bdsm-fiction Chapter 41 The Journey, Part 4
Chapter 41 The Journey, Part 4
In this era, setting aside the Sun Moon Empire, even within the original Douluo Three Kingdoms, the prevailing attitude among Soul Masters is one of resistance to learning and using it.
Of course, in reality, the use of soul tools is not uncommon. At least most soul masters have used storage soul tools or defensive soul tools.
However, within the original Douluo Three Kingdoms, the vast majority of Soul Masters outwardly expressed disdain for Soul Masters who used Soul Tools, believing it to be a shortcut in cultivation...
In Huo Yuhao's view, aside from the fact that soul tools require soul power to operate, which makes them unlikely to be purchased by ordinary families, this is a different story.
Their prices are generally high, making it difficult for many ordinary soul masters from urban areas to afford them. Furthermore, learning soul tools requires a very high level of time and effort, which makes it difficult for ordinary soul masters to actually come into contact with them.
However, the above problems are completely different for nobles, sect members, and even the empire itself. It should be said that it is these people who have caused the current contemptuous attitude of soul masters in the original territory of the Douluo Three Kingdoms towards soul tools.
Soul tools have enhanced the combat power and survivability of Soul Masters, and to some extent, they have begun to influence the production and development of the entire society. Some of them must have seen these developments.
Accepting and developing soul tools is the mainstream trend of the future, and it cannot be prevented by any group trying to stop it.
However, even knowing all this, they find it difficult to admit to accepting soul tools. Even though most of them are currently using soul tools, they will not admit it.
At this point, they would argue for upholding the traditions of Soul Masters, claiming that Soul Tools are merely superfluous tricks, and that Soul Masters are inferior to true Soul Masters in direct combat…
These words have led to a general disdain for soul tools among the soul masters who originally belonged to the Douluo Three Kingdoms. Even at the official level of the empire, no one dares to actually talk about developing soul tools.
This seemingly awkward situation did not surprise Huo Yuhao much.
After witnessing firsthand the state of town and rural management in Xingluo and Tianhun, which originally belonged to the Douluo Three Kingdoms, one understands that the current attitude towards soul tools is an inevitable result of the current situation.
From a teenager's perspective, you can't categorize the real world into just ordinary people and Soul Masters.
Furthermore, it is necessary to distinguish between the royal family and local nobles, as well as the disciples of sects and teachers of academies—these are the types of Soul Masters with status. Currently, the vast majority of powerful Soul Masters come from these places.
In contrast, there are ordinary soul masters among the town residents who awaken innate soul power; they constitute the remaining group of soul masters.
Soul masters from those regions have a natural advantage in resources, and coupled with their bloodline inheritance, they possess relatively stable martial soul quality and innate soul power as a starting point for cultivation.
In addition, with the cultivation techniques taught by their families and sects, the level that most of them can eventually reach is naturally not too low, and is at least higher than that of these ordinary soul masters.
Of course, this does not mean that ordinary soul masters are destined to live such lives. Those among them who are talented and capable will be absorbed by these people and become their subordinates, or join sects and academies.
Finally, those with the greatest strength can be granted noble titles by the empire, recognized as guest elders within the sect by the sect leader, become teachers or directors in an academy, or choose to establish their own sect.
These choices represent ordinary Soul Masters who, through their own talent and hard work, follow the existing rules and develop in a predetermined direction.
It may seem that success can be achieved through personal effort, but this path is unfair from the start.
Or perhaps the nobles and sects would refute this, in their eyes, the foundation of their families and sects, which spans hundreds or thousands of years, is precisely for the purpose of making it easier for their descendants to achieve success.
Perhaps in their eyes, these so-called injustices are more about these people not working hard enough, and they are jealous and envious of the achievements these people have made, thus complaining.
Some of them may also believe that their current achievements are due to their own unimaginable efforts, in addition to the foundation of their family and sect.
Huo Yuhao didn't want to comment on this, because it would lead to a pointless argument, or you could say it was just arguing for the sake of arguing.
In truth, right and wrong are already crystal clear in one's heart; only action can bring about change. Arguing or bickering is meaningless.
The young man was more concerned with the fact that, in order to maintain the power held by the nobles and sects, it was necessary to maintain the existing status quo, the stable quality of the martial soul and the innate soul power, as well as the cultivation techniques that could only be learned by joining a sect and not leaving.
These are the foundation upon which nobles and sects survive, because they represent the level of cultivation that Soul Masters can achieve, and indirectly represent the martial power they can wield.
The emergence of soul tools is changing all of this. Soul tools are not cultivation techniques; they require permission from the sect to be taught and learned.
While learning about soul tools certainly requires stable resources and teacher guidance, becoming a soul tool master means having the ability to create soul tools.
The soul tools produced cannot be used only by the individual. In order to continue researching soul tools or to obtain resources, the soul tools produced must enter the market.
Using a soul tool is a completely different concept from making one. The former is simpler, has lower requirements, and can significantly enhance combat power.
If ordinary Soul Masters could use Soul Tools on a large scale in combat, the gap in combat power between them and high-level Soul Masters would narrow.
This may seem like good news, but for those born into noble families and sects, it means a reduction in their power and authority.
Even though those Soul Masters can use Soul Tools to further enhance their combat power, and even improve the strength of their families and sects.
However, if things continue to develop in this direction, then these nobles and sects, regardless of whether they are willing to accept and learn about soul tools, will eventually lose the power they once firmly held, as the development of soul tools progresses.
The emergence and development of soul tools is inevitably aimed at making them usable by all soul masters and even ordinary people.
Therefore, the use of soul tools is currently subject to various restrictions, but they cannot become something that can only be learned by soul masters within a specific small circle, like those sect cultivation techniques.