Chapter 169 He Exudes the Aura of a Pilgrim (Part 2)

Chapter 169 He exudes the aura of a pilgrim (two in one)

"Every sea soul master believes that the Sea God is real, in charge of everything in the sea, and is the ancestor of the sea soul master. It is under the protection of the Sea God that the sea soul master can have powerful abilities and use the power from the sea...

"The Sea God walks on the sea, creating the Sea God Island and surrounding islands out of nothing, creating a place for his people and believers to settle down...

"The Sea God Island is the holy place for the sea soul masters, and it is also the place to worship the Sea God. As the messenger of the Sea God, the High Priest of the Sea God leads the most powerful sea soul masters to worship the Lord Sea God on the Sea God Island...

"There are seven holy pillars distributed on the Sea God Island. Legend has it that the formation of the Seven Sacred Pillars originated from the seven powerful sea soul beast companions of the Sea God. For countless years, they have formed a huge formation with the Sea God Mountain to protect the Sea God Island...

"The Sea God has given the Seven Sacred Pillars divine power, and through the Seven Sacred Pillars to spread the will of God, any of the Sacred Pillars can test foreign soul masters..."

"The Seven Sacred Pillars can communicate with the Sea God and give different tests to the trial-takers. They are not only the place where the souls of the sea soul beasts return, but also the gathering place of the faith of thousands of sea people and sea soul beasts..."

Seeing this, Su Cheng frowned.

"Since ancient times, there have been only seven Sacred Pillars on the Sea God Island? So the number of these Sacred Pillars is fixed? Then why do black-level tests appear so many times?"

He closed the book in his hand and pondered.

As far as he knows, there have been no less than twenty black-level tests on the Sea God Island in the past hundred years. In addition to the Sea Dragon Douluo, Sea Spear Douluo and others who have achieved the position of Sacred Pillar, there are many people who died in the test.

In other words, except for those who have completed the assessment and are taking the assessment, all the other soul masters who have passed the black level assessment died in the test.

And from the information I have seen during this period of time, the existence of the seven sacred pillars is by no means just symbolic.

It has a huge effect on both the sea soul masters on the Sea God Island and the Sea God himself.

It is not easy for the Sea God to communicate with the lower world, and some media are needed to do it.

For example, Bo Saixi.

As the high priest of the Sea God Island, this peerless Douluo who uses the Sea God's Dharma image as her own martial soul, if she sacrifices herself, it is likely that she can directly summon the Sea God to come.

And apart from Bo Saixi, I am afraid that the seven sacred pillars will be needed.

As for the tests below the black level, Su Cheng estimates that they may not really have anything to do with the Sea God, and even the black level assessment has nothing to do with the Sea God.

It may be that the seven sacred pillars use the power of God to form some special logic or operating rules to automatically publish the test content.

Otherwise, with so many sea soul masters accepting the test every year, how can the Sea God have the time to arrange various tests for them.

After thinking about it, Su Cheng put it aside for the time being because there were too few clues to draw a conclusion.

He picked up another book and started reading.

"Lord Poseidon really exists. Most of the soul masters on Poseidon Island have seen Lord Poseidon appear with their own eyes...

"The believers of Poseidon include not only sea soul masters, but also a large number of kind sea soul beasts. When they are about to die, they will spontaneously go to the Seven Holy Pillars to dedicate their soul rings and soul bones to the people of Poseidon Island...

"The appearance of the Holy Pillar Douluo comes from Lord Poseidon's unique prophecy, and is tested by the high priest. The high priest is the servant of Lord Poseidon, who guards Lord Poseidon's authority for life and also exercises Lord Poseidon's rights...

"Lord Poseidon is kind and loving. Not only sea soul masters, but even land soul masters, as long as they pass the test, have the opportunity to be recognized by Lord Poseidon. These tests are not given by soul masters on Poseidon Island, but by Lord Poseidon himself...

"..."

After reading it, Su Cheng sighed.

It is indeed very difficult to destroy the inheritance of the Sea God.

The key point is that the destruction of inheritance may not only refer to the inheritance of the throne.

Is the belief of the Sea God considered as inheritance? In order to complete the task, do we need to cut off all these beliefs?

