Chapter 5 Shi Jian: What Is a Martial Soul?

Knock, knock, knock!

Shi Quan walked quickly to the clay sculpture room behind the courtyard, knocking on the door while calling softly into the room: "Dad?"

Click, click.

After a while, the sound of unlocking the door came from the room, and the door opened, revealing the tall figure of Shi Jian.

"Come in." Shi Jian nodded.

Clang, click.

There was another sound of closing and locking the door. In order to prevent others from disturbing, the door of the clay sculpture room can be locked from the inside, so that people outside cannot easily enter.

Once the door was closed, the whole clay sculpture room seemed a bit dim.

There was only one window in the whole room, and the window was set very high. It was difficult for ordinary people to see inside from the outside. Moreover, the position where Shi Jian made clay sculptures was just below the window. Even if you looked into the house from the window, you couldn't see Shi Jian's movements.

"Xiao Quan, come here."

There was an extra chair next to the place where Shi Jian usually made clay sculptures. It seemed to be specially prepared for Shi Quan.

Shi Quan had just sat down when Shi Jian suddenly asked him, "Xiao Quan, what do you think martial spirits are to us?"

Shi Quan was stunned for a moment and then slowly said, "Doesn't the book say that martial spirits are a kind of inheritance of our bloodline?"

Shi Jian smiled and said, "The book does say so, but I don't think so."

"Dad, what do you think martial spirits are?" After hearing what Shi Jian said, Shi Quan suddenly became curious.

"I think martial spirits are the power that comes from our hearts. Maybe it is related to bloodline, but it is definitely not just bloodline. After all, our ancestors can't be a ball of mud, right?"

"It is really possible that they are a ball of mud!"

After hearing what Shi Jian said, Shi Quan thought to himself, after all, he can encounter such a thing as time travel. In the myths and legends of the previous life, weren't humans created by Nuwa who molded clay to create people?

Although thinking this in his heart, Shi Quan naturally couldn't say it out loud, but asked: "Dad, what do you mean?"

Shi Jian still said calmly: "In my opinion, the martial soul is a manifestation of inner strength and is part of our body. Even without soul power, it can be controlled by our own will!"

Shi Jian's voice was still steady, but as his voice fell, the whole person looked thick and taller.

Shi Quan tightened his grip on the chair, staring at Shi Jian in front of him with wide eyes. For some reason, he felt that Shi Jian in front of him seemed to have changed. There was no trace of soul power fluctuation on his body, but the whole person at this time gave people a feeling that he was as heavy and stable as the earth, which made people feel that he was very reliable.

"Do you feel it?" Shi Jian smiled, and the whole person returned to normal again.

Shi Quan stood up suddenly and said to Shi Jian angrily: "Dad, you still said you are not a master?"

"Don't be arrogant." Shi Jian shook his head at Shi Quan, motioned him to sit down, and then slowly said: "Your father is just an ordinary person. What I just showed is what I call inner strength, that is, the power of martial soul. You should release your martial soul first."

"Okay!"

Shi Quan nodded. I don't know if it was influenced by Shi Jian. His restless heart calmed down and he became more stable. The soul power in his body surged, and a faint blue light appeared in his hand. In an instant, a blue grass appeared in his hand.

"Blue silver grass." Shi Jian looked at it and then said: "Xiao Quan, can you make the left leaf of your blue silver grass bend down?"

"I'll try." Although Shi Quan didn't understand Shi Jian's purpose, he still tried very actively. But this attempt made him understand the difficulty. It was not difficult to make the whole blue silver grass bend again, but if he wanted to control a single branch of the blue silver grass, it didn't react at all.

After many attempts, Shi Quan's brows had already wrinkled into a "川" shape, but he still couldn't do it.

"It's OK, Xiao Quan."

Shi Jian also spoke at the right time, and then raised his right hand. The earthy yellow light condensed and turned into a palm-sized mud ball in his hand, which was Shi Jian's martial soul mud.

"Look."

As Shi Jian's voice fell, the whole person suddenly became focused, and the next second the mud in his hand actually moved.

