Chapter 236 Antidote

Chapter 236 Antidote

Chapter 236 Antidote
"Master Jing, the New Year is coming in a few days. My father has learned that your grandson has returned, and asked me to invite you to the palace with them for a family dinner. One is to welcome your grandson, and the other is to hear about their experiences during their exchange at Shrek Academy. Do you have time?"

"Your Majesty invites me, and I will accept it!"

"." Arthas said nothing, watching the two perform the opposite role quietly until Xu Tianran looked over at him.

"Brother Arthas, you have done a great favor to our royal family and are naturally among those invited. I wonder if you can do me the honor?"

"Then I'd rather obey you than submit." Arthas said concisely.

Xu Tianran smiled brightly, "Then I will be waiting for you in the palace, bro."

After some polite exchanges, he said goodbye and left. Jing Hongchen took over the conversation, announced Mingdetang's reward, and said that after the New Year, he would take him to see Mingdetang's top secret Unit 0, which is also Mingdetang's highest achievement in these years. He will also participate in Project Zero in the future.

"Thank you very much for your cultivation, Master." Arthas responded kindly.

Mingdetang's humanoid Gundam is one of the top goals of his undercover trip, and he is naturally happy to be able to participate in the research.

If he steals it like the original novel, he will have to spend time and energy to study the principle, and the many soul guides involved in the research and development of Mingde Hall are completely unaware of the transformation ideas. This is obviously not the best solution. He has to steal it, but before that, he has to figure out what he should figure out.

The original body wanted to maximize profits, and he agreed.

Thinking of this, Jing Hongchen continued, hoping that he could help his granddaughter check her body and see if he could give some more suggestions.

Having just received many benefits, Arthas naturally found it difficult to refuse, so he agreed.

So in the afternoon, Jing Hongchen brought Meng Hongchen to the laboratory again and brought three 10,000-year-old Silver Moon Wolf King spines. Mingdetang had been exploring the Jingyang Mountains for more than a thousand years, so naturally they had a certain amount of inventory. The three pieces they brought this time were all top-notch.

One of the pieces was a reward for his help in treating Meng Hongchen.

Giving it to grandchildren is good, but Arthas, who contributed blueprints and helped treat his granddaughter, did not get any, which is obviously inappropriate.

Jing Hongchen thought so, so he brought one for Arthas as well and gave a reason.

"Arthas, you're almost a Soul Emperor. I'll upgrade your Doukai suit then."

Arthas would not miss such a good thing that was delivered to his door, so he expressed his gratitude and took it and put it into his soul guide.

"Arthas, thank you for your help." Meng Hongchen said afterwards.

"It's a small matter." Arthas nodded slightly and pointed to a seat at the side, "Sister Meng, please sit over here."

Meng Hongchen nodded, walked over and sat down like a lady, then stretched out her right hand and summoned her martial spirit.

Her first soul ring came from the same type of martial soul, Zhu Qing Bing Chan, and because of this, she was lucky enough to be able to release the beast martial soul out of the body, but she never used it normally.

Anyway, she felt that this special form was of no use in actual combat.

"Martial Soul Mimicry?" Arthas glanced at the little toad in Meng Hongchen's palm, "Your first soul ring came from the Red Ice Toad?"

An Lengye's Frost Bear Martial Spirit from Qianling Academy also has this form, and he inherited this part of the memory.

"Yes." Meng Hongchen nodded, "My first soul skill is exactly the ability of Zhu Qing Ice Toad to release poison, which is the cold poison formed by the alternation of ice and fire."

Arthas nodded gently. "This is a very wise choice. With this first soul skill, you can rely on yourself to figure out how to balance the attributes in your body in the future. Your chances of success will increase by at least 30%. Zhu Qing Ice Toad is born with the talent to perfectly balance the attributes in its body and let them interact with each other to derive a deadly poison. You have inherited this ability, so you can try to comprehend it in reverse."

"In the future, you can practice the first soul skill more and try to fully understand its operating principle. Then you will definitely gain something."

"Your talent of releasing martial spirits can be put to good use. You can first control it to produce poison. During this time, carefully observe and feel the process of it producing poison. Then, you can further try it in the form of possession and gradually master it. This way, the risk will be much smaller."

"Thank you for your advice!" Meng Hongchen's eyes lit up and he expressed his gratitude sincerely.

Arthas looked calm and continued, "Also, you can try to combine the martial soul mimicry with the soul guide."

"Although the martial soul mimicry cannot bring an increase in power to the soul master, it can be directed by the soul master, and it consumes less energy and puts less burden on the soul master's body."

"The biggest disadvantage is undoubtedly that the soul master loses the blessing brought by the possession, and will be relatively vulnerable. In addition, the martial soul is exposed and it is easy to be attacked. The soul guide can solve the problem of defense."

"The most important thing is that when your martial spirit leaves your body and releases a deadly poison, the poison will not have much impact on your physical body."