"Fortunately, the belief of the Sea God has not formed a very complete and detailed system." Su Cheng said in his heart.

Absolute belief is difficult to change.

Especially when the doctrine of a certain belief is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and the logic is self-consistent, it becomes the spiritual pillar of many people, and it is even more difficult to eradicate it.

But in Douluo Continent, it has not reached this point.

Because the great power here belongs to oneself, the gods in the world are not fictional, but real.

As a god, there is naturally no need to refine the doctrine, as long as the "manifestation of holiness" can maintain the rule of this belief.

In this way, Su Cheng has the opportunity to exploit loopholes.

Compared with the mainstream sects in the previous life, the way the Sea God collects beliefs is undoubtedly extremely crude.

Of course, he does not need any too sophisticated means, because he is strong enough.

But even so, it is still very difficult to change this situation.

Compared to the mainlanders' belief in the Angel God and the Spirit Hall, the people of the Sea God Island are obviously much more loyal and firm in their belief in the Sea God.

"We must first find a way to cut off the channel for the Sea God to show his power, that is, the seven sacred pillars."

Su Cheng held the book in his hand and quietly thought about perfecting his plan.

"We must understand the composition principles of those things, and we must also find opportunities to contact those sacred pillars more often."

Fortunately, the Sea God himself obviously does not often contact the lower world, at best he only takes a look occasionally.

Even Tang San in the original timeline was helped by the Sea God many times because he carried a wisp of the Sea God's divine thoughts with him.

Although Su Cheng did not know what the structure of the God Realm was like, those so-called "gods" were nothing more than more powerful creatures, and most of them were humans.

Since they were human, they must have their independence, desires and demands, and their wills would definitely conflict with each other.

Douluo Star is not simple, and it is not an ordinary plane that is unknown in the God Realm.

In this case, as a god from Douluo Star, even if there is a communication medium, it is probably difficult for the Sea God to intervene in the affairs of the lower world unless necessary.

Moreover, the speed of time flow between the God Realm and Douluo Star is very different.

As long as Su Cheng himself hides behind the scenes and his talent is not outrageously outstanding, he should not attract too much attention from the Sea God.

Of course, if the Sea God wants to show his holiness, in addition to relying on the Seven Sacred Pillars, the high priest Bo Saixi is also a way.

However, he obviously cannot deal with Bo Saixi in a short time.

But if it weren't for the last resort, I don't think Bo Saixi would have sacrificed himself to make Poseidon appear.

So the key to cutting off the connection between Poseidon and the lower world lies in the seven holy pillars.

"Second, it's Bo Saixi. This person is the key to this mission. Her ideas must be influenced to a certain extent."

It is definitely impossible to change the beliefs of this high priest. Don't even think about it. It's impossible to achieve it.

Those who have cultivated to this level are extremely confident and determined. How could they abandon their beliefs?

But being unable to change does not mean being unable to influence.

Her extreme respect for Poseidon is actually a weakness that can be exploited.

"The last step is to change the meaning of the totem of 'Poseidon' for the people of Poseidon Island."

Su Cheng closed the book with a "click" and put it back to its original place.

Then he walked out of the library.

It is obviously not easy to complete these points. He needs to spend time to lay out the layout bit by bit.

In contrast, the later military confrontation is just a means to end the game.

Two years passed quickly.

In a side hall of the Lord's Mansion of the Sea Maiden City, six-year-old Su Cheng was standing in the middle of the hall.

In front of him, there was a magic array and a crystal ball for testing soul power.

Today was the day for his martial soul awakening.

"Child, stand on it."

Standing next to the magic array, the beautiful young woman said slowly.

She was the current Sea Maiden Douluo.

Although she looked very young, her actual age was already hundreds of years old, much older than the High Priest of the Sea God Island, Bo Saixi.

It was just that in her body, the blood of the mermaids flowed.

The mermaids were neither soul beasts nor humans, but a special race in the ocean, half human and half sea soul beasts.

The lifespan of this race was five times that of humans, and their appearance would be fixed after adulthood, and they would never age.

However, the Sea Maiden Douluo did not stay in the Sea Maiden City most of the time, but lived in the sea in front of the Sea Maiden Holy Pillar.

This was determined by the characteristics of the mermaids.

