บท 4: The Spirit Pagoda
Gloxinia was visibly excited as he walked out of Red Mountain Academy's gates. The much needed information about soul masters and the sub-categories truly helped him out.
But, the biggest gain of the day was the meditation method. Even though he can't absorb any more soul power he still got to learn the method and found out that it was actually much simlper than he had thought.
The basic meditation method is to just focus soul power in your nostrils and mouth so that when you breathe in, you breathe in some soul power as well.
Of course, this also means you breath out some afterwards but the more talented you are, the less you breathe out.
'Anyways it's finally time to get my spirit soul! Although it'll only be a 10 year old one I can upgrade it at the Spirit Ascension Platform!' With this thought in mind, Gloxinia excitedly jogged towards the nearest Spirit Pagoda building.
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(A/N: Info Dump incoming, you can skip until the "----" if you have a good understanding of Douluo continent in SL3.)
The Spirit Pagoda's reach spread throughout the continent. Not only was it present in the Douluo Continent, it was even able to spread to the other two continents several thousand years ago.
Ten thousand years ago, the remnants of the Heaven Dou Empire after its defeat at the hands of the Sun-Moon Empire had embarked on a voyage and had experienced many hardships and perils. In the end, they discovered a huge continent which also had some indigenous humans. However, their development couldn't even compare with the Douluo Continent's. They were conquered by the Heaven Dou remnants and the continent was named the Heaven Dou Continent.
On the Douluo Continent, the conflict between the Sun-Moon Empire and the Star Luo Empire was never ending. While the Sun-Moon Empire rapidly developed, the Star Luo Empire gradually declined. Instead, they chose to take a different route. The Star Luo Empire decided to invest in seafaring technology. Thanks to their research, they were able to discover another large continent which was followed by a quiet occupation shortly afterwards. With the whole continent taken, the Star Luo Empire migrated the whole empire over along with their many resources and named it the Star Luo Continent. Afterwards, the Star Luo Empire also changed to a federal system and became the Star Luo Federation.
The Sun-Moon Empire was able to unify the Douluo Continent and became the Sun-Moon Federation.
The Spirit Pagoda had a ten thousand year history. Due to their importance to Soul Masters and their groundbreaking research into artificial spirit souls, their status had risen dramatically to its current state. Throughout the three continents, they were the strongest power.
Glorybound City also had a Spirit Pagoda branch located in the heart of the city. It was a three layer pagoda. This was the lowest rank possible for a Spirit Pagoda branch. A mid-sized city would have a seven layer Spirit Pagoda branch. Major cities would have a thirteen layer Spirit Pagoda branch. However, the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters was situated in Shrek City. The headquarters had gone through many renovations over the years and it now had eighty layers. It was said to be the most magnificent building on the Douluo Continent.
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When Gloxinia arrived the Spirit Pagoda's doors were already wide open, yet there weren't too many people there. After all, this was a place for Soul Masters. With Glorybound City being as small as it was, there were simply too few Soul Masters.
After he walked inside the pagoda, Gloxinia's eyes constantly fluttered all about his surroundings. He was very curious about this place that he had only seen in a novel.
The Spirit Pagoda was shaped like an octagon with three floors. The interior was very spacious and the marble floor carried the symbol of the Spirit Pagoda. Inside the huge hall, there was a circular door which led to an unknown location. There was a reception counter in the front with an ashen robed Soul Master seated behind it.
The Soul Master had already stood up by the time the two of them arrived in front of the counter and was inspecting Gloxinia. "Hello, may I ask what you're here for?"
"Hello Mister Soul Master, I am here to get a spirit soul as I have already reached the 10th rank!" Gloxinia politely responded, as to not have any unfortunate things happen to him just because of a lack of manners.
Looking at Gloxinia doubtfully, the Soul Master asked, "Well, do you have any money?"
"No sir, I was given a black card that would get me a ten-year spirit soul."
