17: Chapter 17 Soul Condensation Breathing Technique

The one speaking was Lu Mengmeng.

Because this girl used to hang out with Lin Mo, she had been bullied by the Vice Squad Leader and his gang plenty of times.

Now that she had become awesome, she definitely had to get back at them.

The Vice Squad Leader, who was already feeling a bit embarrassed, saw his face flush with shame upon hearing Lu Mengmeng's mockery.

"Damn it, if it wasn't for the fact that tracking you all took up so much time, and then I got injured by an explosion, would I have only hunted this little bit?"

This was even the result of Wang Hao and the other two pooling their share for him.

"Lu Mengmeng, stop meddling in other people's business!"

The Vice Squad Leader snorted coldly and hurriedly left as if fleeing.

Watching the four of them leave in such a sorry state, Lu Mengmeng chuckled.

"Let's hurry up and leave, otherwise there won't be any buses back to the city later."

Lin Mo also had a happy expression on his face.

He just loved watching the Vice Squad Leader make a fool of himself.

After all, this guy had always relied on his family's wealth since childhood to act arrogant in front of him.

"Da Chun, give your dad a call and have him set up a table for us; we have to celebrate our first real combat experience today."

"Alright!"

The three of them took the last bus back to the city.

The sky had already turned completely dark.

Just as they walked into Niu Ers Food Stall.

Da Chun's mother greeted them enthusiastically.

"Oh my, you two little rascals have finally returned!"

There were little oil stains on Da Chun's mother's apron as she grabbed Niu Dachun's arm and scanned him up and down.

"You aren't hurt, are you? I heard you went to that secret realm thing, you had me so worried!"

"Mom, I'm perfectly fine, aren't I?"

Niu Dachun scratched his head and gave a silly laugh, pointing at Lin Mo and Lu Mengmeng behind him. "Look, Brother Mo and Sister Mengmeng are also fine, and we even hunted a lot of soul crystals!"

"It's good that you're fine, it's good that you're fine."

Auntie Lan finally felt relieved and turned to take Lu Mengmeng's hand, smiling until her eyes narrowed into slits. "Mengmeng, you girl, you're getting prettier and prettier! Come inside quickly, I've stewed spare rib soup for you all to nourish your bodies!"

The food stall was full of life, with several greasy wooden tables wiped until they shone, and a ceiling fan in the corner turning slowly, dispersing the heat of the summer night.

Uncle Niu was stir-frying in the big wok, and seeing them come in, he gave a simple, honest smile: "You're back? The food will be ready in a moment."

As soon as the three of them sat down, Auntie Lan brought over a steaming basin of spare rib soup.

The soup was milky white, with a few pieces of corn and carrots floating in it.

"Drink up, drink up, Da Chun's dad specially went to the market to buy these spare ribs, and stewed them for the whole afternoon."

Lu Mengmeng had been starving for a long time, so she picked up a spoon and took a big gulp. It was so hot she stuck out her tongue, but she still mumbled indistinctly: "Delicious! It's much more fragrant than what my family's nanny stews!"

Niu Dachun held a large bowl, slurping down the soup, and mumbled: "That's right, my mom's soup, you won't find a second place like it in the whole city!"

Lin Mo drank the soup, looking at the lively scene before him, and a hint of warmth welled up in his heart.

In this world, living alone, where would he find such a sense of home?

Nighttime.

Lin Mo returned to his rental apartment alone.

As soon as he finished showering, he popped a body refining pill and began to absorb the soul crystal to cultivate his Soul Power.

Two hours passed.

Lin Mo finally finished absorbing the inferior soul crystal in his hand.

"This speed is too slow, is this the importance of Martial Soul quality?"

Lin Mo felt a bit discouraged.

Sure enough, when it came to Martial Soul quality, it wasn't something that could be made up for by later effort.

"System AI, can you help me generate a cultivation technique for absorption based on this world's Soul Power system?"