When they leave the sea, they will turn into human form, but this time is relatively short, otherwise their lives will be in danger.

Su Cheng knew that her daughter was also undergoing the four black level tests, and had completed the first three tests, with only the last level left to complete.

After her daughter completed the test, the Sea Lady Douluo, who was already short of life, would return to the clan and quietly wait for death.

The reason why she appeared here today was also for Su Cheng's awakening ceremony.

After all, Su Cheng was a child brought back by Bo Saixi himself. No matter what his true identity was or what his own talent was, it was worth it for this Saint Pillar Douluo to personally come forward to awaken him.

Moreover, even if Su Cheng had nothing to do with Bo Saixi, the Sea Lady Douluo would take better care of him.

The sea soul masters on the Sea God Island were all loyal believers of the Sea God, and the seven Saint Pillar Douluos were the best among them.

Over the years, Su Cheng's devout belief in the Sea God was witnessed by everyone, and he had long been admired.

And no one thought he was pretending.

Not to mention that it is normal for the residents of the Sea God Island to believe in the Sea God, the temperament of his words and deeds on weekdays is enough to convince people.

In the eyes of the Sea Lady Douluo, since Su Cheng was sensible, he has been concentrating on going to the library hall, which is completely different from ordinary peers.

What is even more valuable is that he neither reads those legendary stories about sea soul masters, nor tries to understand the cultivation methods and soul skills of soul masters, but focuses on understanding the thoughts and past of the Sea God.

The Sea Lady Douluo has lived for hundreds of years and thinks that she has seen many people, but she has never seen a child like Su Cheng.

No, not just children.

Even adult sea soul masters, those Sea God warriors who have practiced for a long time, do not have such a devout belief as Su Cheng.

After the Sea Lady Douluo finished speaking, Su Cheng nodded and stood in the awakening formation.

As the Sea Lady Douluo injected soul power, golden light flashed from the formation.

Su Cheng stretched out his right hand, and the light gathered in the palm of his hand. Then, a long sword appeared in his palm.

The hilt looked a bit rough, and the blade was not sharp either.

Any experienced soul master could tell that the quality of this martial soul was not very high.

As a powerful peak Douluo, Hai Nu Douluo had lived for so many years, so she could naturally tell the general situation at a glance.

She couldn't help but sigh secretly in her heart, feeling helpless and regretful.

But some things are destined by God. The stage of martial soul awakening has stopped many ambitious young soul masters.

Su Cheng is not the first, nor will he be the last.

She pointed to the crystal ball and said softly: "Go test the innate soul power level."

As Su Cheng placed his still tender palm on the crystal ball, a faint halo flashed in it. If you don't look carefully, you can hardly see it.

"This..."

The Sea Girl Douluo was speechless for a moment.

She glanced at Su Cheng, opened her mouth, and couldn't bear to tell the result.

"Ms. Sea Girl, what is my innate soul power level?" Su Cheng retracted his palm and asked the Sea Girl Douluo respectfully.

"..."

Hearing this, the Sea Girl Douluo sighed again in her heart and said lightly: "The innate soul power is less than level one."

In fact, it is more than less than level one, which is almost infinitely close to the innate zero soul power.

Only a glimmer of hope remained for cultivating soul power, but the difference in cultivation talent was simply outrageous.

But what surprised her was that after saying this result, Su Cheng's face did not show any loss or sadness.

His expression was unusually calm, and there was also a kind of determination that people could not understand.

"I know, thank you for awakening me, Lady Hai Nu."

"... Su Cheng, aren't you sad?" Hai Nu Douluo's voice was mixed with a hint of curiosity.

For soul masters, the level of innate soul power almost determines the future destiny.

But at this time, Su Cheng was indifferent to this almost worst result.

Before Su Cheng opened her mouth to answer, another figure walked into the hall silently and came to her side.

Hai Nu Douluo bowed slightly and saluted to the man, saying: "Greetings to the high priest."

Su Cheng looked up and saw that the person was covered in a layer of bright red robes, and his long sea-blue hair was scattered behind him, falling to the ground.

She has a very beautiful face, and looks only about 30 years old. She has a noble and elegant temperament, and her clear blue eyes are deeper than the sea.