"Alright then, we currently only have 73 ten year white spirit souls as this city is far too small for us to have any more. Is there any type of spirit soul you are looking for specifically?" The soul master said this rather impatiently as from his experience, children were hard to deal with, and even if Gloxinia was a genius, the black card was proof he didn't want to join the Spirit Pagoda so he had no reason to be polite.
Although Gloxinia was a little bit offended at the obvious disregard for himself, he could only grit his teeth and continue replying to him respectfully, lest he attract trouble, "Yes sir, I am looking for a martial soul related to either spears or fairies!"
"Alright well, we only have a Spear-Point Snake, Jagged-Horned Rhyno, and a Mystefying Butterfly. The first 2 correlate with the spear and the last one is useful for butterfly or similar martial souls." After checking a list that was on his desk, the Spirit Master responded to Gloxinia once more in an impatient tone.
"Alright then sir, may I please have the Mystefying Butterfly one?" Gloxinia respectfully replied whilst instinctively cracking his left thumb.
The Spirit Master then reached under the desk to grab something and pulled out a tablet, at the same time he started speaking and walking towards a room in the back.
"Follow me, since you have just reached the 10th level first we need to measure your spiritual power before handing you the spirit soul."
The room he brought Gloxinia into was different on the inside compared to its simple and unadorned outer appearance. It was brimming with modern technological apparatuses that were arranged about the room.
The Spirit Master gestured for Gloxinia to sit down on a metal chair before he began speaking. "Do you know why we why test spiritual power?"
Gloxinia blankly shook his head. He truly did not remember why they had to test spiritual power.
The Spirit Master explained, "This is your first time coming to choose a spirit soul. After fusing with a spirit soul, you'll become a true Soul Master and the Spirit Pagoda will make a record of your spiritual power's strength, the level and type of spirit soul you fused with, and other things. You'll most likely attend an intermediate Soul Master academy later on and this will help them with teaching you."
"For normal Soul Masters, spiritual power isn't too important. It's also divided into ranks, but it isn't divided the same way soul power is. However, when it comes to high level Soul Masters, the strength of their spiritual powers becomes much more significant. A strong spirit soul requires spiritual power equally as strong to fuse with."
"Before the existence of spirit souls, there weren't any ranks for spiritual power at all. But when spirit souls first appeared, the previous generations gradually realized that fusing with a spirit soul required much more spiritual power than fusing with a spirit ring. After extensive research, they created the rankings for spiritual power. It was only in the last two thousand years or so that the rankings were completed."
"From low to high, spiritual power is divided into: Spirit Origin, Spirit Connection, Spirit Sea, Spirit Abyss, Spirit Domain, and the fabled Divine Origin. These six realms are quite simple. Everyone is in the Spirit Origin realm when they are born. As for the meaning behind Spirit Origin, it means that it's the single origin everyone starts from. Afterwards, nature takes on a new look. This is the most basic of soul levels. You should be at this level. As for the rest, you'll learn it in school so I won't speak of it. Alright then. I'll start testing what degree of Spirit Origin you've reached."
A metal helmet fell onto Gloxinia's head. Then, metal arms linked together and strapped his head in.
"Don't be so tense. Relax your body. You might feel a bit of vertigo in a bit; that's normal. You just need to stay relaxed." The Spirit Master repeatedly warned.
"Yes." Gloxinia hastily promised.
A slight humming noise arose as the helmet began to emit a soft white glow. The Spirit Master watched the soul transmitter screen on the side as the screen began to display data.
When the numbers first appeared, they jumped up extremely quickly. After a moment, the numbers gradually stabilized. When the Spirit Master saw the number, his expression changed to one of astonishment.
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Author's Note: Sorry for two info dumps in the same chapter, its mostly just a refresher if you forgot some stuff about Douluo. Also, I will try to explain his decisions made a bit more clearly so there's no confusion.
Thank you for all the support, I didn't expect that on the second day of this novel we would already have about 50 collections, truly, thank you.
Finally, after I reach about chapter 20ish I will slow down the update rate from multiple chapters a day to only once a day with 2 rest days that will be random every week.
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