"So, before you completely solve the problem of attribute balance and toxin backlash, you can consider developing in this direction. Your martial soul mimicry is very small, so it should be easy to create a soul guide that can protect it, and it is also convenient to carry."

"If used properly, it might even bring unexpected results in battle."

"For example, when the opponent approaches, suddenly spit poison mist at the face, or use the soul guide to compress the poison and then shoot it out."

Meng Hongchen's eyes brightened after hearing this, and he said excitedly, "I'll study it when I get back."

"Alsace, thank you for your advice."

Jing Hongchen smiled and suddenly felt that bringing his granddaughter here was an extremely correct decision.

Why didn't I think of this? It seems my thinking has also fallen into a dead end. He couldn't help but sigh.

"You're welcome. I just said what I thought of." Arthas said calmly, "Trying to combine everything you hear and see with a soul guide is a basic ability that a soul guide should have."

"."Jing Hongchen felt a little embarrassed. This was indeed a basic ability, but whether he could make the connection depended on his talent.

As for talent, the gap between people is sometimes really huge.

Meng Hongchen also understood this truth, and at the same time felt the gap between himself and Arthas.

She smiled and said generously, "Brother Arthas, your talent in soul guide research and development is rare in the world. I dare not compare with you."

"Look more and think more, and you will gain something." Arthas said calmly.

Meng Hongchen nodded slightly, and then he heard Alsa continue: "Sister Meng, release your first soul skill for me to see."

"Okay." Meng Hongchen nodded and did as he was told. With a thought, he activated his first soul skill. The belly of the little ice toad in his palm suddenly lit up with a blue light, and its two red eyes glowed red. The next second, the ice toad opened its mouth, and the inside of its mouth alternated between red and blue, and it exhaled a breath of cold mist.

"The two attributes alternate to produce the poison, rather than simply converging to produce the poison." Arthas fell into thought.

"In other words, this poison is originally the product of an imbalance in properties. But its own properties must be perfectly balanced in order not to harm itself."

"This imbalance lies in the control and application of attribute energy, rather than a physical talent."

If it was a simple intersection, what would be derived was the aura of restraining poison in the intersection area of ​​the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire.

"So, this poison will backfire on the host's body. In fact, it is because the process of controlling the soul power to produce the poison cannot be perfectly controlled, resulting in random deviations in the properties, and then the derived toxicity changes also show slight differences. And it is this difference that makes it difficult for the body to adapt for a while, resulting in a poisoning reaction, and it continues to accumulate over time."

Arthas muttered to himself. "The alternation of cold and heat, the toxicity will change if the temperature deviates slightly. This is indeed a little difficult to control."

"Who said it wasn't!" Jing Hongchen followed up with a complaint.

"If the toxicity was fixed, I might have found a way to deal with it long ago."

"The most troublesome thing is that even if Xiao Meng can control the attribute balance in the short term, once she needs to break through the realm and absorb another spirit ring, the attributes will change again, and she will have to find the balance point again."

"Well, it's mainly because martial spirits that possess both ice and fire attributes are too rare in this world. It takes a lot of time to find one, and the time limit may not be suitable. And if I choose to add a single attribute spirit ring, the energy of the fire attribute spirit ring is too violent, and it is too dangerous to absorb it."

"So, for safety reasons, if I can't find a Zhuqing Ice Toad of the right age, I can only help Xiao Meng find one with ice attributes. The result is that the attributes of the martial soul are further unbalanced, which is very troublesome!"

"As a soul beast, Zhu Qing Ice Toad has almost no shortcuts in cultivation. It can grow step by step and balance itself by constantly absorbing external attribute energy. It can use time to temper its body and then benefit its offspring."

"As humans, we need to absorb spirit rings to break through, and every time we absorb a spirit ring, we will introduce a huge amount of attribute energy. How can we achieve a perfect balance overnight?"

Simply put, the Zhuqing Ice Toad race has undergone continuous evolution and inheritance, and its offspring are born with extremely high resistance to fire and ice, which is something that Meng Hongchen does not have. Because Meng Hongchen's martial soul mutated from another generation, and it was not just one or two generations, he did not inherit the corresponding physique. Arthas nodded slightly, continued to look at Meng Hongchen, and said, "Take back the martial soul."

"Next, I need to grab your wrist and check your soul power."

"Okay." Meng Hongchen retracted his martial soul and continued to stretch out his hand.

Arthas grabbed his wrist, then mobilized his own soul power and immersed it in the arm area, frowning immediately.

"Ms. Meng, you've been poisoned."

"Is there any way to solve it?" Jing Hongchen asked subconsciously.

As a grandfather, he knew that his granddaughter had been poisoned by the toxin produced by her martial spirit, but the problem could not be solved because the toxicity kept changing.

"There is a shortcut that can solve the early crisis." Arthas withdrew his hand and nodded slightly.

"What method?" Before Meng Hongchen could say anything, Jing Hongchen shouted first, in an urgent tone.