Under Shi Quan's shocked eyes, the mud began to change into various shapes, ovals, squares, rectangles, and not only that, the mud even began to change in size, and began to change into more complex things. Tables and chairs of different sizes, pots and pans, and bowls were transformed in his hands in just a few breaths.

However, this is not Shi Jian's limit. When the mud became a ball again, the mud began to show subtle changes.

Clay sculpture!

In less than a quarter of an hour, a vivid clay sculpture of a bird appeared in Shi Jian's hand. During the whole process, Shi Jian did not even move. The clay martial spirit in his hand seemed to have its own consciousness and directly turned into the shape of a bird.

Shi Quan, who was standing aside, was so shocked by the scene that he did not know what to say.

In his understanding, he had never heard of anyone who could control the martial spirit to such a delicate degree, and even without soul power.

Shi Quan only felt that his throat was a little hoarse. After a long time, he came back to his senses and asked: "Dad...how did you do it!"

Shi Jian raised his hand and pointed at his heart, "This is the inner strength I am talking about. In my opinion, the martial spirit is a part of the body and the embodiment of our inner thoughts. As long as we understand our own hearts and the inner strength is strong enough, The martial spirit itself can be controlled by us and act according to our thoughts."

"Dad what should I do."

Shi Quan's eyes lit up. He didn't expect that the secret of Shi Jian's clay sculpture was this.

In Shi Quan's view, Shi Jian's special spirit control method is much more exaggerated than the distracted control of the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect.

It can be called the control of martial souls. Even without soul power, he can control the martial souls to make arbitrary actions. It may not have much impact on animal martial souls and weapon martial souls, but for plant-type martial souls, For elemental martial souls, once you learn how to control the martial soul, it will definitely be a qualitative leap in improving your strength.

He didn't know how Shi Jian did it, but he also understood why Shi Jian was so cautious and had to be alone every time he made clay sculptures.

If the secret of Shi Jian's ability to control Wuhun so freely were spread, their family would definitely not be at peace.

"Your martial spirit is different from mine, but we reach the same goal by different paths. I can only teach you based on my previous insights. I'm not sure whether you can learn it."

Shi Jian shook his right hand, and the bird clay sculpture in his hand turned into substance and fell into his hand.

This is the special thing about Shi Jian's mutated clay martial spirit. After the ordinary weapon martial spirit is released, it can only be used by the releaser. Once the martial spirit is withdrawn, the weapon will disappear, but Shi Jian's mutated clay martial spirit cannot It can be manufactured like a food spirit and turned into a real object.

Because Shi Jian has no soul power, although his clay martial soul can be embodied and transformed into substance, it has a certain quantity limit and cannot be produced infinitely.

Hearing Shi Jian's words, Shi Quan slowly recovered from the shock and smiled mysteriously, "Dad, I can definitely learn it, because..."

With that said, Shi Quan shook his right hand, and while the Blue Silver Grass martial spirit disappeared, he immediately raised his left hand, "...I still have a martial spirit like my father!"

"What!" Even though Shi Jian had a calm personality, after hearing Shi Quan's words, his face was full of shock, and his eyes were fixed on Shi Quan's raised left hand.

A faint earthy yellow light spurted out from the palm of Shi Quan's left hand, the brilliance condensed, and soon a ball of soil similar to that in Shi Jian's hand appeared in Shi Quan's hand.

"Really, really..." Shi Jian held Shi Quan's hand holding the soil almost instantly. The thickness of the hand, which was a bit rough, made people feel particularly reassured.

"Dad, I haven't even had time to tell my mother this secret yet, but you are the first one to know."

Shi Quan chuckled, his parents were people he completely trusted, and there was no need to hide the secret of his martial spirit in front of them.

"Twin martial spirits, my son turns out to be twin martial spirits."

Because Shi Quan likes to read books, and Shi Jian and his wife like to flip through them even if they have nothing to do, Shi Jian knows the concept of twin martial arts and the meaning they represent.

Shi Jian quickly calmed down, holding Shi Quan's shoulders firmly with both hands, staring at Shi Quan with his eyes, and reminded in a deep voice: "Xiao Quan's twin martial spirits are special, you must pay attention to the secret of the twin martial spirits. You must not expose it. The world of soul masters is more vicious than the world of ordinary people. When you have something that others do not have, what you bring is often not the compliments and envy of others, but jealousy and jealousy. You must hide your clumsiness in everything, do you understand? ?”