[Ding, keyword received: absorption, cultivation technique, System AI is generating based on existing data...]

Lin Mo was just asking casually.

He didn't expect the System AI to actually generate one for him.

[Ding! Generation complete, the absorption technique "Soul Condensation Breathing Technique" adapted to the current Soul Power system has been loaded.]

The next second.

A stream of information instantly flooded into Lin Mo's mind.

The circulation path of the technique, the nodes for Soul Power absorption, and even how to purify the impure energy within the soul crystals were as clear as if they were carved into his bones.

"Damn, System AI, you're really something, you actually came up with a cultivation technique for me."

Lin Mo was a bit dumbfounded.

"System AI, to be honest, you didn't just make this technique up from a novel, did you?"

[Ding, System AI generated it based on existing data combined with this world's Martial Soul system; whether it is effective cannot be verified!]

Damn it!

Lin Mo looked constipated.

He had the technique, but since it was generated by an AI, he didn't dare to practice it.

But for so long, nothing generated by System AI had ever appeared to be wrong.

Lin Mo considered it for a moment and decided to give it a try.

So he tried to circulate his Soul Power according to the method of the "Soul Condensation Breathing Technique".

He felt the free energy in the air become docile.

It even flowed along his meridians and slowly converged into the Martial Soul in his dantian.

Apart from being several times faster than before, there was no physical discomfort.

"Could it really be useful?" Lin Mo's eyes lit up.

He hurriedly picked up a soul crystal, Soul Power surging at his fingertips, and guided the energy flow according to the technique.

This time, the grey energy in the soul crystal was no longer absorbed crudely.

Instead, it was like being filtered through a sieve; only pure energy remained, following the established path into the Martial Soul in his dantian.

The alchemy furnace Martial Soul trembled slightly in his dantian, and the red light on its surface seemed a bit brighter than before.

Lin Mo could clearly feel that his Soul Power was steadily increasing.

Although there was still a distance to reach level six, this visible progress invigorated him.

In just half an hour.

A soul crystal was completely absorbed.

Lin Mo opened his eyes abruptly, and an undisguisable excitement flashed in his eyes:

"Damn, an extremely rare cultivation technique was created just like that? System AI, you really are a genius!"

He suddenly felt that even if he didn't have a system by his side during this transmigration, it wouldn't be a loss.

After all, in a sense, this AI was much stronger than those romance-strategy systems or cuckold systems.

"System AI, can you generate even better cultivation techniques?"

[Sorry, based on the current database, I can only generate techniques of a similar level.]

Lin Mo understood.

System AI's knowledge base was ultimately limited.

If he wanted it to generate more top-tier techniques, he had to "feed" it more knowledge first.

It would be best if he could obtain this world's Soul Power system cultivation methods.

But for now, this was enough.

If it were anyone else, even with an S-rank Martial Soul, without a technique to assist, it would take at least an hour or more to absorb a soul crystal.

His technique just happened to make up for the shortcoming of his Martial Soul quality, which was already powerful enough.

Lin Mo rubbed his chin and fell into deep thought: "Where exactly can I get a proper Soul Power cultivation technique?"

Those major powers and prominent families all treated their own techniques as family heirlooms and hid them tightly.

Ordinary civilian Soul Masters simply had no chance to come into contact with them.

In the market, they were even more priceless and unavailable, and there was very little information about them.

"How about... I find a chance to ask Pei Luohan? She also looks like she might be a descendant of some family..."

He made up his mind, and his eyes gradually brightened.

But then he felt troubled again.

Such precious things as cultivation techniques.

Buying or borrowing them was definitely not going to work.

Then it would be best to trade with his own techniques.

Thinking of this, Lin Mo suddenly felt confident.

"After I come back tomorrow night, I'll have System AI generate a few techniques and print them all into booklets. If one doesn't work for a trade, I'll use two. If two don't work, I'll use three or four. I don't believe I won't be able to make a trade."