20: Chapter 20 "Soul Condensation Breathing Technique" Advanced Version

Fighting monsters is fun for a moment. But when it came time to pick up the soul crystals, Lin Mo and the other two looked miserable.

"Boss, why do I have a feeling that today's soul crystals might not compare to yesterday's?"

Lu Mengmeng searched through the debris on the ground for a while; let alone soul crystals, she couldn't even find a single hair.

"Ahem, don't worry about the small details for now. Even though we didn't get any soul crystals, we gained real combat experience, didn't we?"

Lin Mo didn't show a shred of shame on his face, but his heart was bleeding. Dozens of soul crystals were just gone like that...

"Y-yes, that's right. After this round of coordination, not only is the fusion technique between me and Brother Mo becoming more proficient, but the accuracy has also improved quite a bit!" Niu Dachun chimed in, also putting on a brave front.

"Is that so?" Lu Mengmeng tilted her head. Anyway, her family wasn't short on soul crystals, so she didn't feel any heartache.

Her eyes rolled, and she hurriedly leaned in toward Lin Mo, saying with an expectant look, "Boss, how about you think about it again and come up with a fusion technique for me too?"

"This... is actually a bit difficult. The attributes of the Devil Vine and my alchemy furnace are completely unrelated; I don't think they can fuse."

"Can't fuse?" Lu Mengmeng drooped her little face. "How can that be? My vine can bind and constrict, and your furnace can explode and smash; they clearly go well together..."

Lin Mo was speechless. "That's like saying deep-fried dough sticks and soy milk are a perfect match; if you insist on pairing deep-fried dough sticks with ice cream, it just doesn't work."

"But deep-fried dough sticks with ice cream are also quite delicious!" Lu Mengmeng refused to accept it, but suddenly her eyes lit up. "How about we try 'Vine Furnace Throw'? I'll use my vine to fling your furnace out; maybe it'll throw even further than Da Chun's pot!"

Lin Mo rubbed his forehead.

"Forget it. If your Devil Vine had higher toughness, it might be possible to try the 'Storm Cloak Hammer' technique, but given the current strength of your Martial Soul, it's really lacking."

"Storm Cloak Hammer? Sounds amazing!" Lu Mengmeng's eyes brightened. "Then Boss, help me figure out how to enhance the toughness of the Devil Vine!"

"Get lost, don't think about freeloading off me. Besides, I promised Father Lu that I wouldn't interfere with your Martial Soul anymore, so you should just give up on that idea!"

Hearing this, Lu Mengmeng was immediately furious. "Dammit, it's that old geezer again. Tonight when I go back, I'm going to challenge him to a life-or-death duel."

Lin Mo found the scene amusing. Father Lu was just a support Soul Master with no offensive capabilities; if it weren't for his Soul Power level suppressing Lu Mengmeng, he really wouldn't be a match for her.

Hmm? Lu Mengmeng's family seems to be a fairly significant one; they probably have a cultivation technique for Soul Power, right? Could I trade for one with her family?

"By the way, Mengmeng, I have something to tell you." "What is it? Go ahead."

"Are you cultivating a Soul Power technique that increases cultivation speed?"

I don't know if Lu Mengmeng was truly naive or just pretending, but she blinked and didn't hide anything. "Yeah, my mom gave it to me. It can increase Soul Power absorption by 1.5 times; it's super precious."

Only 1.5 times? Lin Mo was a bit dumbfounded. He thought Lu Mengmeng was joking. But seeing her serious and proud expression, it didn't seem like it.

"Are you sure it only increases it by 1.5 times?"

Lin Mo's expression immediately annoyed Lu Mengmeng. "What do you mean 'only'? Boss, I'm afraid you don't know how precious a Soul Power cultivation technique is, do you?"

"Of course I know it's precious." Lin Mo rubbed his chin, a hint of surprise in his eyes. "But 1.5 times... it's really a bit low."

