Chapter 13: Ten-Year Soul Skill
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
There were plenty of ways for Wang Che to earn money.
However, they would require him to awaken his martial soul and cultivate his soul power first.
Besides that, he could also modify the Beast Origin Skill to develop a Soul Guiding Skill, and apply for patents. That would allow him to bring in even more income, since this particular skill was a valuable soul pet cultivation technique.
In fact, even a normal soul pet's Soul Guiding Skill could easily be sold for tens of thousands of dollars.
Having such a precious item in one's possession would naturally attract the greed of others.
At Wang Che's current strength level, improving the Beast Origin Skill or other cultivation techniques to create a Soul Guiding Skill suitable for other soul beasts would only cause him trouble.
He should be careful not to make any enemies for the time being.
These were definitely thoughts that an ordinary person would not have had, much less a high school student. With Wang Che's experience and awakened memory however, it wasn't surprising that he took them into account.
'I can only start thinking about this after I awaken my martial soul and gain some strength.
'I should find a part-time job for the next half of the semester.'
Wang Che thought.
Thus, he agreed to Yuan Xiaole's invitation.
It wasn't that he needed to act like a sparring partner. He only had to show up to Yuan Xiaole's club.
If anything, his membership could be regarded as a celebrity endorsement.
Yuan Xiaole, being the honest and straightforward person he was, patted his chest confidently when he heard Wang Che agree to his terms. He even promised to pay more money to Wang Che.
Seven thousand a month.
"Then it's settled!"
Feeling as if he had closed an important deal, Yuan Xiaole was in great spirits.
After school started again, the club would only get more popular.
In contrast, Wang Che only nodded slightly.
"See you at school!" Yuan Xiaole waved while saying.
"Kuka!"
Hearing this, the Kuka Beast on his shoulder also waved politely at Wang Che.
At that moment, the exhausted green caterpillar on Wang Che's chest suddenly raised its head.
Its eyes brightened when it saw the Kuka Beast.
"Ssss!"
The green caterpillar glared at Yuan Xiaole's soul pet with murderous intent.
It could not forget how it had been beaten up by the Kuka Beast during the defense test.
Especially since it could not retaliate, the caterpillar's anger started to swell up.
"Ku... ka?!"
The Kuka Beast on Yuan Xiaole's shoulder reacted. Sensing danger, it instinctively wrapped its arms around his owner's head, scared to even look at the green caterpillar.
Even when Wang Che had left after patting the green caterpillar's head, the Kuka Beast still looked terrified.
Yuan Xiaole looked at his soul pet with a confused expression. "What's wrong with you?"
"Ku!!!"
"Are you trying to say that the green caterpillar is scary? Damn, Kuka Beast, you're such a disgrace. You're even frightened by a green caterpillar? Are you kidding me?"
"Kuka! Kuka!"
"Eh? You don't know why? You just find its eyes terrifying... no, you're a Kuka Beast and the green caterpillar is just an insect, so you shouldn't be so discombobulated... you can knock it out with one punch..."
"Ku... ka~"
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When Wang Che returned home, he fed the little one a few pieces of milk birch leaf. Once it was satisfied and full, it gradually fell asleep.
Over the next few days, besides cultivating normally, Wang Che also began to train the green caterpillar to perform its soul skill.
Once again, its tail swing was very powerful.
After asking around, Wang Che discovered that this soul skill was similar to the "Rumbling Tail Strike".
This was a soul skill that many soul beasts with tails could perform.
They simply had to concentrate their soul power on the tail and strike the opponent with it.
It was a 'ten-year soul skill'.
Soul skills were classified according to their power level.
Generally, it would be categorised into ten-year, hundred-year, thousand-year, ten thousand-year, hundred thousand-year, or million-year soul skills.
As their names suggested, the soul skill's power level increased with age.
However, this was only a measurement of the raw strength of one's soul power.
The efficacy of soul skills in an actual battle relied heavily on the soul pet's understanding of soul skills and whether it used them effectively.
Under most circumstances, soul pets would only learn these powerful soul skills when they reached a certain age range.
After all, the more powerful a soul skill was, the more soul power it consumed.
Of course, in reality, the power of a soul skill was directly proportional to a soul pet's soul power cultivation.