Shi Quan replied with a serious expression: "I know, Dad, I will definitely not reveal the twin martial souls."

"Yes." Shi Jian nodded, "Since you have the same martial spirit as me, it should be easier to learn. Earlier, the village chief came over and discussed with us how to go to the Soul Master Academy. Yes, our village has a free quota for work-study students. The village chief has already applied for you. There are still more than three months at the college. You must not fall behind in your cultivation. During these three months, you will study with me in the afternoon. When it comes to the use of strength, you can practice by yourself in the morning, rest when you need to in the evening, and combine work with rest.”

Shi Quan knew that Shi Jian was talking about his practice last night. After making a simple plan in his mind, he immediately said: "I can study with you during the day. In fact, I didn't rest last night. I practiced all night. I find that I don’t feel tired after practicing, and I feel that normal practicing should be able to replace rest.”

"Cultivation can replace rest?" Shi Jian frowned slightly, doubtful and a little worried.

"Well, don't worry, Dad, I will be careful. If there are any problems, I will tell you as soon as possible. Don't worry."

"Okay." Shi Jian said with a slight sigh after taking a serious look at Shi Quan.

Shi Quan has been smart since he was young and has his own opinions on things. Shi Jian and the others know that, but to them, no matter how smart Shi Quan is, he is only a six-year-old child, so how can they not worry about him?

After a few simple instructions, Shi Jian soon began the first day of teaching.

Shi Jian's so-called inner strength teaching method is also very special.

Play in the mud.

Of course, it's not just playing around. To put it bluntly, it's just clay sculpture.

After the age of three, Shi Quan was tired of reading on weekdays, so from time to time he would go to Shi Jian to learn some simple clay sculpture making. Shi Quan had already laid the foundation for the clay sculpture.

However, this clay sculpture is different from the previous ones. During the whole production process, Shi Jian has been instilling a concept in Shi Quan from beginning to end, that is, to abandon all distractions and focus all thoughts and attention on the clay in his hands.

The whole person is immersed in the outline of the clay's 'shape', feeling the power of the clay and the natural feeling when making it.

It sounds simple, but it is actually very difficult to do.

People are easily affected by the distractions around them, and it is not so easy to immerse themselves in something wholeheartedly.

Sometimes, people's brains are like this. The less you think, the more you think in your mind, and you can't control it at all.

At the beginning, Shi Quan couldn't do what Shi Jian asked. He was easily affected by the slightest noise around him and couldn't immerse himself in it. The whole person seemed very restless.

Fortunately, Shi Jian has been guiding Shi Quan quietly and never showed any irritability. Even so, it took Shi Quan half a month to meet Shi Jian's initial requirements for the first time.

And it was with the help of the spirit of the martial soul that he entered into this feeling of immersion.

This was also discovered by Shi Quan unintentionally. When the spirit of the martial soul was possessed, his senses and perceptions would be greatly amplified. Another very special point was that his thinking consciousness would become more agile than normal.

It was like having an extra brain to help him deal with things. The previous single-core processor became a dual-core processor, and both the processing speed and processing effect were much more efficient than normal.

With the special talent of the spirit, Shi Quan finally met Shi Jian's requirements.

That feeling was very special.

When making it, Shi Quan's eyes were completely focused on the mud ball in his hand. The whole person seemed to be immersed in this mud ball. His hands slowly outlined the mud ball, and soon a simplest mud bowl appeared in Shi Quan's hands.

Looking at the initially completed mud bowl in his hand, Shi Quan didn't even notice the passage of time. In that short process, Shi Quan only felt that his heart was in harmony with this mud ball.

With the power of concentration, feel the soil.

Shi Quan also understood Shi Jian's purpose.

Concentrate your mind on the clay sculpture with all your heart and soul. The process of clay sculpture is actually equivalent to a disguised perception. In this process of perception, you can feel the texture, veins, humidity, etc. of the soil.

The purpose of this process should be to lay the foundation for the subsequent communication and understanding with the martial soul so as to achieve further control of the martial soul.