Even the mermaid-born Sea Girl Douluo, who is famous for her beauty, was completely overshadowed by her beauty when she stood beside her.

In her right hand, she held a three-meter-long golden scepter. The whole body was engraved with magic patterns, and the top of the scepter was a diamond-shaped protrusion like a spear, and a diamond-shaped golden gem was inlaid below.

This person is the high priest of Poseidon Island, the ninety-nine-level Poseidon Douluo Bo Saixi.

When Su Cheng saw her, he seemed to be stunned for a moment, and then he hurriedly bowed and saluted, saying: "Greetings to the high priest."

"No need to be polite."

Bo Saixi spoke softly, his eyes fixed on the long sword martial spirit in Su Cheng's hand.

"The innate soul power level is almost non-existent, Su Cheng, do you know what this means?"

Su Cheng shook his head and said calmly: "I don't know."

"This means that no matter how hard you practice, you may not be able to break through to level 30 or above in your lifetime."

The Sea Girl Douluo on the side heard this and hesitated.

She felt that Bo Saixi's words were a bit too straightforward.

In any case, the child in front of him was only six years old.

It was a bit too cruel to speak directly about the other party's future at this time.

But the next moment, Su Cheng's unusually calm voice made her a little stunned.

"High Priest, the glory of the Sea God shines equally on every citizen of the Sea God Island. The level of innate soul power is just a trivial obstacle in front of the glory of the Sea God."

"..."

Hearing his words, the two Titled Douluo exchanged glances silently, and there was a little surprise in their expressions.

Then Bo Saixi thought that Su Cheng accepted the fact that he was not talented enough, so he nodded gently and his expression returned to normal.

"Is it your goal to spread the glory of Lord Poseidon? That's not bad. Becoming a powerful sea soul master is not the only way out for the people of Poseidon Island.

"Su Cheng, I promised your mother that if you can awaken your martial soul and possess soul power, no matter how talented you are, I will train you as my personal disciple.

"Now I ask you, are you willing to worship me as your master?"

Hearing this, the female sea douluo standing aside immediately looked sideways at Bo Saixi, with surprise in her eyes that could not be concealed.

For so many years, Bo Saixi has always lived alone on Poseidon Mountain and has never accepted any apprentice.

Even if the child in front of him is only a nominal disciple, it is extraordinary.

And judging from Bo Saixi's meaning, it seems that it is not just a nominal disciple, but is prepared to be trained seriously.

I can't help but feel curious, who is Su Cheng's mother?

It's just a pity that this child's talent is too low.

Even with a peerless strong man like Bo Saixi as a teacher, I'm afraid it will be difficult to achieve anything.

"High Priest, please forgive me for not agreeing."

What was even more unexpected to Hai Nu Douluo was that Su Cheng actually rejected Bo Saixi's proposal.

He bowed again and looked at Bo Saixi and explained seriously: "It's not that I don't know how to promote you. It will be the honor of my life to be your disciple. But compared to these, you didn't understand my meaning, which made me more disappointed."

Su Cheng's expression was solemn, and his words were full of strong and enthusiastic emotions.

"High Priest, please give me half a year. Within half a year, I can be promoted to a soul master, and then you will understand my will."

"..." Bo Saixi was also a little stunned.

Not only because the other party rejected his proposal to accept a disciple.

What he said was also incredible.

Half a year, promoted to a soul master?

Let alone a useless cultivator with less than one level of innate soul power, even if a soul master genius with six or seven levels of innate soul power came, he would never dare to boast.

Su Cheng ignored the surprise of the two people in front of him and continued: "I can feel that the spirit of the sea god is guiding me. For me, the road ahead is both glory and return."

But surprisingly, at this moment, Bo Saixi and Hai Nu Douluo, two peerless strong men, did not refute for a while, let alone anger and disdain.

It's not that they believed his words, but Su Cheng's expression at this time was too shocking.

He was only six years old, his eyes were pure and hot, his expression was solemn and sincere, as if he could burn people.

Often, it is not words but attitude that can move people the most.

At this moment, Su Cheng exudes a radiance that is almost like that of a pilgrim.

Even Bo Saixi and Hai Nu Douluo, two loyal believers of the Sea God, find it difficult to look directly at him.