Lu Mengmeng immediately bristled. "No, Boss, I don't like hearing you say that. My Lu Family's 'Evergreen Breathing Technique' is ranked quite high in the Dragon Kingdom; some other families don't even reach one times."

What? Not even one times? Lin Mo felt astonished. Are the Soul Power techniques in this world generally this pathetic? The ones System AI generates casually all have over three times the speed. And he was even complaining that those were low-level.

"Sigh, that's true. You're just an ordinary commoner; you wouldn't have access to Soul Power cultivation techniques, so it's normal that you don't know their value. Let me put it this way: at last year's Morning Light Auction, a technique that increased cultivation speed by one time was auctioned off for 10 billion."

"What! 10 billion!" Lin Mo went numb. A one-time speed technique sold for 10 billion, so what about his three-time one? Damn it, it turns out the super-rich person is actually me...

Lin Mo had originally intended to trade one or more techniques with Pei Luohan. It was fortunate that he had asked Lu Mengmeng on a whim. Otherwise, he would have really been a sucker.

Lin Mo looked at Lu Mengmeng. "Then have you ever heard of a technique that can increase absorption speed by 3 times?"

Lu Mengmeng frowned. "Three times? Our class monitor, Qin Ran, has one in her family."

"Qin Ran? The Kyoto Qin Family?" "Yeah, I heard it from my mom, but I don't know if it's true or not."

From Lu Mengmeng, Lin Mo gathered that cultivation techniques were much rarer than he had imagined.

"So Mengmeng, if there were a cultivation technique that increased speed by 3 times, and it required you to trade your family's technique plus 10 billion, would you trade it?"

Lu Mengmeng jumped up as if her tail had been stepped on. "Trade! I'd trade even if it meant bankruptcy. If my family had a 3-time speed cultivation technique, we would definitely be able to squeeze into the top families of the Xia Kingdom within five years!"

Hearing this, Lin Mo felt a surge of joy, but he was also curious about the latter part. "Your family is a support Martial Soul family; how could you possibly squeeze into the top families of the Xia Kingdom?"

A support Martial Soul, no matter how strong, is still just a support with little combat power. How could it become a top family?

Lu Mengmeng glanced at Lin Mo. "Boss, are you stupid? My dad is a support, that's true, but my mom is strong!"

Lin Mo understood immediately. So, one could marry in external help.

At this moment, Lu Mengmeng finally realized and looked confused. "By the way, Boss, what did you mean by that just now? Do you have a 3-time speed technique you want to sell?"

Lin Mo suddenly calmed down. As an ordinary Soul Master with no power or influence, if he had a 3-time speed cultivation technique and word got out, would it invite disaster? But he really needed a cultivation technique from this world to feed to System AI. That way, System AI could deduce a better cultivation technique. And Lu Mengmeng's character was trustworthy, but he was worried about her family...

Lin Mo finally decided to trade only with Lu Mengmeng. "What if I said I did?"

...

That evening, as soon as Lin Mo returned to his rented apartment, he immediately took out a brand-new notebook. This was the hand-copied version of the Lu Family's 'Evergreen Breathing Technique'.

"It's only 1.5 times speed; I don't know if it will allow System AI to deduce a better one."

After returning to the city, Lin Mo printed two copies of the Soul Condensation Breathing Technique, one for Lu Mengmeng and one for Niu Dachun. As a price, Lu Mengmeng had to copy her family's breathing technique. Although he was taking a huge loss on this deal, he had no choice if he wanted to avoid exposing himself. He would just consider it a perk for Lu Mengmeng calling him Boss.

Without even bothering to take a shower, Lin Mo sat cross-legged on the bed and began to feed the 'Evergreen Breathing Technique' to System AI.

Half an hour passed. The "Soul Condensation Breathing Technique" Advanced Version was released.

"Heh, it actually worked; a 5-time speed cultivation technique is out!" After receiving the new technique information, Lin Mo was ecstatic.

"However... the template data is still a bit lacking; otherwise, it could have generated an even better one..."