"That's right, a mental strength cultivation method."
Quan Li nodded affirmatively and continued, "Originally, I wanted to formally teach it to you after returning home, but since you want to stay here to cultivate, I will teach it to you here."
Mental strength cultivation method.
In the entire soul master world, it is the most niche of niche subjects.
The academy courses don't even teach students related knowledge.
Quan Yi had searched for related books in the academy library, but the number was pitifully small, and most of them were very superficial cultivation methods.
In fact, they weren't even as effective as Quan Yi's own multitasking and long-term maintenance of soul power crystals.
"Our Quan family's mental strength cultivation method was conceived and created by me after breaking through the Soul Saint rank.
At the same time, it was also when I began to abandon the use of dual-handed weapons and instead began the process of creating my own 'hardness' and 'sharpness'."
Quan Li extended his right hand, palm open and facing up, bringing it close to Quan Yi's eyes so he could see it clearly.
Quan Li's palm was exceptionally large, wide, and thick.
One palm could cover Quan Yi's entire face.
Just as Quan Yi was puzzled, a mass of black liquid emerged from Quan Li's palm, pulsating.
The liquid flowed joyfully within his palm, from palm to fingertip, from fingertip to palm, like a conscious water ball moving freely in Quan Li's hand.
"This is 'Hardness'!"
Quan Yi blurted out.
But as he spoke, an incredulous expression appeared on his face.
The unyielding 'Hardness' was like a lump of clay to be kneaded at will in Quan Li's hands.
Quan Yi was currently completely incapable of such control.
Quan Yi reached out his finger, approaching and pausing at the 'pudding' in Quan Li's palm.
"So hard."
The moment his finger touched the 'pudding', a hard sensation transmitted from his fingertip.
"Let your finger follow it."
Then, the still black water mass began to move slowly, like a stream of water.
But miraculously, Quan Yi's fingertip, pressed against the top, felt like it was stuck to some kind of gel-like substance.
Like dark chocolate, melting from a hard solid into a muddy liquid.
"The mental strength cultivation method sounds complicated, but the principle is very simple. It's like exercising your body: constantly consume and constantly recover. In this repetitive process, your mental strength will become stronger, just like muscles."
"And the mental strength cultivation method I created combines the changes of 'Hardness' to create an exercise method. It works on the same principles as your usual training, but it is more efficient.
Watch carefully."
Quan Yi's finger was pushed away by the power of soul force.
The 'Hardness' clinging to his palm began to leave his palm, slowly floating up.
In the air, it freely switched between hard and soft states.
Small hammer, small knife, small sword.
The shapes changed freely, like a liquid weapon.
Finally, Quan Li's ball of soul power transformed into a small knife, becoming a black light, shooting from above his palm into the firewood several meters away.
"Tss!"
"Bang!"
The small knife plunged into the wood, making two consecutive sounds.
The first sound was the sound of steel piercing wood.
The second sound was an explosive sound.
It turned out that the black knife that had just been inserted into the wood had undergone an internal explosion, shattering the hard wood.
Seeing this, Quan Yi was greatly shocked.
Although it looked very simple, the difficulty was ridiculously high.
"I have to say, your soul power crystal is a genius idea. Moreover, as a Soul Douluo, I can vaguely feel the development potential of the soul power crystal.
However, using it as a way to exercise your mental strength is slightly rudimentary. Using my method, the efficiency of mental strength growth will be greatly improved."
Quan Li's mental strength cultivation method was to exercise the mental strength by practicing the incredible soul power control technique from just now.
Quan Yi felt a longing.
"Grandpa, how do I cultivate this? Can you teach me?"
"Well, this cultivation method is divided into several stages. The first stage is 'Condensing Hardness, Transforming Softness', which is to transform the 'Hardness' condensed on the body surface into a free-flowing stream of water and maintain it for a considerable period of time.
The difficulty here lies in the fact that the softened 'Hardness' is not as stable as the 'Hardness' in its solid state. The dissipation speed and stability of soul power are not as good as 'Hardness'. Maintaining it requires consuming additional mental strength.
Therefore, when practicing this skill, it is equivalent to exercising mental strength at the same time."
Quan Yi also recognized the difficulty of this first stage.
Suppose you condense a unit of soul power into 'Hardness'.
Its maintenance time will be very long, and the mental strength consumed will not be very large.
But if you transform a unit of soul power into a soft state, the unstable soul power structure will cause the soul power to flow away faster.
In this way, the time that a unit of soul power can last will be several times less than 'Hardness'.
And if Quan Yi wants to increase the maintenance time in the soft state, he must increase his mental strength by several times, or even dozens of times.
In simple terms, it is doing something strenuous with little reward.
"Can this skill be used in conjunction with 'Flow' to help us reduce the consumption of soul power?"
When Quan Yi heard the content of the first stage of cultivation, he instantly associated it with 'Flow'.
Because the 'Flow' technique is a method of condensing the soul power flowing in the body to the attacked part, condensing it into 'Hardness'.
Therefore, it has a huge drawback: it cannot be moved, and the condensed soul power cannot be reabsorbed into the body, which means that it will inevitably cause soul power wastage.
Therefore, in real combat, except for attacks and some unavoidable emergencies, Quan Yi would restrain himself from using 'Flow' to defend.
Of course, in training, Quan Yi did not have this consumption problem, so he could squander it at will.
But if he possessed the skill of 'Transforming Softness', then Quan Yi could save a considerable portion of soul power.
He could continue to move the 'Hardness' condensed on the body surface to other parts to defend him, and even condense that ball of soul power into 'Sharpness', turning defensive measures into offensive measures.
"I didn't expect you to think of this step. It really amazes me.
That's right. 'Flow' and 'Softness', when combined, form the complete system of my combat system.
And your task is to suppress the rate of soul power loss in the soft state to half of the hard state, and you will be considered to have successfully passed the first stage.
At the same time, completing the first stage also means that your mental strength level has reached the Soul Saint level."
The combat method centered on 'Hardness' and 'Sharpness' created by Quan Li was created by him during the Soul Saint stage.
Because it was created based on the conditions of a Soul Saint, it is not suitable for low-level soul masters to use.
To truly unleash its power, the user must also grow to the level of a Soul Saint.
Why does it need to reach the Soul Saint level?
It is because only the mental strength of a Soul Saint level can more precisely control soul power.
Here, the amount of soul power is relatively not very important.
"Originally, this training was content that would only begin when breaking through the Soul Emperor stage. But your current mental strength level is comparable to a Soul Emperor, so I will announce this training content to you in advance."
The difficulty of Soul Emperor level cultivation is also at the Soul Emperor level.
But this did not cause Quan Yi a trace of pressure, on the contrary, a look of eagerness flashed in Quan Yi's eyes.
