, he felt a warm current begin to circulate within his body.

It is not as domineering as fire, but it is extremely yang and strong, and it is like a gentle breeze and drizzle.

Does its simplicity conceal a profound meaning?

Gu Xuan gently stroked the Pure Yang Sword. The treasure was naturally impure. Gu Xuan did not have enough strength to unleash the true power of the Pure Yang Sword, which was why the Pure Yang Sword did not show its true potential.

Otherwise, how could a divine artifact capable of suppressing the Holy Lord have become so utterly insignificant?

"But this is also good, the stronger the martial soul, the greater the benefits of cultivation in the later stages."

For now, I'll just focus on cultivating the Saint Lord Martial Soul.

Gu Xuan casually swung the Chunyang Sword a couple of times. Even though he didn't display its true power, there were still streaks of sword energy condensing around the Chunyang Sword and not dissipating.

This startled Gu Xuan, who immediately withdrew his martial spirit.

He didn't want anyone to know the secret of his second martial soul.

With a wave of his hand, the enormous Holy Lord Stone Tablet appeared before Gu Xuan.

Previously lacking the confidence to scrutinize it, Gu Xuan now wanted to examine whether this so-called Holy Lord Stele truly possessed sentience.

It wouldn't be good if it were like in Jackie Chan Adventures, where the soul of Shendu resides inside.

"The Holy Lord?"

Gu Xuan patted the ferocious dragon head.

"Does it lack intelligence?"

Gu Xuan looked at the only groove among the twelve that had something inlaid in it.

Dragon Talisman!

Gu Xuan reached out and grabbed the dragon talisman, wanting to try and see if he could remove it.

If possible...

"It really works."

Gu Xuan's brow twitched slightly as he looked at the talisman in his hand.

Then, with a thought, the talisman instantly disappeared from his hand and returned to the Holy Lord.

"No problem. This is just an empty shell of the Holy Lord. Moreover, as my martial soul, it can be controlled by me at will. I can even summon back the talismans that I lent out."

Gu Xuan was very satisfied with the result.

"What should I choose for my spirit rings after that?"

Looking at the eleven empty rings on the Holy Lord's body, it means that he only needs to attach eleven soul rings to the Holy Lord to fully awaken the Holy Lord's strength.

But now he doesn't know how to choose a soul ring.

Should we directly hunt down the matching soul beasts from the twelve zodiac signs, or should we hunt down soul beasts with similar abilities?

Moreover, as a stone dragon, he felt that Gu Rong might not let him absorb soul rings of rats, rabbits, sheep, or chickens so easily.

Therefore, the choice of the first spirit ring is crucial.

Gu Xuan had many ideas for his first soul ring, such as the rat, which would grant him the ability to transform stillness into movement, and then use this ability to revive various famous figures from all over the world to teach them directly.

Even if other worlds don't work out, there are still many people in the Douluo Continent world who are worth learning from.

However, neither the ancient banyan tree nor any of the others could possibly allow him to absorb rats in the first stage.

No one would agree to a dragon-type martial soul absorbing a rat-type soul beast.

Then there's the horse charm, which grants Gu Xuan the power of a horse. He will no longer fear injuries after training, as the noble horse can remove all factors that are detrimental to his body.

However, Gu Xuan ultimately ruled all of these out, as the key to improving his strength lay in a powerful brick-throwing technique.

Moreover, it's much easier for Gu Rong to hunt down a powerful bovine spirit beast for him than to painstakingly persuade them to hunt down a mouse or rabbit for him.

Furthermore, even if the formation of the talisman is not determined according to the general category of the absorbed soul beast, since bull-type soul beasts also advocate power, there is no need to worry about failing to awaken the bull talisman.

Moreover, after awakening the Ox Talisman, Gu Xuan's physical strength will definitely be greatly enhanced, which will transform him from a fragile Soul Master with high attack and low defense into a powerful Soul Master who can both fight and withstand attacks.

Furthermore, a strong body can also enhance the absorption of spirit rings in the future.