Even with the same ten year soul skill, a million year old soul pet would definitely be far stronger than a hundred year old soul pet.
"It's not bad to be able to learn a ten-year soul skill with just a ten-year cultivation base."
Wang Che started to smile.
Though the Rumbling Tail Strike was not considered to be outstanding among the countless ten-year soul skills, it was still rare for a green caterpillar to be able to learn it.
Moreover, it was a ten year soul skill that had varying effects depending on the type of soul pet that used it.
Even though it had only been a few days since they returned from the test center, Wang Che made the little one practice this move every day.
In just four days, when the green caterpillar's soul power cultivation had reached around 25 years, it mastered the soul skill, and could use it freely now.
In addition, its power had also increased along with its cultivation level.
Though it could only be used for a limited amount of times, the little one was definitely much stronger now than before, thanks to the continuous training of its Beast Origin Skill
"Basically, as long as it keeps training at this rate every day while using the Beast Origin Skill, the caterpillar's soul power cultivation can increase by about three years every day. However, if it isn't fed enough leaves, the cultivation level will only increase by about two years daily.
"There's still one week before school starts. By then, it should be around fifty years."
If word got out, this figure would probably shock many people.
Fifty years in just two weeks. Most young soul pets, even rare ones, couldn't achieve that.
"For the next week, besides steadily increasing its soul power cultivation base, we should also focus on mastering the Rumbling Tail Strike and another soul skill."
"Spit Thread."
Spit Thread was the only other ten-year soul skill the green caterpillar could learn.
It was a straightforward process, as the caterpillar could easily learn this technique after reaching a ten-year cultivation base.
Right after the little one was born, it had already known how to spit silk.
However, that was not a soul skill.
The threads were sticky, but structurally weak.
They were more like a gluey fluid.
In contrast, threads that were released using soul power would be much more dense and tough.
It would be soft and smooth, perfect for... clothing production.
One had to know that soul pets were very powerful.
A soul pet with over ten years of soul power cultivation, for instance, could beat up a normal human with ease.
Even this little one, with a cultivation base of ten years, had been able to perform an attack consisting of more than 300 kilograms of force with its soul skill.
If it had targeted a normal person, they would have died instantly.
However, if it had struck a soul beast instead, the damage dealt would not have been fatal.
Now, seeing how the threads spat out by the green caterpillar could only be used to produce raw materials, one got the gist of how weak this skill was, especially when used to battle other soul pets.
However, Wang Che didn't just give up hope.
"Spit Thread is different from Rumbling Tail Strike, a conventional ten year soul skill. This is a type of soul skill formed by the fusion of the soul pet's physical attributes and soul power. In other words, it's a bug type specialty soul skill."
He muttered to himself.
Using this soul skill on different soul pets would create various special effects.
"Green caterpillar, condense your soul power into threads and spit it on my palm."
Wang Che instructed.
Upon hearing this, the green caterpillar immediately nodded and spat out a string onto its master's palm.
Ssss...
As the white threads condensed, it slowly formed a cotton ball.
After some time, Wang Che's hand was completely covered in the sticky threads.
From afar, it looked as if he was tied up.
When the caterpillar finally stopped spitting, he picked up the pair of scissors beside him to cut off the threads, which came off easily.
"No, it's not tough enough, and it's barely cohesive. It seems that it'll be difficult to use this soul skill effectively on other soul pets... An opponent with slightly more strength than the caterpillar will be able to break free from the basic binding with ease."
Wang Che shook his head as he thought about this.
The threads were also enveloped by a viscous substance that wasn't even as adhesive as glue. At most, it could only be compared to sticky rice.
It was harmless, and would only make the opponent feel disgusted.
Other than that, this skill had no practical use.
"Unless the little one has a few thousand years of soul power cultivation under its belt, these threads won't have much of an effect on ordinary people."
If it had been the threads of a green caterpillar with a cultivation base of several hundred years, the power would be altogether different.
After all, it was a soul beast. No matter how inherently weak it was, as long as its soul power cultivation base is high, its attacks would be powerful.
As such, soul beasts with a cultivation base of several hundred years definitely wouldn't be afraid of the green caterpillar's threads...
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