"The first method is to absorb soul bones." Arthas thought of Dugu Bo from Dou Yi. "Soul bones are dead things, so there is no such thing as poison. Therefore, by absorbing soul bones and transferring toxins from the body into them, we can prevent toxins from continuing to erode the body. Of course, precisely because soul bones are dead things, their strength varies according to their age, and so does their upper limit."

"So, as time goes by, there is a chance that the toxin will overflow, or even accidentally erupt due to high-intensity combat, so there is a certain risk."

"The advantage is that it is equivalent to multiple means of attack, and it can be mitigated by releasing it in advance. So overall, it is a good solution."

"It's a good idea indeed." Jing Hongchen said excitedly, "But how do we remove the existing toxins and then transfer them?"

"That brings us to the second solution," Arthas said, "and that is to endure!"

"To put it bluntly, the reason why Schoolmate Meng was corroded by the martial spirit poison is because she lacks resistance."

"There are both congenital deficiencies and acquired deficiencies. The former is due to bloodline inheritance issues, and the latter is due to the uneven absorption of energy from scarce spirit rings."

"In this case, we just need to find a way to increase Sister Meng's body's resistance to ice and fire, and she will naturally be able to resist the erosion of toxins."

"The method is simple. Place Junior Sister Meng in a rich ice and fire energy. As far as I know, the balanced alternation of ice and fire can suppress any toxins. Therefore, by tempering in this alternating way, the toxins in Junior Sister Meng's body can be eliminated, while at the same time improving Junior Sister Meng's physical resistance, and it will not affect the martial spirit."

"After all, the martial spirit poison of Sister Meng comes from her attribute ability, not from her own."

"If I'm lucky, it might even benefit my martial spirit."

What a good experimental subject. To be honest, he really wanted to use Meng Hongchen to test the alchemy he inherited, and if it succeeded, he would pass it to the original body.

Even if you don't want to kill soul beasts indiscriminately, it should be okay to draw blood from the corpses left behind by hunting soul rings, right?
I don’t know whether the original body will reject him, but his clone doesn’t feel anything at all.

"Will there be any danger?" Jing Hongchen couldn't help but ask. Arthas' method sounded very dangerous.

"There is no danger to life, but the process will be painful." Arthas said. He was very confident in his alchemy level.

"Grandpa, I'm willing to give it a try!" Meng Hongchen said firmly, "It's just painful, I can bear it."

Jing Hongchen was speechless and asked, "Arthas, what materials do you need me to prepare?"

"The fresh blood of a living ice-attributed soul beast and a fire-attributed soul beast." Arthas said, "I will use a secret method to refine the blood of the two soul beasts, then adjust the balance, and then pour it into a special soul guide for alternating circulation. After that, let Junior Sister Meng soak in it and meditate and absorb it. At that time, the essence and energy contained in the blood will continue to flow into Junior Sister Meng's body, continuously refining her body."

“If it were any other soul master, it would only damage the body. But it’s different for Sister Meng who possesses a dual-attribute martial soul of ice and fire. As long as she can get through it, it will only improve her, especially her physical strength, which will definitely be greatly enhanced.” He added.

If the experiment is successful, it would be bad if Mingdetang, especially the royal family, took it over and abused it.

"The foundation will also become more solid, which will be beneficial for subsequent practice."

Arthas continued.

So good? Jing Hongchen was surprised and asked hurriedly, "Are there any requirements for the type and age of the soul beast?"

"A sub-dragon soul beast is the best," Arthas said. "If you can integrate some of its bloodline characteristics, the effect will definitely not be bad. As for the age, with the current physical strength of Junior Sister Meng, 20,000 years is the limit."

Meng Hongchen's physical strength is really amazing.

If placed among the Soul Emperors who practiced normally in the original three empires, he would definitely be at the bottom level. This was also the negative impact brought about by relying on external objects to improve cultivation. It was not adapted to the immortal grass, so could he just take it randomly?

"Of course, if you choose the first method I mentioned earlier, a thousand years of cultivation will be enough to remove the toxins and transfer them." Arthas continued, "And if you completely choose the second method, it's best not to absorb the soul bone yet, and lay a good foundation first."

"However, this method only has such a significant effect the first time, and it won't work the next time."

"It might even be harmful, because the energy contained in the blood of each soul beast has deviations, and it will easily cause a rejection reaction in the body if it happens again."

“It even leaves impurities behind and damages the foundation.”

"I choose the second one!" Meng Hongchen said without hesitation. The second one is almost equivalent to improving one's own potential, which can be said to benefit one for life. Only a fool would not choose this one.

"Then grandpa will set off soon." Jing Hongchen was a little impatient.

"But is time urgent?" Meng Hongchen said, "We will be attending His Majesty's banquet in a few days."

Jing Hongchen was speechless, and then said helplessly, "Then wait until the banquet is over before going."

After saying that, he turned and looked at Arthas.

(End of this chapter)