He already has the Dragon's Blast in the early game, so he doesn't really need to gather and stack up his combat power. Instead, he needs to improve various unorthodox abilities, such as the dog's immortality, the horse's indestructibility, the sheep's soul enhancement, and the rat's resurrection.

Once these four things are completed, his safety on the Douluo Continent will be greatly improved.

The boost to strength will be terrifying.

However, this is just a fantasy; the specific arrangement of spirit rings will depend on the actual situation.

"The only thing I can use right now is the Dragon Talisman, which allows me to control the power of fire."

As Gu Xuan spoke, a dragon talisman flashed in his eyes, and then a ball of fire the size of a basketball appeared in his hands.

As the Demon of Fire, the Holy Lord naturally possesses unparalleled control over flames.

However, the original work simply describes him breathing fire, failing to showcase the Fire Demon's imposing presence.

With Gu Xuan's mental control, it was as if he had given the flame a soul. The flame began to wriggle, then split and merged, transforming into a fire dragon and a fire phoenix. Everything seemed so natural.

"That control over fire!"

Gu Xuan's eyes lit up. What he had thought would be difficult was now accomplished with just a thought.

These flames seemed to be an extension of his body; his brain only needed to think of them to arrange them obediently.

"We shouldn't lack combat power anymore. With this level of control, creating our own soul skills is a piece of cake, right?"

Thinking this, Gu Xuan began to manipulate the flames to continuously condense, and then a long sword of flames was formed by him.

Flames still burned on the crimson blade, and the occasional loud bang proved that the sword was extremely unstable.

"It can be condensed, but it consumes a lot of mental energy."

The difficulty in condensing this sword lies in maintaining it for a long time. It requires constantly using mental energy to suppress the power of the flames and condense the sword shape, so the mental energy consumption will be relatively high.

But that's enough. Even if the Pure Yang Sword can't be used, I can still practice swordsmanship with this flaming longsword without anyone noticing.

"Xiao Xuan, what are you doing?"

Gu Rong appeared beside Gu Xuan, a flicker of shock crossing his eyes as he looked at the longsword in Gu Xuan's hand, but he quickly suppressed it.

"It's nothing, I just discovered that I seem to have a very high level of control over flames. They do whatever I tell them to do, so I conjured a longsword and played around with it."

As Gu Xuan spoke, he threw the longsword out.

The longsword transformed into a flying rainbow and flew for dozens of meters before exploding with a bang, sending countless flames surging and sweeping across the ground.

"Not bad, at least an ordinary Soul Master would find it difficult to withstand!"

Gu Rong nodded in satisfaction.

At the same time, he was even more amazed by his grandson's talent.

Gathering Qi into a sword is something even ordinary Soul Saints cannot do. I never expected that my grandson would accomplish this feat at only level 10.

"Here, this is a gift from Grandpa. Keep it safe!"

While chatting and laughing, Gu Rong took out a pendant-shaped soul tool and handed it to Gu Xuan.

"This is Grandpa's treasured possession. It played a part in Grandpa's breakthrough to the Title Douluo level."

Gu Xuan accepted the pendant Gu Rong gave him with both hands and asked curiously, "What is this?"

"Grandpa, I don't know either. But I found it in a ruin when I was young. Its function is to actively gather the soul power between heaven and earth and condense it into an extremely pure soul power liquid for soul masters to cultivate."

It only condenses a drop a day, which can be somewhat useful before level 70, but the improvement is small after level 70, and it is basically useless after level 80.

"If it weren't for you, I was planning to keep it forever."

Gu Rong sighed and said.

This soul tool helped him through the most difficult period, so even later he never intended to give it away, but planned to take it to his grave himself.

It wasn't until Gu Xuan appeared that he felt this soul tool finally had a purpose.

After all, although soul tools are powerful, if one's talent is not good, accelerating their improvement is just a waste of their potential.

Why would he give it to others if they had no connection to him?

"Get a good night's rest. Tomorrow, Grandpa will take you to hunt soul beasts."

Gu Rong patted Gu Xuan's head and turned to leave.