Walking on the streets of Hai Nu City, Su Cheng's expression is particularly enthusiastic and confident, which is very contagious.

But his heart is as cold as ice, without any waves.

That's right, when he came to awaken his martial soul, Su Cheng once again reduced his bloodline potential.

This step is actually a bit risky.

If Bo Saixi gave up on him directly because of his poor talent, then he would really ruin the great advantage brought by the "predestined person" at the beginning.

But fortunately, Bo Saixi finally showed up.

As long as the other party is willing to show up, this move has been more than half successful.

But this is normal.

Bo Saixi herself is a peerless genius. Is innate soul power really that important to her?

Unless it is a congenital full soul power plus twin martial souls, otherwise for her, no matter how excellent the talent is, it is probably just a "genius" at most.

Su Cheng thought about it for a long time before making the decision to further lower the level of congenital soul power.

Serious illness requires strong medicine.

The three or four levels of congenital soul power are still not outstanding enough, at least it can't blind other people's eyes in the future.

With the potion specializing in martial souls, he can actually weaken himself to the point of congenital zero soul power. At least with the means of martial soul testing, his soul power cannot be felt.

But if he really does that, it is purely a gamble.

Congenital zero soul power is not in Bo Saixi's promise, and he must not give up this opportunity.

Then he can only awaken with the lowest level of soul power.

Not long after the soul power awakening ceremony, the fact that Su Cheng's congenital soul power level is almost zero has spread throughout the city.

The two titled Douluo obviously won't be so idle to tell others about this trivial matter.

This matter was publicized by Su Cheng himself.

In the past two years, Su Cheng has basically become familiar with the people in the Sea Girl City.

There are not many residents on the Sea God Island, and Su Cheng's identity is unique. He can come and go freely in the City Lord's Mansion. He can recite all kinds of Sea God doctrines, classics, legends and histories by heart. His belief concentration is close to 100%, which naturally attracts the attention of many residents.

Because of the common belief, the residents of the Sea God Island don't really have any evil thoughts about each other.

Compared with the intrigues on the mainland, the folk customs here are much more simple.

In the minds of the residents of the Sea God Island, everything they have comes from the gift of the Sea God.

And the test that begins after the age of eighteen represents their final way out in the future.

Everyone is also silently working hard to pass the test, and there is almost no conflict of interest between the residents.

This situation will certainly limit everyone's upper limit, but it also guarantees their lower limit.

Now that they have learned about his martial soul awakening, many people have a pity and pity attitude towards it.

Regarding other people's concern and inquiries, Su Cheng's explanation is also very simple.

"So what if my innate soul power is low? Over the years, I have studied the Sea God's teachings and have been continuously deepening my understanding of the Sea God's thoughts and will. Under the guidance of the Sea God, it won't take too long for my martial soul to naturally transform and help me continue to follow the footsteps of the Sea God."

Of course, most people don't believe his words.

But as believers of the Sea God, they have no way to refute Su Cheng's words.

Especially his attitude and emotions when he speaks, which can easily infect others.

Gradually, many people have changed from their initial skepticism to half-belief.

I want to see if he can really raise his soul power to level ten within half a year and become a soul master as he said.

Such situations are all within Su Cheng's expectations.

He has not gained nothing from studying the history of the Sea God Island over the years.

Su Cheng discovered that the Sea God not only collected beliefs in a very crude way, but also didn't care much about the spread and development of the Sea God's teachings.

Even in those books, there are many contradictions.

Obviously, more than 90% of these legends and quotations about the Sea God were probably not written by the Sea God himself, but were supplemented by later believers.

This also led to the fact that although the sea soul masters here all believed in the Sea God, their ways of believing were different.

The understanding of its core spirit is also very different, and it is only because of power that it is condensed together.

To be honest, at best it is just empty "the sea god protects the island, the sea god protects the people, the sea god drives away the evil sea soul beasts, and the sea god grants tests to select managers" and so on.

If it were not for the existence of extraordinary power, this would not become a unified sect at all, and it would not even be as good as the Wuhun Hall.

Normally, the final result must be fragmentation, and then transformed into multiple schools.

"Amateur, really amateur." Su Cheng sighed secretly.

"Wait for me to show you what professionalism is."